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- Ali, Mina, et al.
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The multiple myeloma risk allele at 5q15 lowers ELL2 expression and increases ribosomal gene expression
- 2018
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In: Nature communications. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2041-1723. ; 9:1, s. 1649-
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- Recently, we identified ELL2 as a susceptibility gene for multiple myeloma (MM). To understand its mechanism of action, we performed expression quantitative trait locus analysis in CD138+ plasma cells from 1630 MM patients from four populations. We show that the MM risk allele lowers ELL2 expression in these cells (Pcombined = 2.5 × 10−27; βcombined = −0.24 SD), but not in peripheral blood or other tissues. Consistent with this, several variants representing the MM risk allele map to regulatory genomic regions, and three yield reduced transcriptional activity in plasmocytoma cell lines. One of these (rs3777189-C) co-locates with the best-supported lead variants for ELL2 expression and MM risk, and reduces binding of MAFF/G/K family transcription factors. Moreover, further analysis reveals that the MM risk allele associates with upregulation of gene sets related to ribosome biogenesis, and knockout/knockdown and rescue experiments in plasmocytoma cell lines support a cause–effect relationship. Our results provide mechanistic insight into MM predisposition.
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- Alvåsen, Karin, et al.
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Animal Welfare and Economic Aspects of Using Nurse Sows in Swedish Pig Production
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In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 2297-1769. ; 4
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- The number of born piglets per litter has increased in Swedish pig industry, and farmers are struggling to improve piglet survival. A common practice is to make litters more equally sized by moving piglets from large litters to smaller to make sure that all piglets get an own teat to suckle. Litter equalization is not always enough, as many sows have large litters and/or damaged teats, which results in an insufficient number of available teats. One way to solve this problem is to use nurse sows. A nurse sow raises, and weans, her own piglets before receiving a foster litter. The objectives of this study were to address how the use of nurse sows affects the welfare of sows and piglets and to explore how it impacts the contribution margin of pig production in Sweden. A literature search was made to investigate welfare aspects on sows and piglets. As there were few published studies on nurse sows, an expert group meeting was organized. In order to explore the impact on the contribution margin of pig production, a partial budgeting approach with stochastic elements was used for a fictive pig farm. Standard templates for calculating costs and benefits were supplemented with figures from existing literature and the gathered expert opinions. In Sweden, the minimum suckling period is 28 days while published studies involving nurse sows, all from outside of Sweden, weaned the piglets at 21 days. A Swedish nurse sow will thus get longer lactation period which might increase the risk of poor body condition, damaged teats, and shoulder ulcers. This indicates a reduced welfare of the sow and may lead to impaired fertility and increased culling risk. On the other hand, the piglet mortality could be reduced with the use of nurse sows, but the separation and mixing of piglets could be stressful. The partial budgeting suggested that the nurse sow system is slightly more profitable (+6,838 Swedish krona) per farrowing group during one dry and one lactation period compared to the conventional system. The result is, however, highly dependent on the input values, and welfare aspects were not considered in the calculations.
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- Andersson Broms, Åsa, et al.
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After Work
- 2019
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Other publication (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Economic stress under wage earning has been abolished. Machines and AI have taken over dirty, heavy and tedious work. Money and social injustice are banned. All the technological resources of humanity can be used to reset the global economy to harmonize with ecology. Free citizens can spend their time in leisure practicing, music, art, and poetry. Visions of the future are already here.But is it a utopia that we are seeing materializing around us or a dystopia? What will happen to people when nobody wants their labor? Does there already exist a firm border between those who have a job, with all that it entails of social and economic benefits, and the people that are on the other side of the fence- the people that have to sell their work by the hour, and who in practice are modern slaves under apps and SMS. Is everything for sale? Can you sell voluntary labour?During this exhibition, these issues are further developed through artworks by Work-a-work.
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- Andersson Broms, Åsa, et al.
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Artist Salary Now!
- 2018
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Other publication (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Should we spend our time filling out forms or making art? was the rhetorical question that acted as a starting point for “Konsnärslön nu!”, an event at Gallery Tegen2 in Stockholm in September 2018. Over a period of a month, a group of artists performed a think tank and a campaign headquarters as a means to provoke discussion. The exhibition also provided space for a series of semi-public talks where the question of a possible basic income for artists was further developed during the exhibition. The talks engaged activists from the universal basic income movement, politicians, researchers, and artists. In this report we describe the ideas behind the project and the discussions that evolved in the talks and interviews with artists. As a result of the project we propose an artist salary as a pilot for a future basic income, a salary that eventually will be for everyone (not only artists). A salary to allow for time to take care of our commons and existential issues. A modest salary based on the modest needs of artists. Unlike a universal basic income, it is intended for a specific purpose, our shared society. And, since we claim that society is an art, it is up to each one of us to define what society is.
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- Andersson, Karin, 1952, et al.
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Criteria and Decision Support for A Sustainable Choice of Alternative Marine Fuels
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In: Sustainability. - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 12:9, s. 3623-
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- To reach the International Maritime Organization, IMO, vision of a 50% greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction by 2050, there is a need for action. Good decision support is needed for decisions on fuel and energy conversion systems due to the complexity. This paper aims to get an overview of the criteria types included in present assessments of future marine fuels, to evaluate these and to highlight the most important criteria. This is done using a literature review of selected scientific articles and reports and the authors’ own insights from assessing marine fuels. There are different views regarding the goal of fuel change, what fuel names to use as well as regarding the criteria to assess, which therefore vary in the literature. Quite a few articles and reports include a comparison of several alternative fuels. To promote a transition to fuels with significant GHG reduction potential, it is crucial to apply a life cycle perspective and to assess fuel options in a multicriteria perspective. The recommended minimum set of criteria to consider when evaluating future marine fuels differ somewhat between fuels that can be used in existing ships and fuels that can be used in new types of propulsion systems
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- Andersson, Stefan S., et al.
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Mineral paragenesis and sulphide trace element distribution in the metamorphosed Lovisa Zn-Pb deposit, Bergslagen (Sweden), as revealed by 3D X-ray tomography, ore petrography and LA-ICP-MS analysis
- 2022
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In: Ore Geology Reviews. - : Elsevier BV. - 0169-1368 .- 1872-7360. ; 140
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- This study encompasses the ore mineralogy, textures and sulphide trace element chemistry of the Palaeoproterozoic Lovisa stratiform Zn-Pb deposit and the stratigraphically underlying Lovisa Fe Formation in the Bergslagen ore province (Sweden). We investigate the relative timing of formation and subsequent modifications of its ores in relation to the c. 1.87-1.80 Ga Svecokarelian orogeny. The Lovisa Zn-Pb deposit consists of several different ore types. The massive sphalerite-galena ore is distinctly deformed, exhibiting a multiple-scale "ball ore" texture with rounded silicate clasts within a deformed, fine-grained sulphide matrix. Underlying the massive ore is a locally folded, sphalerite-rich laminated ore, interpreted to represent a metamorphosed relict primary lamination. Several generations of sphalerite-galena fracture fillings and veins occur adjacent to the main ore zones and they cross-cut early ductile structures and metamorphic features. The trace element signatures of the sphalerite-galena infillings generally mimic those of the two main ore zones, thus supporting an origin by localised remobilisation of the primary sulphide ore and demonstrating limited trace element redistribution during this process. In contrast, discrete sulphosalt-rich fracture fillings cross-cutting earlier galena-chalcopyriterich fracture fillings and veinlets in the Lovisa Fe Formation suggest a significant but still relatively localised redistribution of metals. Trace element mapping of sulphides from the Lovisa Zn-Pb deposit reveals that inclusion-free overgrowths on pyrite crystals are locally Co-enriched compared to the cores, which resulted from the redistribution of Co during late metamorphic processes. Combined textural and geochemical evidence suggest that the originally syngenetic exhalative sulphide ore at Lovisa was locally strongly affected by polyphase deformation and remobilisation. This was initiated during the first stage of amphibolite facies grade regional metamorphism and deformation (D1, c. 1.87-1.85 Ga) but is mostly evident from the later stages (D2) and the evolution to retrograde and brittle conditions (c. 1.83-1.80 Ga and later).
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