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- Crowson, Cynthia S., et al.
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Impact of risk factors associated with cardiovascular outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
- 2018
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In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. - : BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. - 0003-4967 .- 1468-2060. ; 77:1, s. 48-54
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Objectives: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an excess risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We aimed to assess the impact of CVD risk factors, including potential sex differences, and RA-specific variables on CVD outcome in a large, international cohort of patients with RA. Methods: In 13 rheumatology centres, data on CVD risk factors and RA characteristics were collected at baseline. CVD outcomes (myocardial infarction, angina, revascularisation, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and CVD death) were collected using standardised definitions. Results: 5638 patients with RA and no prior CVD were included (mean age: 55.3 (SD: 14.0) years, 76% women). During mean follow-up of 5.8 (SD: 4.4) years, 148 men and 241 women developed a CVD event (10-year cumulative incidence 20.9% and 11.1%, respectively). Men had a higher burden of CVD risk factors, including increased blood pressure, higher total cholesterol and smoking prevalence than women (all p<0.001). Among the traditional CVD risk factors, smoking and hypertension had the highest population attributable risk (PAR) overall and among both sexes, followed by total cholesterol. The PAR for Disease Activity Score and for seropositivity were comparable in magnitude to the PAR for lipids. A total of 70% of CVD events were attributable to all CVD risk factors and RA characteristics combined (separately 49% CVD risk factors and 30% RA characteristics). Conclusions: In a large, international cohort of patients with RA, 30% of CVD events were attributable to RA characteristics. This finding indicates that RA characteristics play an important role in efforts to reduce CVD risk among patients with RA.
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- Dahl, John, 1986, et al.
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Automotive Safety: a Neural Network Approach for Lane Departure Detection using Real World Driving Data
- 2019
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In: IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Lane departures, where the vehicle leaves the lane due to driver inattention, drowsiness, or incorrect situation assessment, are one of the most serious accident and fatality prone scenarios. To further improve traffic safety, we are asking the question: How much can a neural network approach improve the reliability of lane departure predictions compared to traditional model-based methods? Our results show a relative improvement in reliability of 7% in terms of true positive rate and 22% reduction of the false positive rate with respect to a constant velocity model method. The key contributions of this work are the introduction of sparse sampling in the input data, a thorough comparison with a baseline solution, and the evaluation on real world driving data.
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- Hasselqvist-Ax, Ingela, et al.
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Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
- 2015
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In: The New England journal of medicine. - 1533-4406 .- 0028-4793. ; 372:24, s. 2307-15
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Three million people in Sweden are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Whether this training increases the frequency of bystander CPR or the survival rate among persons who have out-of-hospital cardiac arrests has been questioned.
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- Jonsson, Gabriel, 1962-
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Can the Japan-Korea Dispute on "Comfort Women" be Resolved?
- 2015
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In: Korea Observer. - 0023-3919. ; 46:3, s. 489-515
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- About 80 percent of the estimated 70.000-200.000 comfort women Japan took by coercion from 1932-1945 were Korean. The Japanese government claims that the 1965 Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Normalization Treaty is the authority to support its argument that the comfort women do not have a claim at international law but they were not even mentioned in it. The issue was long neglected for pragmatic reasons. When Korean women raised the issue around 1990 and the former comfort woman Kim Hak-sun came out in 1991, it emerged as a point of dispute. Japan has given no official apology to the victims. Museums in Seoul and Tokyo focus on victims' sufferings enhancing understanding. The feeling of guilt regarding an unresolved issue should be enhanced among visitors. Only time will tell if the 70th anniversary of World War II and the 50th anniversary of the Normalization Treaty in 2015 will become an opportunity to resolve the issue.
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- Jonsson, Gabriel, 1962-
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Human Rights in North Korea : Pressure and Engagement
- 2015
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Over a year since its report was published, what are the implications and limitations of the UN Commission of Inquiry’s investigation into human rights violations in North Korea, and what is the best strategy for the international community to pursue in dealing with the issue? Gabriel Jonsson argues that a two-pronged strategy which continues to apply pressure at the same time as seeking dialogue with Pyongyang could constitute a better approach.
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- Jonsson, Gabriel, 1962-
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Korea igår och idag : Historia, politik och ekonomi
- 2018
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Book (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Chosôn är Koreas ursprungliga namn och betyder Morgonstillhetens land. Men stillhet är knappast vad som utmärker Koreahalvöns historia, eller dess samtid. Med sitt läge, mellan Kina och Japan, har Korea under årtusenden utgjort slagfält för främmande krigsherrars maktanspråk. Det senaste exemplet är när Korea, efter andra världskriget, befriades från den japanska ockupationen, bara för att slitas sönder av världskrigets segrarmakter, USA och Sovjetunionen. Ur askan av Koreakriget på 1950-talet trädde Nord- och Sydkorea fram. Två länder med diametralt skilda samhällssystem, trots sin gemensamma kultur och historia.Här får vi följa Koreahalvöns dramatiska utveckling från landets äldsta historia – med maktkamper mellan kungadömen, dynastier och aristokrati, strider med mongolerna, jordreformer och bondeuppror – till modern tid och situationen där halvön befinner sig mitt skärningspunkten för några av världens stora konflikter.
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