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- Lundgren, Fredrik, et al.
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PTFE bypass to below-knee arteries : distal vein collar or not? A prospective randomised multicentre study
- 2010
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Ingår i: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. - : Elsevier BV. - 1078-5884 .- 1532-2165. ; 39:6, s. 747-754
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BackgroundPatency and limb salvage after synthetic bypass to the arteries below-knee are inferior to that which can be achieved with autologous vein. Use of a vein collar at the distal anastomosis has been suggested to improve patency and limb salvage, a problem that is analysed in this randomised clinical study.MethodsPatients with critical limb ischaemia undergoing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) bypass to below-knee arteries were randomly either assigned a vein collar or not in two groups – bypass to the popliteal artery below-knee (femoro-popliteal below-knee (FemPopBK)) and more distal bypass (femoro-distal bypass (FemDist)). Follow-up was scheduled until amputation, death or at most 5 years, whichever event occurred first.ResultsIn the FemPopBK and in the FemDist groups, 115/202 and 72/150 were randomised to have a vein collar, respectively. Information was available for 345 of 352 randomised patients (98%).At 3 years, primary patency was 26% (95% confidence interval (CI) 18–38) with a vein collar and 43 (33–58) without a vein collar for femoro-popliteal bypass and 20 (11–38), and 17 (9–33) for femoro-distal bypass, respectively. The corresponding figures for limb salvage were 64 (54–75) and 61 (50–74) for femoro-popliteal bypass, and 59 (46–76) and 44 (32–61) for femoro-distal bypass with and without a vein collar, respectively. Log-rank-test for the whole Kaplan–Meier life table curve showed no statistically significant differences with or without vein collar primary patency: p = 0.0853, p = 0.228; secondary patency: p = 0.317, p = 0.280; limb salvage: p = 0.757, p = 0.187 for FemPopBK and FemDist, respectively. The use of a vein collar did not influence patency or limb salvage.ConclusionThis study failed to show any benefit for vein collar with PTFE bypass to a below-knee artery.
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- Frisk, Per, et al.
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Glucose metabolism and body composition in young adults treated with TBI during childhood
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Ingår i: Bone Marrow Transplantation. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0268-3369 .- 1476-5365. ; 46:10, s. 1303-1308
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- After SCT in childhood, survivors may develop disorders of glucose metabolism. The role of obesity is controversial. We measured insulin sensitivity using the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) and the frequently sampled i.v. glucose tolerance test (FSIVGTT), as well as body composition using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in 18 young adults median 18.2 years after SCT and compared them with matched controls. We also measured growth hormone (GH) secretion, and levels of leptin and adiponectin. HOMA showed insulin resistance in eight patients (44%), as opposed to none of the controls (P=0.008) and FSIVGTT showed a decreased sensitivity index in the patients (2.98 vs 4.54 mU/L/min, P=0.042). Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry showed a higher percentage fat mass in the patients (34.9 vs 24.3%, P=0.011), which correlated inversely with the sensitivity index (r=-0.52, P=0.032). The patients had a lower peak value of GH (GH(max) 9 vs 20.7 mU/L, P=0.002). Time post SCT correlated with percentage fat mass and inversely with GH(max). The patients had higher levels of leptin and lower levels of adiponectin, even after adjustment for fat mass. We propose that the decreased insulin sensitivity may primarily be explained by the adverse body composition, which may owe to long-standing GH deficiency.
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- Petzold, Axel, et al.
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Neurofilament ELISA validation
- 2010
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Ingår i: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS. - 0022-1759. ; 352:1-2, s. 23-31
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- Petzold, Axel, et al.
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Neurofilament ELISA validation
- 2010
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Ingår i: JIM - Journal of Immunological Methods. - : Elsevier BV. - 0022-1759 .- 1872-7905. ; 352:1-2, s. 23-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Neurofilament proteins (Nf) are highly specific biomarkers for neuronal death and axonal degeneration. As these markers become more widely used, an inter-laboratory validation study is required to identify assay criteria for high quality performance. METHODS: The UmanDiagnostics NF-light (R)enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assays (ELISA) for the neurofilament light chain (NfL, 68kDa) was used to test the intra-assay and inter-laboratory coefficient of variation (CV) between 35 laboratories worldwide on 15 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. Critical factors, such as sample transport and storage, analytical delays, reaction temperature and time, the laboratories' accuracy and preparation of standards were documented and used for the statistical analyses. RESULTS: The intra-laboratory CV averaged 3.3% and the inter-laboratory CV 59%. The results from the test laboratories correlated with those from the reference laboratory (R=0.60, p<0.0001). Correcting for critical factors improved the strength of the correlation. Differences in the accuracy of standard preparation were identified as the most critical factor. Correcting for the error introduced by variation in the protein standards improved the correlation to R=0.98, p<0.0001 with an averaged inter-laboratory CV of 14%. The corrected overall inter-rater agreement was subtantial (0.6) according to Fleiss' multi-rater kappa and Gwet's AC1 statistics. CONCLUSION: This multi-center validation study identified the lack of preparation of accurate and consistent protein standards as the main reason for a poor inter-laboratory CV. This issue is also relevant to other protein biomarkers based on this type of assay and will need to be solved in order to achieve an acceptable level of analytical accuracy. The raw data of this study is available online.
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- Blomqvist, A., et al.
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Understanding the catalytic effects of H(2)S on CVD-growth of alpha-alumina : Thermodynamic gas-phase simulations and density functional theory
- 2011
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Ingår i: Surface & Coatings Technology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0257-8972 .- 1879-3347. ; 206:7, s. 1771-1779
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The catalytic effect of H(2)S on the AlCl(3)/H(2)/CO(2)/HCl chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process has been investigated on an atomistic scale. We apply a combined approach with thermodynamic modeling and density functional theory and show that H(2)S acts as mediator for the oxygenation of the AI-surface which will in turn increase the growth rate of Al(2)O(3). Furthermore we suggest surface terminations for the three investigated surfaces. The oxygen surface is found to be hydrogenated, in agreement with a number of previous works. The aluminum surfaces are Cl-terminated in the studied CVD-process. Furthermore, we find that the AlClO molecule is a reactive transition state molecule which interacts strongly with the aluminum and oxygen surfaces.
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- Blomqvist, A., et al.
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Understanding the catalytic effects of H2S on CVD-growth of α-alumina : Thermodynamic gas-phase simulations and density functional theory
- 2011
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) — ICMCTF 2011. - : Elsevier BV. ; 206:7, s. 1771-1779
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The catalytic effect of H2S on the AlCl3/H2/CO2/HCl chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process has been investigated on an atomistic scale. We apply a combined approach with thermodynamic modeling and density functional theory and show that H2S acts as mediator for the oxygenation of the Al-surface which will in turn increase the growth rate of Al2O3. Furthermore we suggest surface terminations for the three investigated surfaces. The oxygen surface is found to be hydrogenated, in agreement with a number of previous works. The aluminum surfaces are Cl-terminated in the studied CVD-process. Furthermore, we find that the AlClO molecule is a reactive transition state molecule which interacts strongly with the aluminum and oxygen surfaces.
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- Dalarsson, Mariana, et al.
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Reconstruction of continuous deformations in a coaxial cylindrical waveguide using Tikhonov regularization
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Ingår i: 2014 31th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, URSI GASS 2014. - : IEEE Press. - 9781467352253 ; , s. 1-4
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present a solution of the inverse problem of reconstructing boundary deformations in a coaxial cylindrical waveguide by using a first order perturbation method applied to the dominant TEM-mode. We have applied and investigated different orders of Tikhonov regularization using the L-curve criterion. The reconstruction results from using reflection data are presented and they indicate an agreement between the reconstructed and true continuous functions that describe the deformations of the waveguide boundaries.
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- Davoodi, A., et al.
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An insight into the influence of morphological and compositional heterogeneity of an individual intermetallic particle on aluminium alloy corrosion initiation
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Ingår i: Materials and corrosion - Werkstoffe und Korrosion. - : Wiley. - 0947-5117 .- 1521-4176. ; 64:3, s. 195-198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this work, a multi-analytical in situ and ex situ approach was used to provide information needed to identify the role of an individual heterogeneous intermetallic particle (IMP) in localized corrosion initiation of aluminium alloys. The heterogeneity of the IMP was studied by combining atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEMEDS) and scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). A complex AlMnFeSi IMP phase with different chemical composition in its inner and outer parts was characterized by SEMEDS analysis. AFM results uniquely revealed a brain-like feature of an IMP with 20nm height variations. Submicron sized galvanic cell induced by morphological and compositional heterogeneity resulted in a localized corrosion attack inside the individual IMP. Various collected current levels measured by SECM were associated to the morphological and compositional heterogeneity of IMPs.
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