Stockholm University

About: Stockholm University is a education organization based out in Stockholm, Sweden. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Supernova. The organization has 21052 authors who have published 62567 publications receiving 2725859 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Stockholm & Stockholms universitet.

Cilia-related diseases.

Abstract: There are at least eight categories of cilia in the human body and malfunctioning of any one or several of them will have different consequences for the patient. A genetic error of the respiratory cilia (9 + 2) is the cause of the airways disease named immotile-cilia syndrome (or PCD), whereas defective ependymal cilia (9 + 2) carries an increased risk of hydrocephalus. When the so-called nodal cilia (9 + 0) of the early embryo are malfunctioning, there is a random determination of asymmetry of the heart and visceral organs (‘a 50% risk of situs inversus’). Some genes are responsible for the synthesis, transport, and assembly of the cilia, and mutations in these genes may lead to progressive degeneration of ciliary structures, such as the connecting cilium (9 + 0) of the photoreceptor cells—this is the cause of retinitis pigmentosa. Ciliary malfunctions due to genetic errors tend to be systemic and life-long, whereas acquired diseases are local and may be temporary only. Copyright © 2004 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The Carbon Cycle

Abstract: The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is of fundamental importance for the radiative balance of the Earth relative to space. Changes of the atmospheric CO2 concentration, as now caused by the rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels, need therefore be considered carefully when concerned with possible future changes of the climate of the Earth (15). The present chapter will give an overview of the processes that determine the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In doing so we need to consider the transfer of CO2 between the major reservoirs of carbon, i.e. the atmosphere, the soil, terrestrial plants, the oceans and its marine life and the ocean sediments. We need to study the global carbon cycle, but will limit ourselves to those aspects which are of particular interest in determining the likely future atmosphere CO2 concentration ? A more complete account has recently been given by Bolin et al. (4), to which reference is made for further details.

Making Sense of Stories: A Rhetorical Approach to Narrative Analysis

Abstract: In this article we show how an interpretative methodology of narrative analysis is beneficial for the study of public administration. We demonstrate the use and usefulness of a method for analyzing narratives that is based in concepts from classical rhetoric and semiotics. The method allows researchers to make more available the unstated, implicit understandings that underlie the stories people tell. We show how we have used this method to examine our data about change in city administrations. This article is a step-by-step demonstration of our method of narrative analysis and an illustration of how this method can be used.

Dimensions of the Precautionary Principle

Abstract: This essay attempts to provide an analytical apparatus which may be used for finding an authoritative formulation1 of the Precautionary Principle. Several formulations of the Precautionary Principle are examined. Four dimensions of the principle are identified: (1) the threat dimension, (2) the uncertainty dimension, (3) the action dimension, and (4) the command dimension. It is argued that the Precautionary Principle can be recast into the following if-clause, containing these four dimensions: “If there is (1) a threat, which is (2) uncertain, then (3) some kind of action (4) is mandatory.” The phrases expressing these dimensions may vary in (a) precision and (b) strength. It is shown that it is the dimension containing the weakest phrase that determines the strength of the entire principle. It is suggested that the four-dimensional if-clause be used as an analytical apparatus in negotiations of the Precautionary Principle.