Search for dissertations about: "pbr"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word pbr.

  2. 1. Do Financial Incentives Make a Difference? : A Comparative Study of the Effects of Performance-Based Reimbursement in Swedish Health Care

    Author : Ewa Forsberg; Finn Kamper-Jörgensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; Financial incentives; efficiency; work environment; professional autonomy; leadership; cost awareness; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Social Medicine; socialmedicin;

    Abstract : Financial incentives have become important in health care all over the world. This thesis compares one council implementing a new payment system based on performance based reimbursement (PBR) with ten councils retaining an annual budget system. READ MORE

  4. 2. Closing the Loop by Combining UASB Reactor and Reactive Bed Filetr Technology for wastewater Treatment : Modelling and Practical Approaches

    Author : Raúl Rodríguez-Gómez; Gunno Renman; Björn Vinnerås; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Bench-scale experiment; Modelling; Polonite; Sorbulite; UASB; Wastewater; Mark- och vattenteknik; Land and Water Resources Engineering;

    Abstract : A laboratory-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor followed by a packed bed reactor (PBR) filled with Sorbulite® in the lower part and Polonite® in the upper part was used to treat household wastewater in a 50-week experiment. A model was developed to describe the performance of the UASB reactor, including mass transfer through the film around anaerobic granules, intra-particle diffusion and bioconversion of the substrate. READ MORE

  5. 3. Reliability in performance-based regulation

    Author : Torbjörn Solver; Lennart Söder; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Performance-Based Regulation; Distribution System; Power System Reliability; Monte Carlo Simulations; Quality of Supply; Electric power engineering; Elkraftteknik;

    Abstract : In reregulated and restructured electricity markets the production and retail of electricity is conducted on competitive markets, the transmission and distribution on the other hand can be considered as natural monopolies. The financial regulation of Distribution System Operators (DSOs) has in many countries, partly as a consequence of the restructuring in ownership, gone through a major switch in regulatory policy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Markers of inflammation and neurodegeneration in muliple sclerosis

    Author : Virginija Danylaitė Karrenbauer; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The main line of my thesis projects is searching for biomarkers and evidence of optimal correlation with clinical and para-clinical outcome measurements in multiple sclerosis (MS): investigating the biochemical biomarker in blood/plasma (cerebrosterol) and in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (oligoclonal bands (OCB)) and the correlation with MRI lesion load (paper 1 and paper IV); investigating the genetic biomarker (CYP46A1) for susceptibility and disability progression in MS (Paper III); comparison of the well-known positron emission tomography (PET) ligand and peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) antagonist, [11C]PK11195, and a new PET ligand [11C]vinpocetine (tissue receptor biomarker). Both ligands denote areas of active ongoing inflammation in MS (paper II). READ MORE

  7. 5. Synthesis of biomolecules for nuclide therapy : Studies on amino acids, nucleosides and isoquinolines

    Author : Charlottta Naeslund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Chemistry; Kemi; Chemistry; Kemi; organisk kemi; Organic Chemistry;

    Abstract : Nuclide therapy for cancer is based on the selective delivery of nuclide bearing compounds to tumour cells. Radionuclides, such as 125I, may be used, as well as stable isotopes, such as 10B, which is activated on site by an external neutron source. READ MORE