5 List of Original papers 7 Abbreviations 8 Introduction 9 Volleyball 9 History 9 Game characteristics 9 Physical demands 11 General injury pattern in volleyball 12 Olympic weightlifting 14 History 14 Characteristics 14 Physical demands 14 General injury pattern 15 The normal patellar tendon 16 Anatomy 16 Blood supply 18 Metabolism 18 Innervation 19 Biomechanics 20 The chronic painful patellar ...

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BACKGROUND In this study the haemolymph components of infected and none infected Lymnaea gedrosiana with xiphidiocercaria larvae was compared. METHODS Five hundred Fifty Lymnaea snails were collected from Ilam and Mazandaran provinces, Iran, during 2008-2009. The snails were transported to the lab at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and their cercarial sheddings were studied. Haemolmyphs...

.............................................................................................................9 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................10 1 Regulation of transcription in eukaryotes ......................................................10 1.1 Recruitment of co-activators and co-repressors .......................

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Background: Neck injuries in rear-end collisions are still a major problem both for the injured and, in terms of cost, for society. The latest generation of rear-end whiplash protection systems, as found in the WHIPS Volvo and SAHR Saab, have reduced injury rates by almost 50% in comparison with the previous generation of seat/head restraint systems. Occupant behaviour, such as seated posture a...

Background The birth of stereotactic functional neurosurgery in 1947 was to a great extent dependent on the development of ventriculography. The last decades have witnessed a renaissance of functional stereotactic neurosurgery in the treatment of patients with movement disorders. Initially, these procedures were largely based on the same imaging technique that had been used since the birth of t...

................................................................................................................................................. 5 POPULÄRVETENSKAPLIG SAMMANFATTNING PÅ SVENSKA ....................................................................... 6 ORIGINAL PAPERS ....................................................................................................................