LANGUAGE INTERPRETING AND BROKERING IN SWEDISH PUBLIC SERVICE INSTITUTIONS: THE USE OF CHILDREN FOR MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATION

Language interpreting and brokering in Swedish public service institutions: the use of children for multilingual communication

The aim of this article is to analyse experiences of using children as language brokers in Swedish public services, and the consequences of doing so.We begin by discussing and comparing the two concepts of brokering and interpreting.We then go on to analyse and discuss data obtained by quantitative and qualitative methods, including two online surv

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Synergistic Effect of Subtoxic-dose Cisplatin and TRAIL to Mediate Apoptosis by Down-regulating Decoy Receptor 2 and Up-regulating Caspase-8, Caspase-9 and Bax Expression on NCI-H460 and A549 Cells

105P1 Objective(s): Although tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) can selectively induce apoptosis in tumor cells, more than half of tumors including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) exhibit TRAIL-resistance.The purpose of this study was to determine whether subtoxic-dose cisplatin and TRAIL could synergistically enhanc

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