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This thesis investigates the semiotic foundations of recurrent gestures through a cross-cultural study of the Two-Handed-Alternation-Sagittal (2HAS) gesture in Japanese and Swedish. Drawing on the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM)––a cognitive-semiotic model of meaning-making––the study explores how recurrent gestures emerge from the dynamic interplay between embodiment and sedimentation.

I artikeln presenterar forskarna Tillsammans-projektet, som syftar till att förbättra socialt stöd genom samverkan mellan civilsamhället och vården. Projektet bygger på community connector-modellen, där en samhällskontakt agerar som mellanhand för att koppla patienter till stöttande resurser. Modellen, som utvecklats genom workshops, strävar efter att skapa ett mer omfattande stöd utanför vården, I artikeln presenterar forskarna Tillsammans-projektet, som syftar till att förbättra socialt stöd genom samverkan mellan civilsamhället och vården. Projektet bygger på community connector-modellen, där en samhällskontakt agerar som mellanhand för att koppla patienter till stöttande resurser. Modellen, som utvecklats genom samskapande workshops, strävar efter att skapa ett mer omfattande stöd utan

Eosinophils are increasingly recognized as adaptable immune cells that exhibit diverse phenotypes and effector functions across different tissues and disease states. While they can induce pathology through degranulation and cytotoxic mediator release, eosinophils also fulfill regulatory and tissue repair roles. Advances in single-cell and spatial technologies have begun to reveal how microenvironm

Feedback controllers are typically applied to computing systems by acting on some quantities ("tunable parameters" in the computer science lexicon, think e.g. of a packet drop rate) in order to attain some goal (e.g., a required bandwidth allocation). In other words, control loops are closed around the computing system, that exposes tunable parameters as control actuators, and allows to measure so

Many model-based tuning methods for PI(D) controllers, especially - but not exclusively - in the process control domain, employ models with delay. Doing so has advantages, basically in terms of tuning rules' simplicity, but also potential drawbacks, especially from the standpoint of performance (and sometimes robustness). This manuscript aims at initiating and fostering a critical discussion on th

Within the humanitarian arena and since the introduction of the humanitarian reform process in 2005, the cluster approach was introduced to strengthen the cooperation and accountability between agencies working in the same field. Such an integrated approach is particularly needed and relevant in emergencies like cholera, especially in countries undergoing internal conflicts like Yemen. Several are

Lundquist and Seedorff [1] demonstrated the presence of a zymogen in human seminal fluid, that could be activated into an active enzyme by acidification to pH 2. As the enzyme was purified, it became evident that it was in fact equivalent to the minor gastric enzyme originally named as progastricsin (EC 3.4.23.3) [2–6].This report provides a short review on the similarities and differences between

How is peace research connected to practice? Observers have argued that peace research has gone from activist, political ideals about changing the world to being a methods-driven field of research that has lost all criticality. This article adds empirical substance to the debate by investigating the case of Nordic peace research and its relationship to practice. Through interview data with more th

Atomic oxygen (O) is vital in plasma-assisted combustion, but its quantitative measurement is challenging and therefore rarely reported. This work performs femtosecond two-photon-absorption laser-induced fluorescence (fs-TALIF) imaging to quantify the dynamics of atomic oxygen production by a single nanosecond (ns) pulsed plasma discharge in an ammonia/air flame for the first time. First of all, t

The industrial cities of the twentieth century were intimately dependent on and characterized by migration. This chapter focuses on describing and analyzing migration flows and migrant characteristics in relation to the general economic development of the industrial city of Landskrona. During the first decades of the century, migration tended to be circular between the city and the countryside. Mi