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The large-scale mass mobilizations and colossal demonstrations of the last decade have shown that digital and social media platforms, globally, now play significant roles in early formation and further facilitation of activist movements, interested in progressive causes and societal changes. However, the repercussions of the very same events have also clearly shown the shortcomings of mediatized a
Introduction: This article explores how sexuality is conceptualised and managed in a Spanish residential care unit for recently injured people. The institution operates under the banner of independent living, a key belief of the international disabled people’s movement, which champions self-determination, autonomy, and control over their support. Methods: A focused ethnography was conducted betwee
Livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) have been used to protect livestock for millennia. While previous works suggested a single origin of modern LGDs, the degree and source of shared ancestry have not been tested. To address this, we generated genome-wide SNP data from 304 LGDs and combined it with public genomic data from 2,183 modern and 22 ancient dogs. Our findings reveal shared ancestry and extensi
Monitoring ecosystems at regional or continental scales is paramount for biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and sustainable land management. Effective monitoring requires satellite imagery with both high spatial resolution and high temporal resolution. However, there is currently no single, freely available data source that fulfills these needs. A seamless fusion of data from th
The present paper investigates the impact of different water penetration criteria on the risk for damage in a common type of building envelope in Nordic countries, timber frame walls with brick masonry veneer. The studied walls are evaluated based on one damage criterion, the risk of mold growth. The study investigates several parameters: water penetration criterion, type of moisture source (unifo
Understanding of intermolecular interactions are important in order to gain insight into a large number of physical processes. This thesis concerns itself with theoretical modelling of such interactions. In particular there is a focus one of interaction contributions called polarization. This interaction is sometimes ignored, but is a real and often important effect. For a model to be able to desc
Popular Abstract in Swedish En enkel beskriving av atomen kan utgå från Bohrs atommodell (som emellertid ej är användbar för en exaktare beskrivning): runt kärnan, som består av positivt laddade protoner och neutrala neutroner, kretsar elektroner. Vilket grundämne det är bestäms av antalet protoner i kärnan. Antalet elektroner för en atom är detsamma som antalet protoner i kärnan. Tillförs atomen Atomic data are needed in many different areas of science and technology. Examples of users are the astronomical community and the lighting industry. In this work, the purpose of the projects has been to produce reliable atomic data needed to solve specific astrophysical problems. Oscillator strengths, which are needed when analysing stellar absorption spectra as well as spectra of emission line o
The main purpose of this work has been to investigate the fundamental dynamics of photodissociation and photo-induced isomerization reactions in the condensed phase. These "elementary" reactions have been chosen as model processes for exploring the influence of the solvent on a chemical event, as well as the factors that control this influence. Femtosecond laser spectroscopy has been employed as t
Popular Abstract in Swedish Hur är grannsämjan i skånska vattendrag?
Grönling, öring och signalkräfta är tre vanligt förekommande arter i rinnande vatten i Skåne. Öringens biologi och ekologi är väl undersökta och den är dessutom en populär sportfisk. Signalkräftan inplanterades i slutet på 1960-talet för att ersätta den inhemska flodkräftan och är även den ekonomiskt viktig, samt Stream ecosystems are dynamic and they have an inherent environmental variability. Organisms that live in streams are adapted to the continuously changing environment and the presence or absence of species are determined by their environmental requirements, while abundance is most often affected by interactions, such as competition and predation, with other species that are found in the same habit
Popular Abstract in Swedish Idag baserat på konceptet grön kemi - börjar man att utveckla nya miljövänliga processer i produktionen av kemikalier, genom att använda förnyelsebara råvaror och minska giftigt avfall. I denna avhandling används enzymer för att bilda kemikalier som en del i utvecklingen av nya miljöprocesser. Enzymer är proteiner som påskyndar (katalyserar) kemiska reaktioner för olikaThe constant need to develop environmental friendly processes using renewable raw materials and to reduce harmful waste production motivates the present investigation focusing on biocatalyst development for enzymatic synthesis, a biotechnological approach in the field of green chemistry. At first, structural functional experiments were made for a β-glucosidase from T. neapolitana (TnBgl3B). As a
Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been widely studied in the search for alternative power sources. However, there are still several challenges remaining with this technology linked to high costs and life-time issues.1 One alternative to the use of PEMFCs is to explore the prospects of alkaline membrane fuel cells (AMFCs). This type of fuel cell has more favorable reaction kinetics,
Echoing the roaring success of their bulk counterparts, nano-objects built from organolead halide perovskites (OLHP) present bright prospects for surpassing the performances of their conventional organic and inorganic analogues in photodriven technologies. Unraveling the photoinduced charge dynamics is essential for optimizing the optoelectronic functionalities. However, mapping the carrier-lattic
The rapid spread of antibiotic resistance-currently one of the greatest threats to human health according to WHO-is to a large extent enabled by plasmid-mediated horizontal transfer of resistance genes. Rapid identification and characterization of plasmids is thus important both for individual clinical outcomes and for epidemiological monitoring of antibiotic resistance. Toward this aim, we have d
Located in the southeastern parts of the Baoulé Mossi domain of the West African Craton, the Birimian terrane in Ghana is known to consist of predominantly juvenile crust emplaced during the Eburnean orogeny. Here we present novel coupled zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope data from nine Birimian granitoids intruding different domains from northwestern, western and southeastern Ghana. Sub-chondritic e(
Purpose: A degenerative meniscus lesion is a slowly developing process typically involving a horizontal cleavage in a middle-aged or older person. When the knee is symptomatic, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy has been practised for a long time with many case series reporting improved patient outcomes. Since 2002, several randomised clinical trials demonstrated no additional benefit of arthroscop
Precipitation can be quantified using a rain gauge network, or a remotely sensed precipitation product. Ultimately, the choice of dataset depends on the particular application, the catchment size, climate and the time period of study. In a region with a long record and a dense rain gauge network, the elevation-modified ground-based precipitation product, PRISM, has been found to work well. However
Linear regression is a standard tool for numerical prediction, but there are several estimators to choose from, and this choice can greatly affect prediction accuracy. This thesis empirically explores how the out-of-sample predictive performance of ordinary least squares (OLS), ridge regression (Ridge), and the lasso (Lasso) is affected by varying key model conditions, given a baseline setting. Fo
Brottsbekämpande myndigheter använder sig ibland av okonventionella utredningsmetoder för att tillmötesgå en alltmer komplex brottslighet. Ett exempel på en sådan metod är användningen av provokativa åtgärder, som innefattar hemliga utredningsåtgärder eller brottsprovokationer. Ur ett effektivitetsperspektiv är det obestridligt att tendenser i brottsutvecklingen nödvändiggör mer sofistikerade arbe
