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The ‘Wellbeing Wardrobe’ as a tool to promote just transitions in the fashion and textile industry

In this paper we discuss the pressing need for a just transition in one of our most environmentally and socially problematic contemporary industries: the fashion and textiles industry. We detail the current injustices in the industry, from both environmental and socio-economic standpoints, and then move on to providing some suggestions as to how these entrenched problems with the industry could be

Towards carbon neutrality : Transition pathways for the Chinese ethylene industry

Ethylene is one of the most important products in the emissions-intensive petrochemical industry. Decarbonizing the ethylene industry is thus important for achieving global carbon neutrality. This study is the first to explore future long-term zero-emissions production pathways for the ethylene industry in China, the world's biggest ethylene producer. An optimization model was built in the context

Effekter av branschöverenskommelsen för den fossilfria leveransen: nuläge och vägar framåt

The Swedish retail landscape is currently undergoing a transformative change with increased digitalization and a rapidly growing e-commerce sector, which creates both opportunities and challenges. The development towards omnichannel commerce creates a more complex customer journey and results in complex environmental challenges. E-commerce deliveries to consumers, in particular, pose a complex soc

Genome-wide investigation of persistence with methotrexate treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis

Objectives: To investigate the influence of genetic factors on persistence with treatment of early RA with MTX monotherapy. Methods: We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in a sample of 3902 Swedish early-RA patients initiating MTX in DMARD monotherapy as their first-ever DMARD. The outcome, short-and long-Term MTX treatment persistence, was defined as remaining on MTX at 1 and at 3

Dexmedetomidine for analgesia and sedation in newborn infants receiving mechanical ventilation

Background: Dexmedetomidine is a selective alpha-2 agonist with minimal impact on the haemodynamic profile. It is thought to be safer than morphine or stronger opioids, which are drugs currently used for analgesia and sedation in newborn infants. Dexmedetomidine is increasingly being used in children and infants despite not being licenced for analgesia in this group. Objectives: To determine the o

Mapping Shia muslim communities in Europe : Local and transnational dimensions: An introduction to the special issue

This article provides an introduction to the special issue on Mapping Shia Muslim Communities in Europe.1 With six empirically rich case studies on Shia Muslim communities in various European countries, this issue intends: first, to illustrate the historical developments and emergence of the Shia presence in Europe; second, to highlight the local particularities of the various Shia communities wit

Conversion to Islam in Ireland : A post-Catholic subjectivity?

This article discusses the conversion experiences as recalled by Irish women who converted to Islam during the so-called ‘Celtic-Tiger’ period—the years of Ireland’s dramatic economic boom and major socio-cultural transformations between 1995 and 2007. In this period, the increasing religious diversity of Irish society and the decline of the social authority of the Catholic Church facilitated the

Displacement, humanitarian interventions and gender rights in the Middle East : Syrian refugees in Jordan as a case study

The article focuses on a particular type of Islamic marriage, so-called imam marriages, which are not recognised by the Jordanian state but widely practised among and with Syrian refugees since their influx to Jordan in 2011. State institutions and feminist humanitarian organisations advocate a registration of these marriages on the basis of fulfilling UN conventions on gender and human rights pro

Islamic studies and the arts : new research methodologies in working with refugees in Jordan

Since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011, more than 750,000 Syrians (UNHCR, 2018. Fact Sheet. Available from: https://reliefweb.int/report/jordan/unhcr-jordan-factsheet-february-2018 [Accessed 10 September 2018]) found refuge in Jordan. This paper discusses the use of Art as a research tool to examine Syrian women’s narratives of displacement, identity and home. By drawing the contours of thei

LGR6 is a prognostic biomarker for less differentiated tumors in lymph nodes of colon cancer patients

Introduction: The aim was to investigate whether the stem cell marker LGR6 has prognostic value in colon cancer, alone or in combination with the prognostic biomarkers CEA and CXCL16. Methods: LGR6 mRNA levels were determined in 370 half lymph nodes of 121 colon cancer patients. Ability to predict relapse after curative surgery was estimated by Kaplan-Meier survival model and Cox regression analys

Patients Aged 80 or More With Distal Radius Fractures Have a Lower One-Year Mortality Rate Than Age- and Gender-Matched Controls : A Register-Based Study

Introduction: With a rapidly ageing population, the number of distal radius fractures (DRFs) in the elderly will increase dramatically. The aim of this retrospective register study was to examine the 1- and 5-year mortality in DRF patients aged 80 years or more and correlate the overall survival to factors not related to the fracture itself. Material and Methods: Patients aged ≥80 diagnosed with D

Fixel-Based Analysis Reveals Tau-Related White Matter Changes in Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease

Several studies have shown white matter (WM) abnormalities in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Nonetheless, robust characterization of WM changes has been challenging due to the methodological limitations of DTI. We applied fixel-based analyses (FBA) to examine microscopic differences in fiber density (FD) and macroscopic changes in fiber cross-section (FC) in early s

Coronary Plaque in People With HIV vs Non-HIV Asymptomatic Community and Symptomatic Higher-Risk Populations

Background: People with HIV (PWH) have a high burden of coronary plaques; however, the comparison to people without known HIV (PwoH) needs clarification. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine coronary plaque burden/phenotype in PWH vs PwoH. Methods: Nonstatin using participants from 3 contemporary populations without known coronary plaques with coronary CT were compared: the REPRI

Land use and land cover change in locally supported wildlife management areas in the Nyerere-Selous ecosystem, Tanzania

Worldwide, there is conversion of natural habitats to other land cover types. These are explained by changes in land use and climate change. In Tanzania, environmental degradation happens also within and around protected areas. To mitigate the effects, wildlife management areas (WMAs) surrounding the borders of protected areas in Tanzania have been promoted. They are based on the concept of commun

A thermodynamically consistent phase transformation model for multiphase alloys : application to Ti6Al4V in laser powder bed fusion processes

Titan aluminium alloys belong to the group of α–β-alloys, which are used for many applications in industry due to their advantageous mechanical properties, e.g. for laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) processes. However, the composition of the crystal structure and the respective magnitude of the solid fraction highly influences the material properties of titan aluminium alloys. Specifically, the the