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Expressions of the Gender Binary in Recruitment Situations : Gender Normativity in Equal Employment Opportunity Statements and Applicant Gender Expression

The current research studied effects of different gender expressions (non-normative or normative)in two phases of recruitment: applicant attraction and applicant evaluation. Experiment 1 (N = 404) investigated how Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) statements in an organisation description that emphasized gender as binary (women and men), gender as diverse (multi-gender), or gender as irrelevant (

Policy Entrepreneurs in Public Administration: A Social Network Analysis

This article examines the role of policy entrepreneurs in promoting change in flood risk mitigation at the local level in Sweden through a comparative study of two Swedish municipalities with different approaches to flood risk governance; as a technical issue or a social issue. The municipality in which flood risk mitigation is addressed as a social issue exhibits a larger size of the network miti

Association between SARS-CoV-2 and exposure risks in health care workers and university employees – a cross-sectional study

BackgroundIn health care workers SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to be an occupational health risk, often associated with transmission between health care workers. Yet, insufficient information on transmission dynamics has been presented to elucidate the precise risk factors for contracting SARS-CoV-2 in this group.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, we investigated association between questionnaire a

Sweden's riksbank : Guardian of monetary integrity

The Riksbank, founded in 1668, is the world's oldest central bank. It has played a central role in Swedish economic policymaking for centuries and enjoys a great deal of confidence among the public. This chapter explains how the Riksbank became what it is today: an independent and widely respected institution. The bank's high status has emerged because Sweden's political elites regard the delegati

Multiethnic genome-wide association study of differentiated thyroid cancer in the EPITHYR consortium

Incidence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) varies considerably between ethnic groups, with particularly high incidence rates in Pacific Islanders. DTC is one of the cancers with the highest familial risk suggesting a major role of genetic risk factors, but only few susceptibility loci were identified so far. In order to assess the contribution of known DTC susceptibility loci and to ident

Translation and psychometric evaluation of the Swedish versions of the Nuss Questionnaire modified for Adults and the Single Step Questionnaire

Background: Pectus excavatum (PE) is the most common congenital chest wall deformity. Most individuals with PE suffer from psychosocial problems, with low self-esteem and poor body image. Correctional surgery for PE is available, the most widely used is the Nuss procedure. The Nuss procedure has previously been reported to improve self-esteem, body image and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Assessing the compliance with the direction indicated by emergency evacuation signage

The type and relative position of evacuation signage to evacuees’ location can affect their likelihood to understand and comply with the information provided. To address this issue, a Virtual reality (VR) experiment with 60 participants was carried out to investigate the effect of signage vs viewer placement on the compliance with the indicated direction in case of evacuation. The VR experiments w

The Interday Repeatability of Parameters for the Assessment of Progressive Disease in Subjects With Less Advanced Keratoconus

Purpose: To evaluate the interday repeatability in the measurement of parameters used for the detection of progression of keratoconus by prediction limits (PL) for single measurements, and the repeatability coefficient (RC) for the mean of replicate measurements. Design: Prospective reliability analysis for cases and control eyes. Methods: Twenty-five eyes in 25 subjects with KC and 25 eyes in 25

Application of infrared radiation in the drying of food products

Background: Drying is an important method to preserve food products. Although many traditional drying technologies (hot air, freeze, microwave drying) have been applied successfully to various food products, each drying technique has its own advantages and disadvantages. Novel drying methods such as infrared drying, have become very popular. Scope and approach: This study gives an overview on the