Australia, characterized by extensive and heterogeneous terrestrial ecosystems, plays a critical role in the global carbon cycle and in efforts to mitigate climate change. Prior research has quantified vegetation productivity and carbon balance within the Australian context over preceding decades. Nonetheless, the responses of vegetation and carbon dynamics to the evolving phenomena of climate cha

Starch nanoparticles (SNPs) have been synthesized by nanoprecipitation method using starches from different botanical sources in native form and modified with octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA). SNPs were characterized in terms of size, morphology, charge, XRPD, FTIR and thermal properties. Spherical particles were obtained with sizes ranging from 54 to 108 nm and zeta potential values from −2 to −2

Background: Ice hockey is played by women and men but the arena they play in may differ substantially. Potential differences in general conditions to play the sport may be associated to perceived stress, which has shown to be related to athletic injury in other sports. Therefore, this study aimed to describe and compare general conditions for playing ice hockey, stress levels, and the association

Förvärvsavtal är en omfattande process som ofta inkluderar många jurister. Avtalet är tänkt att reglera parternas samtliga åtagande och fördela risken de emellan. Trots detta återfinns i många företagsförvärv den mycket vaga avtalsbestämmelsen kallad MAC eller MAE. Förkortningarna står för material adverse change eller material adverse effect, vilket översatt till ett svenskt avtal ofta skrivs somMerger and Acquisition agreements are an extensive process that often include multiple lawyers. The agreement is intended to regulate all the parties' commitments and distribute the risk between them. Despite this, in many business acquisitions the very vague contractual provision called MAC or MAE is found. The abbreviations stand for material adverse change or material adverse effect and has

Riparian buffer zones (RBZs) are an important instrument for environmental policies for water and biodiversity protection in managed forests. We investigate the variation of the cost of implementing RBZs within different property size classes across the size range of non-industrial forest owner properties in Southern Sweden. Using the Heureka PlanWise decision support system, we quantified the cos

The aim of this study is to examine the construction of Birgitta Birgersdotter (1303–1373) as a saint in sermons from Vadstena Abbey 1397–c. 1510 and the role of sermons in her cult. Even though the cult of Saint Birgitta in Vadstena Abbey has been studied, the sermons on her feast days have received comparatively little attention, even though Saint Birgitta was the founder and patron saint of Vad

Blood-based biomarkers for screening may guide tau positrion emissition tomography (PET) scan referrals to optimize prognostic evaluation in Alzheimer’s disease. Plasma Aβ42/Aβ40, pTau181, pTau217, pTau231, NfL, and GFAP were measured along with tau-PET in memory clinic patients with subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment or dementia, in the Swedish BioFINDER-2 study (n = 548) and

AsiDNA™, a cholesterol-coupled oligonucleotide mimicking double-stranded DNA breaks, was developed to sensitize tumour cells to radio- and chemotherapy. This drug acts as a decoy hijacking the DNA damage response. Previous studies have demonstrated that standalone AsiDNA™ administration is well tolerated with no additional adverse effects when combined with chemo- and/or radiotherapy. The lack of

The 7th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI) seeks to bring together researchers from human-robot interaction (HRI), robotics, and mixed reality (MR) to address the challenges related to mixed reality interactions between humans and robots. Key topics include the development of robots capable of interacting with humans in mixed reali

Objectives Better understanding of societal factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination can have important implications for public health policy to increase uptake.Methods This study investigated sociodemographic determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake with ≥2 doses vs 0 doses, and ≥3 doses vs 2 doses, among adults (≥18 years) in a general population from Sweden followed from 27 December 2020 (n=

Understanding and addressing the complex societal sustainability challenges requires applying novel approaches, devising innovative assessment frameworks, and adopting methods and tools from other research fields. Dr Jagdeep Singh has been conducting inter- and trans-disciplinary research on these challenges impacting academia and society. He has pursued university degrees in Electrical Engineerin

Flow fields near the turbine vane endwall are complicated due to the endwall cross flows. The use of a non-axisymmetric endwall is regarded as an efficient technique to reduce the lateral pressure difference, decreasing the endwall cross flow. Numerical analysis was performed to determine how the non-axisymmetric endwall affected the vortex structure and heat transfer level. The cooling performanc

Since 1958, cell culture media supplemented with fetal bovine serum is used, despite the well-known concerns about animal welfare, reproducibility, reliability, relevance, and safety. To obliterate these concerns and increase scientific accuracy, we recently published an open access, publicly available paper on a defined medium composition to make it possible for any lab to prepare this medium. Th

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), the clonal expansion of myeloid cells with leukemogenic mutations, results in increased coronary artery disease (CAD) risk. CHIP is more prevalent among people with HIV (PWH), but the risk factors are unknown. CHIP was identified among PWH in REPRIEVE (Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV) using whole-exome sequencing. Logistic

We previously reported that indoor odorous chloroanisoles (CAs) are still being emitted due to microbial methylation of hazardous chlorophenols (CPs) present in legacy wood preservatives. Meanwhile, Swedish researchers reported that this malodor, described since the early 1970s, is caused by hazardous mold. Here, we examined to what extent CP-treated wood contains mold and if mold correlates with

The study and understanding of collective effects plays a vital role for fourth-generation light sources. These effects mostly need to be mitigated and controlled to achieve the design operational parameters. However, they can also be utilized to gain insights into the properties of the machine. While the 3 GeV storage ring at the MAX IV light source is running in multi-bunch mode during user oper