This article addresses people’s experiences with bacteria and the human body and examines the cultural meanings regarding concerns that society likely is running out of effective antibiotics. The empirical material comes from Sweden, and our analysis is framed through perspectives from the medical humanities. The interdisciplinary goal is to better understand the societal challenges of antibiotic

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) dual crop coefficient (FAO-2Kc) is one of the widely used formulation to estimate soil evaporation (E) due to its operationality and simplicity. The FAO-2Kc method could explicitly distinguish the contribution of E and plant transpiration, separately. However, systematic and random uncertainty in E observations still exist. In this vein, this paper attempts

Accurate seasonal forecasting of cereal yields is an important decision support tool for countries, such as Morocco, that are not self-sufficient in order to predict, as early as possible, importation needs. This study aims to develop an early forecasting model of cereal yields (soft wheat, barley and durum wheat) at the scale of the agricultural province considering the 15 most productive over 20

Radar data at C-band has shown great potential for the monitoring of soil and canopy hydric conditions of wheat crops. In this study, the C-band Sentinel-1 time series including the backscattering coefficients σ0 at VV and VH polarization, the polarization ratio (PR) and the interferometric coherence ρ are first analyzed with the support of experimental data gathered on three plots of irrigated wi

The object of this study was to examine the underlying reasons why young adults hold certain views and attitudes in relation to the subject of crime. The main purpose of this study was to conduct this research with three defining factors as underlying reasons for why adolescents might hold specific attitudes in relation to crime. The defining factors have been gender, exposure to crime and illegal

Self-actualization is a concept descriptive of when a person- through self-determined activities and realizations of one's highest potential- can live a meaningful life. This study aims to investigate whether elderly welfare users living in nursing homes in Sweden consider self-actualization to be possible to achieve or not. Factors that may facilitate and inhibit their possibilities are also

The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge and insight into social service workers' experiences and opinions about the Swedish law on compulsory care of minors. The study also aimed to illustrate how social workers describe their work with the legislation and their role in it. We conducted six qualitative semi-structured interviews with social workers who had the experience in compulsory

The aim of this study was to increase the knowledge of how school counselors describe what emotions can emerge while interacting with students, how they deal with their emotions when they emerge and the consequences of their emotion regulation. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with eight school counselors in Sweden who have had at least one six-month employment at a school. In our

Bomb pulse refers to the sharp increase of the atmospheric levels of the carbon isotope 14C due to nuclear testing during the late 1950s and early 1960s. After the nuclear test ban, atmospheric 14C levels decreased exponentially because of the diffusion and equilibration with the ocean and biosphere, as well as the incorporation indirectly into all living cells. Thus, assessing the anthropogenic

Titel: Att manipulera eller inte manipulera - En kvantitativ studie avseende sambandet mellan kvinnlig representation i ledande positioner och earnings management. Seminariedatum: 2023-01-11 Kurs: FEKH89, Examensarbete i finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng. Författare: Tilde Engquist, Elina Kornbakk och Alicia Wallenberg. Handledare: Maria Gårdängen. Nyckelord: ResultatmanipuleriTitle: To manipulate or not manipulate - A quantitative study regarding the relationship between female representation in leading executive roles and earnings management. Seminar date: 2023-01-11 Course: FEKH89, Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Financial Management Undergraduate Level, 15 credits (ECTS). Authors: Tilde Engquist, Elina Kornbakk and Alicia Wallenberg. Adviso

Enzyme-responsive hydrogels, formed by step growth photopolymerization of biscysteine peptide linkers with alkene functionalized polyethylene glycol, provide interesting opportunities as biomaterials and drug delivery systems. In this study, we developed stimuli-responsive, specific, and cytocompatible hydrogels for delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of inflammatory skin disease

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between job satisfaction and empathic concern, perspective-taking and performance-based self-esteem. The study did also aim to examine if empathic concern, perspective-taking and performance-based self-esteem could predict job satisfaction and investigate which one was the best predictor. The survey was answered by 232 working participants