The efficient use of softwood in biorefineries requires harsh pretreatment conditions to overcome biomass recalcitrance. Following harsh pretreatments, the hemicellulose is solubilized. Here, we studied the material characteristics of Norway spruce following steam pretreatment at six different severities, relating chemical and structural information to the enzymatic hydrolyzability. Steam pr

Detection of single, itinerant microwave photons is an important functionality for emerging quantum technology applications as well as of fundamental interest in quantum thermodynamics experiments on heat transport. In a recent experiment [W. Khan et al., Nat. Commun. 12, 5130 (2021)], it was demonstrated that a double quantum dot (DQD) coupled to a microwave resonator can act as an efficient and

Denna antologi är ett arbete som varenda människa med något intresse för mänsklighet och samhällsfrågor måste läsa och reflektera över. De samlade berättelserna, undersökningarna och rapporterna som presenteras i antologin utgör en tvärvetenskaplig samtidsanalys över det svenska myndighetssystemet och dess inverkan på människoöden, kanske för generationer framåt.De samlade berättelserna, undersökningarna och rapporterna som presenteras i antologin utgör en tvärvetenskaplig samtidsanalys över det svenska myndighetssystemet och dess inverkan på människoöden, kanske för generationer framåt.

Objectives: The credit market has expanded rapidly, increasing the risk of over-indebtedness among those who lack secure employment or adequate income, an issue of concern in the COVID-19 aftermath. We investigated the role of over-indebtedness for developing poor mental health, and whether this impact is modified by age, gender, educational level or being in precarious employment.Methods: This isOBJECTIVES: The credit market has expanded rapidly, increasing the risk of over-indebtedness among those who lack secure employment or adequate income, an issue of concern in the COVID-19 aftermath. We investigated the role of over-indebtedness for developing poor mental health, and whether this impact is modified by age, gender, educational level or being in precarious employment.METHODS: This is

Bakgrund: Personer med psykisk ohälsa har ofta en nedsatt förmåga att bearbeta sinnesintryck. Tidigare har kopplingen mellan det individuella sättet att hantera sinnesintryck och olika sociodemografiska faktorer undersökts hos psykiskt friska personer, men studier gällande detta saknas för personer med psykisk ohälsa. Syfte: Att undersöka sensoriska bearbetningsmönster och deras eventuella kopplBackground: People with mental illness often have a reduced ability to process sensory inputs. Previously, the link between the individual way of dealing with sensory inputs and sociodemographic factors has been investigated in mentally healthy people, but there’s a lack of similar studies for people with mental illness. Aim: To investigate sensory processing patterns and their possible connecti

Prematura barn löper en ökad risk för utvecklingsmässiga svårigheter och är givet sin neurologiska omognad mer beroende av omgivningen för reglering. En prematur födsel innebär också en stark påfrestning för det familjesystem som utgör barnets omgivning. Vi genomförde en systematisk litteraturstudie av kvantitativa studier för att undersöka huruvida familjeinteraktionsmönster skiljer sig åt mellanPreterm infants are at a heightened risk for developmental difficulties and more dependent upon their caregiving environment for regulation due to their neurological immaturity. A premature birth is also a major stressor to the family system that constitutes the caregiving environment. We conducted a systematic review of quantitative studies to investigate whether families of preterm children diff

Med en ökad medellivslängd ökar även antalet äldre arbetstagare på arbetsmarknaden. Frågan om äldre arbetstagares rättigheter och skyldigheter på arbetsplatsen blir därmed mer och mer aktuell. I Sverige men först och främst inom EU har det införts diskrimineringsförbud som innebär att äldre såväl som yngre arbetstagare skyddas från att missgynnas på grund av sin ålder på arbetsplatsen. Både svenskA continuously aging population leads to an increase in senior employees in the labor market. A question about the rights and duties for these employees is thereby raised more frequently than ever. Within the EU and in Sweden a prohibition against discrimination has been introduced to protect both younger and older employees. Both legislations, however, have an exception from this prohibition whic

In 2020, a total of 25 000 sexual crimes were reported in Sweden. Rape crimes have increased by a total of 43 percent since 2011. A contributing reason for this increase might be that the propensity to report these kinds of crimes has changed. A phenomenon that may have had an impact on the propensity to report sexual crimes is the Metoo movement. The Metoo movement emphasizes that sexual abuse an

App-butiker påverkar ett helt spektrum av användare, allt från enskilda användare till giganter som Facebook och Amazon, vilket skapar ny problematik på EU:s inre marknad. Uppsatsen behandlar relationen mellan den föreslagna DMA och artikel 102 FEUF, med ett särskilt fokus på app-butiker. Undersökningen består av tre delar, först redogörs för tillämpningen av artikel 102 FEUF på digitala plattformApp stores impact the entire spectrum of users, everything from the individual user to giants like Facebook and Amazon, which creates new problems for the internal market of the EU. This paper deals with the relationship between the proposed DMA and Article 102 TFEU, with a special focus on app stores. The paper is divided into three sections, first the application of Article 102 TFEU on digital p

What are the consequences of using Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) as a verification tool? Performance-based building codes differ from prescriptive-based codes in that they define specific objectives to be met, enabling the building designer to choose which solution to use so long it meets the objectives. This master’s thesis explores the consequences of using QRA as a verification tool in com

Women with ADHD are statistically diagnosed later in life than men. Previous studies have shown that girls and women with neuropsychiatric disabilities tend to hide their symptoms to appear normative. It is discussed that girls may be judged harder than boys for expressing some of the common ADHD-symptoms due to stereotypical gender norms. One of the consequences of women getting diagnosed as adul

Globally, water-saving irrigation plays a vital role in agricultural ecosystems to achieve sustainable food production under climate change. Irrigation under mulch (IUM) system has been widely used in modern agricultural ecosystems due to its high water use efficiency, but it remains unclear how each component of the water and energy processes responds to this agricultural management practice. Cur

While scholars have shown the significance of transnational exchanges for shaping feminist and LGBTI+ connectivities across borders to challenge national exclusions and global divides, less attention has been directed at exploring the complex and ambiguous ways in which transnational collaborations and cross-border exchanges also may facilitate and support national agendas. That is what this artic

Navigation with terrestrial wireless infrastructure is appealing to overcome geometrical limitations of satellite navigation for users in environments with limited sky views. However, terrestrial signals are also prone to multipath that can result in angular and range estimates that are not representative of actual transmitter-receiver geometry. In this paper, some of these propagation effects are

Nondestructive testing of composite materials is important in aerospace applications, and mm-wave imaging has been increasingly used for this purpose. Imaging is traditionally performed using Fourier methods, with inverse methods being an alternative. This communication presents a mm-wave imaging method with an inverse approach intended for nondestructive testing of singly curved composite panels

This paper evaluates an electric generator manufactured of cobalt-iron laminations used for a wave energy application. The properties of the two cobalt-iron designs are compared with a reference machine, which employs conventional electric steel laminations. Operation trajectories and machine losses, as well as the annual energy production and the losses are obtained through finite element analysi

Repurposing former industrial sites to creative uses (so-called 'creative reuse') contributes to both cultural heritage and environmental sustainability, as it maintains the existing building stock. Creative reuse may also have positive impacts on the site surroundings. This study explores the prerequisites, functioning, and consequences of creative reuse in a small post-industrial town in Sweden.

Folkparkerna förstås idag ofta som baser för arbetarrörelsens kulturella projekt. Men allra tydligast under parkrörelsens första tre decennier hade de även en fundamental politiska roll. I denna presentation fokuserar vi på denna roll i ljuset av storstrejken 1909, där parkerna spelade en viktig roll för arbetarrörelsen som tydliga politiska platser på offentlighetens kant. När många andra platser