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Simulations of light transport in medical tissue require three optical properties such as the absorption coefficient, the scattering coefficient, and the scattering phase function - describing into which direction photons propagate after a single scattering event. Finding the optical poperties of diffuse media is challenging. In medical tissue the scattering phase function is approximated by using
Psychedelic experiences can be followed by beneficial or adverse psychological changes. However, proposed mechanisms rarely explain this divergence within a single temporal model. This study conducted a preliminary examination of the Pivotal Mental States (PiMS) framework, which conceptualizes psychological transformation as an outcome-agnostic process influenced by context before, during, and aft
This study investigates how recruitment consultants experience moral stress and perceive ethnic discrimination in recruitment processes. While moral stress has been widely studied in healthcare its relevance in recruitment, especially among external consultants, remains underexplored. Using a qualitative design with a critical realist approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted and themati
Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is a brain-based neurodevelopmental disorder of visual processing caused by early injury to visual pathways and cortical areas. Visual processing relies on two anatomically and functionally distinct pathways originating in the primary visual cortex (V1): the dorsal ("where") stream, which processes spatial location, and the ventral ("what") stre
Tableau Vivant of Childrens games by Pieter Brueghel, 70 individual scores for children.
Background:Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are among the most performed procedures in healthcare. Despite their frequent use, both procedures share a characteristic feature: a sudden and unexpected increase in technical difficulty. A difficult procedure poses a substantial challenge to the surgeon or endoscopist. Consequently, a wide arra
The purported immateriality of AI technologies is as illusory as the general understanding of conventional technologies as simply the application of politically neutral knowledge to nature. The materiality of technologies and their foundation in global inequalities has been illuminated by studies of ecologically unequal exchange (EUE). The aim of this article is to extend the applicability of EUE
Chiral surface ligands can impart optical activity to all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals, but how this affects chiroptical properties of their assemblies remains unclear. Here we show that self-assembly of CsPbBr3 nanocubes synthesized with a small amount of added chiral ligand N-benzylcinchonidinium bromide (BCD-Br) results in measurable circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). BCD-Br-treated
Educational change is not simply a matter of reform. The political project of changing education may itself turn education into a site of struggle over what education should be, what kinds of human beings – and, by extension, what kind of society – it is expected to produce, and what futures it should make possible. This thesis explores the Iranian state’s policy project of changing education afte
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized byprogressive loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra parscompacta (SNpc) of the midbrain. Loss of dopaminergic signalling leads to rigidity,resting tremor, and difficulties controlling voluntary movements, contributing to asignificantly reduced quality of life for the patient. Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) is a pre
Background: Nervous system involvement is among the most complex and consequential aspects of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It includes clinically overt neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE) manifestations and potentially subclinical involvement. This thesis aimed to increase the understanding of nervous system involvement in SLE through biomarker studies and a population-based epidemiological study.
Epithelial tissues continuously adapt to mechanical signals arising from bothcellular confinement and the extracellular matrix, yet how robust tissue organisationemerges across changing physical environments remains to be fully understood.This thesis combines the development of a 2D in vitro confinement-based epithelialmodel system with an in-house multiscale analysis pipeline capable of quantifyi
An artistic research fable that articulates how Prompt-Based AI is affected by a model collapse emerging from “AI autophagy” (Xing, X., et al., 2025) at it’s design core, where “the data they generate end up polluting the training set of the next generation" (Shumailov, I. , et al., 2024).The fable raises questions such as asking if Prompt-Based AI already operates inside a New Autocoprophagic Dig
Although the overall cancer mortality has steadily declined, major groups of patients continue to respond poorly to available treatments. This is particularly evident in glioblastoma, the most common and lethal primary malignant brain tumor in adults, which remains associated with a dismal prognosis despite multimodal treatment. Within the tumor microenvironment, cancer cells encounter intersectin
Passings of heavy vehicles is a common cause of distress on thin and narrow cycle paths. The lack of lateral support at the edge and increased moisture content in the unbound granular materials are two important factors that affect deterioration. Three full-scale instrumented cycle path structures with different structural designs were constructed in a concrete pit at the Swedish National Road andPassings of heavy vehicles is a common cause of distress on thin and narrow cycle paths. The lack of lateral support at the edge and increased moisture content in the unbound granular materials are two important factors that affect deterioration. Three full-scale instrumented cycle path structures with different structural designs were constructed in a concrete pit at the Swedish National Road and
