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Activism online : exploring how crises are communicated visually in activism campaigns

During the past years, activist movements have increasingly turned to social media to raise awareness and critically discuss current development and future scenarios. As a contribution to the discussion of new social movements and activism in the digital age, this study aims to explore and critically discuss how environmental risks and crisis are visually communicated in activism campaigns on Inst

Hybrid Wireless Positioning

Numerous location-based services (LBS) have evolved because of the fast development of mobile Internet for use in commerce, entertainment, security, and other areas. All of these need a precise real-time location-based service with smooth indoor- outdoor transition in highly populated areas. A truly omnipresent location system for both indoor and outdoor settings is still not accessible, despite t

On the Challenges of Software Performance Optimization with Statistical Methods

Most recent programming languages, such as Java, Python and Ruby, include a collection framework as part of their standard library (or runtime). The Java Collection Framework provides a number of collection classes, some of which implement the same abstract data type, making them interchangeable. Developers can therefore choose between several functionally equivalent options. Since collections hav

Exposure to phthalates and DiNCH among preschool children in Sweden : Urinary metabolite concentrations and predictors of exposure

Several plasticizing chemicals induce endocrine disrupting effects in humans, and the indoor environment is suggested to be a source of exposure. As children are particularly vulnerable to the effects from exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), it is essential to monitor exposure to EDCs such as phthalates and non-phthalate plasticizers in indoor environments intended for use by childr

Många patienter med långvarig smärta får opioider

Hos patienter med medelsvår/svår långvarig icke-malign smärta är två av fem patienter förskrivna opioida läkemedel vid undersökning 2015–2017 vilket inte ligger i linje med aktuella behandlingsriktlinjer som avråder från långvariga behandlingar med opioida läkemedel då behandlingsnytta är oklar och risker väl belagda.

Investigating thermally induced aggregation of Somatropin- new insights using orthogonal techniques

Three orthogonal techniques were used to provide new insights into thermally induced aggregation of the therapeutic protein Somatropin at pH 5.8 and 7.0. The techniques were Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Asymmetric Flow-Field Flow-Fractionation (AF4), and the TEM-based analysis system MiniTEM™. In addition, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) was used to study the thermal unfolding and stabi

Accelerated cropland expansion into high integrity forests and protected areas globally in the 21st century

Intact forests and protected areas (PAs) are central to global biodiversity conservation and nature-based climate change mitigation. However, cropland encroachment threatens the ecological integrity and resilience of their functioning. Using satellite observations, we find that a large proportion of croplands in the remaining forests globally have been gained during 2003–2019, especially for high-

Ultrafast dynamics of small quantum systems studied using electron-ion coincidence spectroscopy

Studying how small quantum systems, like molecules and clusters, interact with X-rays is crucial to understanding the ultrafast processes that occur in nature on incredibly short timescales, ranging from femtoseconds to picoseconds. X-rays excite small quantum systems to unstable core hole states, leading to a cascade of phenomena, including Auger decay, nuclear rearrangement, and dissociation. Th

Addressing the Legal Quagmire of Complementary Legal Pathways

Complementary pathways have been offered as a possible solution for facilitating legal admission of people in need of international protection. The current debates about these pathways are characterised by a conceptual and legal quagmire since various issues are invoked and conflated. The objective of this article is to dissect the relevant issues in light of the existing relevant legal frameworks

Implementing Electronic Management of Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education

All assessments are events within a process that has the goal of making decisions about instruction, learning, curriculum, students, institutions, and consequences. Three underlying disciplines (i.e., psychometrics, psychology, and sociology) inform the evaluation of assessments. Error is ubiquitous in the selection of tasks that constitute an assessment, the administration, marking, reporting, an

Working towards the inclusive campus : A partnership project with students of colour in a university reform initiative

Much has been written about valuing the student voice in UK higher education. The discussion runs alongside an increasing focus from university leadership on improving students’ experiences, and development of the ways in which the student voice is captured, considered, and acted upon. These techniques are central to understanding and developing student engagement (Brooman et al. 2014; Cook-Sather

Det nya arkivet : Attityder och åsikter om det nya arkivredovisningssystemet bland yrkesverksamma arkivarier

This Master’s thesis discusses the subject of documenting processes within the archival science, or more accurately the new injunction 2008:4 and the opinions and attitudes Swedish archivists have in regards to it. The national archives of Sweden (Riksarkivet) put out the injunction in 2008 and all the government-owned authorities has to apply it onto their work. They all have to document their

Removing Biases in Communication of Severity Assessments of Intimate Partner Violence : Model Development and Evaluation

Background: To support a victim of violence and establish the correct penalty for the perpetrator, it is crucial to correctly evaluate and communicate the severity of the violence. Recent data have shown these communications to be biased. However, computational language models provide opportunities for automated evaluation of the severity to mitigate the biases. Objective: We investigated whether

Off track or on? : Associations of positive and negative life events with the continuation versus cessation of repetitive adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury

Objective: This study examined how patterns of repetitive (≥5 instances) nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) associate with measures of resilience and life events retrospectively reported to have occurred within the last year, 1 to Method: Life events reported by 557 young adults (mean [SD] age 25.3 [0.68]; 59.2% women) were classified as positive, negative, or profoundly negative based on their relati

Methods for determining focal point and delay for ultrasound arrays and multichannel electronics

High intensity focused ultrasound is a growing technique for tissue ablation, among other uses, and given its destructive capabilities, there is a need for control of where the energy is delivered. There exist a number of methods for focusing such ultrasound arrays, but these often assume prior knowledge of the impulse response, or require extensive full-system simulations. This thesis explores sc

From Breaches to Breachers : three designers revealing blindspots in the design field

This article offers a development of Garfinkel’s (1984) breaching experiments. The discussed breaches are not artificially staged to provoke a reaction, instead they occur naturally in the context, in this case the design field. Also, the focus shifts from the breaches to the people enacting them, the breachers. Three examples of breachers are compared, enabling a deepened understanding of what th

Environmental Impacts of Shared Mobility: Potential, Factors, and Assessments

Environmental impacts from passenger transportation continue to increase globally due to a rise in kilometers traveled and a shift to emission-intensive transportation modes (from public transportation and active modes such as walking and cycling to motorcycle and car ridership). The electrification of the passenger fleet, coupled with low-carbon energy sources, is expected to decrease some of the

Sustained delivery of a heterodimer bone morphogenetic protein-2/7 via a collagen hydroxyapatite scaffold accelerates and improves critical femoral defect healing

Despite the glimmer of hope provided by the discovery and commercialization of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) as a bone graft substitute, side effects related to the use of supraphysiological doses have hindered its clinical usage. In this study, we compared the osteoinductive potential of BMP-2 homodimer with a heterodimer of BMP-2/7, both delivered via a collagen-hydroxyapatite (CHA) scaff