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Against Abandonment Activist-Humanitarian Responses to LGBT Refugees in Athens and Beirut

This article compares lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) 'activist-humanitarianism' in Beirut and Athens. In both locations, 'out' or 'outed' refugees endure a unique combination of structural and physical violence. In response, LGBT activists and their allies have established grassroots aid and solidarity networks. In Beirut, we examine an LGBT-advocacy non-governmental organization (N

Academic Tendencies in Policy Frameworks for Fostering Entrepreneurial Innovations

This chapter provides a better understanding of the theoretical, managerial, and policy implications of entrepreneurial innovation policies. By examining the accumulation of literature published from 1970 to 2019, this chapter clarifies the definition of entrepreneurial innovations and the policy frameworks’ role in fostering this phenomenon worldwide. We conclude by outlining an agenda for additi

Human capital transfers and sub-national development : Armenian and Greek legacy in post-expulsion Turkey

Can the economic legacy of highly skilled groups persist long after they were uprooted from their homelands? To answer this question, we study long-term sub-national development in Turkey after the mass expulsions of the Armenian and Greek communities of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. Since these events led to an almost complete and permanent removal of both communities from Turkey

Mixed embeddedness and entrepreneurship beyond new venture creation : Opportunity tensions in the case of reregulated public markets

The mixed embeddedness (ME) perspective offers a holistic approach to understanding entrepreneurship as embedded in a myriad of contexts. Alone, however, it is not capable of explaining the dynamic interrelations between entrepreneurship and opportunity structures beyond venture start-up. We offer a synthesis between ME and the dynamic states approach, using the concept of opportunity tension to e

Towards a Learning Philosophy Based on Experience in Entrepreneurship Education

If experience is the guiding light in entrepreneurship education, then where is the philosophy of experience? This article illuminates the philosophical foundations of entrepreneurship education by discussing learning through experience. We introduce a diagram that addresses primary and secondary experiences and their interplay as well as a model that further reveals how educative entrepreneurial

Tuition Fees and Educational Attainment

Following a landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court in 2005, more than half of Germany’s universities started charging tuition fees, which also applied to incumbent students. We exploit this unusual lack of grandfathering together with register data covering the universe of students to show that tuition fees increased degree completion among incumbent students. Investigating mechanisms, we do

Climate and soil properties drive soil organic and inorganic carbon patterns across a latitudinal gradient in southwestern China

PurposeDrylands account for 47.2% of land area and contain 15.5% of global carbon (C). However, the variation in organic and inorganic C stocks across latitudinal gradients in arid and semiarid shrubland ecosystems remains understudied, and we lack in-depth understanding of the main drivers of C variation at this spatial scale.MethodsHere, we sampled soils from 95 sites across a latitudinal gradie

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International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University has been running MSc in Environmental Management and Policy (EMP) programme, an interdisciplinary, international masters programme for sustainability for the last 27 years. The programme, while keeping its applied and practical nature and dual column of business and policy, has been evolving over time and has produce

Outcomes associated with higher relational continuity in the treatment of persons with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : A systematic review

Background: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic conditions where relational continuity of care, as in regularly meeting the same health care provider, creates opportunities for monitoring and adjustment of treatment based on an individual's changing needs, potentially affecting quality of delivered care. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the effec

Touch signaling and thigmomorphogenesis are regulated by complementary CAMTA3- and JA-dependent pathways

Plants respond to mechanical stimuli to direct their growth and counteract environmental threats. Mechanical stimulation triggers rapid gene expression changes and affects plant appearance (thigmomorphogenesis) and flowering. Previous studies reported the importance of jasmonic acid (JA) in touch signaling. Here, we used reverse genetics to further characterize the molecular mechanisms underlying

Follow-up regimes for sick-listed employees : A comparison of nine north-western European countries

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the importance of social protection systems, including income security, when health problems arise. The aims of this study are to compare the follow-up regimes for sick-listed employees across nine European countries, and to conduct a qualitative assessment of the differences with respect to burden and responsibility sharing between the social protection system,

Lateralized deficits after unilateral AAV-vector based overexpression of alpha-synuclein in the midbrain of rats on drug-free behavioral tests

Background: Preclinical rodent models of Parkinson's aim to recapitulate some of the hallmarks of the disease as it presents in humans, including the progressive neuronal loss of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain as well as the development of a behavioral phenotype. AAV vector-based models of alpha-synuclein overexpression are a promising tool to achieve such animal models with high face and pr

Platelet function testing : Current practice among clinical centres in Northern Europe

Introduction: Platelet function tests are used to screen and diagnose patients with possible inherited platelet function defects (IPFD). Some acquired platelet dysfunction may be caused by certain drugs or comorbidities, which need to be excluded before testing. Aims: To identify current practice among centres performing platelet function tests in Northern Europe. Methods: A total of 14 clinical c

Protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis on blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest

Background: Hypotension is common after cardiac arrest (CA), and current guidelines recommend using vasopressors to target mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) higher than 65 mmHg. Pilot trials have compared higher and lower MAP targets. We will review the evidence on whether higher MAP improves outcome after cardiac arrest. Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted based o

Requesting control and flexibility: Exploring Swedish user perspectives of electric vehicle smart charging

The electrification of several sectors and the increasing role of volatile energy production mean that future energy systems will have to balance supply and demand to a higher degree. The increasing use of electric vehicles in particular will pose both challenges and opportunities for energy systems. Smart electric vehicle charging and user flexibility have been proposed as potential remedies for

Emerging drugs for the treatment of bladder storage dysfunction

Introduction: Current drug treatment of lower urinary tract disorders, for example, overactive bladder syndrome and lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia, is moderately effective, has a low treatment persistence and some short- and long-term adverse events. Even if combination therapy with approved drugs may offer advantages in some patients, there is still a ne

Performance evaluation of IMERG and TMPA daily precipitation products over CONUS (2000–2019)

Ground validation of satellite-based precipitation products is necessary to evaluate the performance of satellite observation at local, regional, and global scales. The evaluation of the rainfall data accuracy will reveal both its strengths and weaknesses, thereby determining its suitability for hydrometeorological applications. To reach this goal, this study comprehensively evaluated and characte