The Iranian diaspora is rather well studied. Researchers have investigated wide topics within the diaspora, from its political activities, the identity of 2nd generation diaspora Iranians, to host society dynamics and nostalgia. These studies reveal an ethno-nationalist attitude, as many in the Iranian diaspora do not adhere to the Persian-dominated identity articulated by the Iranian diaspora. To

Among all immigration categories, the proportion of Chinese new immigrants in Nordic society is increasing, and their social ties and embeddedness are also receiving more attention. However, there is still a relative lack of qualitative research on the tie construction and embeddedness paths of Chinese immigrants. To fill this research gap, this thesis aims to investigate how the first generation

The rise of the internet, social media, and populist leaders in recent years has turned attention towards conspiracy theories, making them appear as phenomena which are becoming increasingly widespread. Although conspiracy beliefs have not necessarily increased over time, their growing visibility has emphasized the negative consequences associated with belief in them, such as heightened political

This thesis investigates the online “Egypt vs. Masr” trend as an entry point to studying socio-economic disparities and spatial divides in urban Cairo. Drawing on ideas of Pierre Bourdieu and Mike Bailey’s ‘utopia of exclusion’ as criticism of neoliberalism, it aims to make sense of this trend and how it relates to the proliferation of Cairo’s upscale urban developments. As such, this thesis is en

This study explores the renewable energy cooperation between China and the Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, focusing on how this collaboration addresses underlying structural asymmetries. These asymmetries include China's technological advancements, institutional frameworks, and discursive power, as well as the Gulf's resource and capital endowments.

This thesis examines how Israeli political actors discursively construct and delegitimize the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on the social media platform X between October 7, 2023, and January 29, 2025. Through a Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA), this study examines how UNRWA is framed as a security threat, embedded within broader ideologi

As social media continues to advance rapidly and globalization intensifies, brands are grappling with a heightened complexity of crises. In this process, emotional factors are crucial in disseminating the crisis. Brands are increasingly attempting to influence the emotions of their audiences and ease crises through entertaining content. To explore the potential of brand entertainment strategies as

Patients diagnosed with psychogenic pseudosyncope reported significantly higher rates of supine syncope, syncopal episodes and traumatic falls than patients diagnosed with vasovagal syncope in a survey questionnaire completed before head-up tilt test.

The interface of the oceans and aqueous aerosols with air drives many important physical and chemical processes in the environment, including the uptake of CO2 by the oceans. Transport across and reactions at the ocean-air boundary are in large part determined by the chemical composition of the interface, i.e., the first few nanometers into the ocean. The main constituents of the interface, beside

High-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) genotype is needed for adequate cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination program evaluation as recommended by different guidelines. We aimed to assess the rate of HPV infection and HPV genotype distribution using vaginal self-sampling in a cohort of unscreened reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. A community-based cohort study was conducted with women age

Morphological traits of animals have evolved to solve ecological requirements, the optimization of locomotion in each environment being one of the most frequent selective forces shaping morphology. Amphisbaenians are strictly fossorial reptiles that have evolved various snout shapes for burrowing head-first underground, yet the evolutionary and ecological origins of these different morphologies ar

Inom läkemedelsindustrin är det väldigt viktigt att göra en noggrann kontroll av läkemedel så att de är tillräckligt rena för personen som ska använda dem. En vanlig analysteknik i industrin är HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography), som används för att separera och identifiera olika ämnen i exempelvis krämer eller tabletter. Analysmetoden används för att upptäcka orenheter i produkterna. HPLC is one of the most widely used analytical techniques in the pharmaceutical industry used for separation and identification of compounds in complex formulations. Despite its advantages, HPLC method development remains challenging. This is due to the need to optimize multiple interdependent parameters simultaneously, while gaining high precision, reproducibility, and efficiency. Even minor cha

This thesis explores the possibilities of integrating semantic transport information in the context of 3D-city modelling by implementing transport surfaces according to standards defined by the 3CIM specification, an extension of CityGML. This approach aims to automatically generate transport surfaces in LOD1 and LOD2, based on the Stockholm city basemap in combination with road geometries that re

Carbon sequestration and long-term carbon storage are fundamental characteristics of northern peatland ecosystems. A key process influencing the carbon balance is the decomposition of litter and peat, which not only emits carbon to the atmosphere but also releases dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to recipient waters. However, these processes are susceptible to shifts, as climate change and managemen

In an urbanizing world, challenged by climate change and rising temperatures, street vegetation can help mitigate urban temperatures. However, scaling the understanding of street vegetation’s cooling effects from local observations to the city level introduces challenges. While several studies have assessed the influence of street greenery on land surface temperature (LST) at the city scale using

Skal danskerne til at lære dansk af svenskerne? Forskning og undervisning i dansk nedlægges ved Roskilde Universitets Center i 2028. Det sker, selv om 1/3 del af skoleeleverne på den sydlige del af Sjælland ikke bliver godkendt i dansk til eksamen i 9.klasse. I fremtiden skal danskerne måske til at rejse til Lund, Göteborg, Uppsala, Stockholm og Växjö for at studere deres eget sprog.

Dennis Olsson recenserar "Året hos Hyperboréerna", "Dagar den sommaren", samt "Norgesviten" av Jesper Svenbro, för poesikritksajten Örnen och Kråkans publik.

Cancer is the leading cause of death in the world. Multiple different treatment options are available, target therapy and immunotherapy being two. One potential target is Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors (FGFRs) and there are both available treatments and new treatments being investigated for this. However, only around 25% of patients benefit from the immunotherapy treatment Immune Checkpoint In

Textile waste presents significant harm to the environment, prompting the development of advanced textile recycling technologies. One such process recycles cellulosic fibers using zinc chloride (ZnCl2) at certain hydration levels to dissolve the cellulose, which is later precipitated by the addition of water and can be re-spun into new fibers. However, this process uses large amounts of zinc chl