The scientific literature distinguishes between primary or natural and secondary or human-induced salinization. Assessing this distinction is of vital importance to assign liabilities and responsibilities in pollution cases and for designing the best policy and management actions. In this context, actors interested in downplaying the role of certain drivers of human-induced salinization can attemp

During the Civil War (1936–1939), Spain became a testing ground of military technologies and tactics that were applied during World War II on a much larger scale. Due to artillery bombardment and aerial bombing, Madrid’s urban water supply approached the brink of collapse. The efforts of the workers of the state water company were fundamental to control leaks and guarantee the city’s water supply.

Around midnight of 9 January 1959, the Vega de Tera dam broke, releasing nearly 8 million cubic metres of water that destroyed the Spanish town of Ribadelago, killing 144 people. To this day, it remains the worst dam-related failure of the past two centuries of Spanish history. In this chapter we expand the time frame of the disaster, moving from a one-day narrative to focus on the processes of re

The multidisciplinary Green Extraction approach has recently advanced by integrating the principles of Green Chemistry and the Circular Economy. In this framework, waste products are redefined as negative-cost raw materials for the recovery of high-value compounds with cross-sectoral applications, contributing to both economic and environmental sustainability. This study focuses on the valorizatio

Vad händer när det som ska göra livet enklare samtidigt hotar planeten? Mjukvara har på kort tid gått från att vara ett osynligt verktyg i bakgrunden till att forma hela vårt samhälle. Mobiler som en förlängning av vår arm, kontanter som ersätts av Swish, artificiell intelligens som skriver texter och tar beslut, och globala techjättar som påverkar allt från demokratins grundpelare till individenThe climate impact of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector is growing rapidly. While software does not emit greenhouse gases directly, it plays a central role in shaping energy consumption patterns, influencing hardware life cycles, and enabling both sustainable and unsustainable practices across society. Despite its increasing relevance, software remains a relatively unregula

The Koenigsegg Variera represents a bold new interpretation of everyday performance, fusing the brand’s uncompromising engineering ethos with a visionary approach to electric mobility. Conceived as a dual-purpose vehicle, the Variera seamlessly transitions between autonomous driving and Koenigsegg’s established performance driving, capturing the essence of Koenigsegg’s performance spirit. Designed

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-gamma) is a key regulator of metabolism, but how its structural dynamics control allosteric signaling remains unclear. To investigate this, we performed molecular dynamics simulations of PPAR-gamma and applied time-lagged independent component analysis to reduce the dimensionality of the data. Microstates were identified using K-means clusteri

The design and development of drugs which can permeate the blood brain barrier (BBB) for the treatment of hard-to-treat central nervous system (CNS) diseases is a critical and prevalent challenge in medicinal chemistry. Such diseases include Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Parkinson’s Disease (PD) - both chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disorders affecting the brain. Galectin-3 (gal-3) is a

I dag är det lätt att få tag på information via exempelvis internet. Befolkningen besitter allt större kunskap vad gäller den globala uppvärmningen och vad som orsakar detta samtidigt som strävan efter att förebygga detta är stort. Lagar regleras utifrån ett mer miljövänligt perspektiv där fokus ligger på att ersätta material och industriella processer med hög klimatpåverkan. Plast har länge varitLignin is a by-product from the paper industry and has shown good liquid barrier properties according to previous studies. The objective of this work was therefore to study the liquid barrier properties of hydrotropic extracted lignin through steam explosion (STEX), obtained from spruce. The lignin was dissolved in three different solvents (concentrations: acetone 65 %v/v, ethanol (EtOH) 80%v/v an

Kan klimatförändringar göra Sverige till ett vinland? I Skåne har vinodlingen vuxit kraftigt under de senaste decennierna. Denna studie undersöker hur vinodlare i regionen ser på klimatets roll i utvecklingen – och hur de planerar för en framtid som blir allt mer osäker. Att vin produceras i Skåne är ett relativt nytt fenomen. För några decennier sedan ansågs klimatet vara för kallt och instabiltAs climate change reshapes agricultural possibilities across Europe, new crops are emerging in previously marginal regions. In Skåne, southern Sweden, commercial wine production has expanded in recent years. This study explores how local winegrowers perceive the role of climate change in this development, what climate-related risks and opportunities they foresee, and what strategies they adopt to

Galectins are small, carbohydrate-binding proteins widely distributed among different cells and tissues in the human body. Due to their abundance, these proteins are involved in many processes and diseases. Among the different types of galectins found in the human body, galectin-1 and galectin-3 are the most common, thus the most targeted and studied. Particularly, galectin-3 is the only chimeric

Driven by sustainability goals and regulatory pressure, the packaging industry is transitioning from complex multilayer structures toward mono material solutions that are more easily recyclable. This shift presents challenges, especially in high-performance applications such as microwaveable ready meals, where packaging must endure sealing, cooking, and reheating processes without compromising saf

Denna studie syftade till att undersöka ålders- och könsskillnader i moral, samt hur skillnader i moral påverkar bedömningar av brott. Brottsbeskattning användes som en praktisk applikation av moral. Moral Foundations Theory användes som ett teoretiskt ramverk. Det förväntas att äldre generationer skulle värdesätta bindande moralfundament, och att kvinnor skulle värdera individualiserande moralfunThis study aimed to investigate age and gender differences in morality, as well as, how differences in morality affects judgments of crime. Crime judgments were used as a practical application of morality. Moral Foundations Theory served as a theoretical framework for this study. It was hypothesised that older generations would value binding moral foundations, while women would value individualisi

This study aims to explore how professionals working with preventive social work reason regarding the understanding of the term preventive social work. Furthermore, the study looked into how current discourses were presented by the social workers. In addition, we also aimed to explore the potential benefits and challenges associated with preventive social work. This was examined in light of the ne

Sundarban mangrove is the largest continuous mangrove forest in the world and is the habitat of an incredible amount of biodiversity. Biodiversity loss and degradation of this highly ecologically productive mangrove forest due to climate change will have a tremendous impact on the livelihood of the people living in the deltaic region. The present study was aimed to find out the dynamics of change