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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are widespread synthetic substances with various adverse health effects. A potential mechanism of toxicity for PFASs is via epigenetic changes, such as DNA methylation. Previous studies have evaluated associations between PFAS exposure and DNA methylation among newborns and adults. However, no study has evaluated how PFASs influence DNA methylation among children

The way people articulate their experiences can give us interesting insights into how they have made sense of them, beyond what the mere content can express. These articulations can also shed light on the meanings and morals implicit in these recountings, as well as evaluations of these meanings, and suggest ways forward: ‘[o]ur self-stories condition what we will do tomorrow because whatever tomo

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis, is to relate the areas of crime theory and supply chain to the transport- and construction industry, by exploring factors that influence the occurrence of theft as well as factors that influence the police reporting tendency in the same industry. The thesis intends to support decision making in the transport- and construction industry. Design/methodology/approa

The hunter-gatherer group of Neolithic Scandinavia, the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC), appeared when the initial farmer society, the Funnel Beaker Culture (FBC), had already existed for several hundreds of years. They lived side by side first with the FBC, and later with the Battle Axe Culture (BAC), without adopting the agricultural lifestyle. Although the PWC individuals from a Baltic Sea Island (Go

The food system today is faced with enormous challenges, leading to negative externalities which influence all the layers of sustainable development. In this scenario, the transition from a linear to a Circular Economy for the global food system, but also for the entire economy, has been proposed as a solution towards reducing environmental pressure from economic growth. The aim of this thesis is

As the physical consequences of climate change continues to augment, possibly millions of people might be forced to migrate. Those most likely to be forced to move are people living in poor countries in the Global South where vulnerability levels are generally high and the capacity to adapt is often low due to socio-economic difficulties and political insecurity. In contrast, the countries most re

The global rapid growing urban inhabitants and urbanization promotes a conflict with natural resources conservation, sustainable urban structure establishment, and urban expansion. Urban green space (UGS) plays an essential role in sustainable communities, human health promotion, and economic development, however, is gradually replaced by the basic infrastructures in the context of densification s

Trust has attracted academic attention as the crucial social capital to foster economic development. Especially in analysing today’s knowledge-based economy, the influential role of trust on innovation has been studied by many researchers due to the favourable feature of trust in accelerating knowledge exchange and collaboration in innovation networks. However, the quantitative relationship betwee

Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated to increased individual risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD). However, the value of this association for causal inference is uncertain. Moreover, neighborhoods are often defined by available administrative boundaries without evaluating in which degree these boundaries embrace a relevant socio-geographical context that condition individual diffe