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This chapter focuses on the impact of the war on the mental well-being ofuniversity students. First, we will provide a brief overview of the “generationof war” – comprising the majority of the current university students – and themental health issues that war can cause. Next, we present the results of astudent well-being survey conducted at Zhytomyr Polytechnic State Uni-versity in 2022, 2023 and

One of the major subfields of chemical ecology is the study of toxins and how they mediate interactions between organisms. Toxins produced by harmful algae (phycotoxins) impact a wide variety of organisms connected to the marine food web. Significant research efforts have thus aimed to identify the ecological and evolutionary drivers behind harmful algal blooms (HABs) to facilitate their forecasti

Existing tests of reference-dependent preferences assume universal loss aversion. This paper examines the implications of heterogeneity in gain-loss attitudes for such tests. In experiments on labor supply and exchange behavior, we first measure gain-loss attitudes and then study a canonical treatment effect that distinguishes different models of reference dependence. We document substantial heter

Existing LLM-based approaches remain limited by simplistic task execution, restricted tool integration, and a lack of contextual reasoning when interacting with professional GIS software. This study investigates the efficacy of a multi-agent architecture designed to enhance geospatial task execution accuracy through collaboration, reasoning and tool-use. The architecture integrates Chain of Though

The thesis studies the notion of unity in early writings of Chiara Lubich (1920–2008) from a relational perspective through the theoretical lens of self-emptying (kenosis). The notion of unity is central to the spirituality of unity that constitutes the spiritual foundation of the Focolare Movement. By situating the writings of Lubich studied for this thesis in their historical context (1939–1962)

This paper explores the impact that a new type of pineapple, and subsequent changing consumer preferences in the Global North, has had on the livelihoods of pineapple growers in Ghana. The paper starts by tracing how research and development in Costa Rica by the world's largest producers of pineapple, Del Monte and Dole, have resulted in a new variety MD2. This new pineapple type has been marketed

Even though place is associated with the local, place-based policy approaches typically target the regional level of government. Addressing this spatial mismatch, this paper focuses on the local level studying municipalities’ regional development work in different types of regions in three Nordic countries. Through a comparative study across regional and national contexts, the paper identifies the

Background: Ambulatory oxygen therapy can be used to treat exertional hypoxaemia during daily life activities in people with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD). However, evidence for its efficacy is scarce. This trial aimed to compare the effects of ambulatory oxygen with ambulatory air on physical activity in daily life over 6 months in people with fibrotic ILD and isolated exertional hypox

This article examines the overlaps between the AI Act and the GDPR, analysing their overall relationship, conceptual similarities and differences, as well as specific provisions in the AI Act that explicitly overlap with the GDPR. The primary focus of this article lies on AI data governance, with a detailed analysis of the requirements set out in Article 10 AI Act. This provision establishes quali

An increasing number of children grow up in joint physical custody (JPC), prompting interest in how this arrangement affects their development. Particularly, questions about the impact of JPC on early attachment development have placed young children at the forefront of scholarly attention. Yet, no systematic synthesis of research has examined attachment development in young children living in JPC

This thesis examines zoonotic disease as a possible contributing factor in the disappearance of the genome associated with hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in southern Scandinavia. While genetic studies show that hunter-gatherer ancestry disappeared around 5900 BP, the mechanisms behind this demographic change remain insufficiently explained. Building on recent archaeoge

The field of paleodemography focuses on reconstructing demographic patterns from past populations. Typically, sex and age data are collected from the target population and used for these reconstructions. Normally, the data is collected using morphological means of skeletal analysis. Morphological methods of analysis, especially estimation of age in adult individuals, have been scrutinized. Develop

Fairy tales have long captivated audiences with their timeless narratives and symbolic depth. Inspired by these stories, this thesis explores how the abstract concepts embedded within fairy tales can be translated into tangible, functional designs. While constructing a narrative may seem straightforward, the real challenge lies in transforming these intangible ideas into physical objects that not

This article examines how embodied Virtual Reality (VR), when used as a participatory research method, can support the narrative sovereignty of refugees from the Global South by recognising their stories as key sources of knowledge production. This approach challenges dominant humanitarian and state discourses that often frame refugees as passive victims in need of saving. The article critiques th

This review synthesises current evidence on the clinical utility of foam-based posturography in the assessment of vestibular pathologies. It critically evaluates: (1) the physiological mechanisms underlying foam posturography and its capacity to determine vestibular contributions; (2) methodological variability across testing protocols, including differences in foam properties, stance conditions a

Low barriers to trade and access to international capital markets have long been argued to improve economic conditions in a country. However, there is less consensus on the impact of economic globalization on the distribution of those gains across society. There are several possible explanations for the conflicting findings in the existing literature, perhaps most notably endogeneity issues that p

The residential sector presents one of the most pressing decarbonisation challenges, especially within historically gas-dependent nations such as the UK. Compounding this challenge, issues of social acceptance have slowed efforts to advance the residential decarbonisation agenda in the UK context. To date, existing technologies such as heat pumps and smart meters, as well as emerging technologies

Finding the optimal subset of individuals to observe in order to obtain the best estimate of the average opinion of a society is a crucial problem in a wide range of applications, including policy-making, strategic business decisions, and the analysis of sociological trends. We consider the opinion vector X to be updated according to a DeGroot opinion dynamical model with stubborn agents, subject