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You cannot pinkwash genocide: Why the (queer) refugee law studies community should be talking about Palestine – and why it is not

Palestinians represent one of the largest refugee populations in the world, and are reserved a special legal status under Article 1D of the Refugee Convention. A number of urgent novel questions are now also arising from the current genocide and mass displacement in Gaza, yet the refugee law studies community on the whole remains silent. This article examines academic silence and Israeli pinkwashi

Conducting Narratives : Navigating Through Complexity Using Strategic Improvisation

How can the strategic direction for an organization be supported and communicated if planning, and even strategies, are no longer sufficient options in the age of complexity? In this book it is argued that sense-making communication defines contemporary societies and organizations in a world where narratives and the ability to engage in strategic improvisation are crucial. In the book, new and old

Linked Geodata: Improving Rooftop Photovoltaic Production Estimates through BIM-GIS Integration using Semantic Web Technologies

Accurately predicting rooftop photovoltaic (PV) electricity output is crucial for sustainable urban energy planning, yet current workflows that rely on 3D city models in CityGML Level of Detail 2 (LOD2) tend to inflate roof areas and, consequently, PV potential. This study develops and evaluates a proof-of-concept framework that integrates detailed Building Information Modelling (BIM) data in Ind

Decipherment of Historical Manuscripts with Unknown or Rare Writings : The DESCRYPT Project

We present a newly funded research program, DESCRYPT, aimed at deciphering and analyzing historical texts with rare or unknown scripts. The project leverages advancements in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence (AI), and image processing, alongside traditional philological methods, to develop innovative tools for transcription, recognition, and interpretation of historical writings w

Leadership in the Circular Economy

The concept of the circular economy, introduced by Pearce and Turner (1990), envisions an economy where waste is reused as a resource to minimise the use of primary materials. It has gained traction globally, supported by entities like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey & Company. Unlike the linear economy, the circular economy focusses on maintaining material value through closed loo

How Transformative Innovations Travel : Tracing the Diffusion of Circular District-Scale Sanitation Systems in Europe

Current models for understanding the spatial diffusion of innovation exhibit significant limitations when it comes to explaining how transformative innovations in sectors of the foundational economy travel between cities and countries. Transformative innovations in infrastructure sectors like water, energy, or waste management are typically not reducible to single products or technologies but rely

Fusion Imaging in Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke

BACKGROUNDRecanalization sometimes fails during endovascular thrombectomy due to target vessel access failure. Two‐dimensional/3‐dimensional fusion imaging in the Siemens ARTIS Icono biplane platform may facilitate access by fusing the preoperative computed tomography angiography with procedural imaging. This observational study aimed to evaluate vascular access, success rates, and procedure times

Outcomes After Thrombectomy for Primary and Secondary Medium Vessel MCA Occlusions : a Nationwide Registry Study

BACKGROUND: Medium vessel occlusions (MeVO) can be either isolated events (primary), or secondary to thrombus migration from a large vessel occlusion to a medium-sized vessel. Outcomes following endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) may differ between primary and secondary MeVOs. This study aimed to assess the association between primary/secondary MeVOs and clinical o

Postoperative leukopenia after cytoreductive surgery and hypertherm intraperitoneal chemotherapy for colorectal carcinomatosis- causes and implication on outcomes in a population-based study

BACKGROUND: Leukocytes have been reported to have tumor stimulating effects in colorectal cancer, among other malignancies. In line with this, earlier research has shown improved disease-free survival in patients with postoperative neutropenia compared to non-neutropenic patients following cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hypertherm intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).AIM: To evaluate the impact o

The impact of comorbidity burden on outcomes following endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke : A nationwide prospective observational study

Introduction: Patients with substantial comorbidity burden are underrepresented in clinical trials on endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), despite being common in clinical routine care. Therefore, analysis of observational data is needed to evaluate how increasing comorbidity burden affects procedural success rate, complication rate, and clinical outcome following EVT. Patients and methods: We conduct

The effect of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose on health-related quality of life in iron-deficient patients with acute heart failure : the results of the AFFIRM-AHF study

AIMS: Patients with heart failure (HF) and iron deficiency experience poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We evaluated the impact of intravenous (IV) ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) vs. placebo on HRQoL for the AFFIRM-AHF population.METHODS AND RESULTS: The baseline 12-item Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ-12), which was completed for 1058 (535 and 523) patients in the FCM and p

The Mitochondrial Signature for Predicting Outcome of Early-Stage Breast Cancer by Machine Learning

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer, a leading female cancer worldwide, can be influenced by mitochondrial dysfunction. Dysregulation of mitochondria by the nuclear genome may cause breast cancer initiation and progression. However, the comprehensive investigation of mitochondrial-related genes as prognostic marker for the overall survival of early-stage breast cancer patients is still limited.METHODS: To

Multiscale analysis of liquid foam structure using X-ray tomography

Liquid foams are dispersions of closely packed gas bubbles within a liquid phase. They are commonly encountered in daily life, such as in food and cosmetics, and are extensively used in industry due to their unique mechanical properties, exhibiting both solid-like and liquid- like behavior. However, predicting the rheological behavior of liquid foams remains a challenge due to the complex interpla

Long-term prognosis after coronary bifurcation PCI-A nationwide observational study

BACKGROUND: Long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for bifurcation lesions are underexplored. We investigated long-term PCI outcomes for proximal LAD bifurcation lesions involving D1.METHODS: Using Swedish registries, we included all patients undergoing LAD-D1 bifurcation PCI with drug-eluting stents between 2010 and 2020. Patients were stratified into two groups: simple PC