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Several suggestions have been made as to why Sweden's approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic came to rely on a strategy based on voluntary measures. Two of the most prominent explanations for why the country chose a different strategy than many other countries have focused on micro- and macro-level factors, explaining the strategy either in terms of the psychologies of prominent actors or by p

Guaranteeing reliable access to water and clean energy has been one of the most debated topics to promote sustainable development, which has made the Water–Energy Nexus (WEN) a relevant field of study. However, despite much development of the WEN, there are still many gaps to be addressed. One of these gaps is the understanding of temporal features. To address this, this study aimed to identify, c

We study left-invariant foliations F on semi-Riemannian Lie groups G generated by a subgroup K. We are interested in such foliations which are conformal and with minimal leaves of codimension two. We classify such foliations F when the subgroup K is one of the important groups SU(2), SL_2(R), SU(2)*SU(2), SU(2)*SL_2(R)$, SU(2)*SO(2), SL_2(R)*SO(2). This way we construct new multi-dimensional famil

OBJECTIVES: Develop and validate a WHO Standards-based online questionnaire to measure the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) around the time of childbirth from the health workers' perspective.DESIGN: Mixed-methods study.SETTING: Six countries of the WHO European Region.PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: The questionnaire is based on lessons learnt in previous studies, and was developed in three s

We recently described four distinct types of plexiform lesions in human idiopathic and familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) [1], visualising the three-dimensional lesion structure using synchrotron-based phase-contrast micro-CT (SPµCT). Two types, 1 and 2, are shunt-type lesions that connect pulmonary arteries to the bronchial circulation: type 1 to the vasa vasorum, and type 2 to peribr

The performance and reliability of wireless communications at sea are often limited by the deep fades caused by the coherent sea surface reflection. In this paper, we show that by employing multiple antennas at the base station, the deep fades can be mitigated within a large communication range if the antennas are carefully spaced in the vertical direction. We derive a bound for the range where mi

Objective To investigate the risks and trajectories of hospital admission for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (HACSCs) in gout.Methods Among individuals aged 35-85 years residing in Skåne, Sweden, in 2005, those with no doctor-diagnosed gout during 1998–2005 (n=576,700) were followed from January 1st 2006 until an HACSC, death, relocation outside Skåne, or December 31st 2016. Treating a new g

Questions concerning children’s place in a worshipping community keeps reemerging in the Church of Sweden, as well as in other churches. Often ideals of inclusivity and children’s participation collide with ideals of a solemn, calm and “adult” liturgy. Children might simultaneously be seen as carriers of hope and a special proximity to God and as disturbers: they make noise and are “too young to uQuestions concerning children’s place in a worshipping community keeps reemerging in the Church of Sweden, as well as in other churches. Often ideals of inclusivity and children’s participation collide with ideals of a solemn, calm and “adult” liturgy. Children might simultaneously be seen as carriers of hope and a special proximity to God and as disturbers: they make noise and are “too young to u

The disparity between the ongoing use of criminal profiling and the lack of empirical evidence for its validity is referred to as criminal profiling illusion. Associated risks for society range from misled police investigations, hindered apprehensions of the actual offender(s), and wrongful convictions to mistrust in the police. Research on potential explanations is in its infancy but assumes that

To improve resistance to upcoming vulnerabilities to climate change and cope with rising food demand smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa need to upgrade their local food systems. Upgrading strategies (UPS) within existing food value chains have the potential to secure food at the local to regional level. In this paper, we determined the roles of actors and their interlinkages and motivations in UPS

Rapporten redogör för en fallstudie om hur tillgänglighetsproblem i flerfamiljshus förorsakade av trappsteg kan lösas på nya och bättre sätt. Fyra hus byggda 1959-1966 valdes ut för att ingå i fallstudien. Tre var typiska för flerfamiljshus i Sverige som saknar hissar. Det fjärde huset hade efterinstallerade hissar. Fallens entrémiljöer utvärderades på en undersökande nivå med tillgänglighetsinven

People (re)act differently when facing the pandemic. Multiple opinions about COVID-19 and related issues prevail, both in personal meetings and in (social) media. This article aims to illuminate different ideal types and handling strategies in early stages of the pandemic. A thematic Braun and Clark, and Weber inspired analysis of qualitative data from an international web-based survey was carried

The socio-physical qualities of built environments are, in several ways, of imperative importance for children growing up. The Child-Friendly Cities initiative by UNICEF, an implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, has made local governments strive toward child-friendliness. The participation of children and young people is often the focus of such projects, with a potential The socio-physical qualities of built environments are, in several ways, of imperative importance for children growing up. The Child-Friendly Cities initiative by UNICEF, an implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, has made local governments strive toward child-friendliness. The participation of children and young people is often the focus of such projects, with a potential

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a sepsis-associated inflammatory state and a self-defense mechanism against specific and nonspecific stimuli. Ketamine influences many key processes that are altered during sepsis. However, the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. In this study, TNF-α-treated mice, as well as HT-29 and L929 cell models, were applied to characterize