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Wood's flammability, low dimensional stability, and poor fungal resistance limit its application. In this study, Scots pine sapwood (Pinus sylvestris L.) was treated with a low-molecular-weight phenol–formaldehyde (PF) resin and a monoguanidine phosphate flame retardant (FR) to achieve multifunctional enhancement. Differential scanning calorimetry confirmed no interference of FR with PF curing, wh

Background: Device-aided therapies (DAT) offer alternatives to oral or transdermal dopaminergic treatments in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD), where they can reduce motor fluctuations and dyskinesia and improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The 5-2-1 criteria can be seen as a rough indicator when DAT might be considered, that is, when a patient has daily ≥2 hours off and/or ≥1 hour tro

The construction of heterojunctions between catalysts and cocatalysts is a widely recognized strategy to enhance catalytic activity. The precise placement of cocatalysts is widely understood to optimize charge transfer pathways and catalytic active sites. In this study, we demonstrate that site-selective decoration on an anisotropic catalyst, achieved by modulating solvent polarity and precursor r

Förekomst av tumlare och deras bytesfisk spårade med eDNA kring ön Ven i Öresund Tumlaren (Phocoena phocoena) är den enda bofasta valarten i svenska vatten. Tumlaren är hotad och under nivån för god ekologisk status i svenska vatten. Dessa marina däggdjur är svåra att studera på grund av deras höga rörlighet. Passiv akustisk övervakning, exempelvis med en F-POD, som registrerar tumlarnas klickljuThe mobility of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) makes the small, toothed whale complicated to study, especially regarding their distribution and foraging over a longer timescale. To overcome this, passive acoustic monitoring, which detects their high-frequency echolocation clicks (ranging from 125-140 kHz), offers a way to track their presence with high temporal resolution (measured as detecte

This thesis examines how Sweden’s new development policy, Development for a New Era, reconfigures the agency of its civil society organizations (CSOs). The policy marks a major shiftin Sweden’s foreign aid landscape, moving from a human rights– and needs-based approach to one driven by strategic, trade, and migration interests. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of interviews with CSO staff and med

This thesis investigates the strategic use of fear speech, political communication designed to evoke fear by presenting threats, by Swedish political parties and lead candidates during the 2024 European Parliament election campaign on Facebook. Departing from audience-focused studies, the analysis centres on political actors’ intent, examining who employs fear speech, how frequently, and on which

Queer housing collectives in Sweden are places of living that are generally designed to encompass shared values regarding community building and notions of care and support through providing a safe space. Through semi-structured interviews and queer theory, this study analyzes what queerness produces in those collectives through subtle everyday embodiments of queerness by its residents. It highlig

Nightlife, often considered detached from political meaning regarded as solely serving self-indulgent purposes actually serves an important role in healing, identity exploration, and community-building within the queer community. Through an interpretivist research approach, this thesis examines a queer art rave collective Riposte based in London, as a space for queer healing and alternative politi

This study uses McDonald's gender equity theory as its core framework, combined with gender revolution theory, to explore the impact of gender role attitudes on short-term fertility intentions and the moderating role of institutional contexts. Using GGS data from Sweden and Hungary, gender attitude dimensions were extracted through principal component analysis and Varimax rotation. The results

Situated in the ambiguous position as agents of both care and control, train hosts find themselves constantly engaging in balancing acts related to their professional role as frontline workers. This dynamic is especially relevant in cross-border regions where train hosts arguably assume the role of unofficial border agents. This thesis explores the professional practices and personal dispositions

Abstract This thesis aims to examine the development cooperation between Sweden and Kenya, focusing on how aid is used, the norms and values Sweden seeks to promote, and the potential consequences for Kenya’s political and institutional independence. Using a qualitative research design, the study is based on secondary sources, including academic literature, government reports, and reliable databa

This study explores the perceived significance of Sida’s funding in Cambodia’s education sector and how education-related organisations have adapted to the financial shortfall following Sida’s withdrawal. Drawing on Resource Dependence Theory (RDT), the research highlights the critical role Sida played as a valued donor, supporting a wide range of educational initiatives from primary to higher edu

In the Philippines, being labeled as “red” is akin to being given a death sentence. Red-tagging is a political strategy, most notably employed by national security forces, to accuse, denounce, and persecute individuals and civil society organizations as members or supporters of front organizations of communist guerrilla groups. It is the act of indiscriminately associating individuals or organizat

This thesis focuses on the concept “sustainable consumption” and how it is conceptually constructed by Swedish secondhand actors, specifically non-profit actors who actively engage in the resale of clothing. Our current excessive overconsumption of fashion and pressing need to shift to a more sustainable mode of consumption requires us to critically assess the definition of our sustainability idea

This thesis examines how state strategies and transnational lifestyles co-produce identities in Hong Kong and Singapore. Both global city-states share colonial legacies, open economies, and roles as regional hubs, yet differ in nation-building trajectories and governance structures. Drawing on Bourdieu’s habitus and field theory and Jessop’s strategic-relational approach, the study conceptualises

Refugee women are particularly at risk of having their sexual and reproductive health and rights compromised due to a high unmet need for contraception. Through fifteen individual interviews in Pagirinya refugee settlement, Northern Uganda, this thesis documents the gendered structures regarding contraceptive usage among South Sudanese refugee women and how they negotiate these structures. The the

This study examines whether formal state authority determines governance zone placement and whether governance zones shift (“zone migration”) across the ANIME stages, Agenda-Setting, Negotiation, Implementation, Monitoring, and Enforcement, in Indonesia’s female domestic worker migration to the GCC. Drawing on qualitative interviews with meso-level actors, it combines the ANIME framework with the

State-controlled social media platforms can result in authoritarian soft power assets when the users' mediated communication extends across borders. Especially in times of hostile conflict and narrative divide, these transnational communication networks – without the coordination of the authoritarian state – can promote authoritarian narratives to non-domestic audiences when multilingual users