Bakgrund: Patienter som vårdas med mekanisk ventilation på intensivvårdsavdelningar (IVA) upplever ofta en oförmåga att kommunicera verbalt, vilket kan leda till betydande psykiskt lidande. Effektiv kommunikation är avgörande för att upprätthålla personcentrerad vård och lindra lidande hos denna sårbara patientgrupp. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att utforska vuxna patienters upplevelser av

Bakgrund: Emotionell utmattning, fysiska belastningar och en minskad förmåga av att vara empatisk är karakteristiska drag för Compassion Fatigue. Compassion Fatigue är ett tillstånd som drabbar vårdpersonal som arbetar med patienter som är svårt sjuka eller befinner sig i kritiska tillstånd, bland annat intensivvårdssjuksköterskor. Syfte: Att belysa intensivvårdssjuksköterskans upplevelse av compa

Abstract Bakgrund: Efter att en patient vårdats på en intensivvårdsavdelning är deras resa mot återhämtning ofta lång och kan vara påfrestande på många olika sätt. Patienter upplever ofta fysiska, psykiska och kognitiva symtom som påverkar deras förutsättningar i sin återhämtning. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa patienters upplevelser av återhämtning efter intensivvård. Metod: En systema

Bakgrund: Intensivvårdssjuksköterskor arbetar dagligen i en högteknologisk miljö med kritiskt sjuka patienter och höga krav ställs på IVA-sjuksköterskan. I tidigare forskning har man kunnat se hur stressen i vården påverkar sjuksköterskorna, men nyare forskning i Sverige om IVA-sjuksköterskors upplevelse och hantering av arbetsrelaterad stress utan aspekten av Covid-19 tycks saknas. Syfte: Syftet

Bakgrund: Delirium är ett tillstånd vars karakteristiska drag är akut kognitiv dysfunktion, desorientering och fluktuerande uppmärksamhet. Delirium medför längre vårdtiden och ökar risken för ökad mortalitet, och delirium ses som ett underskattat tillstånd. Intensivvårdssjuksköterskans roll i bedömning och omhändertagande av patienter med delirium är därför en central del. Det krävs en stor empati

Bakgrund: Otillräcklig postoperativ smärtlindring förlänger återhämtningen och ökar opioidförskrivningen med risk för biverkningar och beroende. Medicinsk akupunktur hardärför föreslagits som ett opioid-besparande komplement. Syfte: Att undersöka om medicinsk akupunktur reducerar postoperativ opioidförbrukning hos vuxna patienter som opererats i generell anestesi, samt att värdera effekten i relaBackground: Inadequate postoperative analgesia delays recovery and increases opioid prescribing, exposing patients to adverse effects and dependency. Medical acupuncture has been proposed as an opioid-sparing adjunct. Objective: To determine whether medical acupuncture reduces postoperative opioid consumption in adults undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia and to evaluate the effect again

The upcoming Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) aims to push new frontiers in the search for the nature of dark matter. Its electromagnetic calorimeter (ECal) can be calibrated directly from the electron beam in the experiment, however the hadronic calorimeter (HCal) will be installed behind and to the sides of the ECal. Thus, it cannot be calibrated directly and has to be done so through other m

As electricity distribution companies face growing volumes of operational data, strategic data management becomes increasingly important. This thesis investigates how E.ON Sverige, a Swedish electricity distribution company, can manage its growing data volumes more efficiently and sustainably, both financially and environmentally. The study explores the regulatory requirements and internal stakeho

De senaste århundraden har vår förståelse för världen runt omkring oss förbättrats avsevärt. Grundpelaren i att bedriva det vetenskapliga arbete som har lett fram till detta är att kunna utföra olika experiment vars resultat kan falsifiera olika teorier om de inte stämmer överens med observationerna. Allt eftersom de experimentella delarna av fysiken har fått möjligheten att göra noggrannare och nAfter the Higgs boson’s discovery precision searches for Beyond the Standard Model physics has become a new frontier in fundamental physics research. In extensions to the Standard Model, large combinatorics arising due to the many possibly involved particles in Feynman diagrams stands in the way of performing precision calculations of what such extensions predict. This work investigates the feasib

Purpose: Incisional hernia (IH) after open liver surgery is a well-recognized complication. The clinical importance of IH detected on computed tomography in terms of objective abdominal wall discomfort and impairment of quality of life (QoL) is less well known. Methods: Patients who underwent curative surgery for colorectal liver metastases between 2010 and 2015 at a single center and were alive i

In this editorial, we discuss why disclosure of many aspects commonly seen in positionality statements may be problematic given the cultural and legal context surrounding personal information in Europe, and the unequal distribution of required bravery, experienced burdens and barriers. We summarize current norms and problems with requiring labels, and suggest that, rather than disclosing identity

In this paper, the factors affecting flame extension under curved ceilings are presented. An experimental campaign in reduced scale was carried out in Lund University’s Fire Lab using a propane gas burner and heptane pool fire in different positions and heat release rates within a curved ceiling setup. A flame recognition script was developed to identify the flame length in the videos taken for ea

The United Nations (UN) put out a questionnaire and request for public comment on a proposal to form an Independent International Scientific Panel on ArtificialIntelligence (AI), as well as a Global Dialogue on AI in the context of the Global Digital Compact. The questionnaire was sent out in late 2024, and the following brief report forms the response submitted by the AI Policy Lab at Umeå Univer

JavaDL ArtifactJavaDL is a language and toolchain for analyzing Java at the source level. JavaDL is based on MetaDL, a variant of Datalog that adds syntactic pattern matching, here specialized to pattern matching on Java.

Hydrogen-based steelmaking using green hydrogen can achieve above 95 % CO2 emission reductions. Low-cost renewable electricity is a prerequisite and research has found that access to renewable energy resources could pull energy-intensive industry to new locations, the “renewables pull”-effect. However, previous studies on hydrogen-based steel differ on key assumptions and analyse a wide range of e

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly emerged as a transformative technology across various disciplines. However, its widespread adoption is accompanied by numerous myths, which are fueled by limited public understanding and can significantly shape how individuals perceive and interact with AI, often leading to negative consequences such as misunderstanding, fear, or resistance. Despite the imp

Extreme conditions caused by climate change and other crises call for enhancing the resilience of buildings and urban energy systems. This paper investigates the role of collaborative decision-making to improve the performance of single buildings and the unified whole in the form of a cohesive cluster of energy consumers to enhance resilience. CIRLEM, the previously developed energy management app

Numerous studies have been carried out in recent years on the use of virtual reality (VR) technologies and environments in education. On the other hand, many researchers have drawn attention to the inadequacy of studies that deal with the education process in virtual reality environments from a broad perspective. In this research, the process of designing, developing, and testing an educational vi

The application of Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS) has few established guidelines and often suffers from insufficient model documentation. We assess the prevalence of best practices associated with different types of model documentation in light of the European Union’s AI Act (AI Act). Our analysis reveals that best practices are often implemented together but ultimately reinforce the p