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Ontological insecurity dominates the narratives of fear and anxiety that are perpetuated by populist and authoritarian regimes today. In these discourses and imaginings, specific ideas of ‘security’ are desired as a return to order or an imagined or idealized past. In this chapter, we focus on how those narratives regularly rely on gendered and colonial framings that are associated with weakness a
OVERVIEW: The article explains how Tetra Pak, a global manufacturing company, revamped its product development process (PDP) by transitioning from the traditional Stage-Gate model to a new innovative process that integrates Agile, Lean, Stage-Gate, the Scaled Agile Framework for enterprises (SAFe), and systems engineering methods. The design and implementation of the PDP at Tetra Pak offers insigh
This op-ed urges the Swedish government and the EU to stand decisively with the Iranian people amid nationwide protests driven by economic collapse and decades of repression. The authors argue that the movement reflects a unified demand for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and growing support for Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as a legitimate, unifying voice for a democratic transition toward a se
Att läsa och tolka nedtecknade vittnesmål kan öka vår förståelse för hur covid-19-pandemin påverkade vårdpersonal både mentalt och fysiskt. I den här artikeln undersöker vi några av de jobbrelaterade och existentiella svårigheter som läkare mötte under pandemin när det gällde personlig hälsa och välbefinnande. Artikeln använder sig av några av de berättelser som publicerades i amerikansk kontext u
The introduction presents the 27 chapters of the Handbook on Welfare State Reform by international experts, organized in four parts that provide specific theoretical, methodological, policy-related, as well as reform trend-oriented angles. It begins with contributions providing theoretical lenses and policy paradigms central to the study of welfare state reform. The second part offers an overview
Self-stabilized, heterometallic pair-sites can enable fine-tuning of catalytic functionality while also mitigating dynamic structural changes that degrade catalytic performance. This study demonstrates the development and characterization of trimetallic PtxCrxAg1-2x (x ≤ 0.1) alloys with active Pt–Cr pair-ensembles for non-oxidative ethanol dehydrogenation, leveraging predictions that favorable bo
Adjusting to life at a foreign university can be challenging. For second/foreign language (L2) students, challenges extend beyond adapting to new academic and social contexts. They can involve the need to reappraise individual aspirations and socially grounded expectations relating to language use. In these and other appraisal processes, self-evaluative standards are employed. In L2 learning, self
Mobility is essential to our modern world to move people and goods. However, mobility has also its downside as transport sectors are substantial emitters of greenhouse gases and air pollutants. Increasingly energy efficient combustion engines and turbines, as well as electrification and carbon-neutral fuels, will reduce the climate impacts of transportation. When such technologies are combined wit
Bakgrund: Lärare i grundskolan utgör en särskilt utsatt grupp med höga arbetskrav, ökade administrativa uppgifter samt minskade resurser. Sammantaget bidrar dessa faktorer till risk för bristande återhämtning, stress och ohälsa. Syfte: Syftet är att beskriva hur lärare upplever sina arbetskrav i relation till återhämtning och aktivitetsbalans, samt identifiera faktorer som hindrar eller främjar eBackround: Primary school teachers are a particularly vulnerable group with high work demands, increased administrative tasks and reduced resourses. Together, these factors contribute to the risk of a lack of recovery, stress and poor health. Aim: The purpose is to describe how teachers experience their work demands in relation to recovery and occupational balance, and to identify factors that
This study aimed to examine how social workers work with children’s right to be heard and with assessments of the best interests of the child in social services investigations, as well as how they manage the tension between these two principles. The study adopted a qualitative approach and is based on semistructured interviews. The participants consisted of six investigative social workers from di
The purpose of this study was to examine how first-line managers in elderly care work with and reason about the use of welfare technology, specifically focusing on the balance between demands for efficiency and ensuring good social care. To address the study's aim and research questions, a qualitative method was applied, consisting of four semi-structured interviews with an operations manager
This study focuses on examining how participants and staff describe the Housing First initiative, focusing on the experiences of the central parts of the Housing First initiative. To investigate this, we chose a qualitative method. We interviewed six people. Two staff members who work within Housing First and four participants who are involved in Housing First initiatives. With the help of semi-st
This study examined how staff at residential care homes (HVB) in Sweden work to strengthen clients' independence in preparation for life after institutional care, as well as the significance of the relationship between staff and client. Young people leaving residential care are a vulnerable group due to the absence of a secure social network and insufficient treatment for past behavioural issu
This study aimed to explore how social workers experience compassion fatigue and identify organizational and individual factors that may reduce it. This study is based on a qualitative interview study with seven social workers at the same workplace in a small municipality in southern Sweden. The data was analyzed thematically and resulted in three themes: (1) How compassion fatigue is experienced,
Injury prevention programmes can reduce injuries in youth team sports, including handball. However, real-world effectiveness and impact of such programmes are limited due to poor implementation. To address this in Swedish youth handball, the 'Implementing injury Prevention training ROutines in TEams and Clubs in youth Team handball' (I-PROTECT) programme was co-created with end-users, including co
A semi-empirical method inspired by Blomqvist's (1969) previous calculations of the excitation energy of the lowest 9/2- state of 201Tl is applied to similar calculations in different Tl, Au and Ir isotopes. These semi-empirical estimates agree well with the experimental values of the excitation energies as well as with the energy differences deduced from the analysis of the total potential energy
The strong shell effects observed experimentally and theoretically at high spins and moderate deformations are explained in terms of the interference between two effects. Thus, the effect of the quadrupole deformation to destroy the spherical shell degeneracy can be largely compensated by the orbital separation due to rotational motion. In the resulting coupling scheme, the subshell degeneracy of
This article adds to the growing body of literature on the #MeToo movement in non-Western contexts. It explores the concept of resilience in the context of workplace sexual harassment in China, drawing on 26 cases from the #MeToo in China Archives (2018–2019). Using thematic analysis, the study examines the actions of the harassed individuals, the support they received, and how they handled and co
