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The Elites of Civil Society: A Comparative Analysis presents the first book-length analysis of the top echelons in civil society from an elite perspective. Combining elite studies with civil society research, the book analyses civil society elite structures in four countries – Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the UK. Using a theoretical framework focusing on the vertical stratification in the sector and
Purpose & Strategic Communication Relevance: This conceptual chapter examines how artificial intelligence can support strategic sustainability communication research and education. Integrating communication theory, prior studies, and illustrative cases, it shows how AI can analyze organizational messages, examine audience responses, and support the training of future communicators. It connects
Sweden is often regarded as one of the most progressive countries in terms of legislation and policies protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) people. Such measures aim to promote wellbeing among LGBTQ individuals, who generally report more negative experiences compared to heterosexual cisgender people. Swedish legislation requires employers to take active measure
Executives recognize that communication is essential to organizational performance and value creation, yet corporate communication‘s specific contribution to value creation remains difficult to articulate. In this article, I introduce a conceptual framework with practical applications that clarifies how value is formed across the corporate communication management process – from identifying stakeh
I detta arbete undersöktes potentialen av en biofilmsprocess med suspenderade bärare (MBBR) som efternitrifikation att minska halterna av ammoniumkväve som släpps ut med det behandlade avloppsvattnet. För detta genomfördes en studie i en pilotanläggning vid Ellinge avloppsre-ningsverk där två parallella reaktorer med olika driftsätt jämfördes, varav den ena periodvis ut-sattes för högre belastningThis study investigated the potential of a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) process as a post-nitrification step to reduce ammonium nitrogen concentrations in treated wastewater. The study was conducted in a pilot plant at Ellinge wastewater treatment plant, where two parallel reactors with different operating strategies were compared, one of which was periodically subjected to higher loading thr
Mienstrukturen, en delvis vattenfylld sänka i södra Sverige, bekräftades vara ett astroblem på 1960-talet. Strukturen bildades runt 120 miljoner år sedan. Dålig exponering av berggrunden i och runt sjön, på grund av tjocka lager glaciala sediment, har gjort geomorfologisk kartering och klassificering av impaktbergarter till en utmaning. Data angående kraterdiameter och morfologiska särdrag som exeThe Mien structure, a partly lake-filled depression in southern Sweden, was confirmed to be an impact structure in the 1960s. The structure formed about 120 Myr ago. Poor exposure of outcropping bedrock in and around the lake, due to a thick cover of glacial sediments, has made morphological mapping and impactite classification challenging. Constrains on crater diameter and morphological features
Reconstructing the geometric structure of a room from indoor acoustic signals (such as room impulse response, RIR) has significant application value in fields such as spatial audio, active sound field control, and virtual reality. However, in real physical measurement environments, inevitable acoustic environmental noise and spatial uncertainty in the placement of equipment (such as minor perturba
Introduction: Enhancing Quality of Life for Individuals with Stroke (EQL-stroke) is an international, collaborative multiphase project aiming to strengthen supported self-management for older adults recovering from stroke at home in Sweden, Latvia and the Netherlands. Existing poststroke pathways may provide insufficient support for self-management during the transition from hospital to home, and
ADP-ribosylation is a conserved modification that uses NAD+ as a co-substrate to regulate essential cellular processes, such as genome stability and transcription, with Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases (PARPs) serving as the major catalyzing enzymes in humans. Historically defined as a protein post-translational modification, ADP-ribosylation on nucleic acids has been increasingly recognized in recent
OBJECTIVE: Q-space trajectory imaging (QTI) enables detailed characterization of tissue microstructure. Achieving high spatial resolution is challenging due to low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), particularly on clinical MRI systems with limited gradient capabilities and coil options. This study assessed the potential of denoising methods to improve the resolution of QTI in the brain on a radiotherap
The interest in putting a price on carbon emissions is increasing in pace with the urgency of climate change. In this article we compare the adoption of one such policy instrument, carbon taxation, in the cases of Sweden and Mexico. We use a theoretical framework that focuses on economic and environmental factors influencing the policy process via distinct policy areas, as well as the mechanisms t
Circular supply chains (CSCs) depend on enhanced supply chain visibility (SCV) to track and manage resource flows and thereby enable efficient decision-making. Despite confronting silo mentalities, fragmented information, technological barriers, resistance to change, and a lack of standardization, data sharing remains crucial for SCV and circularity. In this study, following the Delphi method, 22
Droughts have intensified under climate change, threatening ecosystem stability. While rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations may enhance vegetation drought resistance, the net effect remains uncertain amid concurrent warming. Here we combine ecological modeling with multi-source observations to investigate how CO2 and warming jointly regulate vegetation drought responses on the Qinghai-Tibetan Pla
Background: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a serious vector-borne neurological disease in Europe, with a complex transmission cycle involving ticks of genus Ixodes, animal hosts, environmental and climatic determinants. Methods: We modelled annual Geocoded Swedish TBE case data for the period 2005–2023 as a log-Gaussian Cox process in relation to population, environmental and climate data, and w
Background: The C-reactive protein-triglyceride-glucose index (CTI) has been proposed as a novel biomarker for insulin resistance and inflammation. However, its role in the progression trajectory of cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM) remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the involvement of the CTI in the CMM progression trajectory. Methods: This prospective study included 266,049 individuals
This article examines how de-risking policy instruments interact to shape implementation conditions for Sino-research collaboration in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish higher education institutions (HEIs). Using comparative policy analysis, it analyses how instruments combine across types, functions and actor loci, and what these interactions mean for HEIs. The findings show that implementation condi
In multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems, the non-linear behavior of the power amplifiers (PAs) may cause degradation of the linear precoding schemes dealing with interference between user equipments (UEs), e.g., the zero-forcing (ZF) precoder. One way to minimize this effect is to use digital-pre-distortion (DPD) modules to linearize the PAs. However, using perfect DPD modul
AbstractThe need to minimise wear of hardmetal cutting tool materials requires an understanding of, and in turn accurate measurement of, both the external changes in dimensions and the internal microstructural changes which cause plastic deformation underneath the tool coating.This paper summarises development of methods to quantify the dimensional changes of the complex 3D tip shape of a tool and
