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As the environmental and social challenges humanity faces are intertwined, a holistic policy approach is needed to bring operations into the ecologically safe and socially just space (SJS). Degrowth has been presented as a means for high-income countries to reach the SJS. In this thesis I use a mixed methods approach of statistical analysis to identify the gaps that OECD countries face when it com
There are many immigrant women living in Sweden today who come from cultures in Africa where Female Genital Mutilation is tradition. Due to the many complications of this tradition and due to inadequate knowledge of the tradition and management of its complications within the healthcare system, it is one of the biggest health problems of our time. The aim of this study was to gain knowledge and un
The Antequera Basin of 150 km2 is a sub-basin to Lake Poopó, located at an altitude of 3800 meters above sea level on the Bolivian high plateau. Lake Poopó is a terminal lake with high salinity and heavy pollution from centuries of extensive mining activity. The climate is semiarid-cold with an average precipitation of 450 mm/year and potential evaporation of 1700 mm/year. Almost all rain falls du
Introduction: PARP14 is overexpressed and plays an essential role in the survival of many kinds of cancer cells and in inflammatory diseases, and its inhibition could prove to be a future medical treatment. Background: It is still unknown which structures contribute more to PARP14 binding, and because of how conserved the catalytic domain is in the PARP family, the inhibitors need to be selective
The European colonisation of the Americas has had effects on all parts of Indigenous lives. The institutionalised racism that separated Indigenous children from their families led to disconnection and loss of identities. Christian mission and imperialism intersected with Western medicine and forced sterilisations of Indigenous women as a means to reduce the Indigenous population. It also created a
Nesting phenology in birds has been studied for decades and two different breeding strategies have been identified, income and capital breeding. The nesting behaviour and the breeding strategies of 131 females were studied from three species, the Common eider (Somateria mollissima) (n = 65), known to be a capital breeder and two species the Velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) (n = 48) and the Red-brea
This study aims to explore the conditions and challenges faced by centralized HR departments in the public sector in establishing trust among employees within their organizations. Employing a qualitative methodology, the research takes the form of a case study utilizing a semi-structured interview approach. The study adopts an abductive approach with a hermeneutic perspective. Five employees from
Brott med rasistiska motiv har från samhällets sida länge varit särskilt angelägna att bekämpa. I denna uppsats behandlas bland annat frågor rörande de högerextrema grupperingar som trots detta verkat i Sverige. Tre grupperingar undersöks, Nordiska rikspartiet, Svenskarnas parti och Svenska motståndsrörelsen. Av dessa existerar i skrivande stund endast Svenska motståndsrörelsen som bedöms kunna vCrimes with racist motives have since long been particularly important for society to oppose. This study examines amongst other questions issues concerning right-wing groups who have in spite of this acted in Sweden. Three groups were examined, Nordiska rikspartiet, Svenskarnas parti and Svenska motståndsrörelsen. The only existing group today is Svenska motståndsrörelsen. It is estimated that Sve
Denna rapport redogör för design och utveckling av ett medicintekniskt instrument för diagnos av kronisk obstruktiv lungsjukdom (KOL) eller emfysem. Arbetet utgår ifrån en ny diagnosmetod och ett instrument i form av en funktionell prototyp som används för att testa den nya diagnosmetoden. Med utgångspunkt i den funktionella prototypen har arbetet fokuserats kring att förstå vilka problem och utmThis thesis presents design and development of a medical device for diagnosis of emphysema or COPD by controlled lung deposition of nanoparticles. After purging the lungs with particle free air the subject inhales a controlled aerosol mixture and holds his breath for a determined period of time, before exhaling. The degree of lung disease is calculated by measuring and comparing the concentration
The purpose of the thesis is to examine if the Swedish Central Bank, the Riksbank, reacts to changes in asset prices and the strength of the currency when regulating the short term interest rate. The application of backward- and forward-looking Taylor rules will help us evaluate the outcome of the Riksbank’s inflation forecast. The thesis is based on the Taylor rule, augmented with the deviation o
Risk and vulnerability assessments are an important part of the Swedish disaster management system and can be used as input for decision making. Today disaster management decisions are made on all levels in Sweden depending on the extent of the decisions. The purpose of this thesis has been to perform a descriptive study of how risk and vulnerability assessments are utilised as input to decision m
Author: Marcelle Björkendal Title: How hospital welfare officers experience social work in the hospital organization Supervisor: Goran Basic The main purpose of this study was to examine how hospital welfare officers experience their work within multiprofessional team in the hospital organization. The study was based on semi structured interviews with seven different hospital welfare officers.
Future climate scenarios are predicting considerable threats to sustainable maize production in arid and semi-arid regions. These adverse impacts can be minimized by adopting modern agricultural tools to assess and develop successful adaptation practices. A multi-model approach (climate and crop) was used to assess the impacts and uncertainties of climate change on maize crop. An extensive field s
Climate change and land-use change represent a dual threat to terrestrial ecosystem functioning. In the tropics, forest conversion to agriculture is occurring alongside warming and more pronounced periods of drought. Rainfall after drought induces enormous dynamics in microbial growth (potential soil carbon storage) and respiration (determining carbon loss), affecting the ecosystem carbon budget.
BACKGROUND: The Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI), the standard measure of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), has limitations in reflecting disease severity.RESEARCH QUESTION: Is high hypoxic burden (HB) more strongly associated with major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events (MACCEs) than AHI≥ 30/h?STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: This secondary analysis of the RICCADSA observational cohort included 3
PURPOSE: To develop Mexico's first methodologically rigorous clinical practice guideline for the management of adult overweight and obesity. The target audiences are interdisciplinary healthcare professionals across healthcare systems who are the first point of contact for patients with obesity in Mexico, patients, and health system decision makers.RECENT FINDINGS: A review of recent international
Background Assessment of myocardial sympathetic innervation with iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine ([123I]mIBG) scintigraphy is conventionally performed by determining the heart-to-mediastinum ratio (HMR) on planar images. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of determining HMR from reprojected [123I]mIBG planar images derived from tomographic data by a ring-configured cadmium-zinc-tel
Background: Chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) causes high rates of amputation and mortality. Objectives: To compare incidence, management and prognosis in hospitalised patients with CLTI with and without diabetes mellitus (DM) in 2001 and 2023. A secondary objective was to compare adherence to global vascular guidelines on risk factors between patients with and without DM in 2023. Design:
Aim: Many populations of migratory birds are currently declining. Understanding space use throughout the entire annual cycle, as well as migratory connectivity (i.e., geographic linkage of individuals and populations across different stages of the annual cycle), can improve our ability to identify factors driving population declines and influencing extinction risk. The main objectives of our study
