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This study examines a policy conflict in Sweden regarding the management of post-consumer waste wood, arising from the conflicting objectives of the European Union’s Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). While the WFD prioritizes material recycling and reuse, Sweden’s current practice, directing approximately 90% of its waste wood to energy recovery through wast
For the development of a joint European capacity for monitoring CO2 emissions, we created the framework “CO2 Monitoring Challenges City Mapbooks v1.0” (CMC-CITYMAP). It includes a Jupyter notebook tool (Storm et al., 2025a, https://doi.org/10.18160/P8SV-B99F) which we use to characterise and cluster cities based on aspects relevant for different CO2 monitoring challenges. These include:a. determin
Electrodialysis (ED) is a membrane-based separation process that exploits the selective migration of ions under the influence of an electrical driving force. It removes ionized species from liquid solutions using alternating cation- and anion-exchange membranes, arranged between two electrodes. When a direct current is applied, cations move toward the cathode and pass through cation exchange membr
BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by chronic inflammation driven by central nervous system (CNS)-resident immune cells such as microglia, especially during the progressive phase of the disease. The P2X7 receptor (P2X7R), a risk protein for MS, is ubiquitously expressed on immune cells. AFC-5128, a CNS-penetrating small molecule inhibitor of P2X7R, is a promising agent for the tr
Till följd av att barnkonventionen tillträdde som svensk lag har domstolen en skyldighet att utöver rättegångsbalkens bestämmelser tillämpa barnkonventionens bestämmelser vid mål som rör barn. Vid inkorporeringen av konventionen uttryckte flera remissinstanser kritik mot att förarbetena till lagen inte gav något underlag för tolkning av de enskilda artiklarna samt att lösningar på eventuella normkAs a consequence of the incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Swedish law, courts are obliged to apply the UNCRC in provision to the Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure when children are parties or otherwise involved. Several referral bodies expressed criticism that the Swedish government in their preparatory work provided no guidance on how the individual articles
The striving for a sustainable energy system entails an increasing use of renewable energy. Since several renewable energy sources are non-dispatchable (e.g., wind and solar), this development brings challenges in terms of the balance between energy supply and demand. As a result, there is a growing need for demand-side flexibility.The building stock has been highlighted as a promising resource of
Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) is one of the critical water quality indicators that shows the eutrophication status of aquatic ecosystems. As the largest lake and a well-known attraction in middle Europe, Lake Balaton contributes 70 % or more of local economy through tourism, while also maintaining a unique biodiversity. Therefore, long-term monitoring of water quality is essential for its effective manage
To receive support from social services in one’s own home is a major life course transition for the client in need of help. But this is also a life changing transition for cohabitating partners, whose home is transformed to a workplace where staff come and go. Partners' perspectives have received a lot of attention in social work, but almost exclusively based on their relationship with the primary
Bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) have emerged as one of the key players in the field of heavy metal-contaminated environmental bioremediation. This study aimed to characterize and evaluate the metal biosorption potential of EPS produced by a novel Psychrobacillus strain, NEAU-3TGS, isolated from an iron ore deposit at Tamra iron mine, northern Tunisia. Genomic and pan-genomic analysis of NEA
My research is concerned with the co-optation of sustainability, feminism, and social justice within and by the fast fashion industry in Sweden. This stems from a desire to understand the acceleration of sustainability discourse and narratives built by brands (through communication, advertisement, marketing, and sustainability reporting) and how this shapes consumption. I argue that the dominating
Unga vuxna nämns ofta som bland de mest ekonomiskt utsatta grupperna och Sverige karakteriseras ofta som ett av de länder i EU som har de mest skuldsatta hushållen. Även om hushållens skuldsättning främst är kopplad till bostadslån, har även andra former av kreditanvändning blivit allt vanligare. Mot bakgrund av en ökande tillgången till lättillgängliga konsumentkrediter, en tuff bostadsmarknad meYoung adults are often mentioned as among the most financially vulnerable groups, and Sweden is often characterized as being one of the countries in the EU with the most indebted households. While this houshold indebtedness mainly is linked to home loans, also other forms of credit usage have become increasingly common. Given the increasing access to readily availabe consumer credits, a difficult
Ready-to-eat (RTE) leafy greens offer an appealing way to integrate leafy greens into meals. Unfortunately, these leafy greens canget contaminated with human pathogens such as Salmonella, and Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) at any stage along themanufacturing chain, potentially leading to serious foodborne diseases. Currently, there is no single step in the production and processing
Corrosion of embedded steel reinforcement is the prime influencing factor that deteriorates the structural performance and reduces the serviceability of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, especially during earthquakes. In structural elements, RC columns play a vital role in transferring the superstructure's load to the substructure. The deterioration of RC columns can affect the structures' over
Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex (SBSEC) is a common cause of infective endocarditis (IE). For IE-pathogens, the capacity to activate and aggregate platelets is believed to be an important virulence mechanism. While the interactions between bacteria and platelets have been described in detail for many Gram-positive pathogens, little research has been carried out with SBSEC in this
Evaporation is one of the main components of the hydrological cycle, and its estimation is crucial and important for water resources management issues. Access to a reliable estimator tool for evaporation simulation is important in arid and semi-arid areas such as Iran, which lose more than 70% of their received precipitation by evaporation. Current research employs the Bayesian Regularization (BR)
Intrinsically disordered proteins are distinguished by a lack of distinct three-dimensional structure, existing instead as an ensemble of heterogenous structures. In this research, the effect of crowding on these proteins is investigated using a combined approach of experiment and computer simulation, mainly using coarse-grained simulation models to make simulation computationally feasible at the
Quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) and small angle neutron scattering (SANS), in combination with isotopic contrast variation, have been used to determine the structure and dynamics of three-component lipid membranes, in the form of vesicles, comprising an unsaturated [palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) or dioleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DOPC)], a saturated phospholipid (dipalmitoyl-ph
