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The increasing significance of social economy as a concept is linked to general global processes such as the crisis of the welfare state, neoliberal globalization, anti-bureaucracy tendencies and decentralization, but also to a growing political interest in human rights and social development. In Sweden the idea of the social economy generates wide support within civil society as well as within th
The phenomenon deepfake was created in 2017 and has since developed and received a lot of attention, especially in pornography thus the absolute majority of all deepfakes on the internet are of pornographic content, with 90% of those who are exposed to deepfakes are woman. The purpose of this essay is to investigate young women’s awareness of deepfakes as well as how the phenomenon used in porn co
In recent decades, digital markets have become one of the most significant and debated areas not only in the world of politics and economics, but also in legal doctrine and practice. The rapid evolution of dynamic digital markets, coupled with the outline of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), has led to significant debate within EU competition law on the appropriate balance between ex-ante and ex-post
Abstract – Background: Neutrophils, previously viewed as short-lived microbial killers, are now recognized as highly adaptable regulators of innate immunity. Advances in transcriptomic, metabolic, and epigenetic profiling reveal their remarkable heterogeneity and ability to adopt microenvironment-specific phenotypes. In the lung, this plasticity gives neutrophils a double role: they fight infectio
The main objective of the current study is to apply a random forest (RF) data-driven model and prioritization of landslide conditioning factors according to this method and its comparison to a multivariate adaptive regression spline (MARS) model for landslide susceptibility mapping in China. For this purpose, at first, landslide locations were identified by earlier reports, aerial photographs, and
Recent announcements by the US Government linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism in offspring highlight the risks of misinterpreting observational research to inform policy; this is a clear example of the principle that association does not equal causation. Unmeasured familial confounding is a common bias in epidemiological studies, whereby shared genetic or environmental factors withi
Tulving’s introduction of episodic memory and the metaphor of mental time travel has immensely enriched our understanding of human cognition. However, his focus on human psychology, with limited consideration of evolutionary perspectives, led to the entrenched notion that mental time travel is uniquely human. We contend that adopting a phylogenetic perspective offers a deeper insight into cognitio
The effect of a certain aggressive action is often aggravated if another aggressive action takes place at the same time. Examples of mechanisms with synergy are (i) salt-frost scaling and reinforcement corrosion, (ii) alkali silica reaction (ASR) and internal frost damage, (iii) leaching of lime and internal frost attack, (iv) leaching of lime and reinforcement corrosion, (v) internal frost and le
In some nuclear power plants, the containment liners are embedded in concrete. The purpose of the containment liner is to minimize the risk of radioactive leakage by granting a leak-tight containment building. In the presence of flaws in the surrounding concrete, such as voids, or foreign objects embedded in the concrete, there is a risk that the liner plate might corrode. This could degrade the l
Terrorism comes in various forms, clear and sometimes ambiguous, by terrorist cells and sometimes by state players. Nerve agent poisoning represents one of the notorious applications of chemistry in the world. Nerve agents have historically instigated major casualties in various parts, heavily impacting lives of civilians by causing debilitating neurological and psychiatric injuries. Nerve agents
Sepsis and invasive bacterial infection is a major cause of human disease and death worldwide. Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the major pathogens responsible for bacterial infections, which range from mild to severe and life threatening conditions. S. pyogenes contains a cell wall anchored M protein, which is an important virulence factor that can interact with many cells of the immune system. O
Biological soft tissues exhibit non-linear complex properties, the quantification of which presents a challenge. Nevertheless, these properties, such as skin anisotropy, highly influence different processes that occur in soft tissues, for instance wound healing, and thus its correct identification and quantification is crucial to understand them. Experimental and computational works are required i
Background: Derivatized celluloses, such as methylcellulose (MC) and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), are of pharmaceutical importance and extensively employed in tablet matrices. Each batch of derivatized cellulose is thoroughly characterized before utilized in tablet formulations as batch-to-batch differences can affect drug release. The substitution pattern of the derivatized cellulose pol
Backgrund Product development (PD) in the plant breeding industry is characterized by long development cycles and decisions framed with uncertainty concerning key questions such as likely future competitor actions or the market outlook 10-15 years from now. In many ways the contemporary picture of the industry is changing rapidly; new technologies are developed to shorten the length of PD cycles a
Abstract Aid-tying is considered costly and ineffective to recipient countries and it is estimated that costs increases by as much as 30 per cent due to its practice. The Paris Declaration on enhanced aid effectiveness suggested an end to tied aid. The purpose of this paper is to give a review of the development of aid-tying in the European countries in the last thirty years. It will also look at
Lasers and masers have numerous uses in today’s society. Improving our understanding of the underlying physics and its application is thus of great importance. In this paper, the physics of a three-level maser when treated as a heat-engine was investigated: certain levels were coupled to thermal-reservoirs, effectively allowing for pumping without an external bias. The thermodynamical treatment fo
Detta är en kvalitativ studie som avhandlar ämnesintegration och hur det kan tillämpas av lärare i musik och engelska. Den ger även en inblick i hur lärare jobbar med det centrala innehållet i musik, med specifikt fokus på den del som kallas musikens sammanhang och funktion. Fyra lärare med ämneskombinationen musik och engelska har intervjuats. Jag har även gjort litteraturstudier för att få en dj
This report is the result of a fire safety evaluation of the Royal Opera in Stockholm. This report was written as a project by students at the fire protection engineering program at Lund University. The objective of the evaluation is to ensure successful egress of visitors of the Royal Opera in case of fire. No concern has been taken of environmental or economical damage nor the safety of the staf
A common theme in sociological literature on "domestic violence" is that police officers view such cases as private problems and not as objects for proper policework. Thus, it is argued that police officers interactionally discourage arrest in domestic disturbance cases. In an etnographic study of Swedish police officers, however, police officers, instead of discouraging arrest or filing of compl
