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The estimation of the number of defective tendons in post-tensioned concrete bridges is a key input for the reliability assessment of prestressed girders. However, special inspection methods for detecting voids and assessing tendon condition are intrusive, time-consuming, and costly, and the quantitative definition of an inspection sample size that meaningfully reduces epistemic uncertainty while

As existing transport infrastructure continues to age and traffic demand rises, there is a growing urgency to reduce emissions. In this context, extending the service life of infrastructure emerges as a key strategy. This paper introduces a basic decision-analytical approach to infrastructure service life extension with an integrated model basis. The model basis facilitates the joint assessment of

This paper presents a probabilistic approach for updating the structural reliability of reinforced concrete structures using chloride concentration measurements. Beyond well-known approaches, the proposed method accounts for uncertainties in both the chloride ingress model and measurements. It preserves temporal consistency by updating depth-specific chloride concentrations and time-specific diffu

The rate of energy turnover in an animal, metabolic rate, is fundamental to life and determines the energy available for growth, reproduction, and survival. Thus, metabolic rate has been proposed as a mechanism linking physiology to broader ecological patterns. Numerous adaptive frameworks have been proposed to explain how selection acts on metabolic rate, how it relates to life histories, and the

Social norms, institutional weaknesses, and gaps between policy commitments and implementation in Malawi continue to pose significant barriers to adolescents’ realisation of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Early marriage, gender-based violence, and limited access to contraception and comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) undermine adolescents’ wellbeing and future opportu

The European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden, is the next generation neutron research facility that will provide unprecedented capabilities for particle physics as well as materials and life science research through its high brightness, long-pulse neutron source and advanced instrument suite. To fully benefit from and to contribute to the build up of this facility, Swedish researchers are engage

Tuberös skleros är en svår medfödd sjukdom där majoriteten också har epilepsi. Trots tung krampförebyggande medicinering är det få som uppnår anfallsfrihet och många har fortsatt dagliga anfall. Det enda sätt vi i nuläget känner till för att helt bota epilepsi är epilepsikirurgi. Men hur ska vi veta vilka som gynnas av sådan kirurgi och vilka som kan skadas?

Drawing on ethnographic observations in Sweden and affect theory, this study immerses researcher-consumer bodies in extended retail spaces to explore affective encounters. Conceptualizing consumption spaces as affective assemblages, it unveils how affective states of disposition, disorientation, and distress from interactions with socio-material elements shape bodily experiences of inclusion and e

Individuals’ use of co-speech gestures mostly parallels the verbal cross-linguistic patterns of spoken languages. In this review paper, we synthesize research findings and discuss individuals’ co-speech gesture production across four concepts (space, time, event, and emotion) that are encoded and expressed differently across languages. These four concepts reflect the wide variation across spoken l

Microbial communities frequently encounter recurrent antibiotic disturbance, yet how ecological, evolutionary, and environmental processes jointly shape community responses remains unresolved. Here, we use priming to describe the history-dependent effect whereby prior exposure alters the response to a subsequent disturbance. Using a 23-species bacterial community exposed to sequential ampicillin p

Importance: The incidences of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have increased markedly over recent decades, raising concerns about the emergence of new risk factors. Current literature typically attributes increased rates to changes in diagnostic practice, stigmatization, and awareness, but critically few studies have explored changes in underlying

Even though complex microbial communities are ubiquitous and provide essential services for natural and human-associated ecosystems, our knowledge about their assembly and dynamics is incomplete. There is an ongoing debate about whether the behavior of complex communities can be predicted from the outcome of pairwise competition of species, and whether communities reach alternative stable states d

The Creative Health Review (CHR) published in 2023 is an advocacy document by the UK National Centre for Creative Health and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing. The CHR defines creative health activities as visual and performing arts, crafts, film, literature, cooking, gardening, and visits to cultural centres and heritage sites and claims that active promotion of such

Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth. Several members of Odonata are known to migrate long distances and have conside

0D Sb3+-based organic-inorganic hybrid metal halide (OIMH) scintillators have gained significant attention due to their efficient self-trapped exciton (STE) emission. However, the interplay between local structural distortion, defect-states, and STE emission remains insufficiently understood. Herein, two structurally distinct 0D Sb3+-based OIMHs, [HP(o-tol)3]2SbBr5 and [HP(m-tol)3]4SbBr7, are inve