Global population projections foresee the biggest increase to occur in Africa with most of the available uncultivated land to ensure food security remaining on the continent. Simultaneously, greenhouse gas emissions are expected to rise due to ongoing land use change, industrialisation, and transport amongst other reasons with Africa becoming a major emitter of greenhouse gases globally. However,

Social networks are usually considered as positive sources of social support, a role which has been extensively studied in the context of domestic violence. To victims of abuse, social networks often provide initial emotional and practical help as well useful information ahead of formal institutions. Recently, however, attention has been paid to the negative responses of social networks. In this a

Osteoarthritis (OA) degrades articular cartilage and weakens its function. Modern fibril-reinforced poroelastic (FRPE) computational models can distinguish the mechanical properties of main cartilage constituents, namely collagen, proteoglycans, and fluid, thus, they can precisely characterize the complex mechanical behavior of the tissue. However, these properties are not known for human femoral

Two recently derived integral equations for the Maxwell transmission problem are compared through numerical tests on simply connected axially symmetric domains for non-magnetic materials. The winning integral equation turns out to be entirely free from false eigenwavenumbers for any passive materials, also for purely negative permittivity ratios and in the static limit, as well as free from false

Albert-László Barabási, from the introduction to his book titled Linked: the new science of networks, “Just as diverse humans share skeletons that are almost indistinguishable, we have learned that these diverse maps follow a common blueprint. A string of recent breathtaking discoveries has forced us to acknowledge that amazingly simple and far-reaching natural laws govern the structure and evolut

BACKGROUND: The frequency of central venous catheter (CVC) related complications in hematological patients has previously been studied but some uncertainty remains. Therefore, this observational cohort study was designed primarily to investigate mechanical and infectious complications related to CVC insertion in hematological patients and secondarily, to identify factors associated with these comp

Syftet med föreliggande rapport var att beskriva arbetsterapeuts och fysioterapeuts arbete påakutmottagningen, att undersöka hur det nya arbetssättet upplevdes av läkare och sjuksköterskor,samt av tjänstgörande arbetsterapeut och fysioterapeut.Metod: Den på akutmottagningen tjänstgörande arbetsterapeuten och fysioterapeuten antecknadepatienternas ålder, kön och inkomstorsak, samt utförda åtgärder

A new way of working with complementary interventions was developed and conducted in a county in Sweden. The intervention, Culture and Health, was directed to adult clients with mental disorders and offered cultural, nature-assisted and physical activities once a week during 14 weeks. Implementation of new interventions might be challenging and one barrier might be the professionals (Grol & Gr

Rehabträdgården i Sölvesborg har anlagts av Vuxenpsykiatri Väst Blekinge med inspiration och hjälp från Alnarp. Under 2017 startade trädgårdsgrupper för vuxna personer med stressrelaterade sjukdomar, ångest och depression. Grupperna träffades två halvdagar/vecka under 10-11 veckor, samma deltagare och gruppledare hela perioden. Deltagarna träffade också en psykolog enskilt varje vecka. Aktiviteter

This paper examines mentorship as a mechanism for individuals to acquire and develop creativity. More specifically, we study the effect of mentor creativity on protégé creativity and how this effect is moderated by the mentoring styles of autonomy and exploration. Our empirical analysis focuses on formal PhD supervision and training, drawing on survey and bibliometric data for 143 life-science pro

Det är mindre känt att det finns olika former av vitamin K och vitamin K beroende proteiner med helt andra funktioner än koagulation och som bildas utanför levern. De K-vitaminberoende proteinerna är koagulationsfaktorerna (F) II, VII, IX, X, protein Z/M, protein S/C, men även extrahepatiskt producerade proteiner som har annan funktion än koagulation: osteocalcin (OC), matrix-Gla-protein (MGP), gr

Studien omfattade 124 ungdomar, 68 flickor och 56 pojkar, medelålder 15,3 år, som behandlades med FFT på ett socialkontor. Studien hade en pre – post - post design. Terapin pågick i 5 - 7 månader med i genomsnitt 13 sessioner, 89 % fullföljde behandlingen. Terapeuterna fick kontinuerligt handledning och certifierades flera gånger. De bedömdes därför vara programföljsamma. Mödrar och fäder samt ung

Over the last two decades, alternative and holistic concepts, such as Nature-based Solutions (NbS) were introduced and adopted by policy-makers, including to the field of flood protection, thereby causing a paradigm shift towards flood risk management. The inclusion of natural water retention measures (NWRM) such as dike relocation and floodplain restoration into the German guidelines for flood pr