Publishing preprints is quickly becoming commonplace in ecology and evolutionary biology. Preprints can facilitate the rapid sharing of scientific knowledge establishing precedence and enabling feedback from the research community before peer review. Yet, significant barriers to preprint use exist including language barriers, a lack of understanding about the benefits of preprints and a lack of di

Utifrån självbiografier från svenska straffångar beskrivs vad som kunde hända bakom kulisserna på 1800-talets häkten och fängelser. Mutor, korruption, tjuvnyp och misshandel men också en och annan kärlekshistoria.

Elsa af Trolle var en av de många kvinnor som drogs till journalistiken som utkomstmöjlighet under mellankrigstiden. Hon var även översättare och författare men mest lyckad som skribent, särskilt i den långa sviten av naturkrönikor eller -kåserier som publicerades i Aftonbladet under 1930- till 1950-talet.

I spåren av ransonering och materialbrist under andra världskriget uppmanade modetidningarna svenskarna att hushålla med sina resurser och planera nyinköp noga. I stället för att som vanligt locka med nya varor rådde de nu läsarna att återbruka och sy om sina befintliga plagg. Men ju längre kriget pågick desto tydligare syntes en längtan efter mer flärdfullhet, färg och glädje i modet.

Weight-related discussions during childhood may have long-lasting effects on children’s body image and well-being. However, little is known about how parents frame these discussions with children who have undergone treatment for obesity. Our study aimed to explore how parents perceive weight-related discussions, several years after their children started obesity treatment. This qualitative study i

Background: Pandemics are linked with declining birth rates, but little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced childbearing decisions. We aimed to investigate the associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and reproductive decisions, specifically to identify potential changes in the frequency of deliveries and induced abortions in Skåne, Sweden. Methods: Using the Skåne Healthcare

Introduction: People as individual consumers are regularly targeted in sustainability campaigns or communications with the hope of enhancing sustainable behavior at an individual level, with subsequent sustainability transformation at a larger societal scale. However, psychological motivation is complex and campaigns need to be based on an understanding for what individual, and contextual, factors

The royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, launched in 1485, was amongthe earliest northern European warships purpose-built to carry artillery. However, King Hans employed his vessel as far more than a weapons platform. The ship was his ‘floating castle’, fulfilling all the various purposes of a land redoubt. At its loss in 1495 enroute to a political summit in Kalmar, where Hans expected to

“Now that it doesn’t come from the phone, where is the money coming from?” asks a member of Wazee Hukumbuka during one of the farmer-cooperative’s community meetings. Silas, a local leader knowledgeable about community currencies answers swiftly. “As Wazee Hukumbuka, you are paying members for their seeds from a sort of cooperative fund. That’s where the money is coming from. It’s just that you ar

Objective: Aortic stiffness can be assessed by pulse wave velocity (PWV) using golden standard applanation tonometry (SphygmoCor; SC) or a 24-hour ambulatory oscillometric method (Arteriograph; AG). We aimed to compare AG with SC in a population-based study for PWV in men and women.Design and method: We used data from subjects (n= 1545; 748 men, 797 women; mean age 50 years, SD: 9.3) with complete