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Security and sustainability are prioritized goals in the “Western liberal” world. Maintaining democratic resources while simultaneously strengthening society’s ability to deal with security issues firmly resonates with ideals associated with social sustainability. However, merging normative theories like security and social sustainability produces conceptual difficulties that are hard to resolve.

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a severe birth defect frequently associated with pulmonary hypoplasia, pulmonary hypertension, and heart failure. Since amniotic fluid comprises proteins of both fetal and maternal origin, its analysis could provide insights on mechanisms underlying CDH and provide biomarkers for early diagnosis, severity of pulmonary changes and treatment response. The stu

Aims: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) improve outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) but remain underused and are often discontinued especially in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to concerns on renal safety. Therefore, in a real-world HFrEF population we investigated the safety of MRA use, in terms of risk of renal events, any mortality and an

OBJECTIVES: To correlate femoral neck Hounsfield units (HUs) measured on a computed tomography (CT) scan to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) T-scores allowing evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) over time after lower extremity trauma-related amputation.DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.SETTING: United States military trauma referral center.PATIENTS: Military combat-related lower extre

Context: Global change is leading to more frequent and intense tree damage and mortality events. Drought-induced tree mortality is occurring worldwide leading to broad-scale events, but the spatial patterns of tree damage and mortality, their underlying drivers and their variation over time is largely unknown. Objectives: We investigated the spatial patterns of tree damage and mortality across Med

Några av de viktigaste molekylära strukturerna för livet på jorden är polymerer. Några exempel på dessa är deoxyribonukleinsyror (DNA) som bär den genetiska informationen nödvändig för att en organisk ska kunna utvecklas och fungera, och proteiner som utför andra komplexa och livsnödvändiga funktioner och utgör maskineriet för till exempel cellandning och ämnesomsättning. Det som DNA, proteiner ocThe co-assembly and temperature-dependent phase behavior of dilute aqueous solutions of a thermoresponsive cationic diblock copolymer and oppositely charged bile salts, sodium deoxycholate and sodium glycodexoycholate, or sodium dodecyl sulphate at different charge fractions in terms of negative charge were investigated by static- and dynamic light scattering (SLS/DLS), differential scanning calor

För att uppnå flera internationella, nationella och regionala mål avseende miljö och trafik krävs ett ökat resande inom kollektivtrafiken. För att uppnå detta måste kollektivtrafiken bli ett mer attraktivt val jämfört med bilresor. Ett sätta att uppnå detta är att reservera körfält enbart för busstrafik. Syftet med detta arbete är att avgöra vilken potential busskörfält har för regional busstrafikTo reach several international, national and regional goals regarding environment and traffic an increase in traveling with public transport is necessary. To achieve this, the public transport has to become a more attractive choice in contrast to traveling with car. One way to achive this is by dedicating separate lanes for buses. The purpose of this project is to determine which potential dedicat

The purpose of this study is to contribute to increased understanding and knowledge acquisition of the development of the Nordic defense cooperation, and in particular the deepening of cooperation between Sweden and Finland in recent years. The consequences after the end of the Cold War meant a time when the existential threats to the Nordic countries were low, following with the unwillingness of

This study investigates ideas about masculinity in criminal gangs, and how these ideas affect disengagement from gangs. A major problem with criminal gangs is that since they are outside society’s laws and norms, it is difficult for the judiciary to counter them with law enforcement. It is not possible to change gang member’s behaviors solely with laws, which leaves the legal system with a blind s

Modern cars have a wide range of safety features to ensure that the driving is as safe as possible. One of these safety features is called electronic stability control, often abbreviated as E.S.C. The goal of the E.S.C. is to make sure that the car stays on the road even under dangerous circumstances such as a slippery road or the driver committing mistakes. During this project, a simulation progr

To many families and children, playground visits are an important part of the daily life. Playing there can offer benefits like physical activity as well as practicing skills such as social interaction or creative ability. The purpose of the master thesis presented in this report, was to develop a new product line with playground equipment for HAGS Aneby AB. The playground equipment should allow

ABS is the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the acronym for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, the legal-technical term designating the practice of collecting biological resources from nature. Rhetorically this practice is either designated as bio-prospecting or as biopiracy. The current regulation of ABS is found in Article 15 of the CBD. The imple

The purpose of this essay is to shed some light on the prehistory of a small area on the Danish island of Lolland. The location, called Klinteodde, is situated just off the coast on the northern part of the island. As a result of a quite extensive earth-work construction, a small peninsula has formed. On this peninsula, and in the sea surrounding it, a large quantity of knapped flint can be found.

In order to curb emissions and resulting environmental problems caused by the rapidly growing energy use of its building sector, China has implemented a number of policy instruments to promote Green Building practices, including market-based instruments for energy efficiency in buildings. This thesis aims to evaluate the economic efficiency of these policy measures, using the Four-High Award of Sh

Supervisors: Henriette Weibull, Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation, Lund University. Kristian, Engineer. Olof, Engineer. Anna, Manager.Background: An idea to replace metal foil with a printed pattern of metal paste (metal powder mixed with solvent and binder) and incorporate this into current production was born. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to survey current

Magnetit är ett mineral med ferrimagnetiska egenskaper, vilket betyder att det har två magnetiska moment riktade mot varandra. Men ett av dessa moment är dock starkare än det andra vilket gör att ett netto-magnetiskt moment bildas. Detta gör att en bit magnetit kan fungera som en vanlig handmagnet. Dessa magnetiska egenskaper hos mineralet drog tidigt till sig uppmärksamhet i gamla tider och magneThe ambition of this project is to assist in the pursuance of understanding the metal to insulator transition found in magnetite at ~120 K. The transition is itself very complex and links together the charge order, orbital order and lattice distortion of magnetite with its magnetic properties. To be able to research these relationships on a more advanced level, synchrotron methods are necessary. F

The purpose of this paper was to research how environmental concerns and sustainable thinking could be integrated into the design process of Electrolux, a Swedish home appliance manufacturer. The research will hopefully help the Electrolux industrial design department improve in the area and prove as a good case study for other companies or academic institutions. Electrolux conducts much research

Purpose: Examine to what extent present-day strategic decision-makers are aware of and apply Porter’s theory of structural barriers to entry during entry on new markets. Another purpose is to present whether there are any other structural barriers to entry that strategic decision-makers consider in practice. Methodology: The study is a qualitative cross-sectional study in which we have conducted