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Despite the removal of formal barriers and the idea of equal access to education, first-generation university students remain underrepresented in the Danish higher education system. Drawing on Bourdieu’s ideas of cultural and social capital, habitus and cleft habitus, Yosso’s idea of community cultural wealth and Tinto’s framework student retention, this thesis explores how they navigate the envir

Purpose:This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the recirculation of products by empirically exploring, conceptualising and explaining how second-hand goods are made in practices and processes of valuation.Design/methodology/approach: The paper takes a practice theory approach to valuation and draws on an ethnographic study of ReTuna, a second-hand shopping mall, to explore the valua

Rare divergent RNAs in disease In human cells, genes are transcribed into an RNA before being translated into a protein, but first its structure under strict regulation undergoes changes called RNA splicing. Premature RNAs are organized in exon and intron units, where the latter are removed, to join exons together in the mature RNA. However, a variation of exon/intron combination can occur via a

Bridge monitoring is essential for ensuring their long-term safety, reducing disruptions, and supporting economic and social activities. Traditional monitoring techniques rely on periodic inspections and contact-based sensing systems, which, while effective, have limitations due especially to high installation and maintenance costs. Satellite-based Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) o

Speech signal decoding relies on both cognitive performance and the ability to perceive the acoustic signal in sufficient detail. In everyday communication, natural speech is often rapid, spatially and spectrally complex, and accompanied by noise. The brain generates predictions to cope with the complex nature of the auditory signal in speech perception. Anticipatory coarticulation is a natural pa

Much research on SMEs is aimed at researching SMEs after the fact that they have become SMEs. However all SMEs as well as larger companies start as an idea in the head or heads of one or many persons - the prospective entrepreneurs. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how SMEs can be created by transforming ideas into real companies. More specifically we will investigate if and how Univers

Previous research has shown that sustainable improvements need incentives to carry them through. An assumption is that it may be easier to incorporatesustainable thinking in an organization if the organization understandswhich actions it is that are having a positive effect on sustainability andon tangible costs. This paper aims to highlight the synergy effects thatoccur in the intersection betwee

There is growing evidence that the environment experienced by one generation can influence phenotypes in the next generation via transgenerational plasticity (TGP). One of the best-studied examples of TGP in animals is predator-induced transgenerational plasticity, whereby exposing parents to predation risk triggers changes in offspring phenotypes. Yet, there is a lack of general consensus synthes

The self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles under external magnetic fields holds great potential for the facile fabrication of functional magnetic components with a wide range of applications. This work employs a technique based on electrically charged gas-phase magnetic nanoparticles, demonstrating an additional level of control when forming one-dimensional assemblies, so-called nanochains, as an

β-Phosphoglucomutase (β-PGM) has served as an important model system for understanding biological phosphoryl transfer. This enzyme catalyzes the isomerization of β-glucose-1-phosphate to β-glucose-6-phosphate in a two-step process proceeding via a bisphosphate intermediate. The conventionally accepted mechanism is that both steps are concerted processes involving acid-base catalysis from a nearby

In Swedish policy, Universal design (UD) is implemented as a guiding principle. This paper explores the conditions for co-creation when authorities and civil society collaborate. The empirical basis comes from qualitative analysis of interviews, go-alongs, group discussions, and change-oriented workshops in three urban development projects concerning the re-design of public spaces and buildings in

Objectives: When exposed to iodine contrast medium (ICM), thyroid dysfunction may develop, due to excess amounts of iodide. The incidence of contrast-induced thyroid dysfunction has been difficult to interpret, because of the observational and retrospective designs of most previous studies. With the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS), where randomly selected individuals aged 50–65 yea

This study examines the role of the Sovereign ESG framework in assessing national progress toward Transformative Change (TC) via environmental, social, and governance metrics. Using data from the World Bank Sovereign ESG Data Portal, we conduct an empirical explorative quantitative study and analyze ESG development across country income groups to identify sustainability challenges and opportunitie

Hydrological models are generally calibrated and validated using a suite of well-known statistical metrics, which sometimes lack clear connection and tailoring to the local users’ need and therefore limits the evaluation, especially in the case of global climate services. Therefore, in this study, two types of application-based evaluation metrics are introduced, addressing (i) temporal matching of

Title: Women experiencing the second stage of labour for the first time: a qualitative free-text analysis within the Oneplus trial. Background: The second stage of labour is the time from full cervical dilation to the birth of the baby. The risks to the woman and the baby are increased during this stage, leading to intensified midwifery care. A positive birth experience is a significant goal of in

When violence against a child is reported to authorities, it is crucial that its severity is communicated effectively and evaluated accurately by professionals. This study, conducted in two phases, investigated perceptual differences in calibration and accuracy regarding psychological and physical violence against children among parents, social workers, and laypeople. In Phase 1, parents who had w

Reliable and cost-effective operation of structural systems over their service life depends on the implementation of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and maintenance activities, which influence operational costs, the expected costs of failure and downtime. Decision Value Analysis (DVA) provides a framework to quantify the value of such activities by evaluating their effect on total expected life

Purpose: This article problematizes the dominant functionalistic and organization‑centric view of employees’ communication engagement on social media and challenges the assumption that such engagement merely reflects managerial success or failure. Adopting an employee‑centred, relational approach, the study advances the understanding of employees’ communication engagement by foregrounding the tensPurpose: This article problematizes the dominant functionalistic and organization‑centric view of employees’ communication engagement on social media and challenges the assumption that such engagement merely reflects managerial success or failure. Adopting an employee‑centred, relational approach, the study advances the understanding of employees’ communication engagement by foregrounding the tens

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are the only systematic approach through which the patient's perspective can be considered by surgeons (in determining a procedure's efficacy or appropriateness) or healthcare systems (in the context of value-based healthcare). PROMs in registries enable international comparison of patient-centered outcomes after total joint arthroplasty, but the extent to

Purpose: WST11 vascular targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP) is a local ablation approach relying upon rapid, free radical-mediated destruction of tumor vasculature. A phase III trial showed that VTP significantly reduced disease progression when compared with active surveillance in patients with low-risk prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to identify a druggable pathway that could be combi