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Scholars have characterized Cambodia as a weak state, strong party governance system in which administrative institutions are subordinated to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). This article argues that since 2013 Cambodian governance has taken a significant technocratic turn, as party rule has become increasingly dependent on a stronger and more capable administrative state. It traces a re
BACKGROUND: Despite decades of initiatives promoting individual behavior change, obesity rates remain high and continue to rise globally, indicating that what is commonly labelled as “obesity prevention” is not, in practice, preventing obesity. While health promotion strategies and policy interventions have demonstrated improvements in environments, health behaviors, and industry practices, their
BACKGROUND: Conversations regarding health behaviours, mental health, and socioeconomic contexts are recommended during prenatal visits to optimize maternal and fetal health outcomes. This study was designed to develop and evaluate the acceptability of a clinical dialogue tool called Conversation Cards for Pregnancy (PregnancyCards for short). PregnancyCards are being designed as a practical, pers
We explore interactions between equally charged surfaces in the presence of simple salt and either neutral or monovalently charged polyampholytes. We consider the possibility of using these charged polymers as crude models of ion clusters. The latter have been hypothesized to form in concentrated aqueous salt solutions and are possibly related to anomalous underscreening. This phenomenon usually m
IntroductionPrevious work from our group demonstrated that pregnant mice exposed to marijuana smoke presented reduced fetal and neonatal outcomes including reduced birthweight and increased placental weight. To further characterize the possible placental mechanisms underlying these observations, the present study evaluated placental morphology, function and molecular markers in the same experiment
Review essay on a new translation of two books by Giuseppe Ungaretti into Swedish by Ida Andersen
What takes place during the monitoring cycles of UN treaty bodies, and what impact do these cycles have both locally and globally? Movement in the Rights Direction explores these questions through the lens of the UN Human Rights Committee, the treaty body responsible for overseeing state compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), often considered the UN’s mos
In recent years, public discourse on LGBTQIA+ rights in Sweden has increasingly positioned religion as a primary threat to queer and trans lives. Within this discussion, religion is often portrayed as a carrier of socially conservative values on gender and sexuality, as well as an outdated and unwelcome presence in modern secular society. This portrayal reinforces the idea of secular society as a
While the situation of queer and trans people within religious communities has gained an increased amount of attention in recent years, with the issue of “conversion therapy” being brought into public discourse by the UN and various LGBTQIA+ organisations, the amount of research that offers in-depth explorations of the living conditions of religious queer and trans people is limited, especially in
Drawing on a playful notebook entry from Hans Jonas’s student years, this article examines why Jonas consistently sidestepped Friedrich Schelling’s Naturphilosophie in his writings on philosophical biology. It begins by outlining the many affinities between the two thinkers, as noted in previous scholarship: both articulate an asubjective teleology, both understand organisms as self-individuating
This study explores the effectiveness of combining Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Induced Polarization (IP) for identifying internal erosion processes in embankment dams. A small-scale test dam was built in Älvkarleby, Sweden, with deliberately embedded but undisclosed defects to test monitoring capabilities. Daily ERT and IP measurements were collected during 4.5-year years, and anal
This essay argues that the concept of global responsibility, as articulated in the works of Karl Jaspers and Hans Jonas, was anticipated in Günther Anders' 1956 opus, Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen. By tracing the phases of Anders' negative anthropology—from his pathology of freedom to the Promethean differential andhis critique of what he considers to be an annihilistic Western stance—I examine
In an era of global migration, where public discourse often assumes that migrants lack exposure to and command of local majority language(s), it is a crucial research task to understand how migrants learn and use new languages in their everyday lives. This study provides empirical evidence about the quantity and nature of everyday language exposure and use (LEU) among migrants in Sweden. Using the
The paper examines the relationship between globalization, trade liberalization, income inequality, and poverty, emphasizing the conceptual and empirical challenges in identifying clear and causal links. The paper reviews theoretical predictions and empirical studies on how trade openness affects wages, employment, and income distribution.This paper examines the relationship between globalization, trade liberalization, income inequality, and poverty, emphasizing the conceptual and empirical challenges in identifying clear causal links. While inequality within many countries has risen in recent decades, evidence on global inequality trends remains inconclusive, with some findings suggesting a decline driven by growth in large develo
Den svenska migrationspolitiken har accelererat och med bakåtriktad verkan fått ödesdigra effekter för människor som sedan länge är etablerade i landet. Det har utlöst en het debatt som nyligen tvingade regeringen att tills vidare slå till bromsen. För den som vill hålla sig informerad om vad som hänt på vägen till nuvarande hållplats är Fredrik Kopschs Utvisad boken att begrunda.Den svenska migrationspolitiken har accelererat och med bakåtriktad verkan fått ödesdigra effekter för människor som sedan länge är etablerade i landet. Det har utlöst en het debatt som nyligen tvingade regeringen att tills vidare slå till bromsen. För den som vill hålla sig informerad om vad som hänt på vägen till nuvarande hållplats är Fredrik Kopschs Utvisad boken att begrunda.
The early Phanerozoic has long been thought to have witnessed a decline in the ocean dissolved silicon inventory, but direct, quantitative investigations of dissolved silicon concentrations are missing. Silicon isotope fractionation by modern siliceous sponges is known to be related to ambient seawater silicon concentrations, opening a potential window onto reconstructions of silicon concentration
This chapter explores the level and characteristics of the entrepreneurial activities of young people living in one such area, Bwaise, which is located on the outskirts of Kampala. Drawing on a participatory research methodology, it examines why and how young people establish businesses in a difficult urban environment and the range of challenges they face related to resource scarcity and inadequa
