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Artikeln diskuterar Adoptionskommissionens slutsatser om allvarliga oegentligheter inom internationell adoption till Sverige och förslaget om en offentlig ursäkt till adopterade och deras familjer. Med utgångspunkt i både den svenska adoptionshistorien och egna erfarenheter som adoptivförälder problematiseras bilden av internationell adoption som en räddningsaktion. Särskilt diskuteras vad en offe
Artikeln diskuterar hur förståelsen av transnationell adoption har förändrats i takt med att nya erfarenheter och perspektiv har tillkommit. Med utgångspunkt i den svenska adoptionshistorien analyseras förskjutningen från bilden av adoption som en humanitär räddningsaktion till en ökad medvetenhet om korruption, övergrepp och adopterades och biologiska föräldrars erfarenheter. Avslutningsvis disku
Intersectional and justice approaches to climate adaptation are increasingly recognized by scholars and policymakers as essential for understanding the complexities of climate vulnerability and preventing the exacerbation of inequalities. Yet little research to date explores what intersectional adaptation justice entails in Sweden, a country often perceived as highly equal and relatively invulnera
We present the 4MOST-HR resolution non–local thermal equilibrium (NLTE) Payne artificial neural network (ANN), trained on 404,793 new FGK spectra with 16 elements computed in NLTE. This network will be part of the Stellar Abundances and atmospheric Parameters Pipeline (SAPP), which will analyze 4 million stars during the 5 yr long 4MOST consortium 4: 4MOST MIlky way Disc And BuLgE High-Resolution
Following Turkey’s 2018 currency crisis, the government introduced four key housing re-regulations which reduced mortgage interest rates, investment-based citizenship incentives, rent increase limitations, and monetary easing to stimulate economic recovery. This study examines how state-led financialization of housing disproportionately favours middle- and high-income groups while limiting access
Ageing refers to a decline in individual performance with increasing age that ultimately leads to a reduction in organismal fitness. Although the physiological causes of ageing are likely to be diverse, a decrease in mitochondrial function may play a central role, as mitochondria generate over 90% of the energy used by eukaryotic cells. Despite support from human and laboratory studies, the effect
We study variational shrinkage in the sparse normal means model and compare it with the corresponding exact Bayes shrinkage rule. The focus is on the excess quadratic risk of the variational posterior mean. Using a squared-loss decomposition, we show that this excess risk is bounded by the discrepancy between the variational and exact Bayes estimators together with the benchmark Bayes risk. This y
This paper introduces the ALF cipher family, designed for format-preserving encryption. The key strategy is to leverage AES-NI instructions to achieve a high software performance while also providing 128-bit security. A central part of the paper is the design of an AES-related bit-oriented block cipher called ALF-n-t, with a block size ranging from 16 to 127 bits. The core of the design is byte-or
Background: This retrospective cohort study compared short-term outcomes between robotic-assisted and conventional laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer using data from the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry. Method: All patients undergoing elective minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer between 2014 and 2021 and registered in the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry were assessed for eligibi
Methane (CH₄) and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from northern peatlands areimportant components of the global greenhouse gas (GHG) balance and are highlysensitive to climate change and permafrost degradation. This thesis investigatesspatial and temporal patterns of GHG fluxes across peatland ecosystems, with aparticular focus on the environmental controls regulating CH₄ and CO₂ exchange.Field mea
In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) causes right ventricular pressure overload and left ventricular (LV) underfilling. We investigated LV mechanics and their prognostic value in PAH using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)-derived LV pressure-volume (PV) loops. We included 96 patients (median age 64 years, 70% women) with PAH and clinically
Objectives: Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) is the established first-line treatment for paediatric post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but access to evidence-based care remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a therapist-guided, 12 week, internet-delivered TF-CBT (iTF-CBT) programme for adolescents with PTSD and to explore prelimi
In response to the finite nature of many resources and their significant impact on climate change, governments worldwide have developed political strategies and concepts to promote the transition towards a bioeconomy, emphasizing the use of renewable bio-based resources across various sectors. In particular, the construction sector can adopt wood as an alternative to carbon-intensive materials. Ho
Objective This study developed a European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for psychosocial work factors in order to examine their prospective associations with diagnosed depression in three register-based Nordic cohorts. Methods National, gender-specific psychosocial JEM from Finland, Norway, and Sweden were evaluated for similarities in exposures, exposure definitions, and occupational coding. The
This paper introduces a new method to search for unresolved binary stars in open star clusters. The work aims at improving the approach introduced previously, which employs the (H − W2) − W1 versus W2 − (BP − K) photometric diagram. This diagram, in tandem with the Gaia color–magnitude diagram and using theoretical isochrones as reference sequences, is used to estimate the binary star fraction and
Feminist social reproduction theories and approaches capture multiple scales of analysis, from everyday care work within households to the reproductive aspects of welfare systems such as health and education. Feminist thinkers draw our attention to the gendered, racialized, and classed intersections embedded within production processes, by analyzing the ecological, biological, and social dimension
Metallaphosphinidenes, [M–P], contain open-shell single-atomic phosphorus but typically display uncontrollable reactivity, preventing their utilization to selectively construct elusive functional groups. Here, we report an iridium phosphaethynolate complex, [(PCP)Ir(PCO)] (2), in a halide metathesis with Na(OCP). Photolysis of 2 leads to a bimetallic, side-on bound {P2} motif, [{(PCP)(OC)Ir}2(η2,η
Soil acidification driven by anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition is a growing global threat to forest health. Aside from direct nutrient-related effects, as forest soils acidify, severe reductions in ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi abundance and diversity follow. This is worrisome, as EcM fungi are essential for tree nutrient acquisition and are important catalysts of mineral weathering and soil for
In order to meet the demands of consumers, personal care products, like any other product, must undergo constant innovation in order to stay up to date with consumer needs, preferences whilst conforming to commercial regulation. Here, the works contained within this thesis firstly aim to gain greater understanding of current actives in aluminium antiperspirant products, through the manufacture and
