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Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) policies seem to represent a pathbreaking shift from voluntary measures to binding rules for global supply chains. Yet these policies endorse a “smart-mix” of voluntary and mandatory measures, and risk over-reliance on questionable private-sector assurances. In this paper, we ask how businesses framed these private/voluntary efforts in
Objective: This study examined two Death-Implicit Association Test versions targeting associations between the self-concept (standard identity D-IAT; iD-IAT) and internal versus external control (adapted control D-IAT; cD-IAT) and death among suicide attempters. Additionally, correlations with explicit psychological variables and psychometrics were explored. Method: 116 psychiatric inpatients (58.
Användningen av artificiell intelligens ökar inom många områden i det samtida samhället, inklusive datorsynssystem som bygger på maskininlärning och artificiella neuronnätverk. Dessa system omformar handlingsmöjligheter och beskrivs ofta som ”svarta lådor” som utmanar etablerade former av vetenskaplig förståelse och teknisk kontroll. Det är därför viktigt att förstå de aktiviteter genom vilka sådaThe uses of artificial intelligence are increasing across many areas of contemporary society, including computer vision systems involving machine learning and artificial neural networks. These systems rearrange action possibilities and are often described as “black boxes” that challenge conventional modes of scientific understanding and engineering control. It is important to understand the activi
Small independent (indie) game startups face fierce competition when developing games with limited time, budget, and resources. Continuously testing and experimenting with new ideas, features, and content is essential to validate and guide development toward a viable and successful game. Such continuous experimentation (CE) requires access to users and user data, which is often very limited in the
With the development of ultrafast laser technology, time-resolved spectroscopy has become an essential tool to study the microscopic photophysical mechanisms on ultrafast time scales in the field of solar energy conversion and utilization. Transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS), as an essential technology for studying photoinduced ultrafast electron transfer and photo-induced carrier dynamics, ha
Purpose: The mean diffusivity (MD) is sensitive to the microstructure of the cortex. However, partial volume effects with CSF and white matter (WM) may obscure pathology-related alterations. This work investigates both existing approaches and a novel approach for reducing partial volume effects. Theory and Methods: A bias in MD arises due to partial volume effects, higher-order terms, and the nois
This work presents a comparative luminescence study of Pr3+ doped phase-pure BaLuF5 and mixed-phase BaLu2F8 – BaLuF5 materials synthesized via a hydrothermal route. The spectroscopic studies were mainly performed for phase-pure BaLuF5 and two mixed-phase materials, which, according to structural and phase compositional analysis, contained 90 or 70 wt% of orthorhombic BaLu2F8 and 10 or 30 wt% of cu
Bovine mastitis is a continuous problem in the dairy industry. The infection has significant impact on health and welfare of animals and causes financial losses for the farmers and the dairy industry. A key bacterium associated with bovine mastitis is Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). It produces different exotoxins including more than 24 different staphylococcal enterotoxins and toxic shock synd
We explore vibe coding as a rapid prototyping approach powered by generative AI. We discuss how it lowers the barrier to creating high-fidelity prototypes, enabling nontechnical users to build apps, and examine its implications for communication, validation, and iterative software design.
Ribbed channel flows play a crucial role in various engineering systems where turbulence enhancement and improved heat transfer are required, such as in turbine blade cooling and combustor wall applications. Numerical simulations have emerged as an essential tool for analyzing the intricate turbulence dynamics and flow separation phenomena, which are fundamental for optimizing the channel performa
Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is limited in spectral resolution by the spinning frequency of rotors that hold the analyte. Traditional yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) rotors have mechanical constraints that typically limit spinning frequencies of 0.7 mm rotors to ωr/2π ∼ 110 kHz. These frequencies are not sufficient to achieve resolution comparable to th
Climate change increases the risk of soil salinisation in Southern European vineyards. In this study, six of those soils were experimentally salinised, half of which were contaminated with Cu, a widely used fungicide. Changes in soil microbiota were assessed, including bacterial and fungal growth, respiration, carbon use efficiency calculation, and microbial community phospholipid fatty acids comp
Domain-specific languages are used in numerous problem domains, e.g. database handling, robot programming and numerical calculations. The main advantage of using such languages is the ease with which a problem within the domain can be expressed in the language. The resulting programs are easier to debug and maintain, and consist of higher quality code since the language constructs are close to the
Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) can induce oxidative stress, genomic instability, and epigenetic modifications. In occupational settings, Cr(VI)-exposed workers may also be exposed to other toxicants, such as elements besides Cr, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). However, research on the extent of these co-exposures and their combined effects remains limited. The objective of this study
This study explores how scientists navigate research topic transitions during their early-career training and examines its impact on the production of novel knowledge. Drawing on survey data of 270 mid-career scientists in life sciences, we investigate their time investment in topics during early career stages (i.e. during PhD and postdoc training) and trace their research output for 15 years afteThis study explores how scientists navigate research topic transitions during their early-career training and examines its impact on the production of novel knowledge. Drawing on survey data of 270 mid-career scientists in life sciences, we investigate their time investment in topics during early career stages (i.e. during PhD and postdoc training) and trace their research output for 15 years afte
This study explores how academic scientists engage as experts in public debates characterised by scientific uncertainty and societal urgency, focusing on rhetorical positioning and communicative intentions. The research centres around the debate concerning COVID-19 measures in Sweden and analyses 109 opinion pieces written by scientists in various newspapers. The analysis identifies four ideal-typThis study explores how academic scientists engage as experts in public debates characterised by scientific uncertainty and societal urgency, focusing on rhetorical positioning and communicative intentions. The research centres around the debate concerning COVID-19 measures in Sweden and analyses 109 opinion pieces written by scientists in various newspapers. The analysis identifies four ideal-typ
Inferring the cell-type composition of bulk samples can provide biological insight. While bulk transcriptomics data has been extensively used for this purpose, the use of proteomics data has remained unexplored until recently. This study evaluates computational approaches for estimating immune cell composition using bulk sample proteomics data. Leveraging defined immune cell populations and simula
