This book explores the practice of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in the cities of the Global South. NBS are recognized as a key strategy for achieving sustainable development, and they are being implemented in a variety of sectors such as urban planning, agriculture, forestry, and water management. They offer a wide range of benefits, but there is a gap between research and practice across cities f

Regeneration of Norway spruce, Picea abies, forests is to a large extent depending on the production of seeds from high quality plus trees in orchards. However, the seed yield is variable and unpredictable due to weather, pest insects and diseases. Thus, more knowledge is needed to improve planning of harvest and mitigation of pests and diseases to secure future forest regeneration. In this study,

We introduce semidefinite programming hierarchies for benchmarking relevant entanglement properties in the high-dimensional steering scenario. Firstly, we provide a general method for detecting the entanglement dimensionality through certification of the Schmidt number. Its key feature is that the computational cost is independent of the Schmidt number under consideration. Secondly, we provide a m

Kvantsammanflätning ¨ar en unik egenskap inom kvantfysiken som beskriver hur partiklar, till exempel elektroner, kopplas samman på ett sätt som gör att de inte kan beskrivas oberoende av varandra. I den här rapporten undersöker vi hur kvantsammanflätning kan detekteras med maskininlärning. Det senaste decenniet har vi sett hur artificiell intelligens och maskininlärning förändrat vår vardag, med aIntegrating quantum systems with machine learning models gives rise to quantum machine learning, which introduces new data processing and analysis capabilities. One approach is the use of quantum extreme learning machines, which combine a physical quantum reservoir with a single-layer artificial neural network. The advantage of utilizing a quantum reservoir, instead of a classical system, lies in

Witnessing nonclassical behavior is a crucial ingredient in quantum information processing. For that, one has to optimize the quantum features a given physical setup can give rise to, which is a hard computational task currently tackled with semidefinite programming, a method limited to linear objective functions and that becomes prohibitive as the complexity of the system grows. Here, we propose

Aerosols from volcanic eruptions impact our climate by influencing the Earth's radiative balance. The degree of their climate impact is determined by the location and injection altitude of the volcanic SO2. To investigate the importance of utilizing correct injection altitudes, we ran climate simulations of the June 2009 Sarychev eruptions with three SO2 datasets in the Community Earth System Mode

The notion of the "adjacent possible'' has been advanced to theorize the generation of novelty across many different research domains. This study is an attempt to examine in what way the notion can be made empirically useful for innovation studies. A theoretical framework is construed based on the notion of innovation as a search process where knowledge is recombined to discover the adjacent possi

Drug-resistant bacterial infections are among the most severe physiological challenges facing human health. Therefore, the detection and inactivation of pathogenic bacteria remains a crucial therapeutic goal in modern society. In this study, we design multifunctional nanocomposites aimed at bacterial binding, fluorescence labeling, and synergistic antibacterial treatment. These nanocomposites are

En stad är ett mångfasetterat och svårbestämt begrepp och på samma vis blir därför speglingarna av staden mångfasetterade.Trettio författare bjuder i boken på sina speglingar och berättelser därför finns olika minnen och flera tidsreferenser som ställer frågor om; vad en stad är; vilka historier en stad som Malmö bär på; hur berättandet och avbildandet av staden möjliggörs, genom vilka kanaler ske

Background Von Willebrand factor (VWF) and coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) plasma levels are associated with increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Objectives This study aimed to determine the thrombotic risk of rare and common variants of 27 genes linked to VWF or FVIII plasma levels in genome-wide association studies. Methods Exon sequences of 27 genes linked to plasma levels of VWF or

Malmö Strumpfabrik, eller Strumpan som fabriken har kallats i folkmun genom åren, har på flera vis en särställning i Malmö: som bärare av kvinnors, mäns och migranters erfarenheter från en textilindustri; som en lokal kultur, på samma gång patriarkal och med stark facklig tradition; som högteknologi och kanske Europas modernaste; som ledande i den svenska och nordiska mode- och livsstilsproduktion

En stad är ett mångfasetterat och svårbestämt begrepp och på samma vis blir därför speglingarna av staden mångfasetterade. Som om stadens invånare vid samma tillfälle såg inte en, utan flera städer samtidigt, och där speglingarna utgör samtidens motsägelsefulla bilder av en och samma stad. Många– författare, journalister, forskare, musiker och filmare – har visat sitt intresse för Malmö. Ändå finn

Abstract in ItalianDerrida individua un discorso basato sulla ragione e un altro sulla rivelazione. Kant rifiuta quest’ultimo, in quanto contiene un ‘tono’ che implica soggettività, speculazione e pretese di conoscenza ‘mistiche’. Si può anche sostenere che l’accettazione della conoscenza rivelata o intuitiva legittimi le teorie cospirative, con gravi conseguenze politiche. Tuttavia, un discorso uDerrida identifies a discourse based on reason and another on revelation. Kant rejects the latter, as it contains a tone that entails subjectivity, speculation and claims to knowledge by mystical means. It may also be argued that acceptance of revealed or intuitive knowledge legitimises conspiracy theories, with grave political consequences. Yet a pure and plain discourse is conceptually impossibl

Scholars have identified challenges to protecting individuals from discrimination in contexts where organisations deploy artificial intelligence decision-making processes. While scholarship on 'digital discrimination' is growing, scholars have paid less attention to the impact of the use of artificial intelligence decision-making processes on persons with disabilities. This article posits that whi