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From the 1770s onwards, Scottish and Swedish travellers published detailed ethnographic descriptions and categorizations of southern African musical practices. Scots and Swedes, as overseers of the major missionary organizations in the region, led the large-scale projects of hymn-based “civilizing” and “musical education” that started in the 1810s. It was, furthermore, Scottish folk songs and nati

Like many academics I have a story to tell about not feeling entirely at home in my home department. After getting a PhD in urban historical geography, imbibing some of the research culture of cultural geography, and adopting much of the mindset of a critical geographer interested in social and political issues, I have spent the following eight years working across the humanities, from cultural st

Localization of players is a fundamental step in sports analytics and automated broadcasting, yet high-performance models for 4K resolution inputs create a significant computational bottleneck for real-time processing. Recent decomposable methods, such as DTSPL-BEV, address this by processing image “tiles” but rely on static, single-frame optimization and unstable heuristic merging algorithms. In

Insects are by far the most successful group of animals. They occupy virtually every region and habitat on Earth and constitute roughly half of all described species on our planet. Although it has been estimated that there is perhaps as many as 20 million species of insects, only a fraction of them have been described to date. This leaves millions of them undiscovered and thus undescribed – a daun

α -Ga2O3 is one of the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors that gives promise to the development of next-generation power electronics. However, due to its thermodynamic instability and low thermal conductivity, overheating concerns hinder the deployment of α -Ga2O3 devices. This study reveals the detrimental impact of thermal crosstalk in multi-finger α -Ga2O3 MOSFETs. The thermal conductivity of α

Aluminum Gallium Nitride (AlxGa1−xN) is an ultra-wide bandgap alloy popularly used in microwave and radio frequency power amplifier applications. Other uses include light emitting diodes, lasers, and photodiodes. The bandwidth of AlxGa1−xN in such applications can be tailored from 3.2 eV to 6.2 eV depending on the application needs by changing the Al fraction, x. As in most current semiconductor d

Sulfur compounds in coal release sulfur oxides during thermochemical conversion, causing environmental pollution in the form of acid rain when discharged into the air. There is thus a significant need to develop efficient, environmentally friendly coal desulfurization technologies. This work studied Zhundong coal desulfurization using supercritical carbon dioxide-cosolvent systems experimentally a

Climate change is disproportionately warming the Arctic, leading to changes in weather patterns that affect breeding phenology for many Arctic species. Despite extensive research on non-predatory birds, few studies have examined the impacts of climate change on higher trophic levels, especially those comparing breeding phenology and productivity between migratory and resident species. Our study us

Background: The global shift to sustainable diets has raised interest in plant-based protein sources, particularly pulses, due to their nutritional value, health benefits, and low environmental impact. Pulses are rich in protein, dietary fiber, and a variety of bioactive compounds that may influence gut microbiota and metabolic health. Objective: This narrative review aims to evaluate the role of

Background: Septic arthritis (SA) is considered the most harmful etiology in patients presenting with an acutely painful swollen knee. This study aimed to estimate the incidence, mortality rate, and cause of death among patients diagnosed with SA and compare it to non-infectious causes. Methods: We conducted a population-based observational cohort study in Skåne, southern Sweden, with a population

Direct reprogramming of somatic cells into induced dopaminergic neurons (iDANs) is a promising strategy for replacing degenerated dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s disease. One current bottleneck for translation of direct neuronal reprogramming is the low reprogramming efficiency and difficulty to acquire enough tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) positive iDANs. Here we systematically refine the culture cond