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This letter proposes a novel wideband, single-layer monopolar antenna with high selectivity and enhanced pattern stability across the operating band. Building upon a conventional circular patch antenna, the rejection levels of the upper and lower sidebands are carefully analyzed, designed, and optimized to achieve the desired performance. To further improve performance, a shorting-via-loaded ring

Assessing cross-taxon congruence is vital for effective forest conservation, because different taxonomic groups may respond inconsistently to key habitat variables such as stand age. We examined six taxonomic groups—insects, arachnids, springtails, epiphytic lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants—across 25 Swedish oak stands ranging from 19 to 165 years old to determine whether species richness

This book considers the potential solutions that the sharing economy offers to tackle the increasing challenges of urbanisation and sustainability facing cities. It emphasises the need for robust policies to ensure that the sharing economy supports urban sustainability and resilience by promoting more efficient and circular use of urban resources through practices like car-sharing, accommodation r

An LSTM-based deep learning model, as well as a Lasso and linear regression model, were implemented to try and predict citation counts based on the abstracts. In an attempt to try and model the relationship between the citation count and the abstracts, specifically in the field of chemistry. A comparison between the Lasso model and the deep learning model was done, in order to weigh the interpreta

Shrub range expansion, also known as shrubification, across arctic and subarctic ecosystems is expected to increase with climate change, with implications for vegetation structure, biodiversity, and soil carbon dynamics. Previous research has found a shrubification-induced decrease in organic matter stocks from tundra to forest in the organic horizon, prompting further investigation into whether t

Modebranschens tillväxt online har förändrat konsumenternas köpvanor, men har även bidragit till en ökning av deras returer. Detta har i sin tur medfört påtagliga miljömässiga konsekvenser för samhället. Konsumenter uppskattar företagens milda returpolicy, men detta har bidragit till en problematik där de beställer fler kläder än vad de faktiskt behöver. Allt fler företag har börjat implementera r

In times of rising inflation, global unrest and shifting societal values, much of the public and academic focus has been on how economically vulnerable groups adapt their consumption. However, less attention has been paid to high-income earners who are often assumed to remain unaffected by economic fluctuations. This thesis investigates how high-income individuals in Sweden navigate their everyday

Purpose: The Extremely Preterm Infants in Sweden Study (EXPRESS) followed a national cohort of extremely preterm born (EPT, i.e. <27 weeks) children until 12 years of age. This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal development of visual acuity (VA) in children born EPT, explore the predictive value of early visual assessments, and evaluate risk factors for visual impairment at the age of 12

Implicit motives, nonconscious needs that influence individuals’ behaviors and shape their emotions, have been part of personality research for nearly a century but differ from personality traits. The implicit motive assessment is very resource-intensive, involving expert coding of individuals’ written stories about ambiguous pictures, and has hampered implicit motive research. Using large languag

BACKGROUND: The strawberry tortrix, Acleris comariana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is a destructive pest of strawberry in Denmark and southern Sweden. The efficacy of pheromone-based communication disruption of the species was examined in crop fields in southern Sweden. Due to the high cost of purchasing or synthesizing the pheromone (E)-11,13-tetradecadienal, lower quantities were applied per ha c

Background: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) currently seeks to implement service models that are better suited for young service users with complex mental health needs. This study explored what adolescents view as the key components of a well-functioning contact with CAMHS. Methods: This study was conducted as part of the ongoing implementation of Flexible Assertive Community T

Genome-wide screens using CRISPR/RNAi can identify new therapeutic vulnerabilities in prostate cancer. In this study, we combine DepMap functional screen data with a large gene expression database (N = 1012) and clinical outcomes to identify potentially druggable targets. Eight genes (CYC, CYP51A1, DHFR, EBP, KIF15, PPM1D, SQLE, and UMPS) demonstrated strong dependency in cell lines and were also

The aim was to identify treatment-related risk factors for diabetes in 5-year survivors of childhood cancer (CCS). This case-cohort study within Adult Life after Childhood Cancer in Scandinavia (ALiCCS) included 140 CCS with diabetes and a subcohort of 390 randomly selected CCS. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess the association between treatm

Hur påverkar en stad vattenkemi och alger i en å? Rönne å slingrar sig igenom det skånska landskapet från Ringsjön och mynnar till slut ut i havet vid Ängelholm. Jag paddlade kanot i Rönne å för att undersöka dagvattnet som rinner ner i ån. Jag ville också undersöka den ekologisk betydelsen dagvattnet har på ån genom att studera alger. Slutligen ville jag se om det finns skillnader mellan landsbyStormwater is runoff water from snow or rain events that enters a recipient shortly after the precipitations has reached the ground. Stormwater can contain heavy metals and nutrients depending on the type and size of the catchment area as well as the intensity and regularity of the precipitation. In high amounts, the pollutants can inhibit algal growth and have a negative effect in algal diversity

Life-history theory predicts a trade-off between immune defence and reproduction. If an individual needs to fight an infection during the breeding season, they may reduce their current reproductive effort and invest more resources into an immune response. Alternatively, they may invest their resources into increasing current reproductive effort at the expense of immune defence, which could reduce

Understanding how organisms allocate limited resources among competing traits is a central issue in evolutionary biology. In this thesis, I test whether butterflies have an energetic trade-off between the high-cost sensory traits, compound eyes and antennae. Such a trade-off would be predicted by the Expensive Tissue Hypothesis. We used high-resolution 3D micro-CT data from 233 museum specimens (r

Copepods play a central role in marine food webs, acting as an important link between primary producers and higher trophic levels. Predator-prey interactions between copepods and their prey drive the evolution of defense traits in phytoplankton, including chemically mediated inducible defenses. While our understanding of how predator alarm cues structure plankton communities is developing rapidly,