The breakdown of relations between China and the US has prompted Beijing to shore up existing friendships, and seek new ones.

Energy efficiency is essential for climate change mitigation. Energy management, shaped by both technical artefacts and social constructions, can overcome barriers and achieve greater emission reductions than technology-focused approaches alone. Nine social constructions of energy management emphasize the need for a broader view that includes operations, processes, and knowledge creation and diffu

Bison bonanza: En dag i visentens liv Den europeiska bisonen, visenten (Bison bonasus) är den amerikanska bisonoxens (Bison bison) mindre kända släkting och likväl Europas största vilda däggdjur. Misströsta inte om du helt missat att detta stora oxdjur vandrar i Central- och Östeuropas landskap. Visenten dog nämligen ut i det vilda redan under 1920-talet och har senare blivit återintroducerad medThe European bison (Bison bonasus), is the largest terrestrial mammal in Europe and a possible keystone species. Having previously been extinct in the wild, the European bison faces several severe challenges, such as lack of suitable habitat, habitat fragmentation, isolation of populations, small population sizes and a very limited gene pool. Nonetheless, after a long period of regulated matings a

Significance: Optical-quality bioresorbable implants, which gradually dissolve within the body, are gaining increasing interest due to their potential to eliminate the need for revision surgeries. These implants show significant promise in treating deep-seated tumors in high-risk areas, such as the brain, and offer extended capabilities for monitoring interstitial physiological parameters or pharm

We present novel approaches involving generative adversarial networks and diffusion models in order to synthesize high-quality, live, and spoof fingerprint images while preserving features such as uniqueness and diversity. We generate live fingerprints from noise with a variety of methods, and we use image translation techniques to translate live fingerprint images to spoof. To generate different

INTRODUCTION: Tau positron emission tomography (PET) is a reliable neuroimaging technique for assessing regional load of tau pathology in the brain, but its routine clinical use is limited by cost and accessibility barriers. METHODS: We thoroughly investigated the ability of various machine learning models to predict clinically useful tau-PET composites (load and laterality index) from low-cost an

Påverkar könskromosomerna fitness? Fitness eller reproduktionsframgång påverkas av många olika faktorer. Vilka individer som har högst fitness har betydelse för hur framtida generationer kommer att se ut. Något som skulle kunna påverka fitness är en individs könskromosomer. I denna studie undersöks huruvida den genetiska variationen på könskromosomerna har en effekt på fitness i en population av While the sex-limited sex-chromosome (Y or W) is in general not believed to carry much variation that affects individual fitness, some evidence indicates that the Y sometimes influences male fitness. However, few studies have investigated similar effects of W in females. In this study we use whole genome sequencing data from individuals in a study population of great reed warblers with extensive c

Tropiskt fiske står i frontlinjen för klimatpåverkan och ökande förluster och skador. Ändå har begränsad uppmärksamhet ägnats åt fisket, särskilt "småskaligt" fiske, vilket spelar en avgörande roll för att upprätthålla försörjning, levnadssätt och välbefinnande. Utan någon konsekvent och ibland omtvistad definition hänvisar förlust och skada till de negativa effekterna av klimatförändringar som inTropical fisheries are at the frontline of climate impacts and rising loss and damage. Yet, limited attention has been paid to fisheries, particularly "small-scale" fisheries, which play a vital role in sustaining livelihoods, ways of life, and well-being. With no consistent and sometimes contested definition, loss and damage refers to the negative impacts of climate change that were not addressed

This chapter argues that how the neoliberal notion of ‘attractive space’ emerged as a planning paradigm in the renewal of the Western Harbor district of Malmö, Sweden, unleashed powerful contradictions. The chapter shows that although the urban design of the area was intended to attract affluent residents from the suburbs to the city, people from less affluent and more ethnically diverse areas of

Vad återstår i dag av de platser som arbetar rörelsenskapade åt sig själv, och som utnämndes till platserför folket? Vilka spår kan vi se av dessa i landskapet?Vilka berättelser om och minnen från sådana platserlever ännu kvar?

This article conducts a multi-scalar analysis of the dynamics between secularism and religion in contemporary Sweden and highlights a growing divide between them, in the wake of neoliberal reconfigurations of the welfare state and a stronger religious pluralism in public space. Through an analysis of the public debate around conversion attempts and state funding for religious organizations, we exp

INTRODUCTION: A recent study on patients with acute lower limb ischemia showed that the proportion of inadequate examination of lower extremity circulation was associated with higher rate of amputation and death. The aim of this systematic review was to explore evidence for how practical competence in performing a peripheral vascular status of the lower limb among medical students and junior docto

The evolution of multicellularity is one of the major evolutionary transitions that has shaped the diversity of life on Earth. Multicellular organisms have arisen numerous times across the tree of life, but explaining why some lineages are multicellular while others are unicellular remains puzzling. In my thesis, we tested how the ecological variables may differentially favour multicellular and un

In an era of climate change, as the intensity and frequency of droughts are expected to increase, effectiveclimate adaptation strategies become increasingly important for both natural ecosystems and society.Understanding vegetation's responses to drought and monitoring the impacts of drought on terrestrialecosystems are essential for developing reliable decision-support systems. This thesis aimed

The transition from unicellular to multicellular life remains one of evolution’s biggest mysteries. In this study we introduce symbioses with bacteria as a possible player. We use metagenomic analysis to investigate bacterial communities associated with Volvocine green algae, a model system for multicellularity. We compared bacterial communities of 34 algal species (21 unicellular and 13 multicell

Can Your Genes and Lifestyle Together Shape Your Risk of Parkinson’s Disease? Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders worldwide, yet its causes remain only partly understood. While some people inherit rare genetic mutations that directly cause PD, for most individuals, the risk is likely influenced by a complex mix of many common genetic variants and environ