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The global plastics industry is undergoing significant expansion, driven by record-scale infrastructure investments that are increasing fossil fuel demand. However, this growth has largely bypassed Europe, where mature markets, limited feedstock availability, and stringent environmental regulations prevail. Despite these constraints, in 2019 the petrochemical conglomerate INEOS announced plans for
Study region: The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a high-altitude region characterized by harsh environmental conditions and limited accessibility, making the monitoring of its numerous lakes a significant challenge. This region is crucial for hydrological studies, and its numerous lakes play an important role in regional water dynamics and climate change research. Study focus: This study evaluates the ap
Education reform in the Muslim Middle East and North Africa is perceived as a result of a slow process of democratization at the crossroad of globalization, rapid economic development, socio-political changes and religious ideologies. The diverse pattern of the reforms is the reflection of the complexity across the region; affected by domestic factors and the nature and extent of the linkage to th
The epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on a global scale is a matter of concern, not only from a public health perspective, but also with consideration of societal costs. The increased call on health care resources to treat and monitor T2DM and its complications could put a heavy burden on national health care systems and financing. An important contributing factor for development of T2DM
The healthcare industry is facing various challenges due to global megatrends, such as increasing average life expectancy, ageing population, technological advancements, urbanization and globalization. Currently, outdated hospital facilities are being thoroughly renovated in large and costly projects to meet contemporary operational requirements. Renovation work in hospital environments is particu
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) remains the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in the young. Early markers for HCM are important to identify individuals at risk. The aim of this study was to investigate novel serum biomarkers reflecting myocardial remodeling, microfibrosis, and vascular endotheliopathy in the early stages of familial HCM in young patients. Twenty-three HCM patients, 16 HCM-ri
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is currently putting high pressure on most countries’ critical infrastructures (not only health care), creating huge uncertainties in supply and demand, and disrupting global supply chains. The global crisis will demonstrate the extent to which different parties (countries, public authorities, private companies etc.) can work together and take holistic decisions
Noise pollution is a growing global public health concern. Among other issues, it has been linked with sleep disturbance, hearing functionality, increased blood pressure and heart disease. Individuals are increasingly using social media to express complaints and concerns about problematic noise sources. This behavior-using social media to post noise-related concerns-might help us better identify t
Importance: Better understanding is needed of the degree to which individuals tolerate Alzheimer disease (AD)-like pathological tau with respect to brain structure (brain resilience) and cognition (cognitive resilience). Objective: To examine the demographic (age, sex, and educational level), genetic (APOE-ϵ4 status), and neuroimaging (white matter hyperintensities and cortical thickness) factors
Mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease is associated with progression to dementia (Parkinson's disease dementia) in a majority of patients. Determining structural imaging biomarkers associated with prodromal Parkinson's disease dementia may allow for the earlier identification of those at risk, and allow for targeted disease modifying therapies. One hundred and five non-demented subjects
A rather hot subject in today’s society is global warming. Both technical progresses and global agreements between nations are much needed to counter this ever growing world problem. In this report a novel CO2-capture system, using the sterically hindered amine 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as an organic solvent, is investigated by process simulation in the sof
Uppsatsen syftar till att analysera hur partier i Sveriges riksdag år 2022 debatterade kring lagförslaget om en ny utlandsspionerilag i Sverige. Relevansen av denna undersökning motiveras med bakgrund mot den globala trend som visats ske på internationell nivå angående att stater och aktörer med liknande makt begränsar yttrande- och pressfrihet. Med detta som bas och ramverk diskuteras dessutom viPress and freedom of expression in Sweden in relation to the new Foreign Espionage Act - When human rights risk becoming negotiable. The essay aims to analyze how parties in Sweden's Parliament in 2022 debated the bill for a new foreign espionage law in Sweden. The relevance of this analysis is justified against the background of the global trend that has been shown to take place at the inter
Working with innovation has become an essential factor in driving firm success in fast-changing industries like the energy sector. As a result, a considerable amount of previous research has focused on the innovation activities of employees working in R&D or similarly. However, a more recent field of research has focused on studying the employees outside these innovation-specific functions and
Critical scholarship has increasingly questioned the effectiveness of external menstrual health interventions in the Global South, often highlighting their lack of cultural sensitivity and potential to reinforce menstrual stigma. These critiques raise concerns not only about individual well-being, but also about broader questions of gendered inequality. Although such initiatives frequently center
This thesis investigates how deforestation is problematized within the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and examines its implications for smallholder coffee producers in Rwanda. Drawing on Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ approach and postcolonial theory, the study analyzes how regulatory problem representations construct responsibility, knowledge, and complianc
This thesis surveyed existing technologies and research on pedestrian detection systems using video as input. The purpose of the study was to investigate what such a software would need to produce to be relevant for the fire safety engineer in outdoor circulation- or egress applications. The thesis tested a newly developed detection software called Flowity. The software, developed by ÅF Digital So
This thesis will examine the plausibility of exchanging protocol from a normal server-client to a peer-to-peer solution for over-the-air updates, using a single case study for Sony Mobile Communications AB in Lund, Sweden. It will examine the effort, the risks, and what the actual gain may be comparing to a client-server approach for over-the-air software updates. Sony Mobile today uses a content
Microsoft Word - Urban Uprisings Course Description (Revised February 2018) (002) 1 PhD Course in Urban Geography/Urban Studies/Cultural Studies: “Riots, Uprisings, and Revolts in the Contemporary City” Fall, 2018, 7.5 ECTS Application Deadline, 15 August, 2018 (see below) Course Organizers: Prof. Don Mitchell, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University (Don.Mitchel
