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Human smuggling and human trafficking might lead to serious human suffering and death. The aim of the fight against smuggling and trafficking is to prevent such suffering and protect vulnerable people. However, could the European Union’s actual measures for their prevention lead to human rights law violations?

Epithelial tissues continuously adapt to mechanical signals arising from both cellular confinement and the extracellular matrix, yet how robust tissue organisation emerges across changing physical environments remains to be fully understood.This thesis combines the development of a 2D in vitro confinement-based epithelial model system with an in-house multiscale analysis pipeline capable of quanti

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Clinical outcomes are well described after hip arthroscopy (HA), but less is known about the demographic, socioeconomic, and work-related characteristics of individuals undergoing the procedure at a population level. We aimed to describe demographic, socioeconomic, and regional characteristics of individuals undergoing HA in Sweden based on nationwide registry data compared

PURPOSE: The primary aim of this study is to analyse the patient-reported outcomes after ACLR complicated by septic arthritis. The secondary aim is to examine the 5-year risk of revision surgery after primary ACLR complicated by septic arthritis. The hypothesis was that patients with septic arthritis after ACLR are more likely to have lower PROMs scores and an increased risk of revision, compared

The emergence of Large Language Models (LLM) has created new possibilities for automating software development, yet ensuring the quality of AI-generated code remains a major challenge. We aim to investigate if Test-Driven Development (TDD) can improve the quality of code generated by an LLM in a fully autonomous context, within a pilot project at Decerno AB. We added TDD to their pilot workflow, u

Tracking everyday activities is vital for detecting changes in older adults’ health, allowing timely support to promote well-being. Wearable sensors and deep learning provide continuous monitoring, making them a supportive tool in detecting such changes. However, a more refined method is needed to recognise precise activities with a minimal set of sensors. This study aimed to develop a method to r

The inner tracking system of the ATLAS experiment will be upgraded to a full silicon detector in 2030 for HL-LHC. The new tracking system is called ITk, the Inner Tracker. The ITk requirements include operational efficiency higher than 99% and noise hit occupancy smaller than 0.1%. During the pre-production phase of the ITk project, many short-strip modules were observed to exhibit so-called “Cold

The intensification of hydrological hazards due to climate change is expected to increase the risk of bridge failure, causing disruptions in transportation networks and large economic losses. To mitigate these risks, bridge owners rely on climate and hydrological datasets; however, they derive from complex modelling that introduces multiple uncertainties. Moreover, integrating this information int

This study investigates how flame retardants influence the thermal decomposition pathways of wood fibre insulation, with particular emphasis on distinguishing condensed-phase reactions from gas-phase combustibility and their implications for fire behaviour. Two loose-fill wood fibre insulation materials were studied, with an ammonium salt-treated sample compared to an untreated reference. An integ

The use of plant protection products (PPPs) remains a major concern for biodiversity, ecosystem integrity, and human health, even under robust regulatory oversight. Current regulatory assessments are often fragmented: they typically examine single substances and single crops in isolation at local or simplified scales. As a result, they struggle to capture the cumulative and combined effects of mul

Refreshable tactile displays (RTDs) constitute a promising media for accessible graphics for users with visual impairments. Their ability to dynamically render graphics and provide touch-triggered audio feedback has the potential to radically transform access to digital visual content. Yet, guidelines regarding the interaction design of such displays are limited. In this paper, we present the resu

Background: Outdoor particulate air pollution is classified as causing lung cancer, but evidence on specific pollutants and exposure timing remains limited. Methods: 22,294 participants in the population-based Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort, were enrolled between 1991 and 1996 and followed until 2016. Incident lung cancer cases were identified through national registers. Annual residential exposure

Importance: Blood-based biomarkers (BBM) provide minimally invasive, scalable, lower-cost tools for identifying neurodegenerative diseases, but prospective data on their clinical validity in memory clinic settings are limited. Objective: To evaluate how a tailored plasma BBM panel (phosphorylated tau 181 [pTau181], glial fibrillary acidic protein [GFAP], and neurofilament light chain [NfL]) during

In this study, we report a strategy to mitigate a common issue in operando spectroscopic studies of membrane-based electrodes, namely, maintaining an ionically well-connected catalyst layer that enables reliable correlation between electrochemical results and spectroscopic observations.