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Although variations in temperature have a profound impact on cardiac function, little is known regarding the excitation and contractile parameters over a broad temperature interval. In view of the clinical implications of lowered temperature in resuscitation and in cardiac preservation/evaluation for transplantation, we have examined the contractile function using Langendorff perfused hearts and i

Following the Fish—an artistic research project exploring architecture, migration and collective practice through workshop-based methodologies—was presented in 2024 as part of the exhibition UnFold: Exploring Artistic Directions in Architectural Research at Lund University.The project was developed through a series of workshops across Barcelona, Lund and Venice, engaging with the spatial and socia

Gaming disorder (GD) is an addictive disorder with health and social impacts recognized by the World Health Organization. Although the GD treatment evidence base appear to favor cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), knowledge of its common practice elements is limited. This systematic review critically evaluates CBT interventions for GD, encompassing individual, group, and mixed approaches, to ident

Background Postinfectious autoimmune processes are hypothesized to be causally implicated in tic disorders, including Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder. However, this hypothesis remains controversial. In this nationwide cohort study, we aimed to clarify the mechanisms underlying the association between proneness to infections and tic disorders. Methods Using Swedish national registers, we

A computational method to simulate bimolecular quenching reactions using coarse-grained reaction-diffusion dynamics is presented and applied to the quenching of molecular photosensitizers in solution. The simulations describe photoinduced reactions involving explicit excited states of light-harvesting species together with intrinsic deactivation, as well as collision quenching from separate quench

Presented within the Urban Architecture Conference: In the Search of Urban Quality, Urban Form and Urban Life at Lund University (2018), this contribution forms part of a broader exploration into the relationship between architecture, urban design, and contemporary urban conditions.The presentation introduces a pedagogical and design-oriented framework for engaging with urban architecture, structu

Should refugees govern refugee camps? This paper argues that they should. It draws on normative political thought in consulting the all-subjected principle and an instrumental defense of democratic rule. The former holds that all those subjected to rule in a political unit should have a say in such rule. Through analyzing the conditions that pertain in refugee camps, the paper demonstrates that th

This chapter examines trends in child poverty in Sweden through national and European databases, highlighting the achievements and challenges of Swedish welfare. The Swedish model has historically promoted equality through the dual-earner family model, progressive taxes, and generous benefits such as parental leave and publicly funded childcare. While these policies have promoted equality, rising

Detta är Arena Idés åttonde årliga flaggskeppsrapport om den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen. Anders Kjellbergs rapporter för Arena Idé harblivit referensverk för alla som bevakar svensk arbetsmarknad.Som vanligt redovisas nya uppgifter om facklig organisationsgrad ochmedlemsutveckling, men även ny statistik om fackligt förtroendevalda,a-kassornas medlemsutveckling och organisationsgrad, kollektiva

Cold acclimation is a crucial physiological process that enables plants to adapt to low temperatures. A key aspect of this acclimation is lipid remodeling, which preserves membrane fluidity and integrity under cold stress. Proteins of the chloroplast envelope membranes are increasingly recognized for their role in acclimation to changing environmental conditions. While lipid synthesis occurs at th

This paper argues against the idea of climate change refugeehood. Drawing on political realism, it reconstructs the idea and function of refugeehood in international politics. Refugees are not the agencyless victims merely in search of rescue by states of the Global North, as the idea of climate refugeehood as a form of humanitarian refugeehood would have it. Nor are they simply a function of repa

Refugees drown, are beaten, and are pushed back at the borders of the states of the Global North. Moral outrage is understandable in the face of such treatment. But does it constitute a good political theory? Can morality supply us with good normative arguments for a political world? In this article, I argue that they cannot. Drawing on political realism, I show why moral arguments for admitting r

Human mobility exhibits power-law distributed visitation patterns; i.e., a few locations are visited frequently and many locations only once. Current research focuses on the important locations of users or on recommending new places based on collective behaviour, neglecting the existence of scarcely visited locations. However, assessing whether a user will return to a location in the future is hig

The emergence of passively and continuously recorded movement data offers new opportunities to study the long-term change of individual travel behaviour from data-driven perspectives. This study proposes a clustering-based framework to identify travel behaviour patterns and detect potential change periods on the individual level. First, we extract important trips that depict individual characteris

In this chapter, we use the notion of social resilience as a heuristic device to explore the shifting boundaries between legality and illegality in the context of migration to a hybrid political regime. Our case study focuses on the creative and multifaceted ways Uzbek migrants navigate the Russian legal landscape. Drawing on the life histories of two Uzbek migrants who relocated to Moscow, we sho

Human babesiosis is an emerging disease as more cases are being reported worldwide. Most cases in Europe are caused by Babesia divergens, whereas most cases in North America are due to Babesia microti. While B. microti is also found throughout Europe, it appears to be less pathogenic. We generated high-quality nuclear and organellar genome assemblies of two B. divergens and two B. microti isolates

How we measure success in signal comprehension experiments fundamentally shapes our conclusions. Two recent studies have demonstrated that humans can guess the meanings of novel vocalizations and ape gestures above chance when selecting from limited alternatives. We replicated both experiments using open-ended responses instead of multiple choice. For the vocalization data, where participants prov

Att förstå komplexa och skiftande institutionella ramar har länge varit en viktig fråga inom socialvetenskaplig forskning. Nu mer än någonsin tidigare aktualiseras detta av den nya socialtjänstlagen som betonar tidiga socialarbetarinsatser som sker på frivillig basis och med förtroende som grund, medan andra delar av socialt arbete präglas av kontroll och disciplin. I ”Take Away-studien” har vi fö