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In this thesis, I critically explore the ways in which people consume extraordinary experiences and what this can tell us about contemporary society. My findings question the idea that extraordinary experiences are an escape from the demands of everyday life. I show instead that social (especially neoliberal) discourses discipline endurance runners and shape the ways in which they understand and a
Background: Research suggests that humans have the tendency to increase the valence of events when these are imagined to happen in the future, but to decrease the valence when the same events are imagined to happen in the past. This line of research, however, has mostly been conducted by asking participants to value imagined, yet probable, events. Our aim was to re-examine this time-valence asymme
Background: Approximately 40% of cancer patients/survivors develop chronic cancer-related pain (CRP), which is often associated with greater levels of fatigue and cancer worry, all of which are associated with poorer functioning, wellbeing, and greater healthcare costs. Psychological Flexibility (PF) refers to one’s level of openness to and acceptance of physical/emotional experiences and willingn
Background: Arterial hypertension is common in adults with repaired coarctation of the aorta, and is associated with several severe complications. Aims: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of poorly controlled (⩾140/90 mmHg) blood pressure among patients with diagnosed hypertension and to identify associated factors. Methods: In the national register for CHD, adults with repaired coarct
Abstract in UndeterminedIn our modern society peoples attitudes towards animals are inconsistent, to say the least. Behind these heterogeneous attitudes there are several economic and cultural aspects. What possibilities do we have of studying relations between humans and animal, between nature and culture, in the distant past? What are our starting-points? How do we understand realities that diff
The motivation to learn foreign languages is diminishing globally due to the dominance of English in business, media, and education, and additionally to the access it provides to the so-called global community and global identity. Nevertheless, smaller languages such as Swedish continue to be offered at universities worldwide, with students enrolling despite their limited societal use. This study
This article explores the intricate relation between translation and the Nobel Prize in Literature through the lens of a special case: the 1939 award to Finnish novelist Frans Eemil Sillanpää. The discussions in the Nobel committee, and the decision of the Swedish Academy to select Sillanpää for the prize, were deeply affected by the long and complicated political and cultural history of neighbors
Current food systems are unsustainable, exacerbating environmental and socio-economic challenges. With 80 % of food consumed in cities, transforming urban food systems is vital. Urban food sharing initiatives (FSIs), which involve collective acts of growing, cooking, eating, and redistributing food, offer a promising alternative in sustainable urban transformations. However, FSIs often struggle to
Precise design of architected functional ceramics hinges on a fundamental understanding of their structure-property relations. Functional properties in ferroelectric ceramics are known to be strongly nonlinear with respect to electric-field amplitude due to microscopic mechanisms, such as domain-switching. However, unlike monolithic ceramics, since electric-field distribution within architected fe
Sammanfattning Kapitel 2 Presentation av ett nytt tumör-behandlingskoncept med ”Pre-kirurgisk intermittent ultrahypofraktionerad strålbehandling” (PSiRT) ”kombinerad med immunterapi” (PSiRIT), särskilt immun¬kontrollpunktshämmare (anti-CTLA4 och anti-PD-1).Intermittent ultrahypofraktionerad strålbehandling innebär:• Optimal absorberad dos 6–8 Gy per fraktion • Doser >10 Gy kan öka immunosuppressiv
Following the outbreak of new media technologies, researchers in museum studies have acknowledged the increasing importance of digital content creation for museums. Today, Social Media provides museums with the opportunity to engage with their audiences beyond museum walls and pursue their organizational mission in innovative ways. Despite a growing interest in the organizational changes that make
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a diverse family of peptides that defend the mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity and other locations. Many AMPs have multiple functions and properties that influence aspects of innate defense and colonization by microorganisms. The human oral cavity is home to the second-most diverse microbiome, and the health of the mouth is influenced by the presence of these ba
MRI-based biophysical models are typically validated by comparison to ex-vivo histology of fixed tissue. The fixation process itself and the accompanied autolysis processes strongly modify tissue composition, and lead to MR signal changes, making the validation of biophysical models for in vivo MRI particularly challenging. To better understand the temporal evolution of the fixation process within
Background: In order to increase coverage in the organized cervical screening program, self-sampling with HPV analyses has been suggested. Objectives: The aim was to compare human papillomavirus (HPV) mRNA detection in vaginal and urine self-collected samples with clinician-taken cervical samples and the corresponding clinician-taken histological specimens. Study design: Self-collected vaginal, ur
Lignin is the second most abundant naturally produced organic polymer on earth. Lignin‐modifying enzymes (LMEs) are produced by the white‐rot fungi as products of secondary metabolism, since lignin degradation does not provide any energy to the fungus. The main oxidative enzymes include the peroxidases‐lignin peroxidase (LiP) (diarylpropane: oxygen, hydrogen peroxide oxidoreductase), manganese per
Occupational well-being is a central issue underpinning factors that constitute a good life. This study aimed to explore occupational well-being among Middle Eastern immigrants to Sweden, as reflected in the occupations performed in the context of psychosocial health care. Ten participants experiencing mental health issues, who received occupation-based rehabilitation, were interviewed. Grounded t
