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The Narodichesky region, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukraine, is situated ∼80 km from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which exploded in 1986 and polluted the environment. A previous study found that children living in villages with high activity of (137)Cesium (Cs) in the soil had decreased levels of hemoglobin, erythrocytes and thrombocytes. These findings motivated the present study that used a more com
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The study is titled ”It’s in their hands” in order to show the responsibility various stakeholders have both in causing intimate partner violence (IPV) and its perpetuation as well as their importance for prevention efforts. IPV is a global issue affecting millions of women worldwide. The aim of this case study was to explore the causes of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in Dar
ABB Machines in Västerås, Sweden develop, sell, and manufacture generators and large electric motors worldwide. During the past years new competitors have emerged from a lower output range and some customers have reduced their demands in order to reduce the generator costs. In order to meet these changes in the market ABB Machines has developed a new pre-engineered standardized generator that allo
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the audit expectations gap in Sweden and the public confidence in the audit profession. We analysed if and how Svenska Dagbladet’s critical articles about the audit profession affected both the public confidence and the audit expectations gap. In order to answer our purpose, we have used qualitative research methods. Our conclusion is that no crisis of conf
Contrary to what often is implied I believe that autonomous action does not have to be morally or rationally justifiable or performed from volitions that are conscious to the agent. If we are to analyze personal autonomy it follows from the above that we need a supplementary concept to include actions that are based on unconscious or preconscious desires as well as non-moral values as possible con
Corporate social responsibility has become something of a buzzword over the last decade-and-a-half. Companies apply CSR-documents to their operations in seek of an ethical guide that can lead the way through complex situations and steer away from misconduct. Globalization has lead to especially multinational corporations experiencing difficulties in navigating among different contexts. A large num
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: En sedimentsekvens från sjön Svartkälstjärn i Västerbotten provtogs för pollen- och sporanalys samt kolpartikelanalys. Sedimentens ålder bestämdes med 14C-dateringar och spår av radioisotopen 137Cs, som indikerar modern tid då de återspeglar provsprängningarna av kärnvapen under senare delen av 1900-talet. Dateringarna visar att sedimentationen i sjön började föA 2.1-m sediment sequence retrieved from Lake Svartkälstjärn, located at 260 m a.s.l. in the province of Västerbotten, Sweden, was subsampled for pollen and spore analysis, charcoal analysis, and influx calculations. The aim was to establish the local environmental development during the Holocene with focus on forest composition, fire frequency, soil erosion, aquatic production, and human impact.
This essay gives insight to a process of state initiated democratization of the workplace in a third world country. The essay examines the ongoing process of democratization in a state owned aluminum plant in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. A process of co-management is taking place in the Aluminum plant of Alcasa. The initiator of the co-management is the former revolutionary and now president of th
Atmospheric inversions are widely used to evaluate and improve inventories of methane (CH4) emissions across scales from global to local, combining observations with atmospheric transport models. This study uses the dense network of in situ stations of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) to explore how well in situ data can constrain European CH4 emissions. Following the concept of int
Objective To compare longitudinal speech outcomes at ages 5 and 10 years in foreign-born and Swedish-born children with cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP ± L), and assess impact of cleft type, additional diagnosed conditions, sex, and age at completed primary palatal surgery.DesignLongitudinal, registry-based cohort study.SettingRegional public care university hospitals in Sweden.Particip
OBJECTIVE: Diabetes significantly increases the risk for atherosclerotic complications, including coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous studies have suggested that adult-onset diabetes can be classified into five different clinical subtypes, including moderate obesity-related diabetes (MOD). The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic associations between the five diabetes subtypes and
In the Swiss canton of Geneva, an energy efficiency portfolio has been operated since 2009. In contrast, such programs have been in place for more than 40 years in the US. There are numerous lessons to be learnt from their experience. We have therefore conducted a comparative analysis including Geneva and 11 leading states in the US, with the objective to identify explanatory factors for the succe
Sweden is renowned for its centralised wage bargaining system, which has been studied from the point of view of inflation, wage differentials and unemployment. This article studies media coverage of wage bargaining rounds in the 1950s–1960s and in the 2000s–2010s to investigate the social understanding of what the wage bargaining institutions are supposed to do. The results indicate that the opera
Background: Research on the primary care management of back pain in children and young people (CYP) is scarce. Sociodemographic factors may influence presentation and management, potentially contributing to disparities in care and outcomes. This study aimed to describe the management of back pain in CYP and examine associations with sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: Data were extracted fr
The demand for safe and durable modified-wood products is increasing in the construction sector. In this work, the in situ wet-chemistry synthesis of a glassy MgO/Na2O–SiO2 solid in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) sapwood via a two-stage impregnation process using an industrial timber-impregnation autoclave is reported. Magnesium sulphate heptahydrate (MgSO4·7H2O), a historic fire retardant, and
