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This qualitative study explores the existential dimensions of youths’ lived experiences in residential care through an existential – phenomenological approach. Based on in-depth interviews and participant observations with 16 youths in Swedish residential care, the study investigates how young people navigate existential concerns such as freedom, anxiety, and meaning within an institutional contex

Resource provisioning for applications hosted in the cloud is a difficult task due to inherent performance variability in the infrastructure. Control theory has proven to be an efficient tool to increase the predictability of cloud applications. However, a prerequisite for a successful control design is an adequate model of the involved dynamics. In this paper we focus on modeling of controlled se

An activated catalyst prepared from a mixture of nickel nitrate hexahydrate with zinc in dry ethanol under reflux showed exceptional catalytic activity for the reduction of nitroarenes to the corresponding azoxy compounds exclusively in the presence of hydrazine monohydrate. However, when nickel nitrate hexahydrate was replaced by nickel chloride dihydrate with zinc, only the aminoarenes were form

Abstract: For patients with locally advanced head and neck tumours or other defects, the preferred curative treatment is extensive reconstructive surgery using free microvascular flap(s), oftentimes followed by postoperative radiotherapy. The procedure offers superior functional and aesthetic advantages, but the treatment course is long and complex and burdened with a significant risk of complicat

This study explores a novel approach to utilizing waste biomass for syngas production, with the potential for carbon sequestration. An integrated biomass conversion process combining pyrolysis, CO2 reforming, and MILD combustion is proposed. In the proposed system, the bio-oil obtained from pyrolysis can be used in a reforming step, converting it into syngas with a suitable H2/CO ratio for chemica

Arabinoxylan (AX) with varying arabinose to xylose (A/X) ratios of 0.85, 0.57 and 0.39 was extracted from wheat bran, and the conformations of the AX polysaccharides dispersed in water were investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering. The persistence length (Lp) and the conformation statistics (expressed by the Flory exponent v or the mass fractal) of the AX varied with their A/X ratios. The L

In this study we investigate risk management trade-offs by evaluating how key persons at workplaces with a potential for exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) reason about what is practically possible in terms of exposure reduction. While the included companies (N = 14) represented different types of processes and work-tasks, interviewees all identified that many types of hazards compete for at

We study the problems of computing the Voronoi diagram and a triangulation of a set of n2 points with O(log⁡n)-bit coordinates in the Euclidean plane in a substantially sublinear in n number of rounds in the congested clique model with n nodes. First, we observe that if the points are uniformly at random distributed in a unit square then their Voronoi diagram within the square can be computed in O

The global demographic is experiencing a significant increase in the ageing population, andsimultaneously, technological advancements continue to reshape society. These trends highlight anurgent need and a unique opportunity to leverage technology. Smart home technology (SHT), welfaretechnology (WT), and wearable sensors can potentially support older adults in everyday activities.However, the deve

Sustainable Welfare is a field of research that deals with the significance and potential contribution of social policy in the wider context of a post-growth transformation. The greatest need for research currently consists in how socio-ecological consumption and production corridors can be implemented democratically.

Background Childhood vaccination rates fluctuate over time and do not always meet the levels recommended by the WHO. Objective This study aims to provide an overview of measures countries have introduced to increase vaccination rates. Methods We developed a structured data collection template that was completed by country experts from Europe, Israel, the USA, and Canada. Experts were identified us

We obtain sharp embeddings from the Sobolev space (Formula presented.) into the space (Formula presented.) and determine the extremal functions. This improves on a previous estimate of the sharp constants of these embeddings due to Kalyabin.

The increasing use of digital tools in archaeology has vastly expanded our capacity to document and visualise the past, yet the reasoning that connects evidence to interpretation often remains implicit or undocumented. This paper addresses that gapby integrating Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE)—a philosophical model of hypothesis evaluation—into the Archaeological Interactive Report (AIR),

High-sensitive cardiac troponins are essential biomarkers in the diagnostics of myocardial infarction. However, analytical interference such as macrotroponin, where troponin forms stable complexes with endogenous antibodies, can lead to persistently elevated levels without actual myocardial injury. The first case report presents a young woman with recurrent chest pain and prolonged troponin I elev

The royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, launched in 1485, was amongthe earliest northern European warships purpose-built to carry artillery. However, King Hans employed his vessel as far more than a weapons platform. The ship was his ‘floating castle’, fulfilling all the various purposes of a land redoubt. At its loss in 1495 enroute to a political summit in Kalmar, where Hans expected to

Deficiency in C1 inhibitor (C1INH, SERPING1) is canonically associated with hereditary angioedema (HAE-C1INH) but not thrombosis. To determine the thrombosis risk conferred by loss of C1INH in the general population, we studied genetically-defined C1INH deficiency across 635,823 participants. Functionally deleterious germline coding variation in SERPING1 was rare (~1:10,000), indicating strong gen