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Urban wildness refers to natural ecosystems within built-up areas that are subject to minimal human interference. It can provide huge social benefits and contribute to more liveable towns and cities. It can provide places for active recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, and interactions with nature that are otherwise unavailable in urban environments. It can improve health and wellbeing by encouraging
This thesis examines if the European Patent Convention (EPC) supports or impedes the patentability of green chemistry innovations in pharmaceuticals.. The research is motivated by the growing urgency to align intellectual property systems with environmental objectives under EU law. Using the doctrinal analysis, it evaluates how the European Patent Office (EPO) interprets the EPC’s core requirement
In recent decades, international human rights law has encountered growing challenges and opportunities at the same time, posed by regimes that, while maintaining democratic appearances such as free and fair elections, adopt authoritarian practices questionable with liberal rule-of-law stand-ards. This phenomenon, has being referred to as "illiberalism," reflecting a ris-ing tension betw
This thesis explores the function of compulsory licensing established by the World Trade Organisation’s TRIPS Agreement, which serves as a legal means to enhance access to essential medications in low-income countries. The study examines the conflict between intellectual property rights and the right to health, highlighting the flexibilities within TRIPS and their interpretation as emphasised in t
Extreme heat is not neutral. In Athens, the dense urban environment and harsh summer climate disproportionately impact the socio-economically marginalized. This research bridges the gap between climate data and human experience by uniting geospatial and qualitative survey data regarding heatwaves in Athens Municipality, with urban heat island research, vulnerability theory and climate justice. Sat
In this thesis, I examine the datafication of football through the lens of document theory. From this perspective, I view data as necessarily material, social and cognitive. The aim of the thesis is to (1) increase the understanding of how the intensified quantification of sport shapes fans’ interaction with it and (2) to bridge a gap between document theory, as a part of library and information s
Title: The bittersweet taste of sensemaking: How consultants make sense of Generative AI in relation to their professional identity Course: BUSN49, Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge and Change – Master Level Authors: Gloria Julia Glupe and Merryl Frances Nathanie Meka Supervisor: Sverre Spoelstra, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden Purpose: This study focuses on how consult
The study of clines, or geographical variations of a given trait, can help understand how the interactions of genetics and local environments determine phenotypic diversity. The marine snail Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) exhibits a gradual change in the relative frequencies of shell color morphs across populations in the estuary system of the Rias Baixas (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula). A cons
Canopy cover is widely recognized as an important factor for mitigating extreme heat events in cities. The EU Regulation on Nature Restoration further emphasizes this, requiring urban areas to increase their canopy cover. However, the vertical complexity of urban trees is another significant factor for cooling, and moreover beneficial for biodiversity. The purpose of this study is to investigate t
West Nile virus (WNV) is a growing risk to public and veterinary health in Europe, with intensifying outbreaks over recent decades coinciding with a rapidly warming climate. Thermal biology models parameterized through laboratory experiments on the mosquito vectors and the pathogen play a central role in our causal understanding of the effects of temperature on WNV transmission. We evaluated the a
Objective: To investigate cellular immune responses to the herpes zoster (HZ) subunit (HZ/su) vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis). Methods: RA patients treated with JAKi (n=46) at the Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Sweden, and healthy controls (n=37) received two doses of the HZ/su vaccine. Blood samples were colle
Increasing drought frequency and intensity affect biophysical functions of natural ecosystems. In tropical semi-arid savannas, while immediate drought effects are well-studied, the drought legacy effects on vegetation composition and associated ecosystem functions remain unclear. We used data of vegetation composition, net ecosystem CO 2 exchange, surface albedo and evapotranspiration (ET) in 201
Cathode–solid electrolyte (SE) interfacial stability issues pose a significant challenge to stable and high-power operations of all-solid-state batteries, which promise greater energy density, thermal stability, and safety than the current liquid electrolyte-based Li-ion technology. For technologically important Ni-rich NMCs (LiNixMnyCozO2 or NMCxyz; x/y/z: Ni/Mn/Co stoichiometry) with sulfid
The intense photon fluxes from relativistic nuclei provide an opportunity to study photonuclear interactions in ultraperipheral collisions. In particular, it allows for the investigations of excited, light-flavour vector mesons. The measurement of coherently photoproduced π+π−π+π− final states in ultraperipheral Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV is presented for the first time. The cross section, d
The environmental impact of the textile industry is immense, and textile waste is accumulating globally at an unprecedented rate. To address this issue, innovative technologies for handling, sorting, and recycling textile waste are crucial. This thesis presents a comprehensive study on the recycling of cellulosic textile waste through both closed-loop and open-loop pathways. Closed-loop recycling
Background: Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), phenotype PiZZ, is a leading cause of liver disease in neonates, children, and adults. Nevertheless, the prevalence of liver disease and mortality within PiZZ adults remains unclear. Between 1972 and 1974, a cohort of 129 individuals with severe AATD (PiZZ) was identified through the Swedish national screening of 200,000 newborns. The cohor
Contaminated vegetables grown and consumed in cities of the global South have adverse public health consequences. Through interviews with farmers, traders, consumers and institutional representatives, this article explores why stakeholders in the irrigated vegetable value chain in Accra continue unsafe practices. The multi-stakeholder data are analysed by combining a behavioural model with a frame
This paper explores the impact that a new type of pineapple, and subsequent changing consumer preferences in the Global North, has had on the livelihoods of pineapple growers in Ghana. The paper starts by tracing how research and development in Costa Rica by the world's largest producers of pineapple, Del Monte and Dole, have resulted in a new variety MD2. This new pineapple type has been marketed
This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out among what Lian Si (2009) has called China’s ‘ant tribe’, referring to the millions of unemployed Chinese college graduates who live in the outskirts of Beijing and to some extent share the predicament of China’s migrant workers. Education has been the main route to social mobility for centuries in China, but today college graduates are o
