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Although it is a fundamental concept in global health and development, soli-darity is surprisingly hard to capture. This essay first discusses characteris-tics of solidarity, including perceived and real tensions between self-interest and solidarity in international aid. In doing so, it draws upon illustrative ex-amples from Sweden’s aid history, as well as international vaccine solidarity during
This chapter reviews the imaging findings of different non-infectious inflammatory diseases that affect the central nervous system, with special emphasis on demyelinating disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Special sections are also dedicated to inflammatory vascular disorders and to metabolic and toxic conditions that affect the ad
In their seminal hypothesis, Hamilton and Zuk proposed parasites to drive host sexual selection and predicted infections to correlate with ornamentation. Since then, a plethora of studies has explored how parasite occurrence relates to host traits, though the underlying assumption that parasite infection parameters are host-specific traits has rarely been evaluated. We used a global database (MalA
Bakgrund/Syfte: Inom allmänpsykiatrin i Sverige behandlas personer med komplexa psykiatriska behov. Det innebär bland annat begränsningar i att delta i vardagens aktiviteter och samhällslivet. Att få stöd med detta kan möjliggöra ett liv värt att leva trots psykisk ohälsa, i enlighet med arbetsterapi. Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) är en återhämtningsinriktad integrerad vård- och st
The contact urticaria syndrome (CUS) shows four stages of severity. It is a syndrome that initially involves the skin but also the respiratory or the gastrointestinal tract once it has manifested systemically. It is potentially a life-threatening syndrome. Immediate contact skin reactions (ICSR) induced by environmental agents are clinical manifestations of contact urticaria (CoU) and protein cont
Previous research on cardiometabolic risk has mostly used a variable-centred approach, assessing risk factors separately or in predefined combinations. This study used a probabilistic modelling approach to identify distinct cardiometabolic risk classes and estimate the predicted prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis. The analysis included 28,307 middle-aged adults from the Swedish CArdioPulmon
Ammonia/diesel dual-fuel compression-ignition engines are a promising solution for reducing carbon emissions in marine applications, yet their combustion efficiency and nitrogen-related emissions remain major challenges. In this study, combined numerical simulations and experiments were performed to investigate combustion characteristics and emissions in a two-stroke, low-speed ammonia/diesel dire
Developing individualized spatial models that capture the complex dynamics of multi-electrode EEG data is essential for accurately decoding global neural activity. A widely used approach is network modeling, where electrodes are represented as nodes. A key challenge lies in defining the network edges and weights, as precise connectivity estimation is critical for enhancing neural characterization
This article examines how generative artificial intelligence (AI) design platforms are reshaping fashion and textile design by mediating creative processes, reconfiguring design roles and influencing aesthetic outcomes. While these design practices have traditionally relied on embodied techniques such as sketching or draping, AI platforms shift the creative process towards prompt-writing, thus tra
The transition to post-quantum cryptography is well underway. Driven by the recognition that Shor's algorithm would render all widely deployed asymmetric cryptosystems insecure in the presence of a sufficiently capable quantum computer, the cryptographic community has spent the past decade designing, evaluating, and standardizing a new generation of public-key primitives. In 2024, ML-KEM became th
Despite extensive cataloging of carcinogenic exposures by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and pharmacogenomic variation by resources such as PharmVar and CPIC, few platforms unify exposure, metabolic activation and detoxification, DNA damage, and genetic annotation within a single interactive visualization framework. This gap limits systematic evaluation of gene-environment
Tryptophan is an essential amino acid for the human body and is crucial for protein synthesis. It is primarily metabolized through the kynurenine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, and indole pathways. The various bioactive compounds produced through tryptophan metabolism can regulate a range of physiological functions, including digestive, metabolic, immune responses, and neurological functions. New evidence
Denna berättelse om Synergi mellan Strål- och Immun-Terapi har sitt ursprung i resultaten av försök som utfördes år 2001 vilka avsåg att kombinera tumörvaccin-behandling med strålterapi av Fischer-344 råttor med gliom-tumörer inokulerade i hjärnan.Med 3 omgångar tumörvaccin kombinerat med endast en fraktion strålterapi á 5Gy, överlevde sex av åtta behandlade djur (ca.75%). Detta dramatiska re
Predicting the next location of human mobility and its semantic information can support recommendations for location-based services and trajectory mining, such as human mobility pattern recognition and sequential anomaly detection. Previous studies have ignored the implicit correlation between location and spatiotemporal information thereby limiting the model performance in terms of location predi
This article examines the function of scriptures in the parliament of one of the world’s most secular countries, namely Sweden, with a particular focus on the Bible. By applying Michael Billig’s thesis on banal nationalism, the article argues that references to the Qur’an in parliamentary discourse express what Billig describes as “hot” nationalism, and the references to the Bible express “banal”
