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In this article, we examine how climate adaptation policies can operate as mechanisms of dispossession, displacing marginalized communities under the guise of environmental protection. We introduce the concept of ‘adaptation by dispossession’ to describe how interventions framed as responses to climate-related hazards justify forced removal, exclusion and the reallocation of land and resources. Dr
High efficiency, low total harmonic distortion (THD), and near-unity power factor are essential for low voltage battery charging systems to satisfy modern power quality requirements. In this study, an isolated totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) integrated buck converter has been designed and analyzed for low-voltage battery charging applications. The proposed topology combines a bridgeless t
This report has been prepared with funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers by experts at HEUNI, Fafo and Lund university. The report is a response to a call by the Nordic Work Environment Committee in early 2024 seeking research on the relationship between labour market crime and work environment risks, with the aim of generating more knowledge and practical recommendations and solutions. The
Corporate complicity in international crimes falls under the broader category of state-corporate crime, which encompasses the intersection between state and corporate misconduct. The concept of 'corporate complicity' includes both civil and criminal liability and involves various forms of involvement (e.g., direct participation, assistance, facilitation, benefiting, silent approval) and motivation
Background: Implementing the evidence-based Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model in welfare states like Sweden faces contextual challenges that often necessitate local adaptations to enhance fit and effectiveness. While fidelity assessments aim to ensure effective outcomes, adaptations may lead to unintended drift from core components. The Model for Adaptation Design and Impact (MADI) helpBackground: Implementing the evidence-based Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model in welfare states like Sweden faces contextual challenges that often necessitate local adaptations to enhance fit and effectiveness. While fidelity assessments aim to ensure effective outcomes, adaptations may lead to unintended drift from core components. The Model for Adaptation Design and Impact (MADI) help
This paper combines density-based topology optimization (TO) with a “contact aware” shape optimization (SO) which combines the design freedom of TO with the precise boundary representation of SO. Using gradient based optimization, the objective is to design structures in frictionless contact, including the shape of the contacting surfaces. SO is performed on each contacting structure which defines
In this submission, we show the role of pollinators in sustainable food production, food security, and human rights, and the negative impact of agribusiness commercialized pesticides on pollinators and on a wide range of human rights. We identify the role of judicial and nonjudicial mechanisms in preventing these pesticides’ impacts as well as on access to justice, including remedy. Ultimately, we
Conventional traceability systems without real-time information transmission are susceptible to tampering. In contrast, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled traceability models offer transparency and accountability, given their decentralized nature and immutability. This research conceptualizes and develops a hybrid blockchain and AI-enabled traceability (prototype) model and implem
Traceability is a transparent quality index in almost every supply chain. Especially when it comes to highly perishable products, such as dairy, the need for an effective traceability system is unavoidable due to increased fraudulent products, adulteration, excessive additives, and toxic substances. The dairy industry requires an effective traceability system that ensures visibility and transparen
Implementing the Internet of Things (IoT) into business models has become an influential catalyst, supporting novel revenue generation, improved operational efficiencies, and competitive dominance. Still, its implementation has been challenged by barriers to technological, organizational, and societal dimensions. The current study utilizes the Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory
The rise in milk adulteration and contamination, fraud incidents and improper handling necessitates effective traceability systems in the Indian dairy industry. Thus, this review investigates current trends, associated challenges, traceability and its fundamental applications to address food safety and quality issues. The paper covers the evolution of milk adulteration and contamination detection
This dissertation investigates entrepreneurial ethics – a behavioral approach to ethical dilemmas in entrepreneurship. Specifically, the thesis investigates how the individual entrepreneurial decision-maker perceives and interprets conflicting ethical cues surrounding their work, and how that cognitive processing translates into entrepreneurial action and outcomes. Prior research on ethics in entr
Precision oncology is being transformed by the integration of advanced machine learning (ML) methods and extensive biomedical data from genomics, imaging, proteomics, and clinical records. ML techniques, including supervised, unsupervised, deep learning, and reinforcement learning, have progressed from experimental tools to robust systems that identify clinically actionable biomarkers, refine prog
In the face of climate change, today’s young people need to balance the challenges of being active and maintaining mental health. This study investigated climate resilience, meaning patterns of climate engagement and mental health among adolescents. Using latent profile analysis, we identified three profiles in a sample of N=603 Swedish adolescents: climate-resilient (17%, active and not impaired)
Biocatalysis has emerged as a cornerstone of sustainable manufacturing, yet conventional modes are hindered by inherent limitations such as metabolic interference, mass transfer barriers, and instability. This study presented a novel platform using fragmented Gluconobacter oxydans, combining the autonomous cofactor regeneration of whole cells with the superior substrate accessibility of free enzym
Phosphorus-driven eutrophication of surface waters persists across Europe and Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation is slow. Calls for better management approaches advocate for involving multiple stakeholders, considering social, ecological and technological drivers, and applying ‘multi-level’ or ‘multi-scalar’ approaches. However, multi-level approaches rarely apply ‘scales’ and ‘levels’
The article examines the contributions of Arthur W. Galston (1920–2008) and Polly Higgins (1968–2019) to the concept of ecocide, from its origins in the Vietnam War to its revival in the twenty-first century. Biologist Arthur W. Galston, whose doctoral research was used to investigate defoliating agents, led a scientific campaign in the late 1960s against the massive use of herbicides by the Unite
Este número de Ecología Política examina cómo los ejércitos, los paisajes militarizados y la industria armamentística generan destrucción ecológica, refuerzan dinámicas extractivistas y profundizan desigualdades, mientras sus impactos climáticos y ambientales permanecen en gran medida invisibilizados. A partir del concepto de necropolítica, los artículos exploran quiénes —y qué territorios— son co
