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- Andersson, Johanna, 1972-, et al.
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What’s in the body? Children’s annotated drawings
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Biological Education. - : Routledge. - 0021-9266 .- 2157-6009. ; :2, s. 176-190
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a study of children’s ideas of the body’s internal structure. Children between four and 13 years (N = 170) individually produced drawings. During each drawing session the children explained their drawings to a facilitator and added written labels either by them- selves or, if they were too young to write, with the facilitator’s help. The results provide an updated comprehensive picture of children in differ- ent age groups and their views on the internal structure of the body. The type and numbers of organs drawn are similar to those documented in previous studies. However, in comparison to recent studies, the children drew more organs, the brain was indicated almost as often as the heart, and the Valentine heart was frequently used as a symbol. In contrast with previous research, children drew connections between organs. This result calls for caution regarding conclusions made from decontextua- lized questions. The importance of providing children with the opportu- nity to clarify their drawings is emphasised since it otherwise becomes a question of the researcher’s interpretation. The connections they draw, and explanations they give to their drawings, have interesting implica- tions for understanding children’s ideas, and hence both for teaching and learning and for science education research.
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- Annerbäck, Johanna, et al.
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Toddlers’ engagements with preschool playgrounds: ethnographic insights from Sweden
- 2024
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Ingår i: Children's Geographies. - 1473-3285 .- 1473-3277. ; , s. 1-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores toddler – place relationships outdoors during early childhood education in Sweden. Informed by Tim Ingold’s theorization of movement, we explore toddlers’ embodied engagements with the preschool playground and how the human–non-human environments become entangled. The results show that, just as in the wider world, the processes enabling and limiting toddlers’ engagements in the playground are continuously in motion. Toddler–place relationships are continuously created through a mutual dependence between human and non-human entities. In this sense, toddlers’ engagements with playgrounds are not separate from the place through which they engage, but change place.
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- Baumann, Henrikke, 1964, et al.
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The Usefulness of an Actor’s Perspective in LCA
- 2011
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Ingår i: Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management. - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands. - 9789400718982 ; , s. 73-83
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper is an argumentation for adding an actor’s perspective to lifecycleassessment (LCA). The need for this perspective stems from a criticismabout the usefulness of LCA interpretation methods comparing the relativecontribution of life-cycle phases of a product. Our argumentation is based on fourpreviously published studies providing practical examples of how value chainactors’ influence may be considered in an LCA and the benefit of doing so.Manufacturing sector examples show how one company's influence can beillustrated in results and how it may relate all relevant emissions to its ownprocesses. The food sector study shows how to assess several value chain actors’individual improvement potential. The final example, taken from building sector,explore how to consider the fact that actors in one part of the value chain caninfluence other actors to improve.
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- Berglund, Karin, 1967-, et al.
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Engaged Sisters : studying the entrepreneurship and innovation support system from ‘within’
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Entrepreneurship and innovation support has grown into large institutions in a society that cherishes an enterprising culture. Individuals are encouraged to be entrepreneurial and innovative in general, and to start up their own companies in particular. To support individuals in their business creation processes, policy stresses the need of providing with measures. Together these measures comprise a support system, directed towards supporting new and established entrepreneurs. It has however been recognized that the entrepreneurship and innovation public support system is highly gendered, favoring men and male businesses, whilst programs targeting women put the onus on individual women to start and grow businesses. As well it has been recognized that the policy support system tends to exclude ‘othered’ groups rather than including them in enterprising activities. The subtext of entrepreneurship support points to how some people “are” entrepreneurs, whilst others need support in order to become more entrepreneurial. Hence, there is a need to change the support system of entrepreneurship and innovation since it tends to disempower rather than to empower ‘othered’ groups in society.“Sisters in Business” make up an organization of wo/men entrepreneurs who have joined forces to address this need. Their vision is that entrepreneurship should reflect the society at large. During the last year they have therefore taken several initiatives to make this happen and is today one of the support organizations in a medium sized Swedish town. In this paper three Sisters are working together with a researcher within this area. Together we have formed a group of “engaged sisters´”. In our dialogue the dichotomy between ‘practice’ and ‘theory’ have temporarily dissolved in favor of creating narratives, from episodes, experiences and the everyday life of sister´s, to illustrate how the support system works from ‘within’. This led us to questioning whether the ‘support system’ really is a support system, or something else? Furthermore, this insight made it apparent that there exists ‘other’ support system, tough concealed and silenced. Finally, suggestions are proposed for how ‘practitioners’ can work together with ‘academics’ to change the rules of the game.
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- Ejhed, Helene, et al.
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Belastning och påverkan från dagvatten : Källor till föroreningar i dagvatten, potentiell effekt, och jämförelser med belastning från andra källor
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- SMED har på uppdrag av Naturvårdsverket tagit fram denna rapport om föroreningar och belastning från dagvatten. Studien är en del av ett Regeringsuppdrag ”Föreslå etappmål om dagvatten”. Syftet med projektet har varit att ta fram en sammanställning om belastning av föroreningar från dagvatten till vattenrecipienter. Primära källor, potentiella toxiska och hormonstörande effekter samt belastning på ytvatten har sammanställts och beräknats av ett urval av prioriterade ämnen och Särskilda Förorenande Ämnen (SFÄ) och omfattande sammanlagt 22 st näringsämnen, metaller och organiska miljöföroreningar. Dessa ämnen valdes ut eftersom de är kända ämnen i dagvatten, prioriterade ämnen av Vattenmyndigheterna på grund av att de orsakar att god kemisk eller ekologisk status inte uppnås i många vattenförekomster samt att det var möjligt att göra beräkningar av belastning av dessa tack vare att det fanns data tillgängligt. Dessa 22 ämnen har sådana ekologiska, toxiska och/eller hormonstörande effekter i akvatisk miljö att belastningen av samtliga av dessa ämnen bör begränsas eller helt förhindras. Dagvattnets påverkan och effekter på miljön har sammanställts utifrån tillgänglig litteratur. Studierna är dock få och av varierande karaktär, vilket gör det svårt att dra några generella slutsatser gällande dagvattnet påverkan.Antalet föroreningar i dagvatten kan dock vara många fler än de 22 utvalda ämnena. Uppmätta halter i dagvatten har sammanställts från Naturvårdsverkets Screeningdatabas i denna rapport och visar att 74 st ämnen förekommer i samtliga prover av dagvatten där de har analyserats, och ytterligare 117 st ämnen förekommer i en del av dagvattenproverna. Många är ämnen som ännu inte är prioriterade av vattenförvaltningen. Bland annat förekommer ofta metaller och grundämnen, vissa dioxiner och furaner, alkylfenoler, antioxidanter, bekämpningsmedel, kolväten, LAS (Linear alkyl benzene sulfonate) och olika flamskyddsmedel. Resultat av belastningsberäkningarna visar att dagvatten är en betydande spridningsväg till belastningen i recipienter för vissa ämnen trots att arealen tätort är mindre än 1% av Sveriges totala yta. För metallerna kadmium, zink, bly och koppar så har bidragen från dagvatten beräknats till mellan 15% och 17% av den totala belastningen till recipienter i Sverige och kan anses vara betydande belastning. I mellan 451 och 1090 st enskilda vattenförekomstområden är belastningen från dagvatten den dominerande spridningsvägen (>50% av total belastning) till de olika metallerna. Dagvatten utgör 100% av belastningen i 17 st vattenförekomster för koppar, zink och bly, i 12 st vattenförekomster för kadmium och nickel och i enbart 3 st vattenförekomster för kvicksilver. För de organiska ämnena är uppgifterna om utsläpp väldigt osäkra eller saknas helt för många källor till total belastning i Sverige, så som läckage från olika marktyper, jordbruksmark och skog, men de tillgängliga data och beräkningarna som gjorts indikerar att dagvatten utgör en viktig spridningsväg för PAH16, DEHP, Nonylfenol, HCH, TBT, PBDE, PFOS och PCB7 till vattenrecipienter.Betydande bidrag (>25%) till belastningen i dagvatten kommer ifrån mark inom tätorter som används till ”industri, handelsplats, grus- och sandtag, hamn och deponiverksamhet” för samtliga metaller, för nonylfenol (58%), PFOS (54%), PAH16 (40%), HCH (23%), PCB7 (23%), PBDE (22%) och oktylfenol (18%). Industri och handelsplats utgör den största arealen inom den markanvändningsklassen och bör prioriteras i det fortsatta arbetet. Industri och handelsplatser har höga typhalter och höga avrinningskoefficienter som orsakar den höga belastningen. Belastningen i dagvatten av ftalaten DEHP kommer däremot till största del ifrån ytor av ”enstaka hus, mycket grönyta” (35%), ”bostadsområde, mindre grönyta” (29%) samt ”urbant grönområde, idrottsanläggning, flygfält gräs” (25%). Markanvändningsklassen ”enstaka hus, mycket grönyta” utgör den största arealen totalt inom tätorter i Sverige (35% av arean), vilket innebär att den ytan bidrar med generellt stor belastning.Det finns stora osäkerheter i resultaten beroende bland annat på brist på mätningar av ämnen i dagvatten. Beräkningarna i denna rapport baseras på markanvändning som sammanställts av SMED till HELCOM Pollution Load Compilation (PLC7) rapporteringen, typhalter och avrinningskoefficienter inom tätorter från Stormtac databasen samt rapporterade utsläpp i miljörapporter från avloppsreningsverk och industrier i Svenska Miljörapporteringsportalen. Framförallt för organiska ämnen är dataunderlaget litet, vilket gör dessa uppskattningar mer osäkra. Utökad miljöövervakning av metaller och organiska ämnen behövs för att kunna följa trender och sätta in rätt åtgärder uppströms vid källorna och nedströms genom rening av dagvatten.Det stora antalet ämnen som har uppmätts i dagvatten och den betydande belastningen som dagvatten har beräknats bidra med, indikerar trots osäkerheterna på att miljöproblemen med dagvatten kan vara omfattande. Påverkan i form av eventuella överskridanden av miljökvalitetsnormer i recipienterna har inte kunnat beräknas inom ramen för detta projekt.
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- Ekbäck, Erik, et al.
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Training for Awareness, Resilience and Action (TARA) for medical students : a single-arm mixed methods feasibility study to evaluate TARA as an indicated intervention to prevent mental disorders and stress-related symptoms
- 2022
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Ingår i: BMC Medical Education. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 1472-6920. ; 22:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Medical students have a higher risk for depression, anxiety, stress-related symptoms, burnout, and suicide, and more rarely seek professional help or treatment than the general population. Appeals are being made to address the mental health and resilience of physicians-to-be. The novel program Training for Awareness, Resilience, and Action (TARA) was originally developed to treat depressed adolescents, targeting specific neuroscientific findings in this population. TARA has shown feasibility and preliminary efficacy in clinically depressed adolescents and corresponding brain-changes in mixed community adolescent samples. The present study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of TARA as a potential indicated prevention program for symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress and burnout in Swedish medical students.Methods: We conducted a single-arm trial with 23 self-selected students in their early semesters of medical school (mean age 25.38 years, 5 males and 18 females), with or without mental disorders. All participants received TARA. Self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, perceived stress and psychological inflexibility were collected before (T0) and after the intervention (T1). Qualitative data on the participants’ experiences of TARA were collected in focus-group interviews conducted halfway through the program and upon completion of the program. Individual interviews were also conducted 2 years later. Qualitative content analysis was performed.Results: The mean attendance rate was 61.22% and the dropout rate was 17.40%. The Child Session Rating Scale administered after every session reflected an overall acceptable content, mean total score 34.99 out of 40.00. Trends towards improvement were seen across all outcome measures, including the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Anxiety (t = 1.13, p = 0.29) and Depression (t = 1.71, p = 0.11) subscales, Perceived Stress Scale (t = 0.67, p = 0.51) and Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for youth (t = 1.64, p = 0.10). None of the participants deteriorated markedly during the intervention. Qualitative content analysis resulted in a main theme labeled: “An uncommon meeting-ground for personal empowerment”, with 4 themes; “Acknowledging unmet needs”, “Entering a free zone”, “Feeling connected to oneself and others” and “Expanding self-efficacy”.Conclusion: TARA is feasible and acceptable in a mixed sample of Swedish medical students. The students’ reports of entering an uncommon meeting-ground for personal empowerment supports effectiveness studies of TARA in this context.
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- Eriksson, Pontus, et al.
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Urodrill - a novel MRI-guided endoscopic biopsy technique to sample and molecularly classify muscle-invasive bladder cancer without fractionating the specimen during transurethral resection
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Urology Open Science. - 2666-1691. ; 53, s. 78-82
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The current diagnostic pathway for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), which involves with computed tomography urography, cystoscopy, and transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB) to histologically confirm MIBC, delays definitive treatment. The Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) has been suggested for MIBC identification using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but a recent randomized trial reported misclassification in one-third of patients. We investigated a new endoscopic biopsy device (Urodrill) for histological confirmation of MIBC and assessment of molecular subtype by gene expression in patients with VI-RADS 4 and 5 lesions on MRI. In ten patients, Urodrill biopsies were guided by MR images to the muscle-invasive portion of the tumor via a flexible cystoscope under general anesthesia. During the same session, conventional TURB was subsequently performed. A Urodrill sample was successfully obtained in nine of ten patients. MIBC was verified in six of nine patients, and seven of nine samples contained detrusor muscle. In seven of eight patients for whom a Urodrill biopsy sample was subjected to RNA sequencing, single-sample molecular classification according to the Lund taxonomy was feasible. No complications related to the biopsy device occurred. A randomized trial comparing this new diagnostic pathway for patients with VI-RADS 4 and 5 lesions and the current standard (TURB) is warranted. Patient summary: We report on a novel biopsy device for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer that facilitates histology analysis and molecular characterization of tumor samples.
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- Hermansen, Anna, et al.
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Dizziness and balance outcomes after two different postoperative rehabilitation approaches following neck surgery : analyses of a multicenter randomized controlled trial
- 2023
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Ingår i: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. - Philadelphia, PA, United States : Taylor & Francis. - 0959-3985 .- 1532-5040. ; 39:4, s. 750-760
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background Dizziness and balance problems are common symptoms in patients with cervical radiculopathy. Objective To evaluate the effect of neck surgery postoperatively combined with either structured rehabilitation or standard approach in patients with cervical radiculopathy and dizziness and/or balance problems, and investigate factors influencing dizziness and balance at 6-month follow-up.Methods Individuals (n = 149) with cervical radiculopathy and dizziness and/or balance problems were randomized preoperatively to structured postoperative rehabilitation or standard postoperative approach. Outcomes were intensity of dizziness and subjective balance, and clinical measures of balance.Results Self-reported measures improved at three months (p < 0.001 to p = .007) and the standing balance at six months (p = .008). No between-group differences. Baseline values, neck pain, and physical activity level explained 23-39% of the variance in 6-month outcomes for self-reported measures. Baseline values and physical activity level explained 71% of the variance in walking balance, and lower baseline scores were significantly associated with standing balance impairments (OR 0.876).Conclusion Patients improved significantly in dizziness and subjective balance intensity shortly after surgery, and in standing balance at 6 months, independent of postoperative rehabilitation. Neck pain, physical activity, and neck muscle function influenced dizziness and balance, although preoperative values and neck pain were of most importance for 6-month outcomes.
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