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- Hornborg, Sara, et al.
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New policies may call for new approaches: the case of the Swedish Norway Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fisheries in the Kattegat and Skagerrak
- 2017
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Ingår i: ICES Journal of Marine Science. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1054-3139 .- 1095-9289. ; 74:1, s. 134-145
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The European Common Fisheries Policy has in its 2013 reform increased in complexity, such as a call for coherence with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and a landing obligation, posing new requirements and challenges to managers, scientists and the fishing industry. Therefore, re-evaluations of current practice are important as a basis for management actions. The Swedish fishery for Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in the Kattegat–Skagerrak area provides an interesting case study of relevance to emerging policies. Sprung from an unbalance in available fish- and Nephrops quotas and an ambition to protect coastal areas, the current fishery has been directed towards three separate fisheries (mixed trawling, directed trawling using a sorting grid and creeling). Studying direct and indirect effects from alternative Swedish quota allocations among gear types is therefore interesting. Accordingly, a screening study was conducted, taking into consideration area-gear interactions in catch rates, to compare the three different fisheries regarding quantified pressures on the target species, the by-catch species, and on the seafloor, as well as to qualitatively discuss social and economic dimensions. In the next step, alternative quota allocations were studied. In Swedish fisheries, we show that creeling offers a substantial reduction of fishing mortality of both undersized Nephrops and fish and a reduced seafloor pressure per landed kilo of Nephrops. Given that the fishing areas in many cases may be interchangeable between gears, allocating a larger quota share to creels in the Swedish fishery would therefore contribute to the integration of fisheries- and environmental management as called for in the new policies.
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- Wang, C., et al.
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Injecting different types of biomass products to the blast furnace and their impacts on the CO2 emission reduction
- 2015
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Ingår i: AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings. - : Association for Iron and Steel Technology, AISTECH. - 9781935117476 ; , s. 1525-1535
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent years more research has been focusing on utilizing biomass in the blast furnaces (BFs). One driving force is linked to the climate change mitigation, i.e. to reduce CO2 emission from fossil reducing agents or fuels, by using biomass. The amounts of biomass that could be utilized in BF is limited by different parameters, such as metallurgical properties of reducing agents, fuel properties such as volatile content, fixed carbon and oxygen content, ash chemistry (S, Na2O, K2O, etc.). In this paper, different types of biomass products in the form of solid, liquid and gas are investigated as injectants to the blast furnace. The modelling work has been done for a BF from a Nordic country. The possible amounts of injected biomass products are presented. With the replacement ratios of pulverized coal (PC), the potential CO2emission reduction when injecting different biomass products is quantified. In addition, the strategy of using biomass at the studied iron-making plant is discussed. AISTech 2015 Proceedings
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- Melin-Johansson, Christina, 1956-, et al.
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End of life conversations from a life cycle perspective
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Palliative care is provided over a long period of time in parallel with curative interventions but sooner or later a breakpoint occurs when curative treatment no longer has an effect. A new state enters and the patients need a palliative breakpoint conversation (PBC). This requires a medical assessment and should be documented in the patients record. PBC are often conducted as a response to patient´s unexpected deterioration or not at all. According to the Swedish Register of Palliative Care (SRPC) about 27 000 patients in hospitals (year 2014-2017) did not receive PBC and 50 % of all patients (N=500 000) PBC were not documented.Aim: To explore the proportion of patients in all clinical units in Sweden that did not receive PBC documented in the medical records.Methods: All clinical units N=6000 in the SRPC that collects data from hospitals, hospices, nursing homes and home care, with an end-of-life questionnaire about palliative care content focusing on the last week of life will be included. We will explore what units documented PBC (answered yes in the questionnaire) or not documented PBC (answered no in the questionnaire). Data analysis is under progress with statistical analysis, and preliminary results will be presented at the conference.Outcomes: Patients that do not receive PBC may suffer in a greater extent, in comparison with those who get PBC, from pain and other symptoms and have less frequent access to drugs for pain, anxiety and nausea. They die with parenteral nutritional treatment and with pressure ulcers. Patients don't die where they prefer and they die alone. Their relatives don't receive information and are not offered bereavement support.Discussion: Insufficient documentation about PBC may bring about unnecessary unclarity on how to care for the patient, this uncertainty can be perceived as confusing for both patient and family. A PBC late in the disease can also impair the patients ability to participate in decision-making.
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