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- Nilsson, Daniel, et al.
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Selecting scenarios for deterministic fire safety engineering analysis : Life safety for occupants
- 2016. - Fifth Edition
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Ingår i: SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. - New York, NY : Springer New York. - 9781493925650 - 9781493925643 ; , s. 2047-2069
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In many cases, the principle goal of a fire safety engineering (FSE) design is the life safety of the users of a structure. There are, however, other potential fire safety goals to consider, e.g., property protection, continuity of operations, protection of the environment and protection of cultural heritage [1]. Whatever the goal, users of the building, both building managers and occupants, will have a role in its achievement.
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- Bengtsson, Håkan, et al.
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Muscle injury rates in professional football increase with fixture congestion : an 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study
- 2013
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Ingår i: British Journal of Sports Medicine. - : BMJ Publishing Group. - 0306-3674 .- 1473-0480. ; 47:12, s. 743-747
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background The influence of fixture congestion on injury rates and team performance has only been scarcely investigated.Aim To study associations between recovery time and match load and injury rates and team performance in professional football.Methods Exposure and time loss injuries were registered prospectively from 27 teams over 11 seasons. Matches were grouped according to recovery days before each match (≤3 vs >3 days, and ≤4 vs ≥6 days). Injury rates and team performance were compared between groups. Match load in match sequences containing five consecutive matches was determined by the number of days separating the first match and the last training session during that match sequence. Linear regression was used to study associations between match load and injury rates and team performance.Results Team performance showed no association with match load, or recovery days prior to matches, except for Europa League matches that indicated more matches lost with short recovery (≤3 days) (p=0.048). Total injury rates and muscle injury rates were increased in league matches with ≤4 days compared with ≥6 days’ recovery (RR 1.09, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.18, and RR 1.32, 95% CI 1.15 to 1.51, respectively), specifically hamstring and quadriceps injuries. High match load was associated with increase in muscle injury rate in matches in the same match sequence (p=0.012), and increase in ligament injury rate in training in the subsequent match sequence (p=0.003).Conclusions Fixture congestion was associated with increased muscle injury rates but had no, or very limited, influence on team performance.
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- Bilousov, Oleksandr V., et al.
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Substrate Effects on Crystal Phase in Atomic Layer Deposition of Tin Monosulfide
- 2021
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Ingår i: Chemistry of Materials. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0897-4756 .- 1520-5002. ; 33:8, s. 2901-2912
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Obtaining single-phase tin monosulfide (SnS) films at low temperatures is challenging since cubic (π-SnS) and orthorhombic (α-SnS) polymorphs have similar energies of formation and grow under similar conditions. Here, we show that in atomic layer deposition (ALD) of polycrystalline SnS using tin(II) acetylacetonate and H2S precursors, the substrate surface greatly influences the SnS phase evolution. For example, a silicon (100) substrate, with a highly hydroxylated surface, favors the growth of α-SnS. Meanwhile, ozone treatment or preannealing of the same substrate leads to mainly π-SnS. Just a few ALD cycles of another oxide or sulfide can even more substantially alter the outcome. Substrates that favor α-SnS growth typically produce initially enhanced growth rates, while those promoting π-SnS are partially surface-poisoned by the acetylacetonate precursor ligands. Growth of either polymorph is self-sustained after its initiation, and the sustaining factor appears to be the surface–ligand interaction; π-SnS preferentially evolves on substrates and π-SnS surfaces that are rich in highly reactive dangling bonds, while chemically inert substrates and α-SnS surfaces promote α-SnS. While lattice matching is less central, the role of ligand bonding in SnS ALD also helps explain the previously reported phase dependence on growth temperature and H2S precursor dose and shows promise for area-selective ALD of SnS.
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- Bilovitz, Peter Othmar, et al.
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Contribution to the lichen biota of Slovenia XII. Some lichens from Logarska dolina.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Hladnikia. ; 26, s. 15-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A list of 94 species is presented including Bacidia subacerina and Lopadium disciforme as new for Slovenia and Bilimbia accedens, Lecanora leptyrodes, Megalaria grossa, Mycobilimbia epixanthoides, Rinodina efflorescens, and Sclerophora peronella as new for the alpine phytogeographical region of Slovenia.
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Bilskrotning : Handbok med allmänna råd till Naturvårdsverkets föreskrifter om skrotbilsverksamhet
- 2001
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Handbok med allmänna råd till Naturvårdsverkets föreskrifter om skrotbilsverksamhet. Denna handbok med allmänna råd är avsedd att ge förklaring och vägledning till föreskrifterna NFS 2002:2 (återges i sin helhet som bilaga till handboken) åt bland andra bilskrotare och andra berörda verksamhetsutövare samt åt tillståndsmyndigheter. Därutöver kan skriften vara till nytta för konsulter, certifieringsorgan samt bilproducenter. Detta är första utgåvan, december 2001.
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- Bilsland, E., et al.
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Plasmodium dihydrofolate reductase is a second enzyme target for the antimalarial action of triclosan
- 2018
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Ingår i: Scientific Reports. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2045-2322. ; 8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Malaria, caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium, leads to over half a million deaths per year, 90% of which are caused by Plasmodium falciparum. P. vivax usually causes milder forms of malaria; however, P. vivax can remain dormant in the livers of infected patients for weeks or years before re-emerging in a new bout of the disease. The only drugs available that target all stages of the parasite can lead to severe side effects in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency; hence, there is an urgent need to develop new drugs active against blood and liver stages of the parasite. Different groups have demonstrated that triclosan, a common antibacterial agent, targets the Plasmodium liver enzyme enoyl reductase. Here, we provide 4 independent lines of evidence demonstrating that triclosan specifically targets both wild-type and pyrimethamine-resistant P. falciparum and P. vivax dihydrofolate reductases, classic targets for the blood stage of the parasite. This makes triclosan an exciting candidate for further development as a dual specificity antimalarial, which could target both liver and blood stages of the parasite.
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- Bilsland, Elizabeth, 1973
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae MAPKAP kinases Rck1 and Rck2 in stress responses
- 2004
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein kinases Rck1 and Rck2 (Radiation sensitivity Complementing Kinases) were originally cloned as suppressors of Schizosaccharomyces pombe checkpoint mutants. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae we found that overexpression of either kinase has the ability to depress sporulation in mec1 and rad24 mutant backgrounds. Conversely, deletion of RCK1 or RCK2 accelerates the sporulation process. In a parallel study, we found a strong constitutive interaction between the C-terminal portion of Rck2p and the MAPK Hog1p. This interaction allows the in vitro and in vivo phosphorylation of Rck2p by Hog1p upon hyperosmotic stress. Rck2p in vivo phosphorylation was mapped to Ser520, and leads to a hyperactivation of its catalytic activity, measured by the autophosphorylation level of Rck2p. RCK2 overexpression can suppress osmosensitivity of hog1 and pbs2 mutants, and RCK2 deletion can suppress the growth arrest of a hyperactive HOG pathway. Together, these results allowed us to place Rck2p genetically and biochemically downstream of the MAPK Hog1p. We also found that unlike previously stated in the literature, the HOG pathway can be activated by oxidative stress, as measured by Hog1p Tyr/Thr phosphorylation. This activation leads to Hog1 translocation into the nucleus and Rck2p phosphorylation, in an analogous however less pronounced way than observed upon hyperosmotic stress. Using the two-hybrid system, we identify a series of Rck1p/Rck2p interacting proteins with roles in oxidative stress resistance. Two of these putative interactions (Rck1p-Yap2p and Rck2p-Zrc1p), were verified by co-immunoprecipitation and genetic studies, strengthening the possibility of Yap2p and Zrc1p being relevant Rck1p/Rck2p in vivo targets.
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- Bilstrup, Katrin
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A survey regarding wireless communication standards intended for a high-speed vehicle environment
- 2007
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The high velocities and dynamic conditions that a vehicular environment represents introducenew and demanding challenges in the area of wireless communication. Vehicle Alert System(VAS) is a research project at Halmstad University, Sweden, focusing on reliable wirelessvehicle communication. Typical examples of applications for a vehicle alert system are pre-crash warning, communicating slippery road conditions, emergency vehicle routing etc. InVAS a set of application scenarios have been chosen specifically to illustrate as manyinteresting research aspects of a vehicle alert system as possible. The chosen scenarios includeboth vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications. Research is conductedon all layers of the communication stack relevant for a vehicle alert system – application,network, data link and the physical layer. From a communication perspective a vehicle alertsystem is characterized by short event-driven control messages that have to be receivedwithout errors in time. This implies that different coding strategies, diversity andretransmission schemes must be used to achieve correctness and robustness against theimpairments of the wireless channel.This survey presents and discusses different wireless communication standards as well asproprietary solutions that are intended especially for a high-speed vehicular environment. Since VAS is aiming for real-time wireless communication, the examined standards will beevaluated accordingly. Real-time communication implies that there is an upper bound on thecommunication delay such that if the data never reaches its intended recipient before a certaindeadline this will have a more or less negative impact on the system performance. One of themost important features of a real-time communication system (and perhaps even more crucialin a wireless high-speed vehicular environment) is the medium access method. If it is notdeterministic (i.e., if there exists no upper bound on the delay before a station gets access tothe wireless channel) it is not possible to give guarantees about meeting the deadlines.All currently existing standards, draft specifications and proprietary solutions with explicitintention for being used in a vehicular environment are covered in this survey. In preparationof this document the standard/draft documents themselves have been studied and forproprietary solutions the respective company’s home pages and in some cases articles havebeen used for collecting information. One of the currently most discussed standards is thedraft IEEE 802.11p which has been thoroughly studied here. It inherits features from theQuality of Service amendment IEEE 802.11e and the physical layer supplement IEEE802.11a. The full protocol suite WAVE, also developed by IEEE, incorporates the 802.11p.Other standards, drafts and proprietary solutions that have been studied are IEEE 802.16,IEEE 802.20, flash-OFDM, national DSCR systems, CALM and IEEE 802.21. These systemsrange from being simple RFID-look-a-like DSRC systems to more advanced centralized WMAN standards. It can be concluded that none of the standards or proprietary solutions described in this surveyis suitable for applications such as those considered in the VAS research project. Within thedifferent standards there certainly are features suitable for a vehicle alert system but nostandard totally fit the requirements of VAS. One lacking feature common for all standardsinvestigated is the ability of providing deterministic medium access for vehicle-to-vehiclecommunication.
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- Bilstrup, Katrin, et al.
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Medium access control in vehicular networks based on the upcoming IEEE 802.11p standard
- 2008
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Ingår i: 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and ITS America Annual Meeting 2008. - : World Congress on ITS. - 9781615677566 ; , s. 4155-4167, s. 12-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, initial simulations are presented showing that the upcoming IEEE 802.11p standard is not suitable for traffic safety applications requiring reliable, low delay communication between vehicles. The medium access control procedure is one of the most important parts in the design of delay-constrained communication systems, and emerging vehicle safety applications put new stringent demands on timely and reliable delivery of data packets. The medium access procedure used in 802.11p is carrier sense multiple access, which is inherently unsuitable for time-critical data traffic since it is contention-based and cannot provide a finite upper bound on the time to channel access. The simulation results indicate that with IEEE 802.11p, channel access cannot be granted in a manner that is sufficiently predictable to support reliable, low-delay communications between vehicles on a highway.
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- Bilstrup, Katrin, et al.
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On the ability of the 802.11p MAC method and STDMA to support real-time vehicle-to-vehicle communications
- 2009
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Ingår i: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. - New York : Hindawi Publishing Corporation. - 1687-1472 .- 1687-1499. ; 2009:902414, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Traffic safety applications using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication is an emerging and promising area within the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) sphere. Many of these new applications require real-time communication with high reliability, meaning that packets must be successfully delivered before a certain deadline. Applications with early deadlines are expected to require direct V2V communications, and the only standard currently supporting this is the upcoming IEEE 802.11p, included in the wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE) stack. To meet a real-time deadline, timely and predictable access to the channel is paramount. However, the medium access method used in 802.11p, carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA), does not guarantee channel access before a finite deadline. In this paper, we analyze the communication requirements introduced by traffic safety applications, namely, low delay, reliable, real-time communications.We show by simulation of a simple, but realistic, highway scenario, that vehicles using CSMA/CA can experience unacceptable channel access delays and, therefore, 802.11p does not support real-time communications. In addition, we present a potential remedy for this problem, namely, the use of self-organizing time division multiple access (STDMA). The real-time properties of STDMA are investigated by means of the same highway simulation scenario, with promising results.
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- Johansson, Lena, 1972, et al.
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Longstanding psychological stress in relation to biomarkers of neuronal dysfunction in cerebrospinal fluid: a 25-year follow-up study in women
- 2019
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Ingår i: Neurobiology of Aging. - : Elsevier BV. - 0197-4580. ; 80, s. 111-115
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Longstanding psychological stress has been associated with increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders, such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease. In a prospective population study of women (n = 81), we tested if midlife stress (mean age 49 years) was associated with late-life biomarkers of neuro-degeneration in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (mean age 74 years) in linear regression models. It was found that women who report of stress at baseline (n = 20) had higher levels of CSF visinin-like protein-1 (VILIP-1) (age adjusted beta = 0.113, p = 0.017) and CSF myelin basic protein (beta = 0.060, p = 0.030) compared with women without midlife stress (n = 61). There was also a trend observed for higher CSF neurofilament light (beta = 0.133, p = 0.056). In addition, longer periods of stress (i.e., stress at 2-3 midlife examinations) were associated with higher levels of CSF VILIP-1. The results suggest that longstanding stress might be associated with neurodegenerative processes in the brain, as CSF VILIP-1 is an unspecific marker for neuronal injury and CSF myelin basic protein reflects neuroaxonal demyelination. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Larsson, Tove, et al.
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On learner characteristics and why we should model them as latent variables
- 2022
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Ingår i: International Journal of Learner Corpus Research. - : John Benjamins Publishing Company. - 2215-1478 .- 2215-1486. ; 8:2, s. 237-260
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Learner corpus research has a strong tradition of collecting metadata. However, while we tend to collect rich descriptive information about learners on directly measurable variables such as age, year of study, and time spent abroad, we frequently do not know much about learner characteristics that cannot be measured directly (and that thus need to be measured through questionnaires and tests) such as language aptitude, working memory, and motivation, which have been identified as important variables in neighboring fields such as Second Language Acquisition. In this position piece, we (i) join the proponents of increased focus on learner characteristics in LCR in arguing in favor of collecting information about such variables and (ii) introduce an analytical framework that can be used to model these variables. Specifically, the primary focus of this paper is to discuss the concept of latent variables as it relates to LCR and show how their standard form can be used to model learner characteristics within the structural equation modeling analytical framework.
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- Nilsson, Björn
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Personlig och social identitet
- 2005
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Ingår i: Perspektiv på Högskolan i Skövde. - Skövde : Högskolan i Skövde. - 1653-8242. ; 2:1, s. 16-19
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- Nilsson, Johanna, et al.
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Virtual bite registration using intraoral digital scanning, CT and CBCT : In vitro evaluation of a new method and its implication for orthognathic surgery
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. - : Elsevier BV. - 1010-5182 .- 1878-4119. ; 44:9, s. 1194-1200
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Three-dimensional (3D) computer-assisted planning requires detailed visualisation of the craniomaxillofacial region and interocclusal relationship. The aim of this study was to establish and evaluate a method to create a 3D model of the craniomaxillofacial region and to adopt intraoral digital scanning to place the lower jaw into a centric relation (CR) without the need of additional plaster casts and model surgery. A standard plastic skull modified by metallic dental wires and brackets was subjected to computed tomography (CT), cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), and intraoral digital scanning. We evaluated two different virtual bite registrations, a digital scan of the buccal dental surfaces and scanning of the wax bites to position the lower jaw into a CR, and assessed the accuracy of the integration of intraoral scanning to the CT/CBCT scans. The mean registration error of corresponding mesh points for the CT and intraoral scanned images was 0.15 ± 0.12 mm, while this error was 0.18 ± 0.13 mm for the CBCT and intraoral scanned images. The mean accuracy of the two virtual bite registrations ranged from 0.41 to 0.49 mm (buccal scan technique) and from 0.65 to 1.3 mm (virtualised wax bite technique). A method for virtual bite registration was developed. It has the potential to eliminate plaster casts and model surgery and may facilitate 3D computer-assisted planning of orthognathic surgery cases.
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- Raza, Tahira, 1972-, et al.
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Varestraint weldability testing of additive manufactured alloy 718
- 2018
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Ingår i: Science and technology of welding and joining. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1362-1718 .- 1743-2936. ; 23:7, s. 606-611
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The weldability in terms of susceptibility towards hot cracking of selective laser melted (SLM) Alloy 718 was investigated and wrought Alloy 718 was used as reference material. Varestraint testing was carried out by means of investigating the weldability in three conditions; (1) SLM as-built, (2) hot isostatic pressing at 1160°C at 105MPa for 3h and (3) wrought Alloy 718 in the mill-annealed condition. The material exhibited intergranular cracking in all three conditions; however,theSLMHIPedconditionhadanincreasedmagnitudeofcracksusceptibilityatallstrain levels.TheincreasedsensitivityoftheHIPedmaterialwasduetothesignificantlylargergrainsize incomparison.TheSLMas-builtconditionshowedthesamedegreeofcrackingasthewrought material.
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- Raza-Ullah, Tatbeeq, et al.
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Coopetition capability : what is it?
- 2018
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Ingår i: The Routledge companion to coopetition strategies. - Abingdon : Routledge. - 9781138736894 - 9781315185644 ; , s. 197-204
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- In this chapter, we develop a fundamental understanding of an essential yet overlooked component of alliance capability, namely coopetition capability. We suggest that coopetition capability based on three dimensions—analytical, balancing, and emotional—reflects managers' ability to handle paradoxical demands. This capability is especially helpful and needed to deal with coopetition paradox and the resultant paradoxical tension. Coopetition capability not only allows firms to balance their cooperative and competitive interactions but also helps managers to keep a moderate level of tension to boost performance outcomes.
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- Uggla, Madeleine, et al.
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Rose Hip Fly (Rhagoletis alternata Fallen) and Leaf Spot Fungus (Sphaceloma rosarum (Pass.) Jenkins) - Possible Threats against Rose Hip Production?
- 2009
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Ingår i: Acta Horticulturae. - 0567-7572 .- 2406-6168. ; 814, s. 857-862
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Due to their biochemical compounds, the international interest of growing rose hips has increased. The raw material comes mainly from handpicked wild-growing plants in Chile. However, cultivation is necessary to ensure regular quality from varieties with characters required for different and specialised products. Therefore, a rose hip programme was initiated in mid 80s in Sweden. The same fungal diseases and pests affect the wild roses as the ornamental roses. Rose hip fly (Rhagoletis alternata) is the most important pest on rose hips. An outbreak of leaf spot (Sphaceloma rosarum sexual stage, Elsinoe rosarum) was noted at our department (Balsgard, south of Sweden) in 1996. It appears to increase and is now the main fungus on our cultivated rose hips. In the autumn 2006, samples of fruits and leaves were collected at 16 localities in the south of Sweden. We found that 90% of the wild-growing plants had infested fruits. However, the major part of the plants had less than 50% infested fruits. No significant differences regarding percentage of infested fruits could be noticed when the three subsections Caninae, Rubigineae, and Vestitae were compared. We also found no significant differences between localities and percentages of infested fruits, or between species and infested fruits. Fungal isolates (totally 35) from collected leaves were grown successfully on PDA (potato-dextrose-agar). In six of the isolates the sexual stage was found.
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- Uggla, Ylva, 1960-
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Framing and visualising biodiversity in EU policy
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Ingår i: Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1943-815X .- 1943-8168. ; 15:1, s. 103-122
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study seeks insights into how biodiversity is framed and visualised in EU policy. The paper presents analysis of both the visual content and written text of two brochures summarising two central EU biodiversity policy documents. The study illustrates how the two modes of communication differ. First, the written text primarily presents an anthropocentric and economic framing of biodiversity values, whereas the visual material generally features the beauty and wonders of nature. Second, the written text strongly emphasises the threats to biodiversity and the detrimental side of human activity, whereas the visual material generally shows close relationships between humans and nature, with humans engaged in small-scale outdoor activities. The analysis illustrates how various representations of biodiversity intersect in the same context, and that the visual representation decontextualises the issue of biodiversity loss from the human exploitation of natural resources and the concrete actions and processes causing it.
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- Uggla, Ylva
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Global concern with local implications : the role of 'urban nature' in biodiversity preservation and the construction of 'nature' in urban planning
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In urban planning there is a new trend with concentration in reaction to urban sprawl. This tendency raises the question of the role & function of green sites in the city. The urban often is depicted as the anti-thesis of nature, implying a firm distinction between nature & culture. Although, such a distinction is anything but given, the modern definition of nature as “the other” of human society & culture is apparent in the relationship between humans & their environment, whether it concerns humans’ mas- tery over nature or humans as its keeper. The notion of “urban nature” is an oxymoron that alludes both to people’s well-being (parks & recreation areas in the city are often pointed out as important places for comfort & good health) and to environmental concerns (e.g. “green corridors” are stressed & promoted as vital in the endeavour to preserve biodiversity in urban areas). The aim of this paper is to analyze the construction of “na- ture” in urban planning. What are the arguments for a certain nature care in urban areas? What function and values are attached to “urban nature”? What negotiations between sometimes contradictory social, cultural & environmental values are taking place in the planning process? The paper includes a case study of Stockholm, where a new general outline plan is under construction. This planning process evinces a redefinition of green sites & their function in the city, implying a shift from an ideal of the “green city” towards an ideal of the “compact city”. Furthermore, this shift in planning ideal indicates an emphasis on the notion of urbanity, referring to values such as density & cultural diversity at the expense of green spaces for recreational purposes & not least at the expense of greenfield sites & “wildlife corridors” for environmental reasons. Keywords: bio- diversity, urban planning, urban nature, nature-culture divide
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- Uggla, Ylva, 1960-, et al.
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Possibilities and Challenges in Education for Sustainable Development : The Case of Higher Education
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development. - : Sage Publications. - 0973-4082 .- 0973-4074. ; 17:1, s. 63-77
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sustainable development as a subject area and learning objective increasingly finds its way into the curriculum from pre-school to university level, and education and learning are emphasized as key drivers for sustainable development. At the same time, the sustainable development discourse has since its inception been met with critique, not least that it is a postpolitical discourse, which favours an instrumental view of knowledge and a simplified view of the relation between knowledge and action. In this article, we focus on the possibilities and challenges of teaching sustainable development in higher education. We argue that it is the formative role of higher education that is particularly important to explore in relation to the possibilities of education for sustainable development. In addition, we suggest that sociology can provide a good basis for both critical thinking and normative action, in ways that reaches beyond instrumental and narrow views of knowledge, human action and change.
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- Wiberg, Michael, et al.
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Sources and level of income among individuals with multiple sclerosis compared to the general population : A nationwide population-based study.
- 2015
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Ingår i: Multiple Sclerosis Journal. - : SAGE Publications. - 1352-4585 .- 1477-0970. ; 21:13, s. 1730-1741
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- INTRODUCTION: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with reduced work capacity, but there is limited knowledge about MS patients' sources of income.OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to elucidate MS patients' earnings and social benefits compared to those of the general population.METHODS: From nationwide registers of all residents in Sweden aged 21-64 years in 2010 (n=5,291,764), those with an MS diagnosis (n=13,979) were compared to a propensity score matched reference group (n=69,895). Descriptive statistics and regression models were used to estimate the percentage difference between the MS patients and the matched references regarding the following annual incomes: earnings, disability pension, sickness absence, disability allowance, unemployment compensation and social assistance.RESULTS: Both MS patients and the matched references received most of their income from earnings followed by disability pension and sickness absence. MS patients that were diagnosed in 2010 had 15% lower earnings than the matched references, while MS patients diagnosed before 2005 had 38% lower earnings. Corresponding figures regarding summed social benefits were 33% and 130% higher for MS patients, respectively.CONCLUSION: The results indicate that MS patients are overrepresented, in relative and absolute terms, regarding health-related benefits and have lower levels of earnings. However, the redistributing welfare systems appear to financially compensate the MS patients considerably.
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