Trycket på både skogs- och jordbruksmark ökar, bland annat som en följd av befolknings-ökningen, ändrade konsumtionsmönster och den pågående klimatförändringen. Detta leder till målkonflikter, där aktörer med olika intressen har olika syn på hur marken ska användas på bästa sätt. Dagens sektorsvisa planering, där beslut ofta tas på fastighetsnivå, gör det svårt att hitta lösningar på dessa målkonf

The search for mates and food is mediated by volatile chemicals. Insects sense food odorants and sex pheromones through odorant receptors (ORs) and pheromone receptors (PRs), which are expressed in olfactory sensory neurons. Molecular phylogenetics of ORs, informed by behavioral and functional data, generates sound hypotheses for the identification of semiochemicals driving olfactory behavior. Stu

Citrus intake has been suggested to increase the risk of skin cancer. Although this relation is highly plausible biologically, epidemiologic evidence is lacking. We aimed to examine the potential association between citrus intake and skin cancer risk. EPIC is an ongoing multi-center prospective cohort initiated in 1992 and involving ~ 520,000 participants who have been followed-up in 23 centers fr

Evolutionary economic geography (EEG) explains the spatial evolution of firms, industries, networks, cities and regions from elementary processes of the entry, growth, decline and exit of firms, and their locational behaviour. In an evolutionary approach to economic geography, one typically reasons from the historical processes that have led to particular spatial patterns such as uneven levels of

Les solutions fondées sur la nature ont le potentiel d’apporter des bénéfices multiples dans la série de défis de durabilité auxquels sont confrontées les villes. Ces solutions peuvent contribuer à limiter les impacts du changement climatique, à enrichir la biodiversité et à améliorer la qualité de l’environnement, tout en participant aux activités économiques et au bien-être social. Lisez et amél

Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common female cancer worldwide and the most lethal of the gynaecologic malignancies. Around 700 women are diagnosed in Sweden per year. Due to vague symptoms most of the patients are diagnosed with late-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and prognosis is poor, with a five-year survival of 49%. However, for early-stage EOC the prognosis is excellent. Biomarkers

Multi-peaked spectra of the primordial gravitational waves are considered as a phenomenologically relevant source of information about the dynamics of sequential phase transitions in the early Universe. In particular, such signatures trace back to specific patterns of the first-order electroweak phase transition in the early Universe occurring in multiple steps. Such phenomena appear to be rather

Methods are reviewed for measuring xenon-133 contamination of the air in medical clinics. The principles of a new, simple, and low cost monitor are outlined. Results from experimental tests in laboratories and medical clinics were encouraging, indicating that the monitor is a valuable tool for survey measurements of 133Xe contamination in nuclear medicine departments.

Over the past decade, Chinese migration to Africa has increased rapidly alongside the expansion of Chinese economic engagement with the continent. The entrance of new forms of Chinese industry, aid, commerce and resource exploration has been transformative, prompting debates over whether China in Africa is better described as neo-colonialism or a new form of beneficial developmentalism. One of the