Women have made substantial gains in education in recent decades and outperformmen in educational attainment across the OECD, but the consequences of this reversal of the gender gap in education (RGE) have not been well researched. In this study, we address the association between the RGE and partnering, employment, and support for a right-wing populist party in Sweden. Of note, we explore the dif

The issue of riba, that is, interest/the “excess” or “surplus” on loans is crucial for both Islamic and non-Islamic countries. Western economic systems use interest to distribute financial resources efficiently for investment and/or consumption, while Islamic economies pursue a completely different strategy for financing loans, which adheres to Islamic laws and prohibits the activities of conventi

This paper presents millimeter-wave scattering from a building facade predominantly composed of windows. These windows are integrated into the walls, forming dihedral structures that reflect waves toward the incident angle. The scattered field resulting from the building facade is simulated using the two-bounce Geometrical-Physics (GO) method. We analyze the channel in power loss and arrival angle

III-Nitride based LEDs based on InGaN active layers on GaN work very well for the blue and green emitting LEDs. However, the large lattice mis-match between redemitting active layers, with at least 35% indium in the active layers, and the GaN substrate still limits the efficiencies obtained to very low values. Unfortunately, the approach to use GaAs based (GaAs/AlInGaP) devices for the red fails f

This paper reports and demonstrates a packetponder for access/metro node consolidation and aggregation using common-form-factor pluggables (CFFP), which can simplify edge network architectures.

Bark beetle infestations pose a significant threat to forest ecosystems, necessitating timely intervention for effective management and conservation. This study focuses on an 8,100 km2 area in southern Sweden, heavily impacted by a bark beetle outbreak triggered by a severe drought in 2018. Using spectral indices derived from Sentinel-2 data, it explores the potential of a window-based approach fo

Introduction: Children born preterm are at increased risk for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Music and reading activities in childhood could ameliorate these difficulties, as they have shown benefits on both neural and behavioral levels. However, only a few studies have assessed these potential benefits in preterm-born children. We investigated whether music and language activities in early

Cytidine triphosphate synthetase (CTPS) is a key enzyme in nucleic acid and phospholipid biosynthesis and its activity is increased in certain human cancers, making it a promising drug target. The crystal structure of the synthetase domain of human CTPS, which represents the first structure of a CTPS from an eukaryote, has been determined. The structure is homotetrameric and each active site is fo

Apicomplexan parasites such as Plasmodium and Toxoplasma display actomyosin-dependent motility in the absence of readily detectable actin polymers. Three recent studies indicate that parasite actin polymers, either harvested from parasites or formed from purified recombinant proteins, are exceptionally short ( approximately 100 nm). We propose that parasite motility could be directed by the transi

Domens rättskraft hindrar att en sak som redan avgjorts får prövas igen. Att rättskraften begränsas till "saken" brukar benämnas som rättskraftens objektiva utsträckning. Vad "saken" är och följaktligen vad som är samma sak som något annat är emellertid inte en enkel fråga att besvara. Trots en rikhaltig praxis från Högsta domstolen som behandlar ämnet och en långvarig diskussiThe legal force of a judgement prohibits the same subject matter from being tried twice. The fact that the legal force of a judgement is limited to the subject matter is referred to as the objective scope of the legal force. How to decide what constitutes the "subject matter" and consequently what is to be considered the same subject matter as something else is a complex question. Despit

Våren 2024 röstades ett omdebatterat lagförslag igenom i den svenska riksdagen. Under juli 2025 ersätts lag (1972:119) om fastställande av könstillhörighet i vissa fall – könstillhörighetslagen – med en ny. Den nya lagen reducerar rådande 18-årsgräns för det juridiska könsbytet; 16-åringar ska ges möjlighet att ta beslut i frågan, med vårdnadshavares medgivande. Under det senaste decenniet har fIn the spring of 2024, a contentious legislative proposal was voted through in the Swedish parliament. In July 2025 the gender recognition act will be replaced. The new law will reduce the age limit for the right to change legal gender from 18 to 16 years of age, with the consent of the guardians of the youth concerned. Over the last decade, several initiatives have been raised with the objective

Platinum-tin catalysts have been used industrially for decades, but their structural evolution under reaction conditions and the causes of their improved activity relative to platinum are still not well understood. In this study, we investigate Sn/Pt(111) and Sn/Pt(223) surface alloys during oxygen exposure and catalytic CO oxidation using grazing incidence X-ray absorption spectroscopy (GI-XAS).

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is the most common polyester plastic in the packaging industry and a major source of environmental pollution due to its single use. Several enzymes, termed PET hydrolases, have been found to hydrolyze this polymer at different temperatures, with the enzyme from Ideonella sakaiensis (IsPETase) having optimal catalytic activity at 30-35 °C. Crystal structures of Is

Two species new to science, Xanthoria pedersenii and X. wennergrenii in the Xanthoria calcicola complex (Xanthoria, Xanthorioideae, Teloschistaceae), characterized by a complex of morphological, anatomical and molecular characters, are described, illustrated and compared with closely related taxa.

Photodoped states in strongly correlated charge-Transfer insulators are characterized by d-d and d-p interactions and the resulting intertwined dynamics of charge excitations and local multiplets. Here, we use femtosecond x-ray absorption spectroscopy in combination with dynamical mean-field theory to disentangle these contributions in NiO. Upon resonant optical excitation across the charge-Transf