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Evolution has traditionally been a historical and descriptive science, and predicting future evolutionary processes has long been considered impossible. However, evolutionary predictions are increasingly being developed and used in medicine, agriculture, biotechnology and conservation biology. Evolutionary predictions may be used for different purposes, such as to prepare for the future, to try an
The natural world is under unprecedented and accelerating pressure. Much work on understanding resilience to local and global environmental change has, so far, focussed on ecosystems. However, understanding a system's behaviour requires knowledge of its component parts and their interactions. Here we call for increased efforts to understand 'biological resilience', or the processes that enable com
In response to increasing threats to biodiversity, conservation objectives have been set at national and international level, with the aim of halting biodiversity decline by reducing direct anthropogenic pressures on species. However, the potential effects of conservation policies derived from these objectives on common species remain rarely studied. Common species are often not the primary specie
The Big Butterfly Count reported its worst results in 14 years of monitoring UK species.
Butterflies have been systematically monitored in Europe for several decades using standard protocols that are now adopted in over 30 countries. Butterflies are ideal biological indicators: they are well-documented, measurable, sensitive to environmental change, occur in a wide range of habitat types, represent many other insects, and are popular with the public because of their beauty.Records froExecutive Summary Butterflies have been systematically monitored in Europe for several decades using standard protocols that are now adopted in over 30 countries. Butterflies are ideal biological indicators: they are well-documented, measurable, sensitive to environmental change, occur in a wide range of habitat types, represent many other insects, and are popular with the public because of their
Background: Growing concerns about food safety and quality practices require the dairy industry to sustain accountability and transparency. Knowing consumer perceptions and attitudes regarding traceability is critical for developing efficient market-driven approaches. Purpose of the Study: This empirical research explores consumer perceptions of product traceability within the dairy industry. It s
Introduction The Problematic Experience of Therapy Scale (PETS) identifies barriers to home-based exercise programs but has not been validated in hand therapy populations. This study aimed to translate the extended PETS into Swedish and evaluate its content and construct validity in patients undergoing early sensory relearning following peripheral nerve injury.Methods The PETS was translated into
Sensory traits shape animal lifestyles due to the central role they play in retrieving and processing environmental information. However, being some of the most energetically expensive tissues to build and maintain, ecological demands often modulate investment in these organs. Evidence that ecology shapes the evolution of sensory traits is plenty but is heavily biased towards vertebrates and has o
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe the decentralised network of collection and sequencing hubs that has enabled rapid progress, the standardised protocols for sampling and sequencing, and the collaborative framework for data analysis. W
John Maynard Keynes was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1920s for writing “The Economic Consequences of the Peace”. Yet, despite being highly ranked by the advisor of the Nobel Committee and placed on the shortlist, he did not win. This column brings out previously unused archival material from the Nobel Committee in Oslo to explore why. The Committee tended to withhold the Prize when c
Most cutaneous malignant melanomas (CMMs) are thin (≤1.0 mm, stage T1) with an expected 10-year melanoma-specific survival of 93%–97%. The incidence of CMM is higher in groups with high socioeconomic status (SES). We aimed to assess overall survival (OS) and detailed characteristics in individuals with thin CMM as compared to the general population matched on age, sex, and county of residence. Mat
In ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions at the LHC, each nucleus acts a sources of high-energy real photons that can scatter off the opposing nucleus in ultraperipheral photonuclear ((Formula presented)) collisions. Hard scattering processes initiated by the photons in such collisions provide a novel method for probing nuclear parton distributions in a kinematic region not easily accessible to o
Nyhamnen, som en gång definierades av industri, färjor och hamnfunktioner planeras bli Malmös nya stadsdel med tusentals bostäder, arbetsplatser och nya stadsfunktioner. Idag står platsen tom, karaktäriserad av stora asfalterade ytor, åtskilda av staket. Platsen befinner sig i väntan, på tröskeln mellan då och sen. I närheten av Nyhamnen finns två materialbanker. En stor del av det här arbetet hNyhamnen, once defined by industrial activities, ferry terminals and harbour functions, will in the future become Malmö’s new neighborhood with thousands of new housings, workplaces and city functions. Today the area stands empty, defined by large vacant spaces closed of by fences. The area awaits in silence, standing on the threshold between past and future. In close proximity to the site, ther
The city is a place where different activities take place side by side. The private next to the public, the sacred next to the everyday. For this, a rich variety of spaces is required - fronts and backs, insides and outsides, large and small, common and private. A spatial ecology of rooms, streets, passageways, and courtyards, relating and dependent on each other. Both general and specific. What m
Hur kan stadsutveckling ske så nära havet som möjligt och samtidigt skapa en känsla av plats? En återkommande aspekt i många urbana situationer vid havet – “urbant” i betydelsen en formgiven och bebyggd miljö – är att tillgängligheten till den blå miljön ofta är begränsad i någon mån. Det finns goda exempel på städer med närhet till vatten där förutsättningarna skiljer sig från verkligheten längHow can urban development take place as close to the sea as possible, while also creating a sense of place? A recurring aspect of many urban situations by the sea - “urban” meaning a designed and built-up environment - is that access to the blue spaces is often limited or compromised in some way. There are good examples of cities with proximity to water where the challenges are different from th
Småkrypens olika krav i dagvattendammar I en värld med kraftigt minskade våtmarksarealer är det viktigare än någonsin att kartlägga vad som påverkar vattenlevande organismers tillväxt och spridning för att vända trenden av minskande biodiversitet. Denna undersökning visar vikten av att inte dra alla småkryp över en kam, då olika grupper kan ha väldigt olika krav på sin livsmiljö. Våtmarker är eThe decrease in wetland area worldwide has caused serious declines to populations of aquatic organisms. Stormwater ponds are constructed to clean runoff water and act as buffers for floods but are also part of the aquatic landscape. In this thesis I have studied how they can contribute to biodiversity by examining which environmental factors influence benthic macroinvertebrate richness, abundance
Energieffektivisering har blivit en central del av Europeiska unionens klimat- och energipolitik som ett svar på klimatförändringar och resursknapphet. Genom energieffektiviseringsdirektivet (EED) har EU infört bindande mål för att minska energianvändningen och främja effektiv energianvändning som ett kostnadseffektivt sätt att minska utsläpp, stärka energisäkerheten och stödja hållbar utveckling.
Denna uppsats utför en ideologianalys på Marc Andreessens The techno-optimist manifesto. Vilken utförs i linje med svensk metodologisk tradition. Analysen formges i två delar med en kvalitativt beskrivande analys efter Mats Lindbergs V-F-B modell. Samt en giltighetsprövning modellerad efter Evert Vedungs metod. Vi drar slutsatsen att ideologin i manifestet kan förstås som scientism. Vår beskrivnin
