Background and AimsPlant–pollinator interactions are thought to have shaped much of floral evolution. Yet the relative importance of pollinator shifts and coevolutionary interactions for ...among-population variation in floral traits in animal-pollinated species is poorly known. This study examined the adaptive significance of spur length in the moth-pollinated orchid Platanthera bifolia.MethodsGeographical variation in the length of the floral spur of P. bifolia was documented in relation to variation in the pollinator fauna across Scandinavia, and a reciprocal translocation experiment was conducted in south-east Sweden between a long-spurred woodland population and a short-spurred grassland population.Key ResultsSpur length and pollinator fauna varied among regions and habitats, and spur length was positively correlated with the proboscis length of local pollinators. In the reciprocal translocation experiment, long-spurred woodland plants had higher pollination success than short-spurred grassland plants at the woodland site, while no significant difference was observed at the grassland site.ConclusionsThe results are consistent with the hypothesis that optimal floral phenotype varies with the morphology of the local pollinators, and that the evolution of spur length in P. bifolia has been largely driven by pollinator shifts.
This book draws attention to political aspects of sustainable development goal-setting, exploring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global-national nexus during their first five years. ...After broad global deliberation and political negotiations, the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs were adopted in the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2015, and by now many countries have political structures in place for working towards their realisation. This book explores three concepts to call attention to the political qualities of processes related to the SDGs: legitimacy, responsibility, and accountability. Legitimacy is required to obtain broad political ownership for policy goals in order for them to become effective in addressing cross-border sustainability challenges. Responsibility needs to be clearly distributed among political institutions if a long-term set of broad goals such as the SDGs are to be realised. Accountability to the public is the retrospective mirror of political responsibility. The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals contributes new knowledge on political processes at the nexus of global and national levels, focussing on three countries at different levels of socio-economic development and democratisation: namely Ghana, Tanzania, and Sweden. These countries illustrate a variety of challenges related to the realisation of the SDGs. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable development, international organisations, and global politics.
Under de senaste decennierna har ett flertal stora förändringar skett som förändrat förutsättningarna för handel mellan länder. För att skapa tillväxt i dagens globala ekonomi behövs ...internationalisering av företag. Historiskt sett har det framförallt varit stora multinationella firmor som burit ansvaret för internationell handel, men internationaliseringen av småföretag har ökat markant på senare år och ådragit sig intresse från forskningen. Internationalisering av småföretag kan innebära fördelar för ett lands ekonomi, såsom för företaget självt. Entreprenörens roll är avgörande för ett företags internationella strategi och för förståelsen av företagets internationella agerande. Entreprenörer med internationell erfarenhet har visat sig engagera sitt företag internationellt till en större grad. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vilken påverkan entreprenörens internationella erfarenheter har på ett småföretags exportintensitet. Syftet har uppnåtts genom insamling av kvantitativ data via mejlenkät som skickats ut genom Småföretagarnas riksförbund. Enkäten skickades ut till ca.10000 medlemmar, varav ca.3500 öppnade brevet. Av dessa erhöll vi totalt 336 giltiga svar. För att pröva studiens hypoteser genomfördes statistiska tester på den empiriska datan i dataprogrammet SPSS. Resultaten visade att entreprenörens internationella erfarenheter har en positiv påverkan på ett småföretags exportintensitet. Slutsatsen för studien är att internationella erfarenheter kan vara en källa av viktig kunskap och humankapital som entreprenören kan dra nytta av i sitt företags exportarbete.
This book explores processes of legitimation and delegitimation of global governance institutions (GGIs). How, why, and with what impact on audiences, are GGIs legitimated and delegitimated? The book ...develops a comprehensive theoretical framework for studying processes of (de)legitimation in global governance and provides broad comparative analyses to uncover patterns of (de)legitimation processes. It covers a diverse set of global and regional governmental and nongovernmental institutions in different policy fields. Variation across these GGIs is explained with reference to institutional setup, policy field characteristics, and broader social structures, as well as to the qualities of agents of (de)legitimation. The approach builds on a mixed-methods research design that uses both quantitative and qualitative new empirical data. Three main interlinked elements of processes of legitimation and delegitimation are at the center of the analysis: the varied practices employed by different state and non-state agents that may boost or challenge the legitimacy of global governance institutions; the normative justifications that these agents draw on when engaging in legitimation and delegitimation practices; and the different audiences that may be impacted by legitimation and delegitimation. This results in a dynamic interplay between legitimation and delegitimation in contestation over the legitimacy of GGIs.
Citizens' worries about climate change are often realistic and legitimate. Simultaneously, these worries can also become a source of distress so severe as to impair everyday functioning and prompt ...someone to seek psychotherapy. These emergent phenomena are often referred to as "climate anxiety" or "climate depression" by the popular culture and by patients themselves. Psychotherapists around the world report seeing more and more patients who report that they are experiencing distress due to climate change. This article documents a study that involved engaging 10 Swedish adults who sought help for climate change-related emotional distress in in-depth conversations about their psychotherapeutic experience. This was followed by analyzing accounts of psychotherapeutic processes to understand patients' experiences and outcomes. Interviews were examined with interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Therapists' knowledge about climate change and competence in coping with it, validation of climate change-related emotions, and learning to manage these emotions were salient aspects of psychotherapy from the patients' perspective. Connecting psychotherapy to personal values and action orientation, resulting in an enhanced sense of meaning and sense of community, was also considered important. In conclusion, based on participants' experience, we offer practical guidance for practitioners.
Clinical Impact Statement
Questions: How do patients who suffer from climate change-related distress experience the psychotherapy process in relation to this issue? What aspects of psychotherapy are experienced as helpful and what aspects are considered unhelpful or detrimental? Findings: Therapists' knowledge about climate change and ability to cope with this knowledge; validation of climate-related emotions; learning to understand and manage emotions; and connecting psychotherapy to meaning, values, and action orientation were experienced as helpful psychotherapy aspects from the patients' perspective. Meaning: Patients may need support in facing the awareness of climate crisis, thus therapists need to educate and confront this issue themselves, as well as understand its complex psychological dynamic. Next Steps: This study opens up avenues for qualitative and quantitative research, including interviewing clients from different backgrounds and stages of awareness of climate issues, conducting single-case analyses of climate themes throughout therapy, and researching the effectiveness of specific interventions and training programs for therapists.
With the growing body of knowledge climate change stands out as one of the most important contemporary problems. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms the urgent necessity to reduce ...greenhouse gases emission, as the window to address the problem is becoming narrow. Rising temperatures and bushfires, melting glaciers and droughts make the acceleration of climate change evident, and citizens around the globe are increasingly worried about the magnitude of the problem. In this article, we propose an existential perspective on climate change-related concerns. Although environmental worries are legitimate, they sometimes cause severe anxiety and distress so aggravated as to be discussed within the framework of psychotherapy. In the course of this research, we examine the experiences of 10 Swedish psychotherapy clients addressing their climate concerns within treatment. We engage them into in-depth conversations about the experience of climate anxiety and inquire about the individual pathways toward recovery. Moreover, we propose the existential perspective as a tool to understand such experiences. We aim to address all existential concerns, as described in Ernesto Spinelli’s themes of existence framework: death anxiety, spatiality, temporality, meaning, relatedness, authenticity, freedom, and responsibility. All of the above are present in participants’ reports of climate anxiety. In conclusion, we emphasize the value of introducing existential perspective to practitioners working with clients experiencing climate distress.
In this work we discussed a label-free biosensing application of long-period gratings (LPGs) optimized in refractive index (RI) sensitivity by deposition of thin tantalum oxide (TaOx) overlays. ...Comparing to other thin film and materials already applied for maximizing the RI sensitivity, TaOx offers good chemical and mechanical stability during its surface functionalization and other biosensing experiments. It was shown theoretically and experimentally that when RI of the overlay is as high as 2 in IR spectral range, for obtaining LPGs ultrasensitive to RI, the overlay's thickness must be determined with subnanometer precision. In this experiment the TaOx overlays were deposited using Atomic Layer Deposition method that allowed for achieving overlays with exceptionally well-defined thickness and optical properties. The TaOx nano-coated LPGs show RI sensitivity determined for a single resonance exceeding 11,500 nm/RIU in RI range nD= 1.335–1.345 RIU, as expected for label-free biosensing applications. Capability for detection of various in size biological targets, i.e., proteins (avidin) and bacteria (Escherichia coli), with TaOx-coated LPGs was verified using biotin and bacteriophage adhesin as recognition elements, respectively. It has been shown that functionalization process, as well as type of recognition elements and target analyte must be taken into consideration when the LPG sensitivity is optimized. In this work optimized approach made possible detection of small in size biological targets such as proteins with sensitivity reaching 10.21 nm/log(ng/ml).
•Long-period grating (LPG) has been coated with tantalum oxide nano-coating.•Optimized refractive index sensitivity for a single resonance exceeds 11,500 nm/RIU.•Determination of the coating thickness at sub-nanometer level is crucial.•The LPGs were applied for detection of bacteria and proteins.•At LPG optimization one must consider functionalization process and the target.
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Elefanten Bodin, Åsa
eldfluge-elev Wiktorsson, Hans
spindel Bodin, Åsa
Musfadern Holmqvist, Jan
Musbarnet ...Holmberg, Karin "Kickan"
pingvin Rosenfeldt, Hans
luffare Wiktorsson, Hans
recensenthare Wiktorsson, Hans
gyttja Bodin, Åsa
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katt Brandeby, Lars
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näbbmus Brandeby, Lars
Alf Räv Brandeby, Lars
festande råttdam Brandeby, Lars
fjäll-lämmel Larnö, Jussi
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eldfluge-elev Rosenfeldt, Hans
eldfluge-elev Rahlskog, Anki
Grodmadame Rahlskog, Anki
Elefanten Bodin, Åsa
eldfluge-elev Wiktorsson, Hans
spindel Bodin, Åsa
Musfadern Holmqvist, Jan
Musbarnet Holmberg, Karin "Kickan"
pingvin Rosenfeldt, Hans
luffare Wiktorsson, Hans
recensenthare Wiktorsson, Hans
gyttja Bodin, Åsa
igelkott Bodin, Åsa
katt Brandeby, Lars
Ralfie Wiktorsson, Hans
Hoban, Russel
Reventberg, Med dramatiserat av
Monthan, Ingegerd dramatiserat av
Westrup, Jadwiga
Nationalteatern
Wendel, Jeanette regiassistent
Reventberg, Med
Astvik, Stefan scenograf
Nilsson, Magdalena kostym
Bodin, Åsa
Brandeby, Lars
Wiktorsson, Hans
Holmqvist, Jan
Holmberg, Karin "Kickan"
Rahlskog, Anki
Rosenfeldt, Hans
This article asks what key concerns emerge from the way responsibility is framed in United Nations summit documents on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015. Our conceptual ...framework serves to make the study of SDG responsibility more systematic by distinguishing three main senses of responsibility: cause, obligation, and accountability. The framework structures our analysis of two SDG summit documents, Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. The article shows, first, that the causal sense of responsibility is hidden between the lines in paragraphs on poverty, debt and environmental issues. As a consequence, root causes of problems might not be appropriately addressed. Second, SDG summit documents deal predominantly with responsibility in the sense of obligation. We raise concerns with repeated consideration for national circumstances and with vague obligations for non-governmental actors. Third, with regard to accountability, we stress that quantitative indicators have unintended steering effects both before and beyond the review phase. The focus on indicators risks shadowing broader obligations, such as international human rights. In all its three senses, responsibility in key SDG documents remains state-centric with great room for state sovereignty, self-regulation and respect for national circumstances. Our framework is useful also in showing that the three senses of responsibility build on each other and that engagement with responsibility provides fruitful ground for further research.
Motivation
Despite increasing research on the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a lack of attention to the role of political institutions in ...localizing the SDGs. By exploring localization of the 2030 Agenda in a concrete political context, we go beyond prior research that mainly studies interlinkages and discourses underpinning the agenda.
Purpose
This article explores political qualities of localization processes through three analytical concepts that bring such qualities to the fore—legitimacy, responsibility and accountability. We investigate localization attempts with regard to the 2030 Agenda in Tanzania, aiming to identify drivers and obstacles of localization.
Approaches and Methods
The article provides an explorative case study based on policy document review and 28 semi‐structured interviews with civil servants, parliamentarians, representatives from civil society organizations, the UN and other international agencies in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma between 2017 and 2019.
Findings
Elements of localization are policy alignment at the national level, work with statistics and indicators, and awareness creation among a variety of actors. Drivers of localization are the government, civil society organizations, the UN, members of parliament and demands for review at the UN High‐level Political Forum. Obstacles to localization are unclear allocation of responsibility, insufficient co‐ordination, high turnaround of people in key positions, a lack of data availability, low awareness of the SDGs among citizens, a shortage of resources and shrinking democratic space.
Policy Implications
We posit that a clear allocation of responsibility facilitates implementation and ensuing accountability measures. For localization to occur, knowledge of the SDGs must reach beyond a limited circle of elites. Moreover, it is important to acknowledge that sustainable development is a politically charged field. Political institutions at all levels should therefore be central arenas for debating and adopting the 2030 Agenda as part of its localization.
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