Social constructing of a rural bioeconomy cluster: The case of the Processum biorefinery complex in northern Sweden

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Kristensen ◽  
Alexandre Dubois
Keyword(s):  
Northern Sweden

Turbulent Climate Discourses in Northern Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-42
Author(s):  
Flora Mary Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Northern Sweden ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Experience ◽  
Environmental Engagement ◽  
Physical Phenomena ◽  
Crucial Part

I examine how tensions between locals, environmentalists, and State politicians in a small town in northern Sweden are reinforced through national discourses of climate change and sustainability. Turbulence emerges across different scales of responsibility and environmental engagement in Arjeplog as politicians are seen by local inhabitants to be engaging more with the global conversation than with the local experience of living in the north. Moreover, many people view the environmentalist discourses from the politicians in the south, whom they deem to be out of touch with rural life, as threatening to the local experience of nature. These discourses pose a threat to their reliance on petrol, essential for travel, and are experienced locally as a continuation of the south’s historical interference in the region. Based on thirteen months of field research, I argue that mistrust of the various messengers of climate change, including politicians and environmentalists, is a crucial part of the scepticism towards the climate change discourse and that we as researchers need to utilise the strengths of anthropology in examining the reception (or refusal) of climate change. The locals’ mistrust of environment discourses had implications for my positionality, as I was associated with these perceived ‘outsider’ sensibilities. While the anthropology of climate change often focusses on physical impacts and resilience, I argue that we need to pay due attention to the local turbulence surrounding the discourses of climate change, which exist alongside the physical phenomena.  

scholarly journals Population studies in northern Sweden

Hereditas ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. BECKMAN ◽  
B. CEDERGREN ◽  
M. RASMUSON
Keyword(s):  
Population Studies ◽  
Northern Sweden

scholarly journals Occupational cold exposure is associated with increased reporting of airway symptoms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albin Stjernbrandt ◽  
Nikolai Stenfors ◽  
Ingrid Liljelind
Keyword(s):  
Cold Exposure ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Northern Sweden ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Airway Symptoms

Abstract Objective To determine if exposure to cold environments, during work or leisure time, was associated with increased reporting of airway symptoms in the general population of northern Sweden. Methods Through a population-based postal survey responded to by 12627 subjects, ages 18–70, living in northern Sweden, the occurrence of airway symptoms was investigated. Cold exposure during work or leisure time was self-reported on numerical rating scales. Binary logistic regression was used to determine the statistical association between cold exposure and airway symptoms. Results For currently working subjects (N = 8740), reporting any occupational cold exposure was associated to wheeze (OR 1.3; 95% CI 1.1–1.4); chronic cough (OR 1.2; 95% CI 1.1–1.4); and productive cough (OR 1.3; 95% CI 1.1–1.4), after adjusting for gender, age, body mass index, daily smoking, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Leisure-time cold exposure was not significantly associated to reporting airway symptoms. Conclusions Occupational cold exposure was an independent predictor of airway symptoms in northern Sweden. Therefore, a structured risk assessment regarding cold exposure could be considered for inclusion in the Swedish workplace legislation.

scholarly journals Adiponectin Associates with Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk in Overweight and Obesity Independently of Other Adipokines

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 2791
Author(s):  
Yuan Zhang ◽  
Linda Johansson ◽  
Johanna Andersson-Assarsson ◽  
Magdalena Taube ◽  
Markku Peltonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Multivariable Analysis ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Northern Sweden ◽  
Case Control Studies ◽  
Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Obese Subjects ◽  
Nested Case Control

We recently reported that increased serum adiponectin was associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk in subjects with obesity. We hereby aim to determine if other adipokines associate with RA risk and if the association between adiponectin and RA is independent of other adipokines. Two nested-case control studies were performed in two different cohorts: 82 participants of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study who developed RA during follow-up matched with 410 controls, and 88 matched pairs from the Medical Biobank of Northern Sweden. Baseline levels of circulating adipokines were measured using ELISA. In a multivariable analysis in the SOS cohort, higher adiponectin was associated with an increased risk of RA independently of other adipokines (OR for RA risk: 1.06, 95% CI: 1.01–1.12, p = 0.02). No association between leptin, resistin, and visfatin levels and the risk of RA was detected. In the cohort from the Medical Biobank of Northern Sweden, higher adiponectin was associated with an increased risk of RA only in participants with overweight/obesity (OR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.01−1.36, p = 0.03), independently of other adipokines. Our results show that in individuals with overweight/obesity, higher circulating levels of adiponectin, but not leptin, resistin, or visfatin, were associated with an increased RA risk.

scholarly journals Mass Balance Sensitivity and Future Projections of Rabots Glaciär, Sweden

Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Moon Taveirne ◽  
Laura Ekemar ◽  
Berta González Sánchez ◽  
Josefine Axelsson ◽  
Qiong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Mass Balance ◽  
Climate Scenario ◽  
Summer Temperature ◽  
Glacier Mass Balance ◽  
Northern Sweden ◽  
Dramatic Decrease ◽  
Future Projections ◽  
Modelling Studies ◽  
The Relationship

Glacier mass balance is heavily influenced by climate, with responses of individual glaciers to various climate parameters varying greatly. In northern Sweden, Rabots Glaciär’s mass balance has decreased since it started being monitored in 1982. To relate Rabots Glaciär’s mass balance to changes in climate, the sensitivity to a range of parameters is computed. Through linear regression of mass balance with temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed and incoming radiation the climate sensitivity is established and projections for future summer mass balance are made. Summer mass balance is primarily sensitive to temperature at −0.31 m w.e. per °C change, while winter mass balance is mainly sensitive to precipitation at 0.94 m w.e. per % change. An estimate using summer temperature sensitivity projects a dramatic decrease in summer mass balance to −3.89 m w.e. for the 2091–2100 period under climate scenario RCP8.5. With large increases in temperature anticipated for the next century, more complex modelling studies of the relationship between climate and glacier mass balance is key to understanding the future development of Rabots Glaciär.

scholarly journals Metabolomic Study of Heterotrophically Grown Chlorella sp. Isolated from Wastewater in Northern Sweden

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2410
Author(s):  
Jean Claude Nzayisenga ◽  
Anita Sellstedt
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Butyric Acid ◽  
Lipid Production ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Northern Sweden ◽  
Metabolic Intermediate ◽  
Chlorella Sp ◽  
Lipid Contents ◽  
New Compounds ◽  
Potential Use

There are numerous strains of Chlorella with a corresponding variety of metabolic pathways. A strain we previously isolated from wastewater in northern Sweden can grow heterotrophically as well as autotrophically in light and has higher lipid contents under heterotrophic growth conditions. The aims of the present study were to characterize metabolic changes associated with the higher lipid contents in order to enhance our understanding of lipid production in microalgae and potentially identify new compounds with utility in sustainable development. Inter alia, the amino acids glutamine and lysine were 7-fold more abundant under heterotrophic conditions, the key metabolic intermediate alpha-ketoglutarate was more abundant under heterotrophic conditions with glucose, and maltose was more abundant under heterotrophic conditions with glycerol than under autotrophic conditions. The metabolite 3-hydroxy-butyric acid, the direct precursor of the biodegradable plastic PHB (poly-3-hydroxy-butyric acid), was also more abundant under heterotrophic conditions. Our metabolomic analysis has provided new insights into the alga’s lipid production pathways and identified metabolites with potential use in sustainable development, such as the production of renewable, biodegradable plastics, cosmetics, and nutraceuticals, with reduced pollution and improvements in both ecological and human health.

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