D.B.C. Pierre

D.B.C. Pierre er en britisk forfatter født i Australien med britiske forældre. Initialerne i pseudonymet står for dirty but clean og henviser til den omstændighed, at forfatteren i en lang periode var misbruger. Pierre voksede op i en velhavende familie, der flyttede til Mexico, og som efter nationaliseringen af bankvæsenet blev ruineret

Maternal urinary paracetamol concentrations and self-reported paracetamol use in mid-gestation:Association to reduced anogenital distance in Offspring from infancy to 9 years

Studies have found associations between self-reported paracetamol use during pregnancy and shorter anogenital distance (AGD) in male infants, suggesting paracetamol have antiandrogenic properties. We investigated whether self-reported paracetamol use or quantified paracetamol concentration in maternal urine was associated with AGD in offspring from infancy to 9 years. In the Odense Child Cohort, women completed three questionnaires about paracetamol use during pregnancy and provided urine samples around GW28. AGDs were assessed in offspring at 3, 18 months, 3, 5, 7 and 9 years. Maternal self-reported paracetamol use was available for 931 boys and 793 girls with 6292 AGD measurements. Maternal urine concentrations were available for 281 boys and 233 girls with 2298 AGD measurements. Associations were analysed using propensity score-weighted linear regression adjusted for child height. 65 % of women reported using paracetamol during pregnancy. Detectable paracetamol was found in all participants, with 6 % (>4000 ng/ml) indicating recent use. Paracetamol concentrations indicating recent use were non-significantly associated with −1.71 % and −2.25 % shorter AGD in boys and girls. Self-reported paracetamol use anytime during pregnancy was significantly associated with −1.56 % shorter AGD in girls. Use before GW14 and between GW15-29 was non-significantly associated with −1.71 % and −1.79 % shorter AGD in boys, while use between GW15-29 and after GW30 was significantly associated with −2.52 % and −2.72 % shorter AGD in girls. The observed AGD changes were modest with little impact for the individual. However, as 65 % of pregnant women used paracetamol, these findings raise public health concerns given the increasing prevalence of reproductive disorders

Is transparency a good business strategy? Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for information about the chemical content of reused and recycled clothing

Recirculation can play an important role minimizing the environmental impact of the textile industry. However, there exist conflicts between recirculation of resources and regulatory strategies for a non-toxic environment. One pathway to remove restricted substances from recirculation is through labelling strategies that inform consumers about the chemical content of products. To date, research on the influence of information about chemical content on consumers' willingness to pay for retail purchases, particular in the clothing sector, is rather limited. Using discrete choice experiments conducted in Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom with a sample of 1528 adults, we investigated whether access to information about the chemical content of garments influences consumer willingness to pay across new, recycled and reused clothing. Although access to information about restricted chemicals is enshrined as a right-to-know in the European Union's regulations, the study highlights low awareness of this right: <23 % of respondents in all countries have requested such information. Findings show a strong preference for either instant access to chemical information through a QR code or direct access to information printed directly on a product label. Interestingly, the choice of QR code is preferred over printed product labels. At the same time, information provided in the standard 45-day waiting period is no more preferred than no information at all. Meaningfully, consumers in all contexts are willing to pay a premium for rapid access to information for new and recycled options, but there is uncertainty regarding used options. Our results also show that up to 9 % of the respondents choose according to an elimination-by-aspects strategy, meaning they will avoid purchasing clothes without access to information about chemical content. The results strengthen the need for higher transparency and better exchange of information along textile value chains, however they also emphasize the already high uncertainty faced by circular economy enterprises

Not Just Between Worlds: Somali-Danish Women Navigating Care, Citizenship, and Diasporic Expectations

This study investigates the ways in which Somali-Danish women with familial or cultural ties to Somaliland navigate the complex, intersecting experiences of identity, care responsibility, and social insecurity in a transnational context. The study is based on Interpretative Inquiry, or Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), which is conceptualized within both Transnational Feminist Theory and Social Identity Theory. Using a focus on their lived experiences, the women in my study are negotiating inclusion, belonging, and acceptance through Danish civic institutions, Somali community expectations, and global racialized exclusion systems. Utilizing semi-structured interviews with women participants who could connect to the social and civic community, I explore how legal status and nationality, gendered care labor, and diasporic identity are performed and influenced emotionally and politically and are engaged with rather than simply inherited. Lastly, I argue that Somali-Danish women engage strategically in identity work, challenging the norms of two institutions: the state and Somali community. Somali-Danish women also contested both the state and community through everyday acts of resistance, emotional labor, and re-definition. By centering women's voices and relational practices, this research advances our understanding of how belonging is formed not through normalized or stable categories of citizenship or heritage, but through complexity, fluidity, and an often invisible form of negotiating belonging in lifeworlds shaped by survival, care, and agency

Exploring in-hospital mobility practices for geriatric patients:Insights from a mixed-method study

Background: It is well-established that mobility is very limited among older hospitalized patients and associated with several negative outcomes. Therefore, this mixed-methods study aimed to quantify 24-hour mobility levels in acutely admitted older adults and simultaneously explore clinical practice with regards to mobilization and mobility through an ethnographic field study. Methods: Over a 6-week period, hospital mobility was assessed in 44 geriatric patients by SENS motion ® activity sensors that the patients wore continuously for 24 h a day during their hospitalization. An ethnographic field study was conducted alongside the cohort study. It included participant observation on the ward and situated conversations with staff, patients, and relatives 2–3 times a week for 4–5 h at different times of the day. The observations were noted in field notes. Activity data were aggregated into a per day measure based on the mean of all available days for a given patient. Also, the per day measures were stratified by walking dependency (walking with or without a walking aid). The field notes were analyzed through a thematic analysis. Results: During hospitalization, the patients spent most of their time (22.8 h/per day) in sedentary behavior and only 1.2 h/per day in uptime (walking and standing), including 43 min walking, and took less than 1200 steps daily. The field study revealed that most staff consider mobilization and mobility important tasks. However, mobilizing patients to a chair and performing functional level assessments are prioritized over patient mobility. Also, the patients’ perceived mobility opportunities are limited by the physical environment (e.g., congested hallways) and lack of purposeful activities to engage in. Conclusions: This study found low levels of mobility in geriatric inpatients during hospitalization. While mobility is considered important, mobilization to a chair and functional assessments are prioritized over patient mobility, which becomes dependent on the patient’s own initiative. Therefore, environmental adjustment, enhanced interprofessional collaboration, and targeted strategies for integrating mobility into daily care practices are warranted to enhance in-hospital mobility. ClincalTrials.Gov identifier NCT06421246.</p

Who is dangerous?: Who is dangerous

Resume Dette projekt undersøger, hvordan køn kan spille en rolle i forståelsen, udførelsen og håndteringen af stalking. Gennem en kvalitativ tilgang med tre semistrukturerede interviews med to politifolk og en psykolog belyses det, hvordan fagprofessionelle oplever forskelle mellem mandlige og kvindelige stalkere. Projektet tager udgangspunkt i et socialkonstruktivistisk videnskabsteoretisk ståsted og analyserer empiri med afsæt i Judith Butlers teori om performativt køn, George Herbert Meads symbolske interaktionisme og Albert Banduras begreb om selvregulering og selvkompetence.Resultaterne fra vores analyse viser, at mænd oftere opfattes som fysiske og truende i deres adfærd, mens kvinder anvender mere indirekte og psykiske metoder i deres stalking. Dette stemmer overens med kulturelle forventninger om maskulinitet og femininitet og kan medføre, at kvinders stalking adfærd undervurderes i både retspraksis og offentlighedens opfattelse. Samtidig viser projektet, at kvindelige stalkere i visse tilfælde kan udvise lige så grænseoverskridende eller voldelig adfærd som mænd, blot i andre former.Informanternes udsagn viser desuden, hvordan sociale normer og kønnede forventninger former forståelsen af, hvem der opfattes som truende stalkere og som sårbart offer. Projektet viser, hvordan køn ikke kun er en baggrundsfaktor, men aktivt formes og forhandles i fortællinger om stalking og ultimativt har betydning for, hvordan både udøvernes adfærd forstås og hvordan adfærden bliver opfattet af samfundet.Projektet bidrager med et nuanceret perspektiv på stalking, der peger på behovet for kønsbevidsthed i både forskning, forebyggelse og professionel praksis.Abstract This project investigates how gender plays a role in the understanding, performance, and handling of stalking. Through a qualitative approach based on three semi-structured interviews with two police officers and a psychologist, the study explores professional experiences with differences between male and female stalkers. The project is grounded in a social constructivist epistemology and analyzes the empirical material using Judith Butler’s theory of performative gender, George Herbert Mead’s symbolic interactionism, and Albert Bandura’s concepts of self-regulation and self-efficacy.Findings from the analysis show that male stalkers are often perceived as more physically threatening, while female stalkers tend to use indirect and psychologically distressing methods. These patterns align with cultural expectations of masculinity and femininity and can result in female perpetrators being underestimated in both legal contexts and public discourse. However, the study also finds that female stalkers can, in some cases, exhibit equally severe or violent behavior even though it often shows in different forms than their male counterparts.The interview data highlight how social norms and gendered expectations shape perceptions of which gender is seen as a dangerous perpetrator and who is recognized as a vulnerable victim. The project shows that gender is not simply a background variable, but is actively constructed and negotiated in narratives about stalking and significantly influences how behaviors are interpreted and how authorities respond.This project contributes a nuanced perspective on stalking and emphasizes the importance of incorporating gender awareness in research, prevention strategies, and professional practices.<br/

QR-CODES ON GRAVESITES

This project investigates how QR-codes are being implemented on gravestones in the form ofa memorial technology that integrates modern practices of grief. As our world becomesincreasingly digitalised, new technologies have not only become part of everyday life, buthave even found their way into places like graveyards. In this report, theory is used to analyzeQR-codes as a part of a bigger technological system, that is used to make a connectionbetween the grave with a physical code and online memorial pages. The project uses theTRIN-model developed by Niels Jørgensen as an analytical framework to analyze the innermechanisms that QR-codes and their technological system have. It also investigates theartifacts that they have, both digitally and physically, as well as the unintentionalconsequences and finally the technological system it is part of. To support the analysis, semi-structured interviews were conducted with people who have lost someone close to them, aswell as with the director of a company that produces QR-codes on gravestones, to get theirrespective perspectives on the matter. Other theories are used to show how this technologycan bring societal changes as an effect of its introduction. Furthermore, it is discussed howsecurity concerns as well as legal systems surrounding data rights need to be taken intoaccount when introducing this memorial technology. In conclusion, it is found that QR-codeson gravestones have several unintended consequences of their implementation. These take theform of potential security concerns and technical issues, as well as broader societal changesthat inevitably follow from their introduction as a commonly used technology. In particular,the practice of grief is changed when using QR-codes on gravestones as a memorialtechnology, and its introduction brings up further concerns about the distinction between thepublic and the private, which are at risk of being blurred with this technology

Food Waste Methods within the Sustainable Development Goal 12.3: A Case Study of Aarstiderne

This project examines the Danish company Aarstiderne’s approach to food waste reduction and their commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3. Drawing on a qualitative case study of Aarstiderne, the project combines semi-structured interviews, document analysis, and theoretical perspectives to establish an understanding of the underlying mechanisms. This approach is applied to uncover the key practices throughout the company’s supply chain, in data collection, as well as to reveal economic and strategic considerations related to food waste reduction. The results show that Aarstiderne tries to balance financial interests with ethical and environmental considerations, but inevitably faces challenges in the process. Additionally, the company experiences a lack of data that should be collected, and lack of resources in their daily work to live up to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3. Furthermore, in this research, internal and external factors are identified, to understand Aarstiderne’s constraints or enablers in its work with food waste management. Overall, this project contributes by offering insights on how sustainability initiatives can be implemented in the food industry on a local level.<br/