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Neglect, Social Movements, and Activist Planning: A Case Study of Kirseberg, Malmö

Through historical and contemporary analyses combined with a theoretical foundation, this thesis examines activist planning and social movements in the city. Using Kirseberg as a case study, an old working-class neighbourhood in the Swedish city of Malmö, it explores how historical neglect, in combination with broader historical events, influenced the emergence of what became a social movement in the 1970s. Through archival research, interview, newspaper articles and published sources, the thesis explains how the movement managed to change the city plan, which called for the complete redevelopment of the neighbourhood, with the movement’s goal being the preservation of the old 19th century housing typical of the area. The movement applied a multitude of strategies, but as the thesis argues, their use of their own history of neglect in mobilizing and changing the official planners’ stance played a key role in their success. The movement’s work had lasting effects in changing the inside and outside perception of Kirseberg. In the contemporary analysis, the thesis examines the ongoing redevelopment plans for the local prison, closed since 2015 after a century of operation. Through interviews and newspaper articles, it examines the ongoing efforts of a local group to purchase the prison, making a case for community power and the continued relevance of activist planning. The group, acting as advocacy planners, tries to mobilize the neighbourhood to realize their goal of developing the prison to and by the community. Together, the two cases form a red thread through history, making an argument for using history as a strategy in planning and as an activist tool, as well as acknowledging and utilizing the resources found within a community. Furthermore, the thesis illustrate how neglect can affect a neighbourhood, and how citizens can counter it and foster community-led initiatives and development

Dark Ages Cold Period: A literature review and directions for future research

Several late Quaternary studies have recorded cold and disturbed climates centred during the mid-first millennium AD and discussed these conditions under the term ‘Dark Ages Cold Period’ (DACP). A review of 114 palaeoclimate papers indicated that cold climates were common in the Northern Hemisphere between AD 400 and 765. There are also suggestions that some regions may have been relatively wet during the DACP, while those around the Mediterranean and the China/Tibetan Plateau indicate coinciding droughts. A set of environmental responses, however, indicate a delayed DACP interval (AD 509–865) postdating the actual climate signal. Previously, the DACP has been linked with the North Atlantic ice-rafting event at about 1400 years ago, while some evidence suggests an involvement of the North Atlantic Oscillation and/or El Niño–Southern Oscillation. More recently, another proposed phase of widespread cooling, the ‘Late Antique Little Ice Age’ (LALIA), overlaps with the DACP and has been tentatively linked with volcanic aerosol and solar irradiance variations reinforcing the climatic downturn since AD 536. Importantly, a higher number of proxy records extending over the first millennium AD is required for more rigorous assessments of climate variability and the forcing during these centuries and to disentangle the DACP and LALIA fingerprints in the proxy data, particularly to determine whether the DACP and the LALIA are distinct features. Also a richer network of both climate and environmental proxies is needed to evaluate the human–environment interactions, during the historical Migration Period, and thus through the DACP

Interventions for treating wrist fractures in children (Protocol)

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:To assess the effects (benefits and harms) of interventions for common distal radius fractures in children, including skeletally immature adolescents

Cowries in the archaeology of West Africa: the present picture

Despite the perceived importance of cowrie shells as indicators of long-distance connections in the West African past, their distribution and consumption patterns in archaeological contexts remain surprisingly underexplored, a gap that is only partly explicable by the sparse distribution of archaeological sites within the sub-continent. General writings on the timeline of importation of cowries into West Africa often fail to take into account the latest archaeological evidence and rely instead on accounts drawn from historical or ethnographic documents. This paper is based on a first-hand assessment of over 4500 shells from 78 sites across West Africa, examining chronology, shell species and processes of modification to assess what distribution patterns can tell us about the history of importation and usage of cowries. These first-hand analyses are paralleled by a consideration of published materials. We re-examine the default assumption that two distinct routes of entry existed — one overland from North Africa before the fifteenth century, another coming into use from the time sea links were established with the East African coast and becoming predominant by the middle of the nineteenth century. We focus on the eastern part of West Africa, where the importance of imported cowries to local communities in relatively recent periods is well known and from where we have a good archaeological sample. The conclusion is that on suitably large assemblages shell size can be an indication of provenance and that, while the present archaeological picture seems largely to confirm historical sources, much of this may be due to the discrepancy in archaeological data available from the Sahara/Sahel zone compared to the more forested regions of the sub-continent. Future archaeological work will clarify this matter

Compensation After Surgical Treatment for Hallux Valgus: A Review of 369 Claims to the Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation 2010–2020

Purpose: The aim of the study is to identify the most common avoidable patient injuries related to hallux valgus surgery. Methods: We assessed the claims reported to the Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation (NPE) following surgery for hallux valgus in light of hospital volume. Data from NPE was categorized according to age, sex, reason for claim, and reason for accepted/rejected claim. The institutions were grouped by catchment population into low volume (300,000) institutions. The effect of hospital volume on the likelihood of an accepted claim was estimated. Results: NPE received 369 claims of which 173 (46.9%) were accepted. The main reason for accepted claims was recurrence of the deformity, wrong level osteotomy or insufficient fixation. A quarter of the claims were accepted because of lack of indication and one in 5 accepted claims was due to a postoperative infection. Patient treated at low-volume institutions had a higher fraction of accepted claims (P < 0.01). The odds ratio for an accepted claim in the low volume hospitals was 5.8 (95% confidence interval 4.1–8.3) compared with the middle- and high-volume institutions. Conclusions: The likelihood of a treatment error that leads to compensation was higher in low-volume institutions. Level of Evidence: Level II Prospective cohort studypublishedVersio

Association between single leg hop tests and patient reported outcome measures and patellar instability in patients with recurrent patellar dislocations

This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial.Objectives: To assess the associations between the single leg hop tests at two premises; baseline and the change after 12 months, and change in patient reported outcome measures and persistent instability after 12 months in patients with recurrent lateral patellar dislocation (RLPD). Methods: 61 RLPD patients aged 12–30 with a mean (±SD) of 19.2 (±5.3) were assessed at baseline, and at 12 months after treatment with either active rehabilitation alone, or medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction and active rehabilitation. Single leg hop for distance, triple hop for distance, crossover hop for distance and 6-metre timed hop were performed for both legs, and the Limb Symmetry Index (LSI) was calculated. Persistent patellar instability was self-reported as ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ at 12-month follow-up. Knee function in sport and recreational activities and knee-related quality of life were assessed at baseline and 12 months follow-up using the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS). Results: LSI for the baseline single leg hop for distance and the triple hop for distance was significantly associated with persistent patellar instability at 12 months follow-up with an OR of 0.94 (95% CI 0.88 to 0.99) and OR of 0.91 (95% CI 0.84 to 0.99), respectively. No other statistically significant associations were detected. Conclusion: Individuals with higher LSI values for the single leg hop for distance and triple hop for distance conducted at baseline had lower odds for persistent patellar instability at 12 months follow-up. Clinicians can use results from these hop tests to assess the risk of future recurrent patellar instability prior to treatment. Study design: Retrospective cohort study.publishedVersionInstitutt for idrettsmedisinske fag / Department of Sports Medicin