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Identifying Socioeconomic and Cultural Patterns in the Heat Consumption of Copenhagen Households
This paper explores spatial correlations between the heat consumption and the socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of households in the City of Copenhagen. The purpose is to analyse how the social, cultural, and economic structures affect heat consumption differences in the city and to find out which household types need political targeting in order to reach the goal of a 20% decrease in the Copenhagen heat consumption in 2025 compared to 2010. Using a combination of choropleth maps, Pearson’s R, and regression analyses, the total effects as well as direct effects of socioeconomic and cultural variables on heat consumption per capita are analysed. A life-cycle pattern is found to describe heat consumption per capita, but it is challenged by the existence of an income divide between a new generation of wealthy families with small children living in newer, semi-detached houses with better energy labels and non-western ethnic people tending to have low income. The income divide affects the economic motivations and options for decreasing heat consumption per capita
BONUS BASMATI Thematic Scoping/Vision Document: report outlining the main conflict and potential synergy areas in crossborder MSP. Deliverable 2.2
Addressing conflicts between marine interests and finding workable
solutions that can facilitate synergies between stakeholders is an important
task of spatial planning both onshore and in the sea. A general assumption
among many experts in marine/maritime spatial planning (MSP) is that promoting
synergies and coexistence can enhance spatial efficiency of marine uses and
possibly result in a more sustainable use of marine resources. However, in
order to promote cooperation, one needs to first establish a better
understanding of the crucial components of conflictive and synergetic planning
situations and important definitions related to this.
This scoping report examines conceptualisations and analytical perspectives
on work with conflicts and synergies in MSP in relation to the case studies of
the BONUS BASMATI project. The theme of conflicts and synergies is rather
topical, not least in connection with attempts of the EU and other actors to
promote growth in the blue economic sector and keep related environmental
impacts low. MSP is seen as an important tool or approach to promote and
achieve these goals (European Commission 2008; European Commission 2009;
European Commission 2012).
Chapter 1 provides introductory reflections on conflicts and
synergies in marine spatial planning using both an analytical narrative
complemented with examples from conflict theory. The aim is to provide the
reader with an easily understandable introduction into relevant terms used and
important issues to be considered when working with conflicts and synergies in
MSP. These include interests, stakeholders, institutional frameworks, rules,
systems and practices, space and geography, knowledge and technologies,
conflict-synergies in a broader context. The chapter concludes with an analysis
of conflict analysis and management literature and a discussion on the
potential role of conflict management in MSP.
Chapter 2 provides examples of conflicts and obstacles that have
emerged in a Baltic Sea Region (BSR) context and how, through people, planning
processes, projects and institutions synergies have been developed. The chapter
focuses on 1) Conflicts of interest: Marine use related conflicts / obstacles
and synergies, 2) Institutional cross-border conflicts / obstacles and
synergies, 3) Process related conflicts / obstacles and synergies, 4) Knowledge
and data related conflicts / obstacles and synergies, 5) Other types of obstacles
that are context related.
Chapter 3 zooms in on the three BONUS BASMATI case studies and
highlights emerging and potential conflicts and synergies within the case study
areas. It also suggests potential synergies and solutions for overcoming
challenges that can be addressed in the case studies and during the lifetime of
the project.</p
A global experience-sampling method study of well-being during times of crisis : The CoCo project
We present a global experience-sampling method (ESM) study aimed at describing, predicting, and understanding individual differences in well-being during times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This international ESM study is a collaborative effort of over 60 interdisciplinary researchers from around the world in the “Coping with Corona” (CoCo) project. The study comprises trait-, state-, and daily-level data of 7490 participants from over 20 countries (total ESM measurements = 207,263; total daily measurements = 73,295) collected between October 2021 and August 2022. We provide a brief overview of the theoretical background and aims of the study, present the applied methods (including a description of the study design, data collection procedures, data cleaning, and final sample), and discuss exemplary research questions to which these data can be applied. We end by inviting collaborations on the CoCo dataset
Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome
The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead