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  • The Blacksmithing Craft: An Embodied Theory from the Workshop Floor
    (2026-05-13) Thane, Gustav
    Skilled craft actions develop thought and understanding of a situation by solving the material complexity of a task at hand. These modes of thought, embodied by experienced craft practitioners, are different but complementary to other modes of academic thought. Experienced practitioners, known in the blacksmith’s craft as Masters, typically recognize this embodied knowledge in each other’s work. But when it comes to dissemination or discussion, academic discourse has to date paid little attention to this knowledge. Craft scholarship has a tendency to discuss craft practice from a generalized, theoretically elevated perspective detached from the crude messiness of raw materials. Its concepts easily overlook the particular modes of thinking that come with extensive motor skill, resulting in a gap in knowledge about how this mode could contribute to academic discourse. My research proposes a Workshop Floor Theory that makes it possible to recognize and access patterns of thinking and knowing, informed and guided by craft skill. Drawing on the gerund verbs of the blacksmithing craft, Grounded Theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1990), and concepts from craft scholarship (Kenji, 2003; Ingold, 2010, 2013), skilled actions are conceptualized to form the basis of a pragmatic piece of embodied craft theory. In this research, Grounded Theory is adapted to embodied actions, grounding technique verbs in skill to narrow the gap between a Master’s perception and that of a craft connoisseur or interested scholar. Craft-specific technique verbs, following Strauss and Corbin’s pragmatic understanding of theory, are conceptualized through infographic video descriptions and systematization into a nomenclature of craft techniques. Workshop Floor Theory offers a discursive access to embodied modes of thought, potentially applicable to research as wide as craft practice, the sciences, and the humanities, and puts the craft concepts material negotiation, material force, and material flow ( Kenji, 2003 ; Ingold, 2010, 2013) in dialog with the more generally used concepts of material agency and material affordance (Malafouris, 2008; Kirchhoff, 2009; Kimmel & Groth, 2024). Specifying the connections between conceptualizations makes the academic tradition of Research applicable to craft practice, but also the hands-on tradition of craft practice applicable to wider academic research. Concepts are developed as a tool for researchers to theoretically access—and apply—embodied knowledge within academic discourse and vice versa.
  • Håller svenska riktlinjer om artärkateter måttet? - En AGREE II-granskning av riktlinjer utformade för intensivvård
    (2026-05-13) Ebba Bondemark; Jennie Bergendahl; Lisa Gylling; University of Gothenburg/Institute of Health and Care Sciences; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa
    Bakgrund: Artärkateter används rutinmässigt inom intensivvården för invasiv blodtrycksmätning och provtagning. Lokala kliniska riktlinjer används för att stödja handhavande, förebygga komplikationer och säkerställa en patientsäker och evidensbaserad vård. Kvaliteten på dessa riktlinjer och i vilken grad komplikationer beskrivs är dock oklar. Syfte: Att bedöma kvaliteten på kliniska riktlinjer för artärkateter med hjälp av utvärderingsinstrumentet AGREE II, samt beskriva i vilken omfattning riktlinjerna beskriver komplikationer som patienten kan drabbas av vid vård med artärkateter. Metod: Uppsatsen genomfördes med ett deskriptivt kvantitativt upplägg. 78 svenska intensivvårdsavdelningar (IVA) för vuxna kontaktades via mejl. Riktlinjerna som inhämtades granskades oberoende av tre bedömare med AGREE II, som omfattar 23 bedömningspunkter fördelat på sex domäner. Varje punkt ges en poäng enligt instrumentets manual, och domänpoängen omräknas till procentuell uppfyllelse (0–100%). Interbedömarreliabilitet analyserades med Krippendorff’s alpha. Förekommande komplikationer extraherades strukturerat. Resultat: Totalt inkluderades 31 lokala riktlinjer från 48 IVA vars kvalitet varierade betydligt. Uppfyllelsen i Omfattning och syfte var 0–59%, Intressentmedverkan 2–59%, Noggrannhet vid framställningen 0–18%, Presentationens tydlighet 15–69%, Tillämpbarhet 1–29% och Redaktionellt oberoende 0%. Den totala kvalitetsbedömningen varierade mellan 6–78%. Majoriteten av riktlinjerna rekommenderades inte för användning eller endast med villkor eller ändringar. Interbedömarreliabiliteten varierade mellan låg, tillräcklig och tillfredsställande samstämmighet. Vanligast nämnda komplikationer var lokal infektion, följt av blödning, försämrad eller förlorad tryckkurva, trombos och kateterrelaterad blodinfektion. Slutsats: Kvaliteten på riktlinjer för artärkateter inom svensk intensivvård varierar stort, med betydande brister i metodologisk kvalitet och evidensförankring. Detta kan påverka patientsäkerheten. Resultatet understryker behovet av mer strukturerade och evidensbaserade riktlinjer.
  • The role of food, fortification, and supplements for nutrition in pregnancy and childhood, with a focus on vitamin D
    (2026-05-13) Forsby, Mathilda
    The aim of this thesis was to assess the role of food, fortification, and supplements for nutrition during pregnancy and childhood, with a focus on vitamin D. Data from two studies conducted within antenatal care in southwest Sweden were used: the pregnancy cohort GraviD (Paper I and II) and its follow-up GraviD-Child (Paper III), and the randomised controlled trial Pregnancy and Vitamin D Intervention (PREDIN) (Paper IV). Paper I assessed supplement use in relation to dietary intake and adherence to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations among 1044 pregnant women. While adherence to average requirements (AR) was high for most nutrients through diet, supplementation contributed substantially to reach AR for vitamin D. Paper II simulated the effect of the extended Swedish vitamin D fortification policy on vitamin D intake among 1761 pregnant women. This revealed an overall positive impact on vitamin D intake. However, the impact may be smaller for individuals from Asia and Africa, compared to those born in Europe. Paper III evaluated vitamin D status and its determinants in 145 early school-aged children, and explored the tracking of vitamin D intake and status in mother-child pairs from pregnancy to childhood. Vitamin D status in children was generally adequate, with higher vitamin D status associated with blood sampling in summer months. Vitamin D intake and status tracked from pregnancy to childhood, although correlations were weak. Paper IV determined the effect of vitamin D3 supplements in two doses compared with standard care (advice on vitamin D supplementation) on changes in vitamin D status in pregnant women with a predicted risk of vitamin D deficiency (n = 105). Provision of 40 µg/day, but not 20 µg/day, resulted in a greater increase in vitamin D status over pregnancy compared with standard care. The findings of this thesis highlight the complementary roles of food, fortification, and supplements for vitamin D intake and status during pregnancy and childhood. Further research is needed to better understand barriers to the uptake of fortification and supplementation strategies to inform equitable and effective public health interventions.
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    (1906) Melsted, Henning von,