Millions of animals are exported every year, camels winched up through the air onto ships as sheep and goats flood into them from below. The territory has other natural resources, including untapped oil reserves, coal and gemstones. The sea off its long coastline is abundant with fish. Some are perhaps a little bit too optimistic about what these elections will do for Somaliland.
Kulmiye party's Mr Dheere believes the polls can help the territory achieve its ultimate goal. How a small African territory has upset China. Somaliland profile. The ex-Islamist militant driving a school bus. Image source, AFP. Image source, Ahmed Kadleye. Journalists detained. Image source, Omer-Sayid Hassan. Barkhad Jama Hersi Batun, from the Waddani party, is the only parliamentary candidate from a minority clan.
Somaliland and Somalia:. The former British protectorate joined the rest of Somalia on 1 July It declared independence after the overthrow of Somali military dictator Siad Barre in This came after a conflict in which tens of thousands were killed and towns were flattened Somaliland has a population of 3.
Somalia's election row led to armed confrontations in Mogadishu. Foreign flags fly in Somaliland. Campaigning has taken place amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Why this growing interest? UAE strikes port deal. There is also the economic potential. Somalis love their camels and even write poems about them. A team that includes researchers from LiU has developed an electronic paper that can be manufactured on an industrial scale. Long-term uses of the paper include the construction of thin batteries and supercapacitors.
Artificial kidneys, powerful batteries and efficient water purification are some of the future applications of a group of ultrathin materials known as MXenes. Detective work in the laboratory and sitting at a scanning electron microscope have increased our knowledge of stainless steel. The results may lead to new materials to the boilers of power plants with higher efficiency and lower emissions.
Teacher training students who practised teaching virtual pupils developed greater confidence in their teaching ability, according to a study from LiU. In the long term, simulation can make the students better prepared for their workforce debut. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy XPS is often used to determine the chemical composition of materials. It is accepted as a standard method in materials science.
Researchers at LiU, however, have shown that the method is often used erroneously. How does segregation arise? When does it arise? A thesis shows that the timing, geographical vicinity and the influence of others are all significant when areas become segregated.
The size of the areas also affects the result. They may improve our ability to predict serious diseases. The campaign for football glory in EURO has started. Some of the substances used to purify water can affect our health.
A thesis presented at LiU illuminates the role played by a relatively unknown group of disinfection by-products in the treatment process and how they can reach the taps in our homes.
Just ask Petter Krus. Life-cycle cost analysis is a powerful tool to make companies more resource-efficient and enable them to adopt new business models. There are, however, several factors that hinder its use. The discovery paves the way to new ultrathin and functional materials.
Now LiU researchers are building a system where AI and humans work together to control air traffic. A study published in the journal Epilepsia shows that several of the molecules have antiseizure effects.
Digitalisation is sweeping across Europe. The political ambitions are high, and accessibility and democratisation are keywords. But when it's time to digitalise the cultural heritage of Sweden, ethical issues emerge. When Lars Liljegren started to study English translations of works by Swedish author August Strindberg, he discovered that some had been given a completely new guise. The properties of the material, beryllonitrene, are similar to those of graphene.
As the corona pandemic swept across the world, virologists and protein chemists rapidly joined forces and started to collaborate. Together they were able to develop ways to test the immune response after infection, and help the healthcare system.
Researchers have developed and evaluated an app that helps women achieve a healthy weight gain during a pregnancy. Using the app contributed to a better diet. Pregnant women with overweight or obesity who received the app also gained less weight.
Exchange studies in the middle of the pandemic — what is that like? What would happen if it was suddenly not possible to pay with a credit or debit card? As part of a research project, county administrators, politicians, and stores have played a simulation game, to help them prepare for handling an emergency. The black market in rhinoceros horn is worth billions of dollars, and poaching is driving the species towards extinction. However, the drive against poaching is now to be given new impetus with the aid of the most recent technology.
Progress is being made in research into uterus transplantation. Healthy and social. This is the image given of older people in the social media from a Swedish municipality. It is a relatively one-sided image and it may reinforce stereotypes, according to a doctoral thesis presented by Wenqian Xu. The use of DNA-based genealogy to solve a double murder opens new possibilities in crime investigation.
LiU researchers are spreading new knowledge about the technology, which brings hope to police forces and has aroused major international interest.
A new strategy for the energy renovation of older residential buildings would open opportunities to save energy and money, while reducing impact on the climate.
The current guidelines do not take enough consideration of the type of house. Several models of Covid have been developed to predict the development of the pandemic in Sweden.
A new report shows that the models helped us to understand the development of the pandemic, but at the same time it illuminates some deficiencies.
The results suggest that injection of a protein, GAD, into lymph nodes can be effective in a subgroup of individuals. The surprising breadth of biogas How does biogas differ from other potential alternatives?
Different ways of viewing biogas In her thesis, Decision-making and decision support connected to biogas use in Sweden, Sofia tries to explain the advantages and disadvantages of using biogas, how decision-makers view its use, and how decision support can be used to give decision-makers a more complete picture of the versatility of biogas.
Biogas buses may not be best The thesis comprises six published articles, and includes the study of two tools that can be used as decision support. Sofia Dahlgren Decision-making and decision support connected to biogas use in Sweden. Environmental Technology and Management Division of Environmental Technology and Management is a research and education environment at the Department of Management and Engineering.
Media review of major incidents can save lives Any incident with many casualties places stress on the medical care system. Complex links between extreme natural events Torrential rain that causes flooding is bad, but if the floods cause landslides a disaster is looming.
SEK Storing energy in plants with electronic roots By watering bean plants Phaseolus vulgaris with a solution that contains conjugated oligomers, researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, have shown that the roots of the plant become electrically conducting and can store energy.
Filip — Making a difference in climate change Amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising, and with them the global temperature. Lower antibiotic resistance in bacteria with forgotten antibiotic A forgotten antibiotic led to lower selection of resistant bacteria than the standard treatment for febrile urinary tract infection.
SEK 4. Facial recognition used in more and more ways Research into facial recognition has been under way for a long time, but has really taken off in recent years.
A creative marathon for a better world An exciting challenge and a good way of making contacts. Training in ACT for medical personnel reduces the need for sick leave Medical care personnel in primary care have been trained in a form of therapy known as ACT. Research for calmer classrooms Many teachers struggle with achieving calm in the classroom. Old habits are obstacles to new materials Product developers believe that they take rational decisions when choosing materials for new products — but this is not the case.
Researchers shed new light on the inner workings of stem cells Embryonic stem cells can give rise to every cell type in the body. Students got to meet and learn more about robots What is a robot and how does it work? Literature is at the core of a well-functioning democracy How does literature affect us? A more robust quantum communication Senior lecturer Guilherme Xavier founded a laboratory of quantum technologies at LiU in Open data can improve society Open data can make society more efficient and can be used to develop new services and products.
Climate denialism dominated by men Knowledge about climate change is not enough to stop global warming. Covid alpha variant associated with more severe disease A Swedish study has shown that the alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with more severe Covid disease, and leads to more hospital admissions than previous variants.
Universal basic income can improve mental health Can a universal basic income be an alternate to benefits for people who have been long unemployed? You can see why it would be tricky to pin down the exact causes of drunken antics.
Ethanol interferes with the actions of various neurotransmitters, the chemicals neurons use to send signals to each other. Alcohol may depress activity in one area of the brain, but that may connect to another area, specifically to stop it activating , ergo alcohol is indirectly increasing activity by depressing something. The workings of the brain are confusing enough while sober, in fairness.
Alcohol suppresses activity in the prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes. The prefrontal cortex is responsible for rational thought, planning, assessment, anger suppression, all the complex things that go out the window after the 6 th pint.
The temporal lobes are where memory processing regions are located, and we know how alcohol affects memory well, most of the time.
This would explain why we become more incoherent and forgetful, and less restrained, while inebriated. That aspect seems to stem from the fact that alcohol increases activity in the dopamine neurons in the mesolimbic reward pathway, as well as opioid cells that release endorphins. Both produce feelings of joy, pleasure, euphoria, depending on the type of activation. At least at first. Or experience. Then, after a certain point, things change.
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