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Development of a tool for measuring ASF risk index based on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of host population and landscapes
African swine fever (ASF) has emerged in European wild boar (WB) and possesses a major threat to the pig industry. Because there is no effective vaccine and the mortality rate is h...
Resource utilization and outcome in Swedish intensive care. What conclusions can be drawn from more than 220.000 patient admissions in a Swedish national intensive care registry (SIR)?
Intensive care is an advanced type of healthcare and is offered to patients with severe failure of vital functions such as circulation, breathing or consciousness. In the intensive...
Environmental Governance after Coronavirus Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a global health crisis. It is expected to lead to lasting changes in various policy areas - including health, mobility, trade, industry, finance,...
Hazardous alcohol use in hypertensive patients in routine primary care - prevalence and methods for detection.
Hazardous alcohol use is a harmful lifestyle factor in 10-30 % in the Swedish population. Patients with elevated blood pressure use more alcohol than the general population but for...
Nation-wide mapping of the use of fertility drugs and their impact on cardiovascular events in Swedish women
Solid trends of delayed age at childbearing contribute to increasing fertility challenges and reliance on assisted reproduction. Prior to in-vitro fertilization women must undergo...
Matching in practice – how to find the right foster family home for the right child
The concept of matching refers to the process when a foster home is selected to fit an individual child in placement. Matching is important for the quality of care, as the foster c...
Gender safe work environment - A study of a gender safety climate which prevents sexual harassment and gender discrimination at work
The #me too movement convinced the world that gender discrimination and sexual harassment is a considerable organizational problem. It is obvious that in today’s working life, many...
Expectations and Implications of Circularity in Society
The circular economy (CE) has been suggested by many societal actors to lead to more sustainable resource use and lower environmental impacts. As such, many stakeholders have begun...
Swedish petrocultures: Pervasive fossil fuel practices that obstruct climate change mitigation
While Sweden has increased the share of renewables in its energy system other aspects of our fossil fuel dependent society seem difficult to change. For example, counted globally,...
Working with Algorithmic Colleagues: Expectations and Experiences of Automated Decision-Making
Technologies of automation are increasingly transforming organisations across the world. Automation is no longer exclusively about making things; it frequently involves making deci...
Values in practice: Framing policy and planning for sustainable consumption
Recognizing the extensive and disruptive environmental degradation following unsustainable consumption, public, private and civil society actors all call for action. However, who i...
Translating cGMP analogues for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is characterized by loss of cells in the eye that respond to light, ie photoreceptor cells. Most forms of RP are today untreatable, and while individually...
Aniridia – Novel therapeutic tools to treat or prevent progressive cornea opacification
Our objective is to develop a therapeutic strategy for patients suffering from progressive loss of the cornea’s transparency leading to blindness. Aniridia is a rare, inherited dis...
Development and preclinical testing in human cell models and transgenic mice of a novel treatment for Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome
Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome (SGS) is a rare disease usually leading to death in the first decade of life. SGS is caused by increased stability of the SETBP1 protein and there is no t...
How forest management, disturbance and restoration affect belowground diversity and ecosystem functioning
Northern high-latitude forests are one of the greatest reservoirs of biodiversity and carbon (C) stocks globally. At the same time, they are susceptible to disturbances caused by h...
Entrepreneurial ecosystems for start-ups developing circular business models
Current production and consumption systems are dominated by linear resource flows. A transformation to a circular economy which is restorative and regenerative by design will depen...
Development and preclinical testing in human cell models and transgenic mice of a novel treatment for Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome
Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome (SGS) is a rare disease usually leading to death in the first decade of life. SGS is caused by increased stability of the SETBP1 protein and there is no t...
Harnessing the heat below our feet: Promises, pitfalls and spatialization of geothermal energy as a decarbonization strategy
Harnessing the energies of steaming hot waters pumped from deep underground aquifers with high pressure, geothermal energy is one of the much-lauded forms of sustainable energy in...
Novel Multifunctional Materials for Solar Light Harvesting and Energy Conversion
Energy and environment are among the most important issues nowadays. The purpose of this research project is to develop novel multifunctional materials, metal-organic frameworks (M...
Inclusive low-carbon transformations – dialogues on sustainable life beyond the cityscape
Our society is facing extensive transformations if we are to reach the Swedish goal on becoming the world’s first fossil-free welfare state by 2045. The Swedish Climate Action Plan...