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The changing practice of the Swedish Social Incurance System. Causes of the Social Security Agency´s changed norms and interpretations of sickness benefit and activity compensation 2008-2018
The overarall aim of the project is to investigate why administrative and legal practises of the social insurance policy are changed without any corresponding change in formal inst...
IMPROVE –Promoting equitable reproductive health: IMplementing best practice postpartum contraceptive services through a quality imPROVEment initiative for and with immigrant women in Sweden
Immigrant women in Europe has reported lower use of effective contraception, higher risks of multiple births, and unintended pregnancies compared to native-born women. There is lit...
Innovativa Regnbäddar för hållbar och effektiv rening av urbant dagvatten förorenat med mikroplaster, organiska miljögifter och metaller
Only a few percent of the stormwater generated in urban environments is treated, and therefore transported untreated to nearby watercourses, and the largest proportion of microplas...
Occupational exposure to noise, vibrations and chemicals during pregnancy and hearing disability in children
Children with hearing disabilities struggle more during their school time, perform worse than their peers, and finish school without passing grades to a larger extent. Even though...
Lysosome biogenesis and amino acid signaling in cancer
It has become increasingly clear that lysosome-governed processes support cancer progression, for example by reprogramming anabolic metabolism and by facilitating cancer cell survi...
Development of risk assessment methods for cloudburst damages
The proposed project aims to develop methods for assessment of damages and costs caused by cloudbursts in Sweden. In the field of disaster risk management, risks are often seen as...
The role of dietary factors in the development of autoimmune diabetes in adults and children: data from three population-based cohorts
Diabetes is a chronic disease and patients are at high risk of severe complications and mortality. The incidence of autoimmune diabetes is increasing alarmingly; childhood type 1 d...
Plankton-fish interactions: an understudied link in Baltic Sea food webs and fisheries management
Small-sized pelagic fish have a central role in marine food webs as they control production of predatory fish and at the same time feed on zooplankton and thereby indirectly contro...
Influence of environmental and host factors on the gut microbiome and lipid metabolism in salmonid fishes
Climate change, pollution and growing food demand continue to increase stress on the health and production of wild and farmed salmon. Recent evidence has shown that different profi...
What impact do shame and guilt have on self-management strategies in people with COPD?
Self-management has been shown to improve health and reduce healthcare costs for people with chronic diseases. However, we know little about how stigma-related emotions, such as sh...
Functional dissection of newly discovered cell types in the enteric nervous system
The gastrointestinal tract is uniquely equipped with an own intrinsic nervous system, providing autonomous control of gut physiology. An even broader significance of the enteric ne...
Development of a novel immunomodulatory therapy for cardiac inflammation
Bakgrund: Immunomodulatory treatments against the damaging cardiac inflammation that occurs in myocardial infarction (MI), myocarditis and sepsis do not currently exist. The alarm...
Dissecting the cellular landscape of equine asthma using single cell genomics.
Respiratory disorders in horses (equine asthma) constitute a major problem in the equine industry and for horse welfare. Thus, novel research strategies which lead to better unders...
Vascular smooth muscle cells - friend or foe in vascular disease?
Mechanotransduction (transmission of biomechanical forces into cellular signals) in vascular smooth muscle is crucial for adaptation to elevated blood pressure. Our hypothesis is t...
Deciphering the complex interplay between body condition, weight, life style factors and severity of joint disease over time in dogs
Diseases in the locomotor apparatus is a welfare problem and one of the three most common causes of mortality in dogs. Hip (HD) and elbow (ED) dysplasia are complex developmental j...
Astrocytes - a new target in stroke and neurodegeneration
This proposal takes a translational and multidisciplinary approach to determine the specific functions of reactive astrocytes in stroke, post-stroke plasticity, regeneration and re...
Which treatment makes my multiple sclerosis patient happiest? (Predictors of quality of life ratings, self-reported fatigue and psychiatric comorbidities in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common cause of neurological impairment in younger adults and has a major impact on quality of life and the ability to be active professionally and soc...
Everyday Violence: Understanding and preventing victimisation and practices of violence among young people
Violence is often a normal part of young people’s everyday lives. Previous research has shown that young people are exposed to violence in a range of different environments, includ...
(Un)equal working conditions? The everyday life and organizations of home care units within multiethnic staff groups.
An important finding in the thesis “The meaning of gender and skin color in the everyday life of nursing homes under different organizational conditions (Storm 2018), was that it w...
Digital psychological self-care for risky drinking
Risky alcohol consumption is a major public health concern, but only a minority of risky drinkers are turning to health care for help. Internet-based treatment is a promising alter...