By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 27 February 2023 Restored wetlands, rainbeds and urban green spaces are all examples of nature-based solutions that can help mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. Photo: Helena Hanson Nature-based solutions offer excellent opportunities to address environmental and social challenges. They can help mitigate

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/opportunities-scale-nature-based-solutions-nordics - 2025-02-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 1 March 2023 A queen of the species Bombus terrestris. The species belongs to the group of bumblebees that have advanced their activity flight, which is now about 14 days earlier than a century ago. Photo: Maria Blasi Romero With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set o

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-means-early-flight-start-risk-fewer-bumblebees-and-reduced-pollination - 2025-02-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 21 March 2023 The synthesis report concludes that climate change is accelerating and its impacts are becoming more pronounced. Photo: Daniel Páscoa/Unsplash The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a synthesis report summarizing the reports of recent years. Markku Rummukainen, Sweden's con

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/markku-rummukainen-new-ipcc-report-near-term-action-crucial - 2025-02-05

Published 10 May 2023 From 18 to 21 June 2023, Lund University will host the international meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis Europe. The world is changing; we have experienced societal disruption due to global hazards such as pandemics and climate change. Environments or institutions that were taken for granted are suddenly at risk, forcing us to consider new risks that require careful deve

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/sra-conference-lund-discover-risk-research - 2025-02-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 15 May 2023 Alumni from CEC and ClimBEco, gathered outside the university building in Lund. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Fifteen years ago, the first doctoral students began their education at CEC. Since then, there have been 240 PhD students from CEC and ClimBEco, the research school hosted by CEC. This week, about

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-and-climbeco-alumni-come-together-celebration-and-networking - 2025-02-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 7 September 2023 "We need to acknowledge how valuable a tree in the city can be – it's not just for decoration. It affects insects, birds, and human well-being", Johan Kjellberg Jensen says. Photo: Sara Håkansson The city is the perfect place to study nature and how humans affect it, says Johan Kjellberg Jensen.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/city-our-most-important-ecosystem - 2025-02-05

By Marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 29 August 2023 The 'Natural Nations' project brings biodiversity into schools so that children learn about pollinating insects and birds at an early age. Photo: iStockphoto Preschool and primary school children will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how people c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2025-02-05

Published 17 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Arek Socha 1) We found 15 national/regional registries of congenital heart disease worldwide. 2) Registry coverage ranged from 25 to 100% of all eligible cases. 3) The best registries contain demographic, clinical, physical, and laboratory data. 4) Regular verification is essential for quality data and valid statistical findings. Read the paper at https

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/national-and-regional-registries-congenital-heart-diseases-strengths-weaknesses-and-opportunities - 2025-02-05

Published 18 September 2021 Quantitative bias analyses allow researchers to adjust for uncontrolled confounding, given specification of certain bias parameters. When researchers are concerned about unknown confounders, plausible values for these bias parameters will be difficult to specify. Read the paper at https://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2021/09000/The_Importance_of_M…

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/importance-making-assumptions-bias-analysis - 2025-02-05

Published 18 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Colin Behrens The benefits of using data from national registers as endpoints in epidemiological studies include faster, less resource-intensive access to nationwide data and considerably lower loss to follow-up, compared to manual data collection in a limited geographical area. Read the paper at https://www.dovepress.com/validating-acute-myocardial-inf

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validating-acute-myocardial-infarction-diagnoses-national-health-registers-use-endpoint-research - 2025-02-05

Published 19 September 2021 The integrative data approach is an effective way to conduct cancer research assessing multilevel factors on cancer outcomes among small populations. Read the paper at https://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/30/8/1506.long

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/integrating-electronic-health-record-cancer-registry-and-geospatial-data-study-lung-cancer-asian - 2025-02-05

Published 19 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / www_slon_pics This first publication of the Austrian Society of Esophageal Surgery shows that the outcome of esophageal surgery for cancer in Austria compares well with that of renowned international centers. However, a more comprehensive approach including as many national centers as possible will improve outcome research, offer quality management, and

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/esophageal-resection-austria-preparing-national-registry - 2025-02-05

Published 20 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / geralt The CARTR Plus registry is a robust resource for ART data in Canada. It provides easily accessible aggregated data for Canadian fertility clinics, and it contains data that are internationally comparable. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/hropen/article/2020/3/hoaa022/5848715

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cartr-plus-creation-art-registry-canada - 2025-02-05

Published 20 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / geralt Parameters representing adjusted treatment effects may be defined marginally or conditionally on covariates. The choice between a marginal or covariate-conditional parameter should be driven by the study question. However, an unappreciated benefit of marginal estimators is a reduction in susceptibility to finite-sample bias relative to the unpena

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/decreased-susceptibility-marginal-odds-ratios-finite-sample-bias - 2025-02-05

Published 21 September 2021 Confounding, selection bias, and measurement error are well-known sources of bias in epidemiologic research. Methods for assessing these biases have their own limitations. Read the paper at https://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2021/09000/Multiple_bias_Sensi…

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/multiple-bias-sensitivity-analysis-using-bounds - 2025-02-05

Published 21 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Brian Merrill Monitoring survival in cancer is a common concern for patients, physicians, and public health researchers. The traditional cohort approach for monitoring cancer prognosis has a timeliness problem. In this paper, we propose a survivorship-period-cohort (SPC) model for examining the effects of survivorship, period, and year-of-diagnosis coho

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/survivorship-period-cohort-model-cancer-survival-application-liver-cancer-taiwan-1997-2016 - 2025-02-05

Published 22 September 2021 Life-course epidemiology is useful for describing and analyzing complex etiological mechanisms for disease development, but existing statistical methods are essentially confirmatory, because they rely on a priori model specification. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/190/9/1898/6189737

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-driven-model-building-life-course-epidemiology - 2025-02-05

Published 22 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Ronny Overhate Although the need for addressing matching in the analysis of matched case-control studies is well established, debate remains as to the most appropriate analytical method when matching on at least 1 continuous factor Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/190/9/1859/6162924

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/matched-versus-unmatched-analysis-matched-case-control-studies - 2025-02-05

Published 23 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Gerd Altmann In the causal mediation framework, several parametric-regression–based approaches have been introduced in the last decade for estimating natural direct and indirect effects. For a binary outcome, a number of proposed estimators use a logistic model and rely on specific assumptions or approximations that may be delicate or not easy to verify

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/parametric-regression-based-causal-mediation-analysis-binary-outcomes-and-binary-mediators-moving - 2025-02-05

Published 23 September 2021 Foto från snd.gu.se Improvements in the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) have resulted in longer survival and an increased focus on optimising daily functioning with the condition. Patient- reported outcome measures (PROMs) are valuable tools in evaluating the health- related quality of life of persons with chronic diseases. Read the paper at https://bmjopenrespres.bmj

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/acceptability-patient-reported-outcome-measures-proms-cystic-fibrosis-data-registry - 2025-02-05