Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 1 juli 2022 Elisabet Englund på laboratoriet i Lund. Foto: Tove Smeds Vi är nog flera som känt oss grötiga i hjärnan i samband med att vi haft covid-19-infektion. För de flesta av oss var dessa svårigheter med minne och koncentration övergående. Men vad hände i hjärnan som gjorde att den inte fungerade lika bra som vanligt? K

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/infektion-kan-fa-minnet-att-svikta - 2025-04-21

Av sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - publicerad 1 juli 2022 Foto: Michael Erhardsson/ Mostphotos Samhället behöver bli bättre på att ge stöd och sätta in åtgärder innan vi blir gamla och hjälpbehövande. Det menar professor Susanne Iwarsson som tillsammans med cirka 200 andra forskare vid Lunds universitet ingår i universitetets nya profilområde med fokus på proaktivt

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/proaktivt-aldrande-ett-av-universitetets-nya-profilomraden - 2025-04-21

Av katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - publicerad 4 juli 2022 Bild: iStock/ktsimage Ett svenskt-amerikanskt forskarteam har nyligen publicerat två artiklar i Journal of Neurophysiology där de med ett nytt modellsystem förklarar ryggmärgens tidiga inlärning och hur centrala nervsystemet lär sig kontrollera kroppen. Det vill säga, hur kopplingarna mellan ryggmärgen och kro

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fosterrorelser-i-livmodern-avgorande-uppkoppling-kropp-ryggmarg-och-hjarna - 2025-04-21

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 19 juli 2022 Vad finns det för varningstecken på när man dricker för mycket? Och när ska man söka hjälp? Anders Håkansson, professor i beroendemedicin på Lunds universitet svarar. Antal sökande till en beroendeenhet för alkoholberoende, Triangel-mottagningen i Malmö, har varit oförändrad under pandemin. Med ett undant

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/alkoholberoende-under-pandemin-tidiga-tecken-pa-okat-vardsokande-hos-kvinnor - 2025-04-21

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 28 juli 2022 Bild: iStock/SanyaSM Var elfte minut dör en kvinna i havandeskapsförgiftning – preeklampsi – i världen. I Sverige drabbas runt 5000 gravida kvinnor varje år. Det kan vara ett livshotande tilstånd både för mamman som barnet och leda till allvarliga kardiovaskulära följdsjukdomar. Ändå har informationen til

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/omvardnad-brister-vid-havandeskapsforgiftning - 2025-04-21

Av katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - publicerad 28 juli 2022 Foto: iStock/andresr Runt 80 procent av dem som har Downs syndrom utvecklar Alzheimers sjukdom, ofta redan i 40-50-årsåldern. Nu visar en svensk-amerikansk studie, ledd från Lunds universitet, att ett enkelt blodprov med stor säkerhet kan upptäcka Alzheimers sjukdom hos personer med Downs syndrom. Fynden är v

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/blodprov-upptacker-alzheimers-hos-personer-med-downs-syndrom - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 10 December 2020 Project title: AI assisted radar rainfall algorithms for advanced engineering decision support systems. Photo: Joshua Lanzarini on Unsplash Local weather often is not what news reports for cities and counties. As transient, local, and intense as a cloudburst, rainfall can be highly variable, impractica

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-hasan-hosseini-has-got-pre-seed-funding-2021-lu-innovation - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 December 2020 Photo: Mor Shani on Unsplash The article has been published in Sustainability and is available online. Co-writers are Khaldoon A. Mourad and Hasan Hosseini, also from CMES. Farmers know much more than we think, and they are keen to improve their knowledge in order to improve their farms and increase th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/role-citizen-science-sustainable-agriculture-new-article-cmes-helen-avery - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 15 December 2020 Lisen Dellenborg & Maria Frederika Malmström Female Circumcision/Genital Mutilation and Human Rights: Ownership of Personal Change. Cover: Nille Leander and Sara Johnsdotter Co-writer Lisen Dellenborg. The article is published in the book "FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING The Global North and South" (Malmö Unive

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-maria-frederika-malmstroms-new-article-female-circumcisiongenital-mutilation-and-human-rights - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 17 December 2020 Akiça Bahri is the new Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia. It is during a difficult time that Akiça Bahri has taken over the responsibility as Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia. But with a doctorate in water management from Lund University

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lu-doctor-water-focus-and-cmes-connections-new-minister-tunisia - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 December 2020 Middle Eastern research news from Lund University Message from the director Seasonal greetings from the team at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies  This has been a strange and challenging year. We have just closed down the Centre temporarily due to escalating Covid-19 pandemic.  However, in 2021 we

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-16-december-2020 - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 12 January 2021 The Middle East contributes to about 25% of the dust particles produced in the world. Photo: Darya Tryfanava on Unsplash The majority of the new dust sources are due to environmental degradation caused by human activities. To prevent further dust source generation, the first step is to identify the new

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cmes-research-about-dust-source-detection-and-dust-source-susceptibility-mapping - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 January 2021 Photo: JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash This study identifies obstacles and barriers in distance learning and the use of electronic exams, comparing them to pursue success in the distance education system during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). It also aimed to determine the similarity and differences betwe

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/obstacles-distance-learning-and-applying-electronic-exams-during-covid-19-new-cmes-research - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 18 January 2021 Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The demand for water supply is continuously rising due to population growth and development across the world. In arid and semi-arid areas, particularly the Middle East, aquifers form the central freshwater reserves, hence are being uncontrollably exploited to meet wate

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/application-advanced-machine-learning-algorithms-assess-groundwater-potential-using-remote-sensing - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 20 January 2021 Photo: Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Groundwater resources provide a large share of the world’s water demand for various sectors such as agriculture, industry, and drinking water. Particularly in the Middle East's arid and semi-arid regions, with surface water scarcity and high evaporation, groundwater is

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/application-extreme-gradient-boosting-and-parallel-random-forest-algorithms-assessing-groundwater - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 January 2021 In this article CMES Spyros A. Sofos and Nazanin Shahrokni present a case analysis of Sahar Khodayari’s transformation into a global injustice icon, the #BlueGirl, after she set herself ablaze outside a courthouse in Tehran, Iran, allegedly in protest against the ban on women entering football stadiums.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mobilizing-pity-dialectics-narrative-production-and-erasure-case-irans-bluegirl - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 January 2021 The present article by CMES Orwa Ajjoub provides a thematic analysis of Hadid’s essay titled “Between Chechnya and al-Sham … Lessons and Examples: A Brief Political Study of the Chechen Experience and the Future of al-Sham,” which was published on the AQ-affiliated website Bayan in July 2020. In his rec

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reading-kadyrov-al-sham-adnan-hadid-chechnya-syria-and-al-qaidas-strategic-failure - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 27 January 2021 Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Cover: Springer CMES Helen Avery has published a chapter (together with Birgitta Nordén) in the book "Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable D

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/we-can-only-do-it-together-addressing-global-sustainability-challenges-through-collaborative - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 January 2021 Photo: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies Watch Rola El-Husseini give a talk on her current research project at the Winter doctoral school of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha.  "Theorizing Gender and the Sectarian State: Evidence from Iraq and Lebanon."  (a film on Youtub

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/theorizing-gender-and-sectarian-state-evidence-iraq-and-lebanon - 2025-04-21

Published 1 February 2021 Message from the director Starting off the new year with an exciting seminar program for the spring! CMES continues to be closed until 31 March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we start off the new year with an exciting seminar program for the spring 2021. CMES program covers a broad range of topics ranging from the Arab Spring ten years on to the protection of refu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-17-january-2021 - 2025-04-21