Published 14 October 2019 The institute will be part of a new International Energy Agency (IEA) Task on energy efficiency. The IEA-DSM ‘Hard-to-Reach’ (HTR) project will generate knowledge, approaches and policy recommendations aiming to identify HTR energy users and effectively engage them in energy efficiency programmes.The research will support the development of robust social science-based gui

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-project-iiiee-hard-reach-energy-users - 2025-01-30

Published 21 October 2019 Circular Economy Mini-Series: part 1 of 3 Hear the latest about the Circular Economy in our new podcast episode, now available on all major podcats platforms! 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-out-now - 2025-01-30

Published 21 October 2019 Our Director Per Mickwitz among the new professors honoured On 18 October, Lund University held their inauguration ceremony for 2019 and among the 28 new professors honoured were our Director, Professor Per Mickwitz.Link to the publication of the inauguration of new professors at Lund University 2019

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/inauguration-professors-lund-university - 2025-01-30

Published 21 October 2019 Peter Arnfalk interviewed by TV4 news IIIEE's research on virtual meetings has helped public agencies in Sweden reduce up to 50 % of CO2 from business travel. A project involving 80 Swedish public agencies, the REMM project, based on IIIEE research on virtual meetings, has helped the agencies to significantly reduce their CO2 emission from travel with up to 53 %.Swedish d

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-research-reducing-co2-travel - 2025-01-30

Published 27 September 2019 SND söker forskningsdatarådgivare och senior rådgivare till kontoret i Göteborg. Läs mer om tjänsterna och ansök via länkarna nedan.• Forskningsdatarådgivare inriktning natur/teknik• Forskningsdatarådgivare inriktning medicin/hälsa• Senior rådgivare 

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/nya-tjanster-att-soka-pa-snd - 2025-01-30

Published 24 September 2019 Clinical registries, which capture information about the health and healthcare use of patients with a health condition or treatment, often contain patient-reported outcomes (PROs) that provide insights about the patient’s perspectives on their health. Missing data can affect the value of PRO data for healthcare decision-making. We compared the precision and bias of seve

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/impact-missing-data-bias-and-precision-when-estimating-change-patient-reported-outcomes-clinical - 2025-01-30

Published 25 September 2019 Registry-based medical research is an important tool in assessing health care interventions in the general population. Observational studies are used to establish effectiveness whereas randomized clinical trials assess efficacy in an experimental manner targeting a carefully selected population of patients. Medical registries may be office or hospital based, state/provi

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/registry-based-medical-research-data-dredging-or-value-building-quality-care - 2025-01-30

Published 26 September 2019 Clinical auditing is an emerging instrument for quality assessment and improvement.Moreover, clinical registries facilitate medical research as they provide ‘real world’ data. It is importantthat entered data are robust and reliable. The aim of this study was to describe the evolving procedureand results of data verication within the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditi

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-verification-nationwide-clinical-quality-registries - 2025-01-30

Published 27 September 2019 Liver cirrhosis is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While the HCC risk is thought to be highest in hepatitis B and hepatitis C, the risk in other cirrhosis etiologies is not fully established. Therefore, we aimed to study the risk and outcome of HCC in alcoholic cirrhosis compared to cirrhosis of other etiologies, in Sweden. New publication in Scandinav

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/risk-and-outcome-hepatocellular-carcinoma-liver-cirrhosis-southern-sweden-population-based-study - 2025-01-30

Published 26 September 2019 Want research in Europe to be more FAIR? Your views count! FAIRsFAIR Open Consultation is open. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/fair-data-policies-and-practices - 2025-01-30

Published 29 September 2019 The conference theme, “Data by Design: Building a Sustainable Data Culture”, emphasizes two core values embedded in the culture of Gothenburg and Sweden: design and sustainability. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/46th-annual-iassist-conference-gothenburg - 2025-01-30

Published 27 September 2019 Under seminariet presenterades den andra, kvantitativa, delstudien av forskares attityder till forskningskommunikation och öppen vetenskap. Studien bygger på enkätsvar från cirka 3 700 forskare vid svenska lärosäten. Se en inspelning av seminariet här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/dialogseminarium-om-forskare-och-kommunikation - 2025-01-30

Published 30 September 2019 Selection bias affects Mendelian randomization investigations when selection into the study sample depends on a collider between the genetic variant and confounders of the risk factor–outcome association. However, the relative importance of selection bias for Mendelian randomization compared with other potential biases is unclear. New publication in International Journa

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/contextualizing-selection-bias-mendelian-randomization-how-bad-it-likely-be - 2025-01-30

Published 1 October 2019 Cross-sectional normative dual energy X-ray absorptiometry data in 1052 men aged 18–28 years New publication in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/does-peak-bone-mass-correlate-peak-bone-strength - 2025-01-30

Published 2 October 2019 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) established the Patient Registry Initiative to explore ways of supporting the use of patient registries in generating high-quality data for regulatory decision making and to enable a systematic approach to their use. We review barriers and opportunities for using patient registries in medicines regulation. A key aspect is that early disc

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/barriers-and-opportunities-use-patient-registries-medicines-regulation - 2025-01-30

Published 3 October 2019 Soil-transmitted helminth infections have been found to be associated with child development. The objective was to investigate hemoglobin levels and malnutrition as mediators of the association between Ascaris infection and intelligence quotient (IQ) scores in children. New publication in Epidemiology.Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/bayesian-methods-exposure-misclassification-adjustment-mediation-analysis - 2025-01-30

Published 4 October 2019 Establishment of orthopaedic registers started in 1975 and many registers have been initiated since. The main purpose of registers is to collect information on patients, implants and procedures in order to monitor and improve the outcome of the specific procedure. New publicatoin in Efort.Read more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/what-when-and-how-orthopaedic-registers-introduction-register-based-research-0 - 2025-01-30

Published 1 October 2019 Did you know that you can find papers on the quality of and uses for the Swedish National Patient Register on lupop.lu.se? To read more, go here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validating-swedish-national-patient-register - 2025-01-30

Published 2 October 2019 The Research Symbiont Awards, given annually, recognize exemplars in the practice of data sharing. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/research-symbiont-awards - 2025-01-30

Published 3 October 2019 Lund University has a growing body and variety of population data and bioinformatic resources open for researchers to use. Learn more about how to access and use these for your research projects. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/brown-bag-lunch-resources-population-research-and-bioinformatics - 2025-01-30