Published 1 February 2017 • Do you get your Friday emails from Research professional with the latest funding opportunities? • Is your profile in LUCRIS, ORCID-ID and PRISMA in order? • What happens with your articles once they are published? How do you get them in all these databases? Warmly welcome to a workshop on tools for researchers at LU on 9 February 10–12. This event is open to both CEC Fe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/workshop-tools-researchers-lu - 2025-04-21

Published 3 February 2017 In January 2017, Lund University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Stockholm Environmental Institute, SEI. The relationship between Lund University and SEI has a long history, covering areas such as climate adaptation and low carbon transitions in Sweden, agriculture and food security, and, most recently, with a common 58 MSEK Mistra Geopolitics programme. Future

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-sei-sign-mou - 2025-04-21

Published 6 February 2017 Johanna Alkan Olsson from CEC, Lund University was awarded 5,000 Euros for her project on algorithmic potato farming at Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day 27 January. The project will create a method for farmers to better handle outbreaks of late blight on crops, a disease expected to become more problematic in a changing climate. This was the second ever Climate-KIC Nordic

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/potato-project-awarded-grant - 2025-04-21

Published 10 February 2017 Four different research teams have shared the assignment of evaluating the the Swedish rural programme 2007–2013. One of the groups have been responsible for the second partial report, with the assignment of evaluating the programmes effect when it comes to measures for improving the environment. This research group has worked under the supervision of Henrik Smith who ha

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/final-evaluation-report-swedish-rural-programme-2007-2013 - 2025-04-21

Published 15 February 2017 Anna Persson, researcher at the CEC is one of the authors of a new publication from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: "Arguments for more ecosystem services". From the report; Ecosystem services are the foundation of human welfare, yet the services are often invisible in many of society’s decision-making processes. This report contains statistics, studies and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/arguments-more-ecosystem-services - 2025-04-21

Published 6 March 2017 The research project Valuation of ecosystem services in agriculture – a path towards effective decision making (VESA) led by Katarina Hedlund will present their results at the Environmental Protection Agency's final conference March 21 in Stockholm. One of the results of VESA is C-bank, which is a web-based tool that can be used by farmers and advisers to value ecosystem ser

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/final-conference-value-ecosystem-services - 2025-04-21

Published 4 April 2017 Up-coming deadline for applying to become one of the next generation PhD students in ClimBEco Graduate Research School (2017–2019) will be May 5th. About ClimBEco on cec.lu.seOpen flyer about ClimBEco (PDF, 2.2 MB, new tab)

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climbeco-graduate-research-school-2017-2019 - 2025-04-21

Published 6 April 2017 Professor Kevin Anderson is one of the leading experts in the world on climate change and has written a number of articles on the urgency for action. On April 10 & 11 he is visiting Lund. On Monday April 10, Kevin Anderson will hold a lecture at the public library in Lund from 18.00 to 19.30: Mitigation – but how fast?Politicians and negotiators always seem to use yesterdays

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-researcher-kevin-anderson-visits-lund-april-10-and-11 - 2025-04-21

Published 5 May 2017 The first ever Nordic ICOS Symposium will be held in Copenhagen 29–31 August 2017. The first Nordic ICOS Symposium will be held in Copenhagen 29–31 August 2017. Deadline for abstracts is June 15th and for registration is August 1st 2017.  icos-denmark.dk

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Published 5 May 2017 Photo: Melburnian Guess your time in Lundaloppet 2017 and express your uncertainty in your running time in which way you want! After the race on May 13th and the actual running times are known, we will evaluate the performances of all predictions. The results will be presented in June, where we will hand out several awards.Guess your time in Lundaloppet 2017 and express your u

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lundaloppet-predictive-challenge-2017 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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.

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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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21

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 - 2025-04-21