I Lunds universitets handlingsplan för utveckling av e-lärande vid Lunds universitet 2016-18 beskrivs det som ett universitetsgemensamt mål att ”verka för en ökad användning av e-lärandeoch digitalt stöd för undervisning och examination [...]”.Under våren 2016 tillsattes en arbetsgrupp1 vid Lunds universitets bibliotek som hade tilluppgift att bland annat inventera bibliotekens arbete i digitala l

Introduction: The transgender population is a marginalized group in society and research suggests that they experience significant barriers when accessing health care. However, little is known about transgender and gender-diverse people and their experiences of encounters with healthcare professionals in Sweden. Aim: To explore transgender and gender-diverse people's experiences of accessing healt

Context: The gut hormone neurotensin promotes fat absorption, diet-induced weight gain, and liver steatosis. Its stable precursor-hormone fragment "proneurotensin" predicts cardiometabolic disease in middle-aged populations, especially in women. Objective: To test if proneurotensin predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes development in an elderly population and whether there are gender

Interview with fiction writer Mai Jia about his novel Decoded

Soil carbon (C) is a critical component of Earth system models (ESMs), and its diverse representations are a major source of the large spread across models in the terrestrial C sink from the third to fifth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Improving soil C projections is of a high priority for Earth system modeling in the future IPCC and other assessments.

Infrared light is the most common choice for illumination of the eye in current eye trackers, usually produced via IR light-emitting diodes (LEDs). This chapter provides an overview of the potential hazards of over-exposure to infrared light, the safety standards currently in place, configurations and lighting conditions employed by various eye tracking systems, the basics of measurement of IR lig

Debatten om brottsstatistik och vilka brott som ökar och inte är ofta infekterad. Diskussionen gagnas varken av under- eller överdrifter, utan borde hållas saklig. Sanningen är att ja, en del brott minskar och Sverige är internationellt sett mycket tryggt. Men det finns också mörka moln, exempelvis när det gäller skjutvapenrelaterat våld och explosionsvåld – områden där Sverige har mycket stora prThe debate on crime statistics and which crimes that are increasing and which that are decreasing, is often infected. The discussion is neither benefited from understatements nor exaggerations, but should be kept factual. The truth is that yes, some crimes are decreasing and Sweden is very safe internationally. But there are also dark clouds, such as firearm-related violence and explosive violence

Human malignancies are often hallmarked with genomic instability, which itself is also considered a causative event in malignant transformation. Genomic instability may manifest itself as genetic changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA, or as structural or numerical changes of chromosomes. Unrepaired or insufficiently repaired DNA double-strand breaks, as well as telomere shortening, are importa

Review of the Danish translation of Mai Jia's novel Decoded (Afkodet)

Droplet microfluidics has emerged as a promising platform for miniaturisation of biological assays on-chip. In droplet microfluidics small water droplets (nL-pL) surrounded by an immiscible carrier oil are generated at high throughput. In these droplets particles such as cells or microbeads can be encapsulated, and the idea is that each of these droplets can be used as small reaction chambers for

Aims Pancreatic β-cells synthesize and release serotonin (5 hydroxytryptamine, 5HT); however, the role of 5HT receptors on glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and the mechanisms mediating this function is not fully understood. The aims of this study were to determine the expression profile of 5HT receptors in murine MIN6 β-cells and to examine the effects of pharmacological activation of 5

Recently, the generalized sparse iterative covariance-based estimation algorithm was extended to allow for varying norm constraints in scanning radar applications. In this paper, further to this development, we introduce a wideband dictionary framework which can provide a computationally efficient estimation of sparse signals. The technique is formed by initially introducing a coarse grid dictiona

Recent reports from worldwide pulmonary hypertension registries show a new demographic picture for patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), with an increasing prevalence among the elderly. We aimed to investigate the effects of age and comorbidity on risk stratification and outcome of patients with incident IPAH. The study population (n=264) was categorised into four age gr

The burden of mental disorders continues to grow and is now a leading cause of disability worldwide. The prevalence of mental disorders is unequal between population subgroups, and these disorders are associated with unfavourable consequences in social and economic conditions, health and survival. However, how the negative effects of mental disorders are distributed among population subgroups is lThe burden of mental disorders continues to grow and is now a leading cause of disability worldwide. The prevalence of mental disorders is unequal between population subgroups, and these disorders are associated with unfavourable consequences in social and economic conditions, health and survival. However, how the negative effects of mental disorders are distributed among population subgroups is l