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Published 3 January 2020 A central element of assimilation theory is that increasing time and number of previous immigrant generations in a host country leaves immigrants and their children more integrated and capable of navigating the host society. However, the underperformance of some immigrant groups in Sweden calls into question this relationship. Additionally, many studies regard intermarriag
Published 3 January 2020 The Swedish Twin Registry functions as research infrastructure containing information on 216,258 twins born between 1886 and 2015, of whom 86,199 pairs have zygosity determined by DNA, an intrapair similarity algorithm, or being of opposite sex. In essence, practically all twins alive and currently 9 years or older have been invited for participation and donation of DNA on
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/swedish-twin-registry-content-and-management-research-infrastructure - 2025-03-18
Published 4 January 2020 Periodontal disease is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) but it is unknown if periodontal disease severity is associated with asymptomatic carotid plaque. The aim of the current population‐based, observational study was to investigate if signs of periodontal disease are associated with the occurrence of carotid plaque and total plaque area (TPA). New publication
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/periodontal-disease-associated-carotid-plaque-area-malmo-offspring-dental-study-mods - 2025-03-18
Published 4 January 2020 Implications of study findings include underreporting, prescribing and outcome misclassification, and reduced generalizability to population risk groups, information of importance to epidemiologists and researchers using PDMP data. New publication in Epidemiology
Published 5 January 2020 To compare the risk and severity of prostate cancer between men achieving fatherhood by assisted reproduction and men conceiving naturally. New publication in the bmj
Published 5 January 2020 Psychiatric re-hospitalisation rates have been of longstanding interest as health care quality metric for planners and policy makers, but are criticized for not being comparable across hospitals and countries due to measurement unclarities. The objectives of the present study were to explore the interoperability of national electronic routine health care registries of six
Published 6 January 2020 The purpose of this study was to report on the prevalence and incidence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) across age, sex, and subtypes according to various criteria in a population-based sample. New publication in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/prevalence-and-incidence-mild-cognitive-impairment-across-subtypes-age-and-sex - 2025-03-18
Published 6 January 2020 Although the registers in this collaboration have similar designs, we found numerous differences in the variables collected. This survey of the status quo of current pregnancy registers is the first step towards identifying data collected uniformly across registers in order to facilitate joint analyses. New publication in Arthritis Research & Theraphy
Published 13 December 2017 Public panel discussion arranged by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies For more information and registration, please go to https://www.lu.se/event/public-panel-discussion-from-policy-to-practice-data-management-and-infrastructure.
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/policy-practice-data-management-and-infrastructure - 2025-03-18
Published 7 January 2020 There are large discrepancies in the transport sector along gender lines in travel patterns and means of transportation used, but also in attitudes and norms among citizens, planners and decision-makers, with women generally more positive towards measures involving the lowering CO2 emissions. At the same time, the number of women involved in transport-related decisions is
Published 7 January 2020 We report the development of a new disease registry on SMA as the result of a collaboration among three national networks in United States, Italy, and United Kingdom in partnership with a biotechnology company and with the support of advocacy groups. New publication in Neuromuscular Disorders
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/development-academic-disease-registry-spinal-muscular-atrophy - 2025-03-18
Published 8 January 2020 Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in elderly men reduces aneurysm related mortality. AAA is commonly defined as an infrarenal aortic diameter (IAD) of ≥30 mm, which is based on the definition of an arterial aneurysm as a focal dilation of 150% or more compared to the expected diameter of about 20 mm. The IAD has been shown to correlate to body surface area (BSA
Published 8 January 2020 Analysing personal data is a privilege requiring researchers to safeguard data and to use data wisely. Safeguarding data means protecting the identity of individuals. Using data wisely means using, reusing, and sharing data to their maximum potential. More researchers should be given safe access to previously collected data from expensive clinical trials and laboratory or
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/sharing-data-safely-while-preserving-privacy - 2025-03-18
Published 17 December 2019 Two LUPOP-related population research projects on sustainable living environments receive funding from FORMAS Read more about the cooperation beteen CASE and EPI@LUND here, and about Health promoting Environments for an Aging Population here.
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/formas-funding-lund-university - 2025-03-18
Published 20 December 2019 FoU-handboken för statliga myndigheter är tänkt att vara ett stöd för dig som arbetar med forskning och utveckling på en svensk myndighet. Den innehåller tips och råd om hur du bäst planerar, implementerar och utvärderar forskningsinsatser och enskilda forskningsprojekt. Innehållet i handboken är resultatet av flera års arbete och diskussioner i Nätverket för FoU-myndigh
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/kvalitet-implementering-och-nytta-en-handbok - 2025-03-18
Published 21 December 2019 Report from the Swedish Research Council (VR) In this report, the Swedish Research Council presents challenges and ways forward for the Swedish research system. The report is based on the report Direction to the Future Swedish Research System published in 2015, and is intended to constitute underlying documentation for the Swedish Research Council’s upcoming work and inp
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/future-choices-swedish-research-system - 2025-03-18
Published 22 December 2019 I Swepub redovisas forskningspublikationer som har tagits fram vid svenska lärosäten och forskande myndigheter. För närvarande innehåller Swepub referenser till de publikationer som finns registrerade i ett fyrtiotal svenska lärosätens och andra myndigheters publiceringsdatabaser. Läs mer här.
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/svenska-listan-ett-register-over-sakkunniggranskade-publiceringskanaler-i-swepub - 2025-03-18
Published 23 December 2019 VR har tagit fram en modell som de ska använda för att göra nationella utvärderingar av forskningens kvalitet och betydelse inom olika forskningsämnen. Under 2020 gör man en pilotutvärdering för att testa modellen. Då utvärderas svensk forskning inom statsvetenskap. Läs mer här.
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/nationella-utvarderingar-av-forskningens-resultat - 2025-03-18
Published 28 December 2019 No, it's not that bad. Just some light listening about epidemiology, lung cancer and journalist-researcher interaction. Listen to the podcast here.
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/headline-might-kill-you - 2025-03-18
Published 15 December 2017 It is now possible to apply for grants for international post doc position, conference organization, and NOP-HS for nordic scientific journals Internationell postdok – ger nydisputerade forskare med doktorsexamen från svenskt universitet möjlighet att forska utomlands.Konferensbidrag – främjar internationellt forskningssamarbete och erfarenhetsutbyte. Att ge forskare ver
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/vr-announces-new-grants - 2025-03-18
