Lund University

Pre-service mathematics teachers’ framework usage in degree theses

This study contributes to the research field of research-based mathematics teacher education by offering insights into the scientific competencies of students at the end of their education. Ninety-eight pre-service secondary school teachers’ uses of theoretical and methodological...

Social Class and Forced Migrants’ Secondary/Onward Mobility Decision-Making: Syrians in Turkey and Lebanon

This article aims first to understand how and why refugees decide to leave or stay in their first country of asylum, and second to contribute to the theory of agentic analyses of migration. Our contribution adds to the growing body of research examining the impact of social class...

Activation of transposable elements is linked to a region- and cell type–specific interferon response in Parkinson’s disease

Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder involving a neuroinflammatory response, the cause of which remains unclear. Transposable elements (TE) have been linked to inflammation, but their potential role in PD remains unexplored. Using bulk- and single-nuc...

Food choices and beliefs in adults with inflammatory bowel disease in Sweden

Abstract Objectives Diet is a recognised risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and a management strategy. Concerns persist regarding the adverse effects of restrictive diets, including nutritional deficiencies and selective eating. The impact of IBD on patients’ belief...

Orthopaedic surgeons’ perceptions of individual feedback from a national arthroplasty quality register

Aims: Our aim was to explore Swedish orthopaedic surgeons' and trainees' perceptions of receiving individual surgeon feedback following total hip arthroplasty (THA) from a national arthroplasty quality register. Methods: A qualitative study with a phenomenographic approach was co...

Professional Identity Formation in the Transition From Undergraduate to Postgraduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review

BACKGROUND: The transition from undergraduate to postgraduate medical education is a crucial phase of professional development, requiring trainees to assume greater clinical responsibility and adapt to new social norms. This transition influences professional identity formation (...

Frameworks to identify research gaps, frame research needs, and derive research priorities from evidence syntheses:a scoping review

Objectives To identify and describe frameworks for systematically identifying research gaps from evidence syntheses, framing research needs, and establishing priorities, with emphasis on their use of GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) certai...

Context-dependent genetic regulation of gene expression in pigs

Abstract Production livestock provide a natural system for studying gene regulation under physiologically demanding conditions shaped by rapid growth, environmental exposure, and immune challenges. Using farm pigs from the PigGTEx resource, we apply quantile regression to reveal...

Elevated pro-BNP and low-grade inflammation are associated with low bone mineral density in systemic sclerosis, a case control study

Abstract Background Bone mineral density (BMD) is compromised in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) compared to the background population, yet the underlying disease related factors are less known. This study evaluates SSc disease-related features and predictability for BMD a...

From community building to commodity production: the political economy of the Swedish housing and building industry

Abstract The Swedish building industry has been going through a neoliberal transformation from community building to commodity production. In this article, we employ mixed-methods research aiming at addressing what this structural transformation entails and what its (adverse) eff...

Multimodal quantitative MRI finds early brain changes in asymptomatic X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

Abstract Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is an X-linked recessive disease caused by defects in the ABCD1 gene, leading to the accumulation of very long chain fatty acids in the nervous system, adrenal glands, blood, and other tissues. Male ALD patients may present with either the seve...

Bladder cancer precision-cut tumor slices (PCTS) preserve functional immune microenvironment enabling ex vivo drug evaluation

Abstract Background The development of effective cancer immunotherapies is hindered by the lack of preclinical models that faithfully preserve tumor-immune interactions. Current approaches provide limited representation of immune components, creating a critical translational gap...

Response-Tailored or Standard-Duration Antibiotic Treatment for Infective Endocarditis

BACKGROUND: In patients with infective endocarditis on the left side of the heart, the current recommendation of up to 6 weeks of antibiotic therapy is based largely on expert consensus opinion. Whether a clinical response-tailored antibiotic management strategy can shorten treat...

MOCR-DB: The Multi-Omics Causal Resource Database for Genetic Correlation, Causal Inference, and Functional Interpretation

Abstract Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed extensive polygenic signals and overlapping genetic architectures across human traits, creating a need for resources that connect trait-level genetic relationships with gene-level functional evidence. Here, we develope...

Transparency tinkering: Working with opacities in the development of medical artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly researched and applied in medicine and healthcare. The high stakes of these applications have raised a particular demand for them to be, to some degree, transparent. Yet, how AI experts consider transparency and turn it i...

Exploring the impact of robot-based services on hotel brand image among senior consumers

Robot has introduced new opportunities for enhancing hotel brand image, yet few studies on hotel robots have focused on senior consumers. Drawing on the Information Systems Success (ISS) model, this study examines the impact of information quality, system quality, and service qua...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...

Breeding Dispersal of Baltic Dunlins Is Not an Adaptive Response to Unpredictable Nest Flooding

ABSTRACT Human‐driven habitat loss and climate change are rapidly degrading bird breeding habitats worldwide. For ground‐nesting shorebirds using low‐lying shore habitats, nest failure is primarily driven by predation but can also result from intensified temporary flooding. In th...

Winter chilling regulates seedling development in Mediterranean terrestrial orchids cultivated in vitro

Abstract Effective ex situ propagation is critical for the conservation and restoration of threatened terrestrial orchids. However, large-scale propagation remains constrained by developmental bottlenecks including the transition from protocorms to plantlets with storage organs....

The Civic Argument Literacy Test (CALT) – Foundations and Development

Abstract The Civic Argument Literacy Test (CALT) is a new instrument for measuring how individuals recognise, interpret, and evaluate arguments in civic discourse. This research essay sets out the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the CALT and, as its central contribution...