Uppsala University

Risk factors of post-COVID-19 symptoms, a cross-sectional study in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease

Post-COVID-19 symptoms are common following COVID-19, but risk factors of persistent symptoms in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) remain unclear. We aimed to assess the frequency and risk factors of post-COVID-19 symptoms in patients with asthma an...

Why are voluntary health insurance holders willing to pay tax towards public healthcare? A qualitative study from Sweden

Abstract Background Voluntary health insurance (VHI) is increasing in many European healthcare systems, including the tax-funded public healthcare systems found in Northern Europe. As private alternatives to publicly financed health services expand, there is a risk that the willi...

A twin study of employment uncertainty and sickness absence due to mental disorders accounting for familial factors and personality

Abstract While both insecure employments and sickness absence due to mood, anxiety, and stress-related disorders are common on the labor market and pose major public health concerns, their interrelations are not well understood. This prospective twin study examined the associatio...

Detection of Chagas Disease from the ECG: The George B. Moody PhysioNet Challenge 2025

Abstract Objective: Chagas disease is a parasitic infection that is endemic to Latin America and primarily transmitted by insects. When untreated, Chagas disease can cause cardiomyopathy. Serological testing capacities for Chagas disease are limited, but Chagas cardiomyopathy oft...

Unveiling a Near‐Total Rear Passivation for High Performance of Ultra‐Thin ACIGS

ABSTRACT Thin‐film Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells are a key photovoltaic technology for addressing global energy and environmental challenges. Reducing absorber thickness lowers manufacturing cost and critical raw material consumption but introduces optical and electrical losses due t...

Eudynamic bioethics

Abstract A woman’s chronic pain is controlled to a stable score, yet her sleep, her work, her singing, and her partnership have narrowed around her condition. Each clinical decision was defensible; what failed is the existential composition around them. This article proposes eudy...

What someone could have said sometime: protagonist projection and covert mixed quotation

Abstract This paper offers an account of protagonist projection: cases where words or expressions are used from a perspective other than that of the speaker. The paper argues that protagonist projection is an instance of covert mixed quotation: the phenomenon by which expressions...

Major adverse cardiac events and mortality associated with ADHD and its treatment in adults with type 2 diabetes: a multi-national cohort study

Abstract Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been linked to elevated risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the impact of ADHD and ADHD medication use on prognosis and health outcomes in T2D remains unclear. This study investigates the associations of...

Evidentiality at the crossroads of temporality and modality in Kazakh: a fieldwork based study

Abstract This paper investigates the interface of evidentiality with tense, aspect, and modality in Kazakh. Recent fieldwork data from several regions of Kazakhstan reveal that non-firsthand inferential and firsthand direct perceptive evidentials are gradually being supplanted by...

A puzzle of trust

There is a tension at the center of the trust literature. It is hard to understand the notion of trust without the notion of belief. Trust seems to require a belief in the trustworthiness of an agent with respect to the matter in question. Yet trust appears substantially differen...

Experiences from a language development intervention in nursing homes from the perspective of first-line managers, language advocates and care staff: a qualitative study

Abstract Background An increase in foreign-born workers in nursing homes (NHs) has challenged first-line managers to implement language initiatives for their staff. Evidence regarding foreign-born care workers’ experiences of language support initiatives is still scarce. Thus, th...

Learning Nonlinear Finite Element Solution Operators Using Multilayer Perceptrons and Energy Minimization

Abstract. We develop and evaluate a method for learning solution operators to nonlinear problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs). The approach is based on a finite element discretization and aims at representing the solution operator by a multilayer perceptron t...

Prussian blue regulates ion dynamics in perovskite solar cells

Perovskite photovoltaics are limited by structural instabilities initiated during crystallization and amplified under operation. We report that a lattice-matched Prussian blue scaffold directs heterogeneous nucleation to produce highly oriented, strain-relaxed films. Its redox-ac...

Methane rhizospheric oxidation and its ecosystem significance across different aquatic plant species

Abstract Vegetated inland water habitats are important global emitters of methane (CH 4 ), but the variability in their CH 4 emission is poorly understood, making estimates and predictions uncertain. Methane is believed to be primarily released into the atmosphere via plant lacun...

Strengthening systems to monitor antibiotics. An action oriented approach

Background Antibiotics have become lynchpins of our modern systems of healthcare, animal health and agriculture. Monitoring the types and volumes of antibiotics distributed, used and discharged across these systems is critical to provide evidence for action. With limited resource...

How I do it: microsurgical extraforaminal sequestrectomy through a midline intertransverse approach

Abstract Background Several surgical approaches exist for extraforaminal (far lateral) lumbar disc herniations, including paraspinal Wiltse-type, interlaminar, lateral intertransverse, and combined medial–lateral techniques. Method We present microsurgical extraforaminal sequestr...

Disentangling local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in traits associated with altitude and temperature in widespread tropical butterflies

Climatic stratifications, in particular differences in temperature, occur along altitudinal clines. Understanding divergence across these regions can give insight into speciation and diversification, as well as how species may respond to climate change scenarios. Most past resear...

Multiphysics Simulation of Positive Streamer Discharge in Air Using Finite Element Method

ABSTRACT Streamer discharge modeling by means of the Finite Element Method (FEM) presents a formidable challenge in computational physics due to its nonlinear and convection‐dominated characteristics that cause numerical instabilities, including negative densities of charged part...

Expression diversity of cichlid MHC alleles

Abstract Background Diversification driven by natural selection is a major source of biodiversity. Parasites and pathogens impose important selective pressures on their hosts, contributing to high levels of polymorphism at immunologically relevant genes within and among populatio...

ABCB1 Frameshift Deletion in Skye Terriers With Potential Pharmacogenetic Relevance

Ivermectin-associated neurotoxicity is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by disruption of the ABCB1 encoded P-glycoprotein drug transporter in certain dog breeds. Skye terriers are considered at increased risk of ivermectin toxicity despite the absence of an identif...