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Background: Timely and safe elective health care facilitates return to normal activities for patients and prevents emergency admissions. Surgery is a cornerstone of elective care and relies on complex pathways. This study aimed to take a whole-system approach to evaluating access to and quality of elective health care globally, using inguinal hernia as a tracer condition. Methods: This was a prosp
The COVID-19 crisis intensified decade-long debates on the interaction between intellectual property rights (IPRs), competition law and access to affordable life-saving treatments and vaccines. Compulsory licensing of patented medicines is a tried-and-tested method to expand access, particularly in a situation of “national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency” within the meaning of
Even if much is known regarding the effects of internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT) for depression there are several topics that have not been studied. In this factorial design trial with 197 participants we investigated if clients in ICBT could select treatment modules themselves based on a selection of 15 tailored treatment modules developed for use in ICBT for depression. We co
Popular Abstract in English In May 1619, the Finnish astrologer Sigfridus Aronus Forsius (d. 1624) was examined by clerical authorities. In the verdict, astrology was rejected as a pagan craft, forbidden for any Christian. Yet still astrology was inseparable from the scholarly conception of the world. The principles of astral influence were more or less self-evident in physical theory and in medicThe purpose of this thesis is to analyse a displacement of the limits between allowable and illicit knowledge in the orthodox, Lutheran discourse of early modern Sweden. Focusing on the debate over astrology, exemplified in the works of Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (1565-1646) and Sigfridus Aronus Forsius (d. 1624), the thesis aims to challenge the view of how the Reformation, regarded as a prelimin
Customer service plays an important role for the competitive strength in the market place. Customer service is however also a concern on the supply side of the company in the sense that assessing, selecting and developing suppliers to improve their customer service can make them contributing to the competitiveness of the company. It is from the latter perspective that this research has been carrie
OBJECTIVES: Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is an important limiting factor for healing in neuroischemic or ischemic diabetic foot ulcer. The purpose of this study was to identify factors related to healing in patients with diabetes with foot ulcers and severe PVD. METHODS: Patients with diabetes with a foot ulcer, consecutively presenting at a multidisciplinary foot center with a systolic toe p
Background Frigoscandia Logistics AB, FSL, was founded in 1997 as a Fourth Party Logistics provider, 4PL, with the purpose to supply temperature-controlled food and other goods to customers world wide. The main purpose is to provide a complete logistics service package including physical, administrative as well as financial flows. Moreover FSL takes the ownership of the products, which is unique.
In light of the current process of regional integration prospering in the European Union, the Öresund region has become a dynamic geographical entity that in the most recent decades has experienced substantial increased growth in terms of economy, innovation, social activity and culture. Thus, the interest of this study lies in investigating a perspective of this integration process, namely the de
The purpose of the present study was to increase knowledge about social anxiety within a population that previous research has largely ignored even though it has been showed that difficulties often arise in this period, namely adolescence; by looking upon how frequently occurring it is, to see which symptoms are most commonly experienced and to see if and how social anxiety relates to diverse psyc
This research advances the theoretical knowledge of the entrepreneurial process by investigating opportunity recognition, evaluation and exploitation in the context of prototyping. In particular, this thesis studies if, how and why the phenomenon changes the new venture creation process. Eight in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with founders of startups offering a digital solution
This study examines crisis management work and crisis preparedness ability among Swedish universities - contributing to fill out the existing research gap within this area. It takes 20 crisis management plans into account, focusing on four more in particular along with the undertaking of semi-structured interviews with four university Vice-Chancellors. Furthermore, a conventional content analy
Microsoft Word - Schedule_SGEG17_VT2018v03.docx Name of course: GIS in Development Studies – Applications (VER180116) Course code: SGEG17 Course period: 2015-02-15 to 2015-03-19 (Period 2) 100% Course leader: Ola Hall, Department of Human Geography Email: ola.hall@keg.lu.se Teachers: OH Ola Hall, Department of Human Geography MA Maria Archila Bustos, Department of Human Geography System Administra
https://www.keg.lu.se/sites/keg.lu.se/files/schedule_sgeg17_vt2018v03.pdf - 2026-07-12
The aim of this study is to investigate how staff who work with persons with mental impairment living in supportive housing describe and reflect on the clients´ self-determination and which options and challenges they experience with respect to putting the intent of the Swedish act concerning support and service for people with certain functional impairments (LSS) regarding self-determination into
www.lucsus.lu.se LUCSUS research seminar series feature invited guests and LUCSUS researchers working with societal change and transformations for sustainability. For updates and forthcoming seminars visit www.lucsus.lu.se Address: Wrangel, room 117, Biskopsgatan 5, Lund No registration required. SPRING PROGRAMME 2020 #1 9 JANUARY; 10:15 – 11:15, Wrangel 117 Linking Climate Change Adaptation and M
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3 March 2026 15:30 to 17:30 | It matters how we talk about forests and forest policies, for the chances to reach compromises in forest-related debates, and for the chances of success for certain policies. Two renowned international researchers will focus on two examples: perceptions and misperceptions of market-based forest policies, and the portrayal of forestry debates in the media. Welcome to a
https://www.staff.lu.se/calendar/how-do-we-talk-about-forestry-policy-misconceptions-and-media-conflicts - 2026-07-12
The accessibility of Virtual Reality (VR) enables the investigation of desirable difficulties originating from memory research with increased ecological validity. The two desirable difficulties include contextual variation and retrieval practice. Most studies investigated individual learning in VR and found indirect effects (such as enjoyment and motivation), but knowledge acquisition was not nece
