Research at Uppsala University

Acute sleep loss may alter the way we see others
11 May 2022. A new study from Uppsala University shows that young adults when sleep-deprived evaluate angry faces ...
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Mapping people of the past by means of their bones
9 May 2022. What is the best way to find out about a human being or animal that has been dead for perhaps severa ...
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Are there earthquakes in Sweden?
14 April 2022. On average, a couple of earthquakes occur daily in Sweden. Most of them are so minor as to be detect ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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Preconception health and care
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31
Preconception Health and Care International Conference, Uppsala 2016-02-17, 18 and 19Preconception care is defined as a set of interventions that aim to identify and modify biomedical behavioural and ...
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ACCESS AND EXCESS; Point of Care Diagnostics and Prepackaged Drugs for Integrated Fever Management for Malaria, Pneumonia and Diarrhoea in Private Sector Drug Shops in Uganda
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
The main child killer diseases, malaria and pneumonia both present with fever and rapid breathing and overlaps with diarrhea. Without diagnostic tests health workers treat presumptively. In Uganda we have ...
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Aetiology, prevention and therapy
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is an important health problem. Most patients have no symptoms prior to rupture, the only way to decrease mortality is to screen and treat healthy individuals. This is feasible ...
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Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Efficient PEM fuel cells
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Our current dependence on fossil fuels as the primary energy source and carrier must eventually be superseded by a new energy-matrix that is secure, renewable and environmentally friendly. The development ...
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Evaluation of the use of self-sampling and repeated HPV testing in primary screening for cervical cancer: a randomised study
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer in women and caused by persistent infection by human papillomavirus (HPV). The organised screening in Sweden has reduced the incidence of cervical cancer ...
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Historizing International Humanitarian Law. Could we? Should we?
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
This is a conference that brings together historians and international law scholars with the aim to further cooperationwithin the field of the history of international humanitarian law. It draws on the ...
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Scaling Arbitrary Law-making in Today´s Citizenship and Border Control Policies
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Disenfranchisement, i.e. being legally barred from exercising political rights, constitutes the thorn in the side of liberal democratic legitimacy as many systems lack incentives to promote rights of these ...
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Cardiomics: Integration of -omics methods for identification of novel drug targets and clinical biomarkers for coronary heart disease
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
There is a large need for revitalization of the cardiovascular field with: a) improved risk stratification on the individual level through personalized medicine for more adequate individually-tailored ...
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Colloids and Surfaces in Biology and Biomaterials
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31
Dates: 4-6 November in Uppsala 2015.Web site: www.asmcs.se.Surface and colloid chemistry continues to play an important role in the investigation of biological systems for elucidating basic biological ...
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The Birth of the American Empire: An inquiry into the founding of the United States
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
This inquiry into the founding of the United States contrasts the notion that the American republic was created as the first liberal nation with an alternative understanding of the early republic as a ...
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Development of methods for probing ligand-receptor interactions in situ using frontal affinity chromatography coupled with desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2018-06-30
The association of seven transmembrane helices with the lipid bilayer of a biological cell is both what structurally defines G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR), and what makes them very difficult to study ...
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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Equitable Prevention Across Generations? Follow-up of the MINIMat Randomized Trial in Bangladesh
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
This project - follow-up of the MINIMat trial - is implemented in Bangladesh, in a context, where food insecurity and maternal malnutrition still prevail, but where changing lifestyles and economic growth ...
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The EXPRESS study. Follow-up at 11 years of extremely preterm infants in Sweden.
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Progress in perinatal care has resulted in an increase in the survival of extremely preterm infants creating a new population with an increased risk for later disabilities. Our study population comprise ...
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High efficiency, flexible and low cost building integrated hybrid solar cell/solar collector for environmental friendly buildings
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The project purpose is to develop flexible solar cell/solar collector building integrated materials for roofs and walls on buildings. The solar cells will be based on new materials that have recently been ...
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Towards a computational intestine for formulation assessment: Impact of dilution, digestion and absorption on restructuring of solubilizing lipoidal nanoaggregates
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2018-12-31
A major gap to understand drug performance in the intestine is the poor knowledge of the dynamics of solubilizing lipoidal nanostructures (micelles, vesicles, oil droplets) present in the intestinal fluid ...
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Environmental Law on Three Continents – A Research Conference on Comparative Environmental Law in China, USA and EU (Sweden)
Research project from 2015-08-25 to 2015-08-29
The conference “Environmental Law on Three Continents” is a means for the development of a platform for comparative legal research between scholars from EU (Sweden), China and USA. It will be held in Uppsala ...
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Ersättning för Mats Kumliens uppdrag som ledamot i Ämnesrådet för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap 2010-2012 och 2013 - 2015.
Research project from 2010-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Ersättning för Mats Kumliens uppdrag som ledamot i Ämnesrådet för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap 2010-2012 och 2013 - 2015. ...
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Evaluation of data from inspections, questionnaires and measurements in Swedish homes in association with perceived air quality, indoor climate and health symptoms using the BETSI database.
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning has through the BETSI study 2009, reported a high proportion of residences with dampness and too low air exchange in Sweden. This knowledge ...
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Moving evidence based public health beyond randomized trials: Data Mining strategies to explore contextual influences and predict child mortality outcomes of interventions at scale
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
A third of the global disease burden involves children and falls almost entirely in low- and middle-income settings. Efficacious interventions for child survival are established, but difficulties arise ...
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Exploring molecular interactions - from protein function and regulation of biological processes to drug design
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
AIMS: To obtain fundamental insights into the molecular basis of protein interactions with metal ions, ligands and other proteins, ultimately related to the chemical principles of regulation of biological ...
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Visualising Photo-induced Structural Dynamics in solution through Ultra-fast X-ray scattering and Femtosecond Spectroscopy
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
In this project we utilize time-resolved X-ray scattering to investigate photo-induced reaction dynamics in various chemical and biological molecular systems both in crystals and in solution. The program ...
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Functional phosphate glass-ceramics for hydrogen production and environmental carbon dioxide mitigation
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The goal of this project is to design and synthetize a novel class of photocatalytic materials capable of efficient solar energy storage in terms of splitting of water and/or converting carbon dioxide ...
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Good Faith Acquisition of Movables. A Study in Legal Science and in Law and Economics
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
När en person obehörigen säljer eller pantsätter egendom som tillhör någon annan kan en tvist uppstå mellan förvärvaren och egendomens ägare. Ägaren har enligt de svenska reglerna alltid rätt att få tillbaka ...
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Gränsskikt för energiomvandling - struktur, funktion och design
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
The general purpose of the project is atomic level understanding of structure, function and design of thin film and nano/micro-structured interfaces used for the conversion between light, electrical and ...
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How are sex, gender and health interwoven? Theoretical development in a Northern European context
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2015-12-31
While most feminist researchers today agree about the need to analyse both sex and gender there is a dearth of research on how sex and gender are interwoven. The purpose of this project is to develop theories ...
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Hybrid molecular and semiconductor systems for solar fuel production. Fundamental science of molecular components and devices.
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Direct solar energy conversion into a storable solar fuel is an attractive renewable energy concept. In Sweden this would allow storage of solar energy from summer to winter. Our scientific and technological ...
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The different aspects of health: relations between mortality, morbidity, functional status and subjective health in European populations
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Health is a complex notion, and its definition is disputed upon. Several measures are used for reflecting ?health?: mortality, morbidity, functional status, and subjective health among them. In the absence ...
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Indoor and outdoor environment in schools, homes, day care centres and offices in Malaysia: Epidemiological studies of health associations
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
The main aim is mutual exchange of knowledge and research methodology in environmental medicine, in particular on associations between health and indoor exposures. Schools is an important environment for ...
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Scaling-up interventions for quality of care improvements in the field of maternal and child health care in Nepal
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
This project will be carried out in Nepal in collaboration with Nepalese partners. The objective is to develop capacity and collaboration on health care system research in and between Nepal and Sweden. ...
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Is betal quid chewing in pregnancy a risk factor of metabolic syndrome and contributing to adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes. A cohort study in rural Bangladesh.
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Betel chewing is prevalent in Asia including among women in pregnancy. Betel is known as carcinogenic but little is known about health risks for mother and fetus. Studies suggest that health risks are ...
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Putin’s vision of a conservative orthodox superpower
Following traditional, conservative and Christian Orthodox ideals, in contrast to the “morally adrif ...
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12 million Ukrainians expected to flee to the EU
Some 12 million Ukrainian refugees are expected to come to the EU. It's anticipated that more than o ...
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Mass exodus calls for many health actions
What health measures need implementing for people fleeing from the war in Ukraine? Soorej Jose Putho ...
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Research challenge: Antibiotic resistance
Every day, antibiotics save many lives all over the world. They have become indispensable in all kinds of situations, from basic healthcare to advanced medicine. But what will happen if antibiotics stop working?

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