Published 7 December 2021 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Efficiency of Different Moringa oleifera (Lam.) Varieties as Natural Coagulants for Urban Wastewater Treatment", available in the journal Sustainability. There is a great need to find cheaper but still efficient treatment methods for wastewater. This study aimed to test the purifying performance of three d

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coagulants-urban-wastewater-treatment-tunisia - 2025-07-15

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 8 December 2021 Anders Persson, Rola El -Husseini Dean, Mo Hamza, Rouzbeh Parsi, Lina Eklund, Karin Aggestam The war against terror is coming to an end. Has China become the victor? The Middle East seems to be moving towards more authoritarian regimes. A large

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-future-challenges-middle-east - 2025-07-15

Published 15 December 2021 New CMES Newsletter about recent research activities and publications The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issues of the Newslet

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-24 - 2025-07-15

Published 16 December 2021 CMES scholars Maria Frederika Malmström and Mark LeVine have authored "Touching Sound: Passion and Global Politics Workshop Report", published in the Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper Series. Among other things, the report is based on findings from a 2019 workshop. Participation was enabled through funding from CMES as well as Aga Khan University. How does sound shape

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/touching-sound-passion-and-global-politics-workshop-report - 2025-07-15

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 14 January 2022 The border between Turkey in the north and Syria in the south has similar biophysical characteristics but shows a difference in vegetation greenness. Research at Lund University tries to find out why. Image from SentinelHub. To find out why so many people have left their farms in north-eastern Syria, phys

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/knowledge-about-climate-stress-could-counteract-conflicts - 2025-07-15

Published 17 January 2022 Cover: Routledge CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has authored the chapter "Dersim 1937–38: Shifts and continuities in the state discourse and reasoning under Kemalism and Erdoğanism". Pınar's chapter is part of the edited volume The Kurds in Erdogan's "New" Turkey: Domestic and International Implications (2022, editor Nikos Christofis). The book focuses on the AKP government s

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/turkish-state-discourse-dersim-1937-38 - 2025-07-15

Published 19 January 2022 Together with Ahmad Fakheri Fard (University of Tabriz), CMES researchers Hasan Hosseini, Hossein Hashemi and Ronny Berndtsson have co-authored the paper "Areal Precipitation Coverage Ratio for Enhanced AI Modelling of Monthly Runoff: A New Satellite Data-Driven Scheme for Semi-Arid Mountainous Climate", available online in the journal Remote Sensing. Satellite remote sen

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/areal-precipitation-coverage-and-monthly-runoff-iran - 2025-07-15

Published 21 January 2022 Together with Maziar Mohammadi (Tarbiat Modares University) and Alireza Motevalli (Tarbiat Modares University), CMES researchers Seyed Amir Naghibi and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "Human-induced arsenic pollution modeling in surface waters - An integrated approach using machine learning algorithms and environmental factors", available online in the Journal o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arsenic-pollution-modeling-surface-waters-iran - 2025-07-15

Published 24 January 2022 Together with Khaoula Khemiri (University of Tunis El Manar), Sihem Jebari (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry Tunisia), Naceur Mahdhi (Institute of Arid Regions of Medenine, Tunisia), Ines Saidi (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry Tunisia), and Sinan Bacha (National Centre for Cartography and Remote Se

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/drivers-long-term-land-use-pressure-tunisia - 2025-07-15

Published 1 February 2022 Together with Sonia Sabbahi (Université de Carthage), Layla Ben Ayed (Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie), Monia Trad (Université de Carthage) and Panagiotis Karanis (University of Nicosia Medical School), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Parasitological Assessment of Sewage Sludge Samples for Potential Agricultural Reuse in Tunisia",

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reuse-wastewater-sludge-tunisian-agriculture - 2025-07-15

Published 3 February 2022 Together with Yoav Kapshuk (Kinneret College on the Sea of Galile), CMES scholar Lisa Strömbom has authored the article "Tracing Responses to Recognition in the Oslo Peace Process and its Aftermath - the Interlinkage between Relational and Internal Ontological Security" in the journal Conflict Resolution Quarterly (open access). The article deals with mechanisms for how f

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/recognition-israeli-palestinian-relations - 2025-07-15

Published 9 February 2022 Together with Dalila Souguir (University of Carthage), Sourour Mzahma (University of Carthage), Hanen Filali (University of Carthage), Mohamed Hachicha (University of Carthage), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Vicia–Micronucleus Test Application for Saline Irrigation Water Risk Assessment", available in the journal Plants. In view of climat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/irrigation-water-risk-assessment-tunisia - 2025-07-15

Published 2 October 2019 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) established the Patient Registry Initiative to explore ways of supporting the use of patient registries in generating high-quality data for regulatory decision making and to enable a systematic approach to their use. We review barriers and opportunities for using patient registries in medicines regulation. A key aspect is that early disc

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/barriers-and-opportunities-use-patient-registries-medicines-regulation - 2025-07-15

Published 3 October 2019 Soil-transmitted helminth infections have been found to be associated with child development. The objective was to investigate hemoglobin levels and malnutrition as mediators of the association between Ascaris infection and intelligence quotient (IQ) scores in children. New publication in Epidemiology.Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/bayesian-methods-exposure-misclassification-adjustment-mediation-analysis - 2025-07-15

Published 4 October 2019 Establishment of orthopaedic registers started in 1975 and many registers have been initiated since. The main purpose of registers is to collect information on patients, implants and procedures in order to monitor and improve the outcome of the specific procedure. New publicatoin in Efort.Read more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/what-when-and-how-orthopaedic-registers-introduction-register-based-research-0 - 2025-07-15

Published 1 October 2019 Did you know that you can find papers on the quality of and uses for the Swedish National Patient Register on lupop.lu.se? To read more, go here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validating-swedish-national-patient-register - 2025-07-15

Published 2 October 2019 The Research Symbiont Awards, given annually, recognize exemplars in the practice of data sharing. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/research-symbiont-awards - 2025-07-15

Published 3 October 2019 Lund University has a growing body and variety of population data and bioinformatic resources open for researchers to use. Learn more about how to access and use these for your research projects. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/brown-bag-lunch-resources-population-research-and-bioinformatics - 2025-07-15

Published 4 October 2019 New insights about the relationship and the importance of the measure of mental health Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/debt-and-mental-health - 2025-07-15

Published 5 October 2019 Preterm birth and early-term birth were associated with 53% and 19% increased relative risks of IHD at ages 30 to 43 years, respectively, compared with full-term birth. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/association-preterm-birth-risk-ischemic-heart-disease-adulthood - 2025-07-15