A brief review is given of the development of the Medical Faculty during its 335 years. The last 50 years have seen a remarkable development of the two university hospitals in Lund and Malmö, and a Biomedical centre.

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During the past two decades, considerable debate has taken place, particularly in India, on the imbalance in gender ratio and the question of 'missing women.' However, the recent discourses in India have changed the focus from 'missing women' to 'missing girls,' highlighting the precarious situation of female children before birth, at birth, and during childhood. Fetuses have been aborted on a mas

The prevalence of illnesses related to the modern diet and a more sedentary lifestyle has increased markedly over the last few decades. There is therefore a need for effective strategies to promote health and to reduce the prevalence of diet-related diseases. In this paper, we study the willingness to pay for a new concept, healthy canteen takeaways. In the analysis, we depart from a household pro

Projektet hade som mål att introducera ett simuleringsprogram redan i andra årskursen. Initiativet kom ursprungligen från utbildningsnämnden för Bioteknik och Kemiteknik, som startade ett antal beräkningsteknikprojekt för att stärka teknologerna färdigheter i beräkningsteknik. Projektet genomfördes av 11 frivilliga (av 108) ”testpiloter” i kursen Transportprocesser. Vi ersatte ett av de tre beräkn

Popular Abstract in Swedish Ateroskleros är en sjukdomsprocess vars grundläggande utveckling i blodkärlens väggar sannolikt börjar flera decennier innan insjuknandet i infarkt eller slaganfall inträffar. Som svar på endotelskada, inflammatoriska mediatorer eller tillväxtfaktorer i kärlet kommer glatta muskelceller att dela sig, migrera in mot blodbanan och börja syntetisera en helt ny uppsättning Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in the vessel wall contract to regulate blood flow and pressure, a function essential for normal circulation through tissues. On the other hand, migration and proliferation of SMCs are important factors in vascular disease, such as atherosclerosis and restenosis following surgical dilatation. The conversion of the SMC to this role is marked by a modulation from contracti

Welcome to the e-manual on adult participation in universities! The manual is intended for managers, teachers and practitioners working with adults in universities. It may also be of interest to staff trainers and professional development co-ordinators, policy makers and administrators with an interest in adult higher learning, staff of national agencies who have a role to play in increasing adul

Om två lundastudenter med det ovanliga namnet Mozart och om dessas kopplingar till två kulturhändelser i studentvärlden under 1800-talet.

This book is intended as an introduction to the breadth of current research in cognitive science, with the research at Lund University Cognitive Science as our sample. The result is a smorgasbord for readers with some background in the neighbouring disciplines. Through the chapters we will follow some of the important cross-disciplinary issues in cognitive science. One is how the external world

Detta är en bok om vetenskapsfilosofi. En bok om mål, metod och moral – vetenskapsteori för sanningssökare. Boken har inte blivit till på en eftermiddag. Allt började någon gång på 1980-talet med en kurs i vetenskapsteori för hortonomer och landskapsarkitekter på Lantbruksuniversitetet i Alnarp. Denna kurs lärde oss mycket om äppelodling, jordpackning, skogsbruk och annat spännande. Under årens lo

This article treats the establishment and development of freemasonry and fraternal societies in Swedish-Pomerania between the 1740-ies to 1816

This book chapter discusses queer feminist sexual politics and performance.

The idea for nature based research design emerged in preparation of a workshop and subsequent exhibition regarding minimal surfaces, supervised by Andreas Hopf, Senior Lecturer at Lund University School of Industrial Design, and supported by Prof. Dr. Konrad Polthier (Chair Mathematical Geometry Processing, FU Berlin) at the DESIGNMAI digital crafts event in Berlin in 2007, for which Swedish desig

It is well established that floral odours play a significant role in the nectar foraging behaviour in Lepidoptera and other insect orders. Floral odour may elicit searching, alighting and feeding behaviours alone or in concert with visual stimuli. The goal of the present project was to investigate attractiveness of different species of flowers to the silver Y moth, to identify constituents of vola

Popular Abstract in Swedish Målsättningen för detta arbete var att isolera caveolae för att kunna studera deras struktur och funktion. Caveolae är omegaformade inbuktningar i cellmembranet, ungefär 50-150 nm i diameter. Caveolae finns i många typer of celler, men inte i röda och vita blodkroppar eller nervceller. Man tror att de har flera viktiga funktioner. Exempelvis kan caveolae transportera moThe intention of this work was to establish alternative purification methods to obtain highly purified caveolae from various tissues. In order to isolate caveolae, sufficiently pure plasma membranes are needed. A method is presented for the isolation of plasma membranes from lung tissue using a combination of conventional polyethylene glycol/dextran two-phase partitioning and affinity partitioning