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Det övergripande syftet med denna studie är att finna strategier för att skapa ett friskare arbetsliv långt upp i åren och för att se äldre medarbetare som en viktig resurs vilket organisationen bör värna om och förvalta. I denna rapport studeras enkätsvaren från cirka 2 000 medarbetare 55 år eller äldre inom hälso- och sjukvården. De svarande kom från yrkesgrupperna läkare, sjuksköterska, sjukgym

With the rise of global obesity, which is linked to the development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, dietary strategies for prevention have become a subject of interest. Previous studies at Lund University have demonstrated the potential of plant polar lipids as a functional food ingredient for improving the postprandial metabolic response as well as reducing the appetite for up to 6 hours

Sweden’s grocery distribution is routed through a limited number of upstream hubs and relies on corridors and ferry links. When disruptions affect a hub or a critical link, reallocations propagate fast and travel times increase, with some areas losing coverage temporarily. Decentralising the whole system is costly, so targeted resilience options must be evaluated. The purpose of this thesis is to

This reflective commentary, based on long-term experience in UK higher education, proposes a novel approach to using a wicked problem model to develop policy and practice within higher education. The aim of this approach is to reframe the narrative of strategic development to acknowledge the complexity of cultural change and the importance of stakeholder consultation to build trust, moving away fr

This study investigated the changes in the physical activity of Japanese breast cancer survivors during and after the state of emergency declaration (SOED) due to the spread of COVID-19. Participants were survivors of stage I-IIa breast cancer diagnosed between the ages of 18 and 60 years who wore a wearable device (Fitbit Versa) before and after the SOED period. Outcomes included steps per day on

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are central architects of the tumor microenvironment (TME), influencing cancer progression, therapeutic response, and immune regulation. This thesis explores CAF heterogeneity and functional specialization in breast cancer through integrated single-cell transcriptomics, spatial proteomics, and functional studies.High-resolution analysis of murine and human data

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services are transforming consumer finance by offering lightly regulated short-term credit. This policy brief explores how BNPL data can be leveraged to improve credit risk assessments and enhance financial inclusion. Drawing on proprietary data from a Nordic bank, our research highlights how BNPL lending and the associated repayment histories can increase loan approval p

In this work, we present a simple yet effective framework to address the domain translation problem between different sensor modalities with unique data formats. By relying only on the semantics of the scene, our modular generative framework can, for the first time, synthesize a panoramic color image from a given full 3D LiDAR point cloud.The framework starts with semantic segmentation of the poin

Robots are more capable of achieving manipulation tasks for everyday activities than before. However, the safety of manipulation skills that robots employ is still an open problem. Considering all possible failures during skill learning increases the complexity of the process and restrains learning an optimal policy. Nonetheless, safety-focused modularity in the acquisition of skills has not been

Paratransit services support individuals with limited mobility by providing access to healthcare, errands, and social activities. While designed to be enabling, these services impose temporal demands that require the user’s active engagement, such as booking in time and coordinating with other support services. This study explores how older users experience and manage the temporal dimensions of SwParatransit services support individuals with limited mobility by providing access to healthcare, errands, and social activities. While designed to be enabling, these services impose temporal demands that require the user’s active engagement, such as booking in time and coordinating with other support services. This study explores how older users experience and manage the temporal dimensions of Sw

Changes in plant diversity and abundance due to land-use modifications can induce plant-pollinator trophic cascades, potentially leading to long-term shifts in pollination services. Our ability to mediate such loss of pollination services through informed landscape management is limited by insufficient understanding of long-term adaptations of wild pollinators to land-use, especially when accounti

This study investigates the neural encoding of speech features in hearing aid users using electroencephalography (EEG) during a simulated cocktail party scenario. The objective was to investigate neural tracking of various acoustic and linguistic features and how hearing aid noise reduction influenced this tracking. The features analyzed included the acoustic envelope, phonetic features, word onse

Pig iron is a key material in cast iron production where impurities and trace elements (ITEs) can significantly influence graphite morphology and the overall cast iron quality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the occurrence and variation of ITEs in pig iron to assess the quality from a compositional perspective, with emphasis on elements contributing to carbide formation. Pig iron samp

A decentralized strategy for object transportation is presented, assuming that the object is grasped by a team of N cooperative manipulators. The proposed strategy consists of two steps. First, each robot estimates the wrenches applied to the object by all the others robots, even without all-to-all communication. Second, an admittance control scheme is used to limit internal wrenches, preventing e

In this paper, we present a new approach for facial anonymization in images and videos, abbreviated as FIVA. Our proposed method is able to maintain the same face anonymization consistently over frames with our suggested identity-tracking and guarantees a strong difference from the original face. FIVA allows for 0 true positives for a false acceptance rate of 0.001. Our work considers the importan

The relationship between psychological stress and sleep quality is essential for mental health. While self-reported questionnaires are commonly used in epidemiological studies, wearable devices have been increasingly utilized to obtain objective sleep data. This study examined whether daily subjective psychological stress is associated with objectively measured sleep stages in naturalistic (real-w