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Background: Pediatric asthma remains a public health challenge with enormous impact worldwide. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize unmet clinical needs in pediatric asthma, which could be used to guide future research and policy activities. Methods: We first identified unmet needs through an open-question survey administered to international experts in pediatric asthma

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are a group of incurable conditions, among which the most common, such as COPD and asthma, have significant negative impacts on patients’ mental health and economic productivity. Understanding of the causes and affected populations of CRDs is continuously evolving, with air pollution now recognized as an important etiological factor alongside smoking, receiving

One feature of climate change is the increasing heat exposure in many workplaces where efficient cooling systems cannot be applied. Excessive heat exposure is a particular problem for working people because of the internal heat production when muscle work is carried out. The physiological basis for severe heat stroke, other clinical effects, and heat exhaustion is well known. One feature of this h

Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. Methods We pooled 2416 popu

This article describes two inter-related research projects concerned with the teaching and learning of English in contemporary contexts, where English is changing its status from being the first language of specific groups of speakers to becoming a global lingua franca. Focussing respectively on learners of English as a second language (L2 users) in the Netherlands and Sweden, and on native speake

Background Human trafficking is considered a hidden global crime with unsubstantiated numbers. Despite the challenges in counting or measuring this crime, reports revealed the presence of around 40.3 million victims worldwide. Human trafficking results in severe detrimental impacts on both mental and physical health. Given the sensitivity and negative consequences of human trafficking on the globa

BACKGROUND: Across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), one in ten deaths in children younger than 5 years is attributable to diarrhoea. The substantial between-country variation in both diarrhoea incidence and mortality is attributable to interventions that protect children, prevent infection, and treat disease. Identifying subnational regions with the highest burden and mapping associ

Objective Although depression among older people is an important public health problem worldwide, systematic studies evaluating its prevalence and determinants in low and middle income countries (LMICs) are sparse. The biopsychosocial model of depression and prevailing socioeconomic hardships for older people in LMICs have provided the impetus to determine the prevalence of geriatric depression; t

https://www.ace.lu.se/research/global-china-fellowship-programme - 2026-08-21

This thesis examines cluster and innovation system theory’s answer to why some firms, and not others, based in particular nations achieve international success in distinct segments, and the European Union’s recent policy efforts based on such theories. On this background a discussion on the changes needed in national economic policymaking among EU Member States when the EU starts taking a cluster

This thesis has the purpose to research how a global brand integrates sustainability as part of its corporate brand identity and how the brand communicates sustainability to the local market, using a standardized or localized communication approach. The theoretical perspective is to incorporate the Corporate Brand Identity Matrix & Integration for sustainability — implementation model to analy

Background: Geoeconomic variations in epidemiology, the practice of ventilation, and outcome in invasively ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remain unexplored. In this analysis we aim to address these gaps using individual patient data of four large observational studies. Methods: In this pooled analysis we harmonised individual patien

BACKGROUND: Following the economic crisis in Greece in 2010, the country's ongoing austerity measures include a substantial contraction of health-care expenditure, with reports of subsequent negative health consequences. A comprehensive evaluation of mortality and morbidity is required to understand the current challenges of public health in Greece.METHODS: We used the results of the Global Burden

Följ oss på Facebook Avslutad datainsamling Studien COVID Symptom Study Sverige lanserades i april 2020 och totalt deltog drygt 208 000 personer i Sverige i studien. Studiens datainsamlingsfas avslutades i juli 2022. Vi har tagit emot fler än 20 miljoner dagsrapporter från studiedeltagare vilka nu ligger till grund för vårt fortsatta arbete med att analysera och publicera resultat från studien. Du

https://www.covid19app.lu.se/covid-symptom-study-sverige - 2026-08-21

Understanding development processes Development Studies is an interdisciplinary field that gathers knowledge and research forces from several social sciences disciplines. Understanding developmentDevelopment studies apply multi-disciplinary perspective to convey and deepen the knowledge of conditions and development processes in developing countries. This subject can be combined with other social

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/education/subjects/development-studies - 2026-08-21

Research at the division of gender studies at Lund University is conducted within a leading, internationally oriented research environment, with a strong tradition of empirically grounded and intersectional research on gender and sexuality. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, we examine how power, norms and social justice are shaped across issues such as gender, sexuality, race, class, migration

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/research/research-gender-studies - 2026-08-21

Education and research in gender studies at the Department of Sociology, Lund University. Gender studies is an interdisciplinary subject that fosters curiosity, critical thinking and engagement. Here, you will not only gain knowledge about the world, but also tools to understand and to change it. The subject of gender studies explores why certain norms and inequalities persist over time, and how i

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/our-subjects/gender-studies-lund - 2026-08-21