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Improving welfare of crustaceans
Humane slaughter of animals is a priority for all animals used for food.Recent evidence demonstrates that decapod crustaceans (lobsters, crabs, shrimps and prawns) may experience p...
Investigation of the molecular mechanisms and consequences of the immune imbalance in coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) and its primary complication, myocardial infarction, remain a leading cause of death and disability.Despite extensive treatment, residual inflammatory...
Mitochondrial gene expression in health and disease
Mammalian mitochondria produce a small subset of proteins that are important components of the oxidative phosphorylation machinery, therefore their function is of fundamental impor...
Money or social norms, what motivates biodiversity conservation? Experimental evidence and expert forecasts
Loss of biodiversity is increasing at an alarming pace. Biodiversity is threatened by pollution, pesticides, deforestation, over-fishing and climate change.Incentive-based conserva...
Feeling secure: Promoting positive welfare and resilience in laying hens
While laying hens on Swedish farms are reared in ways that protect them from harm, the birds may not perceive that they are in a safe environment.This can result in problems of fea...
Data-driven patient safety precision medicine: accelerating discovery and clinical use
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are the most common adverse events and are estimated to attribute to 1500 deaths and 750 000 extra hospital days yearly in Sweden at a cost o...
Stop the spread of Mycoplasma bovis and protect free herds
Mycoplasma bovis (M bovis) causes debilitating chronic infections with the most severe symptoms reported in calves. These infections impair animal welfare and risk to increase the...
Patient-induced pluripotent stem cells for multi-omic network-based stratification of synucleinopathies to deliver personalized treatments
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are complex multifactorial diseases that may initiate during development or at early adulthood, and progress during ageing and/or when exposed to...
The slow sheep and goat killer: Small ruminant lentiviruses in Swedish herds
Small Ruminant Lentivirus (SRLV) causes severe economic losses and impairs animal welfare in sheep and goat herds across the world.In Sweden, there is a voluntary control program,...
Improved animal welfare through reduced ammonia volatilization in poultry production
Ammonia is a gas that in high concentration damage the respiratory tract of both poultry and humans, resulting in impaired ability to withstand infections and reduced overall welfa...
Protecting poultry from pathogens – knowledge building for future management, with focus on highly patogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and biosecurity
Since 2014 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have occurred frequently in Europe and the winter of 2020-2021 has meant the worst season to date for Sweden. Many...
The Forager´s Index: Complex demonstrative systems among Southeast Asia’s last hunter-gatherers
Demonstratives (words like this and that) are universal in the languages of the world.As a speaker’s foremost linguistic device for indicating things to a listener, they are a cruc...
Development and evaluation of neutrophil transfusion to treat antibiotic resistant infections in neutropenic patients
Neutropenia is a life threatening complication to modern cancer chemotherapy. Broad spectrum antibiotics are routinely given to these neutropenic patients. However, the rise of res...
Development of species-specific recommendations for slaughter of fish in Swedish aquaculture
To ensure the success of sustainable aquaculture, production must occur in ways that safeguard fish welfare. However, fish welfare in aquaculture has often been reported to be inad...
Train the Brain: A new rehabilitation training model with integrated psychological training for treatment of joint injury
This randomized controlled trial will compare the efficacy of a novel and pragmatic rehabilitation training model, which aims to “Train the Brain”, and traditional rehabilitation i...
Genetics of Keel bone selection for welfare improvement
One of the biggest welfare issues facing commercial chickens, and in particular layer chickens, is bone health and the the risk of fractures.Given that there are more chickens than...
Why Do Working Class Voters Support the Populist Radical Right? A Mixed-Methods Study of a Changing Political Landscape in Sweden
This 3-year mixed methods project explores the relationship between class politics and support for the populist radical right, with the overall aim of answering questions about why...
Role of brain iron and microbleeds in cognitive and physical function in a population-based study on aging: A deep-learning approach
Age-related cognitive and physical decline leads to deleterious outcomes such as loss of autonomy and dementia.Although neuroimaging research has undeniably increased knowledge abo...
Geometric and electronic architecture of protein-coordinated radical and high-valent metal cofactors
Enzymes utilize metal and radical cofactors to perform particularly challenging chemistry in energy conversion, chemical synthesis and for harvesting sunlight.If we could mimic the...
The influence of background noise on language comprehension of school-aged children: The role of noise types and individual differences
Learning in a school context requires reading and listening comprehension, often under background noise. Background noise reduces language comprehension ability. However, or knowle...