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Previous studies have shown that fossil energy systems can be a conflict objective, means or cause. This study explores how renewable energy (RE) systems can interact with conflicts and to what extent the risk of different conflicts may change. Renewable resources, in contrast to conventional fossil resources, are more difficult to control in time and space. RE systems depend on exploiting flows r
Neurocan is a component of the extracellular matrix in brain. Due to its inhibition of neuronal adhesion and outgrowth in vitro and its expression pattern in vivo it was suggested to play an important role in axon guidance and neurite growth. To study the role of neurocan in brain development we generated neurocan-deficient mice by targeted disruption of the neurocan gene. These mice are viable an
Perlecan is a heparansulfate proteoglycan found in basement membranes, cartilage, and several mesenchymal tissues that form during development, tumour growth, and tissue repair. Loss-of-function mutations in the perlecan gene in mice are associated with embryonic lethality caused primarily by cardiac abnormalities probably due to hemopericards. The aim of the present study was to investigate the m
Water is a necessity for human survival, and a lack of sufficient clean water can have severe negative impacts on human health, economic activity, food security and societal relations. Increasing demand on water resources around the globe often leads to conflicts between different water users who compete for available supplies. The Murray Darling Basin (MDB) in Australia is an area that faces many
Genetiskt modifierade T celler, kända som CAR-T celler, fungerar som cancerriktade missiler, utformade för att specifikt lokalisera och eliminera tumörceller. Nuvarande versioner har visat enastående framgång i vissa blodcancerformer, men tyvärr är de ineffektiva i andra cancertyper, såsom solida tumörer och andra blodcancerformer. Denna begränsning härstammar främst från bristen på verkligt canceGenetically modified T cells, known as CAR T cells, function like cancer-targeting missiles, designed to specifically locate and eliminate tumor cells, providing promising prospects for more effective cancer therapies. While current iterations have demonstrated unprecedented success in certain blood cancers, they have proven ineffective in other cancer types, such as solid tumors and various blood
The transmembrane protein Dystroglycan is a central element of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex, which is involved in the pathogenesis of many forms of muscular dystrophy. Dystroglycan is a receptor for multiple extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules such as Laminin, agrin and perlecan, and plays a role in linking the ECM to the actin cytoskeleton; however, how these interactions are r
Aquaporins (AQPs) are membrane channel proteins that transport water and uncharged solutes across different membranes in organisms in all kingdoms of life. In plants, the AQPs can be divided into seven different subfamilies and five of these are present in higher plants. The most recently characterized of these subfamilies is the XIP subfamily, which is found in most dicots but not in monocots. In
Paper presented at Swedish Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Lund, April 2015, panel on Business ethics. Abstract: Under the influence of U.S. government regulations, new anti-bribery laws and embarrassing corruption scandals, major global corporations have realized that unethical conduct may affect their reputations and ultimately, their profits. This development has given rise to a new
Medicinen är ett kunskapsfält med humanistisk förankring. Vid Enheten för medicinens historia är målet att nå ökad förståelse för hur den medicinska vetenskapen tagit form över tid och fördjupad insikt kring det sociala sammanhang medicinen verkar i. Genom sin tillhörighet i ämnesområdet Medicinsk humaniora gränsar verksamheten till flera andra akademiska discipliner, såsom idé- och lärdomshistori
This paper makes a case for using cost effectiveness (as opposed to efficiency) as key criterion when designing support policies for electricity generation from renewable energy sources in coexistence with an emissions trading scheme. Using the EU ETS and the German feed-in tariff system as examples, arguments against a stand-alone ETS are presented and necessary conditions for cost-effective supp
I teoretisk filosofi studerar man gränserna och principerna för mänsklig kunskap; grunderna för den vetenskapliga kunskapen; de logiska och semantiska principerna för tänkande, argumentation och kommunikation, samt det egna ämnets historia. Forskningen i Lund ligger huvudsakligen inom kunskapsteori, vetenskapsteori, beslutsteori, språkfilosofi, logik samt filosofins historia.
Avdelningen för matematisk fysik är gemensam för naturvetenskaplig och tekniska (LTH) fakulteterna och är en del av fysiska institutionen. Forskningen bedrivs främst inom området kvantmekanisk mångpartikelfysik, vilket innefattar teoretisk kärnstrukturfysik, nanometerfysik, tidsberoende och icke-jämviktsfenomen, kvantinformation, atom-teori och materialmodellering, med flera samarbeten både internMathematical Physics is a common division between the Natural Science and Engineering (LTH) faculties and is part of the Department of Physics. Research is conducted primarily in the field of quantum mechanical many particle physics, which includes theoretical nuclear structure physics, nanometer physics, time-dependent and non-equilibrium phenomena, quantum information, atomic theory and material
