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Soil salinity and solute movements through the soil are considered the most important challenge facing agriculture in Arid and Semiarid regions (e.g., Egypt). The objective of the present study is to investigate soil salinity problems and different strategies to control or reduce them, and increase crop yield at a national project called the El-Salam Canal service area in north-eastern Egypt. More
The Bogong moth Agrotis infusa is well known for its remarkable long-distance migration – a return journey from the plains of southeast Australia to the Australian Alps – as well as for its cultural significance for Indigenous Australians. Each Spring, as many as four billion moths are estimated to arrive in the Australian Alps to aestivate in cool mountain caves and in boulder fields, bringing wi
Budburst models have mainly been developed to capture the processes of individual trees, and vary in their complexity and plant physiological realism. We evaluated how well eleven models capture the variation in budburst of birch and Norway spruce in Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom and Finland. The comparison was based on the models performance in relation to their underlying physiological as
Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling tar sin utgångspunkt i frågor kring markförstörelse och minskad bördighet inom småskaligt jordbruk i Afrika söder om Sahara. Genom empirisk forskning bland småbrukare i Tororo i sydöstra Uganda pekar avhandlingen på olika former av kollektiva strategier på lokal nivå för att hantera förändrade försörjningsvillkor. I en ansats att samproducera kunskap meProceeding from land degradation and soil fertility decline in sub-Saharan African smallholder agriculture and drawing on empirical research with smallholder farmers in Tororo district in south-eastern Uganda (2010-2012), this thesis identifies local collective strategies in response to changing livelihood conditions. In an attempt to co-produce knowledge with a transformative potential, the thesi
The widespread use of plastic mulch in agriculture is rapidly increasing due to intensified farming practices. While plastic mulch can enhance crop yields significantly, it also introduces challenges related to waste management and environmental degradation. This study focuses on the application of Sentinel-2A imagery and the Maximum Likelihood Classifier (MLC) to classify plastic foils used in ea
Research coordinator Contact details Email: juliana [dot] danhardt [at] mgeo [dot] lu [dot] seOrganisation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo) Service point: 16 WebpageJuliana Dänhardts profile in Lund University research portalOther affiliations Project manager Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo) Member of Strategic Research Area BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosyste
https://www.cec.lu.se/juliana-danhardt - 2026-05-06
Since 1995, agri-environmental support partly funded by the EU has formed the core of Finland’s agri-environmental policy. This system has had a variety of impacts on the relationship between agriculture and the environment. Today’s agri-environmental support is one of the packages included in the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland (2007–2013/2014), which both in itself and through t
NanoLund is always in need of attractive and informative images and photos for use in reports, on our website, in presentations, and in other external and internal communication. Whether it is a new Annual Report or a Christmas card, it is always appreciated with pictures from the actual activities in our organisation. For this reason, we hereby announce an image competition for the best images an
https://www.nano.lu.se/imagecompetition2024 - 2026-05-05
Lund University Library was founded in 1666. Thirty years later, we became a legal depository library, preserving all Swedish publications for the future. In 1907 we moved into our building at Helgonabacken. Despite several extensions, there is a lack of space, and some of our collections are in off-site depositories. Liberiet and Kungshuset The University did not own many books from the start. In
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/about-lund-university-library/history - 2026-05-05
From the Management The first Swedish Climate Symposium! CEC are proud and happy to inform you that the first Swedish Climate Symposium, arranged by BECC, MERGE, SMHI and Bolins Center, will take place in Norrköping 15-18 May. Invitation is attached! Abstract submissions (talk or poster): no later than 15 February. Registration: no later than 15 March. The event will gather leading Swedish climate
https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/staff-newsletters/27-january-2022 - 2026-05-05
Researcher Contact details Email: maria [dot] von_post [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se Mobile: +46 70 841 95 17Organisation Biodiversity and Evolution Visiting address: Kontaktvägen 10, Lund Room number: A351 Service point: 50 WebpageMaria von Posts profile in Lund University research portalOther affiliations Member of Strategic Research Area BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Cli
https://www.cec.lu.se/maria-von-post - 2026-05-06
Tropical biodiversity is threatened by the expansion of oil-palm plantations. Reduced-impact farming systems such as agroforests, have been proposed to increase biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. In regions where oil-palm plantations already dominate the landscape, this increase can only be achieved through systematic ecological restoration. However, our knowledge about the underlying ecologi
Popular Abstract in Swedish Hjärnan är ett av människans viktigaste organ och är det centra som styr våra känslor, minnen och sociala färdigheter. Hjärnan är också det organ som signalerar till musklerna i kroppen att utföra rörelser. När en person drabbas av Parkinsons sjukdom minskar signaleringen till musklerna, vilket medför att det blir svårt att röra sig och stelhet uppstår. Sjukdomen beror Cell-replacement therapy is a promising approach for treating patients with Parkinson ́s disease (PD). For this purpose, there is a need for developing a protocol that can generate high numbers of human transplantable mesencephalic dopaminer- gic (mesDA) neurons. For decades, studies have therefore been made in mouse and other model organisms in order to elucidate key-factors that can be used for
Allergic diseases, which constitute a global health problem, have been defined as one of the epidemics of the twenty-first century. Since there are no cures for allergic diseases today, the goal of treatment is to get the disease under control so that the patient can live a normal life with optimal chances of development. Patient-reported outcomes for control assessment have been a focus of attent
Popular Abstract in Swedish Vilka uppfattningar fanns under tidigmodern tid i Sverige om relationen mellan man och kvinna? Ansåg man att kärlek och parternas fria val var viktigt när människor skulle gifta sig? Vad hände då äktenskapen inte fungerade? Förekom skilsmässor? Varför var sexualiteten kontrollerad och hur påverkade det kvinnor och män? Vilken effekt hade förändringar i lagstiftningen i What did people think about the relationship between a man and a woman in Early Modern Sweden? Did they consider love and the parties' free choice to be of any importantance in the making of a marriage? What happened when marriages were falling apart, how common were divorces? I also discuss why sexuality was restricted, and how it affected women and men. What effects did changes in the legislatio
Popular Abstract in Swedish Människans kropp består av celler som byggs upp av komponenter som DNA, proteiner, lipider och polysackarider. I DNA finns den genetiska informationen lagrad som gör att kroppen kan fungera. Informationen i DNA omvandlas till proteiner som deltager i cellens biokemiska processer. DNA finns i olika former, dels genomiskt DNA och dels en mindre cirkulär form som kallas plThe main scope of this thesis has been to study and develop new purification methods and also to further develop existing methods for purification to enhance their efficacy. Important parameters in the development of the methods are that they should be suitable for scale-up and possible to be integrated into recovery processes. The studies in this thesis describe that a hydrophobic peptide tag ca
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) loading is rarely estimated in tropical watersheds. This study quantifies DOC loading in the Rukarara River Watershed (RRW), a Rwandan tropical forest and agricultural watershed, and evaluates its relationship with hydrological factors, land use and land cover (LULC), and topography to better understand the impact of stream DOC export on watershed carbon budgets. The
Korallodling i olika klimatzoner Jordens yta består till 70% av vatten och i många av dessa vatten finns korallrev. Vi människor har sedan länge levt på jordens resurser, men nu lever vi över de resurser som finns att tillgå. En indikator på det är förstörelsen av korallreven runt om i världen. Tack vare klimatförändringar, fiske, illegal handel, turism etc. är reven nu hotade och behöver hjälp fThis study is a quantitative content analysis of the coral gardening in different climate zones and its limitations and possibilities. The purpose of the study is to highlight the different approaches to coral gardening and whether these could be implemented in other climate zones. I will also highlight why coral gardening is important from an environmental perspective. To conduct the study, I hav
Ny antibiotikakandidat upptäckt i levern hos djuphavsfisken Havsmus Två tidigare okända ämnen med antibiotisk aktivitet har renats fram ur havsmusens lever. I havsmusens lever och giftblåsa har också ämnen med toxiska aktiviteter hittas. Dessa substanser kan vara av intresse för framtagning av smärtstillande och bakteriedödande läkemedel. Penicillinet upptäcktes för 100 år sedan av Alexander FleThe liver oil from C. monstrosa (rat fish) has traditionally been used as a natural remedy in the area around Skagerrak, since it is believed to have a wound healing and analgesic effects. On its back the rat fish carries a vigorous venom spine connected to glandular cells, which secrets toxins. A previous study shows that extract from the liver and venom glands had a cytotoxic activity on A. naup
Introduction: Standard dosimetry methods for radionuclide therapies re- quire imaging at multiple time points post injection. An alternative method has been presented in the literature that uses previously acquired pharma- cokinetic data to create so-called dose factors. Multiplying the dose factors with an activity concentration (Bq/ml) taken from a single time point mea- surement results in an e
