Research at Uppsala University

Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31

Preconception Health and Care International Conference, Uppsala 2016-02-17, 18 and 19Preconception care is defined as a set of interventions that aim to identify and modify biomedical behavioural and ...

Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31

This project explores local understandings of the radically higher degree of transfer of surplus value from peasant families through illicit versus licit commercialization of coca and the gendered dimension ...

Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31

This project is a systematic study of runestones and monuments with multiple runic inscriptions. These inscriptions can either be apportioned on different sides of one stone or over a series of interrelated ...

Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31

The main aim of this project is to further develop general tools which, given some mathematical object, provide a recipe for how to construct an interesting 2-categorical upgrade of this object, how to ...

Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30

ISPASS is the premier conference for researchers targeting computer system performance. ISPASS is supported by the most prominent organization for computer engineering: IEEE. For the first time since its ...

Research project from 2015-06-01 to 2017-06-30

Purpose and goal: The project was aimed at developing technologies for the future´s 3D nano-printers, especially positioning tables with nanometer-controlled movements. The goal was to prepare for business ...

Research project from 2015-06-01 to 2017-06-30

District heating faces many challenges, such as lower heat demand in refurbished residential buildings from the million homes programme. How can present district-heating systems develop to fourth generation ...

Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30

The 9th International Symposium on Metallic Multilayers (MML2016), takes place at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, during June 20-24 2016, after previous symposia of this series held in 1993 in Kyoto ...

Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2015-12-31

The purpose of this project is to catalogue and digitize a collection of French baroque music from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, today preserved in Uppsala University Library. The ...

Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31

Projektet ska studera integreringen av norra Sveriges inland i en globaliserad ekonomi och i globala kulturella processer under tidigmodern tid, ca 1600-1750. Syftet är att undersöka hur detta tog sig ...

Research project from 2015-12-01 to 2018-11-30

Genetic factors account for up to 80% of the risk in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The advent of genomic approaches (such as genome-wide association studies, GWASs) has led to the characterization of 26 genetic ...

Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31

This project is a direct continuation of the project "A framework for parallel programming models", to accommodate and verify a spectrum of high-level modeling languages. We formally established correctness ...

Research project from 2009-01-01 to 2015-06-30

Our goal is to provide a programming environment for Wirless Sensor Network (WSN) where sensors can be programmed as an ensemble rather than individually, focusing on the services provided by the whole ...

Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31

In this project we will establish and develop synthetic methods to construct in vivo targeting biomaterials using motives from, or extracellular matrix (ECM) components as macromolecular building blocs ...

Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31

Obtaining quantitative data from live cell images is the key to understanding molecular and cellular processes. Automated microscopes enable the collection of images at a rate which outpaces researchers ...

Research project from 2011-01-01 to 2015-12-31

The iron-based rechargeable Li-ion battery has the potential to influence the development of all kinds of hybrid electric vehicles in reducing fuel consumption. The battery is environmentally benign with ...

Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31

There is a current gap between molecular and ecological microbiology as the abundant and ecosystem-relevant microbes are scarcely characterized in regards to their metabolism, cell-division, expression ...

Research project from 2010-09-01 to 2016-08-31

Ångest och ångestbehandling ur ett neurovetenskapligt perspektiv: Könsskillnader, serotonerga processer och genetiska faktorer ...

Research project from 2010-09-01 to 2016-08-31

Anxiety disorders like social anxiety disorder (SAD) are very common. The aim of this project is to examine underlying neurobiological processes in anxiety and its treatment with focus on 1) Women´s increased ...

Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31

The sources of volcanic geothermal energy are a poorly understood phenomenon. This is especially true in Indonesia, one of Earth?s most populous countries and most volcanically active areas. Despite ~130 ...

Research project from 2012-07-01 to 2015-06-30

The aim of the proposed project is to study the magnetism of a new family of singlemolecule magnets (SMMs), and determine how their magnetic properties are modified when interacting with the surface of ...

Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31

The project will attempt to shed new light on the history of French. In spite of at least 150 years of research, there are still many unsolved problems in French language history. This is particularly ...

Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2016-04-15

The study of islands and islanders and their integration into the global community has rendered increasing international interest in the recent past and created a new academic discipline: island studies ...

Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31

The overall purpose is to develop the study of graphs through the combined use of probabilistic methods (e.g. renewal theory, Galton-Watson processes, Brownian motion, contraction method and Stein´s method ...

Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31

The aim of this project is to deepen the knowledge about rock paintings from Stone Age Fennoscandia by discussing this material within an art-theoretical framework. One might object that it is impossible ...

Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31

I Sverige har antalet vårdnadstvister ökat med 40 procent sedan år 2006. Av föräldrabalken framgår att domstol ska fatta beslut utifrån barnets bästa. Såväl forskning som erfarenheter från professionella ...

Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31

The main child killer diseases, malaria and pneumonia both present with fever and rapid breathing and overlaps with diarrhea. Without diagnostic tests health workers treat presumptively. In Uganda we have ...

Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31

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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is an important health problem. Most patients have no symptoms prior to rupture, the only way to decrease mortality is to screen and treat healthy individuals. This is feasible ...

Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-02-06

Formulaic sequences (e.g. it can be seen that, put forward, come into play) are pervasive in academic language and offer an important means of differentiating written texts by discipline. This project ...