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The effects of musicality on brain network topology in the context of Alzheimer’s disease and memory decline
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Music’s role in modulating brain structure, particularly in neurodegenerative contexts such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), has been increasingly recognized. While previous studies have hinted at the potential neuroplastic ... -
Diagnosing adult and pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis by MPT64 antigen detection with immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry using reproduced polyclonal antibodies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is challenging. Immunohistochemistry or immunocytochemistry has been used to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) by detection of MPT64 antigen from various extrapulmonary specimens and ... -
Positive Youth Development in Norwegian Upper Secondary: The Impact of Sex, Socio-economic Status, and Immigrant Background on the Developmental Trajectories of Academic Initiative, Academic Self-efficacy, and Grade Point Average
(Chapter, 2024)The positive youth development (PYD) and social justice perspectives assume that it is important to consider challenges related to equity and inequality in education to understand academic processes and outcomes of the ... -
Controllability and diffeomorphism groups on manifolds with boundary
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In this article we consider diffeomorphism groups of manifolds with smooth boundary. We show that the diffeomorphism groups of the manifold and its boundary fit into a short exact sequence which admits local sections. In ... -
Live music in the intensive care unit—A mixed-methods pilot study exploring the experience and impact of live music played for the adult intensive care patient
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)Background: Evidence for music's beneficial effect on physical and mental disorders is mounting. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients experience multiple uncomfortable symptoms, which may be alleviated using a music-based ... -
Religious Minorities in Islamic Legal Traditions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Islam accepts the presence of certain non-Muslim groups, like Jews and Christians, in the Muslim state, under certain conditions. Islamic legal scholars discussed at length which religious groups should come under this ... -
Nekrotiserende bløtdelsinfeksjoner
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Nekrotiserende bløtdelsinfeksjoner rammer hud, subkutant vev, overfladisk fascie, dyp fascie eller muskulatur. Infeksjonene er alvorlige, sprer seg hurtig og kan medføre omfattende vevstap. De er sjeldne, men har høy ... -
Rethinking “musical excellence” from a decolonial perspective: Disruptive autobiographical experiences among doctoral scholars
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This collaborative autoethnography was developed by recent doctoral students in music from Southern Europe, Eurasia, East Asia, and North America, along with a professor based in Northern Europe. Our primary research ... -
Modelling and validation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emissions from offshore oil production facilities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The development of numerical models for investigating the risks and impact caused by human activities to the marine environment is important. Herein, the recently developed ChemicalDrift Lagrangian dispersion model was ... -
Adaptive Covariance Hybridization for the Assimilation of SST Observations Within a Coupled Earth System Reanalysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Ensemble data assimilation methods, such as the Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF), are well suited for climate reanalysis because they feature flow-dependent covariance. However, because Earth System Models are heavy ... -
Ethical approaches for engaging extended peer communities: Insight into responsible workshopping with citizens
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent the most ambitious and encompassing global framework for ecological, economic, and social sustainability for our planet to date. However, the relevance of ... -
Engagement in ‘prevailing societal challenges’ as a contribution to wellbeing? An analysis of interdisciplinary topics in the Norwegian curriculum (LK20)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective This paper explores the expectations of teachers to contribute to fostering students’ wellbeing in the revised Norwegian curriculum. A new construct in the curriculum is three interdisciplinary topics – health ... -
'If you've lost your personality, there's no point in changing the valve'-a qualitative study of older adults' attitudes towards treatment of aortic stenosis with comorbid dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objectives Due to prognostic uncertainty and limited decision-making capacity, the choice to perform transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and comorbid dementia is ... -
Pre-pregnancy obesity among immigrant and non-immigrant women in Norway: Prevalence, trends, and subgroup variations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Introduction This study assessed prevalence and time trends of pre-pregnancy obesity in immigrant and non-immigrant women in Norway and explored the impact of immigrants' length of residence on pre-pregnancy obesity ... -
Rare copy number variant analysis in case–control studies using snp array data: a scalable and automated data analysis pipeline
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Rare copy number variants (CNVs) significantly influence the human genome and may contribute to disease susceptibility. High-throughput SNP genotyping platforms provide data that can be used for CNV detection, ... -
Impact of Porosity and Stiffness of 3D Printed Polycaprolactone Scaffolds on Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Activation of Dendritic Cells
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Despite the potential of extrusion-based printing of thermoplastic polymers in bone tissue engineering, the inherent nonporous stiff nature of the printed filaments may elicit immune responses that influence bone regeneration. ... -
Factors affecting postnatal care service utilization in Pyuthan district: A mixed method study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The first hours, days, and weeks following childbirth are critical for the well-being of both the mother and newborn. Despite this significance, the postnatal period often receives inadequate attention in terms of quality ... -
Towards validating invalidated knowledge: a discourse analysis of firsthand accounts of hearing voices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background As Foucault historically traced, dialogs about madness were silenced with the emergence of biomedical psychiatry. The silence entailed the epistemic violence of invalidating persons who hear voices as knowers, ... -
Associations between diabetes and risk of short-term and long-term nursing home stays among older people receiving home care services: A nationwide registry study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Older people with diabetes who live at home and receive home care services (HCS) are vulnerable, which may result in a need for more care than the HCS can provide. In this study we aimed to explore associations ... -
Diversity of Orbiniella (Orbiniidae, Annelida) in the North Atlantic and the Arctic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In this work, the diversity of the genus Orbiniella in the Nordic Seas and the North Atlantic waters south of Iceland is studied based on the analyses of molecular markers (mitochondrial COI, 16S rDNA and nuclear ITS2) and ...
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