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Reviews and syntheses: Biological indicators of low-oxygen stress in marine water-breathing animals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Anthropogenic warming and nutrient over-enrichment of our oceans have resulted in significant, and often catastrophic, reductions in dissolved oxygen (deoxygenation). Stress on water-breathing animals from this deoxygenation ... -
Biallelic NAA60 variants with impaired n-terminal acetylation capacity cause autosomal recessive primary familial brain calcifications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is characterized by calcium deposition in the brain, causing progressive movement disorders, psychiatric symptoms, and cognitive decline. PFBC is a heterogeneous disorder currently ... -
An Alternative Approach to Measuring Health Inequality in Norway and Implications for Municipal Priority Setting
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: The health state of a population can be measured in different ways. Common measures are life expectancy at birth or quality-adjusted life expectancy. However, the distribution of health may also be of interest ... -
Primary care indicators for disease burden, monitoring and surveillance of COVID-19 in 31 European countries: Eurodata Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of patients received ambulatory treatment, highlighting the importance of primary health care (PHC). However, there is limited knowledge regarding PHC workload in ... -
High-dose folic acid use and cancer risk in women who have given birth: A register-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective This study was undertaken to study whether high-dose folic acid (>1 mg daily) use is associated with an increased risk of cancer in all women who have given birth and in women with epilepsy. High-dose folic ... -
Budget Impact Analysis of Implementing Antenatal Care Recommendations for Positive Pregnancy Outcomes at Public Primary Facilities in Tanzania
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Tanzania recently changed its antenatal care (ANC) guidelines to reduce perinatal mortality and improve the experience of pregnancy care. The new guideline recommends increasing the number of ANC visits from ... -
Lungelegar sine erfaringar med lindrande sedering i livets sluttfase
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Bakgrunn Legeforeningen har utarbeidd retningslinjer for lindrande sedering i livets sluttfase, sist revidert i 2014. Vi ville undersøke lungelegar sin kjennskap til retningslinjene og bruk av lindrande sedering ved ... -
Colonization and extinction lags drive non-linear responses to warming in mountain plant communities across the Northern Hemisphere
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Global warming is changing plant communities due to the arrival of new species from warmer regions and declining abundance of cold-adapted species. However, experimentally testing predictions about trajectories and rates ... -
Possible transport routes of IgM to the gut of teleost fish
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Fish rely on mucosal surfaces as their first defence barrier against pathogens. Maintaining mucosal homeostasis is therefore crucial for their overall well-being, and it is likely that secreted immunoglobulins (sIg) play ... -
Environmental exposures and fecundability: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)Previous studies have linked certain environmental exposures to reduced fecundability, influencing exposure recommendations. We continue to encounter numerous environmental exposures in our everyday lives, and further ... -
Identifying plant fibres in cultural heritage with optical and electron microscopy: how to present results and avoid pitfalls
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Identification of archaeological and historical textile fibres is important because it gives insight into resource management in former times. The arrival of new tools such as table-top scanning electron microscopes, have ... -
Early postnatal growth failure in infants <1500 g in a Ugandan referral hospital: a retrospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Postnatal growth failure (PGF), a multifactorial condition is common in preterm infants and infants born weighing <1500 g and is associated with impaired neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes. In low-resource ... -
Dakar Niño under global warming investigated by a high-resolution regionally coupled model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In this study, we investigated interannual variability in sea surface temperature (SST) along the northwestern African coast, focusing on strong Dakar Niño and Niña events and their potential alterations under the RCP8.5 ... -
Shared familial risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and psychiatric disorders: A nationwide multigenerational genetics study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Psychiatric disorders and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are heritable, polygenic, and often comorbid conditions, yet knowledge about their potential shared familial risk is lacking. We used family designs ... -
Effectiveness of economic support, comprehensive sexuality education and community dialogue on early childbearing and sitting for grade nine exams among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: a cluster randomised trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Adolescent pregnancies pose a risk to young mothers and their babies. In Zambia, one third of 18-year-old girls have given birth. Poverty, low secondary school enrolment, misinformation, and community norms ... -
Primary health care challenges: insights from older people with multimorbidity in Malawi – a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background The global population is undergoing a significant surge in aging leading to increased susceptibility to various forms of progressive illnesses. This phenomenon significantly impacts both individual health and ... -
Effect of play-based intervention on children’s mental status and caregiver involvement during hospitalization: findings from Pakistan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background The nurturing care framework (NCF) encompasses responsive caregiving, health, nutrition, safety and security by parents and other caregivers. It improves health, development and wellbeing of children. A ... -
Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in Norway: predominance of C. parvum and emergence of C. mortiferum
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)PCR-based diagnostics has revealed the previously largely unknown Cryptosporidium transmission and infections in high-income countries. This study aimed to determine domestic and imported subtypes of Cryptosporidium species ... -
Prevalence and correlates of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose among adults in Afghanistan: Insights from a national survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objectives: Afghanistan is experiencing an escalating burden of noncommunicable diseases, with diabetes and impaired fasting glucose being of particular concern. To explore the prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting ...
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