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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a prospective cohort of patients admitted to an acute psychiatric ward in Norway during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread around the world during the first part of 2020. The purpose of the study was to assess ... -
Serum concentrations of amino acids and tryptophan metabolites are affected by consumption of a light breakfast: a clinical intervention study in adults with overweight or obesity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Epidemiological studies often investigate amino acids and their metabolites as biomarkers, but do not always consistently use fasting or non-fasting blood samples, or may lack information on the prandial ... -
Serum Concentrations of Selected Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Pregnant Women and Associations with Birth Outcomes. A Cross-Sectional Study from Southern Malawi
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-17)Pervasive exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) shows associations with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The aim of the present study was to examine the determinants of different serum PFAS concentrations in ... -
Serum Levels of Dihomo-Gamma (γ)-Linolenic Acid (DGLA) Are Inversely Associated with Linoleic Acid and Total Death in Elderly Patients with a Recent Myocardial Infarction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) is an n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) derived from linoleic acid (LA). The LA:DGLA ratio reflects conversion from LA to DGLA. Low levels of DGLA in serum have been related to poor ... -
Serum levels of the IL-6 family of cytokines predict prognosis in renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose An improved understanding of RCC immunology should shed further light on RCC tumor biology. Our objective was to study to what extent serum levels of the IL-6 family of cytokines at diagnosis were relevant to ... -
Serum neurofilament as a predictor of 10-year grey matter atrophy and clinical disability in multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The predictive value of serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) on long-term prognosis in multiple sclerosis (MS) is still unclear. Objective Investigate the relation between sNfL levels over a 2-year ... -
Serum or Plasma for Quantification of Direct Oral Anticoagulants?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Direct oral anticoagulants are increasingly replacing vitamin K antagonists for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, partly owing to the lack of a need for routine monitoring. Therapeutic ... -
Serumkonsentrasjonsmåling av gentamicin hos barn
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)BAKGRUNN Gentamicin brukes ofte ved alvorlige infeksjoner hos barn. Det har vært rutine i Norge å måle serumkonsentrasjon av gentamicin rett før andre eller tredje dose (0-prøve) for å vurdere risiko for toksisitet. Den ... -
Services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations: A study of eight European jurisdictions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)European countries have a legal obligation to provide services to vulnerable families, and children must not be removed from their parents’ care unless no other viable measures are available. This paper examines whether ... -
Setting out for new shores! An explorative analysis of agency in youth employment mobility
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Based on biographical interviews from an intra-European youth mobility study in Luxembourg and Norway the article aims to contribute to the debate on how to understand and account for complexities of agency in youth ... -
Setting reference levels and limits for good ecological condition in terrestrial ecosystems – Insights from a case study based on the IBECA approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09)Effective evidence-based nature conservation and habitat management relies on developing and refining our methodological toolbox for detecting critical ecological changes at an early stage. This requires not only optimizing ... -
Setting the baseline for the dynamics of siphonophores and hydromedusae in Oslofjorden
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Knowledge of the spatio-temporal dynamics of hydromedusae and siphonophores is scarce despite their key role as predators. In the temperate inlet of Oslofjorden, studies dealing with these organisms are limited to a few ... -
The settler-rights backlash: understanding liberal challenges to Indigenous self-determination
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In the archetypal settler-colonial states of the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous peoples have joined the ‘rights revolution’, pressing for self-determination. They have been met by a ‘settler-rights ... -
The Seven Sisters Hydrothermal System: First Record of Shallow Hybrid Mineralization Hosted in Mafic Volcaniclasts on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)We document the discovery of an active, shallow, seafloor hydrothermal system (known as the Seven Sisters Vent Field) hosted in mafic volcaniclasts at a mid-ocean ridge setting. The vent field is located at the southern ... -
Seven-year trajectories of body weight, quality of life and comorbidities following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background/objectives There is limited long-term data comparing the outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for severe obesity, both with respect to body weight, quality of life (QOL) and ... -
The Seventeenth-Century Vida of the Proselyte Abraham Pelengrino, alias Manoel Cardoso de Macedo: Analysis and Translation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The 1668-9 Cópia da vida de bemaventurado, claiming to be a copy of text written by Manoel Cardoso de Macedo who later adopted the name Abraham Pelengrino (d. 1652), is a unique testimony of an early modern conversion to ... -
Severe asthma trajectories in adults: findings from the NORDSTAR cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background There is limited evidence on the pathways leading to severe asthma and we are presently unable to effectively predict the progression of the disease. We aimed to describe the longitudinal trajectories leading ... -
Severe Congenital Heart Defects and Cerebral Palsy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: To report the prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) in children with severe congenital heart defects (CHD) and the outcome/severity of the CP. Methods: Population-based, data-linkage study between cerebral palsy ... -
Severi varieties on blow-ups of the symmetric square of an elliptic curve
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)We prove that certain Severi varieties of nodal curves of positive genus on general blow-ups of the twofold symmetric product of a general elliptic curve are nonempty and smooth of the expected dimension. This result, ... -
Sewage-based surveillance shows presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant against last resort antibiotics in the population in Bergen, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The aim of this study was to understand the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae present in the population in Bergen city, Norway using city-scale sewage-based surveillance, as well as the potential ...