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Can Romeo and Juliet meet? Or rendezvous games with adversaries on graphs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)We introduce the rendezvous game with adversaries. In this game, two players, Facilitator and Divider, play against each other on a graph. Facilitator has two agents and Divider has a team of k agents located in some ... -
Can sexual health interventions make community-based health systems more responsive to adolescents? A realist informed study in rural Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction Community-based sexual reproductive interventions are key in attaining universal health coverage for all by 2030, yet adolescents in many countries still lack health services that are responsive to their ... -
Can Survey Measures Predict Key Performance Indicators of Safety? Confirmatory and Exploratory Analyses of the Association Between Self-Report and Safety Outcomes in the Maritime Industry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Safety management may be improved if managers implement measures based on reliable empirical knowledge about how psychological factors cause or prevent accidents. While such factors are often investigated with self-report ... -
Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sustainability certification has been posited as a key governance mechanism to enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. Whilst many certifications now include climate resilience in their standards, their ... -
Can systematic implementation support improve programme fdelity by improving care providers’ perceptions of implementation factors? A cluster randomized trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Investigations of implementation factors (e.g., collegial support and sense of coherence) are recommended to better understand and address inadequate implementation outcomes. Little is known about the relationship ... -
Can vitamin D status influence the effect of stress on planning and problem-solving? A randomized control trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Nutritional interventions may serve as a stress resilience strategy with important implications for human health. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of vitamin D supplementation ... -
Can we increase children’s rights endorsement and knowledge?: A pilot study based on the reference framework of competences for democratic culture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This pilot study is the first to examine whether a novel curriculum based on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) could increase children’s endorsement and knowledge of children’s rights. ... -
Can we predict real-time fMRI neurofeedback learning success from pretraining brain activity?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Neurofeedback training has been shown to influence behavior in healthy participants as well as to alleviate clinical symptoms in neurological, psychosomatic, and psychiatric patient populations. However, many real-time ... -
Cancellation of the precessional cycle in δ18O records during the Early Pleistocene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The dominant pacing of glacial‐interglacial cycles in deep‐ocean δ18O records changed substantially during the Mid‐Pleistocene Transition. The precessional cycle (∼23 ky) is absent during the Early Pleistocene, which we ... -
Cancer and stroke: commonly encountered by clinicians, but little evidence to guide clinical approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The association between stroke and cancer is well-established. Because of an aging population and longer survival rates, the frequency of synchronous stroke and cancer will become even more common. Different pathophysiologic ... -
Cancer awareness in the general population varies with sex, age and media coverage: A population-based survey with focus on gynecologic cancers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives There is a need for more knowledge about the public awareness and attitudes towards gynecologic cancers. We employed a research-purpose population-based citizen panel to assess how often people recall gynecologic ... -
Cancer Biomarkers: Ethics, Economics and Society
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Cancer cell heterogeneity and plasticity: A paradigm shift in glioblastoma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Phenotypic plasticity has emerged as a major contributor to intra-tumoral heterogeneity and treatment resistance in cancer. Increasing evidence shows that glioblastoma (GBM) cells display prominent intrinsic plasticity and ... -
Cancer cell line-specific protein profiles in extracellular vesicles identified by proteomics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-04)Extracellular vesicles (EVs), are important for intercellular communication in both physiological and pathological processes. To explore the potential of cancer derived EVs as disease biomarkers for diagnosis, monitoring, ... -
Cancer Predisposition Sequencing Reporter (CPSR): A flexible variant report engine for high-throughput germline screening in cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The value of high-throughput germline genetic testing is increasingly recognized inclinical cancer care. Disease-associated germline variants in cancer patients areimportant for risk management and surveillance, surgical ... -
The Cancer Registry of Norway – “a ground for scientific harvesting”
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The Cancer Registry of Norway (CRN) has been important in registry-based research in Norway for decades. The use of CRN in combination with other population-based registries and health surveys have been the basis for ... -
Cancer related mortality in multiple sclerosis. A population based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Cancer is a major cause of death, but how cancer influences mortality risk in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is unclear. Objectives: Determine all-cause mortality and mortality following a cancer diagnosis among ... -
Cancer risk in children of mothers with epilepsy and high-dose folic acid use during pregnancy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Importance: Women with epilepsy are recommended high doses of folic acid before and during pregnancy owing to risk of congenital anomalies associated with antiseizure medications. Whether prenatal exposure to high-dose ... -
Cancer risk in individuals with major birth defects: large Nordic population based case-control study among children, adolescents, and adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective To examine associations between birth defects and cancer from birth into adulthood. Design Population based nested case-control study. Setting Nationwide health registries in Denmark, Finland, Norway, ... -
Cancer risk in the siblings of individuals with major birth defects: a large Nordic population-based case-control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Individuals with major birth defects are at increased risk of developing cancer, indicating a common aetiology. However, whether the siblings of individuals with birth defects are also at an increased risk of ...