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Development and feasibility testing of a play-based psychosocial intervention for reduced patient stress in a pediatric care setting: experiences from Pakistan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Hospitalization can be a source of great stress for children and their families. In high-income countries, there are specialized staff to help children cope using different techniques including play. However, ... -
Development and initial validation of questionnaire on predictors for the use of hearing protection devices among noise exposed manufacturing workers in Tanzania: A methodological study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-09)Introduction: The use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) has been an intervention of choice in many workplaces such as in the construction industry for quite some time due to impractical effects of engineering and ... -
Development and nutritional evaluation of local ingredients-based supplements to treat moderate acute malnutrition among children aged below five years: A descriptive study from rural Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In Ethiopia, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is a persistent public health problem. The current management approaches for MAM among children are counseling in food‐secure settings and food supplementation in chronically ... -
Development and Optimization of a Multilayer Rat Purkinje Neuron Culture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Elucidation of the mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative diseases of the cerebellum has been hampered by the lack of robust single cell models to study Purkinje neurons and replicate at the same time in vivo features. ... -
Development and testing of the QDis-MH checklist for discharge letters from specialised mental healthcare: A stakeholder-centred study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background The ‘discharge letter’ is the mandatory written report sent from specialists in the specialist services to general practitioners (GPs) on patient discharge. Clear recommendations from relevant stakeholders for ... -
Development and validation of a ceramide- and phospholipid-based cardiovascular risk estimation score for coronary artery disease patients.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aims: Distinct ceramide lipids have been shown to predict the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, especially cardiovascular death. As phospholipids have also been linked with CVD risk, we investigated whether the ... -
Development and validation of a multimodal neuroimaging biomarker for electroconvulsive therapy outcome in depression: A multicenter machine learning analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective intervention for patients with treatment resistant depression. A clinical decision support tool could guide patient selection to improve the overall ... -
Development and validation of a Screening Questionnaire of Family Mistreatment against Older Adults for use in primary care settings in Mexico
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The abuse of older adults is a serious public health issue that can be difficult to identify at the first level of care. Medical and nursing personnel are sometimes unable to identify older adults who suffer family ... -
Development and Validation of a Simple Ultrasound Activity Score for Crohn’s Disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-06)Background and Aims To improve management of patients with Crohn’s disease, objective measurements of disease activity are needed. Ileocolonoscopy is the current reference standard but has limitations that restrict repeated ... -
Development and Validation of Arc Nanobodies: New Tools for Probing Arc Dynamics and Function
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated (Arc) protein plays key roles in long-term synaptic plasticity, memory, and cognitive flexibility. However, an integral understanding of Arc mechanisms is lacking. Arc is proposed ... -
Development and validation of patients' surgical safety checklist
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Poor uptake and understanding of critical perioperative information represent a major safety risk for surgical patients. Implementing a patient-driven surgical safety checklist might enhance the way critical ... -
Development and validation of surgical Patients’ own Safety Checklist – PASC : A new tool to involve patients in safety
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-10-07)Bakgrunn: Sjekklister for bruk av kirurgisk helsepersonell er vist å ha forbedret teamarbeid og pasientsikkerhet. Fremdeles opplever et stort antall pasienter feil som kunne ha vært forebygget. Verdenshelseorganisasjons ... -
Development assistance for health: what criteria do multi- and bilateral funders use?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04)After years of unprecedented growth in development assistance for health (DAH), the system is challenged on several fronts: by the economic downturn and stagnation of DAH, by the epidemiological transition and increase in ... -
Development of 3D in vitro Interaction Models for the Evaluation and Treatment of Brain Metastases
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Development of 3D Printed Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration
(Master thesis, 2016-05-24)The 3D printing process can produce bioengineered scaffolds with a 100% interconnected porous structure layer-by-layer with the help of computer-aided design. In this study we utilized a 3D bio plotter system to fabricate ... -
Development of a bioluminescent nitroreductase probe for preclinical imaging
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06-25)Bacterial nitroreductases (NTRs) have been widely utilized in the development of novel antibiotics, degradation of pollutants, and gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) of cancer that reached clinical trials. In ... -
Development of a Disease-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire in Addison’s Disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-02)Context: Patients with Addison’s disease reproducibly self-report impairment in specific dimensions of general well-being questionnaires, suggesting particular deficiencies in health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL). ... -
Development of a Framework and the Content for a Psychoeducational Internet-Delivered Intervention for Women after Treatment for Gynecological Cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The number of women treated for gynecological cancer is increasing. At the same time, the duration of in-patient hospitalization has decreased, and follow-up with its primary focus on early recognition of recurrence does ... -
Development of a novel, high-affinity ssDNA trypsin inhibitor
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Inhibitors of serine proteases are not only extremely useful in the basic research but are also applied extensively in clinical settings. Using Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment (SELEX) approach we ... -
Development of a Self-report Questionnaire in the Context of Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP)
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-04-26)Background: Body awareness is an essential aspect that is addressed in Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP). The term is described somewhat differently in different fields. In line with this, there is uncertainty ...