Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på tittel
Viser treff 3128-3147 av 3215
-
Vitamin B6 catabolism and lung cancer risk: Results from the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03)Background Increased vitamin B6 catabolism related to inflammation, as measured by the PAr index (the ratio of 4-pyridoxic acid over the sum of pyridoxal and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate), has been positively associated with ... -
Vitamin D status and associations with substance use patterns among people with severe substance use disorders in Western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Chronic and harmful substance use is associated with a cluster of harms to health, including micronutrient deficiencies. Maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D is important for musculoskeletal and other aspects of health. ... -
Vitamin D status and child health, growth, and neurodevelopment
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-08-12)Background: Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most commonly under diagnosed micronutrient deficiencies in the world. Both animal and human studies suggest that vitamin D plays an important role in innate and adaptive ... -
Vitamin D Status and Its Determinants in a Paediatric Population in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Recommendations for sufficient vitamin D intake in children were recently revised in Norway. However, optimal levels of vitamin D are still debated and knowledge on supplementation and vitamin D levels in healthy children ... -
Vitamin D3 supplementation does not enhance the effects of resistance training in older adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Lifestyle therapy with resistance training is a potent measure to counteract age-related loss in muscle strength and mass. Unfortunately, many individuals fail to respond in the expected manner. This phenomenon ... -
Vitamin status among breastfed infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03-08)Vitamin deficiencies are known to be common among infants residing in low- and middle-income countries but relatively few studies have assessed several biochemical parameters simultaneously. The objective of the study was ... -
Vitamin-D status and neurodevelopment and growth in young north Indian children: a secondary data analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-18)Background: Vitamin-D deficiency has been linked with impaired development in animal studies; however, the evidence from human studies is scanty. Evidence as to whether vitamin-D deficiency during early childhood affects ... -
Vitenskapsteori og metodelære i sykepleierutdanningen. En studie av tilblivelsen av vitenskapsteori og metodelære i bachelorutdanningen i sykepleie, og fagenes fremtreden ved to sykepleieskoler gjennom fagplaner og intervju i 2010-2011 og studentenes bacheloroppgaver 2010, med avsett i Bourdieus teori- og begrepsgrunnlag som analytiske verktøy.
(Master thesis, 2011-05-24)Scientific theory and research method emerged as a subject in nursing education by the change in the national curriculum for nursing education 2000. This study seeks, with deposition in Pierre Bourdieu's methodological ... -
Voice shame: Self-censorship in vocal performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Voice shame is the uncomfortable feeling of being heard as ridiculous, worthless or ‘not good enough’. Voice shame arises when a subject becomes aware of an observer’s attention and believes the evaluation to be negative. ... -
Volleyballspelarar og hoppekne (jumper`s knee) - ein pilotstudie om korleis belastning påverkar prestasjon
(Master thesis, 2016-11-01)Background: In volleyball there is a high prevalence of players with jumper`s knee. It is known that players with jumper`s knee, has a greater jump performance than healthy players. It is not fully documented how this ... -
Walking on a tightrope : caring for ambivalent woman considering abortions in the first trimester
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11)Aims and objectives: To improve the understanding and competence of health personnel when caring for ambivalent pregnant women, the aim of this study was to explore the experiences of encountering women who are unsure ... -
Walking through life with cerebral palsy: reflections on daily walking by adults with cerebral palsy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose: Walking is a major target in childhood physiotherapy for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Little information exists on the importance or value of walking when these children grow up. The aim of this study was ... -
Walking with cerebral palsy : task-specific strength training and reflections on daily walking in adults with cerebral palsy
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-06-10)Background: Adults with cerebral palsy (CP) have impaired walking, affecting their activity and participation in social life. Still, little is known about how walking is experienced as adults. Effective strength training ... -
Wavelet Screening identifies regions highly enriched for differentially methylated loci for orofacial clefts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)DNA methylation is the most widely studied epigenetic mark in humans and plays an essential role in normal biological processes as well as in disease development. More focus has recently been placed on understanding ... -
Wavelet Screening: a novel approach to analyzing GWAS data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Traditional methods for single-variant genome-wide association study (GWAS) incur a substantial multiple-testing burden because of the need to test for associations with a vast number of single-nucleotide ... -
The way forward for ETEC controlled human infection models (CHIMs)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-29)In the absence of good animal models, Controlled Human Infection Models (CHIMs) are useful to assess efficacy of new vaccine candidates against Enterotoxic Escherichia coli (ETEC), as well as other preventive or therapeutic ... -
Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)The HIV epidemic coupled with the assumed benefits of infant formula for the children of all HIV-infected mothers have in complex ways changed public ideas about infant feeding and represents a threat to well establish ... -
“We are like co-wives”: Traditional healers' views on collaborating with the formal Child and Adolescent Mental Health System in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04-10)Background: Early identification and management of mental illness in childhood and adolescence helps to avert debilitating mental illness in adulthood but the attention given to Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) ... -
“We live as good a life as we can, in the situation we’re in” – the significance of the home as perceived by persons with dementia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-06)Background: The coming years will see more persons with dementia living longer at home. However, “the home” is a complex concept with a multitude of meanings, varying among individuals and raising ethical and practical ...