Bergen Open Research Archive: Recent submissions
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The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Most people who inject drugs (PWIDs) suffer from severe fatigue, and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may play a role in this. However, there is scarce evidence about interventions that alleviate ... -
Impacts of predation by Eurasian otters on Atlantic salmon in two Norwegian rivers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)1. The return of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) to western Norway has sparked human–predator conflicts because otters prey on vulnerable Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations. Although predation may not be the ultimate ... -
Longer-term quality of care, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of implementing a model of care for osteoarthritis: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective: To assess the quality of care, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness over 12 months after implementing a structured model of care for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) in primary healthcare as compared to usual ... -
Survival in a consecutive series of 467 glioblastoma patients: Association with prognostic factors and treatment at recurrence at two independent institutions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-02)Therapy of recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) is challenging due to lack of standard treatment. We investigated physicians’ treatment choice at recurrence and prognostic and predictive factors for survival in GBM patients from ... -
The TP53 Codon 72 Arginine Polymorphism Is Found with Increased TP53 Somatic Mutations in HPV(−) and in an Increased Percentage among HPV(+) Norwegian HNSCC Patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-26)Background: Somatic TP53 mutations are frequent in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and are important pathogenic factors. Objective: To study TP53 mutations relative to the presence of human papillomavirus ... -
The Milky Way: Mobility and Economy at the Turn of the 3rd Millennium in Southern Central Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In the light of discussions surrounding the social changes attributed to the arrival of the Corded Ware culture in central Europe, here we investigate the economic strategies of one of the cultural complexes of the immediately ... -
A 39,600-year-old leather punch board from Canyars, Gavà, Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Puncture alignments are found on Palaeolithic carvings, pendants, and other fully shaped osseous artifacts. These marks were interpreted as abstract decorations, system of notations, and features present on human and animal ... -
The Blurry Third Millennium. "Neolithisation" in a Norwegian Context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this article, we critically review recurrent tropes, implicit frameworks, and unexplained concepts in current research on the process of “Neolithisation” in the western part of southern Norway. Two models are on offer, ... -
Does a Mamluk Sultan Hold Religious Authority? Quranic Exegesis and ḥadīṯ Scholarship in Late Mamluk Courtly maǧālis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The article critically reexamines the notion of Mamluk rulers being uninterested in religious affairs and the authority a supreme religious status could bestow. It shows that, with the late Mamluk ruler Qāniṣawh al-Ġawrī ... -
Key terms and definitions in acute porphyrias: Results of an international Delphi consensus led by the European porphyria network
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Acute porphyrias are a group of rare inherited disorders causing acute neurovisceral attacks. Many terms used frequently in the literature and clinical practice are ambiguous, which can lead to confusion in the way patients ... -
Bremsstrahlung as a probe of baryon stopping in heavy-ion collisions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In collisions between heavy ions at ultra-relativistic energies the participating protons lose energy, which is converted into new particles. As the protons slow down, they emit bremsstrahlung radiation. The yield and ... -
External validation of SAPS II score reported to the Norwegian Intensive Care and Pandemic Registry (NIPaR)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) is a mortality prediction model widely used to compensate for differences between intensive care units (ICU) in benchmarking and research. Accuracy of SAPS II is ... -
The surveillance of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Norway, February 2020 – May 2022 : Systems comparisons, risk factors and clinical course
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-04-26)Bakgrunn: I Norge ble tre ulike system for overvåking av pasienter innlagt i sykehus med COVID-19 opprettet for å overvåke alvorligheten av pandemien. Ett var en aggregert, manuell innrapportering om belegg ved sykehusene, ... -
Evaluation of an interprofessional follow-up intervention among people with type 2 diabetes in primary care—A randomized controlled trial with embedded qualitative interviews
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)With an ageing population and improved treatments people live longer with their chronic diseases, and primary care clinics face more costly and difficult-to-treat multimorbid patients. To meet these challenges, current ... -
Effect of sense of coherence on long-term work participation among rehabilitation patients: A longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: To investigate the causal effect of sense of coherence on long-term work participation after rehabilitation, including stratification by age and diagnoses. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Participants: ... -
Case Report: Limbic encephalitis following treatment with durvalumab for small-cell lung cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-16)Background: Durvalumab is an immune checkpoint Inhibitor (ICIs) that is used in the treatment of malignant tumors, such as lung cancer and melanoma. ICIs are associated with immune-related adverse events including autoimmune ... -
The Connections Among Hamming Metric, b-Symbol Metric, and r-th Generalized Hamming Metric
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The r -th generalized Hamming metric and the b -symbol metric are two different generalizations of Hamming metric. The former is used on the wire-tap channel of Type II, and the latter is motivated by the limitations of ... -
Classes of intersection digraphs with good algorithmic properties
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)While intersection graphs play a central role in the algorithmic analysis of hard problems on undirected graphs, the role of intersection digraphs in algorithms is much less understood. We present several contributions ... -
Parameterized complexity of categorical clustering with size constraints
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Diverse collections in matroids and graphs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)We investigate the parameterized complexity of finding diverse sets of solutions to three fundamental combinatorial problems. The input to the Weighted Diverse Bases problem consists of a matroid M, a weight function ω : ...