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Vitamin D supplementation and its influence on musclestrength and mobility in community-dwelling olderpersons: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02)Background: It has been suggested that vitamin D status or supplementation is important for maintaining or improving muscle strength and mobility in older adults. The study results, however, do not provide consistent ... -
Vitamin D Uptake in Patients Treated with a High-Dosed Purified Omega-3 Compound in a Randomized Clinical Trial Following an Acute Myocardial Infarction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-24)Background: Fish is the natural dietary source of vitamin D. Reports on the influence of purified omega-3 fatty acids on its uptake are scarce. Objectives: We investigated the impact of a purified high-dose omega-3 compound ... -
Vitamin D, Calcium and Energy intake and the association with bone mineral density among elite level para cyclists and able bodied cyclists
(Master thesis, 2023-01-03)Background: Dietary intakes and supplement use among Paralympic Athletes are generally unknown, and expert advice is scarce. Low bone mineral density (BMD) is an issue many para athletes (PA) meet. Elite cyclists are ... -
Vitamin D, oral health, and disease characteristics in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a multicenter cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with autoimmune diseases and oral health. Knowledge about the association between vitamin D status and oral conditions in JIA is limited. We aimed to investigate vitamin ... -
Vitamin D, vitamin D binding protein, and longitudinal outcomes in COPD
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-24)Background: Associations between Vitamin D3 [25(OH)D], vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are previously reported. We aimed to further investigate these associations on ... -
Vitamin D-status hos norske ettåringer og deres mødre og betydningen av sjømatinntak og kosttilskudd
(Master thesis, 2013-09-13)Background: Vitamin D is necessary for normal bone development, cell differentiation and immune response. Existing data shows that a relatively large proportion of the population has insufficient vitamin D status. When ... -
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 ... -
Vitrectomy-Assisted Biopsy: An in vitro Study on the Impact of Cut Rate and Probe Size
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Purpose: The aim of this study was to optimize the technique of performing vitrectomy-assisted biopsy of intraocular tumors by comparing the cytohistological findings in specimens obtained with different vitrectomy probes ... -
Vocal Cord Function During Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury Assessed by Accelerometry and EMG
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-02)Objective Gradual impairment of nerve conduction is expected to be tightly associated with simultaneous gradual loss of vocal cord contractility, related to the fact that injured axons are connected to a defined number of ... -
Voice and Exercise Related Respiratory Symptoms in Extremely Preterm Born Children After Neonatal Patent Ductus Arteriosus
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: To investigate voice characteristics and exercise related respiratory symptoms in extremely preterm born 11-year-old children, focusing particularly on associations with management of a patent ductus arteriosus ... -
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 ... -
Volume blood flow-based indices of fetal brain sparing in the second half of pregnancy: A longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction Cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) and umbilicocerebral ratio (UCR) are clinically used as a measure of fetal brain sparing. These are calculated as the ratios between the pulsatility indices (PIs) of middle cerebral ... -
Volumetric parameters from [18F]FDG PET/CT predicts survival in patients with high-grade gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)A positive fluorine-18 labelled 2-deoxy-2-fluoroglucose ([18F]FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been associated with more aggressive disease and less differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms ... -
Voxel dimension optimization for probabilistic tractography in rat brain using 7T scanner
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)Brain connectivity is an increasingly important research field within neuroscience. Using MRI technology it is now possible to measure diffusion to approximate the location of anatomical tracts in the brain or correlate ... -
The vulnerable child in an obesogenic environment : Associations between sociodemographic and behavioural factors and weight-related anthropometric variables in Norwegian children
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-05-08)Background: Childhood overweight and obesity represent important challenges. As treatment is difficult, the attention given to prevention is warranted. To identify children at risk of overweight and obesity, knowledge about ... -
Vurdering av filleristing av barn i straffesaker for norske domstoler
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Dette er en flerfaglig gjennomgang av samtlige norske straffesaker funnet på Lovdata fra 2004 fram til 2015 om «filleristing». Hver sak er gjennomgått av forfatterne; to jurister og tre medisinske eksperter på hodeskader ...