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Assessing the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of an Orally Dosed Enzymatically Liberated Fish Oil in a House Dust Model of Allergic Asthma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-14)Eosinophils are a major driver of inflammation in a number of human diseases, including asthma. Biologic therapies targeting IL-5 have enabled better control of severe eosinophilic asthma, but no such advances have been ... -
Assessing the association of oxytocin augmentation with obstetric anal sphincter injury in nulliparous women: A population-based, case-control study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-24)Objective To assess the association of oxytocin augmentation with obstetric anal sphincter injury among nulliparous women. Design Population-based, case–control study. Setting Primary and secondary teaching hospital serving ... -
Assessing the burden of missing tuberculosis cases in Pakistan
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-10-16)Approximately 3 million people get tuberculosis (TB) every year in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) of World Health Organization (WHO) and a third does not get TB services. WHO urges countries to find, treat and ... -
Assessing the Causal Relationship of Maternal Height on Birth Size and Gestational Age at Birth: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-08-18)Background: Observational epidemiological studies indicate that maternal height is associated with gestational age at birth and fetal growth measures (i.e., shorter mothers deliver infants at earlier gestational ages with ... -
Assessing the content validity of the Manchester–Oxford Foot Questionnaire in surgically treated ankle fracture patients: a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Roughly 10% of fractures in adults are ankle fractures. These injuries are found in both sexes and present with different fracture characteristics. The treatment varies with the patients’ biology and fracture ... -
Assessing the relationship between patient preferences for recontact after BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic testing and their monitoring coping style in a Norwegian sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Recontacting former patients regarding new genetic information is currently not standard care but might be implemented in the future. Little information is available on the implications of this practice from the point of ... -
Assessing the World Health Organization: What does the academic debate reveal and is it democratic?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The World Health Organization (WHO), the leading global authority in public health, routinely attracts loud calls for reform. Although Member States negotiate reform internally, academic debate is more public, and can ... -
Assessment of clinically related outcomes and biomarker analysis for translational integration in colorectal cancer (ACROBATICC): study protocol for a population-based, consecutive cohort of surgically treated colorectal cancers and resected colorectal liver metastasis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-29)Background: More accurate predictive and prognostic biomarkers for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) primaries or colorectal liver metastasis (CLM) are needed. Outside clinical trials, the translational integration of ... -
Assessment of cognitive function, structural brain changes and fatigue 6 months after treatment of neuroborreliosis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Complete recovery after adequately treated neuroborreliosis is common, but studies report that some patients experience persistent symptoms like self-reported cognitive problems and fatigue. Persisting symptoms ... -
Assessment of Dietary Choline Intake, Contributing Food Items, and Associations with One-Carbon and Lipid Metabolites in Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults: The Hordaland Health Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Choline is an essential nutrient for humans and is involved in various physiologic functions. Through its metabolite betaine, it is closely connected to the one-carbon metabolism, and the fat-soluble choline ... -
Assessment of dietary intake and body mass index in a nutritionally deprived population in rural Democratic Republic of Congo
(Master thesis, 2015-06-10)Introduction: In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), about 70% of the total population and more than 40% of children under the age of 5 are undernourished. In such an area, assessment of nutritional adequacy is ... -
Assessment of environmental contamination with soil-transmitted helminths life stages at school compounds, households and open markets in Jimma Town, Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background It remains largely unknown where and how infections with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris, Trichuris, Necator and Ancylostoma) occur. We therefore aimed to identify possible sources of infection by ... -
Assessment of hospitalisation costs and their determinants among Covid-19 patients in South Central Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is a global public health problem. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the economy of developing countries, including Ethiopia.This study aimed ... -
Assessment of hospitalization costs and its determinants in infants with clinical severe infection at a public tertiary hospital in Nepal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Sepsis, an important and preventable cause of death in the newborn, is associated with high out of pocket hospitalization costs for the parents/guardians. The government of Nepal’s Free Newborn Care (FNC) service that ... -
Assessment of Image Quality of a PET/CT scanner for a Standarized Image situation Using a NEMA Body Phantom. “The impact of Different Image Reconstruction Parameters on Image quality”
(Master thesis, 2013-09-01)Radiologists and medical practitioners are working daily with images from integrated Positron Emission Tomography/ Computed Tomography (PET/CT) scanners in order to detect potentially lethal diseases. It is thus very ... -
Assessment of malaria real-time PCR methods and application with focus on lowlevel parasitaemia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-05)In epidemiological surveys and surveillance the application of molecular tools is essential in detecting submicroscopic malaria. A genus-specific conventional cytochrome b (cytb) PCR has shown high sensitivity in field ... -
Assessment of markers of gut integrity and inflammation in non-celiac gluten sensitivity after a gluten free-diet
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Purpose: Markers for gut integrity and inflammation have received increasing interest as intestinal permeability and innate immune system activation are suggested as possible pathophysiological mechanisms in non-celiac ... -
Assessment of nocturnal versus daytime gas exchange in stable COPD. With emphasis on hypoventilation during spontaneous sleep and in sleep influenced by alcohol or zopiclone
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-10-28)Background/purpose: Chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) is associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and sleep hypoventilation (SH) has been proposed as ... -
Assessment of Pain in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-10-23)Background: Pain measurement is a challenging task in most populations, but individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) display specific barriers to adequate pain evaluation, since they cannot give ...