<p>Background: Dental caries is the most prevalent non-communicable health condition globally. The surface-based susceptibility hierarchy indicates that surfaces in the same group have similar susceptibility to caries, where the most susceptible group consists of occlusal surfaces of first molars and buccal surfaces of lower first molars, and the least susceptible surfaces are smooth and proximal ...

Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and more than 4000 different PFASs can be found today. They are used in several industrial applications (greaseproof paper, firefighting foam, stain repellents) because of their hydrophobic and lipophobic characteristics. PFOS (a perfluoroalkyl sulfonic acid (PFSA)) and PFOA (a perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acid (PFCA)) ...

Hensikten med studien er å skaffe tilveie økt kunnskap om pårørende sine erfaringer når en ektefelle eller forelder med demenssykdom må flytte fra skjermet til somatisk sykehjemsavdeling. Tema av interesse for studien har vært om forandring av bosted påvirker rollen som pårørende og pårørende sin livssituasjon og hverdagsliv. En kvalitativ tilnærming med semi strukturerte intervju ble brukt i studien. ...

Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CGG-repeat expansion in the 5′ UTR of the FMR1 gene on the X-chromosome. Both elevated levels of the expanded FMR1 mRNA and aberrant expression of a polyglycine protein (FMRpolyG) from the CGG-repeat region are hypothesized to trigger the pathogenesis of FXTAS. While increased expression of FMRpolyG leads ...

Bæredygtighed indebærer at tænke langsigtet og i netværk af forbindelser, som i sidste ende har global effekt. Det skal inkluderes i de sundhedsvidenskabelige uddannelser.

Background: Patients with chronic inflammatory joint diseases such as axial spondyloarthritis have traditionally received regular follow-up in specialist health care to maintain low disease activity. The follow-up has been organized as prescheduled face-to-face visits, which are time-consuming for both patients and health care professionals. Technology has enabled the remote monitoring of disease ...

Objective: To evaluate adherence to the guidelines for follow-up after conization of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN), and treatment outcome of high grade CIN (CIN2-3) among women living in Troms and Finnmark, North-Norway. Methods: Women aged 25-69 years treated for CIN for the first time in 2006-2011 were study participants (n=752). Recurrent disease was assessed among women who had two ...

The rather limited success of translation from basic research to clinical application has been highlighted as a major issue in the nanomedicine field. To identify the factors influencing the applicability of nanosystems as drug carriers and potential nanomedicine, we focused on following their fate through fluorescence-based assays, namely flow cytometry and imaging. These methods are often used to ...

<p><i>Objective</i>: To estimate current food intake in the population of northern Norway and to investigate the impact of self-perceived Sami ethnicity and region of residence on food intake.</p> <p><i>Design</i>: The data are part of the second cross-sectional survey of the Population-based Study on Health and Living Conditions in Regions with Sami and Norwegian Populations (the SAMINOR 2 ...

Within the literature, different playing positions present different external load profiles in match-play and are associated with the individual variation in activity profiles. In contrast to detailed information regarding matches, few studies have focused on the training practices in football. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to assess the levels of specificity that different playing-positions ...