This article examines social workers’ perceptions of youths’ participation and how their perceptions influence their practice towards youths in aftercare. The article is based on qualitative interviews with 38 social workers in child welfare services (CWS) and collaborative welfare services. The interviews were analysed using a hermeneutic approach. We identified two practices with different objectives: ...

Background: Excessive bradykinin (BK) generation from high molecular weight kininogen (HK) by plasma kallikrein (PK) due to lack of protease inhibition is central to the pathophysiology of hereditary angioedema (HAE). Inadequate protease inhibition may contribute to HAE through a number of plasma proteases including factor VII activating protease (FSAP) that can also cleave HK.<p> <p>Objective: ...

Objective The implementation of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in general practice varies, but it is unknown what determines this variation. The purpose of this study was to explore (1) the overall proportion of POCUS-users among general practitioners (GPs), (2) the current use of POCUS by GPs, (3) factors related to the implementation of POCUS in general practice and (4) GPs’ concerns related ...

Background: Excess mortality captures the total effect of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mortality and is not affected by misspecification of cause of death. We aimed to describe how health and demographic factors were associated with excess mortality during, compared to before, the pandemic. <p> <p>Methods and findings: We analysed a time series dataset including 9,635,613 ...

Background - This study investigated the completion rates, scores and factors associated with non-completion and low scores on physical capability tests in a health survey administered to adults with intellectual disabilities. <p> <p>Method - Assessment comprised body mass index (BMI), the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), the timed up-and-go (TUG) test, the one-legged stance (OLS) test; ...

Much of the formal linguistic research on third language (L3) acquisition has focused on transfer source selection, with the overall finding that (global) structural similarity between the L1/L2 and L3 is the strongest predictor of initial transfer patterns. Recently, Cabrelli and Pichan (2021) reported data from the production of underlyingly intervocalic voiced stops in L3 Brazilian Portuguese ...

Tidligere forskning har vist at foreldrenes religiøse ståsted har betydning for ungdoms religiøse identitetsutvikling, men også at ungdom i økende grad ønsker å bestemme selv hvordan de praktiserer religion. I denne artikkelen spør vi hvordan ungdoms mulighet til å treffe selvstendige valg når det gjelder personlig tro og praksis påvirker deres religiøse identitet. Mer spesifikt undersøker vi hvordan ...

<p>Purpose - The main aim was to evaluate the measurement properties of the Family Needs Questionnaire-Revised (FNQ-R) in family members of individuals living with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). <p>Methods - A total of 309 family members of individuals with severe TBI from Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Norway and Spain participated. Rasch analysis of the FNQ-R and its 6 subscales was ...

Recent discoveries of high levels of biological activity in the Arctic marine ecosystems during the polar night raise questions regarding the ecophysiology of the pelagic postlarval daubed shanny Leptoclinus maculatus. Of special interest is the composition of the lipid sac—a unique feature not found in other Arctic fishes. Analysis of the fatty acid content of major classes of lipids as membrane—total ...