<i>Background</i> - The pathogenesis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still incompletely understood, but it seems to involve immune activation and immune dysregulation.<p> <p><i>Objective</i> - We examined the parameters of activation of different leukocyte subsets in COVID-19–infected patients in relation to disease severity.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - We analyzed plasma levels of ...

Introduction - Individuals experiencing auditory hallucinations (AH) tend to perceive voices when exposed to random noise. However, the factors driving this tendency remain unclear. The present study examined the interaction of a top-down (expectations) and bottom-up (type of noise) process to better understand the mechanisms that underlie AH.<p> <p>Methods - Fifty-two healthy individuals (29 ...

A growing consensus sees the bilingual lexicon as an integrated, nonselective system. However, the way bilingual experience shapes the architecture and functioning of the lexicon is not well understood. This study investigates bilingual lexical-semantic representation and processing employing written translation priming. We focus on the role of active exposure to and use of the second language ...

The principles of three Rs-REPLACEMENT, REDUCTION, and REFINEMENT-govern the protection and use of animals, including fish, for research purposes in the European Union and Norway. In this paper, we discuss some straightforward steps to simplify the delivery of these principles at the idea stage and adapt some of these examples for conducting fish trials related to health and welfare. Although some ...

Background In the emergency department physicians are forced to distribute their time to ensure that all admitted patients receive appropriate emergency care. Previous studies have raised concerns about medication discrepancies in patient’s drug lists at admission to the emergency department. Thus, it is important to study how emergency department physicians distribute their time, to highlight where ...

<i>Background</i> - The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health emergency and experts emphasize the need for rapid and a high degree of communication and interaction between all parties, in order for critical research to be implemented. We introduce a resource (website) that provides bibliometric analysis showing the current content and structure of the published literature. As new research is ...

<b><p>Purpose</b> To explore family members’ experiences of caregiving throughout a cancer trajectory from diagnosis until around one year after chemotherapy and radiation treatment ended. <b><p>Method</b> We conducted a longitudinal qualitative study using in-depth interviews with 13 family members at one to three points of time: before, during, and after treatment. To analyse the interviews, ...

Mange studenter bruker uhensiktsmessig mye tid på ineffektive måter å lære på, og vi ønsket å gjøre noe med dette. En lære-å-lære-intervensjon ble pilotert høsten 2023 på et fellesemne på førsteåret for 600 helseprofesjonsstudenter fra 12 ulike studieprogrammer og med 40 involverte veiledere fra ulike studieprogram. Vi utformet intervensjonen med utgangspunkt i KBCP-rammeverket (McDaniel& Einstein, 2020).

<i>Ingress</i>: Plan S. Norge bør gå foran i kampen for å sikre at penger som bevilges til forskning, faktisk går til å produsere offentlig kunnskap, istedenfor rådyr, eksklusiv logofetisjisme.