Den i dag relativt ukjente samiske bonden Knut Lunde (1867-1937) levde og virket som helbreder på Dyrøy i Troms i en periode over mer enn 40 år. Lunde hadde ingen formell medisinsk utdannelse, men var i sin samtid kjent som «mirakeldoktoren på Dyrøy». Som helbreder kombinerte han flere medisinske praksiser og tok i bruk både kunnskap om biomedisin, urtemedisin basert på tradisjonell lokal naturkunnskap, ...

Continuous warnings on quality and food safety of shrimp products from importers have led to increases in port rejections. This has increased awareness amongst Vietnamese farmers for conducting shrimp farming according to specific certification guidelines. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the situation of quality control and effectiveness of Good Aquaculture Practices (GAP) in Vietnam ...

Nanomedicine is seen as a potential central player in the delivery of personalized medicine. Biocompatibility issues of nanoparticles have largely been resolved over the past decade. Despite their tremendous progress, less than 1% of applied nanosystems can hit their intended target location, such as a solid tumor, and this remains an obstacle to their full ability and potential with a high translational ...

Based on the recent call to expand the discussion about sex and sexuality in social work, and coming from an international perspective, this paper offers a theoretical and practical strategy for teaching sex and sexuality in social work. The pedagogical strategy aims at creating a critical thinking classroom. Specifically, the paper presents six key topics for teaching sex and sexuality critically ...

Background - Health assessment of seals in captivity include haematology and serum biochemistry measurements. Because such parameters differ between species, it is crucial to have species-specific reference values for the interpretation of clinical samples. Furthermore, differences in nutrition and environment, life cycles as well as seasonal/annual cycles and varying physiological conditions can ...

Objectives. &e present review aims to give an overview of the literature focusing on novel genetic aspects of dental erosion and dental caries. Once the tooth erupts into the oral cavity, the regenerative capability of enamel is fundamentally limited due to the loss of dental epithelium during eruption. &e susceptibility or resistance to dental erosion and caries is presumably a result of environmental, ...

Hensikt - Koronapandemien og de påfølgende samfunnstiltakene kan ha økt behovet for og bruken av legemidler som demper smerter, angst eller søvnproblemer. Vi undersøkte derfor om salget av slike vanedannende legemidler endret seg i pandemiens første periode.<p> <p>Materiale og metode - Data ble hentet fra grossistbasert legemiddelstatistikk. Månedlige salg av smertestillende opioider, angstdempende ...

Objective - To explore home care services (HCS) employees' professional experiences with the use of dietary supplements (DSs) in their clients with dementia. We also investigated their attributed professional responsibility concerning this use and their attitudes toward DSs in general. Differences between nurses and nurse assistants were investigated.<p> <p>Design - A cross-sectional survey with ...

Indigenous journalism can facilitate the inclusion of Indigenous voices in the public sphere, thereby contributing to social change. Contemporary Indigenous journalism is in part facilitated by the introduction and diffusion of paradigmatic media innovations, including the Internet, mobile technology, and social media. Based on a literature review, we investigate how media innovations are ...

While studies of the relationship between applicant personality and selection assessment ratings are widespread within personnel psychology, studies on military samples are scarcer. The current study aimed to investigate the associations between the Five-Factor Model of personality and ratings in (1) a military selection interview and (2) a field selection exercise simulating a war-like scenario. ...