<i>Background</i> - Stroke has transitioned from an untreatable, unpreventable disease to a highly treatable and preventable disease over recent decades, and the number of stroke survivors is expected to increase. The number is also foreseen to grow larger as a result of an aging population. With an escalating number of stroke survivors, research on how to improve life after stroke is needed.<br>< ...

The objective of this note is to provide the background and basic tools to estimate the statistical error of deformation parameters that are calculated from displacement fields retrieved from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery or from location changes of position sensors in an array. We focus here specifically on sea ice drift and deformation. In the most general case, the uncertainties of ...

<i>Objectives</i> - To evaluate the performance of the predictors in estimating the probability of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) when all versus only significant variables are combined into a decision model (1) among all clinical suspects and (2) among smear-negative cases based on the results of culture tests.<p> <p><i>Design</i> - A cross-sectional study.<p> <p><i>Setting</i> - Two public ...

Testing for SARS-CoV-2 ved bruk av PCR- og antistofftester gir et betydelig bidrag i bekjempelsen av covid-19-pandemien. Denne kasuistikken belyser en situasjon der PCRtesting for SARS-CoV-2 reiste flere spørsmål enn testen kunne besvare.

<i>Background</i> - Most temperate bats are regular hibernators in the winter. Knowledge about the length of their active season and how they adjust their nightly activity throughout the season, is critical to conservation. The characteristics of these are likely to vary with climate as well as latitude. This study investigated the flight activity of the soprano pipistrelle <i>Pipistrellus pygmaeus</i> ...

A solar-flare-induced, high-latitude (peak at 70–75^∘ geographic latitude – GGlat) ionospheric current system was studied. Right after the X9.3 flare on 6 September 2017, magnetic stations at 68–77^∘ GGlat near local noon detected northward geomagnetic deviations (ΔB) for more than 3 h, with peak amplitudes of >200 nT without any accompanying substorm activities. From its location, ...

<i>Objectives</i> - The aim of this study was to explore possible long-term negative health effects of injuries sustained by modern weaponry.<p> <p><i>Setting</i> - The study was conducted in Gaza’s main hospital, Al-Shifa Hospital.<p> <p><i>Participants</i> - During the last 10 to 15 years, thousands of civilian Palestinians in Gaza have survived numerous military incursions, but with war-related ...

<p>Background</i> - Older adults with diabetes take fewer steps per day than those without diabetes. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association of daily step count with incident diabetes in community-dwelling 70-year-olds.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - This prospective cohort study included N = 3055 community-dwelling 70-year-olds (52% women) who participated in a health examination ...

<p>Kvinnefotballen er i vekst. Blant FIFAs 211 nasjonale forbund er det pr. 2019 registrert rundt 13 360 000 millioner spillere, et betydelig større antall spillere enn bare ett par tiår tidligere uten at vi får verifisert eksakte tall. Fotball er i antall medlemmer den største idretten i verden både blant jenter/kvinner og gutter/herrer. Forskjellen i antall medlemmer mellom kjønnene er allikevel ...