Under national and international legislation, when choosing a foster home, continuity of upbringing and connection to the child’s cultural, religious, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds is desirable. However, research shows that such considerations are only taken into account to a small extent and that children from minority backgrounds are often settled in majority foster homes. The Norwegian Child ...

The rising prevalence of mental illness among youth has underscored the critical need for proficient therapists trained in effective methods for treating prevalent mental disorders. As mental health services grapple with resource constraints, the demand for shorter training programs has increased. This study aimed to investigate whether therapist competence improves continuously over a two-year ...

Let Σ be a closed hyperbolic surface. We study, for fixed g, the asymptotics of the number of those periodic geodesics in Σ having at most length L and which can be written as the product of g commutators. The basic idea is to reduce these results to being able to count critical realizations of trivalent graphs in Σ. In the appendix, we use the same strategy to give a proof of Huber’s geometric ...

The prevention of memory decline requires better knowledge of biological markers. We studied the associations between kidney function biomarkers and memory decline (assessed with the Mini-Mental State Examination—MMSE) in elderly individuals without dementia (MMSE 24–30, age 60–74 years, n = 643, Arkhangelsk, Russia). Participants were divided by sex and into three groups according to the delayed ...

Bakgrunn: Hvordan gi studentene en realistisk opplevelse av entreprenørskap innenfor høyere utdanning, er et pedagogisk spørsmål som stadig diskuteres i litteraturen. Spillifisering (gamification på engelsk) har blitt foreslått som en mulig løsning som kan understøtte læringsmålene vi ønsker å oppnå innenfor entreprenøriell læring. Det er lite tidligere forskning som har undersøkt hvordan studenter ...

Purpose - Naloxegol has been shown to be an efficient alternative to treat opioid-induced constipation (OIC). This study aimed at describing the characteristics of naloxegol users and assessing patterns of naloxegol use and associated factors.<p> <p>Methods - This drug utilization cohort study used observational registry data on patients newly prescribed naloxegol in four European countries. ...

The search for highly efficient adsorbent materials remains a significant requirement in the field of adsorption for wastewater treatment. Computational study can highly contribute to the identification of efficient material. In this work, we propose a computational approach to study the adsorption of four cationic basic dyes, basic blue 26 (BB26), basic green 1 (BG1), basic yellow 2 (BY2), and basic ...

Background - Medication lists prepared in the emergency department (ED) form the basis for diagnosing and treating patients during hospitalization. Since incomplete medication information may lead to patient harm, it is crucial to obtain a correct and complete medication list at hospital admission. In this cross-sectional retrospective study we wanted to explore medication information completeness ...

Background - Studies on self-reported emotional and behavioral problems (EBPs) among adolescents are still sparse in many low- and middle-income countries. In Nepal, no such studies have been performed on a larger scale, and little is known about self-reported EBPs in the adolescent population.<p> <p>Methods - This cross-sectional, school-based study on EBPs included 1904 adolescents aged 11–18 ...