Background - Women with South Asian ethnicity have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) compared with white women of European descent, especially after gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Central obesity and adipose tissue dysfunction have been linked to their higher risk of T2DM, but the mechanisms are not known. We hypothesize that low-grade, persistent immune cell activation ...

In coordination chemistry, 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine is a versatile and extensively studied tridentate ligand. Terpyridine forms stable complexes with a variety of metal ions through coordination sites provided by the three nitrogen atoms in its pyridine rings. This paper presents an electrochemical study on various bis(terpyridine)osmium(II) complexes, addressing the absence of a systematic investigation ...

Background - Acupressure has proven efficacy in symptoms management, making it valuable in clinical practice and patient care. Given the rising number of increasing publications on acupressure, we aimed to analyze the literature from the past 20 years and provided current trends and hotspot for future research directions.<p> <p>Methods - Publications on acupressure from January 1, 2004 through ...

Background: Governments and policy makers struggle to achieve a balance between hierarchical steering and horizontal governance in systems characterized by fragmented decision authority and multiple interests. To realize its One Citizen–One Journal eHealth policy vision, the Norwegian government established a special eHealth board of stakeholders to create an inclusive governance model that aligned ...

Background: Failure to adhere to sleep and physical activity recommendations among adolescents constitutes a public health problem. However, the associations between sleep duration and adolescents’ physical activity levels remain less explored. The aims of this paper were twofold: (1) to describe sleep and physical activity levels among Norwegian school-based adolescents, stratified by school level ...

Hos Riksantikvarieämbetets arkiv och bibliotek på Storgatan 43 i Stockholm !nns många böcker om medeltida arkitektur och konst, däribland en bok från 1853 om restaureringen av katedralen NotreDame av franska arkitekterna Jean-Baptiste Lassus och Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Katedralen är nu under restaurering efter en brand.

This chapter explores how student course evaluation can potentially be strengthened as a pedagogical practice and be more actively used in teaching improvement that benefits students’ learning. Moreover, we explore the role academic developers can have in student evaluation practice. The chapter builds on an interview study of twelve Norwegian academic developers and leaders of academic development ...

The nature of roots and their role in linguistic theory has been the topic of extensive discussion for many years. A number of decompositional theories have proposed that roots are among the basic building blocks of word formation, yet they do not agree on their specific characteristics. The present paper approaches the issue from a different angle, namely through the lens of language contact. It ...

Even though Inclusive Education (IE) is required both legally and socially, it is often not implemented in the day-to-day teaching practice of faculty in higher education (HE) institutions. Professional development (PD) training is considered an important means to address this discrepancy, however, its impact on the long-term implementation of IE is unclear. This exploratory study is the first of ...

Drawing on social contagion theory, nudge theory and norm activation theory, this study investigates how residents' pro-environmental behaviour may influence tourists' behaviour, thus, collaboratively achieving a tourist destination's sustainability. Findings from a field experiment and three scenario experiments confirm that tourists have a stronger intention to behave pro-environmentally in those ...