Background - Relevance to clinical practice The findings from the study highlighting family involvement, high-quality communication and flexible visiting policy as central aspects of family care may inspire clinicians to identify aspects of everyday family care in their ICUs calling for further improvement.<p> <p>Aims and objectives - To describe family involvement, communication practices and ...

Peer recovery services (PRS) in Norwegian municipalities fill a gap in available care in mental health care and/ or substance abuse treatment. In this qualitative study, we interviewed six peer recovery workers (PRWs). Our aim was to explore how the PRWs understood their competences as vital for carrying out the work in PRS. Through a thematic analysis, we found themes the PRWs recognize as important ...

Område for helsetjenester i Folkehelseinstituttet utførte en oppdatering av en oppsummering av skandinavisk forskning om konsekvenser av covid19 på velferd, likestilling, livsvilkår og livskvalitet.<p> <p>Metode - Vi utførte en systematisk kunnskapsoppsummering av typen ‘systematisk litteratursøk med sortering’. Vi søkte i april 2021 i ulike databaser og i grålitteraturkilder etter empirisk ...

Aims - To compare the population proportion at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) using the Norwegian NORRISK 1 that predicts 10-year risk of CVD mortality and the Norwegian national guidelines from 2009, with the updated NORRISK 2 that predicts 10-year risk of both fatal and non-fatal risk of CVD and the Norwegian national guidelines from 2017.<p> <p>Methods - We included participants ...

Purpose: To develop a method for individual parameter estimation of four hydraulic-analogy bioenergetic models and to assess the validity and reliability of these models’ prediction of aerobic and anaerobic metabolic utilization during sprint roller-skiing.<p> <p>Methods: Eleven elite cross-country skiers performed two treadmill roller-skiing time trials on a course consisting of three flat ...

Background Quorum Sensing (QS) is a cell-to-cell communication system that bacteria utilize to adapt to the external environment by synthesizing and responding to signalling molecules called autoinducers. The psychrotrophic bacterium Aliivibrio wodanis 06/09/139, originally isolated from a winter ulcer of a reared Atlantic salmon, produces the autoinducer N-3-hydroxy-decanoyl-homoserine-lactone ...

We propose that humans are prepared to interpret giving as a diagnostic cue of reciprocal–exchange relations from infancy. A prediction following from this hypothesis is that infants will represent the identity of an object they see being given, because this information is critical for evaluating potential future reciprocation. Across three looking-time experiments we tested whether the observation ...

Research activities and research output, in general, have increased, and keep increasing vastly, and so too is research on the polar regions including Svalbard in the Arctic. Major commercial publishers have built subscription-based services which present research literature for a fee. As Open Science and open access to literature and data is gaining momentum, there is a distinct need for powerful ...

The timing of surgical resection of synchronous liver metastases from colorectal cancer has been debated for decades. Several strategies have been proposed, but high-level evidence remains scarce. Simultaneous resection of the primary tumour and liver metastases has been described in numerous retrospective audits and meta-analyses. The potential benefits of simultaneous resections are the eradication ...

Linguistic polarity is a natural characteristic of judgments: Is that situation safe/dangerous? How difficult/easy was the task? Is that politician honest/dishonest? Across six studies (<i>N</i> = 1599), we tested how the qualitative frame of the question eliciting a risk judgment influenced risk perception and behavior intention. Using a series of hypothetical scenarios of skiing in avalanche ...