The existence of negative descriptions denoting events is controversial in the literature, since it implies enriching the semantic ontology with negative events. The goal of this article is to argue that the readings that have been called ‘negative events’—in contrast to sentential negation reading—should be analysed as inhibited eventualities. We will argue that the inhibited eventuality reading ...

OBJECTIVE It is of vital importance to elucidate the triggering factors of obesity and type 2 diabetes to improve patient care. Bariatric surgery has been shown to prevent and even cure diabetes, but the mechanism is unknown. Elevated levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) predict incident diabetes, but the sources of LPS are not clarified. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the ...

Background: In today’s health care, new health reforms focus on market values and demands of efficiency influence health workers’ professional practice. Norwegian public health nurses work mainly with healthy populations, but the children, families and young people they meet can be in vulnerable and even dependent situations. Strategies in coping with ethically challenging encounters can be ...

Increasing terrestrial run-off from melting glaciers and thawing permafrost to Arctic coastal areas is expected to facilitate re-mobilization of stored legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg), potentially increasing exposure to these contaminants for coastal benthic organisms. We quantified chlorinated POPs and Hg concentrations, lipid content and multiple dietary markers, in a ...

Avhandlingen omhandler rettslige begrensninger for ileggelse av foretaksstraff på objektivt grunnlag. Etter strl. § 27 kan foretak straffes for straffbare handlinger begått av dets representanter, uavhengig om gjerningspersonen har utvist subjektiv skyld. Hovedproblemstillingen er hvorvidt dette er forenelig med skyldprinsippet, uskyldspresumsjonen og lovprinsippet i strafferetten. Foretaksstraffinstituttet ...

Objectives: To investigate final-year medical students' perspectives of general practitioners' competencies. A further aim of the study was to investigate which type of clinical problems is properly managed by GPs according to students.<p> <p>Methods: We conducted a qualitative study of 49 final year medical students from two programmes. Reflective writing statements were used to collect data. ...

Methods/Aims: Despite improved preoperative evaluation, surgical techniques and perioperative intensive care, some patients still experience postoperative liver failure in part due to insufficient regeneration. The aim of this review is to give the reader a historical synopsis of the major trends in animal research on liver regeneration from the early experiments in 1877 up to modern investigation. ...

Objective To investigate whether intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with overall cancer incidence in a large prospective cohort of women in Sweden characterised by young age at enrolment (30–49 years) and relatively low intake of fruits and vegetables.<p> <p>Methods We followed prospectively 49,261 women, who completed a food frequency questionnaire in 1991–1992. A total of 2,347 ...

Исследование посвящено детальному анализу смертности в Тронхейме — третьем по величине городе Норвегии во второй половине XIX в. На основе индивидуальных данных о причинах смерти, содержащихся в приходских книгах города Тронхейма, анализируются причины смерти и практики их регистрации, а также те изменения, которые проходили в условиях роста урбанизации и индустриализации. Изучив историю регистрации ...

The association between overall life satisfaction (LS) and relationship satisfaction (RS) was investigated longitudinally among mothers (N=67,355), using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Data were collected twice during pregnancy, and at 6 and 36 months postpartum. Satisfaction increased during pregnancy, with RS ...