Pale terricolous lichens are a vital component of Arctic ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon balance, energy regulation, and serving as a primary food source for reindeer. Their characteristically high albedo also impacts land surface temperature (LST) dynamics across various spatial scales. However, remote sensing of lichens is challenging due to their complex spectral signatures and ...

The endurance of the electronic component under an overstress situation is important for the reliability and safety of electronic systems. Failure, and even catastrophic disaster, can occur when voltage overstress last a certain period. This article investigates the thermal and electrical change in resistors under overstressed voltage. The carbon film fixed resistor is taken as an example. Through ...

The development of the gut microbiome in infancy is a vulnerable process that may be perturbed by antibiotics or supported by probiotics. Although effects of these “biotics” have been well-studied through DNA sequencing, it remains unclear how the resulting compositional changes affect the microbiome metabolic functions. Additionally, limits in method standardization require careful quality assessment ...

Objective - Intravenous epinephrine administration is preferred during neonatal resuscitation, but may not always be rapidly administered due to lack of equipment or trained staff. We aimed to compare the time to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and post-ROSC haemodynamics between intravenous, endotracheal (ET) and intranasal (IN) epinephrine in severely asphyxic, bradycardic newborn ...

We recently conducted a review of the literature regarding hunter-gatherer children’s schooling experiences in the global South (Ninkova et al 2024). In this research note, we highlight one central finding of our review: that the autonomy granted to hunter-gatherer children determines their participation in school. Children decide for themselves whether they will attend. Children also decide for ...

Background - No universally recognized transperineal ultrasound parameters are available for evaluating stress urinary incontinence. The information captured by commonly used perineal ultrasound parameters is limited and insufficient for a comprehensive assessment of stress urinary incontinence. Although bladder neck motion plays a major role in stress urinary incontinence, objective and visual ...

Objectives - This study assessed the test–retest reliability of athletic performance tests in a cohort of trained Norwegian female handball players, as well as a sub-analysis of the test–retest reliability for naturally menstruating players.<p> <p>Design - Eighteen handball players (naturally menstruating: n = 8) completed performance test batteries on three separate occasions.<p> <p>Methods ...

Objective - To describe healthcare professionals’ perception of current early rehabilitation practices and their preconditions, focusing on functional and cognitive stimulation facilitated by nurses and other healthcare professionals in Scandinavian intensive care units (ICUs).<p> <p>Design - Cross-sectional electronic survey administered to healthcare professionals. The survey was developed in ...

Background - Surgical site infections are a major health problem that deteriorates the patients’ health and increases health care costs. A reliable method to identify patients with modifiable risk of surgical site infection is necessary to reduce the incidence of them but data are limited. Hence the objective is to assess the predictive validity of a logistic regression model compared to risk indexes ...

Background - This study aimed to identify novel plasma proteins associated with first-lifetime venous thromboembolism (VTE) and molecular pathways involved in VTE pathogenesis.<p> <p>Methods - A case–cohort comprising incident VTE cases (n = 294) and a randomly sampled age- and sex-weighted subcohort (n = 1,066) was derived from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3, n = 50,800). Blood samples were ...