<p>PURPOSE: To assess intraoperative stromal topography measurements using swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT)–based topography/tomography after epithelial removal and to analyze the epithelial contribution to the corneal topography and optics. <p>METHODS: This was a prospective series of 22 eyes of 19 patients referred to receive phototherapeutic keratotomy (PTK) for treatment of ...

Despite the recent advances in cancer therapeutics, highly aggressive cancer forms, such as glioblastoma (GBM), still have very low survival rates. The intracellular scaffold protein syntenin, comprising two postsynaptic density protein-95/discs-large/zona occludens-1 (PDZ) domains, has emerged as a novel therapeutic target in highly malignant phenotypes including GBM. Here, we report the development ...

The lower crust is, on average, mafic in composition and composed of minerals that remain mechanically strong up to high temperatures. Here we show that dissolution-precipitation creep (as a type of diffusion creep) plays a major role in deformation of gabbro bodies at upper amphibolite facies conditions. The Kågen gabbro, N. Norway, is comprised of undeformed gabbro lenses enclosed by mylonitised ...

We compared the benefits of using extruded feed (EF), against pelleted feed (PF) to guide cage culture investments in Great Lakes. Three out of six cages in the same farm had fish that were fed EF and the other half, belonging to a different farm had fish that were fed PF. The diets were similar in crude protein, lipid and energy content. However, the fiber content in PF was 4 times higher than that ...

Transition to school may be experienced as a critical event for both children and their families. Within an ecological framework of transition, the scope of the concept of school readiness in recent years has decentered from the child to the environment, including the readiness of (pre)school education to develop core skills in children. This study aims to understand the extent to which preschool ...

Tema for denne avhandlingen er avkall på arv. Oppgaven inneholder en fremstilling og vurdering av lov 14. juni 2019 nr. 21 om arv og dødsboskifte (arveloven – al.) § 74 i lys av endringene som ble gjort i avkallsreglene fra arveloven 1972 til gjeldende arvelov. Problemstillingen som reises er om avkall på arv er en hensiktsmessig form for inngåelse av avtaler om arv. For å ta stilling til ...

BACKGROUND: Studies of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage report an association between higher patient volumes and better outcomes. In regions with dispersed settlement, this must be balanced against the advantages with shorter prehospital transport times and timely access. The aim of this study is to report outcome for unselected aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage cases from a well-defined rural ...

<p><i>Purpose</i> In a volatile marketplace, warehouse management is fundamentally contingent of changes in its supply network environment. Flexibility is therefore a key logistics issue in distribution centre management. This study probes into the nature of warehouse flexibility in a supply network through simulation. <p><i>Design/methodology/approach</i> By using the FlexSim simulation tool the ...

De fleste som vokser opp i fosterhjem, har kontakt med foreldre, og det iverksettes betydelige ressurser for å gjennomføre foreldresamvær. Dette er i tråd med samværsretten og bygger på kulturelle verdier der relasjonen mellom barn og biologiske foreldre har avgjørende betydning. Forskningslitteraturen kan hevdes å bekrefte viktigheten av foreldresamvær, men viser også at det kan være problematisk. ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, primarily affecting the colon. Along with Crohn’s disease (CD) they constitute the most common subtypes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Genetic variants can only explain approximately 20 % of all IBD cases, indicating a more complex pathogenesis which is not fully understood. It has been implied that an ...