<p>Purpose - The main aim was to evaluate the measurement properties of the Family Needs Questionnaire-Revised (FNQ-R) in family members of individuals living with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). <p>Methods - A total of 309 family members of individuals with severe TBI from Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Norway and Spain participated. Rasch analysis of the FNQ-R and its 6 subscales was ...

Dignified care is a central issue in the nursing care of older adults. Nurses are expected to treat older adults with dignity, and older adults wish to be treated in a dignified manner. Researchers have recommended investigating the concept of dignity based on specific contexts and population groups. This meta-synthesis study aims to explore the understandings of dignity from the perspective of older ...

Loss-on-ignition (LOI) is the most widely used measure of organic matter in lake sediments, a variable related to both climate and land-use change. The main drawback for conventional measurement methods is the processing time and hence high labor costs associated with high-resolution analyses. On the other hand, broad-based near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) is a time and cost efficient ...

Immune aggregates organized as tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are observed within the kidneys of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis (LN). Renal TLS was characterized in lupus-prone New Zealand black × New Zealand white F1 mice analyzing cell composition and vessel formation. RNA sequencing was performed on transcriptomes isolated from lymph nodes, macrodissected TLS ...

<p>Background - Acylcarnitines (ACs) play a major role in fatty acid metabolism and are potential markers of metabolic dysfunction with higher blood concentrations reported in obese and diabetic individuals. Diet, and in particular red and processed meat intake, has been shown to influence AC concentrations but data on the effect of meat consumption on AC concentrations is limited. <p>Objectives - ...

I de senere år har antibiotikaresistente bakterier blitt et økende medisinsk problem. Slike bakterier har smittet medisinske turister, og blitt bragt hjem til Norden. Det er beregnet at det i verden er nærmere 20 millioner pasienter som reiser internasjonalt, og at kostnadene er over 50 milliarder US dollar. I Europa er det pasienter som ønsker billig tannbehandling som utgjør hovedmengden av ...

Parents often find it difficult to persuade children into giving up their pacifiers. One method used is to hang the pacifier on a dedicated pacifier tree as a rite of passage. Such trees may have been invented in Denmark in the 1960’s, but are now found in all the Nordic countries, and increasingly outside this area as well. This paper provides details on such trees in Norway – their age (often ...

<p>Study Design. Observational multicenter study. <p>Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in pain during sexual activity after surgery for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). <p>Summary of Background Data. There are limited data available on sexual function in patients undergoing surgery for LDH. <p>Methods. Data were retrieved from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery. The ...

<p><i>Bakgrunn:</i> Kunnskapsbaserte faglige retningslinjer skal bidra til å kvalitetssikre helsetjenesten. Tidligere forskning viser et gap mellom anbefalinger i retningslinjer og klinisk praksis. Få studier har undersøkt etterlevelsen av retningslinjer blant helsepersonell på sykehus etter avsluttet implementering. Denne studien tar utgangspunkt i «Keisersnittprosjektet», et kvalitetsforbedringsprosjekt ...

The formation of platelet ice is well known to occur under Antarctic sea ice, where subice platelet layers form from supercooled ice shelf water. In the Arctic, however, platelet ice formation has not been extensively observed, and its formation and morphology currently remain enigmatic. Here, we present the first comprehensive, long‐term in situ observations of a decimeter thick subice platelet ...