Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) facilitate the efficient transport of macromolecules and solutes between the blood and hepatocytes. The efficiency of this transport is realized via transcellular nanopores, called fenestrations. The mean fenestration size is 140 ± 20 nm, with the range from 50 nm to 350 nm being mostly below the limits of diffraction of visible light. The cellular ...

Den nasjonale spørreundersøkelsen blant turnusleger fra 2007-2008 viste at veiledningen ved sykehuset Levanger var mangelfull. Formålet med denne kvalitative studien var derfor å få en bedre forståelse av turnuslegers erfaringer med veiledning i turnustjenesten. Kvalitative intervju av syv turnusleger som hadde gjennomført turnustjeneste ved sykehuset Levanger i 2007-2008. Erfaringene ble analysert ...

En praksis med bruk av tepper, bandasjer, borrelåsstropper eller lignende for å sikre pasienter som motsetter seg under transport, kan være svært inngripende – og gir grunn til bekymring.

Bakgrunn: Overvektsepidemien skrider frem og rammer stadig flere over hele verden. Verdens helseorganisasjon har innsett alvoret og laget en plan for å forebygge livsstilssykdommer. Det norske Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet har pålagt helseregionene å etablere behandlingstilbud for pasienter med helseproblemer som følge av uttalt overvekt og fedme, og Senter for sykelig overvekt ved Universitetssykehuset ...

Arbeidet med å implementere nye arenaer for tverrprofesjonell praksis er under stadig utvikling og gjenstand for omfattende forskning. I dette kapittelet diskuterer jeg tverrprofesjonell samarbeidslæring (TPS) i utdanning av helsefagstudenter. Ved hjelp av datamateriale fra to tverrprofesjonelle prosjekter, ett i en barneavdeling og ett i to distriktskommuner, utforskes medisin- og sykepleierstudenters ...

Online social media, such as the microblogging site Twitter, have become a space for speedy exchange of information regarding sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), presenting a potential risk environment for how STDs are portrayed. Examining the types of “tweeters” (users who post messages on Twitter) and the nature of “tweet” messages is important for identifying how information related to STDs is ...

Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM)/lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) is a rare, chronic B-cell lymphoma with high heritability. We conduct a two-stage genome-wide association study of WM/LPL in 530 unrelated cases and 4362 controls of European ancestry and identify two high-risk loci associated with WM/LPL at 6p25.3 (rs116446171, near EXOC2 and IRF4; OR = 21.14, 95% CI: 14.40–31.03, P = 1.36 × 10<s ...

<i>Background</i> - There is a high prevalence of pain and post-traumatic symptoms among refugees and feasible interventions to manage these are needed. However, knowledge about the effect of physiotherapy and psychological group interventions among refugees is scarce. Our aim is to determine whether two different interventions, the Physiotherapy Activity and Awareness Intervention (PAAI) and ...

<b>Objectives:</b> We outline a two-stage heuristic account for the pathogenesis of the positive symptoms of psychosis. <b>Methods:</b> A narrative review on the empirical evidence of the liberal acceptance (LA) account of positive symptoms is presented. <b>Hypothesis:</b> At the heart of our theory is the idea that psychosis is characterized by a lowered decision threshold, which results in ...

<p>Objective: The primary aim of this thesis is to contribute novel insights into the distinctive attributes of ICT systems, with a particular emphasis on features preferred by users in the realm of mobile health (mHealth) applications and devices. The study aimed at identifying motivational factors that enhance and sustain the usage and adaption of mHealth applications, wearables, and trackers among ...