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    • Sex differences in placental circulation 

      Widnes, Christian (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2020-04-03)
      Sexual dimorphism in placental morphology and function has increasingly been acknowledged. The differences in adaptation to the intrauterine environment and in perinatal/neonatal outcomes between the sexes has been well described. Doppler-derived hemodynamic parameters of the feto-placental and utero-placental circulations are commonly used to monitor fetal wellbeing in clinical practice, but whether ...

    • Sex-steroids and social network in relation to Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage 

      Stensen, Dina Benedicte Berg (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2022-04-01)
      <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (<i>S. aureus</i>) is a human pathogen that can colonize skin and mucosa. Nasal carriage is associated with increased risk of autoinfection and transmission and it is therefore important to identify possible targets for prevention of carriage. Sex and age are the most important risk factors for <i>S. aureus</i> carriage, and hypotheses about sex-steroids as major host ...

    • Sexual function and lifestyle behavior among lymphoma survivors after high dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation 

      Bersvendsen, Hanne Skjerven (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2020-10-22)
      <p><i>Background/Aims:</i> Lymphoma is one of the most prevalent malignancies among young persons. The survival rate is high, though comes with a risk of late effects including secondary cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic fatigue (CF). Some lymphoma patients require especially intensive treatment, high dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation (auto-SCT), to achieve ...

    • Shaping the Perception of Risk: Investigating a Paradigmatic Case of Applied Decision Making under Uncertainty 

      Stephensen, Matthew (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2021-12-15)
      Risk and uncertainty characterise most human endeavours. Whether judging risk when buying a house, making a career change, considering marriage, or simply ordering food at an unfamiliar restaurant, each decision involves evaluating the available evidence to infer the likelihood of negative outcomes. Such decisions are often marked by uncertainty, the condition of incomplete knowledge about the ...

    • Shared risk factors for arterial cardiovascular diseases and venous thromboembolism 

      Småbrekke, Birgit (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-06-28)
      <i>Summary</i> - Extensive evidence support an association between arterial cardiovascular disease (CVD, i.e. myocardial infarction [MI] and ischemic stroke), and subsequent venous thromboembolism (VTE, i.e. deep vein thrombosis [DVT]) and pulmonary emboli [PE]). However, the mechanism behind the associations remains unclear. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the impact of ischemic stroke ...

    • Short Lytic Anticancer Peptides as a Novel Therapy against Cancer 

      Camilio, Ketil André (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2013-09-06)
      Cancer is the leading cause of deaths worldwide, with a significant increase in the number of annual incidents. Concurrently, cancer-related therapy has been met with a number of challenges, such as toxic side effects and an increase in multi-drug resistant cancer cells, thereby spawning a need for new and improved therapies. Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs) are naturally occurring molecules ...

    • A short-form personality measure for military personnel selection: Psychometric investigation and perspectives on usage 

      Skoglund, Tom Hilding (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2022-05-20)
      This doctoral thesis aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and the practical use of a newly developed self-report personality measure for the Armed Forces, the Norwegian Military Personality Inventory (NMPI). Three published studies contributed to this end. Study 1 explored associations between candidate personality traits and leadership competency ratings at an officer selection program. ...

    • A Shotgun-metagenomics approach for laboratory diagnostics in clinical microbiology 

      Sanabria-Moreno, Adriana Maria (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2020-11-12)
      Shotgun-metagenomics (SMg) has a huge potential, particularly in clinical microbiology where conventional diagnostic methods have limitations such as diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). The main objective of this project was to explore the use of SMg in clinical diagnostics of PJI directly from blood culture bottles (BCBs) inoculated with PJT specimens. First, we assessed the use of a ...

    • The sick-listed : an under-recognised resource in handling sickness absence 

      Fleten, Nils (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2006-04-29)
      In July 1993, several measures to stimulate return to work, like Active Sick Listing, formal decisions on sick leave beyond 12 weeks and commitments for employers to consider potential job adjustment were incorporated. The role of sickness as main cause to be entitled sickness benefits was simultaneously emphasised. However, despite av increasing focus on improving the necessary medical certificates ...

    • Simplified methods in brain tumor biopsies and diagnostics 

      Brommeland, Tor (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2007-05)
      Hjernesvulster utgjør en diagnostisk utfordring. Rask, sikker og skånsom prøvetagning er viktig for både pasient og lege da videre behandlingen er avhengig av type svulst og utbredelse av denne.Ved Nevrokirurgisk avdeling, Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge er det utviklet en forenklet metode for prøvetagning av hjernesvulster. Vevsprøven kan tas i lokalbedøvelse og pasienten skrives ut av sykehuset ...

    • Size characterisation of liposomes using asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation : factors influencing fractionation and size determination 

      Hupfeld, Stefan (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2009-08-27)
      Liposomes play an important role in medical and pharmaceutical science as e.g. nanoscale drug carriers. One of their most important features is their size and size distribution, influencing both their biodistribution and passive targeting abilities upon intravenous administration. To this day there is no single method for size characterisation of liposomes that fulfils all following criteria: being ...

    • Smerter under nordlyset : den vanlige lidelsen. Det uvanlige livet : fortellinger fra hverdagslivet med langvarige smerter 

      Nilsen, Gudrun (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2009-04-28)
      Studien baserer seg på 20 voksne personers fortellinger om det å leve med langvarige, ikke maligne smerter. Informantene hadde hatt smerter fra tre til over tretti år, var henvist til en smertepoliklinikk i Nord Norge for videre utredning. Studien har fokus på hvordan livet med langvarige smerter kan arte seg for enkeltmennesker. Funnene viser at smertene etablerte seg som langvarige på en gradvis ...

    • Smoking and incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer 

      Parajuli, Ranjan (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2014-06-05)
      Smoking is one of the most important causes of cancer and premature death worldwide. Two different reports, the most recent monograph published by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 2012 and the Unites States Surgeon General’s report of 2014, concluded that smoking is risk factor for both colon and rectal cancer. In addition to being one of the most common cancers in Norway, ...

    • Social determinants of self-rated health and cardiovascular disease among the Sami and other Arctic indigenous peoples. The SLiCA study and the SAMINOR study 

      Eliassen, Bent-Martin (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2013-11-07)
      The post-World War II years in the Arctic were characterised by an intensification of sociocultural change. Previous studies among indigenous peoples show that colonialism, rapid modernisation and subsequent marginalisation and sociocultural change are accompanied by overall ill health and a negative cardiovascular risk profile and disease burden. Paper I showed that aggregate acculturation was a ...

    • Social media and sexual health – New arenas for information on sexually transmitted infections and promotion of healthy sexual behavior 

      Gabarron, Elia (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2017-05-05)
      Objectives: The objectives of this thesis are to investigate the use of social media for health promotion dealing with sexually transmitted infections, their value for improving health and increasing the promotion reach, and to provide examples on how social media users retrieve information about sexually- transmitted infections from these media. I want to investigate the nature of the information ...

    • Socio-technical Challenges of Large-Scale EPR Standardization in Healthcare. 

      Ulriksen, Gro-Hilde (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2018-10-05)
      In this thesis I present empirical insight to socio-technical challenges of standardising large-scale healthcare information infrastructures (II). The main focus was how to balance the requirements between technological, organizational, and user related requirements in large-scale IIs, as well as the power balance between the actors, and the need for extensive user involvement in such standardization. ...

    • Socio-technical integration in health care : a case study from a hospital-based laboratory context. 

      Røed, Kristoffer (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2012-03-30)
      This thesis deals with socio-technical approaches to the work of implementing ICT systems in health care. In the thesis, I address and reflect on challenges related to design and implementation as well as integration of ICT systems with hospital laboratories. Based upon empirical examples gathered from a longitudinal case study using interpretive methods, the results suggest how health care practices ...

    • Sociosexual behaviors and reproductive success in a group of rats housed in seminatural environment 

      Chu, Xi (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2015-04-20)
      Wild rats employ a rather extensive area for their daily activities and share elaborate burrows with tunnel and chambers. When a female enters estrus, she will copulate with multiple males during the entire period of estrus. In a typical laboratory setting, rat sexual behavior is studied in pairs of opposite sex individuals. Apparently the experimental studies have been performed in this highly ...

    • Some issues on provision and access to dental services in Norway 

      Abelsen, Birgit (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2009-12-04)
      The organisation and financing of the Norwegian oral health care differ compared to general health care. The public responsibility for general health care includes the whole population, and the scope is universal coverage involving public finance, and historically public provision as well. Concerning oral health care, there seems to be less emphasis on providing the same level of service to all ...

    • Some systemic markers of inflammation in older adults with psychiatric disorders 

      Bugge, Erlend (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2022-12-02)
      Research has demonstrated that inflammation is a central part of several psychiatric disorders, of which depression in the most researched condition. Most studies have, however, been conducted on younger adults, and studies on elderly are scarce. This thesis explores the possible association between systemic markers of inflammation and characteristics of older psychiatric patients. In study I, ...