Musicians are known to have an increased prevalence of hearing loss and tinnitus due to noise-induced cochlear damage. Rock music is popularly considered a major culprit in terms of excessive sound levels, but the literature on hearing in rock musicians is sparse. In this dissertation the hearing levels of a large number of rock musicians are assessed in relation to factors such as degree of exposure, ...

This thesis investigates the relevance of family and community involvement for culturally adequate social work in Indigenous communities. The study is qualitative and comparative. I compare social work within Indigenous communities in Norway and Montana with the aim of adding to the available knowledge regarding culturally adequate social work in these communities. The thesis consists of three ...

Mange pasienter med en førstegangspsykose får behandling sent i forløpet og har en lang varighet av ubehandlet psykose (VUP). Forsinket behandling kan skyldes både indre (lidelse og pasient relaterte) og ytre (tjeneste og systemrelaterte) faktorer. Til tross for at nyere forskning har dokumentert at en stor del av forsinkelsen skjer mens pasienten mottar behandling i spesialisthelsetjenesten, så er ...

Being active is a primary necessity in life, but it is also an essential part of what makes life worth living. This thesis explored goal pursuit activities people might not experience as pleasant in the moment, but where the self-chosen activities are still considered good and worthwhile. We hypothesized that online self-regulation interventions would be effective in increasing effortful physical ...

<p>You cannot imagine powering through the day without your favorite beverage being on your desk all the time. Have you ever wondered what the consequences might be? </p> <p>It seems that even before you have opened your eyes, there’s already a kettle on the stove or the coffee machine is purring. On the way to work, you have another cup to go from the nearby coffee chop. Long meetings demand ...

Enterococcus faecium is a ubiquitous bacterium that only recently emerged as a nosocomial pathogen. Infections mostly affect immunocompromised patients and multi-resistance of E. faecium often hampers treatment. This thesis focuses on determinants, which give pathogenic potential to E. faecium. In the first paper, two TirE proteins are described as novel virulence factors of E. faecium. The tirE ...

Communication aids can assist patients in obtaining the necessary information about their disease and treatment options. In this study, we explored the effect of two such communication aids: A question prompt list (QPL) and a consultation audio record (CAR) for the patients to bring home. A QPL is a list of suggested questions patients might want to ask their doctor. The Australian QPL “So you ...

Staphylococcus aureus is an efficient human colonizer and pathogen. S.aureus' ability to colonize and/or cause infections in humans is due to its expression of many virulence factors. These virulence factors aid the bacterium in adhering, invading and evading the host´s immune defences. This study focused on exploring the role of two cell wall anchored proteins: Serine-aspartate containing protein ...

<i>Objectives</i>: We wanted to explore how unemployed youth, between 18 and 25 years of age, who had dropped out of school and were registered at the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NLWA), would describe and explain critical aspects of their school dropout processes (Study 1). Second, we wanted to investigate critically present knowledge on the role of parent-child attachment in school ...

This study focuses on the triggering mechanisms leading to development of the neurodegenerative disorder Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). FXTAS affects carriers of a “premutation” in the Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 (FMR1) gene on the X chromosome. A premutation in this context, means the presence of 55-200 CGG repeats in the 5’untranslated region of the gene. Unaffected ...