The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has affected all countries with more than 100 million confirmed cases and over 2.1 million casualties by the end of January 2021 worldwide. A prolonged pandemic can harm global levels of optimism, regularity, and sense of meaning and belonging, yielding adverse effects on individuals' mental health as represented by worry, paranoia, and distress. Here we studied ...

Given the higher suicide rates among the adult population in the northernmost part of Norway and some unfavourable psychosocial outcomes associated with the Laestadian revival movement in this region, it is reasonable to investigate the relationship between religiosity/spirituality and suicidal behaviour in this context. This study used cross-sectional data from the population-based SAMINOR 2 ...

<i>Background</i> - The use of information technology can make pulmonary rehabilitation interventions in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) more flexible and thereby has the potential to reach a larger proportion of the population. However, the success of using information technology in pulmonary rehabilitation is dependent on the end-user’s competence in information technology ...

<i>Introduction</i>: This systematic review and meta-analysis aims at comparing outcomes of rewarming after accidental hypothermic cardiac arrest (HCA) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or/and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).<br><br> <i>Material and Methods</i>: Literature searches were limited to references with an abstract in English, French or German. Additionally, we searched ...

Teams operating in the Arctic are surrounded by hazardous environments, and therefore make decisions influenced by uncertainty. This case study aimed to gain an understanding of how risk and uncertainty influence team decision-making processes in hazard environments in the Arctic. To collect data, nine interviews from fishing vessels operating in the Barents Sea, as well as search and rescue crew ...

Norge er et land som har lett tilgang på rent drikkevann i springen. Drikkevann er en viktig, men sårbar infrastruktur som må tas vare på for å sikre drikkevann, husholdningsvann og vann til næringsvirksomhet. Askøy kommune opplevde juni 2019 en større drikkevannsforurensning fra Kleppe høydebasseng. Drikkevannet inneholdt store verdien av E.coli. Konsekvensen av drikkevannskrisen var 2 døde og over ...

The child welfare service in Norway is in the spotlight internationally after the European Court of Human Rights (EMD) convicted Norway of human rights violations in several child welfare cases. Norwegian child welfare services are presented as having weaknesses in competence, prioritization, structure and supervision. The child welfare service in Norway has a decentralized structure, and most tasks ...

<i>Background</i> - For people with Type 2 diabetes (T2D), lifestyle changes may be the most effective intervention. Online groups for people with diabetes holds a great potential to support such changes. However, little is known about the association between participation in online groups and lifestyle changes based on internet information in people with T2D. The aim of this study was to investigate ...

With an accelerating negative impact of anthropogenic actions on natural ecosystems, non-invasive biodiversity assessments are becoming increasingly crucial. As a consequence, the interest in the application of environmental DNA (eDNA) survey techniques has increased. The use of eDNA extracted from faeces from generalist predators, have recently been described as “biodiversity capsules” and suggested ...

Although numerous studies have investigated diarrhoea aetiology in many sub-Saharan African countries, recent data on <i>Shigella</i> species’ involvement in community-acquired acute diarrhoea (CA-AD) in Malawi are scarce. This study investigated the incidence, antibiotic susceptibility profile, genotypic characteristics, and clonal relationships of <i>Shigella flexneri</i> among 243 patients ...