This special issue consists of four articles, contributed by David Owen; Désirée Lim, Sahar Akhtar and (as co-authors) Mollie Gerver, Miranda Simon, Patrick Lown and Dominik Duell. These contributions address issues related to migration policies with the aim of bringing normative theories of migration and discrimination into dialogue. These theories describe the various types of discrimination ...

Background - Epidemiological research on fractures in children under the age of two is of great importance to help understand differences between accidental and abusive trauma.<p> <p>Objective - This systematic review aimed to evaluate studies reporting on the incidence of fractures in children under two years of age, excluding birth injuries. Secondary outcome measures included fracture location, ...

Purpose: This study evaluated the long-term safety of roflumilast in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or chronic bronchitis using electronic healthcare databases from Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the United States (US). <p> <p>Patients and Methods: The study population consisted of patients aged ≥ 40 years who had been exposed to roflumilast and a matched cohort unexposed to ...

This study examines the impact force applied from hand taps during extended column tests (ECTs), a common method of assessing snow stability. The hand-tap loading method has inherent subjectivity and inconsistencies across US, Canadian, Swiss, and Norwegian written standards. We developed a device, the “tap-o-meter”, to measure the force-time curves during these taps and collected data from 286 ...

Introduction: Increasing imaging examination rates leads to a corresponding rise in the detection rates of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs). There is limited knowledge on how the detection of UIA affects health-related outcomes in untreated patients.<p> <p>Research question: Is the diagnosis of UIA associated with psychosocial outcomes, healthcare services utilisation, or sick leave in ...

Background Inappropriate prescribing may have detrimental consequences for the patient and increase healthcare utilisation and costs. Academic detailing (AD) is an interactive outreach method to deliver non-commercial evidence-based medical information to healthcare professionals, aiming to improve patient care. Performing AD virtually has recently become more relevant, especially with the ...

Background Rape is one of the trauma incidents with the highest risk of subsequent post-traumatic stress disorder. Early interventions, such as prolonged exposure therapy (PE), have shown promise in preventing PTSD following a sexual assault. The primary objective of this internal pilot trial was to examine the feasibility of the EIR study protocol, which used modified prolonged exposure therapy ...

Hypertension, which affects about one-third of adults worldwide, is a leading cause of heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. Despite the known benefits of lowering blood pressure, control remains inadequate worldwide. Only half of those with hypertension are aware of their condition, and even fewer receive adequate treatment. Among those treated, many do not achieve target blood pressure levels. ...

Mandarin sortal classifiers simultaneously encode semantic and grammatical form class cues. Building on a second language (L2) study of Grüter et al. we used the same visual world eye-tracking experiment, designed to examine the relative use of the two cues, testing Mandarin heritage speakers (HSs) living in an English-speaking environment. Given the importance of understanding individual differences, ...

Background - Pakistani immigrants are the largest non-Western ethnic minority group in Norway. Traditional medicines (TM) are extensively used in Pakistan, and studies show that ethnic minorities also use them to recover from illness after migration to the Western world. This study aims to explore Pakistani immigrants’ experiences and perceptions of risk regarding the use of TM to treat illnesses. ...