Oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSSCs) are aggressive tumors often associated with a low survival rate. The immune system influences the development of OSCCs, and the immune infiltrate surrounding the cancer cells is an indicator of the host’s anti-tumor response. The main aim of this thesis was to describe how the tumor microenvironment in OSCC is organized, and to determine whether different subsets ...

Calanus copepods C. finmarchicus, C. glacialis and C. hyperboreus are keystone species in the Arctic marine ecosystem, constituting 70-90% of the zooplankton biomass. In high latitudes, the growing season is short and unpredictable, and the winter long and unproductive. These species have adapted flexible life histories, lipid accumulation, and a state of deep-water diapause to survive. Winter ...

Background: The scimitar‐horned oryx (Oryx dammah) (SHO) is a large African antelope that became extinct in the wild just over two decades ago. Conservation of the species is of prime importance, but it might face pathogen stressors.<p> <p>Methods and principal findings: Brucella melitensis biovar 1 was previously confirmed in a high‐density captive population of SHO held in Abu‐Dhabi emirate. ...

The underpinnings of language deviations in psychotic symptoms (eg, formal thought disorder, delusions) remain unclear. We examined whether the semantic networks underlying word associations are useful predictors of clinical outcomes in psychosis. Fifty-one patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders and 51 matched healthy controls generated words in a Cantonese continued word ...

Introduction: This study evaluated the outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) combined with prophylactic corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) in correcting myopia in cases with increased estimated risk of postoperative corneal ectasia, detected by regional analysis of corneal morphology.<p> <p>Methods: The retrospective study included 180 eyes of 99 patients. Group 1 (94 eyes of ...

Invasive alien species are a major threat to global biodiversity due to the tremendous ecological and economic damage they cause in forestry, agriculture, wetlands, and pastoral resources. Understanding the spatial pattern of invasive alien species and disentangling the biophysical drivers of invasion at the forest stand level is essential for managing forest ecosystems and the wider landscape. ...

The literature that examines cross-national satisfaction with democracy seeks to discover a set of predictors that are associated with evaluations of regime performance. The most common way of examining the determinants of satisfaction with democracy is null hypothesis significance testing. While this approach has merit, this paper argues that the literature, as it stands, can be complemented to ...

Oppgaven tar sikte på å redegjøre for den sedvanebaserte rett reindriftssamer, og gårdeiere, har til å disponere grunn til enkle byggverk i utmarken, med det formål å prøve reindriftsloven 2007 § 21 tredje ledd, som begrenser reindriftssamers handlefrihet over den grunn som er disponert, mot Grunnloven §§ 98 og 108, og menneskerettighetene.

Denne avhandlingen analyserer tre samtidsromaner, Mats Strandbergs "Hemmet", Ragnar Hovlands "Ei vinterreise" og Olga Ravns "Celestine". Romanene behandler ulike sykdomsmotiv, og undersøkelsen viste at selv om romanene varierer i sjanger, språk, og eksperimentell narrasjon, er ulike sykdommer fremstilt gjennom samme troper og motiv, mer bestemt besettelse, forfølgelse, og hjemsøkelse. Jeg har lest ...

Oppgaven tar for seg saksbehandlingsreglene for saksforberedelsen i småkravssaker, og vurderer om disse reglene legger til rette for at avgjørelser i småkravsprosessen får et materielt riktige resultat.