Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Journals "PLoS ONE"
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Analysing mHealth usage logs in RCTs: Explaining participants’ interactions with type 2 diabetes self-management tools
(PLoS ONE;13 (8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-30)Background: The Introduction of mobile health (mHealth) devices to health intervention studies challenges us as researchers to adapt how we analyse the impact of these technologies. For interventions involving chronic ... -
Associations between thyroid dysfunction and developmental status in children with excessive iodine status
(PLoS ONE;12 (11): e0187241, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-22)Background and objective: Adequate iodine status and normal thyroid hormone synthesis are important for optimal child development. In this study, we explored whether young children’s developmental status is associated ... -
Distance, accessibility and costs. Decision-making During Childbirth in Rural Sierra Leone: a Qualitative Study
(PLoS ONE;13 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-20)Background: Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Efforts to reduce maternal mortality have included initiatives to encourage more women to deliver at health facilities. Despite the ... -
Expression and function of the miR-143/145 cluster in vitro and in vivo in human breast cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that function as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression and are dysregulated in cancer. Studies of miRNAs to explore their potential as diagnostic and prognostic ... -
Fetal growth trajectories in pregnancies of European and South Asian mothers with and without gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objective Our aim was to examine the impact of gestational diabetes (GDM), from before the GDM-diagnosis is made, on fetal growth trajectories, and to compare it in Europeans and South Asians; two ethnic groups with ... -
Gender equality in sickness absence tolerance: Attitudes and norms of sickness absence are not different for men and women
(PLoS ONE;13 (8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-01)Previous research offers limited understanding as to why sickness absence is higher among women than among men, but attitudes and norms have been suggested as plausible explanations of this gender gap. The purpose of the ... -
Health-related quality of life in intensive care survivors: Associations with social support, comorbidity, and pain interference
(PLoS ONE;13 (6): e0199656, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-25)Background: Experiences during a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), including pain, delirium, physical deterioration, and the critical illness itself, may all influence survivors’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL). ... -
High iodine content in local animal milk and risk of exceeding EFSA upper intake level for iodine among Saharawi women
(PLoS ONE; 14 (2): e0212465., Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-01)Excessive iodine intake is a major public health problem in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria, where animal milk is an important source of iodine. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between iodine ... -
High iodine content in local animal milk and risk of exceeding EFSA upper intake level for iodine among Saharawi women
(PLOS ONE;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-15)Excessive iodine intake is a major public health problem in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria, where animal milk is an important source of iodine. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between iodine ... -
HPV Genotyping of Modified General Primer-Amplicons Is More Analytically Sensitive and Specific by Sequencing than by Hybridization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Sensitive and specific genotyping of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is important for population-based surveillance of carcinogenic HPV types and for monitoring vaccine effectiveness. Here we compare HPV genotyping by Next ... -
Increased DNA methylation of SLFN12 in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from multiple sclerosis patients
(PLoS ONE;13 (10): e0206511, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-31)DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that is influenced by environmental factors and is associated with changes to gene expression and phenotypes. It may link environmental exposures to disease etiology or indicate important ... -
Intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring during labour: A systematic scoping review to identify methods, effects, and accuracy
(PLoS ONE;14 (7): e0219573, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-26)Background:Intermittent auscultation (IA) is the technique of listening to and counting the fetal heart rate (FHR) for short periods during active labour and continuous cardiotocography (CTC) implies FHR monitoring for ... -
Intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring during labour: A systematic scoping review to identify methods, effects, and accuracy
(PLoS ONE;14 (7) :e0219573, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-10)Background: Intermittent auscultation (IA) is the technique of listening to and counting the fetal heart rate (FHR) for short periods during active labour and continuous cardiotocography (CTC) implies FHR monitoring for ... -
The mediating effect of body mass index on the relationship between smoking and hip or knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis. A population-based cohort study (the HUNT study).
(PLoS ONE;12 (12), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-28)To investigate the total effect of smoking on total hip or knee replacement (THR/TKR) due to primary osteoarthritis (OA) and to quantify the indirect effect of smoking through body mass index (BMI). Participants from the ... -
Poly-victimization in a Norwegian adolescent population: Prevalence, social and psychological profile, and detrimental effects
(PLoS ONE;12 (12), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-14)Background: This study focuses on poly-victimization, with the aim of providing a realistic estimation of the prevalence of lifetime victimization in a Norwegian adolescent population (ages 18–19 years). Methods: Based ... -
The influence of alcohol consumption on sickness presenteeism and impaired daily activities. The WIRUS screening study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Alcohol use is a global health issue and may influence activity performance in a variety of domains, including the occupational and domestic spheres. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of annual ... -
Towards a low CO2 emission building material employing bacterial metabolism (1/2): The bacterial system and prototype production
(PLoS ONE;14 (4): e0212990, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-16)The production of concrete for construction purposes is a major source of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. One promising avenue towards a more sustainable construction industry is to make use of naturally occurring mineral-microbe ... -
Towards a low CO2 emission building material employing bacterial metabolism (2/2): Prospects for global warming potential reduction in the concrete industry
(PLoS ONE;14 (4): e0208643, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-16)The production of concrete is one of the most significant contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions. This work focuses on bio-cementation-based products and their potential to reduce global warming potential (GWP). ...