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Experimental article Maintaining image quality for paediatric chest CTs while lowering dose: FBP versus SAFIRE
(Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015)Objectives: Children have a greater risk from radiation, per unit dose, due to increased radiosensitivity and longer life expectancies. It is of paramount importance to reduce the radiation dose received by children. This ... -
Exploring patients' adherence to antibiotics by understanding their health knowledge and relational communication in encounters with pharmacists and physicians
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Antibiotics are drugs essential for the treatment of bacterial infections. Widespread and often improper use of antibiotics are driving the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally. A better ... -
Exploring the Role of Community Pharmacists in Pain Management: Enablers and Challenges
(Pharmacy;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Pain is a common complaint, and the consumption of analgesics is prevalent. Community pharmacists, as primary contact points for patients, can play a crucial role in guiding patients toward rational pharmacotherapy or ... -
Expression Analysis in Atlantic Salmon Liver Reveals miRNAs Associated with Smoltification and Seawater Adaptation
(Biology (Basel);Volume 11 / Issue 5, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-30)Smoltification is a developmental process that preadapts Atlantic salmon for a life in seawater. Suboptimal smoltification and poor timing of transfer to seawater is associated with increased mortality. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) ... -
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 ... -
Facilitators for and barriers to radiography research in public healthcare in Nordic countries
(Radiography;Volume 28, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-07)Introduction: It has been suggested that the future of diagnostic imaging relies on engagement in research and evidence-based practice. This implies a role transition from a clinical radiographer to a clinical radiograph ... -
Factors influencing prescribing of fall-risk-increasing drugs to the elderly: A qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objective. Explore the situations in which GPs associate drug use with falls among their elderly patients, and the factors influencing the prescribing and cessation of fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs). Design. A qualitative ... -
Fatal liver failure after therapeutic doses of paracetamol in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and atypical pharmacogenetic profile of drug-metabolizing enzymes
(Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology;Volume 127, Issue 1, July 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-24)Paracetamol has a good safety profile, but pharmacogenetic differences in drug-metabolizing enzymes may have an impact on its risk of hepatotoxicity. We present a case of fatal acute liver failure (ALF) after therapeutic ... -
Fatigue During and After Breast Cancer Therapy—A Prospective Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Context Chronic fatigue (CF) in breast cancer (BC) survivors is multifactorial and may be caused by immune activation triggered by BC or its treatment. In the Neoadjuvant Avastin in Breast Cancer study, BC patients ... -
Fenfluramine treatment in pediatric patients with Dravet syndrome reduces seizure burden and overall healthcare costs: A retrospective and observational real-world study
(Epilepsia Open;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objectives: Dravet syndrome is a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by early onset epilepsy with multiple seizure types often intractable to treatment. Randomized clinical trials have demonstrated how ... -
The FLIPPED STEP study: A randomized controlled trial of flipped vs. traditional classroom teaching in a university-level statistics and epidemiology course
(International Journal of Educational Research Open;Volume 3, 2022, 100197, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-22)A flipped classroom, also known as flipped learning, is a teaching method in which students watch online lectures at home, followed by group work in the classroom. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a flipped ... -
Frailty assessment of older adults, first-time applicants of public home care service in Norway
(Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care;Volume 39, 2021 - Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-08)Objective: Early detection of frailty is essential to prevent or delay disability. The most appropriate screening tool for frailty among home-dwelling older adults is under debate. The present study estimates the prevalence ... -
From technology to community: the role of artefacts in teaching and learning during and beyond pandemic times
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article explores lecturers’ experience of adapting, shaping and transforming teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on understanding the challenges and opportunities that are afforded ... -
G-estimation of causal pathways in vocational rehabilitation for adults with psychotic disorders – a secondary analysis of a randomized trial
(BMC Psychiatry;21, Article number: 370 (2021), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-23)Background: Vocational rehabilitation (VR) has increasingly become an important intervention targeting poor occupational functioning in schizophrenia. The Norwegian Job Management Program (JUMP), sought to enhance occupational ... -
Gender differences in nutrition literacy levels among university students and employees: a descriptive study.
(Journal of Nutritional Science (JNS);Volume 10, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-30)The impact of nutrition information on public health is partly determined by the population’s level of nutrition literacy (NL), which involves functional NL (such as knowledge of dietary guidelines) and critical NL (such ... -
Gender, letters, relatives, and God: mediating actors in mammographic screening among Pakistani women in Norway.
(Acta Radiologica Open;Volume 8, issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-19)Background: Pakistani immigrant women in Norway have lower attendance rates in the national breast cancer screening program (BreastScreen Norway) compared to non-immigrants and immigrants from most other countries. Purpose: ... -
Gene variations in sex hormone pathways and the risk of testicular germ cell tumour: a case–parent triad study in a Norwegian–Swedish population
(Human Reproduction;27 (5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-03-08)BACKGROUND Testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT) is the most common cancer in young men, and an imbalance between the estrogen and androgen levels in utero is hypothesized to influence TGCT risk. Thus, polymorphisms in genes ... -
The General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) as an outcome measurement in a randomized controlled trial in a Norwegian stroke population
(BMC Psychology;7, Article number: 18 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-22)Background: Several studies have documented the variety of post-stroke psychosocial challenges, which are complex, multifaceted, and affect a patient’s rehabilitation and recovery. Due to the consequences of these challenges, ... -
Genome editing in food and feed production – implications for risk assessment. Opinion of the Steering Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
(VKM Report;2021: 18, Research report, 2021-10-29)The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) initiated this work to examine the extent to which organisms developed by genome-editing technologies pose new challenges in terms of risk assessment. This ... -
A genomic view of experimental intra- and interspecies transformation of a rifampicin resistance allele into Neisseria meningitidis
(Microbial Genomics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-25)The spread of antibiotic resistance within and between different bacterial populations is a major health problem on a global scale. The identification of genetic transformation in genomic data from Neisseria meningitidis, ...