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    • Measurement Properties of the Staff Attitude to Coercion Scale: A Systematic Review 

      Husum, Tonje Lossius; Ruud, Torleif; Lickiewicz, Jakub; Siqveland, Johan (Frontiers in Psychiatry;April 2022 | Volume 13 | Article 744661, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-28)
      Objective: The Staff Attitude to Coercion Scale (SACS) was developed to assess mental health care staff’s attitudes to the use of coercion in treatment. The staff’s attitudes to the use of coercion may also influence their ...
    • Measuring Staff Attitudes to Coercion in Poland 

      Lickiewicz, Jakub; Husum, Tonje Lossius; Ruud, Torleif; Siqveland, Johan; Musiał, Zofia; Makara-Studzińska, Marta (Frontiers in Psychiatry;November 2021 | Volume 12 | Article 745215, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-16)
      Introduction: Coercion can be defined as the use of force to limit a person’s choices. In Poland, coercive measures may tend to be overused. However, there is limited information regarding the attitudes of nurses toward ...
    • Mechanical-stress-related epigenetic regulation of ZIC1 transcription factor in the etiology of postmenopausal osteoporosis 

      Datta, Harish K.; Kringen, Marianne K.; Tuck, Stephen P.; Salpingidou, Georgia; Olstad, Ole K.; Gautvik, Kaare M; Cockell, Simon; Gautvik, Vigdis Teig; Prediger, Michael; Wu, Jun J.; Birch, Mark A.; Reppe, Sjur (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Mechanical loading exerts a profound influence on bone density and architecture, but the exact mechanism is unknown. Our study shows that expression of the neurological transcriptional factor zinc finger of the cerebellum ...
    • Medical Hypothesis: Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Migraine 

      Gazerani, Parisa; Brian, Cairns (OBM Neurobiology;Volume 5, Issue 1; Special Issue: Deep Brain Stimulation for Neurobiology Diseases, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-05)
      Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been introduced as an innovative treatment for several neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia and it has been proven effective in helping ...
    • Medication dose calculation errors and other numeracy mishaps in hospitals: Analysis of the nature and enablers of incident reports 

      Mulac, Alma; Hagesæther, Ellen; Granås, Anne Gerd (Journal of Advanced Nursing;Volume 78, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-10)
      Aims: To investigate medication dose calculation errors and other numeracy mishaps in hospitals and examine mechanisms and enablers which lead to such errors. Design: A retrospective study using descriptive statistics ...
    • Menopausal hormone therapy and colorectal cancer: a linkage between nationwide registries in Norway. 

      Botteri, Edoardo; Støer, Nathalie Charlotte; Sakshaug, Solveig; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Vangen, Siri; Hofvind, Solveig; de Lange, Thomas; Bagnardi, Vincenzo; Ursin, Giske; Weiderpass, Elisabete (BMJ Open;Volume 7, Issue 11, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-15)
      Objectives: With the present study, we aimed to investigate the association between menopausal hormone therapy (HT) and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Setting: Cohort study based on the linkage of Norwegian population-based ...
    • Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of melanoma: Do estrogens and progestins have a different role? 

      Botteri, Edoardo; Støer, Nathalie; Sakshaug, Solveig; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Vangen, Siri; Hofvind, Solveig; Ursin, Giske; Weiderpass, Elisabete (International Journal of Cancer;Volume 141, Issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-01)
      The association between use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) and occurrence of skin malignant melanoma (SMM) is controversial. We investigated the issue in a nationwide cohort of 684,696 Norwegian women, aged 45-79 ...
    • Menopausal hormone therapy, oral contraceptives and risk of chronic low back pain: the HUNT Study 

      Heuch, Ingrid; Heuch, Ivar; Hagen, Knut; Storheim, Kjersti; Zwart, John Anker Henrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background There are indications that use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) and oral contraceptives (OC) increases the risk of low back pain (LBP), with higher oestrogen levels involved in the underlying mechanisms. ...
    • Meta-analysis of five genome-wide association studies identifies multiple new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor 

      Wang, Zhaoming; McGlynn, Katherine A.; Rajpert-De Meyts, Ewa; Bishop, D. Timothy; Chung, Charles C.; Dalgaard, Marlene D.; Greene, Mark H.; Gupta, Ramneek; Grotmol, Tom; Haugen, Trine B.; Karlsson, Robert; Litchfield, Kevin; Mitra, Nandita; Nielsen, Kasper; Pyle, Louise C.; Schwartz, Stephen M.; Thorsson, Vesteinn; Vardhanabhuti, Saran; Wiklund, Fredrik; Turnbull, Clare; Chanock, Stephen J.; Kanetsky, Peter A.; Nathanson, Katherine L. (Nature Genetics;Volume 49, Issue 7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-12)
      The international TEsticular CAncer Consortium (TECAC) combined five published genome-wide association studies of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT; 3,558 cases and 13,970 controls) to identify novel susceptibility loci. ...
    • Metabolic switching of human skeletal muscle cells in vitro 

      Thoresen, G. Hege; Hessvik, Nina Pettersen; Bakke, Siril Skaret; Aas, Vigdis; Rustan, Arild (Prostaglandins leukotrienes and essential fatty acids;85 (5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-05)
      In this review we will focus on external factors that may modify energy metabolism in human skeletal muscle cells (myotubes) and the ability of the myotubes to switch between lipid and glucose oxidation. We describe the ...
    • Micellisation mechanism and behaviour of Soluplus®–furosemide micelles: Preformulation studies of an oral nanocarrier-based system 

      Alopaeus, Julia Fredrika; Hagesæther, Ellen; Tho, Ingunn (Pharmaceuticals;12(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In this study, self-assembling Soluplus® micelles were examined for inherent properties. Through calorimetric analysis, the critical micelle concentration (CMC) could be determined at 25 and 37 °C, and the influence of ...
    • Microbial dynamics with CRC progression: a study of the mucosal microbiota at multiple sites in cancers, adenomatous polyps, and healthy controls 

      Senthakumaran, Thulasika; Moen, Aina Elisabeth Fossum; Tannæs, Tone Møller; Endres, Alexander; Brackmann, Stephan Andreas; Rounge, Trine Ballestad; Bemanian, Vahid; Tunsjø, Hege (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Accumulating evidence has related the gut microbiota to colorectal cancer (CRC). Fusobacterium nucleatum has repeatedly been linked to colorectal tumorigenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate microbial composition ...
    • Microbial Quality and Nutritional Aspects of Norwegian Brand Waters 

      Otterholt, Eli; Charnock, Colin (International Journal of Food Microbiology;144 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-11-04)
      The microbiological quality of the five leading brands of Norwegian bottled still waters was investigated. All brands were free for the enteric indicator organisms and named pathogens whose absence is demanded in current ...
    • Middle management in academia: Social skills and academic professional awareness wanted 

      Paaske, Nanna; Øhrn, Solfrid Tandberg; Holm, Lene Berge; Walter, Anne Berit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      What kind of leader does an academic really want? Is it a colleague-based leader from the same profession, with comparable scientific skills, or a leader with typical management skills? If a university seeks middle managers ...
    • Migraine and Mood in Children 

      Gazerani, Parisa (Behavioral Sciences;volume 11, issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-14)
      Migraine is one of the most prevalent headache disorders in children and negatively influences their quality of life. Physical, social, and school functioning are negatively affected. Mood changes are common in migraineurs ...
    • miRNAs associated with immune response in teleost fish 

      Andreassen, Rune; Høyheim, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been identified as important post transcriptional regulators of gene expression. In higher vertebrates, a subset of miRNAs has been identified as important regulators of a number of key genes in ...
    • miRNAs Predicted to Regulate Host Anti-viral Gene Pathways in IPNV-Challenged Atlantic Salmon Fry Are Affected by Viral Load, and Associated With the Major IPN Resistance QTL Genotypes in Late Infection 

      Woldemariam, Nardos Tesfaye; Agafonov, Aleksander; Sindre, Hilde; Høyheim, Bjørn; Andreassen, Rune (Frontiers in Immunology;September 2020 | Volume 11 | Article 2113, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-11)
      Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) infection has been a major problem in salmonid aquaculture. Marker-assisted selection of individuals with resistant genotype at the major IPN quantitative trait locus (IPN-QTL) ...
    • Modulation of hepatic miRNA expression in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by family background and dietary fatty acid composition 

      Østbye, Tone-Kari K; Woldemariam, Nardos Tesfaye; Lundberg, Camilla S.; Berge, Gerd Marit; Ruyter, Bente; Andreassen, Rune (Journal of Fish Biology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-17)
      This study finds significant differences in hepatic fatty acid composition between four groups of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) consisting of offspring from families selected for high and low capacities to express the delta ...
    • MRI segmentation of tooth tissue in age prediction of sub-adults — a new method for combining data from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd molars 

      Bjørk, Mai Britt; Bleka, Øyvind; Kvaal, Sigrid Ingeborg; Sakinis, Tomas; Tuvnes, Frode Alexander; Eggesbø, Heidi Beate; Lauritzen, Peter Mæhre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Purpose WeaimedtoestablishamodelcombiningMRIvolumemeasurementsfromthe1st,2ndand3rdmolarsforageprediction in sub-adults and compare the age prediction performance of different combinations of all three molars, internally ...
    • A multi-institutional assessment of low-dose protocols in chest computed tomography: Dose and image quality 

      Tonkopi, Elena; Tetteh, Mercy Afadzi; Gunn, Catherine; Ashraf, Haseem; Rusten, Sigrid Lia; Safi, Perkhah; Tinsoe, Nora Suu; Colford, Kylie; Ouellet, Olivia; Naimi, Salma; Johansen, Safora (Acta Radiologica Open;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Background: Low-dose CT (LDCT) chest protocols have widespread clinical applications for many indications; as a result, there is a need for protocol assessment prior to standardization. Dalhousie University and Oslo ...