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Now showing items 1393-1412 of 1514
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background Obesity is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Arterial stiffness assessed by carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Reliable suicide statistics are a prerequisite for suicide monitoring and prevention. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of suicide statistics through a systematic review of the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Family environment is crucial to the development of health behaviors into adolescence and adulthood. The aims of this study were (1) to explore the reliability of the General Functioning Scale ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) has been implicated in the development of cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Vitamin A (Vit-A) is involved in homocysteine metabolism and we therefore ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Screen-related behaviours are highly prevalent in schoolchildren. Considering the adverse health effects and the relation of obesity and screen time in childhood, efforts to affect screen use in ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) inflammatory response in women with nongonococcal lower genital tract infection (LGTI) can be used to optimize criteria for ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Ecological models are currently the most used approaches to classify and conceptualise determinants of sedentary behaviour, but these approaches are limited in their ability to capture the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background A wide range of diseases show some degree of clustering in families; family history is therefore an important aspect for clinicians when making risk predictions. Familial aggregation is often ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background The two variants of the α-form of the catalytic (C) subunit of protein kinase A (PKA), designated Cα1 and Cα2, are encoded by the PRKACA gene. Whereas Cα1 is ubiquitous, Cα2 expression is restricted ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Plague has a long history on the European continent, with evidence of the disease dating back to the Stone Age. Plague epidemics in Europe during the First and Second Pandemics, including the Black Death, are infamous for ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, a standardized functional mobility test, has been proposed as aphysical performance-based measure in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain (PGP).Objectives:This cross-sectional ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background A plant-based diet protects against chronic oxidative stress-related diseases. Dietary plants contain variable chemical families and amounts of antioxidants. It has been hypothesized that plant ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim To investigate the effect of a communication tool about diet used in public health nurse consultations with parents compared with standard consultations concerning the 2‐year‐old child's diet. Design A cluster ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Attribution 4.0 International
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)The world is continuously urbanising, resulting in clusters of densely populated urban areas and more sparsely populated rural areas. We propose a method for generating spatial fields with controllable levels of clustering ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Thought field therapy (TFT) is used for many psychiatric conditions, but its efficacy has not been sufficiently documented. Hence, there is a need for studies comparing TFT to well-established treatments. This ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is in widespread use, but its efficacy has been studied only to a small extent. Therefore, there is a need for randomized controlled studies that examine whether TFT yields favorable results for ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Topographical organization is a hallmark of the mammalian brain, and the spatial organization of axonal connections in different brain regions provides a structural framework accommodating specific patterns of neural ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)The genome has long been believed to be more or less randomly arranged in the nucleus. However, recent advancements in biochemical, microscopy and computational techniques have revealed a hierarchical genome organization ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)Background More research on factors associated with physical activity and the decline in participation during adolescence is needed. In this paper, we investigate the levels, change, and stability of physical ...