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Decidual and placental NOD1 is associated with inflammation in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction: Inflammation is a normal physiological process that increases to harmful levels in preeclampsia. It affects the interaction between maternal immune cells and fetal trophoblasts at both sites of the maternal-fetal ... -
Delirium og kognitiv svikt blant eldre i norske akuttmottak
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)BAKGRUNN Delirium er vanlig og underdiagnostisert blant pasienter på sykehus og er assosiert med komplikasjoner, økt dødelighet, demensutvikling og behov for sykehjemsplass. Kognitiv svikt av andre årsaker er også vanlig ... -
Demographical, personality, alcohol use, and mental health characteristics associated with different alcoholic beverage preferences among students
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The study investigates correlates (i.e. demographics, personality, alcohol use and alcohol-related harm, alcohol expectancies, and mental health) of different alcoholic beverage preferences (i.e. beer/alcopops/cider, wine, ... -
Demographically adjusted trail making test norms in a Scandinavian sample from 41 to 84 years
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective The trail making test (TMT) is one of the most widely used neuropsychological tests. TMT-A provides measures of visual scanning/visuomotor speed and TMT-B involves additional demands on executive functions. ... -
Designing Serious Games for Cyber Ranges: A Socio-technical Approach
(Chapter, 2019)Appropriate training is an effective solution to tackle the evolving threat landscape and conflicts in the cyber domain and to fulfill security requirements. Serious games demonstrate pedagogic effectiveness in this field, ... -
Developing Cognition Endpoints for the CENTER-TBI Neuropsychological Test Battery
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Measuring cognitive functioning is common in traumatic brain injury (TBI) research, but no universally accepted method for combining several neuropsychological test scores into composite, or summary, scores ... -
Development and course of chronic widespread pain: the role of time and pain characteristics (the HUNT pain study)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is common and associated with loss of functioning and health. Subjects with chronic nonwidespread pain (CnWP) are at increased risk of developing CWP, but few studies have described the nature ... -
Development and delivery of patient treatment in the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial. A new geriatric in-hospital pathway for elderly patients with hip fracture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Hip fractures are common among frail elderly persons and often have serious consequences on function, mobility and mortality. Traditional treatment of these patients is performed in orthopedic departments without ... -
Development of a rapid and simplified protocol for direct bacterial identification from positive blood cultures by using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of- flight mass spectrometry.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background Bloodstream infections represent serious conditions carrying a high mortality and morbidity rate. Rapid identification of microorganisms and prompt institution of adequate antimicrobial therapy is of utmost ... -
Developmental Course and Risk Factors of Physical Aggression in Late Adolescence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study examined risk factors of physical aggression during transition from early to late adolescence using a two-wave longitudinal study. Specifically, we examined if risk factors in early adolescence predict physically ... -
Developmental course of anxiety and depressive disorders from adolescence to young adulthood in a prospective Norwegian clinical cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Anxiety and depression are often co-occurring disorders, reflecting both homotypic and heterotypic continuity as possible developmental pathways. The present study aimed to examine homotypic and heterotypic continuities ... -
Diagnoses Related to Abuse of Alcohol and Addictive Substances after Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy – A Nation-Wide Registry Study from Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background After Roux-n-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) patients are at higher risk of alcohol problems. In recent years, sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has become a common procedure, but the incidence rates of alcohol abuse following ... -
Diagnosis, prevalence estimation and burden measurement in population surveys of headache: presenting the HARDship questionnaire
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The global burden of headache is very large, but knowledge of it is far from complete and needs still to be gathered. Published population-based studies have used variable methodology, which has influenced findings and ... -
Diagnostic accuracy of simple tools in monitoring patients with chronic hypoventilation treated with non-invasive ventilation; a prospective cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objectives To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of a screening test panel for nocturnal hypoventilation (NH) and other sleep related respiratory events during monitoring of patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory ... -
Dietary changes in early-stage breast cancer patients from pre-surgery and over the 12 months post-surgery
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The time after a breast cancer diagnosis is a potential period for making positive dietary changes, but previous results are conflicting. The main aim of the present study was to study breast cancer patients’ dietary changes ... -
Differences between Men and Women in Treatment and Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of disability, but little is known about sex and gender differences after TBI. We aimed to analyze the association between sex/gender, and the broad range of care pathways, ... -
Differences in course of illness between patients with bipolar II disorder with and without epileptiform discharges or other sharp activity on electroencephalograms: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background A diagnosis of bipolar II disorder requires that the symptoms cannot be better explained by a medical condition. Epilepsy is in some cases associated with an affective syndrome mimicking an unstable bipolar ... -
Diffusion tensor imaging in middle-aged headache sufferers in the general population: A cross-sectional population-based imaging study in the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT-MRI)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Several studies have investigated white matter with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in those suffering from headache, but so far only in clinic based samples and with conflicting results. Methods In the present ... -
Discrimination of Breast Cancer from Healthy Breast Tissue Using a Three-component Diffusion-weighted MRI Model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: Diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) is a contrast-free modality that has demonstrated ability to discriminate between predefined benign and malignant breast lesions. However, how well DW-MRI discriminates cancer from ... -
DNA glycosylase Neil2 contributes to genomic responses in the spleen during clinical prion disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The DNA glycosylase Neil2 is a member of the base excision repair (BER) family of enzymes, which are important for repair of oxidative DNA damage. Specifically, Neil2 participates in repair of oxidized bases in single-stranded ...