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Hip fractures in the elderly : social, economic, and psychological aspects of rehabilitation
(1998-01-09)
Hip fracture is one of the most common somatic inpatient diagnoses, and its incidence will increase even further in the years to come. Since most subjects sustaining this kind of injury are old and living alone, the ...
Studies of diaphragm fatigue and dysfunction
(2001-04-20)
Diaphragm fatigue and dysfunction are important components of acute and
chronic respiratory pump failure. We lack knowledge about the nature of
diaphragm fatigue and the pathophysiological and morphological changes
that ...
Tobacco smoking and vertical periodontal bone loss
(2005-05-18)
Cigarette smoking is associated with increased prevalence and severity of destructive periodontal disease in terms of periodontal pocketing, periodontal bone loss, and tooth loss. The smoking destructive effect on periodontal ...
Renal Klotho in mineral metabolism
(2014-02-27)
Calcium and phosphorous are critical elements in a number of physiological processes, including maintenance of bone structure, cell signaling and energy metabolism. Their endocrine regulation is tightly controlled through ...
Epidemiological studies of medication use and effectiveness in bipolar disorder
(2017-09-19)
of this thesis were to: 1) explore the use of relapse prevention in the early phases of bipolar illness, 2) add to the current knowledge concerning the comparative effectiveness of various pharmacological maintenance treatments, including combination therapies...
On the role of bioactive sphingolipids and their metabolizing enzymes in cancer
(2017-03-13)
sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) mediates cell proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis. Cell fate is largely dependent on the balance of ceramide and sphingosine versus S1P. The sphingosine kinases (SKs) are responsible for maintaining this balance...
Prevention of growth failure caused by glucocorticoid treatment
(2023-03-10)
Children with chronic inflammation often suffer from growth failure and many of these children are treated with high doses of glucocorticoids (GCs). However, the underlying mechanisms of growth failure under conditions of ...
Signal processing approaches on otoacoustic emissions
(2000-09-29)
The recent achievement on the measurement of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) is based on a novel technical development of digital signal processing. OAEs measured in the external ear canal are normal by-products of the active ...
Characterization of HIV-1 populations in infected cells
(2013-03-21)
cells from peripheral blood and lymph node tissue from untreated patients was evaluated. The results from these studies revealed that the majority (>90%) of the CD4+ T-cells from peripheral blood and lymph node tissue contained only one HIV-1 DNA...
Exploring the impact of diabetes in Sudan : out-of-pocket expenditure and social consequences of diabetes on patients and their families
(2017-08-10)
structured questionnaires were conducted in Sudan among parents of 147 children with type 1 diabetes and 822 adult patients with type 2 diabetes. Data on family and patient incomes, cost of diabetes care and metabolic control of the patients, was also...