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Professional identity and competence in practice : self-evaluation of nurses in paediatric care
(2006-09-29)
for their employment, the highest scores were found in consideration (mean 4.05), ambition (mean 3.91) and sensitivity (mean 3.84). The lowest scores were found in grasp of ideas (mean 2.69), leadership (mean 2.73) and discrimination (mean 2.89). Regarding Barriers...
Diet and ovarian cancer : a population-based cohort of 60 000 women
(2005-05-06)
.31-0.82; P trend = 0.006).
The inverse association between dietary folate intake and risk of ovarian
cancer was stronger among women who consumed more than 20 g
(approximately the amount in 1-2 drinks) of alcohol per week (RR, 0.24;
95% CI, 0.09-0.64) than...
Synovial sarcoma : molecular, biological and clinical implications
(2004-08-13)
Synovial sarcoma is a rare but mostly aggressive soft tissue tumor that mainly affects children and young adults. The tumor usually occurs in the vicinity of large joints, and may be subdivided into a classical biphasic ...
Children's diarrhea in Hanoi, Vietnam : importance of enteric pathogens
(2005-02-18)
Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of illnesses and death among
children in developing countries, where an estimated 1.3 billion episodes
and 4 to 10 million deaths occur each year in children less than 5 years
of ...
Unstimulated human whole saliva flow rate in relation to hyposalivation and dental caries
(2005-04-08)
Introduction: Salivary secretion is influenced by a large number of factors, including the circadian rhythm, making the detection of reduced salivary flow (hyposalivation) difficult. This is important since severely reduced ...
Coronary artery bypass surgery without extracorporeal circulation
(2006-03-10)
Introduction: Coronary artery bypass surgery with extracorporeal circulation is associated with a systemic inflammatory response syndrome that contributes to morbidity and mortality. Aortic cross clamping and cardioplegic ...
Non-conventional risk and prognostic factors in coronary heart disease : studies on heart rate variability, alcohol consumption, inflammation and depression
(2005-04-01)
not relate to any of the HRV parameters (paper I). Concentration of IL-6 showed an inverse relation to HRV even after adjustment for potential confounding factors (paper II). HRV parameters predicted all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a 9-year follow...
On neck load among helicopter pilots : effects of head worn equipment, whole body vibration and neck position
(2005-09-13)
Introduction: Helicopter pilots complain of pain originating from the neck region. The causes are still basically unknown, but the ergonomic situation when flying a helicopter, with unfavorable load caused by static neck ...
Synthesis of indole and oxindole derivates incorporating pyrrolidino, pyrrolo or imidazolo moieties
(2004-11-26)
The focus of this thesis is on the synthesis of oxindole- and indole-derivatives incorporating pyrrolidins, pyrroles or imidazoles moieties.
Pyrrolidino-2-spiro-3'-oxindole derivatives have been prepared in high ...
In vivo protein synthesis determinations in human immune cells
(2005-02-18)
in the isolated T lymphocytes of healthy volunteers was 13.6 ± 0.9 %/24 h and was not affected by a 6-h cortisol infusion, either immediately after the end of the infusion or 18 h later. In contrast, a combined stress hormone infusion (cortisol, epinephrine...