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Distribution and function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in glia cells and neurons with focus on the neuroprotective mechanisms of cholesterol lowering drugs in Alzheimer's disease
(2006-05-12)
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are involved in the regulation of many processes including synapses regeneration, neurotransmission and neuroprotection in the central nervous system (CNS). There is increasing ...
Endometrial carcinoma : prognostic factors and protein expression profiling
(2004-09-24)
Endometrial carcinoma is the most common gynaecological cancer in the
western world. It is usually diagnosed at an early stage since it
presents with irregular vaginal bleeding when the tumour is still limited
to the ...
The impact of social security compensation inequality on earnings distribution due to sickness and disability
(2005-08-26)
One of the main purposes of social security systems is to compensate for loss of earnings during periods of sickness and disability. Of interest is therefore the extent to which such compensation reduces earnings inequality. ...
Coreceptor usage and sensitivity to neutralization of HIV-1 and HIV-2
(2004-11-05)
8 - 10 years. ii) A change from CCR5 to CXCR4 use, which primarily was observed in patients with progressive disease. iii) Fluctuation between CCR5 and CXCR4 use, which was linked to changes in antiretroviral therapy. Coreceptor use was further...
Patient-orientated aspects of the postoperative course after hernia surgery
(2006-09-01)
, testicular pain in 120 (8%) patients and infection in 105 (7%) patients. The risk-factors for complications were age below the median of 59 years and laparoscopic repair. The National Hernia Register covered 25% of the complications recorded by the patients...
Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population
(2005-09-23)
disease was 5.1-fold and 3.8-fold increased in water pipe and cigarette smokers, respectively, compared to non-smokers (p < 0.01). The relative risk associated with heavy smoking was about 8-fold elevated in water pipe smokers and 5-fold elevated...
Environmental influence on alpha-helical peptides
(2006-11-16)
dimerization feature. Simulations of 2M and 8M urea contained significant amount of cyclic dimers with very favorable interactions as well as small amount of head-to-tail dimers, as found in crystals Comparisons with potentials obtained from ab initio...
Prediction of function shift in protein families
(2006-08-14)
With the availability of a large number of complete genome sequences, it has become essential to annotate the protein sequences derived from them as precisely as possible. Even though presently available computational ...
Heart failure : aspects on treatment and prognosis
(2006-05-02)
The aim of this thesis was to describe aspects on treatment and prognosis in heart failure. In paper I, we studied two hundred and seventy-nine hospitalised heart failure patients, and related clinical and demograhic data ...
Patellar tendinopathy : on evaluation methods and rehabilitation techniques
(2006-10-27)
Background: Patellar tendinopathy is an increasingly common overuse and degenerative injury for recreational and elite athletes. The management of this injury is often difficult and frustrating and the treatment may take ...