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Assessment of physical activity and energy expenditure in adolescents
(2002-04-15)
Physical activity (PA) is a complex, multidimensional human behaviour that includes all bodily movement from fidgeting to participation in marathon running. The detailed relationship (i.e. dose - response) between the type ...
Long-term exposure to air pollution from road traffic and cardiovascular disease with a focus on exposure modeling
(2015-11-20)
Air pollution is an important environmental health factor contributing to the burden of disease. From a public health point of view cardiovascular effects of long-term exposure are predominant, primarily coronary events ...
The effect of caloric restriction on age-related hearing loss and the impact of repeated sound exposures
(2013-10-18)
The auditory system is the sensory system responsible for hearing and crucial for communication between individuals. While aging, many organs of the body start losing their function, including the hearing organ. The severity ...
The role of multifunctional scaffolding proteins in the synaptic vesicle cycle
(2011-05-19)
Fast synaptic transmission occurs at specialized junctions between neurons referred to as chemical synapses. Action potentials induce an influx of calcium ions into presynaptic terminals, which contain neurotransmitter-filled ...
Prognostic assessment in community acquired pneumonia
(2012-11-23)
Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most commonly occurring infectious disease that requires hospital admission. CAP affects mainly, the youngest, the oldest, the poorest and the sickest. Annual incidence is 5-12 per ...
Behavioral changes and mechanisms : an experimental study on aging in rodents
(2011-11-25)
In paper I, we studied alterations in behavior with advancing age in female C57BL/6 mice (of Jackson origin). In parallel, growth and survival data were collected. In a protected environment the median survival age was 32 ...
Immune regulation and modulation of allergy and inflammatory diseases
(2012-08-23)
Inflammation is evoked in defence against invading pathogens entering the body. Sometimes inflammation is started against harmless antigens, which leads to allergic diseases, or against self-antigens or commensal microbiota ...