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Objectives: To evaluate the discrimination, calibration, and net benefit performance of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Risk Calculator (PCPTRC) across five European randomized study of screening for prostate cancer (ERSPC), 1 United Kingdom, 1 Austrian, and 3 US biopsy cohorts. Methods: PCPTRC risks were calculated for 25,733 biopsies using prostate-specific antigen (PSA), digital rectal exa

The prognostic impact of PICALM::MLLT10 status in childhood leukaemia is not well described. Ten International Berlin Frankfurt Münster-affiliated study groups and the Children's Oncology Group collaborated in this multicentre retrospective study. The presence of the PICALM::MLLT10 fusion gene was confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization and/or RNA sequencing at participating sites. Ninety-

Background: Palliative care needs in patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are expected to increase. For the planning of equitable palliative care, it is important to understand where people with CVD die. The aim was to examine trends in place of death, associated factors including utilization of specialized palliative services, and to what extent longitudinal development is influenced by na

Familial risks for cancer are important for clinical counseling and understanding cancer etiology. The nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer Database includes all Swedes born in 1932 and later (0 to 68-year-old offspring) with their parents, totaling over 10.2 million individuals. Urological cancer cases were retrieved from the Swedish Cancer Registry up to year 2000. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR

One of the most pressing present day health concern is the constantly growing increase of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. In fact the WHO estimates that as much as 300 million individuals could suffer from diabetes by 2025. While genetic factors do contribute to these issues the more common cause is modern day environmental factors like diets rich in fat or highly processed food, low levels oCan meal order influence blood glucose and insulin levels? When carbohydrates like white bread, rice etc. are consumed, glucose levels in the blood start to rise.Depending on how fast this rise in blood glucose levels occurs carbohydrates can be divided into high GI and low GI foods. High GI foods like bread, potatoes etc. cause a rapid spike in blood glucose levels while low GI foods like pasta c

Kära medlemmar i Nordic Network for Narratives in Medicine! Först och främst: Stort och varmt tack till er som medverkade i vårt nätverksmöte i Trondheim 13-14 juni och ett än varmare tack till briljanta organisatörer, ledda av Silje Haugen Warberg, Institutt for språk og litteratur, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU)! Nyhetsbrevet läser ni i sin helhet i bifogad PDF, nedan i ko

https://www.medicinsk-humaniora.lu.se/sites/medicinsk-humaniora.lu.se/files/2025-05/Nyhetsbrev%20juni%202024%20(komplett).pdf - 2026-05-07

Ett nytt instrument för detektion av tidiga tecken på utmattningssyndrom: validering av Lund University Checklist for Incipient Exhaustion (LUCIE) Bakgrund Stressrelaterad ohälsa (t.ex. arbetsrelaterat utmattningssyndrom; UMS) är ett samhällsproblem i många postindustriella länder. Erfarenheten visar att tidig upptäckt och intervention är avgörande för att hindra långsiktiga negativa konsekvenser

https://www.psy.lu.se/sites/psy.lu.se/files/validering_av_lund_university_checklist_for_incipient_exhaustion-rogerko.docx - 2026-05-07

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Centre for Mathematical Sciences Faculty of Science Centre for Mathematical Sciences Division of Mathematics and Numerical Analysis Course Analysis for MATA32 Algebra and Vector Geometry, Autumn 2024 Course Information Lecturer: Anna-Maria Persson Teaching assistants: Frej Weiström Dahlin, Raul Hindov, Jorge Farina Asategui Number of students: There were 95 registered students in total; 79 student

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Pågående projekt vid Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap 2026-02-16 Investigating Doing Less in Everyday life IDLE: Investigating Doing Less in Everyday lifeLinnell, M. (Forskare), Jack, T. (PI) & Hoffmann, M. (Forskare)2026/01/01... 2026-03-20 Det nya kompetenslandskapet NyKom: Det nya kompetenslandskapetMaunsbach, U. (Forskare), Zillinger, M. (Forskare), Nilsson, J.-H. (Forskare) & Hallon... 2025

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Elevated concentrations of arsenic in drinking water are common worldwide, however, little is known about the presence of other potentially toxic elements. We analyzed 31 different elements in drinking water collected in San Antonio de los Cobres and five surrounding Andean villages in Argentina, and in urine of the inhabitants, using ICP-MS. Besides confirmation of elevated arsenic concentrations

Background: most fractures are preceded by falls.Objective: the aim of this study was to determine whether tests of physical performance are associated with fractures.Subjects: a total of 10,998 men aged 65 years or above were recruited.Methods: questionnaires evaluated falls sustained 12 months before administration of the grip strength test, the timed stand test, the six-metre walk test and the

Background Cell and animal experiments have shown that beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) may be involved in myelination. Objective Here, we assess the association of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) BACE1 activity with multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods BACE1 activity and levels of secreted amyloid precursor protein (APP) and amyloid-beta (A beta) isoforms were analyzed in CSF from 100 patients with

AIM: To assess the lifetime cumulative incidence of portal venous thrombosis (PVT) in the general population. METHODS: Between 1970 and 1982, 23 796 autopsies, representing 84% of all in-hospital deaths in the Malmo city population, were performed, using a standardised protocol including examination of the portal vein. PVT patients were characterised and the PVT prevalence at autopsy, an expressio

BACKGROUND: Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis (CRSwNP) is a chronic disease that has a major impact on generic and disease-specific quality of life. Little is known about the influence of CRSwNP on sleep and what effect surgery for CRSwNP has on sleep quality. The aim of the study was to investigate sleep quality in patients with CRSwNP before and after endoscopic surgery.METHODOLOGY: Fo

In the present study, wild type and three mutants of pyranose 2-oxidase (PyOx-WT, PyOx-MT1, PyOx-MT2, PyOx-MT3), which showed improved properties for D-galactose oxidation, were investigated for their oxidising ability when immobilised on graphite electrodes. Four different flexible Os polymers with formal potentials ranging between −0.140 and 0.270 V vs. Ag|AgCl0.1 M KCl were applied together wit

INTRODUCTION: Information about the education, training and future employment prospects of Icelandic surgeons has not been available.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included all Icelandic surgeons, in all subspecialties, educated at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Iceland. Information on specialty training, higher academic degrees and in which country these were obtained was collecte