Publications by authors named "Bergqvist L"

The number of medical students and doctors in training is growing, particularly in private practices due to the promotion of the internal medicine and primary care curriculum. Therefore, doctors increasingly find themselves in a teaching role with the responsibility to give feedback to the people in training. This article aims to give the definition of feedback and to review the reasons for its central role in pre- and postgraduate medical education.

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Biomechanical studies in sauropod dinosaurs are mainly focused on neck posture and feeding strategy. Few works investigate other aspects such as tail movement and function, especially in the clade Titanosauria, the most diverse within Neosauropoda. This study applied biomechanical concepts of neutral pose (cartilaginous neutral pose) and range of motion to verify the shape and direction of the caudal region of the advanced titanosaurs Adamantisaurus mezzalirai and Baurutitan britoi, in addition to comparing it with other titanosaurs (e.

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Although extinct sloths exhibited a wide range of dietary habits, modes of locomotion, and occupied various niches across the Americas, modern sloths are considered quite similar in their habits. The dietary habits of living sloths can be directly observed in the wild, and understanding the mechanical behavior of their jaws during chewing through finite element analysis (FEA) provides a valuable validation tool for comparative analysis with their extinct counterparts. In this study, we used FEA to simulate the mechanical behavior of sloth mandibles under lateral mastication loads, using it as a proxy for oral processing.

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Neutrophils express several G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) connected to intracellular Gα or Gα containing G proteins for down-stream signaling. To dampen GPCR mediated inflammatory processes, several inhibitors targeting the receptors and/or their down-stream signals, have been developed. Potent and selective inhibitors for Gα containing G proteins are available, but potent and specific inhibitors of Gα containing G proteins are lacking.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium and an opportunistic pathogen ubiquitously present throughout nature. LecB, a fucose-, and mannose-binding lectin, is a prominent virulence factor of P. aeruginosa, which can be expressed on the bacterial surface but also be secreted.

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Objective: To assess whether electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) as an adjunctive technology enhances the performance of colposcopy.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: University Hospital colposcopy clinic.

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There is a lack of knowledge about how persons with cerebral palsy (CP) perceive their 'process of doing' while performing everyday occupations. As described in the Model of the Process of Doing (MPoD), performing an occupation is a complex process consisting of six phases (generate idea, plan, initiate, enact, adjust, end) and time management. To collect the experiences of young adults with CP, classified at Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) level I or II, regarding how they perceive challenges in their occupational performance in relation to the different phases of the 'process of doing'.

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Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether the treatment effects, in terms of goal attainment, transfer effects and impact on executive functions, of an intervention in children with cerebral palsy or spina bifida using the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) Approach are maintained over time, from immediately after the intervention to three months afterwards.

Method: A three-month follow-up study, from an intervention using CO-OP. Thirty-four children (7-16 years) each identified four goals (one untrained to examine transfer) and participated in an eleven-session intervention.

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Among the responders to microbial invasion, neutrophils represent the earliest and perhaps the most important immune cells that contribute to host defense with the primary role to kill invading microbes using a plethora of stored anti-microbial molecules. One such process is the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the neutrophil enzyme complex NADPH-oxidase, which can be assembled and active either extracellularly or intracellularly in phagosomes (during phagocytosis) and/or granules (in the absence of phagocytosis). One soluble factor modulating the interplay between immune cells and microbes is galectin-3 (gal-3), a carbohydrate-binding protein that regulates a wide variety of neutrophil functions.

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Background: During qualitative improvement work, the statistics at the hospital reveal prolonged labour as one of the major causes of secondary fear of childbirth (FOC). The aim of this improvement work was to develop and implement a care process for prolonged labour to prevent secondary FOC.

Materials And Methods: To explore the factors behind secondary FOC among multiparous women, a follow-up of referral reasons for 600 women with severe FOC was made between 2015 and 2017 at a Swedish University Hospital.

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Introduction: Theoretical models for midwifery have been developed in different countries, but few have been evaluated. This study evaluated the implementation of a midwifery model of woman-centered care (MiMo) in practice.

Methods: A mixed method study based on an implementation of MiMo was carried out in a labor ward at a university hospital in Sweden, with another labor ward as a reference.

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Purpose: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) or spina bifida (SB) often have executive dysfunction affecting activity performance. With the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) Approach, children find their own way to perform activities, using problem-solving strategies and meta-cognitive thinking. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the CO-OP Approach in children with CP or SB, compared with conventional rehabilitation, in achieving self-identified activity goals, and to explore any generalization and transfer effects.

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Cerebral palsy (CP) comprises a heterogeneous group of conditions recognized by disturbances of movement and posture and is caused by a non-progressive injury to the developing brain. Birth prevalence of CP is about 2-2.5 per 1,000 live births.

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Background: In the Swedish emergency medical services, single responder and assessment units have been implemented to meet the increasing need for ambulance assessment and care.

Aim: To describe registered nurseś experiences of care encounters as single responders in the emergency medical services.

Method: The study design was descriptive with a qualitative approach.

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  • The study investigates how various behavioral and reproductive factors relate to the prevalence of different HPV genotypes among 879 unvaccinated women aged 18-75 at a colposcopy clinic in Finland.
  • Results show that smoking is linked to a higher prevalence of HPV16, particularly in women under 30, while a later sexual debut offers significant protection against this specific genotype.
  • The research indicates that HPV genotype prevalence varies based on behavior, particularly in younger women, but contraceptive methods do not affect the likelihood of high-risk HPV infection.
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Decision-support tools (DSTs) synthesize complex information to assist environmental managers in the decision-making process. Here, we review DSTs applied in the Baltic Sea area, to investigate how well the ecosystem approach is reflected in them, how different environmental problems are covered, and how well the tools meet the needs of the end users. The DSTs were evaluated based on (i) a set of performance criteria, (ii) information on end user preferences, (iii) how end users had been involved in tool development, and (iv) what experiences developers/hosts had on the use of the tools.

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Background: Women's experiences of labour and birth can have both short- and long-term effects on their physical and psychological health. The original Swedish version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) has shown to have good psychometric quality and ability to differentiate between groups known to differ in childbirth experience. Two subscales were revised in order to include new items with more relevant content about decision-making and aspects of midwifery support.

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Abstract: Riostegotherium yanei from the Itaboraí Basin, Brazil, is the oldest known Xenarthra. This paper aims to describe the internal morphology of the osteoderms of Riostegotherium yanei from the perspective of histology and micro-CT approaches, expanding the available data on cingulate osteoderm microstructure. Seven osteoderms of R.

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  • Fatigue significantly affects daily activities for individuals with cerebral palsy (CP), highlighting a need to understand mental fatigue in this group better.
  • The study involved ten adults with CP, who found the modified Mental Fatigue Scale (m-MFS) to be easy to read, with a clear structure that helped them relate it to their experiences.
  • Results indicated strong agreement between the respondents' understanding and the intended meanings of the m-MFS items, suggesting it is a valid tool for assessing mental fatigue in adults with CP.
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Restrictions to activity and participation in persons with cerebral palsy or spina bifida are often due to both motor and executive dysfunction. Hence methods focusing solely on motor issues are not enough to enhance participation. The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance Approach is a performance-based approach offering clients opportunities to create their own strategies to learn skills.

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  • The study examines the effectiveness and feasibility of the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) Approach for adolescents and young adults in Sweden with cerebral palsy (CP) or spina bifida (SB).
  • CO-OP combines cognitive strategy learning with task-specific methods, aiming to help these individuals improve daily life skills and achieve personal goals.
  • Results indicate that CO-OP is not only beneficial in enhancing planning skills and strategy use but also aligns with disability rights values of inclusion and empowerment.
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The Crocodyliformes are the most represented vertebrate clade in the Upper Cretaceous sequences of the Bauru Group, Paraná Basin. However, some of the species described have an uncertain taxonomic status and phylogenetic position. For instance, "Goniopholis" paulistanus has been assigned as a nomem dubium, due to its description being based on scarce material.

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The skyrmion racetrack is a promising concept for future information technology. There, binary bits are carried by nanoscale spin swirls-skyrmions-driven along magnetic strips. Stability of the skyrmions is a critical issue for realising this technology.

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L cells are an important class of enteroendocrine cells secreting hormones such as glucagon like peptide-1 and peptide YY that have several metabolic and physiological effects. The gut is home to trillions of bacteria affecting host physiology, but there has been limited understanding about how the microbiota affects gene expression in L cells. Thus, we rederived the reporter mouse strain, GLU-Venus expressing yellow fluorescent protein under the control of the proglucagon gene, as germ-free (GF).

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