Far away from home? Ancient DNA shows the presence of bicolored shrew () in Bronze Age Denmark.

An excavation of an Early Iron Age village near Aalborg in Denmark uncovered the jaws and skull fragments from a small mammal that were morphologically identified to the genus (white-toothed shrews). Three species are known from prehistoric continental Europe but none of them are distributed in Scandinavia, which is why this surprising finding warranted further analyses. The bone was radiocarbon-dated to 2840-2750 calibrated years before present (cal.

A study of the reliability and construct validity of the 1-minute sit-to-stand test for individuals with systemic sclerosis.

Objective: This study seeks to assess the reliability and construct validity of the 1-minute sit-to-stand test as an efficient tool for evaluating the functional capacity of individuals with systemic sclerosis, considering its time and space effectiveness.

Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited forty-nine individuals with systemic sclerosis from a university hospital in Denmark. The 1-minute sit-to-stand test was conducted twice on the same day, with an interval of approximately 10 to 15 minutes between administrations, followed by a single administration of the 6-minute walk test.

gene expression in infrapatellar fat pad is correlated with fat mass in obese patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis.

Objective: To investigate associations between obesity-linked systemic factors and gene expression indicative for the inflammatory and fibrotic processes in the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP), in a population of obese patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

Methods: We collected human IFPs from 48 patients with a mean body mass index (BMI) of 35.44 ​kg/m during total knee replacement procedures.

Patients with type 1 diabetes and albuminuria have a reduced brain glycolytic capability that is correlated with brain atrophy.

Introduction: Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) demonstrate brain alterations, including white matter lesions and cerebral atrophy. In this case-control study, we investigated if a reason for this atrophy could be because of diabetes-related complications affecting cerebrovascular or cerebral glycolytic functions. Cerebral physiological dysfunction can lead to energy deficiencies and, consequently, neurodegeneration.