Climate and Competitive Status Modulate the Variation in Secondary Metabolites More in Leaves Than in Fine Roots of .

Plant secondary metabolites have many important functions; they also determine the productivity and resilience of trees under climate change. The effects of environmental factors on secondary metabolites are much better understood in above-ground than in below-ground part of the tree. Competition is a crucial biotic stress factor, but little is known about the interaction effect of climate and competition on the secondary chemistry of trees.

Establishment strategies for poplars, including mulch and plant types, on agricultural land in Sweden.

Biomass from forestry is one of the largest components of Sweden's renewable resources. Poplars are currently the highest producing tree species available and are therefore natural choices for biomass-oriented production. Growing poplars has been of most interest on agricultural land, but the knowledge and experience about their cultivation is still limited.

[Health care to nursing homes by general practitioners].

In Denmark we used to have one GP employed at every nursing home. In 1996 it was politically decided that the patients should keep their usual GP. As a consequence GPs have patients at several nursing homes, and the nursing homes must collaborate with several GPs who are not a part of their staff.

[Analysis of medical short-term admissions of elderly patients with focus on alternatives to hospitalization].

By a retrospective medical record review it is studied if 334 admissions of acute short-term hospitalization (< 24 hours) of elderly medical patients could have been substituted by alternative solutions. 27% of these admissions were evaluated as substitutable. This study cannot confirm that the number of medical short-term admissions of elderly patients could be reduced by one or more specific interventions, nor that the medical short-term hospitalization generally is inappropriate.

Comprehensive discharge follow-up in patients' homes by GPs and district nurses of elderly patients. A randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: Many hospital admissions are due to inappropriate medical treatment, and discharge of fragile elderly patients involves a high risk of readmission. The present study aimed to assess whether a follow-up programme undertaken by GPs and district nurses could improve the quality of the medical treatment and reduce the risk of readmission of elderly newly discharged patients.

Design And Setting: The patients were randomized to either an intervention group receiving a structured home visit by the GP and the district nurse one week after discharge followed by two contacts after three and eight weeks, or to a control group receiving the usual care.

[Support for self-management in chronic disease?].

Self-management is part of chronic care to ensure an informed and activated patient. We scrutinised systematic literature reviews about self-care in general practice. There were effects on clinical and patient related measures and health services utilisation.