Background And Aims: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than the general population. The highest incidence and prevalence rates of IBD in the world are found in the Faroe Islands, however, the HRQoL of Faroese patients is unknown. This study aimed to determine their HRQoL at diagnosis and two years of follow-up in comparison with Danish patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Extramedullary disease (EMD) is a rare manifestation of Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM), and its clinical and prognostic implications are poorly understood.
Methods: In this single-center study, we investigated the clinical significance of EMD in a cohort of 469 WM patients.
Results: EMD was identified in 30 (6.
A field campaign in the Vallunden lagoon in the Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen was conducted to gather data on sea ice restoration by artificial flooding. Sea ice thickening was initiated by pumping sea water from below the first-year sea ice onto the surface without removing the covering snow layer. Part of the data was collected by four thermistor strings, two radiation sensors, and one anemometer.
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