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The Reindeer Circadian Clock Is Rhythmic and Temperature-compensated But Shows Evidence of Weak Coupling Between the Secondary and Core Molecular Clock Loops.

J Biol Rhythms

December 2024

Arctic Seasonal Timekeeping Initiative, Arctic Chronobiology and Physiology Research Group, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.

Circadian rhythms synchronize the internal physiology of animals allowing them to anticipate daily changes in their environment. Arctic habitats may diminish the selective advantages of circadian rhythmicity by relaxing daily rhythmic environmental constraints, presenting a valuable opportunity to study the evolution of circadian rhythms. In reindeer, circadian control of locomotor activity and melatonin release is weak or absent, and the molecular clockwork is reportedly non-functional.

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Bioinformatic identification of monkeypox virus phylogenetic gene trees that are representative of its whole-genome phylogenetic tree.

Virus Genes

December 2024

Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Science Concentration, American University of Nigeria, 98 Lamido Zubairu Way, PMB 2250, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Phylogenetic analysis based on whole-genome sequences is the gold standard for monkeypox virus (MPXV) phylogeny. However, genomic epidemiology capability and capacity are lacking or limited in resource poor countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, these make real-time genome surveillance of MPXV virtually impossible.

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Nudibranch molluscs Coryphella are widely distributed and species-rich gastropod group lacking fossil record and displaying a complex distribution across both Southern and Northern hemispheres. In this paper we provide a detailed review of the morphology, ecology, and distribution of Coryphella, estimation of divergence times between species, an ancestral area reconstruction, and a population analysis of widely distributed trans-Arctic species Coryphella verrucosa to investigate the evolution, phylogeographic patterns and reconstruct possible historical routes of oceanic dispersal. The inclusion of a larger sample size and five molecular markers has revealed a complex evolutionary history of Coryphella, shaped by transgression, vicariance, and dietary shifts, and overall driven by the pervasive effect of glacial cycles.

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Mind wandering (MW) is the intentional or unintentional experience of attending to internal task-unrelated thoughts while being occupied with an external task. Even though maintaining task focus is assumed to require executive functions (EF), it is not clear how and to what extent MW and EF interact. Research has found that activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is associated with EF and MW.

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Problem: For health care providers to ensure appropriate decision-making in clinical settings during childbirth, facilitators and barriers must be identified.

Background: Women who experience a sense of control by participating in the decision-making process, are more likely to have a positive birth experience. However, decision-making may involve hierarchies of close observation and control.

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  • Multidose drug dispensing (MDD) is an adherence aid that organizes medications into disposable bags for a 14-day period, mainly used in home care services in Norway.
  • The study aimed to explore factors affecting how MDD users manage their medications at home and how MDD impacts their daily routines by conducting interviews with 19 participants.
  • Results indicated that while all participants received some assistance in medication management, they primarily managed MDD themselves, with their level of involvement influenced more by motivation and interest in self-care than by their capabilities.
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Seasonal dynamics of chemistry in an Arctic glacier-fed river.

Sci Total Environ

December 2024

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, 7491 Trondheim, Norway; The University Centre in Svalbard, P.O. Box 156, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway. Electronic address:

Arctic rivers, intricately linked to fjord systems, wield significant influence over the geochemical and biological dynamics of the upper Arctic Ocean, providing it with freshwater, nutrients, suspended particles, and potentially harmful pollutants. To comprehend the full picture of the Arctic ecosystem, it is crucial to understand how these rivers vary across regions and seasons, especially considering ongoing climate changes. However, comprehensive studies that address long-term observations and seasonal variations in Arctic rivers' geochemical composition remain scarce.

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Importance: Early breast cancer detection is associated with lower morbidity and mortality.

Objective: To examine whether a commercial artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for breast cancer detection could estimate the development of future cancer.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This retrospective cohort study of 116 495 women aged 50 to 69 years with no prior history of breast cancer before they underwent at least 3 consecutive biennial screening examinations used scores from an AI algorithm (INSIGHT MMG, version 1.

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Objectives: Small copepods (<2 mm) compose an important constituent of the Arctic marine food web, but their trophic interactions remain largely unexplored, partly due to methodological limitations.

Methods: We here characterize the prey of the abundant cyclopoid , harpacticoid and calanoid spp. from the Arctic Barents Sea and Nansen Basin during four seasons using brute force prey metabarcoding of the 18S rRNA gene.

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Background: Frailty is strongly correlated with mortality in intensive care unit patients, yet routine screening among intensive care patients is rarely performed. The aim of this study is to assess frailty and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients before intensive care admission and to compare this with outcomes after 3 and 12-months. The Clinical Frailty Scale and EQ-5D-5L will be used to assess frailty and HRQoL, respectively.

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Aim: To explore the existential lived experiences of parents of children and young people with complex care needs.

Design: An explorative qualitative design.

Methods: We conducted 16 in-depth interviews with parents of children and young people with complex care needs across Norway from February to May 2022.

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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.

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Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are formed in tissues targeted by chronic inflammation processes, such as infection and autoimmunity. In Sjögren's disease, the organization of immune cells into TLS is an important part of disease progression. Here, we investigated the dynamics of tissue resident macrophages in the induction and expansion of salivary gland TLS.

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  • Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) affects about 2-3% of newborns and is linked to increased risks of osteoarthritis in young adults, leading to many hip replacements before age 40.
  • The study reviewed 73 papers, including 31 focused on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DDH, but found many studies lacked sufficient power to identify significant genetic associations.
  • While DDH is known to be hereditary, the research is limited and no definitive genetic risk factors have been identified, indicating a need for further investigations.
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Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities.

Commun Biol

October 2024

Centre for New Antibacterial Strategies (CANS) and Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.

Isogenic bacterial cell populations are phenotypically heterogenous and may include subpopulations of antibiotic tolerant or heteroresistant cells. The reversibility of these phenotypes and lack of biomarkers to differentiate functionally different, but morphologically identical cells is a challenge for research and clinical detection. To overcome this, we present ´Cellular Phenotypic Profiling and backTracing (CPPT)´, a fluorescence-activated cell sorting platform that uses fluorescent probes to visualize and quantify cellular traits and connects this phenotypic profile with a cell´s experimentally determined fate in single cell-derived growth and antibiotic susceptibility analysis.

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Purpose: The study's purpose was to analyze return to work and other long-term outcomes in younger patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases, treated before they reached legal retirement age, i.e. younger than 65 years.

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Aim: To explore the role of public health nurses (PHNs) in Norwegian primary school health services in supporting siblings who have a brother or a sister with complex care needs.

Design: A qualitative, exploratory design using focus groups combined with visual methods.

Methods: Nineteen Norwegian PHNs participated in three focus group discussions between May and September 2022.

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The study aim was to explore how Sámi healthcare staff experience working as an ethnic minority in the Norwegian healthcare system. This was a qualitative focus group and individual interview study inspired by interpretive description, with 14 participants. The results indicate that Sámi healthcare staff experience various degrees of cultural load in their jobs.

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Discovering the true nature of chronic pelvic pain: Are we asking the right questions?

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand

December 2024

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.

Chronic pelvic pain is a debilitating complex condition affecting men and women, but the knowledge gaps are salient. The condition impacts somatic, sexual, and mental health, as well as social, family, and work life. The complexity of the condition demands for a giant step away from traditional dualistic clinical approach.

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Collaboration improves multiple academic and social outcomes. Accordingly, computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) can be beneficial in distance education contexts to overcome the issues specific to online learning (e.g.

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Background: Patients with multiple chronic conditions, for example, musculoskeletal conditions and comorbidities, often receive inadequate and sometimes even contradictory care. Physiotherapists are well qualified to manage patients with musculoskeletal conditions and comorbidities due to their education and experience with rehabilitation; however, it is unknown which challenges they face when treating these patients.

Aim: To identify challenges, treatment strategies, and delineations of areas of responsibility among physiotherapists working in private physiotherapy practice when treating people with musculoskeletal conditions and comorbidities.

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This study examines when the vocabulary knowledge of Japanese heritage speakers (HSs; N = 427, M = 9.96, female = 213) begins to diverge from monolingual counterparts (N = 136, M = 6.69, female = 65) and what factors explain individual differences in HS development.

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