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Distinct Gene Expression Profiles of Matched Primary and Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancers

Kaur, Jaspreet; Chandrashekar, Darshan S.; Varga, Zsuzsanna; Sobottka, Bettina; Janssen, Emiel; Kowalski, Jeanne; Kiraz, Umay; Varambally, Sooryanarayana; Aneja, Ritu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

Background: Although triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is associated with an increased risk of recurrence and metastasis, the molecular mechanisms underlying metastasis in TNBC remain unknown. To identify transcriptional ...

Distinct pain profiles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Bentsen, Signe Berit; Miaskowski, Christine; Cooper, Bruce A.; Christensen, Vivi Lycke; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Holm, Are Martin; Rustøen, Tone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03)

Background: Few studies have examined changes in the pain experience of patients with COPD and predictors of pain in these patients. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to examine whether distinct groups of COPD ...

Distinct symptom experiences in subgroups of patients with COPD

Christensen, Vivi Lycke; Rustøen, Tone; Cooper, Bruce A.; Miaskowski, Christine; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Bentsen, Signe Berit; Holm, Are Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-08)

Background: In addition to their respiratory symptoms, patients with COPD experience multiple, co-occurring symptoms. Objectives: The aims of this study were to identify subgroups of COPD patients based on their ...

Distinguishing space groups by electron channelling: centrosymmetric full-Heusler or non-centrosymmetric half-Heusler?

Hansen, Vidar; Kosinskiy, Andrey; Taftø, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

X-ray emission under electron-channelling conditions is used to distinguish between a non-centrosymmetric half-Heusler and a centrosymmetric full-Heusler crystal. For TiCo1.5+xSn the space-group determination based on a ...

Distributed leadership as a tool for integrated health services

Braut, Harald (PhD thesis UiS;765, Doctoral thesis, 2024)

Introduction: Because of increasing life expectancy and more elderly people living with multimorbidity, municipal healthcare organizations are searching for new ways of combining human and non-human resources to provide ...

Distributed Ledger Technology Based Integrated Healthcare Solution for Bangladesh

ISLAM, MD. ARIFUL; ISLAM, MD. ANTONIN; JACKY, MD. AMZAD HOSSAIN; AL-AMIN, MD.; MIAH, MD. SAEF ULLAH; Khan, Md Muhidul Islam; HOSSAIN, MD. IQBAL (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

Healthcare data is highly sensitive and must be safeguarded. Personal and sensitive data, such as names and addresses, is stored in Encrypted Electronic Health Records (EHRs). This paper proposes a Blockchain-based distributed ...

Distributed Storage with Strong Data Integrity based on Blockchain Mechanisms

Nygaard, Racin (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IDE/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)

A blockchain is a datastructure that is an append-only chain of blocks. Each block contains a set of transaction and has a cryptographic link back to its predecessor. The cryptographic link serves to protect the integrity ...

Distributed workflow based approach for eliminating redundancy in virtual enterprising

Davidrajuh, Reggie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01)

The existence of redundancy is a serious problem in virtual enterprise in which a number of collaborating enterprises join together to manufacture and sell a class of product for a time-limited period. This paper proposes ...

Distriktslegene og kampen mot sykdom. En studie av distriktslegenes bidrag i kampen mot sykdom i Rogaland i perioden 1900-1940.

Nordin, Merete Myhra (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05-19)

En studie av distriktslegens bidrag i kampen mot sykdom i Rogaland i perioden 1900-1940. Det var på begynnelsen av 1900-tallet få effektive behandlingsmetoder. Det forebyggende helsearbeidet var blant distriktslegenes ...

Ditch Magnet Performance

Moe Strømø, Kjartan (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-10)

Magnetic shielding of the Measurement While Drilling (MWD) directional tools and damages to mud pumps, downhole tools and casing/drill-pipe are some of the main problems caused by steel and magnetic contaminated drilling ...

Ditching from a water system perspective : draining the Swedish water landscape 1200–1900

Jakobsson, Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10)

In this article drainage in landscapes with a surplus of water will be in focus. A water system perspective will be applied to ditching. Upstream–downstream relations—whether small, as in this article, or comprehensive—cannot ...

Divergent Organizational Change in Hospitals: Exploring how hospital leaders and employees can contribute to successful outcomes.

Øygarden, Olaug (PhD thesis UiS;492, Doctoral thesis, 2020-02)

This thesis consists of three papers that aim to increase our understanding of how divergent changes to organizational structures and management systems in hospitals may be handled by leaders and employees in order to ...

Divergent Synthesis of Indolo[3,2- c]quinolines, Neocryptolepines and Related Tetracyclic Ring-Systems Containing Promising Biological Activities

Håheim, Katja S. (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2022)

Malaria is a devastating tropical disease, claiming approximately 627 000 lives in 2020. Due to the appearance of resistance towards artemisinin-based therapies, the discovery of novel treatments are of paramount ...