• Towards Next-Generation Healthcare: Architectural Insights into an AI-Driven, Smartwatch-Compatible mHealth Application 

      Jat, Avnish Singh; Grønli, Tor-Morten; Lakhan, Abdullah Raza (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      With the rise of telemedicine and wearable technology, mHealth (mobile health) applications are becoming increasingly important in providing real-time, personalized healthcare solutions. However, integrating these technologies ...
    • Needling Point Location Used in Sham Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 

      Lee, Boram; Kwon, Chan-Young; Lee, Hye Won; Nielsen, Arya; Wieland, L Susan; Kim, Tae-Hun; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Importance When sham acupuncture is set as a control in evaluating acupuncture, the sham needling technique is usually different from acupuncture. However, the sham procedure is conducted either at the same points that ...
    • Using Simulations to Help Public Health Students Overcome Language Barriers for Better Health Outcomes 

      Skjerve, Hilde; Braaum, Lars Erik; Goth, Ursula-Georgine Småland; Sørensen, Anette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Growing migration into Norway has increasingly strained the country’s health services. Good communication is essential to ensure quality care. Often, healthcare workers and immigrant clients do not share a common language, ...
    • JavaScript SBST Heuristics to Enable Effective Fuzzing of NodeJS Web APIs 

      Zhang, Man; Belhadi, Asma; Arcuri, Andrea (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages. However, its dynamic nature poses several challenges to automated testing techniques. In this paper, we propose an approach and open-source tool support to enable ...
    • Ledelsesutdanningens muligheter: Om å utvikle en realistisk lederselvtillit i samspill med andre 

      Drake, Irmelin (Book, 2023)
      This chapter takes as its vantage point the fact that leadership is not something that can be taught or learned as a set of objective and universal skills and abilities. Thus, in dealing with an array of mixed and demanding ...
    • Between anger and love: A multi-level study on the impact of policy issues on user reactions in national election campaigns on Facebook in Germany, Hungary, and Norway 

      Tønnesen, Hedvig; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli; Wurst, Anna-Katharina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Eliciting user reactions is an important tactic for political actors using social media like Facebook to seek attention for campaign messages on policy issues. Still, little is known about policy issues’ effect on user ...
    • Global research trends of sham acupuncture: A bibliometric analysis 

      Lee, Boram; Kwon, Chan-Young; Lee, Ye-Seul; Alræk, Terje; Birch, Stephen; Lee, Hye Won; Ang, Lin; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objective Sham acupuncture has been used as a control in acupuncture efficacy trials. However, questions have been raised about whether it is a physiologically inert placebo. We aimed to understand global research trends ...
    • Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain, 1990–2020, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Ferreira, Manuela L.; Luca, Katie de; Haile, Lydia M; GBD 2021, Low Back Pain Collaborators; Steinmetz, Jaimie D ; Culbreth, Garland T ; Cross, Marita ; Kopec, Jacek A ; Ferreira, Paulo H ; Blyth, Fiona M ; Buchbinder, Rachelle ; Hartvigsen, Jan ; Wu, Ai-Min ; Safiri, Saeid ; Woolf, Anthony D ; Collins, Gary S ; Ong, Kanyin Liane ; Vollset, Stein Emil ; Smith, Amanda E ; Cruz, Jessica A ;  Fukutaki, Kai Glenn;  Abate, Semagn Mekonnen; Abbasifard, Mitra ; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen ;  Abbasi-Kangevari, Zeinab; Abdelalim, Ahmed ; Abedi, Aidin ; Abidi, Hassan ; Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani, Qorinah; Ahmadi, Ali ; Olusola Akinyemi, Rufus; Tadesse Alamer, Abayneh; Zeleke Alem, Adugnaw; Alimohamadi, Yousef ; Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah;  Alzahrani, Hosam; Amini, Saeed ; Amiri, Sohrab ; Amu, Hubert ; Liliana Andrei, Catalina; Andrei,  Tudorel ; Antony, Benny ; Arabloo, Jalal ; Arulappan, Judie ; Arumugam, Ashokan ; Ashraf, Tahira ; Athari, Seyyed Shamsadin ; Awoke, Nefsu ;  Azadnajafabad, Sina; Winfried Bärnighausen, Till (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Low back pain is highly prevalent and the main cause of years lived with disability (YLDs). We present the most up-to-date global, regional, and national data on prevalence and YLDs for low back pain from the ...
    • The association between psychological distress and alcohol consumption and physical activity: a population-based cohort study 

      Alpers, Silvia Eiken; Pallesen, Ståle; Vold, Jørn Henrik; Haug, Ellen Merethe Melingen; Lunde, Linn Heidi; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Mamen, Asgeir; Mæland, Silje; Fadnes, Lars T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic and infection control measures caused changes to daily life for most people. Heavy alcohol consumption and physical inactivity are two important behavioral risk factors for noncommunicable ...
    • Effect of aerobic exercise and low-carbohydrate high-fat diet on glucose tolerance and android/gynoid fat in overweight/obese women: A randomized controlled trial 

      Valsdottir, Thorhildur Ditta; Øvrebø, Bente; Kornfeldt, Thea Martine; Litleskare, Sigbjørn; Johansen, Egil Ivar; Henriksen, Christine; Jensen, Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The study was designed to compare the effects of weight loss induced by a low-carbohydrate-high-fat diet or a normal diet, with and without exercise, on glucose tolerance measured as area under the curve (AUC), and android ...
    • Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs in southern Scandinavia and the possible influence of meteorological factors 

      Lamsal, Alaka; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Jenkins, Andrew; Renssen, Hans; Kjær, Lene Jung; Alfsnes, Kristian; Bastakoti, Srijana; Dieseth, Malene Strøm; Klitgaard, Kirstine; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth Heggen; Paulsen, Katrine Mørk; Vikse, Rose; Korslund, Lars; Kjelland, Vivian; Stuen, Snorre; Kjellander, Petter; Christensson, Madeleine; Teräväinen, Malin; Jensen, Laura Mark; Regmi, Manoj; Giri, Dhiraj; Marsteen, Leif; Bødker, René; Soleng, Arnulf; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ixodes ricinus ticks are Scandinavia's main vector for tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), which infects many people annually. The aims of the present study were (i) to obtain information on the TBEV prevalence in ...
    • One More Turn after the Algorithmic Turn? Spotify’s Colonization of the Online Audio Space 

      Kiberg, Håvard; Spilker, Hendrik Storstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In the last decade, development of algorithmic recommendation systems has constituted the main competitive factor between music streaming services. In this article, we identify how a new turn, labelled ‘the auxiliary ...
    • Comparative effectiveness of acupuncture in sham-controlled trials for knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis 

      Lee, Boram; Kim, Tae-Hun; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Lee, Hye Won; Nielsen, Arya; Wieland, L. Susan; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objectives: Although many trials have assessed the effect of acupuncture on knee osteoarthritis (KOA), its efficacy remains controversial. Sham acupuncture techniques are regarded as representative control interventions ...
    • Implementing evidence into clinical practice. A survey amongst Norwegian acupuncturists 

      Dahle, Merete Lindén; Alræk, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Introduction As the knowledge base evolves in research and clinical application, the demands for adaptability and development in the acupuncture community increase. This study investigates whether acupuncturists in Norway ...
    • Cognitive development among children in a low-income setting: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a maternal nutrition education intervention in rural Uganda 

      Ahmed, Montasir; Muhoozi, Grace Kyamazima Mehangye; Atukunda, Prudence; Westerberg, Ane Cecilie; Iversen, Per Ole; Wangen, Knut Reidar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Inadequate nutrition and insufficient stimulation in early childhood can lead to long-term deficits in cognitive and social development. Evidence for policy and decision-making regarding the cost of delivering nutrition ...
    • BIoMT-ISeg: Blockchain internet of medical things for intelligent segmentation 

      Belhadi, Asma; Holland, Jon-Olav; Yazidi, Anis; Srivastava, Gautam; Lin, Jerry Chun-Wei; Djenouri, Youcef (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In the quest of training complicated medical data for Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) scenarios, this study develops an end-to-end intelligent framework that incorporates ensemble learning, genetic algorithms, blockchain ...
    • Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Wunrow, Han Yong; Bender, Rose G; Meningitis Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, GBD 2019; Vongpradith, Avina; Sirota, Sarah Brooke ; Swetschinski, Lucien R; Novotney, Amanda ; Gray, Authia P ; Ikuta, Kevin S ; Sharara, Fablina ; Wool, Eve E ; Aali, Amirali ; Abd-Elsalam, Sherief ; Abdollahi, Ashkan ; Aziz, Jeza Muhamad Abdul; Abidi, Hassan ; Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Abolhassani, Hassan ; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman; Adamu, Lawan Hassan ; Adane, Tigist Demssew; Addo, Isaac Yeboah ; Adegboye, Oyelola A ; Adekiya, Tayo Alex; Adnan, Mohammad ; Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah ; Afzal, Saira ; Aghamiri, Shahin; Aghdam, Zahra Babaei; Agodi, Antonella ; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku ; Ahmad, Aqeel; Ahmad, Sajjad ; Ahmadzade, Mohadese ; Ahmed, Ali; Ahmed, Ayman ; Ahmed, Jivan Qasim ; Ahmed, Meqdad Saleh ; Akinosoglou, Karolina ; Aklilu, Addis ; Akonde, Maxwell ; Alahdab, Fares; AL-Ahdal, Tareq Mohammed Ali ; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour ; Albelbeisi, Ahmed Hassan; Alemayehu, Tsegaye Begashaw B ; Alene, Kefyalew Addis ; Al-Eyadhy, Ayman ; Al-Gheethi, Adel Ali Saeed ; Ali, Abid ; Ali, Beriwan Abdulqadir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Although meningitis is largely preventable, it still causes hundreds of thousands of deaths globally each year. WHO set ambitious goals to reduce meningitis cases by 2030, and assessing trends in the global ...
    • The burden of antimicrobial resistance in the Americas in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis 

      Aguilar, Gisela Robles; Swetschinski, Lucien R.; Weaver, Nicole Davis; Ikuta, Kevin S.; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Naghavi, Mohsen; GBD 2019, Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators; Gray, Authia P. ; Chung, Erin ; Wool, Eve E. ; Han, Chieh ; Hayoon, Anna Gershberg ; Araki, Daniel T. ; Abdollahi, Ashkan ; Abu-Zaid, Ahmed ; Adnan, Mohammad ; Agarwal, Ramesh ; Dehkordi, Javad Aminian ; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y. ; Areda, Demelash ; Azzam, Ahmed Y. ; Berezin, Eitan N. ; Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth ; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A. ; Bhuyan, Soumitra S. ; Browne, Annie J. ; Castañeda-Orjuela, Carlos A. ; Chandrasekar,  Eeshwar K. ; Ching, Patrick R. ; Dai, Xiaochen ; Darmstadt, Gary L. ; Hoz, Fernando Pio De la; Diao, Nancy ; Diaz, Daniel ; Santos, Wendel Mombaque dos; Eyre, David ; Garcia, Coralith ; Haines-Woodhouse, Georgina ; Hassen, Mohammed Bheser ; Henry, Nathaniel J. ; Hopkins, Susan ; Hossain, Md Mahbub ; Iregbu, Kenneth Chukwuemeka ; Iwu, Chidozie C.D. ; Jacobs, Jan Adriaan ; Janko, Mark M. ; Jones, Ronald ; M. Karaye, Ibraheem; Khalil, Ibrahim A. ; Khan, Imteyaz A. ; Khan, Taimoor  (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global health challenge and a critical threat to modern health care. Quantifying its burden in the WHO Region of the Americas has been elusive—despite the region’s ...
    • Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Thomson, Azalea M; McHugh, Theresa A; Oron, Assaf P; Teply, Corey; Sickle Cell Disease Collaborat, GBD 2021; Lonberg, Nikhil ; Tella, Victor Vilchis; Wilner, Lauren B ; Fuller, Kia ; Hagins, Hailey ; Aboagye, Richard Gyan ; Aboye, Melka Biratu ; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman ; Abu-Zaid, Ahmed ; Addo, Isaac Yeboah ; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku ; Ahmad, Aqeel ; AlRyalat, Saif Aldeen S ; Amu, Hubert ; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y ; Arulappan, Judie ; Atout, Maha Moh'd Wahbi ; Badiye, Ashish D ; Bagherieh, Sara ; Banach, Maciej ; Banakar, Morteza ; Bardhan, Mainak ; Barrow, Amadou ; Bedane, Deriba Abera ; Bensenor, Isabela M ; Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth ; Bhardwaj, Pankaj ; Bhardwaj, Prarthna V ; Bhat, Ajay Nagesh ; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ; Bilalaga, Mariah Malak ; Bishai, Jessica Devin ; Bitaraf, Saeid ; Boloor, Archith ; Butt, Muhammad Hammad ; Chattu, Vijay Kumar ; Chu, Dinh-Toi ; Dadras, Omid ; Dai, Xiaochen ; Danaei, Bardia ; Dang, Anh Kim ; Demisse, Fitsum Wolde ; Dhimal, Meghnath ; Diaz, Daniel  (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Previous global analyses, with known underdiagnosis and single cause per death attribution systems, provide only a small insight into the suspected high population health effect of sickle cell disease. Completed ...
    • Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Ong, Kanyin Liane; Stafford, Lauryn K; McLaughlin, Susan A; Diabetes Collaborators, GBD 2021; Boyko, Edward J ; Vollset, Stein Emil ; Smith, Amanda E ; Dalton, Bronte E ; Duprey, Joe ; Cruz, Jessica A ; Hagins, Hailey ; Lindstedt, Paulina A ; Aali, Amirali ; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis ; Abate, Melsew Dagne ; Abbasian, Mohammadreza ; Abbasi-Kangevari, Zeinab  ; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen ; ElHafeez, Samar Abd; Abd-Rabu, Rami ; Abdulah, Deldar Morad ; Abdullah, Abu Yousuf Md ; Abedi, Vida ; Abidi, Hassan ; Aboagye, Richard Gyan ; Abolhassani, Hassan ; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman ; Abu-Zaid, Ahmed ; Adane, Tigist Demssew ; Adane, Denberu Eshetie ; Addo, Isaac Yeboah ; Adegboye, Oyelola A ; Adekanmbi, Victor ; Adepoju, Abiola Victor ; Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah ; Afolabi, Rotimi Felix ; Agarwal, Gina ; Aghdam, Zahra Babaei ; Agudelo-Botero, Marcela ; Arriagada, Constanza Elizabeth Aguilera; Agyemang-Duah, Williams ; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku ; Ahmad, Danish ; Ahmad, Rizwan ; Ahmad, Sajjad ; Ahmad, Aqeel ; Ahmadi, Ali ; Ahmadi, Keivan ; Ahmed, Ayman ; Ahmed, Ali ; Ahmed, Luai A  (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and affects people regardless of country, age group, or sex. Using the most recent evidentiary and analytical framework from the Global ...