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Pole-to-Pole Connections : Similarities between Arctic and Antarctic Microbiomes and Their Vulnerability to Environmental Change [PDF]

, 2017
Acknowledgments JK acknowledges the Carl Zeiss foundation for PhD funding, the Marie-Curie COFUND-BEIPD PostDoc fellowship for PostDoc funding, FNRS travel funding and the logistical and financial support by UNIS.
Bahram, Mohammad, Bork, Peer, Camacho, Antonio, Convey, Peter, Dietrich, Daniel R., Hildebrand, Falk, Jungblut, Anne D., Kleinteich, Julia, Küpper, Frithjof C., Pearce, David A., Quesada, Antonio, Vincent, Warwick F., Voigt, Anita Y., Wood, Susanna A., Zarfl, Christiane   +14 more
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Suicides in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwestern Russia, and associated socio-demographic characteristics [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2014
Background: To describe suicide rates in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) in 2002–2012, as well as associated socio-demographic characteristics.
Yury A. Sumarokov, Tormod Brenn, Alexander V. Kudryavtsev, Odd Nilssen   +3 more
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Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge: a study using data from the Georgian Birth Registry

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020
Background The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months, defined as no other solids or liquids besides breast milk and essential vitamins or medicines.
Marie Sigstad Lande, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Erik Eik Anda   +2 more
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The potential of teleaudiology in remote areas as the Arctic: a scoping review of treatment and rehabilitation in remote and low-resource settings

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Hearing disability constitutes a major health care issue especially among indigenous populations and in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The authors are engaged in organising audiological services in Greenland, where the geographical challenges ...
Katrine Rosenquist Kirk, Michael Bille, Ramon Gordon Jensen   +2 more
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Physical activity and blood gene expression profiles: the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) Post-genome cohort

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objectives The influence of physical activity (PA) on the immune system has emerged as a new field of research. Regular PA may promote an anti-inflammatory state in the body, thus contributing to the down-regulation of pro-inflammatory processes related ...
Karina Standahl Olsen, Marko Lukic, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch   +2 more
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Respect for Grizzly Bears: An Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience [PDF]

, 2009
Aboriginal peoples’ respect for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is widely acknowledged, but rarely explored, in wildlife management discourse in northern Canada.
Clarke, Douglas A., Slocombe, D. Scott
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Joint Effect of Carotid Plaque and C‐Reactive Protein on First‐Ever Ischemic Stroke and Myocardial Infarction?

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
BackgroundThe joint effect of atherosclerosis and CRP (C‐reactive protein) on risk of ischemic stroke (IS) and myocardial infarction (MI) has been sparsely studied.
Agnethe Eltoft, Kjell Arne Arntzen, Tom Wilsgaard, John‐Bjarne Hansen, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Stein Harald Johnsen   +5 more
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Longitudinal changes in body composition and waist circumference by self-reported levels of physical activity in leisure among adolescents: the Tromsø study, Fit Futures

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2019
Background It is not clear how physical activity affects body composition in adolescents. Physical activity levels are often reduced during this period, and the relative proportion of body fat mass and lean mass undergo natural changes in growing ...
Nils Abel Aars, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Bente Morseth, Nina Emaus, Sameline Grimsgaard   +4 more
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Human infectious diseases and the changing climate in the Arctic

Environment International, 2018
Climatic factors, especially temperature, precipitation, and humidity play an important role in disease transmission. As the Arctic changes at an unprecedented rate due to climate change, understanding how climatic factors and climate change affect ...
Audrey Waits, Anastasia Emelyanova, Antti Oksanen, Khaled Abass, Arja Rautio   +4 more
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No improvement of sleep from vitamin D supplementation: insights from a randomized controlled trial

Sleep Medicine: X, 2021
Background: Vitamin D has been linked to sleep health in observational studies. Data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with vitamin D is scarce.
A.U. Larsen, L.A. Hopstock, R. Jorde, G. Grimnes   +3 more
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