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Open AccessGambling and Migration – The Role of Culture and Family
Problem gambling (PG) is a public health concern with severe repercussions for the individual, concerned significant others and the society. Foreign borns generally gamble less but are overrepresented among th...
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Open AccessTreatment for problem gambling and counselors’ perception of their clinical competence: a national web survey in Sweden
Despite their crucial role in bridging science and practice, not much is known about counselors offering treatment for Problem Gambling (PG). This study maps current treatment, the type of change techniques th...
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Open AccessAnalysis of acid–base disorders in an ICU cohort using a computer script
Acid–base status is important for understanding pathophysiology, making a diagnosis, planning effective treatment and monitoring progress of critically ill patients. Manual calculations are cumbersome, easily ...
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Open AccessLevel of Agreement Between Problem Gamblers’ and Collaterals’ Reports: A Bayesian Random-Effects Two-Part Model
This study investigates the level of agreement between problem gamblers and their concerned significant others (CSOs) regarding the amount of money lost when gambling. Reported losses were analyzed from 266 pa...
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Open AccessMyCompass in a Swedish context – lessons learned from the transfer of a self-guided intervention targeting mental health problems
Depression and anxiety is a major public health problem, in Sweden and internationally. Internet-based interventions are increasingly acknowledged as promising approaches for individuals with varying degrees o...
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Open AccessThe Development of an Internet-Based Treatment for Problem Gamblers and Concerned Significant Others: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Problem gambling creates significant harm for the gambler and for concerned significant others (CSOs). While several studies have investigated the effects of individual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for p...
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Irreversible Electroporation of Pancreatic Tumors
Over 95% of pancreatic cancers are exocrine tumors that bare a dismal prognosis. Although oncological outcome is best for patients presenting with nonmetastatic resectable disease, cure is rarely achieved [1]....
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Irreversible Electroporation of Liver Tumors
The liver is a well-known site for tumors of benign as well as malignant origin. In the Western world, the most frequent hepatic malignancies encountered are liver metastases, especially but not solely from co...
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Volumetric velocity measurements in restricted geometries using spiral sampling: a phantom study
The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of maximum velocity measurements using volumetric phase-contrast imaging with spiral readouts in a stenotic flow phantom.
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Open AccessInvestigation of stenotic jets using 3D-PC-UTE
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Surgery and Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Liver Metastases from Midgut and Foregut Carcinoids and Endocrine Pancreatic Tumors
Many neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have a tendency to metastasize to the liver. In case of limited number of metastases, liver surgery or radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may result in apparently total clearance o...
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Contrast Media, Ultrasound, Safety and Adverse Reactions
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Contrast Media, Ultrasound, Applications in Kidney Tumor
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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Focal Renal Lesions
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Targeted tumour biopsy under contrast-enhanced ultrasound guidance
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Artefacts in sonography and Doppler
A working knowledge of the most common artefacts in sonography is essential in order to avoid not only misdiagnosis of artefacts as pathology but also failure to detect pathology "in disguise". The basic arte...
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Proteolytic activity in pancreatic pseudocyst fluid
Pancreatic pseudocyst fluids from 15 patients were biochemically analyzed, especially concerning proteolytic activity and protease inhibitors, and correlated to the clinical course. The pseudocyst fluid was a ...
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Regulation of cartilage growth by growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor I
A number of studies have shown that growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) have important regulatory roles for skeletal growth. However, it has been a matter of controversy whether GH act...
