Adaptive phenotypic plasticity is a key component of the ability of organisms to cope with changing environmental conditions. Fish have been shown to exhibit a substantial level of phenotypic plasticity in response to abiotic and biotic factors. In the present study, we investigate the link between environmental sensitivity assessed globally (revealed by phenotypic variation in body weight) and...

This study determined the reliability of muscle function and sensory perception measures of the wrist extensors. The test-retest reliability of the measurements was determined by an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), coefficient of variation (CV), standard error of measurements (SEMs), and one-way repeated measures ANOVA using the values collected from 25 young (20.6 +/- 1.3 years) healt...

Joint replacement surgeries are progressing at an increased rate in the USA, with around 1 million being performed annually. While these orthopedic implants provide a solution for damaged joint, debris such as metal ions generated due to wear and corrosion of prove be considerable risk systemic local toxicity. As effective diagnostic tool, there is need develop patient-friendly, cost-effective,...

Squeezed light is a crucial resource for continuous-variable (CV) quantum information science. Distributed multi-mode squeezing critical enabling CV networks and distributed sensing. To date, measured by homodyne detection has been limited to single-room experiments without coexisting classical signals, i.e., on “dark” fiber. Here, after distribution through separate fiber spools (5 km), −0.9 ±...

Background. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA, DEXA) is one of many ways of measuring bone mineral density (BMD). Considering the fact that it is possible using DXA analysis to distinguish metal elements from bone, this method seems to be optimal in the assessment of bone mineral density in the area of an inserted implant. The aim of our study was to examine the usefulness of DXA examinatio...

Norlund, F. 2018. Psychological distress in coronary heart disease. Risk indicators, treatment and cardiovascular prognosis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1412. 75 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0192-1. The aims of this thesis were to: (1) explore factors associated with emotional distress; (2) investigate psy...

Objective: Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) may provide valuable measures of cartilage morphology in osteoarthritis (OA) but has been confined to sequences with relatively long acquisition times at 1.5 Tesla (T). Here we test the accuracy and precision of knee cartilage qMRI with a fast double echo steady state (DESS) sequence with water excitation (we) at 3T. Methods: As a pilot ...

Background: SSc is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterised by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. In most patients with SSc-ILD, organs other than lungs are also affected. SENSCIS trial in nintedanib reduced rate decline forced vital capacity (FVC) (mL/year) over 52 weeks 44% versus placebo. Objectives: We investigated extent organ involvement related to at baseline effect placeb...

This note extends the Kotlarski (1967) Lemma to show exactly what is identified when we allow for an unknown factor loading on common unobserved factor. That is, this completely characterizes identification of model Y = cV + U and X V W, where joint distribution known, while constant c mutually independent random variables V, U, W are unobserved. Potential applications include measurement error...

BACKGROUND Thoughtful use of assessment tools to monitor disease requires an understanding of clinimetric properties. These properties are often under-reported and, thus, potentially overlooked in the clinic. This study aimed to determine the minimal detectable change (MDC) and coefficient of variation per cent (CV%) for tools commonly used to assess the symptomatic and functional severity of k...