LONELINESS, LOSS, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG COGNITIVELY INTACT OLDER PEOPLE WITH CANCER, LIVING IN NURSING HOMES – A MIXED-METHODS STUDY

Loneliness, loss, and social support among cognitively intact older people with cancer, living in nursing homes – a mixed-methods study

Jorunn Drageset,1,2 Geir Egil Eide,2,3 Elin Dysvik,4 Bodil Furnes,4 Solveig Hauge51Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway; 2Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; 3Centre for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; 4Department of

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New insights into the evolution of host specificity of three Penicillium species and the pathogenicity of P. Italicum involving the infection of Valencia orange (Citrus sinensis)

Blue and green molds, the common phenotypes of post-harvest diseases in fruits, are mainly caused by Penicillium fungal species, including P.italicum, P.digitatum, and P.expansum.We sequenced and assembled the genome of a P.italicum strain, which contains 31,034,623 bp with 361 scaffolds and 627 contigs.The mechanisms underlying the evolution of ho

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Newer protocols and future in collagen cross-linking

Corneal Hair Spray Cross-Linking (CXL) is an established surgical procedure for the treatment of corneal disorders such as corneal ectasia and keratoconus.This method of treatment stabilises the corneal structure and increases rigidity, reducing the requirement for corneal transplantation.Since its development, many scientific studies have been con

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