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- Alexandersson, Karin, et al.
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Producing and consuming knowledge in social work practice: research and development activities in a Swedish context
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In: Evidence & Policy. - : Bristol University Press. - 1744-2648 .- 1744-2656. ; 5:2, s. 127-139
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article presents various forms of activities performed by locally based social welfare research and development (R&D) units in Sweden. The authors argue that these units are vital actors in the field of encouraging and strengthening evidence-based social work practice. They are close to social services organisations and have the ability to use flexible methods in order to bridge the gap between research and practice in a local context. The theoretical framework for the article is the organisational excellence model – an archetype for how research can be used in practice.
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- Barbosa, Edna J L, 1961, et al.
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Influence of the Exon 3-deleted/full-length Growth Hormone Receptor Polymorphism on the Response to Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Adults with Severe Growth Hormone Deficiency. : d3-GHR isoform in GHD adults
- 2009
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In: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. - : The Endocrine Society. - 0021-972X .- 1945-7197. ; 94:2, s. 639-644
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Context: There is considerable individual variation in the clinical response to growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy in GH deficient (GHD) adults. Useful predictors of treatment response are lacking. Objective: To assess the influence of the exon 3-deleted (d3-GHR) and full-length (fl-GHR) GH receptor isoforms on the response to GH replacement therapy in adults with severe GHD. Design, Patients: 124 adult GHD patients (79 men, median age 50 years) were studied before and after 12 months of GH therapy. GHD patients were divided into those bearing fl/fl alleles (Group 1) and those bearing at least one d3-GHR allele (Group 2), and the genotype was related to the effects of GH therapy on IGF-I levels and total body fat (BF). Intervention: GH dose was individually titrated to obtain normal serum IGF-I levels. Main Outcome Measures: GHR genotype was determined by PCR amplification, IGF-I levels by immunoassay, and BF by a four-compartment model. Results: Seventy-two (58%) patients had fl/fl genotype and were classified as Group 1, while 52 (42%) had at least one d3-GHR allele and were classified as Group 2 (40 were heterozygous and 12 were homozygous). At baseline, there were no significant differences in the study groups. Changes in IGF-I and BF after 12 months of GH treatment did not differ significantly between the two genotype groups. Conclusion: The presence of d3-GHR allele did not influence the response to GH replacement therapy in our cohort of adults with severe GHD.
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- Bengtsson, Henrik, 1971-
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors in the Nervous System: Neurotrophic Functions with Emphasis on Catecholaminergic Neurons
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Members of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily exhibit a range of effects on a host of different cell types. They signal through heteromeric complexes of serine/threonine kinase receptors of type I and type II. Gene targeted mutations of both factors and receptors have revealed that many of them are involved in early embryonic development. This thesis examines the receptors for this superfamily in the nervous system, especially bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II (BMPR-II). It was cloned from chicken nervous tissue, and its and other receptors’ expression in peripheral ganglia, spinal cord and brain of chicken, rat and mouse were examined. BMPR-II, ActR-II and ActR-IA were abundantly expressed throughout development in the nervous system, however with temporal regulation. One ligand of BMPR-II, BMP-7, was found to act synergistically with NT-3 and GDNF on subsets of peripheral neurons to promote survival and neurite outgrowth. A knock-in mouse was generated, encoding a truncated form of BMPR-II coupled to the endogenous tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene with an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). For ES-cell selection, a neomycin resistance gene was incorporated into the construct. Homozygous mice carrying the knock-in allele exhibited a small, hypokinetic phenotype. Levels of dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin were measured, and the catecholamines were found to be lowered, dopamine as much as 97% in the caudate nucleus. The low catecholamine levels may not be an effect of the truncated BMPR-II, but rather a consequence of the knock-in construct reducing TH transcriptional rate. The TH hypomorphic mouse strain generated could find use as a model for catecholamine impaired systems, as seen in Parkinson’s disease.
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- Bengtsson, Ingemar, et al.
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Mutually unbiased bases and Hadamard matrices of order six
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In: Journal of Mathematical Physics. - : American Institute of Physics (AIP). - 0022-2488 .- 1089-7658. ; 48:5, s. 052106-1-052106-21
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report on a search for mutually unbiased bases (MUBs) in six dimensions. We find only triplets of MUBs, and thus do not come close to the theoretical upper bound 7. However, we point out that the natural habitat for sets of MUBs is the set of all complex Hadamard matrices of the given order, and we introduce a natural notion of distance between bases in Hilbert space. This allows us to draw a detailed map of where in the landscape the MUB triplets are situated. We use available tools, such as the theory of the discrete Fourier transform, to organize our results. Finally, we present some evidence for the conjecture that there exists a four dimensional family of complex Hadamard matrices of order 6. If this conjecture is true the landscape in which one may search for MUBs is much larger than previously thought.
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- Bengtsson, Staffan, et al.
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Producing and consuming knowledge in social work practice : Research and development activities in a Swedish context.
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In: Evidence and policy. - : Policy Press. - 1744-2648 .- 1744-2656. ; 5:2, s. 127-139
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The aim of this article is to describe how experince-based knowledge can be made visible by giving some examples of how this has been done in Swedish social welfare services, in collaborations between social services agencies and research and development (R&D) units. These examples will be linked to theories and discussed in relation to different research utilisation models. By using one of these models, it is argued that R&D activities can broaden the concept of evidence-based practice and help brigde the gap between research and practice.
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