The use of simulators in maritime education and training is an essential component for developing seafarer competencies. Emerging immersive technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) have created new and differing possibilities for maritime simulations and simulators. The increasing advancements and technical readiness of these systems have paved the ...

Artikkelen handler om den internasjonale dimensjonen ved ansvaret for å beskytte befolkninger mot forbrytelser av massivt omfang: folkemord, forbrytelser mot menneskeheten, krigsforbrytelser og fordrivelse på etnisk grunnlag. Denne dimensjonen forvaltes av FNs sikkerhetsråd og aktiveres når det nasjonale ansvaret, som er det primære, ikke fungerer. Beskyttelsesansvaret (R2P) ble vedtatt ved konsensus ...

Er nordmenns forventninger om størrelsen på fremtidig innvandring med på å påvirke deres holdninger til innvandrere? Eksperimenter fra USA viser at eksponering for framskrivninger der den hvite delen av befolkningen ender opp i mindretall, bidrar til å redusere toleransen overfor minoriteter og innvandrere. Med bakgrunn i framskrivninger av den norske befolkningssammensetningen gjennomført av ...

<i>Objective</i>: To evaluate the effect of a dialogue-based intervention on psychosocial well-being 6 months after stroke. Design: Multicentre, prospective, randomized controlled trial.<p> <p><i>Subjects</i>: Adults (aged ≥ 18 years) who had their first or recurrent stroke within the last month, were medically stable, had sufficient cognitive functioning to participate and understood and spoke ...

<i>Background</i> - There is increasing evidence that folate, an important component of one-carbon metabolism, modulates the epigenome. Alcohol, which can disrupt folate absorption, is also known to affect the epigenome. We investigated the association of dietary folate and alcohol intake on leukocyte DNA methylation levels in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) ...

<i>Introduction</i> - Surveillance of unintended effects of pharmaceuticals (pharmacovigilance or drug safety) is crucial, as knowledge of rare or late side effects is limited at the time of the introduction of new medications into the market. Side effects of drugs may involve increased or decreased risk of cancer, but these typically appear after a long induction period. This fact, together with ...

Transposable elements in prokaryotes are found in many forms and therefore a robust nomenclature system is needed in order to allow researchers to describe and search for them in publications and databases. Here we provide an update on The Transposon Registry which allocates numbers to any prokaryotic transposable element. Additionally, we present the completion of registry records for all transposons ...

Applying structured instead of plane illumination in widefield optical fluorescence microscopy can improve the spatial resolution beyond what is known as the Abbe limit. In general it is not only the resolution of an imaging system that is of interest but also its field of view (FOV). These two parameters are expressed in the space-bandwidth product (SBP). Here we introduce a modified structured ...

Advanced knowledge of spatio-temporal constraints on the Barents Sea Ice Sheet during the late Weichselian glaciation overshadows relatively limited understanding of seasonal sea ice (experiencing an annual advance-retreat cycle) and primary productivity trends accompanying massive, abrupt climate changes during glacial-deglacial cycles. Such paleo-reconstructions are crucial prerequisites for ...

Research often presents patient needs from perceptions of healthcare professionals and researchers. Today, patients can formulate tailored questions and seek solutions for what they need to self-manage in many ways. We aimed to compare reported outcomes of mHealth and online intervention studies for diabetes selfmanagement to patient-reported needs, from a systematic review and a literature review ...