We present the extension of the quantum/classical polarizable fluctuating charge model to the calculation of single residues of quadratic response functions, as required for the computational modeling of two-photon absorption cross sections. By virtue of a variational formulation of the quantum/classical polarizable coupling, we are able to exploit an atomic orbital-based quasienergy formalism to ...

Nucleic acid-interacting proteins are essential players in cellular processes of all living organisms. In the present study, we explore three psychrophilic-derived proteins involved in gene regulation, RNA degradation and DNA ligation in bacterial cells, with one common feature; they perform their activity by interacting with nucleic acids. The Ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is a global transcription ...

A key challenge in genetics is identifying the functional roles of genes in pathways. Numerous functional genomics techniques (e.g. machine learning) that predict protein function have been developed to address this question. These methods generally build from existing annotations of genes to pathways and thus are often unable to identify additional genes participating in processes that are not ...

The objective of this master's thesis is to investigate the current and future technical and economic feasibility of PV systems for marine applications. Two scenarios will be studied; a land-based PV power station to supply an in-land ferry in Norway and a PV system installed on a wind farm support vessel as a supplementary power source. The two scenarios are use cases that support the two research ...

Den polare atmosfæren har fått mer oppmerksomhet i den senere tid enn den vanligvis har vært forunt. Dette henger sammen med tanken om at den er så ren og upåvirket av eventuelle forurensninger som vi pumper ut i atmosfæren i de mer urbane strøk. Dersom atmosfæren tar skade av denne aktiviteten, forventer en å se skadevirkningene først og klarest i den polare atmosfæren. Svekkelsen av ozonlaget ...

We realize the simple Lie superalgebra <i>G</i>(3) as supersymmetry of various geometric structures, most importantly super-versions of the Hilbert–Cartan equation (SHC) and Cartan's involutive PDE system that exhibit <i>G</i>(2) symmetry. We provide the symmetries explicitly and compute, via the first Spencer cohomology groups, the Tanaka–Weisfeiler prolongation of the negatively graded Lie ...

The infinitesimal symmetry algebra of any Cartan geometry has maximum dimension realized by the flat model, but often this dimension drops significantly when considering non-flat geometries, so a gap phenomenon arises. For general (regular, normal) parabolic geometries of type (G,P), we use Tanaka theory to derive a universal upper bound on the submaximal symmetry dimension. We use Kostant’s version ...

We have estimated the seismic attenuation in gas hydrate and free-gas-bearing sediments from high-resolution P-cable 3D seismic data from the Vestnesa Ridge on the Arctic continental margin of Svalbard. P-cable data have a broad bandwidth (20–300 Hz), which is extremely advantageous in estimating seismic attenuation in a medium. The seismic quality factor (Q), the inverse of seismic attenuation, ...

In this study we assess the present-day gas hydrate stability zone for the Barents Sea and Kara Sea region. Thereby, we make use of a data-based 3D lithosphere-scale pressure and thermal model. The resulting gas hydrate stability zone varies within >1km across the study area and strongly correlates with the local geological settings and the corresponding geothermal gradient. Gas hydrates containing ...

Gas seeps and fluid-flow related seabed features are found over the entire Norwegian exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Multibeam water-column data from c. 136 000 km2 has revealed more than 5 000 gas seeps. Most of the gas seeps seem to have biogenic, thermogenic or mixed origin; some may be of abiotic origin. The spatial distribution of the gas seeps appears to correlate with: 1 – structural highs ...