This paper develops an analytical framework using process thinking to achieve sustainable healthcare services. Healthcare is characterised by low economic efficiency. At the same time, it is embedded in ethical concerns related to society and nature. Healthcare is thus conceptualised as functionality in an ecosystem. The patient is woven into both nature and society. Given the complex nature of ...

SUMMARY Francisellosis has in the cod farming industry caused big economic losses because of no available vaccine or treatments. Understanding host-pathogen mechanisms is especially important when traditional vaccine strategies using inactivated bacteria are not functional. The focus of this thesis has been to study interactions between the host and the pathogen causing the disease. The bacterium ...

Studien bygger på en antakelse om at Covid-19 dannet et mulig skifte på arbeidsplassen. Det fysiske kontoret har lenge hatt en sentral rolle, men under pandemien har hjemmekontor og hybride kontorløsninger gradvis tatt overhånd. Formålet med studien er å få en dypere forståelse av hvordan erfaring med hjemmekontor og fysisk kontor kan kombineres sett fra et motivasjonsperspektiv.

Denne masteroppgaven ser på konkurransesituasjonen i det globale markedet for internettsøk. Oppgavens hovedvekt ligger på søkemotoren Google, som lenge har hatt en tilnærmet monopolistisk posisjon i markedet. Oppgaven skal analysere faktorer som har bidratt til fremveksten av Google som dominerende aktør, og svare på om det er grunnlag for at konkurransemyndighetene skal regulere selskapet. Teori ...

The Arctic Ocean is a fundamental node in the global hydrological cycle and the ocean’s thermohaline circulation. We here assess the system’s key functions and processes: (1) the delivery of fresh and low-salinity waters to the Arctic Ocean by river inflow, net precipitation, distillation during the freeze/thaw cycle, and Pacific Ocean inflows; (2) the disposition (e.g., sources, pathways, and ...

Frog is valuable product in Vietnam but the natural frogs are overexploited thus, the new model to raising frog is desired. Many species of frogs are cultured in Vietnam, especially in Ho Chi Minh City, for trial of the adaptive ability of exotic species in Vietnam condition. Recently, the frogs’ species from Thailand and Taiwan are prepotent and spread out Vietnam. Nowadays, frog culture becomes ...

The Norwegian government has great ambitions for growth and development in the Norwegian aquaculture industry. At the same time, the aquaculture industry also encounters significant opposition by different stakeholders and is undoubtedly controversial. The aquaculture industry contributes to regional and social development in the Arctic, and supplies highly demanded seafood. On the other hand, the ...

The preconditions for Norwegians to consume seafood might be the best in the world, still, Norwegians do not consume as much seafood as recommended and the consumption has been decreasing steadily over time. Reports by the Norwegian seafood council show Norwegians wish to consume more seafood, despite that, seafood does not end up in their shopping baskets. Previous studies have looked into how ...

Metabarcoding is by now a well‐established method for biodiversity assessment in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. Metabarcoding data sets are usually used for α‐ and β‐diversity estimates, that is, interspecies (or inter‐MOTU [molecular operational taxonomic unit]) patterns. However, the use of hypervariable metabarcoding markers may provide an enormous amount of intraspecies ...

Zooplankton vertical migration enhances the efficiency of the ocean biological pump by translocating carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) below the mixed layer through respiration and excretion at depth. We measured C and N active transport due to diel vertical migration (DVM) in a Svalbard fjord at 79°N. Multifrequency analysis of backscatter data from an Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler moored from January ...