We determined player-to-player distance, body-to-ball contact, and exercise intensity during three training modalities in various football populations. 213 participants were recruited, ranging from 9-year-old boys to young men and 11-year-old girls to middleaged women. All groups were analysed with video-filming and GPS-based Polar Pro monitors during three types of football training for 20 min, ...

In this review we integrate the scientifc literature and results-proven practice and outline a novel framework for understanding the training and development of elite long-distance performance. Herein, we describe how fundamental training characteristics and well-known training principles are applied. World-leading track runners (i.e., 5000 and 10,000 m) and marathon specialists participate in 9±3 ...

To limit compromising the integrity of the planet, a shift is needed towards food production with low environmental impacts and low carbon footprint. How to put such transformative change towards sustainable food production whilst ensuring food security into practice remains a challenge and will require transdisciplinary approaches. Combining expertise from natural- and social sciences as well as ...

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous hybrid crystalline materials that consist of organic linkers coordinated to metal centres. The trans–cis isomerisation kinetics of the azobenzene4,4´ -dicarboxylic acid (AZB(COOH)₂ ) precursor, as well as the Al³⁺ (Al-AZB)- and Zr⁴⁺ (Zr-AZB)- based MOFs with azobenzene-4,4´ -dicarboxylate linkers, are presented. The ...

Background: Low-grade inflammation may be part of the underlying mechanism of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We investigated if genetic susceptibility, infections or autoimmunity could explain the immune activation.<p> <p<Methods: Seven immune markers were selected based on indicated associations to severe mental disorders (IL1Ra, sIL-2R, IL-18, sgp130, sTNFR-1, APRIL, ICAM-1) and measured ...

Natural hazards are often communicated visually using colours and maps. However, users' ability to read and understand these products may be hampered by e.g., colour vision deficiency, potentially rendering the products less effective or even counter effective. To study these effects, we conducted two web-based surveys and analysed how to improve visual communication of avalanches, floods, landslides, ...

The 7th of December 2021, the Maritime Cyber Resilience (MarCy) project held a Cyber Simulator Scenario workshop aiming to create a fundament for training to enhance operational maritime cyber resilience. MarCy is a research project collaboration, between the academic partners Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Norwegian Defence University College (NDUC), and the industry ...

I denne rapporten presenterer vi funn fra det offentlige innovasjonsprosjektet «Aktiv og meningsfylt hverdag: Mot en modell for ivaretakelse av sosiale omsorgsbehov i norske kommuner». I prosjektet har Steigen kommune, Tana/ Deatnu kommune, Nordlandsforskning og Høgskolen på Vestlandet samarbeidet om å finne ut hvordan kommunene kan legge bedre til rette for aktivitet og fellesskap. Det ...

Objective: Synthesis of novel aromatic Lipoxin A4 lactone analogues. <p><p>Results: Novel para-substituted aromatic lactone analogues of Lipoxin A4 have been synthesized in a convergent manner with six steps in the longest linear sequence in 12–13% yields, employing 2-deoxy-d-ribose as a chiral pool starting material and the classical E-selective Wittig olefnation.

Background: Russia has been portrayed in media as having one of the highest death tolls due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the world. However, the precise scale of excess mortality is still unclear. We provide the first estimates of excess mortality in Russia as a whole and its regions in 2020, placing this in an international context. Methods: We used monthly death rates for Russia and 83 regions ...