Mitochondria are essential energy-providing organelles of particular importance in energy-demanding tissue such as the heart. The production of mitochondria-derived vesicles (MDVs) is a cellular mechanism by which cells ensure a healthy pool of mitochondria. These vesicles are small and fast-moving objects not easily captured by imaging. In this work, we have tested the ability of the optical ...

The changing Arctic environment is affecting zooplankton that support its abundant wildlife. We examined how these changes are influencing a key zooplankton species, Calanus finmarchicus, principally found in the North Atlantic but expatriated to the Arctic. Close to the ice-edge in the Fram Strait, we identified areas that, since the 1980s, are increasingly favourable to C. finmarchicus. Field-sampling ...

Sammendrag I forbindelse med Lurøy kommunes sterke fokus på enøk ønsker de å se hvilken nytte ulike tiltak kan ha på eksisterende bygg. Størsteparten av bygningsmassen til Lurøy kommune er fra 1960- til 1980-tallet. Flere av FNs bærekraftsmål er aktuell for oppgaven. Strøm, fremtidig utsikt for energipris, miljø, resirkulering, gjenbruk og oppgradering av eksisterende boliger og begrense sløsing ...

The e-commerce industry is experiencing rapid growth, and growing customer expectations and demand challenges the industry to find more cost-efficient ways of performing the last-mile deliveries. Drones have in recent years been a hot topic, and with high versatility and several application areas it may be the answer to the challenge. In this project a Vans-and-Drones System for Last-Mile Delivery ...

This report discusses the possibility for wireless charging solutions for electric vessels, with a focus on offshore wind turbine service. Where the charging time is minimal and safety for crew is important. Different types of wireless technologies have been studied, where the Inductive power transfer (IPT) is shown to be the preferred technology. Inductive power transfer (IPT) grants a safe ...

This thesis will explore interaction between non-supervised machinelearning agents, with a focus on traffic situations. We intend to showthat self-interested agents can arrive at mutually beneficial strategiesaccording to general game theory, achieving pure or mixed Nash equi-libria, and that this has practical applications for unmanned vehicles.We will start by verifying against simple one stage ...

Maritime Robotics main intent of the thesis is to develop understanding of a small deployable camera platform capable of providing elevated situational awareness for a small USV using a tether. The thesis goes into the state-ofthe-art methods of usage and control of a tethered drone. The thesis goes into the building and operating of the QAV250 Pixhawk 4 mini drone and making a drone simulation ...

Automatiske parkeringsanlegg er en innovativ parkeringsløsning som løser plassutfordringene som følge av befolkningsvekst, sentralisering og fortetning, men medfører samtidig nye utfordringer med hensyn til brannsikkerheten. Der en parkeringsplass tidligere var forbeholdt én bil, kan det i denne typen parkeringsanlegg være stablet flere biler i høyden. For rednings- og slokkemannskaper medfører disse ...

Arbeidsproduktiviteten i bygg- og anleggsnæringen i Norge fortsetter med en negativ trend, samtidig som byggekostnadsindeksen for nybygg stiger. Næringsaktører identifiserer et betydelig forbedringspotensial i bransjen. Flere peker på standardisering og prefabrikasjon som en del av løsningen. Consto Nord har bred erfaring med bruk av prefabrikkerte ytterveggselementer, både ved innkjøp og egen ...

This report details the implementation of a meshless animation framework for blending surfaces. The framework is meshless in the sense that only the control points are handled on the CPU, and the surface evaluation is delegated to the GPU using the tessellation shader steps. The framework handles regular grids and some forms of irregular grids. Different ways of handling the evaluation of ...