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Patient pathways as social drama: A qualitative study of cancer trajectories from the patient’s perspective
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-11)<i>Purpose</i>: The number of persons living with and beyond cancer is increasing. Such persons often have complex needs that last, and change, over time. The aim of this study is to get insights of lived experience of person diagnosed with colorectal cancer and to create an understanding of cancer trajectories as a dynamic process. This study thus explores Victor Turner’s model of social drama in ... -
Long-term variability in overwintering copepod populations in the Lofoten Basin: The role of the North Atlantic oscillation and trophic effects
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-08)Critical gaps in knowledge hinder our ability to infer spatiotemporal dynamics in pelagic ecosystems. In particular, environmental changes affecting key copepod species while overwintering in deep waters are still not well understood. Here, we analyzed an 11 yr time series (2000–2010) of winter (January/February) samplings in the Lofoten Basin to characterize the spatial distribution of <i>Calanus ... -
Psychometric Properties of the Norwegian Aberrant Behavior Checklist and Diagnostic Relationships in a Neuro-pediatric Sample
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019-07-04)<i>Introduction</i>: Although the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) is one of the most widely used behavioral rating scales among people with developmental disabilities, very few studies have examined the factor structure of the non-English versions. <p> <p><i>Methods</i>: The construct validity of the Norwegian ABC was examined in a clinical sample of children and adolescents with neurological ... -
Distribution and quantification of gas hydrates and free gas in marine sediments of Vestnesa Ridge, offshore W-Svalbard
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-06-18)Gas hydrates store a large amount of methane (>500 Gt of Carbon) in continental margins and permafrost environments. Some of these deposits occur in climate sensitive areas, such as Arctic and permafrost settings. Gas hydrates occur extensively in the Vestnesa Ridge, a contourite drift deposit on the western Svalbard margin. The eastern segment of the Vestnesa Ridge is characterized by the presence ... -
Organic Matter Sources in North Atlantic Fjord Sediments
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-31)To better constrain the global carbon cycle fundamental knowledge of the role of carbon cycling on continental margins is crucial. Fjords are particularly important shelf areas for carbon burial due to relatively high sedimentation rates and high organic matter fluxes. As terrigenous organic matter is more resistant to remineralization than marine organic matter, a comprehensive knowledge of the ... -
The centre–periphery dimension and trust in politicians: the case of Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-13)Scholars have often studied social, political and economic factors affecting trust. This article considers the relationship between spatial location and trust in politicians. We hypothesise that the centre‒periphery framework developed by Stein Rokkan has explanatory value for the study of trust in politicians. By using multilevel regression analysis on a large-N survey on a crucial case (Norway), ... -
Applications, limitations, costs, and benefits related to the use of blockchain technology in the food industry
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2019-02)This report was commissioned to outline applications, limitations, costs, and benefits related to the use of blockchain technology in the food industry, and in particular to evaluate the pros and cons of having a blockchain-based food traceability system compared to a traditional electronic traceability system. The key concepts relating to traceability, and the components of a food traceability ... -
Et hjem er en hule - et festepunkt i tilværelsen på et gitt sted
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2019)Denne rapporten beskriver et forskningsprosjekt som ble initiert av Rana kommune i samarbeid med Husbanken og gjennomført av syv forskere fra Arktisk senter for velferds- og funksjonshemmings-forskning ved UiT, høsten 2018. Målet med prosjektet var å evaluere en samlokalisert bofellesskapsløsning for unge med funksjonsnedsettelse og personer med utviklingshemming.<p> <p>Prosjektet har vært ... -
The local impact of increased numbers of state employees on start-ups in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-23)The purpose of the article is to assess the impact of concentrations of state employees on local growth and development. Local multiplier effect theory suggests that the increased local demand for state employees, especially highly skilled employees, would stimulate the local supply of goods and services, and hence local development. However, other theories of regional development have shown that ... -
Constraints on Gas Hydrate Distribution and Morphology in Vestnesa Ridge, Western Svalbard Margin, Using Multicomponent Ocean‐Bottom Seismic Data
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-26)Gas hydrates occur within sediments on the western Svalbard continental margin and the Vestnesa Ridge, a large sediment drift that extends in a west‐north‐west direction from the margin towards the mid‐ocean ridge. We acquired multi‐component ocean‐bottom seismic (OBS) data at ten locations on the crest area of the eastern segment of the Vestnesa Ridge, an area with active gas seepage. P and S‐wave ... -
Everything you need to know about Plan S, Elsevier, and the transition towards Open Science
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Recruit & Retain - Making it Work. Den norske case-studien
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2019)Denne rapporten er skrevet som del av sluttrapporteringen av prosjektet Recruit & Retain – Making it Work. Prosjektet er støttet av EU-programmet The Northern Perifery and Arctic Program (http://www.interreg-npa.eu) og har gått over tre år fra februar 2016 til januar 2019. Hovedmålsettingen med prosjektet har vært å finne fram til modeller for å arbeide systematisk med rekruttering og stabilisering ... -
Subglacial hydrology of the Fennoscandian and Barents Sea ice sheets
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-06-11)The drainage of meltwater beneath ice sheets exerts a fundamental control on ice flow variability, by regulating the lubrication of the ice-bed interface, and determining subglacial sediment shear strengths. This thesis investigates meltwater drainage of the Fennoscandian and Barents Sea ice sheets through the combined application of geomorphologically based reconstruction and modelling of subglacial ... -
Deep ocean 14C ventilation age reconstructions from the Arctic Mediterranean reassessed
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-13)The present-day ocean ventilation in the Arctic Mediterranean (Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean), via transformation of northward inflowing warm Atlantic surface water into cold deep water, affects regional climate, atmospheric circulation and carbon storage in the deep ocean. Here we study the glacial evolution of the Arctic Mediterranean circulation and its influence on glacial climate using ... -
Scales of tectonic processes controlling fluid flow systems on the Svyatogor Ridge, Fram Strait
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-06-13)The Svyatogor Ridge, located in the Fram strait, is a site hosting a fluid flow system. The Svyatogor Ridge is part of the inside corner high at the Knipovich Ridge-Molloy Transform fault intersection. The Knipovich Ridge is an ultra-slow, melt-poor spreading ridge with approximately 8 mm/yr spreading rate. At this northernmost segment of the Knipovich Ridge, spreading is predominantly accommodated ... -
Backpropagation Neural Networks for Facial Recognition
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 1991-12)A survey was conducted testing the aptitude of neural networks to recognize human faces. The motivation for this a study is the possibility of designing automatic security systems. Pictures of 511 subjects were collected. The pictures captured both profiles and many natural expressions of the subject. Some of the subjects were wearing glasses, sunglasses or hats in some of the pictures. The images ... -
Bidirectional and Spectral Reflectance Properties of the Cladina stellaris and Flavocetraria nivalis lichens and the Racomitrium lanuginosum moss
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 1998-06-04)In this thesis we present a scientific investigation of the spectral and bidirectional reflectance properties of two lichen species, <i>Flavocetraria nivalis</i> and <i>Cladina stellaris</i>, and one moss, <i>Racomitrium lanuginosum</i>. The spectral and bidirectional characterizations were based on high-quality laboratory measurements made in the European Goniometer facility, at the Joint Research ... -
The proteome of ulcerative colitis - Functional analyses of the active disease and the remission state in comparison with healthy controls
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-06-18)This work characterizes the proteome of human colon mucosa in ulcerative colitis (UC). We developed an optimized sample preparation method of colon mucosa biopsies for bottom-up proteomics and applied it to characterize the proteomes of active UC, remission from UC, and healthy controls. Abundances of proteins related to the immune system and to protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum ... -
Breast cancer-associated NEAT1 in cellular stress response pathways
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-06-13)In this thesis, we investigated the role of NEAT1 in stress, cancer, and autophagy in breast cancer. In paper I, we studied NEAT1 in oxidative stress and heat shock. In the heat shock response, HSF1 translocates into the nucleus in order to activate its target gene, and we discovered a novel binding site for HSF1 in the promoter of NEAT1. The expression of NEAT1, as well as paraspeckle formation, ... -
What about the migrant children? The state-of-the-art in research claiming social sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-16)This study aimed to investigate research articles that relate to education for sustainability, primarily in early childhood, in order to describe to what extent a holistic perspective on education for sustainability has been applied, and how the social dimension is conceptualized. <br>The review comprised research articles in Nordic Journals of Education, International Journals of Early Childhood ...
