In many countries, policies regarding reduction of unwanted catch and discards are crafted in response to concerns regarding accountability, conservation, and waste as well as scientific needs to fully account for all sources of fishing mortality. It is important to note, however, that unwanted catch is minimal and most, or all, of the catch has value in some fisheries. Utilisation rates are very ...

During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Norwegian health authorities introduced social distancing measures in nursing homes. The aim was to protect vulnerable residents from contracting the potentially deadly infection. Drawing on individual interviews with nursing home managers and physicians, and focus groups with nursing staff, we explore and describe consequences the social distancing ...

In the context of computer networks, decentralization is a network architecture that distributes both workload and control of a system among a set of coequal participants. Applications based on such networks enhance trust involved in communication by eliminating the external author- ities with self-interests, including governments and tech companies. The decentralized model delegates the ownership ...

Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) er en tiltaksplan og et dokumentasjonsverktøy som har til hensikt å kvalitetssikre omsorg ved livets slutt. I Norge er 329 sykehjem registrerte brukere av tiltaksplanen. Planen finnes i både papirbasert- og elektronisk format. Hensikten med denne studien var å utforske dokumentasjonspraksisen når elektronisk tiltaksplan brukes til døende pasienter i sykehjem. Studien ...

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Background/aim: Physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Atherosclerosis is an important common underlying cause of CVD. It is not clear whether the beneficial effect of physical activity on CVD is mediated through effect on atherosclerosis, and previous studies have shown diverging results. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between level of physical ...

The aim of this chapter is to introduce Norway’s inclusive education policies for two separate school systems: the national Norwegian and the Sámi systems. This chapter is based on research done in Norway on its national and Sámi schools and their curricula. Norway is an interesting example when it comes to indigenous education and national schools, as state policies on diversity and minority and ...

This article describes a case study on how Facebook can be used in different ways to create new innovative learning strategies and opportunities for practicing social work related to children and adolescents. The study concerns information and communication in groups and networks on Facebook as a communication channel. Using qualitative methods, the students’ use of this digital network was observed ...

When bringing innovative technology into school education it has been challenging to get full benefits from the technology. Instead of seeking new ways of teaching we tend to adapt the use of technology to traditional ways of teaching. This can relate to the fact that we lack theoretical concepts that help us rethink and revise our practices. In Norwegian curriculum we see different learning discourses ...

According to common sense and a majority of philosophers, death can be bad for the person who dies. This is because it can deprive the dying person of life worth living. I accept that death can be bad in this way, but argue that most people greatly overestimate the magnitude of this form of badness. They do so because they significantly overestimate the goodness of what death deprives us of: ordinary ...