Electric failures are a problem for customers and grid operators. Identifying causes and localizing the source of failures in the grid is critical. Here, we focus on a specific power grid in the Arctic region of Northern Norway. First, we collected data pertaining to the grid topology, the topography of the area, the historical meteorological data, and the historical energy consumption/production data. ...

While there are numerous hypotheses concerning glacial–interglacial environmental and climatic regime shifts in the Arctic Ocean, a holistic view on the Northern Hemisphere's late Quaternary ice-sheet extent and their impact on ocean and sea-ice dynamics remains to be established. Here we aim to provide a step in this direction by presenting an overview of Arctic Ocean glacial history, based on the ...

A new, modern ionospheric radar, called EISCAT3D, is under construction in northern Fennoscandia. In the first stage, the radar will have three sites, one combined transmit/receiver site shouth of Skibotn, and receiver sites in Kaaresuvanto and Kaiseniemi. The radar will consist of large groups of dipole antennas that are steered by shifting the phase of the transmitted or received signal. The beam ...

Ice dynamics are strongly controlled by processes taking place at the interface between the ice and the underlying bed. In modern day ice sheets, up to 90% of mass is lost through fast-flowing corridors of ice, called ice streams. These are typically underlain by a thin layer of water and wet sediment, both of which promote fast flow. In recent years it has emerged that subglacial hydrology played ...

Background: As antibiotic resistance creates a signifcant global health threat, we need not only to accelerate the development of novel antibiotics but also to develop better treatment strategies using existing drugs to improve their efcacy and prevent the selection of further resistance. We require new tools to rationally design dosing regimens from data collected in early phases of antibiotic ...

Two species diatoms, Porosira glacialis and Coscinodicus radiatus were cultivated under red-, white- or blue light. The biomass from cultivation was extracted for lipids which were subsequently analyzed using UHPLC-MS and the software lipidsearch. The aim was to investigate omega-3 long chain fatty acid content differences in the different cultivations. Findings suggest that blue light cultivation ...

Background<p> <p>Few studies have investigated the association between whole-grain intake and colorectal cancer. Because whole-grain intake estimation might be prone to measurement errors, more objective measures (eg, biomarkers) could assist in investigating such associations.<p> <p>Methods <p>The association between alkylresorcinols, biomarkers of whole-grain rye and wheat intake, and colorectal ...

Background: The objective of this study was to assess markers of spermatogenesis in long-term survivors of testicular cancer (TC) according to treatment, and to explore correlations between the markers and associations with achieved paternity following TC treatment.<p> <p>Methods: In 1191 TC survivors diagnosed between 1980 and 1994, serum-follicle stimulating hormone (s-FSH; n ¼ 1191), s-inhibin ...

This paper analyses how Ciaran Carson’s For All We Know (2008) adds to other disciplinary approaches to the challenges of re-presenting the past. The representation of history is a controversial field, as much of the radical tradition of history debates in Marx, Derrida, Foucault and Kristeva indicates. Controversies over history are also prevalent in Belfast and Northern Ireland where history ...