Ice accretion on can be considered as a major threat for the operation of UAVs in the ice prone region, leading to loss of control and catastrophic failures. Active ice mitigation techniques are not suitable for UAV’s due to availability of limited power. Superhydrophobic coatings can be considered as a promising passive ice mitigation technique for UAVs featuring exceptional capability to repel ...

Sea ice exhibits time-dependent non-linear behaviour. This is evidenced by both lab and field experiments with known phenomena such as creep and stress relaxation. This time-dependent material behaviour becomes particularly pronounced at larger temporal scales. In this study, we present a novel approach to simulate time-dependent fractures in sea ice using peridynamics (PD), a particle integral ...

The sign of the trilingual municipality Gáivuotna – Kåfjord – Kaivuono is one of the most discussed items in the linguistic landscapes of Sápmi and Norway. In 1992, the municipality was included in the Administrative Area for Sámi Language, and monolingual Norwegian road signs were replaced with bilingual ones that also included the North Sámi name. Shortly afterwards, the bilingual signs were ...

Over the past ten years, the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has gained visibility, both in policy context as well as within academic discussions concerning science and technology. Research funding bodies in Norway do now include RRI as a requirement in calls for funding, especially in emerging technologies projects. However, the concept of RRI has been criticized for its unclarity ...

Background - During the 1970s the Nordic countries liberalized their abortion laws.<p> <p>Objective - We assessed epidemiological trends for induced abortion on all Nordic countries, considered legal similarities and diversities, effects of new medical innovations and changes in practical and legal provisions during the subsequent years.<p> <p>Methods - New legislation strengthened surveillance ...

Barn og unges medvirkning i offentlige helse- og omsorgstjenester byr på utfordringer i praksis. Dette viser forskning og fagfolk og brukeres erfaringer. I skandinavisk og internasjonal forskningslitteratur har innholdet i begrepet brukermedvirkning i offentlige tjenester vært karakterisert som omstridt, upresist, skiftende og mangelfullt implementert i praksis. I denne artikkelen presenteres et ...

Knowledge about species-specific hearing is vital to assessing how anthropogenic noise impacts marine mammals. Unfortunately, no empirical audiogram exists for any mysticete whale. We therefore developed a catch-and-release method to assess hearing in a small mysticete, the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Stationary lead nets were placed to intercept migratory routes and direct the whales ...

This article reports results of a mixed-methods study following the development of undergraduates’ information literacy over three years. Information literacy knowledge and skills in this sample (n = 116) increased with time, as did information literacy attitudes when measured by interest and information literacy’s perceived usefulness and importance. Correlations among students’ information literacy ...

On the one hand, Immanuel Kant is famous for his idea of “perpetual peace”; on the other hand, he argues that human beings need antagonism and conflict in order to develop and flourish. By emphasising both the requirement of peace and the productivity of conflict, Kant pays tribute to the inherent ambivalence of human nature that his well-known phrase of man’s “unsociable sociability” (ungesellige ...