The healthy lifestyle index (HLI), defined as the unweighted sum of individual lifestyle components, was used to investigate the combined role of lifestyle factors on health-related outcomes. We introduced weighted outcome-specific versions of the HLI, where individual lifestyle components were weighted according to their associations with disease outcomes. Within the European Prospective Investigation ...

Background - Video streaming in emergency medical communication centers (EMCC) from caller to medical dispatcher has recently been introduced in some countries. Death by trauma is a leading cause of death and injuries are a frequent reason to contact EMCC. We aimed to investigate if video streaming is associated with recognition of a need for first aid during calls regarding injured patients and ...

Over the last 10 years, the spawning population of invasive pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) has increased in the river systems in northern Norway to a level that is causing concern about their impact on endemic fauna and ecosystem processes. The scale of transfer of pink salmon carcasses into the terrestrial ecosystem is likely to be a key determinant of terrestrial impact. Bears (Ursus ...

The basic initiative related to this study is derived from the fact that systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a unique and fertile system science subject. We are, however, still far from understanding its nature. It may be fair to indicate that we are spending more time and resources on studying the complexity of classified SLE than studying the validity of classification criteria. This study ...

Studies report that writing skills of many beginner students in Norwegian higher education institutions are not adequately developed, showing a lack of critical thinking and referencing technique and a poor requisite language ability (Wollcheid et al. 2020). Literature also shows that a traditional lecture setting does not help students to enhance their learning autonomy (Rynning, 2014). ...

I recount my personal history, beginning as a young fisherman, becoming an academic fisheries biologist, and ultimately a leader of institutions dedicated to marine and polar research, higher education, and advising policymakers. After my dissertation in the early 1990s, I embarked on an active research career at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen, Norway, developing a sonar method to ...

Background Plankton is the essential ecological category that occupies the lower levels of aquatic trophic networks, representing a good indicator of environmental change. However, most studies deal with distribution of single species or taxa and do not take into account the complex of biological interactions of the real world that rule the ecological processes.<p> <p>Results This study focused ...

Marine plastic pollution presents a critical issue that impacts numerous nations and populations. Various international treaties currently address different sources of marine pollution, primarily structured around a conventional state-centric conception. Despite these efforts, these frameworks have not successfully prevented the influx of plastic waste into marine ecosystems. To date, no single ...

The degradation of the environment represents one of the greatest impacts on society and simultaneously harbors one of its greatest challenges. It would be reasonable to address this issue by targeting the largest contributors to the problem, namely the economy and the activities of economic undertakings. Be it overfishing the oceans, destroying habitats and carbon sinks by deforestation, or the ...

The adoption of the BBNJ Agreement in 2023 was a milestone for the protection of marine biodiversity in the areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) of the oceans as it created a global legal basis for the adoption of marine protected areas (MPAs) in such ABNJ. The Central Arctic Ocean is the region selected for this research as it aligns with the geographical scope of the BBNJ Agreement and ...