Lipedema is a medical condition effecting women. The condition affects the fat tissue in the legs, and in some cases the arms. One distinct symptom is symmetrical disproportionality in subcutaneous fat distribution, in addition to pain in the affected areas. Patients report difficulty accomplishing weight loss, which also has been reported in some studies. This has led to a myth that lipedema patients ...

Invasive alien species are major drivers of change in social-ecological systems in the world, causing changes not only in ecosystems but also affecting human systems and ecosystem services. In recent years, the Pacific pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) have invaded Norwegian rivers in numbers of thousands, increasing the concerns among managers regarding the impact on Norwegian ecosystems and ...

The southwestern Barents Sea margin has attracted growing interest due to its hydrocarbon potential. However, the dynamics of its shallow subsurface fluid systems remain poorly understood. This thesis investigates fluid migration, faulting, and shallow gas accumulations within the southern Sørvestsnaget Basin adjacent to the Senja Ridge, using high-quality 3D seismic data (Carlsen3D) in combination ...

Abstract Urbanisation alters ecological conditions in ways that can affect avian reproductive strategies, yet its impacts in high-latitude environments remain underexplored. We investigated how breeding phenology and reproductive success in pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) vary across an urban–rural gradient in Arctic Norway, using a combination of long-term data (2007–2018) from a rural site ...

The Hinlopen submarine slide located on the northern Svalbard margin is one of the largest submarine slides documented to date. The cause of the slide is associated with destabilizing factors like glacio-tectonic activity, isostacy, gas accumulation, gas hydrate dynamics, and rapid sediment loading in interglacial periods. Free gas accumulation within continental slope sediments is one of the most ...

Formålet med denne studien er å undersøke hvordan institusjonens planarbeid svarer på behandlingskravet jamfør barnevernsloven §10-1 og §10-15 i arbeid med ungdommer som har atferdsproblemer. Det er gjennomført en kritisk dokumentanalyse av åtte institusjonsplaner tilknyttet BUFETAT. Studien viste at bare tre av institusjonene benyttet ordet behandling, hvorav to av disse omtalte seg selv som et ...

Whales have several important ecological functions as top predators in marine ecosystems and may also serve as sentinels of anthropogenic activities that drive ecosystem shifts. It is therefore important to have efficient methods to monitor the spatiotemporal presence of different whale species in the vast ocean realm. Traditionally, visual observations from research vessels have been the method of ...

An increasing anthropogenic stressor in marine ecosystems is artificial light at night. Especially in the Arctic where exposure is increased by extended periods of darkness during the polar night. This study focuses on underwater artificial light used in occasional situations such as scientific sampling and measuring, stock assessment or lights from navigating boats. This study examines the effects ...

This study investigates the spatial relationship between ice-flow direction (inferred from Mega-Scale Glacial Lineations, MSGLs) and subvertical amplitude anomalies in the southwestern Barents Sea. The focus area is in and around the Leirdjupet Fault Complex, a tectonic boundary separating the Bjørnøya Basin from the Fingerdjupet Subbasin. Interpretation of a 3,757 km² 3D seismic cube, complemented ...

Denne masteroppgaven undersøker hvordan den lokale entreprenøren Eiendom & Norske Hus AS utvikler og implementerer strategier for å navigere seg gjennom skiftede krav og forventninger i markedet. Måten det blir gjort på er å undersøke hvordan en lokal entreprenør i Tromsø gjør konkrete tilpasninger i sin daglige drift for å bli mer og opprettholde egen konkurransedyktighet. Derfor er studiens ...