Advances in neonatology have led to improved survival for periviable infants. Immaturity still carries a high risk of short- and long-term harms, and uncertainty turns provision of life support into an ethical dilemma. Shared decision-making with parents has gained ground. However, the need to start immediate life support and the ensuing difficulty of withdrawing treatment stands in tension with the ...

Metagenomics can generate data on the diet of herbivores, without the need for primer selection and PCR enrichment steps as is necessary in metabarcoding. Metagenomic approaches to diet analysis have remained relatively unexplored, requiring validation of bioinformatic steps. Currently, no metagenomic herbivore diet studies have utilized both chloroplast and nuclear markers as reference sequences ...

This dissertation is a case-study of the development and introduction of game-based learning in the Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science. The use of games for learning has long traditions, but is currently receiving increased attention from scholars in light of the increased focus on active learning in higher education institutions. The ...

In the article a convergent numerical method for conservative solutions of the Hunter–Saxton equation is derived. The method is based on piecewise linear projections, followed by evolution along characteristics where the time step is chosen in order to prevent wave breaking. Convergence is obtained when the time step is proportional to the square root of the spatial step size, which is a milder ...

I artikkelen retter vi søkelyset mot helse- og omsorgstjenester for personer med utviklingshemming, og vi diskuterer hvordan tjenesteytere erfarte ulike krysspress mellom smittevern og selvstendig hverdagsliv under den første koronanedstengningen. Artikkelen bygger på en kvalitativ intervjustudie som ble gjennomført i juni 2020, hvor 19 tjenesteytere ved kommunale botilbud i ulike deler av landet ...

Docked ships are a source of contamination for the city while they keep their engine working. Plumes emissions from large boats can carry a number of pollutants to the nearby cities causing a detrimental effect on the life quality and health of local citizens and ecosystems. A computational fluid dynamics model of the harbour area of Tromsø has been built in order to model the deposition of CO2 gas ...

For fire hundre år siden, i perioden fra 11. januar til 28. april 1621, avsa tingretten i Vardø dødsdom over ti lokale kystkvinner. Et slikt masseomfang av dødsdom over kvinner var noe helt nytt i Norge, men så gjaldt tiltalen datidens verste form for forbrytelse, nemlig trolldomskriminalitet. Lokale rettsinstanser flere steder i Norge hadde før denne tid avsagt fellende dødsdom i flere ...

Flere faktorer bidrar til å påvirke klinisk holdbarhet på sementerte tannrestaureringer. Fordi preparering av tannvev til en ekstrakoronal restaurering er irreversibel, er det utstrakt forskningsaktivitet for å finne metoder og teknikker for å minimere biologisk skade og utvikle nye biomaterialer som krever mindre avvirkning av tannvev. Derfor blir vi stadig bombardert med nye «bedre» eller «enklere» ...

Mining and processing of minerals produce large quantities of tailings as waste. Some countries, including Norway, allow disposal of mine tailings in the sea. In this study we investigated the impacts of tailings from a calcium carbonate (CaCO3) processing plant on early live stages of haddock (<i>Melanogrammus aeglefinus</i>) and Atlantic cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>). Fish eggs (3 days post fertilisation; ...