Denne afhandling undersøger hvilke type etniske stereotyper, der spiller en rolle i folks hverdagsliv i Grønland i dag; hvilke forventninger, der er fra grønlandsk perspektiv, for at tilhøre den grønlandske eller den danske etniske gruppe samt hvilke kulturelle forskelle, der kunne medføre misforståelser, der har afsæt fra en anden måde at tænke på. Det værende, for eksempel, en individualistisk og ...

This thesis is a discussion of the data that arose out of the ethnographic fieldwork I conducted over the summer of 2018 in Finland. I took part in discussions and practices at various locations in the the Finnish forest about engaging with nature in particular ways, some of which I will present in this paper. These interactions have played a role in furthering my understanding of my research ...

This thesis is intended to contribute to research in cold climate engineering. Further it intends to provide a principle solution for structural and avalanche safety due to snowfall on roofs. We have conducted a feasibility study of preventing snow from accumulating on roofs using airflows. This includes empirical, numerical and experimental methods. Snow loads on roofs makes great impact on ...

Bridge safety is an indispensable part of transportation safety. However, each bridge is unique with respect to its material, design and the environment which it is located in, and other relevant factors. This makes defining a unified framework for studying and categorizing failures in the bridges a difficult task. The current report aims at taking the first step to reach such a goal. This report ...

Background and aims - Many patients with prior intracerebral haemorrhage have indications for antithrombotic treatment with antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs for prevention of ischaemic events, but it is uncertain whether such treatment is beneficial after intracerebral haemorrhage. STudy of Antithrombotic Treatment after IntraCerebral Haemorrhage will assess (i) the effects of long-term antithrombotic ...

Background: It has been proposed that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a low-grade mucosal inflammatory disease. <p> <p>Objective: To characterize the intestinal inflammatory profile in IBS patients with or without fructose intolerance.<p> <p>Design: Patients referred to colonoscopy with IBS complaints were screened for participation. IBS patients diagnosed according to the Rome II criteria ...

Background - The overall usefulness of palliative thoracic re-irradiation depends on the balance between efficacy, survival, and toxicity, and is difficult to judge from previous studies. In the absence of patient-reported data, we developed a method for provider decision regret that addresses the question “would we re-irradiate this patient again in light of the known outcome?” Furthermore, we ...

Aim - The aim of this study was to characterize the survival results of patients with up to four brain metastases after intense local therapy (primary surgery or stereotactic radiotherapy) if extracranial metastases were absent or limited to one site, e.g. the lungs.<p> <p>Background - Oligometastatic disease has repeatedly been reported to convey a favorable prognosis.<p> <p>Material and ...

Purpose - To investigate the periarticular degenerative changes of the knee joint in association with osteoarthritis (OA). More tendinosis was expected to be found in the semitendinosus tendon in patients with knee OA than in patients without knee OA.<p> <p>Methods - Samples from 41 patients were included between January 2016 and October 2017. Twenty-one patients median age 53 (33–63) years with ...