Norwegian teenagers scores very high on English language proficiency, largely due to the extensive exposure they have to English though digital media and social interaction. This integration of language has led to use of informal linguistic forms, such as Generation Z (Gen Z) slang, in teens everyday communication. While the Norwegian English curriculum emphasizes language awareness and reflection, ...

Sammendrag Bakgrunn og formål Gallestein har en stor forekomst i befolkningen, og en av de vanligste årsakene til innleggelse på sykehus. Rundt 18 % av de som får fjernet galleblæren, får også påvist stein i gallegangen. Retningslinjene for behandling av gallegangsstein ved UNN Tromsø ble endret den 01.01.2022, hvor man gikk over til å benytte laparoendoskopisk rendez-vous (LERV) prosedyre i ...

This thesis has identified four interweaving causes of the Russo-Ukrainian war. The first is domestic fragmentation between cultural identities and political models of statehood, internal contradictions which have fused with modern political currents and have thus embedded themselves within competing geopolitical paradigms – the second cause of war. Indeed, this toxic union has cemented Ukraine’s ...

Denne masteroppgaven undersøker hvorfor fortellingen om 2. bergkompanis innsats under frigjøringen av Finnmark 1944-45 har vært preget av så ulike og til dels motstridende fortellinger. Som den eneste norske hærstyrken som deltok aktivt i landoperasjoner på norsk jord under andre verdenskrig, har kompaniet blitt både hyllet og kritisert i ettertid. Noen fortellinger vektlegger det militære bidraget ...

China developed the elusive ‘Polar Silk Road’ policy around 2017. The Polar Silk Road connects China’s Arctic policy with the global Belt and Road Initiative, and aims to increase Chinese activity within shipping, infrastructure construction and resource development in the Arctic region. In the eight years that have passed since, the policy has produced remarkably few concrete results. This thesis ...

The project aimed to enhance Atlantic salmon's performance and biosecurity by manipulating their microbiome. The study investigated whether specific seawater bacteria from healthy salmon skin could improve smolts' survival after seawater transfer. Scale-explants were used to study host-bacterial interactions. Although some bacteria showed probiotic potential, they did not significantly reduce ...

Background: Clinical coding is critical for hospital reimbursement, quality assessment, and health care planning. In Scandinavia, however, coding is often done by junior doctors or medical secretaries, leading to high rates of coding errors. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly semiautomatic computer-assisted coding tools, have the potential to reduce the excessive burden of administrative ...

Light and photoperiod vary in a predictable manner throughout the daily and annual cycle that is utilized by organisms to direct processes of living. The aquaculture industry applies light to manipulate salmon development, but the effects have not yet been thoroughly investigated in early ontogeny. Here, salmon eggs and larvae were subjected to three different light regimes (continuous dark, continuous ...

Background - Although primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is considered a rarer form of dementia, individuals living with PPA are increasingly identified by healthcare professionals. Research investigating speech-language assessment and intervention in PPA has been conducted primarily in monolingual speakers and little is known about clinical decision-making of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) ...

Sammendrag Bakgrunn: Individer med rusmiddel og/eller psykiske lidelser har en forventet redusert levetid på 10 – 20 år sammenliknet med resten av befolkningen. Den økte dødeligheten knyttes i stor grad opp mot livsstilsykdommer. På grunn av sitt ofte kompliserte og sammensatte sykdomsbilde sliter disse individene med å ivareta egen helse. Eksiterende forskning og retningslinjer viser til viktigheten ...