For Nordic nations scientific activities in the Polar Regions proved significant in defining national identities and shaping scientific profiles. Starting in the nineteenth century and continuing throughout the next century, polar research proved instrumental in inculcating national honour and expressing small-state colonial aspirations. It provided a source of heroes for forging collective memory ...

Using multiple archeological and paleoenvironmental proxies, this paper makes the case for a climate-induced convergent catastrophe among the human population of terminal Stone Age Arctic Norway. We show that climatic changes correlate with the termination of the so-called Gressbakken phase (4200–3500 cal BP), and unpack the middle-range mechanisms linking the Gressbakken termination to contemporaneous ...

В статье излагаются сведения об эпистолярном наследии первого профессора славянских языков Университета Осло Олафа Брока. Одним из научных интересов Н. А. Кондрашова было изучение истории славистики и деятельности видных учёных начала прошлого века. Именно в то время в России были изданы фундаментальные труды норвежского исследователя, которые до сих пор остаются основополагающими в работах по ...

The SW Barents Sea was subjected to significant uplift and erosion during the Cenozoic, processes that are believed to have had a significant impact on hydrocarbon maturation and migration in the area. The current study uses compaction of shale- and sand-dominated layers to make a map of net apparent erosion throughout the SW Barents Sea. The map shows regional trends consistent with deep-seated ...

Poor social connection or loneliness is a prominent feature of schizotypy and may exacerbate psychosis risk. Previous studies have examined the inter-relationships between loneliness and psychosis risk, but critically, they have largely been conducted in non-clinical samples or exclusively used laboratory questionnaires with limited consideration of the heterogeneity within schizotypy (i.e., positive, ...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious disease that represents a growing public health concern, and identification of modifiable risk factors is a priority. Although physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are associated with a wealth of health benefits, their associations with VTE remain to be established. The aim of the present thesis was to summarize knowledge and to identify ...

The Lomfjorden Fault Zone in the eastern part of Spitsbergen is one of the prominent structures in Svalbard oriented parallel to the continental margin of the Barents Shelf. It consists of a network of three N–S-striking major faults (Veteranen, Lomfjorden, and Agardhbukta faults), two N–S-striking reverse faults (Lomfjella and Bjørnfjellet reverse faults), and a number of NE–SW- and NNW–SSE-striking ...

School nursing involves relationships and understandings based on young people’s needs. Visual technologies have become a central part of young people’s life and context: they use their phones to communicate and shape their relationships and they turn to social media when inquiring about health issues. Visual methods in health communication thus draw on existing practices, and are well documented ...

The present paper conducts a critical analysis of the poetics, psychology, and politics of Dontnod’s choice-based and story-driven adventure game Life Is Strange (2015). The reading is based on extended periods of play by three different players that were followed by discussions and analyses. The article centres upon the narrative development and framing of the two lead characters that is assessed ...

A cross-institutional Electronic Health Record (EHR) where all healthcare workers can access a patient's record, is seen as an important means to improved access to information, better patient care, and increased efficiency. In Norway, the first EHR of this type (US based Epic EHR) is to be implemented in the Central Norway Regional Health Authority. General practitioners (GPs) are central actors ...