Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common disorder of the lower gastro intestinal tract associated with a poor quality of life. Revealing the interplay between the microbiota and the host has lead to a better understanding of IBS. A disturbance in the bidirectional communication in the microbiota-gut-brain axis is suggested to be involved in the pathophysiology of IBS. The microbiota in this context ...

Hensikten med denne studien har vært å undersøke teamlederne og teamene i 1.Fregattskvadron, i den hensikt å belyse hvordan en teamleder kan påvirke sitt teams effektivitet, i en hierarkisk organisasjon preget av rutiner og prosedyrer. Studien omfatter fagfeltet organisasjon og ledelse og har følgende tredelte problemstilling: 1 - Hvilke typer lederatferder finner vi hos teamlederne på Sjøforsvarets ...

The degree to which communities can best withstand various forms of external stress, as well as what constitutes community resilience has been a matter of debate in discussions of development, resilience building, adaptation and transformation. Drawing on insights from a field expedition to the indigenous reserve of Aponte in the Colombian Andes, this paper engages with the concept of transformational- ...

This study evaluates the out-of-sample diversification benefits of including hedge fund indexes in global stock-bond portfolios. The topic is investigated by assessing several asset allocation strategies from 1998 to 2016. Interestingly, the findings show, in general, no significant increase in performance when hedge funds are included in a portfolio, compared to a well-diversified portfolio as ...

A finite volume based Eulerian-Lagrangian model has been created within OpenFOAM® in order to predict the behavior of particle clouds as well as particle deposition thicknesses on substrates under the influence of electro-static effects. The model resolves close to electrode effects as well as phenomena within the entire deposition chamber. It considers fluid dynamic effects, particle inertia, ...

This study was carried out with a view of understanding the temporal dynamics of microcystin concentrations in both algal seston and water samples and the associated public health risk. All the major MC variants, namely MC-LR, MC-YR, and MC-RR, were detected in both the algal seston and water samples. In the majority of the samples, the most potent variant, MC-LR, constituted the greatest proportion ...

This is a discussion of what poetry has to do with medicine. It is about the psychological necessity and communicative purpose of art, with poetry as an example. It is about what poetry demands of the poet - humility, undogmatic diligence, resilience in the face of complexity, and the ability to think and feel at the same time. It is about a vital service poetry performs for poet and public which ...

This study is devoted to a generalization of C-band Radarsat-2 and X-band TerraSAR-X synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data in the form of a diagram serving to easily identify mineral oil slicks (crude oil and emulsions) and separate them from the other oil slicks. The diagram is based on the multi-polarization parameter called Resonant to Non-resonant signal Damping (RND) introduced by Ivonin et al. ...

This article critically examines recent changes in the social terrain of Sámi research in Finland, where the research field is subject to a new wave of academic institutionalization, and where questions regarding “Sáminess” have become particularly prominent. The article argues that in this conjuncture of <i>institutionalization</i> and <i>neo-politicization</i>, definitions of Sámi research which ...

Havretten, som er en del av folkeretten, har hatt en sterk utvikling i de siste tiårene. Begreper som kontinentalsokkel og økonomisk sone har fått et juridisk innhold. For en kyststat som Norge, er utviklingen innenfor havretten av stor betydning. Den norske stat er stadig sterkere bundet av den internasjonale rettsorden, og vi har forpliktet oss gjennom mange konvensjoner og traktater. Begrepet ...