We often receive advice to think positively when faced with difficulties as it is believed to be helpful by increasing motivation to solve tasks or even to treat illness. Despite its prevalence, positivity as cognition has not been sufficiently defined. Thus, this thesis investigates folk theories about positive thinking through two qualitative studies; focus group interviews (n=18) and an online ...

Late in 2019, the world changed due to the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus. As a consequence of this virus, governments decided to implement lockdowns and school closures, as a measure to reduce the spreading of the deadly virus. In the present work, we aimed to investigate the impact these lockdowns and school closures had on children’s well-being. We used a cross-country approach with ...

Previous research has found a relationship between the habitual inclusion of situational cues in thoughts about future action, self-regulation success, and the personality trait conscientiousness. The present research aimed to replicate previous correlational findings from Martiny-Huenger et al., (2022) as well as presenting a new aspect that might influence the effectiveness of situational cue-thought ...

In contemporary football, advanced analysis techniques are increasingly important, enhancing clubs’ capabilities to make strategic in-game adjustments. Central to this advancement is the availability of real-time analytics, which relies heavily on accurate player and ball tracking technologies. While real-time player tracking has become more accessible, automatic and reliable real-time ball ...

Studies have shown that the Sami culture of communicating about health can often be indirect and reliant on implications and hints rather than clear unambiguous statements. The style is described as “roundabout”, circling around a topic before closing in on it. Modern medicine typically values directness and unambiguousness in its mission of effective anamnesis and diagnosis. Due to these differing ...

Background: Marine fungi are prolific producers of secondary metabolites. Phomenin A (2) and B (3) are secondary metabolites produced by Parafenestella sp. Previous studies have described them as bioactive, but due to the limited availability of pure compounds, their bioactivity has yet to be extensively characterised. These compounds were identified and isolated at Marbio, but the quantities obtained ...

The application of rare earth elements (REE) and neodymium (Nd) isotopes to authigenic Fe-(oxyhydr)oxide phases leached from marine sediments can be used for reconstructing past ocean circulation and chemical weathering patterns on nearby continental landmasses. To explore the behaviour of REE during chemical weathering in glacial environments, we analyzed the authigenic fraction of glacimarine ...

Plastic pollution threatens many organisms around the world. In particular, the northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, is known to ingest high quantities of plastics. Since data are sparse in the Eurasian Arctic, we investigated plastic burdens in the stomachs of fulmar fledglings from Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Fifteen birds were collected and only particles larger than 1 mm were extracted, characterised ...

Objective - This study aimed to predict fatigue 18 months post-stroke by utilizing comprehensive data from the acute and sub-acute phases after stroke in a machine-learning set-up.<p> <p>Design - A prospective multicenter cohort-study with 18-month follow-up.<p> <p>Setting - Outpatient clinics at 3 university hospitals and 2 local hospitals.<p> <p>Participants - 474 participants with the ...

The future stability of modern marine-terminating ice sheets is of great concern as an increased rate of retreat might mark the onset of their collapse. An increased rate of retreat is accompanied by an increase in meltwater and sediment discharge at the ice margin which has prompted research to focus on the drainage system of marine-terminating ice sheets. Recent discoveries of eskers at water-terminating ...