The subaperture cross-correlation magnitude (SCM) has previously been proposed as a statistic that improves the contrast between small ship targets and the surrounding sea in synthetic-aperture-radar images. This preprocessing technique utilizes the fast decorrelation of open-water surface ripples on the scale of the SAR wavelength relative to coherent targets such as a ship. However, optimization ...

This thesis presents new results from marine geological and geophysical studies based on sediment gravity cores, airgun, subbottom acoustic and high-resolution swath bathymetric data from fjords, the continental shelf and slope north of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. From these records, the glacial landform assemblages as well as the glacial and postglacial sedimentary environments were interpreted. Where ...

Bivalves have been found in unique benthic assemblages associated with active methane seeps and mounds along the western and southern margins of the Svalbard shelf (75–79°N) at 350–380 m depth. Among the samples collected were a number of shells of Thyasiridae that are distinct from any species previously described. Here we describe one new genus Rhacothyas gen. nov. and two new species Thyasira ...

The present article reconceptualises the archive in the context of digital media ecologies. Drawing upon archival theory and critical approaches to the political economy of the Internet, I account for new dynamics and implications afforded by digital archives. Operating at both a user-controlled explicit and a state- and corporate-owned implicit level, the digital archive at once facilitates empowerment ...

Purpose: In light of the increasing numbers of overweight children observed today who follow inadequate diets, this dissertation mainly explored how children are socialised as food consumers. An additional purpose was to explore the advantages of using participatory photo interviews while researching children’s attitudes and behavioural patterns with respect to two food contexts, namely, lunch in ...

The healthcare sector is a very delicate sector which faces issues surrounding quality, safety, efficiency, cost, and access to health care services. The nurses have a huge responsibility to maintain quality documentation and they are struggling in doing so especially when they are still using paper-based nursing documentation. The transformation of paper-based nursing documentation into electronic ...

Avhandlingen behandler de ulovfestede reglene om condictio indebiti. Reglene kan benyttes som rettslig grunnlag for et tilbakesøkingskrav dersom en betaler har prestert en ytelsen han helt eller delvis ikke var forpliktet til å prestere. Avhandlingen gir en helhetlige fremstilling av temaet, med utgangspunkt i tre hovedproblemstillinger: (1) Hva som er de nærmere forutsetninger for anvendelsen av ...

Bakgrunn: Uoverensstemmelser (UOr) mellom legemiddelopplysninger som registreres ved pasientinnleggelse og legemidler i bruk før innleggelse er velkjent, og kan føre til feil legemiddelbruk, svikt i behandling og i verste fall økt sykelighet og død. Legemiddelsamstemming (LMS) er ett av innsatsområdene i pasientsikkerhetsprogrammet” I trygge hender”, og har som mål å sikre at registrerte opplysninger ...

A mismatch between male and female gamete release can result in reduced or failed fertilization in external fertilizers, sperm competition and reduced paternity. Here, I video monitored spawning behavior of free living Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), and analyzed details of their reproductive biology. In total, 157 spawnings were recorded. Females clearly preferred spawning with the dominant male, ...

De siste 20 årene har det vært en tydelig endring av skolepolitikken inspirert av en nyliberal politikk. Rundt 1990 ble målstyring det nye styringsprinsippet i hele offentlig sektor (Bjordal, 2016 s.1). Målstyring ble ikke innført i skolen på det tidspunktet, det tok noe lengre tid. I 2004 ble de nasjonale prøvene innført i norsk skole. I etterkant trådte den nye læreplanen Kunnskapsløftet (LK06) ...