Mange gjennomgår et hjerteinfarkt uten å vite at det har skjedd, dette kalles stumme hjerteinfarkt. Det er ikke kjent hvorfor noen rammes av stumme hjerteinfarkt, mens andre opplever brystsmerter og tar kontakt med lege. I Tromsøundersøkelsens 6.runde ble 6,199 personer undersøkt med EKG, der man kan se om en person har gjennomgått et hjerteinfarkt. I tillegg ble det samlet inn data på smertefølsomhet ...

Drinking water is an important source for trace elements intake into human body. Thus, the drinking water quality has a great impact on people's health and longevity. This study aims to study the relationship between drinking water quality and human health and longevity. A longevity county Mayang in Hunan province, China was chosen as the study area. The drinking water and hair of local centenarians ...

Background: <br> Obesity is a global pandemic leading to increased mortality and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Bariatric surgery is an established treatment of obesity leading to weight loss and reduction of mortality. To further elucidate how bariatric surgery improves metabolic control, we explored the fatty acid (FA) profiles in morbidly obese subjects treated with lifestyle ...

Et VARP i Finnmark – skolebasert kompetanseutvikling i praksis, er en kvalitativ case – studie om en skoles arbeid med regning som grunnleggende ferdighet. Studien strekker seg over en periode på tre semester hvor skolen var deltaker i satsningen Ungdomstrinn i utvikling. Som verktøy i implementeringsarbeidet har skolen valgt Lesson Study, og det er samarbeidslæringen gjennom dette arbeidet som er ...

We study the existence and uniqueness of a solution to a linear stationary convection–diffusion equation stated in an infinite cylinder, Neumann boundary condition being imposed on the boundary. We assume that the cylinder is a junction of two semi-infinite cylinders with two different periodic regimes. Depending on the direction of the effective convection in the two semi-infinite cylinders, we ...

In reaction to increasing piracy and armed robbery at sea States have established safety corridors in order to protect merchant ships from attacks. However, vessels cannot be protected everywhere at all times. Therefore, ship owners and operators started to use privately contracted armed security personnel on board their ships, especially in areas with a high risk of attack. Regulation concerning ...

January 1, 2017 the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code) will enter into force. The Polar Code is the result of enduring efforts by the international community, and is characterized as a “historic milestone” in the work of the IMO to establish a unified system for polar navigation. The purpose of this paper is to submit an assessment of the Polar Code in the context ...

The goal of this thesis was to present and analyze the international and national regimes governing marine environmental protection and tourism in the waters of Svalbard. Three questions where addressed: 1) What international and national legislation is applicable to Svalbard with regard to marine environmental protection and tourism? 2) What international and national legislation is applicable to ...

The subject of this thesis is IMO’s mandatory Audit Scheme and the measures the IMO can take to enforce such a scheme. The issues regarding this scheme is, first, the question whether the founding document of the IMO, the IMO Convention, establishes a mandate under which the IMO can implement and enforce a mandatory Audit Scheme, and, secondly, the measures IMO Member States can take to enforce the ...

This thesis discusses the jurisdictional issues arising from stateless vessels sailing on the High Seas, analyzing these from the perspective of international law, particularly the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The thesis then looks at the law and practice of the United States when it comes to asserting jurisdiction over stateless vessels found to be trafficking drugs on the High Seas, and ...