Teacher education (TE) in Norway is nationally mandated and subject to much political attention because education is an important social and cultural phenomenon with a significant place in policy and everyday life. A main purpose of the latest TE reform implemented in 2017 is to raise the status and professionalism of teachers. The ambition of the Norwegian government is to permanently strengthen ...

Rapid three-dimensional imaging over extended fields of views (FOVs) is crucial to the study of organism-wide systems and biological processes in vivo. Selective-plane illumination microscopy (SPIM) is a powerful method for high spatio-temporal resolution in toto imaging of such biological specimens. However, typical SPIM implementations preclude conventional sample mounting and have anisotropic ...

We study the problem of how many different sum of squares decompositions a general polynomial <i>f</i> with SOS-rank <i>k</i> admits. We show that there is a link between the variety SOS_<i>k</i>(<i>f</i>) of all SOS-decompositions of <i>f</i> and the orthogonal group O(<i>k</i>). We exploit this connection to obtain the dimension of SOS_<i>k</i>(<i>f</i>) and show that its degree ...

Despite recent advances in prevention, detection and treatment, oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains a global health concern, strongly associated with environmental and lifestyle risk factors and infection with oncogenic viruses. Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCPyV), well known to be the causative agent of Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) has been found in OSCC, suggesting its potential role as a ...

Background Cancer is the leading cause of death in Norway, with prostate, breast, lung, and colon cancers being the most prevalent types. Adopting a healthy and varied diet can help reduce cancer risk and recurrence. However, access to dietary counselling remains limited for cancer patients in Norway. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of dietary supplement use and dietary changes made ...

The microbial diversity associated with terrestrial groundwater seepage through permafrost soils is tightly coupled to the geochemistry of these fluids. Terrestrial alkaline methane seeps from Lagoon Pingo, Central Spitsbergen (78°N) in Norway, with methane-saturated and oxygen-limited groundwater discharge providing a potential habitat for methanotrophy. Here, we report on the microbial community’s ...

Studien undersøker hvordan migrasjon påvirker samfunnssikkerheten i Norge med tanke på radikalisering. Problemstillingen belyses gjennom en eksplorativ litteraturstudie, basert på en dokumentanalyse av eksisterende forskning. Studien benytter internasjonalt anerkjente teorier for å analysere sammenhengen mellom migrasjon og radikalisering i norsk kontekst. Funnene viser at migrasjonens komplekse ...

Formålet med denne studien innenfor fagområdet instrumentaldidaktikk har vært å undersøke hvorvidt elever som er tatt opp på et talentprogram for musikalske talenter opplever fenomenet flow i sin hverdag. Videre har studien sett på hvilke mulige positive effekter opplevelse av fenomenet kan ha overfor elevenes motivasjon og utvikling av kunnskap. Studiens teoretiske rammeverk består av Csíkszentmihályis ...

This article explores the potential of Zeonor, a transparent cyclic olefin polymer, for applications in transparent acoustic/photo-acoustic transducers. Despite its widespread use in optics, microfluidics, medical devices, and electronics, Zeonor’s acoustic properties remain understudied. To extend this, the current work employs scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) to obtain its mechanical properties. ...

This study examines the interplay of race and gender in shaping the journeys of Asian female digital nomads who navigate the realms of travel and work simultaneously, through the lens of postcolonial feminism. Through our qualitative exploration, we contend that prevailing discourses constrain understandings of Asian women's lived experiences. While our respondents' narratives align with existing ...