The glaciation history of NE Greenland remains poorly constrained, resulting in conceptual and uncertain reconstructions of the configuration of the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum (c. 24-19 ka BP), as well as the timing and the dynamics of the deglaciation. New studies suggests that the ice sheet in NE Greenland probably was more dynamic than previously thought, extending all ...

<p>In this project we are studying marine bacteria and their ability to produce polyhydroxyalkonates (PHAs), a fully biodegradable polyester known as bioplastic. Bioplastics can replace petroleum-based plastics in many applications. PHAs accumulate as intracellular carbon and energy storages when the bacteria grow in an environment with nutrient imbalance. The monomeric building blocks in the PHA ...

<p>The northwestern Barents Sea continental margin is a structurally complex area characterized by a series of basins and highs. It’s Cenozoic development was influenced by: 1) the formation of the Spitsbergen fold-andthrust belt towards the north and a pull-apart basin, the Vestbakken Volcanic Province, to the south, and 2) the subsequent rifting and opening of the Fram Strait, the deep-water gateway ...

We study second-order partial differential equations (PDEs) in four dimensions for which the conformal structure defined by the characteristic variety of the equation is half-flat (self-dual or anti-self-dual) on every solution. We prove that this requirement implies the Monge–Ampère property. Since half-flatness of the conformal structure is equivalent to the existence of a non-trivial dispersionless ...

I et tilbakeblikk skriver Geir Hellemo nylig følgende om Augustins Bekjennelser: «Jeg hadde lest den tidligere. Da så jeg bare Augustins strenge blikk. Jeg tror det var fordi jeg leste ham med pietistisk fargede øyne» (Gud i en gudløs verden). Noen år tidligere har åpenbart en annen forståelse av Augustin gjort seg gjeldende: «Jeg tar ikke munnen for full når jeg sier at Augustin har fornyet mitt ...

Inalienability in North Saami On the basis of corpus data (9.5M words 1997–2010) we claim that North Saami is developing a grammatical distinction between alienable and inalienable possession. In previous work we documented a language change in North Saami in which the possessive suffix as in girjji-id-easkka [book-acc.pl-3pl] ‘their books’ is being replaced by an analytic construction with the ...

Abstract: Evidence-based practice (EBP) provides health personnel with a method to use critically appraised and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care to a specific population1. Regularly, new and more effective medicines, medical devices, and procedures are invented. One major goal behind all these efforts is to help health personnel such as doctors, dentists, nurses, ...