Masteroppgave. Fiskeflåtej

Background/aim: Physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Atherosclerosis is an important common underlying cause of CVD. It is not clear whether the beneficial effect of physical activity on CVD is mediated through effect on atherosclerosis, and previous studies have shown diverging results. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between level of physical ...

The aim of this chapter is to introduce Norway’s inclusive education policies for two separate school systems: the national Norwegian and the Sámi systems. This chapter is based on research done in Norway on its national and Sámi schools and their curricula. Norway is an interesting example when it comes to indigenous education and national schools, as state policies on diversity and minority and ...

This article describes a case study on how Facebook can be used in different ways to create new innovative learning strategies and opportunities for practicing social work related to children and adolescents. The study concerns information and communication in groups and networks on Facebook as a communication channel. Using qualitative methods, the students’ use of this digital network was observed ...

When bringing innovative technology into school education it has been challenging to get full benefits from the technology. Instead of seeking new ways of teaching we tend to adapt the use of technology to traditional ways of teaching. This can relate to the fact that we lack theoretical concepts that help us rethink and revise our practices. In Norwegian curriculum we see different learning discourses ...

According to common sense and a majority of philosophers, death can be bad for the person who dies. This is because it can deprive the dying person of life worth living. I accept that death can be bad in this way, but argue that most people greatly overestimate the magnitude of this form of badness. They do so because they significantly overestimate the goodness of what death deprives us of: ordinary ...

The machine learning approach is a new hot topic in recent years that are widely used in different sections, including industries, economy, disaster prediction and politics. After decades’ of development, the available machine learning algorithms are numerous and diverse. Traditional methods such as regression, classical statistical methods, are unfortunately laid aside as non-mainstream. This paper ...

Acremonium is acknowledged as a highly ubiquitous genus including saprobic, parasitic, or endophytic fungi that inhabit a variety of environments. Species of this genus are extensively exploited in industrial, commercial, pharmaceutical, and biocontrol applications, and proved to be a rich source of novel and bioactive secondary metabolites. Acremonium has been recognised as a taxonomically difficult ...

This master project was inspired by challenges faced by commercial fisheries in the north of Norway of controlling food quality and food safety. In this thesis, four different ML models’ ability to do object and keypoint detection on specific anatomy parts of fish, has been studied. With the aim of recommending a suitable model to be part of a CV system for an industrial fish gutting machine that ...