Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been, and continues to be, one of the main causes of global deaths. For decades, fish consumption has been acknowledged to reduce the risk of CVD, especially omega-3 fatty acids are known to have anti-inflammatory properties. Still, there are indications that beneficial effects are not limited to fatty acids alone. In this study, the bioactivity in marine sources ...

Here we studied at relevant spatial and temporal scales, how the evergreen dwarf shrub Empetrum nigrum, through its niche constructor ability, affects tundra plant communities along climatic gradients. Empetrum is a common dwarf shrub which is particularly abundant in many tundra ecosystems. As a niche constructor is has strong influence on many ecosystem processes and its direct effects can last ...

The demand for premium products is expanding across saturated markets, such as food and beverages. Premium products stand out on the store shelf because they signal higher quality and exclusivity with their fine product packaging, higher prices, and selective distribution. Despite the growing consumer demand for these products, and acknowledgments in the literature that the lines between luxury and ...

Det overordnede tema for avhandlingen er fremveksten av nye næringer. Gjennom å analysere historien om norsk torskeoppdrett, fra de første ideer om torskeoppdrett oppstod frem til etableringen av verdens første børsnoterte torskeoppdrettsselskap - Codfarmers med tickeren "COD" på Oslo børs – bidrar avhandlingen med ny kunnskap til det «kunnskaps-hullet» som eksisterer innenfor feltet nye/gryende ...

Infectious diseases represent an urgent public health problem globally. Particularly healthcare-associated infections are often complicated by antibiotic resistance and presence of recalcitrant microbial biofilms. On the hunt for effective antibiotics with novel mechanisms of action (MOA), researchers look into largely unexplored natural environments with high biodiversity like the oceans, rich in ...

This thesis investigates the willingness of firms to cooperate on Research and Development (R&D). I present three papers concerning incentives to share/exchange knowledge created by the firms’ own R&D. It is my hope that this thesis can give some clues of how sharing and exchange of knowledge can contribute to an already large literature on Research and Development.

The overall objective of this thesis is to provide insights with regard to how characteristics of the product, the context and the individual relate to consumer evaluation of food products. This thesis considered evaluation of food as a global attitude and as an evaluation of various attributes as expectations or experiences, and explore how evaluation is influenced by product, contextual and ...

What drives asset prices in the financial market? How can we predict these prices? Finding the relationship between different factors or between different variables could help to answer these questions. First, links between asset pricing models and other market microstructure variables can be used to investigate sources to explain asset prices. Second, rapid changes in the microstructure ...

Enteric methane (CH4) from gut microbial fermentation of complex organic polymers in ruminants comprises an important source of the anthropogenic CH4 emissions and may also represent a significant loss of metabolic energy to the host animal depending on diet. CH4 is produced by specialized microbes called methanogens. Extensive research exists on enteric CH4 production and methanogens in domestic ...

Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) into the world’s oceans is increasing seawater acidity in a process termed ocean acidification. This is predicted to have harmful effects on a variety of marine organisms. With the greatest and fastest changes in pH expected to occur the Arctic seas over the next 100 years, the need for understanding the effects of low pH on Arctic marine organisms is ...