Vessel states and parameters estimation is essential for maneuvering and collision avoidance. This study presents an application of particle filter (PF) algorithm to estimate vessel states and parameters. Particularly, to reduce the impact of the vessel’s underactuated property and complex environmental disturbance, the estimation process contains a kinematic curvilinear motion model that describes ...

Previously it has been found that an important risk buffering strategy in the Saami reindeer husbandry in Norway is the accumulation of large herds of reindeer as this increases long-term household viability. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated how official policies, such as economic compensation for livestock losses, can influence pastoral strategies. This study investigated the effect of ...

Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is challenging, with a series of available drugs each helping only a fraction of patients. Patients may face time-consuming drug trials while the disease is active, thus there is an unmet need for biomarkers and assays to predict drug effect. It is well known that the intestinal epithelium is an important factor in disease pathogenesis, exhibiting physical, ...

<i>Purpose</i>: The number of persons living with and beyond cancer is increasing. Such persons often have complex needs that last, and change, over time. The aim of this study is to get insights of lived experience of person diagnosed with colorectal cancer and to create an understanding of cancer trajectories as a dynamic process. This study thus explores Victor Turner’s model of social drama in ...

Aims - The aims of this study were to assess quality of life after hip fractures, to characterize respondents to patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), and to describe the recovery trajectory of hip fracture patients.<p> <p>Methods - Data on 35,206 hip fractures (2014 to 2018; 67.2% female) in the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register were linked to data from the Norwegian Patient Registry and ...

Trials reporting adverse health outcomes (AHOs) in terms of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after contemporary curative treatment of prostate cancer (PC) are hampered by study heterogeneity and lack of new treatment techniques. Particularly, the evidence regarding toxicities after radiotherapy (RT) with the volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) technique is limited, and comparisons between men ...

<i>Background</i> - Previous studies have reported that organizational structures and cultures in primary health care are obstacles to district nurses doing successful work in health promotion practice (HPP). Because organizational structures are not easily changed, Jean Watson’s Attending Nurse Caring Model (ANCM) was introduced and piloted at a primary health care center in Sweden, aiming to ...

<p><i>Background/Aim - </i>The aim of this study was to analyze the patterns of treatment and outcomes in patients with a large number of brain metastases, arbitrarily defined as 20 or more lesions. These patients are typically excluded from studies of focal brain treatment, e.g., surgery or radiosurgery, and might have a limited prognosis. <p><i>Patients and Methods - </i>This was a retrospective ...

The Norwegian welfare and labor market policy has as its focus to “get everyone at work”. Employers in ordinary companies are given a central role because ordinary work is seen both as a goal and as a method to get more people with disabilities at work. This article examines employers’ experiences and understandings of how they do the inclusive work, and how governance practices and institutional ...

Denne artikkelen belyser arbeidet med implementering av IKT og læring i norsk høyere utdanning med utgangspunkt i Norgesuniversitetets virksomhet innen sektoren. Vurderingen er basert på gjennomgang og kvantitativ analyse av søknader om prosjektstøtte fra perioden 2010–2012, samt intervjudata fra et utvalg ansatte i høyere utdanning med langvarig kjennskap til organisasjonens arbeid. Våre funn ...