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Kant und das Glück
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022-06-06)Wird gefragt, was für die Gestaltung des menschlichen Lebens wesentlich ist, so kommt dem Glück und dem Streben nach Glück in der Einschätzung Kants nicht der höchste Wert zu. Anders als es ein bis heute wirkmächtiges Vorurteil nahelegt, unterschätzt Kant aber auf der anderen Seite das Streben des Menschen nach Glück keineswegs. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Kants Begriff des Glücks kann sich ... -
Cultural competence and safety in Circumpolar countries: an analysis of discourses in healthcare
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-22)Circumpolar Indigenous populations continue to experience dramatic health inequities when compared to their national counterparts. The objectives of this study are first, to explore the space given in the existing literature to the concepts of cultural safety and cultural competence, as it relates to Indigenous peoples in Circumpolar contexts; and second, to document where innovations have emerged. ... -
Entrapment
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023)The word ‘entrapment’ has three common usages in legal discourse. First, it is used in connection with acts of entrapment: it applies, at least, to a class of acts in which a party, whom we call the ‘agent’, intentionally brings it about that another party, whom we call the ‘target’, performs a distinct act that is of a criminal type. Secondly, it is used to refer to a method of proactive law ... -
Changing States, Changing Sámi? Framing the state and the Sámi in studies of history in Finland and Norway, 1923–1954
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022-06-06)This chapter discusses the ways in which the Sámi and their host states were framed during the final phase of Lappological research (1923–1954). Was the state still the only source of legitimate historical knowledge in studies of the history of the Sámi during this period? Did the subject positions of the Sámi change? Selected works by Väinö Tanner, O. A. Johnsen, Gutorm Gjessing and Helmer ... -
Oral Health among Adult Residents in Vilnius, Lithuania
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-05)According to the World Health Organization (WHO) oral conditions may be determined by social, biological, behavioral, and psychosocial factors. The study assessed oral health status and its determinants associated with oral health conditions among adult residents in Vilnius, Lithuania. A total of 453 of 35–74-year-olds participated (response rate 63%). A self-reported questionnaire was administered. ... -
Why don't we take a look at the patient? : an anthropological analysis of how doctors become doctors
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2012)The present thesis is a study of how doctors learn to make clinical decisions; decisions about diagnosis and therapy of the individual patient in the context of the clinic. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork and anthropological analysis carried out in 2006-2009. The key informants are nine doctors who go through internship and the empirical field is the wards and clinics of regional hospitals, ... -
One-Year Follow-Up of Healthy Older Adults with Electroencephalographic Risk for Neurocognitive Disorder after Neurofeedback Training
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-15)Background: In healthy older adults, excess theta activity is an electroencephalographic (EEG) predictor of cognitive impairment. In a previous study, neurofeedback (NFB) treatment reinforcing reductions theta activity resulted in EEG reorganization and cognitive improvement.<p> <p>Objective: To explore the clinical applicability of this NFB treatment, the present study performed a 1-year follow-up ... -
Maternal concentrations, predictors and change in profiles of organochlorines, toxic and essential elements during pregnancy and postpartum : the Vietnamese mother-and-child study and the Northern Norwegian mother-and-child study
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2011)Persistent toxic substances like organochlorines (OCs) and certain toxic metals have been or are extensively used, and can be globally distributed by long-range transport. The fetus and growing child are exposed via the placenta and breast milk and are vulnerable to their negative health effects. Concentrations measured in maternal blood or breast milk are thus potential indicators of risk for ... -
A Common Electronic Health Record for Norwegian Municipalities
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022)Large-scale electronic health record (EHR) systems have increasingly become a staple of the European healthcare market. The Norwegian health care authorities are planning for the acquisition of a common large-scale EHR system for 291 of Norway’s 356 municipalities. This has resulted in much controversy among the stakeholders. We explore the key contested areas. -
Fragile bones in patients with stroke? : bone mineral density in acute stroke patients and changes during one year of follow up
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2001)This thesis highlights several clinically important questions related to bone loss the first year following stroke and with regard to bone mass at stroke onset:<br> Lack of mobility and weight bearing early after stroke is an important factor for the greater bone loss in the proximal femur on the paretic side. Relearning to walk within the first two month after stroke, even with support of another ... -
An experimental analysis of the impact of thermal protective immersion suit and angle of heel on individual walking speeds
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-16)Background: Incarcerated individuals have poor mental health compared to the general population. Social support has a benefcial efect on mental health. The bufering model proposes that social support facilitates coping under stressful conditions, while the main efects model suggests that belonging to social networks and having positive social interactions are benefcial for mental health. Prisons ... -
Health-related quality of life in young adults born small for gestational age: a prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-24)Background: Individuals born small for gestational age (SGA) have an increased risk of several adverse health outcomes, but their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across young adulthood has yet to be studied. The main aim of this study was to investigate if being born SGA at term is associated with poor HRQoL at 32 years of age. A second aim was to explore longitudinal changes in HRQoL from ... -
Glacially Induced Stress Across the Arctic From the Eemian Interglacial to the Present—Implications for Faulting and Methane Seepage
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-28)Strong compressive and shear stresses generated by glacial loading and unloading have a direct impact on near-surface geological processes. Glacial stresses are constantly evolving, creating stress perturbations in the lithosphere that extend significant distances away from the ice. In the Arctic, periodic methane seepage and faulting have been recurrently associated with glacial cycles. However, ... -
Sex steroids, bone loss and non-vertebral fractures in women and men : the Tromsø study
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2007)When this thesis was planned in 2000-2001 it was well known that bone loss accelerates after menopause, and is prevented by using hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Case reports of young men with estrogen receptor dysfunction or aromatase deficiency showed that estrogen was important for normal growth and maturation of the male skeleton. However, there were few prospective studies examining the ... -
Smart contract formation enabling energy-as-a-service in a virtual power plant
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-22)Energy as a service (EaaS) is an emerging business model that enables the otherwise passive energy consumers to play an active role and participate in the energy utility services. This platform is formed through smart contracts registering peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions of energy through price and quantity. Many industries, including finance, have already leveraged smart contracts to introduce ... -
Ready for SDM- evaluation of an interprofessional training module in shared decision making – A cluster randomized trial
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-17)Objective: Ready for SDM was developed in Norway as a comprehensive modularized curriculum for health care providers (HCP). The current study evaluated the efficacy of one of the modules, a 2-hour interprofessional SDM training designed to enhance SDM competencies.<p> <p>Methods: A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with eight District Psychiatric Centres randomized to wait-list ... -
The stenotic carotid artery plaque : prevalence, risk factors and relations to clinical disease : the Tromsø study
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2001)Stroke is the second leading cause of death in the world and is responsible for a high percentage of major disability, requiring substantial resources spent on care and rehabilitation. Atherosclerosis due to lipid accumulation in the vessel wall with formation of stenotic atheromatous plaques in the carotid bifurcation and/or the internal carotid artery is an important cause of stroke. In ... -
Distribution in the unit tangent bundle of the geodesics of given type
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-24)Recall that two geodesics in a negatively curved surface S are of the same type if their free homotopy classes differ by a homeomorphism of the surface. In this note we study the distribution in the unit tangent bundle of the geodesics of fixed type, proving that they are asymptotically equidistributed with respect to a certain measure mS on T 1S. We study a few properties of this measure, showing ... -
Family Practice substance use disorder theme issue: commentary
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-02)Both substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs) are common problems suffered by patients seeking primary care. Since its second volume in 1985,1 Family Practice has continually highlighted research related to detecting and treating legal, illegal, and prescription substance use, abuse, and dependence. Twenty-five years later, many of the same research questions and clinical challenges still ... -
Environmental factors, metabolic profile, hormones and breast and endometrial cancer risk
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2004)Breast cancer is the leading cancer among women in the Western world. In Norway, 2,503 cases of female breast cancer were diagnosed in 2000, which corresponds to an age-adjusted incidence rate of 72.1 per 100,000 women per year (1). The risk of breast cancer increases with age from puberty, doubling about every 10 years until the menopause, when the rate of increase slows dramatically and a ...
