Munin: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Stability evaluation of [ 18F]FDG: literature study, stability studies from two diferent PET centres and future recommendations
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-24)Background: The need for a stability evaluation of [ <sup>18</sup>F]FDG is evident. The main purpose of this study was to make recommendations for determining the shelf life based on the available stability literature and our own two-centre stability studies.<p> <p>Results: We performed a non-systematic literature study to fnd the most relevant stability data for [ <sup>18</sup>F]FDG. The amount ... -
Intervensjonsstudien i Finnmark : evaluering av lokalsamfunnsbasert hjerte- og kar forebygging i kystkommunene Båtsfjord og Nordkapp
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2004)Due to high cardiovascular mortality in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost county, the aim of the Finnmark Intervention Study was to improve health and reduce cardiovascular risk factors in the intervention communities. Those with the poorer health condition should experience the main improvements. The intervention projects should be based upon empowerment and participation.<br> The study bad a ... -
Blood Transcriptome Analysis of Septic Patients Reveals a Long Non-Coding Alu-RNA in the Complement C5a Receptor 1 Gene
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-29)Many severe inflammation conditions are complement-dependent with the complement component C5a-C5aR1 axis as an important driver. At the RNA level, the blood transcriptome undergoes programmed expression of coding and long non-coding RNAs to combat invading microorganisms. Understanding the expression of long non-coding RNAs containing Alu elements in inflammation is important for reconstructing ... -
Vitamin D security in Northern Norway in relation to marine food traditions
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Urfolk og nasjonale minoriteter som tema i samfunnsfag
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022)Gjennom Kunnskapsløftet 2020 (LK2020) er urfolk og nasjonale minoriteter blitt løfta som temaområde i skolen. I dette kapittelet ser vi på hvilken plass samene og de nasjonale minoritetene har i overordna del og i samfunnsfaglæreplanen, og diskuterer hva dette har å si for undervisninga i samfunnsfag. Kapittelet har to hoveddeler. For det første undersøker vi læreplanen ut fra hva den sier om ... -
Neonatal Impedance Cardiography in Asphyxiated Piglets-A Feasibility Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-25)Objectives: Impedance cardiography (ICG) is a non-invasive method for continuous cardiac output measurement and has the potential to improve monitoring and treatment of sick neonates. PhysioFlow® is a signal-morphology ICG-system showing promising results in adults with low and high cardiac output, but no data from neonates or neonatal models exist. The aim of this study was to investigate PhysioFlow® ... -
Rapid post-glacial bedrock weathering in coastal Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-26)Quantifying bedrock weathering rates under diverse climate conditions is essential to understanding timescales of landscape evolution. Yet, weathering rates are often difficult to constrain, and associating a weathered landform to a specific formative environment can be complicated by overprinting of successive processes and temporally varying climate. In this study, we investigate three sites ... -
Risk factors for fractures in Tromsø : the Tromsø study
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2005)<p>A fracture is a break or crack in a bone. Fractures are common and anyone can fracture a bone. They occur when the bone can not withstand the physical force excerpted on it. There are several types or classifications of fracture; simple, stress, comminuted, impact, compound, complete and incomplete. Depending on the type and location of a fracture, the treatment varies from immobilization ... -
Barriers and opportunities to accessing social support in the transition from community to prison: A qualitative interview study with incarcerated individuals in Northern Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-28)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 ... -
Does Social and Economic Disadvantage Predict Lower Engagement with Parenting Interventions? An Integrative Analysis Using Individual Participant Data
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-23)There is a social gradient to the determinants of health; low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to reduced educational attainment and employment prospects, which in turn afect physical and mental wellbeing. One goal of preventive interventions, such as parenting programs, is to reduce these health inequalities by supporting families with difculties that are often patterned by SES. Despite ... -
Abdominal aortic aneurysms : diagnosis and epidemiology : the Tromsø Study
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2005)Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a relatively common, potentially life-threatening condition roughly accounting for one percent of all the deaths in the western world. Abdominal aortic aneurysms are usually asymptomatic until rupture. Death from rupture is often sudden and the disease is prone to be misclassified as death from cardiac arrest. Since the introduction of surgical repair of AAA ... -
Functional Domains of the Early Proteins and Experimental and Epidemiological Studies Suggest a Role for the Novel Human Polyomaviruses in Cancer
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-18)As their name indicates, polyomaviruses (PyVs) can induce tumors. Mouse PyV, hamster PyV and raccoon PyV have been shown to cause tumors in their natural host. During the last 30 years, 15 PyVs have been isolated from humans. From these, Merkel cell PyV is classified as a Group 2A carcinogenic pathogen (probably carcinogenic to humans), whereas BKPyV and JCPyV are class 2B (possibly carcinogenic ... -
A nationwide registry study on heart failure in Norway from 2008 to 2018: variations in lookback period affect incidence estimates
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-05)Background: The incidence of heart failure (HF) has declined in Europe during the past two decades. However, incidence estimates from registry-based studies may vary, partly because they depend on retrospective searches to exclude previous events. The aim of this study was to assess to what extent diferent lookback periods (LPs) afect temporal trends in incidence, and to identify the minimal ... -
Protein Intake and the Risk of Pre-Frailty and Frailty in Norwegian Older Adults. The Tromsø Study 1994–2016
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-01)BACKGROUND: Protein intake is suggested as an important dietary factor in the prevention of frailty, however, the infuence of lifelong intake remains unclear.<p> <p>OBJECTIVES: The present study investigated the relationship between daily protein intake and patterns of protein intake over 21 years and the risk of pre-frailty/frailty. <p>DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. <p>SETTING: The ...