In this feasibility study discriminating oil slicks and newly formed sea ice using SAR imagery is investigated, using imagery from the L-band high-resolution Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) airborne and the satellite C-band RADARSAT-2 (RS-2) systems. To determine the separability of these two varying but similar appearing low backscatter ocean surfaces, multi-polarization ...

The North Sea brown shrimp (<i>Crangon crangon</i> Linnaeus, 1758) fishery became Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified in 2017. As part of the certification, the fishermen proposed to incrementally increase the mesh size of the codend used from 22 mm to 26 mm. As this increase in mesh size could result in a substantial loss of marketable sized brown shrimp (shrimp with total length equal or ...

Helse- og miljørisikovurderingen av den genmodifiserte herbicid- og insekttolerante maislinjen 59122 fra Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. og Mycogen Seeds (EFSA/GMO/NL/2005/12) er utført av Faggruppe for genmodifiserte organismer i Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet. I forbindelse med sluttføring av saksbehandling av søknad om godkjenning maislinjen til bruk i/som næringsmidler og fôrvarer i ...

<p>In recent years there has been an increase in commercial activities in the Arctic, including maritime traffic. This increase has led to economic development but may increase the risk of unwanted incidents. Concerns have been raised regarding the emergency response capacity of states to respond to maritime incidents effectively. Efforts from several agencies and also from neighboring countries may ...

<i>Purpose</i> - Proinflammatory cytokines seems to play a role in epileptogenesis independent of the underlying cause. The purpose of this study was to assess if IL-18 and its binding protein IL-18BP are related to epilepsy and could act as a predictive biomarker for epileptogenesis.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - In this cross-sectional study, circulating levels of IL-18 and IL-18BP were analysed in ...

Serotonin plays an important role in adult female sexual behavior, however little is known about the influence of serotonin during early development on sexual functioning in adulthood. During early development, serotonin acts as neurotrophic factor, while it functions as a modulatory neurotransmitter in adulthood. The occurrence of serotonin release, could thus have different effects on behavioral ...

<p><i>Background - </i>Telementored ultrasound (US) connects experts to novices through various types of communication and network technologies with the overall aim to bridge the medical imaging gap between patients’ diagnostic needs and on-site user experience. The recurrent theme in previous research on remote telementored US is the limited access to US machines and experienced users. This study ...

Uncertainty is becoming a fundamental new conceptual tool for anthropologists in order to understand the complex ways in which the vulnerable people living at the margins of African fast- growing cities create meaning out of a routinized sense of crisis. Many studies (Cooper & Pratten 2015; Whyte 2009; McGovern 2012; Waage 2015; 2018; etc.) have highlighted the importance of hope and social contingency ...

With the aim of developing new knowledge on inclusive practices for young children in early childhood education, the following research question was explored: what characterises young children's negotiations of belonging and togetherness in a diverse peer group in kindergarten? Data from field work in a young children's group in a multicultural kindergarten in Norway formed basis for the present ...

The focus of this thesis is on the young men working as guides in the village of Bukit Lawang in Indonesia. These men are influenced by and impacted by a dual side to the society in which they live: on the one hand, by the traditional and local norms of an Islamic community, and on the other, by the Western tourists and the industry of tourism in their small village. What the thesis grapples with ...