Munin: Recent submissions
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Reduce bandwidth in live-streaming by cooperative edge relay networks
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-06-30)Live-streaming and particular live video-streaming are becoming increasingly popular as a multimedia-service. More and more types of content and events are live-streamed. Live video-streaming has shown to be a useful tool in the case of pandemic outbursts such as Covid-19. As people should use social distancing, live video-streaming can give people the ability to simulate conventional social ... -
Safe and secure outsourced computing with fully homomorphic encryption and trusted execution environments
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-06-30)Increases in data production and growing demands for more computing power leads to the current trend of outsourcing data and computation services to cloud providers. With data breaches and cases of data misuse becoming increasingly common, there is a high demand for secure systems. This, however, conflicts with the current data trust models. A solution to this that is becoming more common is the use ... -
Trends in seismic data acquisition in areas with surface ice
(Peer reviewed; Bok; Chapter, 2019)The Arctic has great significance in relation to the exploration and exploitation of its huge petroleum resources. Seismic surveys are the key part of petroleum exploration. Reflected sound waves are used to produce a 3D subsurface geological model, which helps to take a decision on drilling location for potential hydrocarbon resources. Seismic surveys are very complex operations, and growing energy ... -
Interactions between winter and summer herbivory affect spatial and temporal plant nutrient dynamics in tundra grassland communities
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-27)In the long‐term, herbivores can alter nutrient dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems by changing the functional composition of plant communities. Here, we ask to what extent herbivores can affect plant‐community nutrient dynamics in the short‐term. We provide theoretical expectations for immediate effects of herbivores on tundra‐grassland plant‐community nutrient levels throughout a single growing ... -
The voice system of Amharic
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2020-09-04)This dissertation examines the voice system of Amharic. I have studied the voice features including the anticausative and a pair of causative functional items focusing on their selection, interpretation and syntactic projection. The voice items display some interesting properties that made them worth an indepth investigation. First, the single anticausative morpheme is associated with multiple ... -
Validation of prediction models of severe disease course and non-achievement of remission in juvenile idiopathic arthritis part 2: Results of the Nordic model in the Canadian cohort
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-15)<b>Background</b> Validated clinical prediction models to identify children with poor prognosis at the time of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) diagnosis would be very helpful for tailoring treatments, and avoiding under- or over-treatment. Our objective was to externally validate Nordic clinical prediction models in Canadian patients with JIA. <b>Methods</b> We used data from 513 subjects ... -
Learning disability and work inclusion: on the experiences, aspirations and empowerment of sheltered employment workers in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-13)This inclusive research inspired study explored the experiences of people with learning disabilities working in a Norwegian sheltered employment company. The study aimed at developing knowledge on the working experiences of people with learning disabilities and the impact of their participation in the study. We employed focus groups, supplemented by informal discussions to generate data for the ... -
Systems biology – Current status and challenges
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-13)We put together a special issue on current approaches in systems biology with a focus on mathematical modeling of metabolic networks. Mathematical models have increasingly been used to unravel molecular mechanisms of complex dynamic biological processes. We here provide a short introduction into the topics covered in this special issue, highlighting current developments and challenges. -
Perceived Stress and Associated Factors in Russian Medical and Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in North-West Russia
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-27)The aim was to assess perceived stress (PS) and factors associated with PS in Russian medical and dental students. A total of 406 medical and 283 dental students aged 18–25 years that attended the Northern State Medical University in Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia participated in this cross-sectional study. A structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on socio-demographic ... -
Children's fear of needle injections: A qualitative study of training sessions for children with rheumatic diseases before home administration
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-07)<i>Background</i>: Treatment of rheumatic diseases in children often includes long-term needle injections, which represent a risk for refusing medication based on potential needle-fear. How nurses manage children’s fear and pain during the initial educational training session of subcutaneous injections, may affect the management of the subsequent injections in the home settings. The aim of this study ... -
Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Sections in Fluorescent Proteins Containing Non-canonical Chromophores Using Polarizable QM/MM
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-12)Multi-photon absorption properties, particularly two-photon absorption (2PA), of fluorescent proteins (FPs) have made them attractive tools in deep-tissue clinical imaging. Although the diversity of photophysical properties for FPs is wide, there are some caveats predominant among the existing FP variants that need to be overcome, such as low quantum yields and small 2PA cross-sections. From a ... -
MiMiC: Multiscale Modeling in Computational Chemistry
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-20)Hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) approaches are commonly used methods for investigating a plethora of chemical, biochemical, and biophysical processes that require explicit treatment of the electronic degrees of freedom when the system is too big to be entirely treated by QM methods alone (Warshel and Levitt, 1976; Senn and Thiel, 2009; Adhireksan et al., 2014; Campomanes et al., ... -
Risk factors for esophagitis after hypofractionated palliative (chemo) radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-01)<i>Introduction</i>: Esophagitis influences quality of life and might cause treatment interruption and hospitalization. Previous studies of risk factors focused on curative treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which often involves concomitant chemoradiation (CRT). Given the uncertainty around extrapolation of dose constraints, we analyzed risk factors in patients treated with hypofractionated ... -
Merkel Cell Polyomavirus and Merkel Cell Carcinoma
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-03)Viruses are the cause of approximately 15% of all human cancers. Both RNA and DNA human tumor viruses have been identified, with Merkel cell polyomavirus being the most recent one to be linked to cancer. This virus is associated with about 80% of Merkel cell carcinomas, a rare, but aggressive cutaneous malignancy. Despite its name, the cells of origin of this tumor may not be Merkel cells. This ... -
Description of the processes in the value chain and risk assessment of decomposition substances and oxidation products in fish Oils. Opinion of Steering Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2011-10-19)The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) has been asked by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority to perform a health risk assessment on decomposition substances and oxidation products in fish oils intended for human consumption except pharmaceuticals. Seal and/or krill oil intended for human consumption might be included but in separate chapters. EU’s hygiene regulations for the ... -
Zwischen Monster und Mitmensch
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Enjoying the warming Mediterranean: Transcriptomic responses to temperature changes of a thermophilous keystone species in benthic communities
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-29)Information about the genomic processes underlying responses to temperature changes is still limited in non-model marine invertebrates. In this sense, transcriptomic analyses can help to identify genes potentially related to thermal responses. We here investigated, via RNA-seq, whole-transcriptomic responses to increased and decreased temperatures in a thermophilous keystone sea urchin, <i>Arbacia ... -
Russkij Konstruktion: Novyj lingvističeskij resurs, ego ustrojstvo i specifika
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)We present a new open-access electronic resource named the Russian Constructicon that offers a searchable database of Russian constructions accompanied by descriptions of their properties and illustrated with corpus examples. The project was carried out over the period 2016-2020 and at present contains an inventory of over 2200 multi-word constructions of Contemporary Standard Russian. We prioritize ... -
Elevation changes of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet interior during the last deglaciation
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-20)The dynamics of ice sheet interiors during the last deglaciation are poorly constrained, hindering evaluation of ice sheet models. We provide direct evidence of Fennoscandian Ice Sheet (FIS) interior behaviour during deglaciation through surface exposure dating. Our results demonstrate early thinning of the FIS, prior to the Younger Dryas (YD, 12.8‐11.7 ka). Interior thinning in central Norway was ... -
Methodological issues in estimating the profit of the core catch business unit of a fishing vessel firm
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-10)In fisheries, only the strategic business unit (SBU) of a firm that exploits a common-property natural resource can yield a resource rent. Hence, we discuss issues in isolating the economic return of the catch business unit (CBU) of a fishing vessel firm based on public accounting data. Furthermore, if detailed data on the CBU are available, some of its profit may stem from financing activities. ...