Det er grunn til å anta at språkmøter til alle tider har involvert en bevissthet om avvikende trekk i kontaktprega språkvarieteter. Videre kan slike trekk på ulike måter bli emblematiske for nettopp ei gruppe av språkbrukere – ofte innlærere av et majoritetsspråk – og gjennomgå indeksikaliseringsprosesser som gjør dem anvendelige i forskjellige slags imitasjon og karikering. Både skjønnlitterære og ...

The ecological and evolutionary consequences of ploidy-driven trait variation, particularly for autopolyploids, remain poorly understood. <i>Saxifraga oppositifolia</i> L. (purple saxifrage), is a highly successful arctic-alpine plant species with significant genetic and phenotypic variation potentially related to autopolyploidy. Over the past decade, we have accumulated knowledge of <i>S. ...

Poor communication between professionals across levels of care regarding patients’ medication can lead to errors. Norway has invested in several electronic initiatives to improve collaboration in medicine management. This study elaborates on collaborative electronic medicine management work in specialist and primary care, asking what the problems with electronically shared medicine information are ...

Pervasive micro-terrain is a significant contributor to wind disasters on transmission lines. This study explores the effect of saddle micro-terrain on the wind field of transmission lines and proposes relevant models and analysis methods. Firstly, the characteristic elements and parameters of saddle micro-terrain are extracted using DEM and established representative cross-sections for classification. ...

In the past few years, we have observed rapid growth in digital content. Even in the biological domain, the arrival of microscopic and nanoscopic images and videos captured for biological investigations increases the need for space to store them. Hence, storing these data in a storage-efficient manner is a pressing need. In this work, we have introduced a compact image representation technique with ...

Plasmids can impact the evolution of their hosts, e.g. due to carriage of mutagenic genes, through cross-talk with host genes or as result of SOS induction during transfer. Here we demonstrate that plasmids can affect the level of microindel mutations in the host genome. These mutations are driven by the production of single-stranded DNA molecules that invade replication forks at microhomologies and ...

Background: A new and growing body of research has studied bullying among children in early childhood education and care centers (ECECs). The Bernese Program (Be-Prox) is designed to systematically prevent and handle bullying between children in Swiss ECECs. However, the effectiveness of the Be-Prox intervention has not yet been explored in a Norwegian ECEC setting.<p> <p>Objective: This study ...

Quantifying the biomass, or number of individuals, diversity, and distribution of marine species is a critical aspect of understanding and managing marine ecosystems. In recent years, there has been growing interest in using environmental DNA (eDNA) for marine ecosystem management and biodiversity assessment. However, the main challenge hindering eDNA applicability has been the inability to infer ...

This master’s project delves into the microbial diversity of the Arctic region, with focus on the isolation and characterization of a yeast of the Cystobasidium genus and likely viruses capable of infecting it. The research also shows preliminary results pointing at the movement and chemotaxis capabilities of the yeast, presenting findings that have the potential to shape our understanding of microbial ...