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    • Kosovo’s Legitimacy Paradox and the Role of Emotions in International Law 

      Rossi, Christopher Robert (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024)
      As of September 2021, Kosovo’s political elite, many of them war heroes from the 1998 campaign against the Former Yugoslavia, are now facing charges of war criminality at Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), a hybrid court in The Hague. These proceedings comprise the next revolution of Kosovo’s indeterminate post-war status as a quasi-state, as it is not fully recognised as a state by the international ...
    • Skala, ledetone og intervalløvelser for gitar 

      Andreassen, Tore Morten (Book; Bok, 2025)
    • Forvaltning av samlet påvirkning på natur i nord: Krav, føringer, praksis og utfordringer 

      Mikkelsen, Eirik Inge; Sørdahl, Patrick Berg; Kvalvik, Ingrid; KLÜTSCH, Cornelya F.C.; Sander, Gunnar; Weber, Charlotte Teresa; Næss, Marius Warg; De Lucia, Vito; Mittenzwei, Camilla Carlsten; Pedersen, Elise Oline; Engen, Sigurd (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2025)
      Det er mange menneskelige aktiviteter i Nord-Norge som kan påvirke tilstanden for miljø og natur i landsdelen, i tillegg til både klimaendringer og menneskelige aktiviteter utenfor landsdelen. For å beskytte og forbedre miljøet bør den samlede påvirkningen vurderes når ulike myndigheter skal treffe sine beslutninger, inkludert i ulike typer sektorforvaltning. Denne rapporten presenterer 1) en ...
    • Geology of Svalbard: Deep-time and Deep-Earth (SVALGEOL) 

      Senger, Kim; Ammerlaan, Fenna; Betlem, Peter; Dumais, Marie-Andrée; Eagles, Graeme; Foster, William; Geissler, Wolfram H.; Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas; Hodson, Andrew; Horota, Rafael Kenji; Hurum, Jørn Harald; Jones, Morgan Thomas; Kierulf, Halfdan Pascal; Majka, Jaroslaw; Marsden, Luke Harry; Michalski, Krzysztof; Minakov, Alexander; Ogata, Kei; Olaussen, Snorre; Osmundsen, Per Terje; Planke, Sverre; Ruppel, Antonia; Sartell, Anna Marie Rose; Shephard, Grace; Śliwińska, Kasia; Smeraglia, Luca; Smyrak-Sikora, Aleksandra; Spiegel-Behnke, Cornelia; Zuchuat, Valentin (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2025-01-20)
      Geology is omnipresent in Svalbard, defining among other parameters the location of all major settlements. The SVALGEOL chapter provides an overview of the geology of Svalbard, and how it influences local and global society. We briefly describe the history of geological exploration and mapping of Svalbard, before outlining the various data sets geoscientists use in their work. We then focus on two ...
    • Sustainable Commercial Fishery Control Using Multimedia Forensics Data from Non-trusted, Mobile Edge Nodes 

      Ovesen, Aril Bernhard; Nordmo, Tor-Arne Schmidt; Riegler, Michael Alexander; Halvorsen, Pål; Johansen, Dag (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024)
      Uncontrolled over-fishing has been exemplified by the UN as a serious ecological challenge and a major threat to sustainable food supplies. Emerging trends within governing bodies point towards digital solutions by deploying CCTV-based video monitoring systems on a large scale. We conjecture that such systems are not feasible when reliant on satellite broadband in remote areas, and expose workers ...
    • Real-Time Blood Glucose Prediction Reveals a Discrepancy Between Performance Metrics and Real-World Evaluations 

      Wolff, Miriam Kopperstad; Steinert, Martin; Fougner, Anders Lyngvi; Oh, Doyoung; Årsand, Eirik; Volden, Rune (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024-09-13)
      This study evaluates machine learning (ML) algorithms for predicting blood glucose (BG) levels, essential in real-time robotic diabetes control systems that integrate insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitors, and potentially additional sensors. Our objective is to use real-time deployment insights to guide future algorithm design. While existing research presents algorithms with strong performance ...
    • Fast Choreography of Cross-DevOps Reconfiguration with Ballet: A Multi-Site OpenStack Case Study 

      Philippe, Jolan; Omond, Antoine Stephane Pierre Guy; Coullon, Hélène; Prud'Homme, Charles; Rais, Issam (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024-07-16)
      In the context of Edge Computing or Cyber-Physical Systems, cross-functional, and cross-geographical DevOps teams are in charge of automating deployments, configuration, and management (i.e., reconfiguration) of complex, large-scale, highly dynamic, and geo-distributed service-oriented software systems. In this context, DevOps teams cannot reasonably manually coordinate their reconfiguration operations ...
    • Psychotherapeutic treatment for bereaved persons encountering grief difficulties following a drug-related death 

      Thimm, Jens; Kristensen, Pål (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024)
      In this chapter, we first summarize current knowledge about the prevalence of severe grief reactions after the loss of a loved one and the newly introduced diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder (PGD). We briefly describe methods to assess PGD and discuss the limitations of self-report inventories, which are commonly used in research and clinical practice. We further review the research literature ...
    • Vibration and Mobility Analysis of Hovering Rotary Wing UAV for Adaptive FSO Beam Alignment 

      Pottoo, Sahil Nazir; Corona Sanchez, Jose Juan; Ellingsen, Pål Gunnar (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024-11-28)
      Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are regarded as a potential platform for deploying airborne free space optical (FSO) fronthaul/backhaul links. The challenge emerges from the UAV hovering mobility which deteriorates beam alignment. To solve this challenge, we conducted two hover flights using a quadrotor UAV to measure vibration levels and hover fluctuations offering practical insights into the ...
    • Adaptive responses in foodborne pathogens to environmental and antibiotic stress 

      Bleis, Christina (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2025-05-09)
      Foodborne illnesses cause significant mortality, particularly in underdeveloped nations. The gastric acid barrier in the stomach serves as a vital defense against pathogens, but bacteria with acid tolerance mechanisms can bypass it, often requiring antibiotics for treatment. The growing threat of antibiotic resistance underscores the need to better understand how resistant bacteria emerge. <i>Vibrio ...
    • Sinusoidal cells and liver immunology 

      Szafranska, Karolina Joanna; Sørensen, Karen Kristine; Lalor, Patricia F.; McCourt, Peter Anthony (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024)
      The liver is an organ with many facets, facilitating numerous physiological functions. This chapter concentrates on the role of the liver as an immune organ, with a special focus on the unique role of each cell type that builds the liver. The hepatic sinusoids are the interface between the blood (and thereby the rest of the body) and hepatocytes, and host several cell types intimately involved in ...
    • Investigating the impact of climate change on PCB-153 exposure in Arctic seabirds with the nested exposure model 

      Skogeng, Lovise Pedersen; Blévin, Pierre; Breivik, Knut; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Eulaers, Igor; Sagerup, Kjetil; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2025-04-10)
      At the same time Arctic ecosystems experiences rapid climate change, at a rate four times faster than the global average, they remain burdened by long-range transported pollution, notably with legacy polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The present study investigates the potential impact of climate change on seabird exposure to PCB-153 using the established Nested Exposure Model (NEM), here expanded ...
    • Would I do it again? Examining foster parents’ willingness to take on the same foster care placement again 

      Mabille, Geraldine Danielle Yolande; Skoglund, Jeanette; Kaiser, Sabine; Thørnblad, Renee (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2025-04-18)
      This study aims to identify factors that are important to improve the retention of foster parents, which is crucial to meet the increasing need for good and stable foster homes. Using data from a survey conducted by the Norwegian Foster Homes Association, we assessed which variables could predict the willingness of foster parents to take on the same foster care placement again. Multinomial logistic ...
    • Insights into silicon cycling from ice sheet to coastal ocean from isotope geochemistry 

      Hendry, Katharine R.; Sales de Freitas, Felipe; Arndt, Sandra; Beaton, Alexander; Friberg, Lisa; Hatton, Jade E.; Hawkings, Jonathan Robert; Jones, Rhiannon L.; Krause, Jeffrey W. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2025-04-19)
      The polar regions are biologically productive and play a critical role in regional and global biogeochemical cycling. A key nutrient is dissolved silicon, required for the growth of siliceous phytoplankton, diatoms, which form an important component of polar ecosystems. Glacial weathering is thought to be an important dissolved silicon source to coastal waters, especially critical in regions ...
    • Modelling ductile fracture in an Al alloy with crystal plasticity models 

      Khadyko, Mikhail Aleksandrovich; Frodal, Bjørn Håkon; Hopperstad, Odd Sture (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024-04-24)
      Crystal plasticity models enhanced with coupled or uncoupled damage and fracture criteria give an opportunity to account for the role of microstructure in ductile fracture, most directly representing the local variations of stress and strain fields inside and between the grains, voids and particles. Some computationally efficient crystal plasticity, damage and fracture models have recently been ...
    • Methane in Svalbard (SvalGaSess) 

      Hodson, Andrew; Kleber, Gabrielle Emma; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Kalenitchenko, Dimitri Stanislas Desire; Hengsens, Geert; Irvine-Fynn, Tristram; Senger, Kim; Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal; Øvreås, Lise; ten Hietbrink, Sophie; Hollander, Jamie; Ammerlaan, Fenna; Damm, Ellen; Römer, Miriam (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2025-01-20)
      Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas whose emission into the atmosphere from Arctic environments is increasing in response to climate change. At present, the increase in atmospheric methane concentrations recorded at Ny-Ålesund and globally threatens the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 2 degrees, preferably 1.5 degrees, by increasing the need for abatements. However, our understanding ...
    • Assessing the impacts of climate change and spatial dynamics on the Canadian lobster fishery (Homarus americanus) 

      Wright, Dana Elizabeth (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2025-05-09)
      This thesis offers a comprehensive analysis of how climate change affects fisheries, presenting empirical evidence and methodological innovations that contribute to the development of adaptive management strategies. In particular, it seeks to understand how warming waters, distributional species shifts, and extreme weather events are disrupting fishery dynamics and undermining the stability of ...
    • Scheduling with Sequence-Dependent Setup Times in Short-Term Production Planning: A Main Path Analysis-Based Review 

      Ying, Kuo-Ching; Pourhejazy, Pourya; Lin, Zhi-Rong (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2025-04-09)
      The role of setup times in production planning and control was recognised in the late 1960s. Since then, a growing number of scheduling problems have accounted for sequence-dependent setup time variables. This study aims to provide a systematic review of setup times in the short-term production planning literature, using an objective, algorithm-based approach. The Main Path Analysis (MPA) and ...
    • Improving and preserving cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength and adiposity through a complex lifestyle intervention in community-dwelling older adults with elevated cardiometabolic risk: study protocol for the RESTART randomised controlled trial 

      Johansson, Jonas; Deraas, Trygve Sigvart; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Henriksen, André; Grimsgaard, Sameline (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2025-04-19)
      Introduction As the global population ages, the incidence of cardiometabolic diseases and associated healthcare costs rise. There is a critical need for preventive interventions enabling long-lasting treatment effects to address the decline in physical performance and metabolic health among older adults. The RESTART (RE-inventing Strategies for healthy Ageing: Recommendations and Tools) randomised ...
    • The Atlantification process in Svalbard: a broad view from the SIOS Marine Infrastructure network (ARiS) 

      Bensi, Manuel; Nilsen, Frank; Ferré, Benedicte; Skogseth, Ragnhild Eide; Moskalik, Mateusz; Korhonen, Meri; Vogedes, Daniel Ludwig; Kovacevic, Vedrana; Paladini de Mendoza, Francesco; Ingrosso, Gianmarco; Langone, Leonardo (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2025-01-20)
      Arctic marine systems are vital to the Earth’s ecological and climatic balance and harbour a unique biodiversity adapted to extreme conditions. However, they are under unprecedented threat from climate change, in particular from “Atlantification”, i.e., the loss of sea ice and the increasing influence of Atlantic Water (AW) in this region. Long-term observatories are crucial to detect even small ...