This article addresses the relationship between gender contracts and mobility practices in fishery communities of Norway’s High North, mainly Skarsvåg, Finnmark. By combining perspectives from gender research, anthropology and geography, the aim of this article is to contribute to a greater understanding of the interrelations between structural, material, and cultural changes in the context of ...

Smoking cessation is the only effective intervention to slow down the accelerated decline in lung function in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nevertheless, physicians often do not routinely provide evidence-based smoking cessation treatment to their patients. To understand underlying reasons, we explored how physicians engage in smoking cessation treatment in their chronic ...

This dissertation investigates how Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape (1986) engages in a search for a more inclusive, ethical and non-utilitarian understanding of the natural world that may lead to a new and more cautious approach to arctic animals and landscapes. As defined by Don Scheese and Timo Maran, nature writing is uniquely suited to accommodate the ...

A cohort of 89 healthy children was recruited from Tromsø during 2009. All children had a radiograph and an MRI of the left wrist, while 74 met for a follow-up study during 2013. The initial examination showed that all children had numerous bony depressions in one or more of the carpal bones, and that these depressions could mimic erosions as defined in the adult rheumatoid arthritis literature, and ...

Temaet for studien er læreres arbeid med elev-lærer relasjonen for å ivareta psykisk helse hos enslige mindreårige asylsøkere, utfordringer i undervisningen, samt inkludering i praksis. Skolen er et sted hvor barn og unge tilbringer mye tid. Lærerrollen har utviklet og endret seg mye i et historisk perspektiv. Lærerne underviser for enslige mindreårige asylsøkere i rene innføringsklasser. Gjennom ...

Among many unknown aspects of the Svalbard rock ptarmigan’s biology is whether the birds migrate seasonally within the Svalbard archipelago. Visual observations in spring and fall have indicated that they could perform long-range migration, a behaviour that would allow them to track seasonal shifts in suitable feeding areas. However, the movement patterns and habitat use of the Svalbard rock ...

Utilizing several Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) missions will provide a data set with higher temporal resolution. It is of great importance to understand the difference between various available sensors and polarization modes and to consider how to homogenize the data sets for a following combined analysis. In this study, a uniform and consistent analysis across different SAR missions is carried ...

Strand and Parkkinen criticize our dispositional account of causation in evidence-based medicine for failing to provide a proper epistemology of causal knowledge. In particular, they claim that we do not explain how causal inferences should be drawn. In response, we point out that dispositionalism does indeed have an account of the epistemology of causation, including counterfactual dependence, ...

In many capitals, the central public square is the place where people go en masse when they wish to voice their discontent. The squares used for such collective actions are diverse. Each square has its unique combination of symbols and history; they are used in different ways by the public; and they often have distinct physical characteristics. Yet, in social sciences, when determining what makes ...