Music generation using deep learning has received considerable attention in recent years. Researchers have developed various generative models capable of imitating musical conventions, comprehending the musical corpora, and generating new samples based on the learning outcome. Although the samples generated by these models are persuasive, they often lack musical structure and creativity. For instance, ...

Becoming dependent on homecare in old age is a radical life change that requires complex adaption. The purpose of this study was to explore the existential dimension of being dependent on homecare with a particular focus on what makes dependency bearable. In total, 15 older people living in Denmark or Norway were interviewed using a phenomenological approach. The material was analyzed employing Max ...

This article presents a case study of communication in mathematics in a seventh-grade classroom of a Norwegian primary school. The main aim of this study is to investigate characteristics of student communication in mathematics in the context of their realities. Video recordings of conversations were analyzed using a framework of various speech acts and interaction patterns that may indicate students` ...

The Northeast Greenland shelf (NEGS) is a recipient of Polar Water (PW) from the Arctic Ocean, Greenland Ice Sheet melt, and Atlantic Water (AW). Here, we compile hydrographical measurements to quantify long-term changes in fjords and coastal waters. We find a profound change in the vertical distribution of water masses, with AW shoaling >60 m and PW thinning >50 m since early 2000’s. The properties ...

Global warming is predicted to change the growth conditions for plants and crops in regions at high latitudes (>60° N), including the Arctic. This will be accompanied by alterations in the composition of natural plant and pest communities, as herbivorous arthropods will invade these regions as well. Interactions between previously non-overlapping species may occur and cause new challenges to herbivore ...

The global temperature is increasing, and this is affecting the vegetation phenology in many parts of the world. The most prominent changes occur at northern latitudes such as our study area, which is Svalbard, located between 76300N and 80500N. A cloud-free time series of MODIS-NDVI data was processed. The dataset was interpolated to daily data during the 2000–2020 period with a 231.65 m pixel ...

Hovedmålsettingen med organisert mammografiscreening er å oppdage brystkreft i et tidlig stadium og dermed redusere sykelighet og dødelighet av sykdommen. En ulempe er overdiagnostikk. Verdens helseorganisasjons kreftforskningsinstitutt definerer overdiagnostikk i mammografiscreening som brystkreft som ikke ville blitt diagnostisert i kvinnens levetid dersom hun ikke hadde deltatt i screening. Vi ...

<p><i>Background -</i> Adolescents may seek help for many reasons beyond health needs, such as personal stress due to violence exposure. <p><i>Objective -</i>To investigate factors associated with receiving professional assistance and informal help due to violence exposure in the community and at school. <p><i>Participants and setting -</i> This study was conducted in Itaboraí, a low-income ...

Much Bronze OA is of little interest from an OA point of view, but there is a subset of Bronze that has potential to be converted to Diamond OA. This is the kind of Bronze where the lack of a formal OA status is not due to economic considerations, but lack of resources and/or competence.

Background - The spread of the coronavirus in spring 2020 led to a lockdown of physical activity (PA) offers. The aim of this study was to investigate how PA, as well as general and mental health, in community-dwelling older adults were affected by the COVID-19 restrictions in Norway.<p> <p>Methods - Invitation to participate in the study was sent via Facebook and the Norwegian Pensioners’ ...