Insomnia is a frequent and heightened pathology in the general population of developed countries, and its condition generally leads to health discomfort and performance drop in daily and work-related tasks. As current pharmacological treatments for insomnia do not always seem sufficient to mitigate impairment, contemporary cognitive approaches might shed light on developing complementary therapies ...

The establishment of the Norwegian Historical Data Centre, the 1801 project at the University of Bergen and the data transcriptions and scanned versions of the sources in the National Archives made Norwegian microdata much more available. A more detailed description of the digital techniques applied to the wealth of censuses, church records and other types of nominative data from the 18th century onwards, ...

In most studies on gender processing, native speakers of the same language are treated as a homogeneous group. The current study investigates to what extent an ongoing change in the gender system of Norwegian (a development from three to two genders, involving the loss of feminine) may be refected in processing. We carried out a gender decision task in which speakers were presented with 32 nouns ...

<p>BACKGROUND: The clinical signs of neonatal sepsis are nonspecific and therefore antibiotic treatment is often initiated in clinically suspected cases. This approach causes concern in regard to possible overuse of antibiotics in newborns. Metabolomics is an emerging field of focus for neonatologists due to its potential phenotypical insight into cellular and metabolic processes, contributing to ...

Seaweed farming is considered to have a high potential in Norway, but some uncertainties about its profitability remain. This thesis investigates the economic feasibility of small-scale seaweed farming in Norway through economic modelling and sensitivity analysis. In total, 768 farming scenarios are constructed in this study to test the profitability of different techniques and methods for seaweed ...

Managing an unstable fishery is a difficult task. After Barents Sea capelin reached its peak harvest volumes, it shortly after collapsed in 1986, negatively impacting the ecosystem. After its recovery due to increased management efforts, the capelin fishery has seen fluctuating quota volumes and extended periods of closed fishing activity. However, this unstable quota has caused some challenges for ...

Verdens befolkning øker stadig og det er estimert at den globale befolkningen når 9,7 milliarder mennesker innen 2050. Som konsekvens av befolkningsveksten vil behovet og etterspørselen for mat øke. Tilstrekkelig produksjon av næringsrik mat til en økende befolkning utført på en bærekraftig måte er en stor global utfordring. Det antas at særlig proteiner vil være et av næringsstoffene det vil være ...

Bakgrunn: I denne undersøkelsen søkes det innsikt i erfaringer hjemmesykepleiere har med oppfølging av eldre med depresjon. Flere lovpålagte oppgaver, begrensede ressurser og flere pasienter med behov for pleie- og omsorgstjenester har vært med å legge et press om mer effektivitet i hjemmesykepleien. Eldre utgjør en stor del av pasientgrunnlaget for denne tjenesten. Forskning viser at depresjon er ...

Background/objective: Long-term follow-up of patients with positive tests for Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) is rarely studied. The study objective was to compare HPV status at baseline with the outcome of CIN3+ in the follow-up period of 28 years. Materials and methods: All women referred to the HPV outpatient clinic at the University Hospital of Northern Norway (UNN) in 1990-1992, having a HPV ...

Samfunnet vårt er konstant under endringer og klimaendringene er en av vår tids største utfordringer. Klimaendringer vil kunne fører til naturkatastrofer som utartes til å bli krise i en kommune. Vi har allerede sett at flere kommuner har blitt rammet av alvorlige flomhendelser det siste tiåret. Klimaframskrivninger tilsier at kommuner på Vestlandet, Sør-Norge og Nordland vil kunne bli rammet av ...