Anticipated industrial growth in northern Norway, particularly of energy intensive industries such as hydrocarbons and mining, will inevitably result in increased electricity consumption. Northern Norway faces security of supply challenges, and substantial investments are needed in generation, transmission and distribution capacity in order to meet the growing electricity demand. This makes it ...

<p>The overall theme of this thesis is geographic and socioeconomic variation in the use of specialist health care services. Three different health care services were studied. Complete population data on individual level with high level of quality from nationwide registries (i.e., The Norwegian Patient Registry, The Cancer Registry of Norway and Statistics Norway) were used in the analysis. <p>The ...

BACKGROUND: It is well established that parity and use of oral contraceptives reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, but the associations with other reproductive variables are less clear.<p> <p>METHODS: We examined the associations of oral contraceptive use and reproductive factors with ovarian cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Among 327 396 eligible ...

The configuration of the marine-based NW Fennoscandian ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and deglaciation is reconstructed using detailed swath bathymetry and high-resolution seismic data. The investigated area covers about 10,000 km² of the continental shelf off Troms, northern Norway. Large scale morphology is characterized by cross-shelf troughs, coast-parallel troughs ...

Pregnant women’s levels of toxic and essential minerals have been linked to birth outcomes yet have not been adequately investigated in South America. In Argentina, n = 696 maternal whole blood samples from Ushuaia (n = 198) and Salta (n = 498) were collected in 2011–2012 among singleton women at 36 ± 12 h postpartum and analyzed for blood concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), ...

The aim of this study first aims to forward our empirical knowledge of how older Sami experience healthcare encounters in Norway and what they expect in terms of future care services, and second, to forward our understanding of how more culturally safe services could be offered to the Sami population, 30 years after they were officially recognised as an Indigenous People. A qualitative interpretative ...

Atopic diseases are common, and the atopic epidemic has ravaged through the westernized countries and is heading for the developing countries too. Despite being a common disease, however, treatment and diagnostic options are still lacking. The immune system and development of atopic disease are interconnected with the environment through exposures or lack thereof. The microbiota of the mucosal ...

This systematic review shows that providing e-health with tailored HCP feedback to patients with type 2 diabetes, does not have added health benefits when the control group also receives e-health. While all of the included studies had some reduction in HbA1c levels, none of the study groups reach treatment target of HbA1c, less than 7%. Furthermore, there was no clinically relevant impact on blood ...

Denne masteroppgaven er en studie der kvalitativ og kvantitativ metode utfyller hverandre i en feilanalyse av fem norske spanskelevers prestasjoner i verbbøyninger i den spanske fortidsformen pretérito indefinido. Studien har en morfologisk-didaktisk tilnærming der morfologiens rolle i fremmedspråksundervisningen belyses, med et mål om å finne ut hvordan man kan anvende morfologisk analyse i didaktikken ...

The aim of this thesis is to identify the competence gaps for seafarers who sail in polar waters have after completing the existing training courses based on the Polar Code. The best way to protect the environment and people in the Polar regions is by increasing the knowledge and competence of the people working in the vulnerable regions to ensure they make the best possible decisions and avoid ...