Värmland in south western Sweden lies across the established zone of marine-terrestrial transition of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet (SIS) margin. The region lies inside the Younger Dryas maximum limit reached at 12.7 cal ka BP and the area of rapid final SIS retreat from 11.5 cal ka BP. LiDAR data across Värmland allows more detailed observation and analysis of glacial landforms formed during this stage ...

The last deglaciation, 20,000–10,000 years ago, was a period of global warming and rapidly shrinking ice sheets. It was also climatically unstable and retreats were interrupted by re-advances. Retreat rates and timing relative to climatic changes have therefore been difficult to establish. We here study a suite of 12 marine sediment cores from Storfjorden and Storfjorden Trough, Svalbard. The purpose ...

<i>Purpose</i> - To assess the long-term outcome of uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).<p> <p><i>Design</i> - Population-based, multicenter, prospective JIA cohort, with a cross-sectional assessment of JIA-associated uveitis (JIA-U) 18 years after the onset of JIA.<p> <p><i>Participants</i> - A total of 434 patients with JIA, of whom 96 had uveitis, from defined geographic areas of ...

<i>Background</i> - Children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) may suffer pain from temporomandibular disorder (TMD). Still, routines for the assessment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain in health and dental care are lacking. The aims of this study were to examine the prevalence of TMD in children and adolescents with JIA compared to their healthy peers and to investigate ...

<i>Objectives</i> - Physical activity may be important in deterring the obesity epidemic. This study aimed to determine whether objectively measured physical activity in first year of upper secondary high school predicted changes in body composition over 2 years of follow-up in a cohort of Norwegian adolescents (n=431).<p> <p><i>Design</i> - A longitudinal study of adolescents (mean age of 16 (SD ...

Betydninger af naturmøder - Et studie af vandrendes oplevelser, erfaring og mening fra stien Sørøya på langs. Studien fokuserer på hvilken betydning oplevelserne fra stien Sørøya på langs har for de vandrende. Hensigten med studiet er at forstå de vandrendes oplevelser i lyset af et socialt og kundskabsbaseret perspektiv. Studiets forskningsspørgsmål er: Hvilken betydning har oplevelserne ...

<i>Background</i>: The oral microbiota has been connected to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis through activation of mucosal immunity. The objective of this study was to characterize the salivary oral microbiome associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and correlate it with the disease activity including gingival inflammation.<p> <i>Methods</i>: Fifty-nine patients with JIA ...

The farmed salmon supply chain in Europe is changing. There is a growing concentration at intermediary levels in the supply chain and more product differentiation in the market. This means that different price determination processes could apply in various product sub-markets. In this study, price transmission relationships in the salmon value chain were investigated at two different product levels. ...

Livet for oss nordboere er ganske annerledes om sommeren enn om vinteren. Lyse solfylte netter, bar hud, sterke farger og utallige lukter. Det syder av liv. I disse dager begynner intensiteten å ebbe ut. Men likefult, det bugner av overskudd. Full-ladede kropper med nullstilte hjerner som er klar for å ta fatt på et nytt skoleår/semester. I skogen bogner det av sopp og bær, på fjellet lyser det ...

Organisms use changes in photoperiod to anticipate and exploit favourable conditions in a seasonal environment. While species living at temperate latitudes receive day length information as a year-round input, species living in the Arctic may spend as much as two-thirds of the year without experiencing dawn or dusk. This suggests that specialised mechanisms may be required to maintain seasonal ...