<p>Norddalen in Troms County, Norway, is today a relatively secluded valley, but within grim and dark winter months in 1944-1945 war crimes were taken place under the direction of Nazi ideology and about 150 Russian prisoners of war lost their lives under the hand of the Third Reich. In the aftermath of the postwar period the valley and its nature has reclaimed and grown together with the remains ...

Healthy food labels are a widely used form of intervention that nudges consumers towards healthier choices. This study investigates the relative importance of healthy food labels on the consumers’ online choice of grocery. A conjoint study (n=111) shows that price, brand, and country of origin had a relatively higher impact on choice than health food labels. However, it is important to note that ...

High levels of halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs) have been found in the marine predatory seabird great skua (<i>Stercorarius skua</i>) from breeding colonies in the Northeastern Atlantic, with large unexplained inter-colony variation. The present study aimed at analyzing if the HOCs occurrence in breeding great skuas in remote colonies was explained by local baseline food web exposure determined ...

<p><i>Bakgrunn - </i>Sykepleiere har en viktig funksjon som veiledere for sykepleierstudenter i klinisk praksis. Flere studier viser at pasientrelaterte oppgaver og organisatoriske rammer konkurrerer med veilederrollen, noe som oppleves som krevende. Likevel opplever de fleste sykepleiere at veilederrollen er givende. Det er funnet få studier som viser hva sykepleiere fokuserer på i veilederrollen. ...

Artikkelen undersøker fiske av, og fortellinger om sjørøye i rurale samfunn i Troms, Nord-Norge. Fortellingene står ikke i samsvar med det faktiske fiske, som ikke er ulikt fiske etter ørret eller laks, eller folk fisker ikke etter sjørøye i det hele tatt, samtidig som fortellingene om den merkelige sjørøya er vanlige og populære. Den spesielle oppmerksomheten sjørøya får i fortellinger, knyttes her ...

In Norway, mine tailings waste can be deposited by coastal submarine dispersal. Mine tailings slurry includes fine particles <10 µm with elevated levels of metals (e.g., copper, iron) from residual mineral ore. Prolonged suspension of small particles in the water column may bring them into contact with locally spawned pelagic fish eggs, including Atlantic cod, <i>Gadus morhua</i>. Newly fertilized ...

Mx proteins are antiviral GTPases, which are induced by type I IFN and virus infection. Analysis of the Atlantic salmon genome revealed the presence of 9 Mx genes localized to three chromosomes. A cluster of three Mx genes (SsaMx1 – SsaMx3), which includes previously cloned Mx genes, is present on chromosome (Chr) 12. A cluster of five Mx genes (SsaMx4-SsaMx8) is present on Chr25 while one Mx gene ...

<i>Apherusa glacialis</i> is a common, sea ice-associated amphipod found throughout the Arctic Ocean and has long been considered permanently associated with the sea ice habitat. However, pelagic occurrences of <i>A. glacialis</i> have also been reported. It was recently suggested that <i>A. glacialis</i> overwinters at depth within the Atlantic-water inflow near Svalbard, to avoid being exported ...

The development of vaccines employing conserved protein antigens, for instance ribosomal protein P0, has as disadvantage the high degree of identity between pathogen and host proteins due to possible induction of tolerance or auto antibodies in the host organism. To overcome this drawback, peptide-based vaccines have been designed with a proved high efficacy. The use of defined peptides as antigens ...