We propose a novel approach to compute the MAXCUT in attributed graphs, i.e., graphs with features associated with nodes and edges. Our approach works well on any kind of graph topology and can find solutions that jointly optimize the MAXCUT along with other objectives. Based on the obtained MAXCUT partition, we implement a hierarchical graph pooling layer for Graph Neural Networks, which is sparse, ...

Recent decline of sea ice in the Barents Sea represents a clear manifestation of the ongoing Arctic warming. This study presents a compilation of data sets on sea ice physics acquired during 2018–2022 during Nansen Legacy—a Norwegian multidisciplinary national research programme that focused on the northern Barents Sea. The data were acquired using a variety of methods such as sea ice coring, thickness ...

Etter den enstemmige storkammerdommen i Fosen-saken (HR-2021-1975-S) for snart fire år siden, hvor Høyesterett kom til at staten hadde krenket rettighetene til to samiske reindriftssiidaer, ble det reist spørsmål om kunnskapen i same- og urfolksrett var god nok blant juristene som forvaltet konsesjonslovverket. Bestemmelsen som ble brutt var artikkel 27 i FNs konvensjon om sivile og politiske ...

<p><i>Aims and Objectives</i> To investigate the barriers experienced by intensive care nurses and registered nurses and to provide optimal nursing for adult patients with a temporary tracheostomy in intensive care and general wards. <p><i>Background</i> Tracheostomy is widely used in intensive care units, around 20% of intensive care unit patients undergo tracheostomy insertions and expect high ...

Drill cores from the Antarctic continental shelf are essential for directly constraining changes in past Antarctic Ice Sheet extent. Here, we provide a sedimentary facies analysis of drill cores from International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Site U1521 in the Ross Sea, which reveals a unique, detailed snapshot of Antarctic Ice Sheet evolution between ca. 18 Ma and 13 Ma. We identify distinct ...

Objective - The self-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is widely used globally; hence, the validity of the intergroup comparisons is essential. This study examined the structure of the self-report SDQ in a large multinational adolescent sample, tested its measurement invariance across genders and countries, and compared youth mental health in 12 European and Asian countries.<p> ...

Validation metrics are key for tracking scientific progress and bridging the current chasm between artificial intelligence research and its translation into practice. However, increasing evidence shows that, particularly in image analysis, metrics are often chosen inadequately. Although taking into account the individual strengths, weaknesses and limitations of validation metrics is a critical ...

This study investigates the economic trajectory of a small Norwegian fishing vessel company (the exit firm; EF) operating in an Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) regulated fishery over 24 years, culminating in its sale. The paper addresses three research questions: investment and financing strategies, financial performance, and factors influencing the exit’s timing. The study shows that EF’s ...

Talking upper-body synthesis is a promising task due to its versatile potential for video creation and consists of animating the body and face from a source image with the motion from a given driving video. However, prior synthesis approaches fall short in addressing this task and have been either limited to animating heads of a target person only, or have animated the upper body but neglected the ...

Group robustness strategies aim to mitigate learned biases in deep learning models that arise from spurious correlations present in their training datasets. However, most existing methods rely on the access to the label distribution of the groups, which is time-consuming and expensive to obtain. As a result, unsupervised group robustness strategies are sought. Based on the insight that a trained ...