Proteins are structural and executing macromolecules essential for life in all biological systems. Insight into proteins structures is required for detailed mechanistic understanding of how they work and solve different tasks. The ability to predict three-dimensional (3D) protein structures from primary sequence information has therefore been an open research question for more than 50 years. The ...

Introduction: Language policies are often aimed at changing language behaviours, yet it is notoriously difficult to assess their effects. This study investigates language use and competence in the Indigenous Sámi populations of Norway and Sweden in light of the national-level policies the two countries have adopted.<p> <p>Methods: We provide a cross-country comparison of relevant educational, ...

Hensikten med dette essay er å belyse hva trøst i sykepleien kan være og hvordan kontakt mellom pasient og sykepleier kan oppleves trøstende for pasienter. Bakgrunnen for essayet er en pasients brev til sykepleier om det å ha noen å snakke med under behandlingsoppholdet i sykehuset. I samtalen med pasienten kan sykepleier oppnå kontakt, også kontakt med sin egen karakter og grenser. Når vi tror ...

In recent years, a connection between depression and inflammation has been established, with a range of immunological changes, both cellular and humoral, presenting during depressive states (Beydoun et al., 2016; Haapakoski et al., 2015; Wium-Andersen et al., 2013). Furthermore, there seems to be a dose-response relationship between depression and inflammation, in the sense that the more severe the ...

The practicum supervision process in teacher education comprises various cyclic experiential learning activities (e.g. planning, observation and supervision conversation). Research has documented considerable challenges relating to this process, but also that digital technology can help. In the study, a software program designed for practicum supervision (MOSO) is tested in three Scandinavian ...

Volumetric measurements of the ionosphere are important for investigating spatial variations of ionospheric features, like auroral arcs and energy deposition in the ionosphere. In addition, such measurements make it possible to distinguish between variations in space and time. While spatial variations in scalar quantities such as electron density or temperature have been investigated with incoherent ...

The decrease in Arctic sea-ice extent and thickness as a result of global warming will impact the timing, duration, magnitude and composition of phytoplankton production with cascading effects on Arctic marine food-webs and biogeochemical cycles. Here, we elucidate the environmental drivers shaping the composition, abundance, biomass, trophic state and vertical flux of protists (unicellular eukaryotes), ...

Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg konsensus i bruk av glukokortikoider blant norske spesialister, retningslinjer og hva som finnes i litteraturen. Videre ønsker vi å sammenligne behandling av oraleslimhinne lidelser med glukokortikoider og ikke-steroidholdige alternativer. Metoden som ble brukt i denne undersøkelsen var en spørreundersøkelse sendt til spesialistene i Norge som oftest har konsultasjoner ...

When Jim O’Neill coined the BRIC acronym in 2001, the point he was trying to convey was that the global economic system needed to incorporate the world’s largest emerging economies. His advice fell on deaf ears and in 2009, Brazil, China, India, and Russia decided to take matters into their own hands and formed the BRIC grouping. South Africa joined the group in 2010 to form the BRICS. This July, ...

Background - The atherosclerotic effect of an adverse lipid profile is assumed to accumulate throughout life, leading to increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI). Still, little is known about age at onset and duration of unfavorable lipid levels before MI.<p> <p>Methods and Results - Longitudinal data on serum lipid levels for 26 130 individuals (50.5% women, aged 20–89 years) were obtained ...