Bakgrunn og formål: Fall er en av de vanligste rapportere uheldige hendelsene på sykehus. Fall medfører betydelige konsekvenser for pasienten og samfunnet. Fallforebyggende tiltak, som screeningverktøy, er utviklet for å identifisere pasienter med fallrisiko. Hensikten med studien var å sammenligne effekten av screeningverktøyene Downton Fall Risk Index (Downton) og Pasientsikkerhetsprogrammets ...

Wireless power transfer can provide the convenience of automatic charging while the ships or maritime vehicles are docking, mooring, or in a sailing maneuver. It can address the challenges facing conventional wired charging technologies, including long charging and queuing time, wear and tear of the physical contacts, handling cables and wires, and electric shock hazards. Capacitive power transfer ...

This study investigates the paleoceanographic changes in the Hinlopen Strait, situated between Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet, through a multi-proxy analysis of sediment core HH15-1280-GC (439 m water depth). Located near the Polar Front, this region is highly sensitive to even minor alterations in the ocean circulation and climate, which can be reconstructed from marine sediment records. The core ...

A method was developed for synthesizing and isolating two DRPs, with varying levels of success affected by difficulties in the purification process and human error. However, it has shed light on some of the difficulties that may occur and suggestions on how they could be improved. The method developed structure elucidation through sequential reduction and alkylation of the disulfide bridges proved ...

The search for bioactive compounds, or genes in macro- and microorganisms from the sea, is termed marine bioprospecting. Marine bioprospecting aims to increase the utilization and value of marine biomasses and organisms with the purpose of developing commercial products. Because of the special condition of the sea, it is known that marine invertebrates have adapted chemical defense strategies to ...

The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) is a commercially important species that exhibits an anadromous life cycle involving migratory movements between freshwater and marine environments. Understanding the fundamental biology of the Atlantic salmon, particularly during key life history transitions such as smoltification, is therefore of great importance. In light of modern biotechnology and the completed ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is found in Ixodes ricinus ticks throughout the area where viable tick populations exist. In Norway, TBEV is found in I. ricinus from the south coast until Brønnøy municipality in Nordland County and the range of the vector is expanding due to changes in climate, vegetation, host animals and environmental conditions. TBEV might thus have the potential to establish ...

Gelatinous zooplankton, here referring to the phylum Cnidaria and Ctenophora and the class Appendicularia are important components of marine ecosystems due to their very diverse diets, life cycles and seasonal dynamics. In the Barents Sea, several studies reviewed the gelatinous zooplankton diversity, yet few studies documented the diversity and distribution patterns between the advected ...

Ecological systems, such as marine ecosystems, are complex adaptive systems in which large scale system properties (e.g., trophic structure, energy flux patterns, etc.) emerge from interactions between ecosystem components or species. This makes them difficult to understand, predict, and model. The Norwegian and Barents Seas support multiple commercial fisheries, including those for herring, cod, ...