<p><i>Why:</i> As low physical activity levels associate with ill health and mortality, continuous monitoring of physical activity levels is needed to inform policy. Identifying aetiology causes for the obesity epidemic is important to prevent population weight gain. However, there are still uncertainties on how physical activity and weight at population level associate over time, and how physical ...

In recent years, cases of vasskveite (water halibut) syndrome in halibut have been increasing. At the moment, there exists no way to screen for the syndrome immediately after capture, which is problematic for both exporters and purchasers. In this article, we compared good quality halibut and halibut exhibiting the syndrome using a variety of techniques. Hyperspectral imaging was used to quantify ...

Microplastics (MPs) have become a global issue as they are omnipresent in the ocean. Fish ingesting MPs through feed could be affected in their physiological function, e.g., disrupted enzyme production and function, reduction of feeding and reproductive failure. This study assessed the effects of feed containing naturally weathered MPs from the Oslofjord (Norway) on the reproductive physiology of ...

The understanding of the relationship between language, ethnic groups, and material culture in prehistory is still very limited, even within highly competent academic communities. To researchers without archaeological training it may be easy to make a direct association between archaeological cultures, distribution of signifi cant artefact types, and ethnic groups, especially as such explicit links ...

This volume is a collection of articles based on papers that were presented at the conference Networks, Interaction and Emerging Identities in Fennoscandia and Beyond, 13–16 October 2009. The conference was held at the University of Tromsø in Norway, and hosted by its Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education. The University of ...

This entry offers an overview over applications of the the concept of realism in game studies. After a general description of the term, I move on to an aesthetic notion of realism before I direct attention to its use in videogames research. I show that realism in game studies is about more than photorealist representation of surface phenomena and that it also needs to account for players’ perceptions.

Rapporten formidler resultatene fra en studie av bruker- og innbyggermedvirkning innenfor det boligsosiale området, utført på oppdrag for Husbanken. Bakgrunnen for oppdraget er et behov for mer kunnskap om hva brukermedvirkning og innbyggermedvirkning kan bety i boligsosialt arbeid, og om hvordan begrepene kan konkretiseres, gjennom en studie av tilnærminger og metoder på individnivå og systemnivå.

In Karasjok, on the Norwegian side of Sápmi, there is a cultural-historical museum, Sámiid Vuorká-Dávvirat (SVD) (The Sámi Museum), and an art collection comprising 1,400 works of art. The museum building was completed in 1972. Different ideas for an art museum in connection to the SVD building have existed since the 1980s, but for various reasons no plans for an art museum have so far come to ...

Aim: To explore perceptions of people with Parkinson's disease and family carers about the use and impact of health and social care services, community and voluntary sector resources for the management of Parkinson's disease.<p> <p>Background: Resources from outside the formal health care system and collaborations between different levels and sectors could address the unmet needs of people with ...

Capture-based aquaculture (CBA) is an important branch of the aquaculture industry that differs from closed cycle farming in that the stocking material consists of captured wild fish or other aquatic organisms. By skipping the difficult early production stages of fish farming, producers can test whether assumed market advantages such as high quality and consistent supply result in higher prices – ...