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No Country for Green Men? A case study of the Green Party of the United States
(Master thesis, 2014-05-31)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the following question: Why has the Green Party of the United States not been more successful in the political arena?" This question is again related to two broader questions; why ... -
No Country of Asylum: 'Legitimizing' Lebanon’s Rejection of the 1951 Refugee Convention
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10)How do States ‘legitimize’ their non-ratification of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees? This article examines the case of Lebanon, a country ... -
No cry at birth : Neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings: role of the laryngeal mask airway
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-03-27)Background: Approximately 2.5 million newborn infants died in the first month of life in 2019, despite the global rate being halved since 1990. The current newborn mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is > 20 times higher ... -
No difference in risk of hospitalization between reported cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant and Alpha variant in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives To estimate the risk of hospitalization among reported cases of the Delta variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) compared with the Alpha variant in Norway, and the risk of ... -
No difference in risk of revision due to infection between clindamycin and cephalosporins as antibiotic prophylaxis in cemented primary total knee replacements: a report from the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register 2005–2020
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background and purpose: Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis with clindamycin, which is often used in penicillin- or cephalosporin-allergic patients’, has been associated with a higher risk of surgical revision for deep prosthetic ... -
No difference in serum levels of B-cell activating receptor and antibodies against cytolethal distending toxin B and flagellin in post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome after Giardia infection
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background and Aim Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) frequently occur as comorbid conditions to each other. A shared etiology of these syndromes has been proposed because of ... -
No effect of 6-month intake of glucosamine sulfate on Modic changes or high intensity zones in the lumbar spine: sub-group analysis of a randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-17)Background: The underlying pathology and natural course of Modic changes (MC) in the vertebral body marrow and high intensity zones (HIZs) in the annulus fibrosus is not completely clarified. These findings on magnetic ... -
No effect of a self-help book for insomnia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and comorbid chronic insomnia – a randomized controlled trial.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-29)Objective: To compare the effects of a self-help book for insomnia to that of sleep hygiene advice in a randomized controlled trial with follow-up after about 3 months among patients who were diagnosed with obstructive ... -
No Effect of NGAL/lipocalin-2 on Aggressiveness of Cancer in the MMTV-PyMT/FVB/N Mouse Model for Breast Cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-21)NGAL/lipocalin-2 is a siderophore-binding protein that is highly expressed in several cancers. It is suggested to confer a proliferative advantage to cancer cells. Its expression has been correlated with aggressiveness of ... -
No effect of plasma trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO) and plasma trimethyllysine (TML) on the association between choline intake and acute myocardial infarction risk in patients with stable angina pectoris
(Journal article, 2020)Plasma concentrations of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) have been linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and mortality. TMAO is formed through the bacterial conversion of trimethylamine which is obtained either directly ... -
No Effects of Anodal tDCS on Local GABA and Glx Levels in the Left Posterior Superior Temporal Gyrus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-08)A number of studies investigating the biological effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) have found that it may affect local levels of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), ... -
No environmental effect on vaccine-induced reduced growth in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Oil-adjuvanted vaccines reduce long-term growth in farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, possibly via an increase in metabolic rate due to the energetic demands of the immune system. We tested this hypothesis by comparing ... -
No escaping the rat race: simulated night shift work alters the time-of-day variation in BMAL1 translational activity in the prefrontal cortex
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-04)Millions of people worldwide work during the night, resulting in disturbed circadian rhythms and sleep loss. This may cause deficits in cognitive functions, impaired alertness and increased risk of errors and accidents. ... -
No evidence for widespread island extinctions after Pleistocene hominin arrival
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The arrival of modern humans into previously unoccupied island ecosystems is closely linked to widespread extinction, and a key reason cited for Pleistocene megafauna extinction is anthropogenic overhunting. A common ... -
No Finite Model Property for Logics of Quantified Announcements
(Chapter, 2021)Quantification over public announcements shifts the perspective from reasoning strictly about the results of a particular announcement to reasoning about the existence of an announcement that achieves some certain epistemic ... -
No increase in response rate by adding a web response option to a postal population survey: A randomized trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-12-31)Background: There is substantial interest in use of the Internet for surveys, but there have been few health-oriented, large, randomized trials of general population surveys on the Internet. It is unclear whether providing ... -
No influence of oxygen levels on pathogenesis and virus shedding in Salmonid alphavirus (SAV)-challenged Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-08-21)Background For more than three decades, diseases caused by salmonid alphaviruses (SAV) have become a major problem of increasing economic importance in the European fish-farming industry. However, experimental infection ... -
No need for infinite iteration. A Critique of the Collectivist Copernican Revolution in Social Ontology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)As part of his argument for a “Copernican revolution” in social ontology, Hans Bernhard Schmid (2005) argues that the individualistic approach to social ontology is critically flawed. This article rebuts his claim that the ... -
No need for mineness: Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder and mental state types
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder (DPD) is a psychopathological condition in which subjects suffer from a massive alienation from themselves and the world around them. In recent years, several philosophers have ... -
No Protection against DSS-induced Colitis by Short-term Pretreatment with Seal or Fish Oils in Rats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-04-30)Background: Omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have modulating effects in several chronic infl ammatory conditions. The aim of the present study was to test whether prior short-term dietary supplementation ...