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Sedimentology of the Neogene Pistarda formation in the Megara Basin; Greece
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)The Pistarda formation in the Megara Basin has not been studied in detail before. The aim of this thesis is to provide sedimentological and geochemical data, in order to increase our understanding of the depositional ... -
Sedimentology of the Paleogene succession at Calypsostranda, Svalbard
(Master thesis, 2018-04-17)The following study encompasses sedimentological investigations of the Calypsostranda Group. The Calypsostranda Group is comprised of Paleogene sediments where outcrops are well exposed in a coastal section at Renardodden ... -
Sedimentære facies av nedre/midtre jura Realgrunnen-undergruppe og øvre trias De Geerdalenformasjonen
(Master thesis, 2012-10-01)Et detaljert feltarbeid har gitt økt forståelse for eksponerte lagrekker i Agardhbukta på Øst-Spitsbergen. Nye dateringer og sedimentologiske detaljer viser at lagrekken tilhører nedre del av Kapp Toscana-gruppen. Lagrekken ... -
Sedimentære miljø, mikrobielle samfunn og porevannkjemi: Sammenligning av sedimenter fra dyphavet og på kontinentalskråningen ved Bjørnøyviften
(Master thesis, 2023-06-06)Hensikten med studien er å undersøke om Mohn-Knipovich ryggen har høyere sedimentasjonsrater og mikrobiell aktivitet enn den nærliggende, grunnmarine kontinentalskråningen sørvest for Bjørnøyrenna. Grunnmarine avsetningsmiljø ... -
Sedimentære prosesser og avsetningsmiljø i Byfjorden, Vest-Norge
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)Hovedformålene med denne oppgaven har vært å kartlegge sedimentære prosesser og avsetningsmiljø som har forekommet under og etter den siste deglasiasjonen av det Fennoskandiske isdekket i et vest-norsk fjordsystem. Studien ... -
"See me baby": Colombian Youth Doing and Undoing Gender in Digital Spaces
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)Young Colombian people are increasingly exploring identities that deviate from the normative conceptions of gender, masculinity, and femininity. Instagram offers an arena where they can express themselves and their thoughts ... -
SeeCiTe: a method to assess CNV calls from SNP arrays using trio data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Motivation Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping arrays remain an attractive platform for assaying copy number variants (CNVs) in large population-wide cohorts. However, current tools for calling CNVs are still ... -
Seed Amplification Assay as a Diagnostic Tool in Newly-Diagnosed Parkinson's Disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Seed amplification assays (SAA) are the first credible molecular assay for Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, the value of SAA to support the clinicians’ initial diagnosis of PD is not clear. In our study, we analyzed ... -
Seed banks are biodiversity reservoirs: species–area relationships above versus below ground
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-26)Soil seed banks offer plants the possibility to disperse through time. This has implications for population and community dynamics, as recognised by ecological and evolutionary theory. In contrast, the conservation and ... -
Seed viability and germination success of Acacia tortilis along landuse and aridity gradients in the Eastern Sahara
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01)Our study focuses on the keystone species Acacia tortilis and is the first to investigate the effect of domestic ungulates and aridity on seed viability and germination over an extensive part of the Eastern Sahara. Bruchids ... -
Seedbank, Seedrain and Seedling Recruitment along Climate Gradients in Southern Norway
(Master thesis, 2010-06-01)Recruitment through seeds is a critical process in the life history of plants. Better knowledge about this process may be helpful in predicting species ranges and range shifts under climate change. In western Norway, the ... -
The seeding of ice algal blooms in Arctic pack ice: The multiyear ice seed repository hypothesis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07)During the Norwegian young sea ICE expedition (N-ICE2015) from January to June 2015 the pack ice in the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard was studied during four drifts between 83° and 80°N. This pack ice consisted of a mix ... -
Seeds for New Beginnings? Ecological Uncertainty, Blurry Ideology, and Speculative Design at the Universitas symposium, 1972
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In 1972, designer Emilio Ambasz (b. 1943) organized the symposium “The Universitas Project” at MoMA in New York City. The issue at stake was how the field of design should tackle the possibly irresolvable societal, political, ... -
Seeing and being seen: An investigation of video guidance processes with vulnerable parents of infants
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-01-28)The psychosocial development of infants is closely interrelated with the relationship with their caregivers, especially with the caregivers’ capacity to emotionally attune themselves to and mentalize the infants. Parents’ ... -
Seeing like a state vs. seeing like a local community: the case of dam construction in Nubian homeland, Sudan
(Master thesis, 2010-06-18)The Current research focuses on issue of proposed Kajbar Dam in the context of the Nile in the Sudan. The government of the country is involved in building dam on the part of the Nile that passes through the very north of ... -
Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves
(Book; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-03)Selfies, blogs and lifelogging devices have become important ways in which we understand ourselves. Jill Walker Rettberg analyses these and related genres as three intertwined modes of self-representation: visual, written ... -
Seeing shapes and hearing textures: Two neural categories of touch
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-04-07)Touching for shape recognition has been shown to activate occipital areas in addition to somatosensory areas. In this study we asked if this combination of somatosensory and other sensory processing areas also exist in ... -
Seeing the wood for the trees: Carbon storage and conservation in temperate forests of the Himalayas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Forests have a prominent role to play in the success of the UN’s Agenda 2030, thus actions to halt deforestation are high on the international sustainability agenda. As humans are altering the composition and extent of ... -
Seeking Consensus on Confusing and Contentious Issues: Young Norwegians’ Experiences of Environmental Debates
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In this paper, I examine how young people in Norway, an affluent nation in the global north with long traditions of acknowledging the young as citizens, articulate and negotiate agency and norms for practicing environmental ... -
Seeking Health Information In Rural Context: Exploring Sources of Maternal Health Information in Rural Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2014-05-20)In Ethiopia, the levels of maternal mortality and morbidity is among the highest in the world. However, many of these deaths and injuries could be prevented if they are properly communicated with interventions that are ...