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The 2009 influenza pandemic in primary care. Clinical manifestations, attitudes and utilisation of services
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-25)Background: Primary care plays a major role in the response to a pandemic. The objectives of this thesis were to investigate the outbreak of the 2009 influenza pandemic from a primary care perspective with focus on clinical ... -
25-year results after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the use of a patellar tendon autograft
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-06-17)Background: Only a few studies of ACL reconstruction with >20 years of follow-up exists. It is still a pause in the literature concerning the patient’s further sports participation and long-term subjective and objective ... -
A 3-D post-mortem model provides rationale for complications in gastrointestinal surgery : a post-mortem corrosion-cast model
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3D dynamic culture of mesenchymal stem cells under fluid flow : Implications for bone regeneration
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-10-06)Skjebnen og veksten til mesenkymale stamceller (MSC) kan påvirkes av biologiske stimuli. I benvev regnes skjærspenning fra væske forårsaket av interstitiell væskestrøm som den primære mekaniske stimulien på celleplan, som ... -
3D seismic stratigraphy and reservoir characterization of the Chalk Group in the Norwegian Central Graben, North Sea
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3D stochastic modelling of fault zones in siliciclastic reservoirs. Implications for reservoir description and fluid flow modelling
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-12-16)Fault zones in siliciclastic rocks form distinct volumetric entities and typically exhibit great structural complexity. While it has been considered that the main impact of fault zones to fluid flow is to baffle or block ... -
3D-printed Synthetic Polymer Templates for Bone Tissue Engineering : Bulk Modifications and Osteoconduction Assessment
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-10-21)Syntetiske polymerbiomaterialer er enkle å bearbeide, biologisk inerte og brukes derfor i en rekke biomedisinske applikasjoner. Forskning har i lang tid fokusert på å øke biologiske aktivitet til slike materialers, og å ... -
4D Seismic History Matching Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF): Possibilities and Challenges
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-05-27)This research endeavor presents a 4D seismic history matching work flow based on the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) methodology. The objective of this work is to investigate the sensitivity of different combinations of ... -
Ability of a lean-seafood diet to modulate lipid and glucose metabolism in healthy humans – a randomized controlled trial with a crossover design
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-01-08)Background: A Westernised lifestyle, which involves a high-energy diet and reduced physical activity, is indisputably linked to the pandemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 ... -
About psychotic-like experiences and auditory verbal hallucinations : Transdiagnostic investigations of neurobiological, cognitive, and emotional aspects of a continuous phenomenon
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-03-19)Hallucinations and delusions are known to be key symptoms of psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, and have been studied extensively. However, these experiences also occur in other mental disorders, which suggests a ... -
Abrogation of Anthracycline and Ischemia-Reperfusion Induced Injury by Cell Signaling Modulators
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-10-18)Chemotherapy has a long history in cancer treatment, and the anthracycline used in Paper I and II are among the most effective anti-cancer drugs developed. Unfortunately, the use of anthracyclines is dose-restricted due ... -
Abrupt changes in sea ice and dynamics of Dansgaard-Oeschger events
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-12-01)Changes in sea ice are proposed as an important component in Dansgaard-Oeschger events; the abrupt climate change events that occurred repeatedly during the last ice age. Paleoclimatic reconstructions suggest an expansion ... -
Abstractions for Language-Independent Program Transformations
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Academic Vocabulary in L2 English Education: Exploring Norwegian-speaking students' knowledge, awareness, and conceptions
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-11-01)Denne avhandlingen undersøker kunnskap og bevissthet om akademisk vokabular, altså en kjerne av akademiske ord som er mer frekvent i akademiske tekster enn i hverdagsspråk (e.g., Coxhead, 2000; Gardner & Davies, 2014), hos ... -
Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health services in Uganda: Investigating the role of Primary Health Care and Traditional Healers
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-12-03)Introduction: Up to 20% of children and adolescents globally suffer from a debilitating mental illness and up to 50% of adult mental illness begins in adolescence. Early detection and management of Child and Adolescent ... -
Accommodating trauma in police interviews. An exploration of rapport in investigative interviews of traumatized victims
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-09-08)In the investigation of a criminal offense, the investigative interview is one of the most important methods used by the police. In interviews, the police investigator may encounter suspects, witnesses or victims who ... -
The Accountability Function within a One-party Regime: The Case of China’s Local People’s Congress
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-04-27)This is a study of Chinese local legislatures, the Local People’s Congresses (LPCs), and their accountability function within the one-party regime. The focus is to what extent, how, and why LPCs can promote political ... -
Acoustic measurement of liquid density with applications for mass measurement of oil
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Acoustic Propagation Underneath the Arctic Sea-ice
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-10-04)The main objective of this project is to study the effect of sea-ice on underwater acoustic wave propagation. Three main parameters define how acoustic waves react to the presence of seaice: (i) the roughness of the underside ... -
Acquiesced and unrefuted : The growth of scientific myths
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-05)This thesis explores the phenomenon of scientific myths distributed in academic discourses. Drawing on a set of myth-examples, I explicate a definition of the term ‘scientific myth’, arguing that it ought primarily to be ...