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HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Fish welfare assessment through brain function: Impacts of environmental stress on brain plasticity and behaviour

Developing reliable measures of fish welfare is a priority within Norway and the EU. Although fish welfare definitions vary, a key aim is to provide environments that minimize stressors that impact health and the animal?s mental function. In mammals, prol onged stress can affect brain function to...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

New tools for online overall assessment of rearing environment, stress level, and fish welfare in Atlantic salmon cage farms

The welfare of farmed fish has received increasing attention in recent years. Fish that thrive grow faster, are less sensitive to stress and less vulnerable to disease. In this project we propose a system for overall monitoring and assessment of rearing environment and fish welfare in sea cages...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Transmission routes and infection dynamics of salmonid alphavirus (SAV)

PD is an important cause of losses in salmonid aquaculture in Norway and has become a severe threat to the economy of the industry. Little is known about how the causal agent, SAV, is dispersed within and between sites. Knowledge about this will have larg e impact on the choice of strategies for ...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Continuity and Discontinuity of Psychiatric Disorders in Young Children: Testing a Socio-ecological and Transactional Model - Part 1

The few studies conducted to date indicate that psychiatric disorders appear in young children at the same rate as in other age groups and that there is substantial continuity between preschool behavioral and emotional problems and later psychopathology. Nevertheless, not all children who have p...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Overseas Doctoral fellowship in fisheries management(del av prosjekt 173476))

The main objective of this fellowship is to apply the generic model of harvest control rules to a case study (Georges Bank haddock) and to interpret end disseminate the results for scientists and managers. This collaboration work will result in the fourth and final of Dorothy?s PhD thesis (worki...

Awarded: NOK 53,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

SUSTAFISH: Sustainable aquaculture: water quality as a test parameter for meeting sustainability certification and management requirements

Fish is an important source of protein worldwide. Ensuring that the fish sold is sustainably produced is in focus from producer organisations, retailers and consumers. Development and implementation of certification schemes is considered as one tool to he lp towards a more sustainable aquaculture...

Awarded: NOK 24,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Potential of black aronia berries (Aronia melanocarpa) in treatment of urinary tract infections

I prosjektet er alle de mest dominerende fenoliske forbindelsene blitt isolert og karakterisert eller strukturoppklart. Det dreier seg om antocyaner, kondenserte tanniner og klorogensyrer. Disse forbindelsene ble funnet i fem ulike sorter (A. melanocarpa Moskva, Hugin, Nero, og A. prunifolia Vik...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Ecosystem Responses to Aquaculture Induced Stress (ECORAIS)

The overall goal of the project is to qualitatively and quantitatively describe ecosystem responses to aquaculture induced stress with special regards to water-flow regimes. The overall goal will be realised by the integration of 8 distinct work packages aimed at (1) analysing data from previou...

Awarded: NOK 10.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Towards selection for increased resistance to the salmon louse in Atlantic salmon

Salmon lice on farmed Atlantic salmon (Lepeophtheirus salmonis in Norway represents a large cost for the industry and a risk for infestation of wild salmonid species. In farmed Atlantic salmon it is documented evidence of a substantial genetic variation i n the number of salmon lice in a controll...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Biomass to liquid fuels

Gassifisering av biomasse (for eksempel skogsavfall) fulgt av gassbehandling og syntese av hydrokarboner (såkalt Fischer-Tropsch syntese) er en mulig produksjonsrute for bærekraftig biodrivstoff som ikke fortrenger matvareproduksjon. Metoden er spesielt egnet for framstilling av diesel og flydriv...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Do customer information programs influence energy consumption?

In this project we will study the effects of customer information programs on household energy consumption. The project includes three work packages. In WP1 we analyze which factors are important to explain residential energy use, and the barriers that h inder changes towards more sustainable en...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Collegium Medievale 2009

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Awarded: NOK 64,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Maal og Minne 2009

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Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift 2009-2011

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Awarded: NOK 0.24 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Publiseringsstøtte til tidsskriftet Namn og Nemne for 2009.

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Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Vestland

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Sosiologisk Årbok 2009

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Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Utgivelse av tidsskriftet Heimen

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Awarded: NOK 91,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Congenital heart defects in Norway - A nation-wide study

Vi har benyttet nasjonale helse- og populasjonsregistre for å undersøke risikofaktorer for medfødte hjertefeil i Norge. Epidemiologiske studier av medfødte hjertefeil har tidligere ikke vært utført på ett nasjonal nivå grunnet manglende data. Slike studier er viktige fordi medfødte hjertefeil er ...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2017

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Intelligent biogas fuelled energy conversion technologies

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Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Rogaland

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Popular Representation in Africa: The politics of expectations

Democratic decentralisation and gender sensitive policies have offered a massive opportunity for political parties in Africa to mobilise support. As for instance, in Malawi in 2000, as many as 860 new political offices were up for elections as a consequen ce of democratic decentralisation. Democr...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

From biomass to biogas - an integrated approach towards sustainable recovery of energy and nutrients

There is a desperate need for efficient, environmentally friendly, integrated technologies for conversion of biomass, in particular recalcitrant lignocellulosic biomass, to energy. One of the most promising biomass-derived energy-carriers is biogas. Biog as production leads to relatively high en...

Awarded: NOK 16.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Akershus

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

A life in dignity. A clinical study maintaining dignity of patients in nursing homes

Den overordnede hensikt med prosjektet var å styrke pasienters verdighet i sykehjem. Resultatene fra studien viser hva som bevarer og styrker verdigheten og hva som krenker den. Verdighet ble opprettholdt i situasjoner der det ble vist respekt, tillit, trygghet og vennlighet i overensstemmelse me...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

ECar, A strategy for electrification of road transport in Norway.

Emissions from light duty vehicles (LDVs) are one of the most rapidly increasing GHG emission categories. Curbing this trend is increasingly challenging as economies in transition and developing countries are expected to increase their per capita use of L DV?s. Up to a few years ago there have be...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Solid-state photoelectrochemical production of hydrogen

The project explores the viability of a novel way to use solar energy to split water, producing hydrogen. This involves the use of a semiconductor electrode on a solid-state high temperature proton conducting electrolyte so as to enable direct formation o f dry hydrogen on the cathode, utilising ...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

International Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods

The numerics group at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has been invited to be the local organizer of the 8th International Conference On Spectral And High Order Methods (ICOSAHOM) in Trondheim, Norway, during the period June 22-26, 2009...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Preventing Literacy Failure in Children at Risk: Effects from a preschool intervention on language and literacy

The present post-doc project aims to examine the effect from a preschool oral-language intervention. Undertaking this study is important for several reasons: On an international level, there is a scarcity of research on preschool interventions. This is es pecially true for studies concerning chil...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Optimal infrastructure for seamless integration of distributed generation - OiDG

Following the visions and strategies stated in the European SmartGrids2 Technology Platform as well as in the Norwegian energy sector strategy - Energi21 , seamless connection and integration of distributed generation (DG) into medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) networks is one of the obje...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIHUM-Fri prosjektstøtte humanistiske fag

Opplysning i Norge- Religiøs toleranse formidlet til norske lesere gjennom bøker om andre verdener

1700-tallet står i en europeisk kontekst for opplysning og voksende toleranse, da spesielt en større religiøs toleranse ovenfor "de andre". Toleransebegrepet var likevel ikke noen enhetlig størrelse: Dets eksponenter kunne variere sterkt når det gjaldt å definere toleransens grenser. Dette viste ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Hospital at home and integrated care. The perspectives of relatives and municipality workers.

Den demografiske utviklingen med flere eldre og kronisk syke medfører fremtidige utfordringer for velferdsstaten og pårørende. Kunnskapsoppsummeringer har konkludert med at sykehusorganisert hjemmebehandling bidrar til bedre helseutbytte for pasientene og lavere kostnader. Prosjektet tar utgangsp...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2018

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Congestion Managment and Block Bids in Deregulated Electricity Markets

The project focuses on studying alternative ways of handling congestion management and block bids in deregulated electricity markets. Both the Nordic and the European electricity market will be studied. Comparisons between nodal pricing, zonal pricing and counter purchase for the European market...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland