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HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Application for overseas fellowship. Establish collaboration between the lipid metabolism groups at AKVAFORSK and at Oxford University

In order to acquire more knowledge about the regulation of lipid metabolism, and to exchange advanced techniques, we wish to establish collaboration between AKVAFORSK and the University of Oxford. We therefore apply for overseas fellowship for Bente Ruyte r, so that she can stay as a visiting sci...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Climatic responses in boreal ecosystems: a spatiotemporal analysis spanning 70 years of vegetation dynamics in a north-boreal alpine ecotone

The north boreal forests and the low alpine areas cover a large proportion of the Norwegian land surface. The predicted anthropogenic climate changes are supposed to have large influences in these areas due to potential immigration of tree species above t he existing treeline. Steep temperature g...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

RNA interference targeting Tissue Factor, a novel principle for cancer therapy.

The principal goal of this project is to explore the use of RNA interference (RNAi) technology in cancer therapy using Tissue Factor (TF) as a target. The project is based upon recent advances in RNAi technology and in our understanding of the role of TF in cancer cell biology. The cloning of T...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur for 2005

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Awarded: NOK 80,000

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Sjøvannsinnblanding i intensiv smoltproduksjon: effekter på helse, velferd og risiko for vintersår

Intensive produksjonsstrategier som innebærer lavt vannforbruk, oksygenering og innblanding av sjøvann i produksjonsvannet er blitt vanlige i norske smoltanlegg. Vintersår er blitt ett stort problem i settefiskfasen, og årsakene til denne utviklingen har blitt satt i sammenheng med den økte bruke...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

UTISOR-Utviklingsveier i Sør

Delivery as Trauma: a study of maternal and perinatal mortality in Cambodia

Study problem: Maternal death rates in the South remain high, figures ranging from 0.8% (Africa, Cambodia) to 1.6% (Afghanistan) compared to estimated 24/100,000 for Europe. Corresponding death rates for newborn are 8 - 10 times as high. Previous interven tions to reduce mortality have had in com...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Control of sex in Atlantic halibut: Towards production of monosex all-female stocks

Producing all-female market-sized Atlantic halibut shows high potential to the industry because of sexual growth dimorphism in this species. It is proposed to undertake multidisciplinary research on mechanisms and control of sex determination and differen tiation in halibut in order to develop th...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

PROSBIO-Prosess- og biomedisinsk industri

Industrial Crystallisation and Powder Technology

The aim is to develop knowledge and understanding of how crystallisation parameters influence the final particle characteristics and how to control bulk properties through the crystallisation step. The extent of nucleation, crystal growth, and agglomerati on determine the size and shape of the re...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIOFYS-Fysiologiske og anatomiske fag

The cadherin-catenin adhesion system in signaling and cancer

To assemble into organized tissues, cells must interact with one another and with the extracellular matrix. Cell-cell adhesion is initiated and maintained by adherens junctions. Within these junctions, transmembrane cadherins bind homophilically to join n eighboring cells. Changes in cell adhesio...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Interconnection of human Sprouty 2 (hSpry2), Cbl, and the EGF receptor (EGFR): impact on endocytosis of the EGFR from clathrin-coated pits

Growth factor receptors control cellular growth and differentiation by transmitting signals from outside the cell to the cell interior, particularly the nucleus. Signal transmission can be modulated in several ways. To control signaling, down-regulation o f receptors from the cell surface is impo...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

On board preservation of the quality of pelagic species

One important challenge to the fishermen is to predict or avoid the catch spoilage associated to the period of heavy feeding on zooplankton ("belly bursting") that can be severe enough to make the catch unsuitable for human consumption, and it is attribut ed to the effect of proteases. Relevant p...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Endocytosis and intracellular transport of protein toxins

Errors in trafficking and signalling are associated with different diseases, including cancer. This project aims at increasing our knowledge about intracellular transport processes to provide a more rational basis for treatment and prevention of disease. Protein toxins such as Shiga toxin and the...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

UTISOR-Utviklingsveier i Sør

Development Ethics and Human Rights as the Basis for Global Poverty Reduction

The aim of the study is to link the ‘why?’ and the ‘how?’ of aid; to critically analyze how ethics and human rights is being, and may be, used to articulate the responsibilities of development agencies and their staff so as to guide and motivate their kno wledge and policies. We take the view tha...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

PRODUKTER OG FOREDLINGSPROSESS I HAVFISKEFLÅTEN. NYE TEKNOLOGISKE MULIGHETER OG DRIFTSØKONOMISKE VIRKNINGER.

Fylles kun ut hvis endring i forhold til opprinnelig søknad. Hvis endring: Fullstendig tekst legges inn her. Prosjektsammendrag Hvitfiskindustriens markedsbetingelser er dramatisk forandret de siste 10 år. Globalisering av hvitfiskmarkedene, utvidelse a v hvitfiskkategorien til å omfatte ett se...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Predictors of changes in depressive symptoms, suicidality, and eating problems in adolescence and early adulthood

Results are in conflict whether there has been an increase in adolescent internalizing problems (e.g. eating problems, depression, and suicidality) in the Western World during recent decades. Using identical procedures in 1992 and 2002, we ask whether sel f-reports of depressive symptoms, disorde...

Awarded: NOK 0.69 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

MILGENHEL-Miljø, gener og helse

Helsemessige og bruksmessige virkninger av utlekkingsprodukter fra PEX-rør brukt i innendørs drikkevannsinstallasjoner

Previous investigations have demonstrated that PEX pipes, which in the last years is commonly installed as indoor drinking water pipes in replacement for copper, leaks organic matter which can support biofilm formation and give rise to taste and odour pro blems in drinking water. These investigat...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Ad hoc group for the modelling and assessment of contributions to climate change (MATCH): support for travel

As part of the negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the Kyoto Protocol, the delegation of Brazil made a proposal, in May 1997, to set differentiated emissions reduction targets for Parties according to t he impact of their historic emissions on ...

Awarded: NOK 99,599

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Oslo

TU-Tungt utstyr

NTNU Nanolab – Laboratorium for syntese ved bruk av kjemiske metoder

As the main contributor to technological education and basic research in Norway, NTNU see its role as a central institution in the development of the nanotechnology field in Norway. NTNU is therefore actively working to establish NTNU Nanolab with common up-to-date nanotechnology laboratory facil...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TU-Tungt utstyr

Oppgradering av vitenskapelig utstyr for forskning innen kognitiv elektrofysiologi

Det søkes om en utstyrsbevilgning til fornyelse og oppgradering av det elektrofysiologiske laboratoriet ved Psykologisk institutt. Her benyttes det fortsatt 10 år gammelt utstyr som bør skiftes ut. Laboratoriet er basis for den avanserte forskningsvirkso mheten innenfor kognitiv- og nevropsykolo...

Awarded: NOK 0.83 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Norwegian Participation in the Planck LFI Instrument and Cosmology with the Nordic Optical Telescope

The European Planck mission will from 2007 map in detail the Cosmic Microwave Background with sensitivity and resolution unreachable by any other planned experiment, making possible answering fundamental questions of cosmology such as: What is the precise age of the Universe? How will it end? Wh...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

UTISOR-Utviklingsveier i Sør

Network on Politics in Developing Country Contexts (PDC)

The basic aim and rationale of the Network continue to be the co-ordination and promotion of (academically) critical research on: - The localisation of political dynamics in developing countries within the framework of neo-liberal globalisation and stat e responses, and - The associated polic...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Radiative forcing of climate change

Scientifically this proposal focuses on one selected topic within the research field of climate change, namely on the processes causing climate change. Gaps in the knowledge of this topic are significant and quantitative estimates of climate forcing are u ncertain in many cases. This proposal is ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Cluster Multi-Spacecraft Analysis of Boundary Layers

We aim to focus on Cluster's multi-spacecraft capabilities to get a better understanding of the physics of boundary layers. Partly based on existing informal cooperation between the Norwegian Cluster groups and the applicants current involvement ion the development of new multi-spacecraft meth...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Vestland

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Geomagnetic storms, and the identification of source and loss processes of ring current particles

This is a study of the geomagnetic storm with focus on the ring current. The aim is to identify the source and loss processes for the ring current particles. In order to perform this investigation a multi-observational approach will be used where the Clus ter satellites together with the NOAA sat...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

The BDNF hypothesis of depression: a new framework for understanding depression and the actions of antidepressant drugs

Despite decades of research, the biological basis of major depression remains to be fully elucidated. Although antidepressants, such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors, rapidly increase serotonin levels in the extracellular space, the therapeutic effects of the drug are delayed by several weeks...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Vestland

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Dentists and Incentive Remuneration – Effects on Service Production and Quality

The aim of the project is to study the effect of different types of contract on dentists’ service production. The study is carried out in the county of Østfold and includes almost the whole population of public dental officers in this county. In 2000 a pi lot scheme was introduced, in which publi...

Awarded: NOK 0.32 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

HTF-Helsetjenester og helseøkonomi

Changing medical practices - - A study of cross-disciplinary collaboration, learning and innovation in a Norwegian University hospital

Researchers from the University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet, the Norwegian School of Management, the University of Tromsø and the IKON group (WBS) will collaborate with the Ph.D candidate in order to secure the quality and progression of the project. Health c are face profound challenges for learning...

Awarded: NOK 0.72 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Oslo

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Convergence or Divergence? A Cross-National Comparison of Primary Health Care in Norway, Britain and the Czech Republic.

We are said to live in the age of globalisation, in which different societies are growing more alike. This perception of contemporary society is reflected in the area of health service research. The dominant theory is as follows: Many countries are curren tly reorganizing their health services in...

Awarded: NOK 0.63 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FORMNT-Formidlingsprogrammet MNT

Et skuespill om Albert Einsteins liv og virksomhet

A one-act play will be written on aspects of Albert Einstein’s life and work. Based on existing scholarship as well as the Principle Investigator’s own research, the play will explore a number of themes arising from Einstein’s activities that can raise in terest in both Einstein and physics more ...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Increased gas transport capacity

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Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Rogaland

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