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IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Is mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation efficiency a key factor for a successful breeding in the artic Kittiwake? P.-A Monternier France

It is well known that energy metabolism is strongly related to body size and internal organ masses. At the subcellular level, studies have clearly reported that interspecific variation in body mass can be related to some aspects of mitochondrial bioenerge tics. In birds, the reproductive period i...

Awarded: NOK 42,000

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Fracture of particle-reinforced thermoplastics - Rafael Traldi Moura - Brazil

Based on the proposed objectives for this project, key words for the research activities in this project are summarized below. Please see the project description for further details. (1) Selection of materials. (2) Mechanical test programme. (3) Scanni ng electron microscopy (SEM). (4) Evalua...

Awarded: NOK 80,000

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Localization effects in spectral problems of mathematical physics - Alexandra Chechkina - Russia

The concentration and localization phenomena play an important role in natural science and engineering. Various concentration effects can be observed in population biology, ecology, mechanics, and in engineering technological processes. For example, study ing when populations of bacteria or virus...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Integrating Live Electronics into Improvised Music Performance - Paul Hession - UK

I intend to visit Stavanger in order to immerse myself in the vibrant musical and rigorous research environment to be found there. I have encountered musicians from Norway in Leeds, such as Didrik Ingvaldssen, Ståle Birkeland and Petter Frost Fadnes, when they were studying, and later teaching, ...

Awarded: NOK 84,000

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Rogaland

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Solutions of Theories of Gravity with Quantum Corrections - Tomas Malek - Czech Republic

Universal metrics are solutions of all possible higher order gravity theories simultaneously regardless to the form of their quantum corrections. Consequently, they are solutions of the full quantum gravity despite the fact that we do not known what the t heory precisely should be. At the present...

Awarded: NOK 43,224

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Rogaland

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Fish intake and vitamin D status: data from randomized clincial trials and meta-analysis of RCTs - Ulrike Lehmann - Germany

Fish is a rich source of nutrients (protein, selenium, n3-long chain fatty acids, vitamin D) in the diet. With the exception of fortified food, it is the main source of vitamin D in the diet. Although there is a lot of epidemiological data on the associat ion of high or low fish intake on vitamin...

Awarded: NOK 57,370

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Vestland

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Functional interactions between large herbivores and plant communities in contrasted ecosystems - Marjorie Bison - France

Large herbivores have a key-role on plant specific and functional diversity given their position in the trophic network, between producers and carnivores. However, the role of large herbivores may be diverse depending on herbivore species, population dens ity, and spatial scale, as well as ecosys...

Awarded: NOK 42,000

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

How L1-instruction at school impacts immigrant students' language use pattern, self development and social integration - Nanine Lilla - Ger

The planned research project aims at investigating the impact of L1-instruction at school on immigrant students' patterns of L1 and L2 language use, self development and integration in friendship networks in Norway. In studies on immigrant students in Ge rmany we could already show (a) that a co...

Awarded: NOK 0.28 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Risk modelling of invasive insects threatening South Africa's forests - Brett Hurley - South Africa

Introduced insect pests of trees pose a serious threat to forestry worldwide. This is especially true in South Africa where the increase in the rate of new pest invasions is threatening the sustainability of forestry in the country, a sector of great econ omic importance to numerous South African...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Selection in Migration: Investigating the Skill Composition of Migrants to Norway from Poland and the Baltic States. Janis Umblijs - Ireland

The proposed research will utilise data from the European Union's Labour Force Survey (EU LFS) and Norwegian registry data to investigate whether EU migrants arriving in Norway via a third country have higher skills than return and permanent migrants. In order to address this question, the initi...

Awarded: NOK 0.34 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Investment treaties of the European Union - Luca Pantaleo - Italy

This research project is aimed at examining the development of EU's investment relations with third countries in light of the innovations introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. There is a number of economic international agreements currently under negotiatio n between the European Union on the hand,...

Awarded: NOK 0.34 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

An Empirical Analysis of the Interaction of Institutions and Human Behaviour - Lars Berger - Germany

The period of my stay will be structured in three phases. The overall objective is to elaborate a joint publication by the Noragric and the RESS. For this purpose, I will make available to my colleagues the data set which I collected in the last two years in the P.R.C. Following the title of the...

Awarded: NOK 84,000

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Hydrogen adsorption over iron and titanium based catalyst doped with Pt, Pd, Rt. - Valeria Verdinelli - Argentina

This project addresses the main problem of fuel cell electrodes from a theoretical approach. Studies over electrodes for fuel cell are mainly costly experiments and time dependent, therefore, having a theoretical tool that could predict these behaviors wi ll reduce time and cost. In this work we ...

Awarded: NOK 0.18 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Jewish Ibsen. The influence of the Polish-Jewish Relations on the Reception of Ibsen's Dramas - Agata Dabrowska - Poland

Over the centuries, the cultural activity of Polish Jews suffered from marginalization, which had an unquestionable influence on the way Jewish art was perceived. The common recipient considered it artistic kitsch, and believed theatre to be its least wor thy form; he will use the term 'shund' (g...

Awarded: NOK 0.34 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Finding maximum subgraphs Research visit of Ivan Bliznets - Russia

The funding sought is for a research stay of Ivan Bliznets, a PhD student from St. Petersburg Academic University of the RAS, Russia, at the Algorithms Research Group at the University of Bergen. The duration of the stay is 3 months.

Awarded: NOK 42,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Vestland

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Diabetes Health Recommender System - Carlos Luis Sanchez Bocanegra - Spain

Internet has overabundance of health information that is frequently misleading. Recent studies show that patients look for quality health information of their diseases. Recommender systems can be a potential solution since they can be used to retrieve hig h quality health information provided by ...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Fate and toxicity of priority endocrine disrupting organic pollutants in soil - Ivo Havranek - Czech Republic

This project will investigate the environmental fate and adverse effects on soil organisms of organo-phosphate flame retardants, triclosan and nonyl-/octyl phenols contained in domestic sewage sludge following its incrorporation into agricultural soil. Currently, sludge from treatment of domes...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Hvordan skildres "det fremmede" dvs. fjerne folkeslag og overnaturlige skikkelser i sagalitteraturen - Ugnius Mikucionis - Litauen

Forskningen på "Det fremmede" byr på utfordringer. Et av problemene med forskning på "fremmede", dvs. overnaturlige skikkelser, er at virkelighetsfortåelsen i middelalderen var annerledes enn dagens. I forbindelse med dette prosjektet velger vi å skille m ellom det naturlige og det overnaturlige ...

Awarded: NOK 0.34 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Direct targeting of lactic acid bacteria to dendritic cells for vaccine delivery - Christophe Michon - France

In this project, we will join the forces of a French and a Norwegian laboratory working on the development of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as safe, cheap and effective delivery vehicles for vaccines or genes. PhD student Christophe Michon from the Langella group at INRA in Paris will visit the Eij...

Awarded: NOK 56,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

A Contested Terrain: Construction, Labour Mobility & Trade Unions - Darragh Golden - Ireland

The free movement of labour is one of the 'Four Freedoms' of the EU enshrined by the Treaty of Rome. The primary aim is the creation of a single market whereby goods, capital, services and labour can move freely, uninhibited by constraints. This involves the removal of national tariff and non-ta...

Awarded: NOK 0.34 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Population genomics in forest trees based on reduced representation genome sequencing - Ksenya Zakharova - Russia

Previously, genetic characterization and population genetics on forest trees have been based on very few molecular markers, typically isozymes, microsatellites or cytoplasmic markers, gaining a poor coverage of the genome. Recent developments in reduced-r epresentation genome sequencing have brou...

Awarded: NOK 84,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Discursive meaning of higher education in Europe - Finalizing the PhD research at the University of Oslo - Klemen Miklavic - Slovenia

The project consists of several activities linked to the finalization of PhD research work.The research visit to the University of Oslo(UiO) is of high importance because the co-supervisor of PhD is based there. It will make possible an in-person supervis ion of the empirical and conclusive parts...

Awarded: NOK 42,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Functions of regulatory B'' subunits of protein phosphatase 2A - Mallesham Bulle - India

The project will support a collaboration between the biological chemistry group (CORE) at the University in Stavanger and the Biotechnology Department at Kakatiya University in India for exchange of knowledge and staff. Both universities share an interest in basic plant science as well as a comm...

Awarded: NOK 0.18 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Rogaland

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Landscaping Multilingualism and Superdiversity in Bellville's CBD (Cape Town) - Quentin Emmanuel Williams - South Africa

The following study investigates how multilingual landscapes serves as infrastructures of superdiversity. "Superdiversity" is a concept designed to capture new forms of diversity, or diversity of diversities, in societal dynamics during the last 20 years. It was originally conceived as a way of ...

Awarded: NOK 0.33 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Regulation of anoxic respiration in endosymbiotic bacteria, implications for N2O emission - Emilio Bueno Romero - Spain

The project draws on complementary skills and knowlege of the two groups; UMB Nitrogen Group (UMBNG) and Maria Delgado Group (MDG). MDG has established in depth knowlege of the genetic makeup of the regulatory network controlling anoxic respiration in B . japonicum, and has constructed several ...

Awarded: NOK 56,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

How Do Sleep Disorders Affect The Ageing Brain? - Claire Sexton - UK

Our group at the Dept of Psychology, UiO, has a strong interest and track record in the study of neurocognitive changes associated with aging. We are running a large longitudinal study - - Cognition and Plasticity through the Life-Span - including neurops ychological testing and brain MRI. This s...

Awarded: NOK 42,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Intra-European Union (Im)Mobility of Migrants from Nigeria - Jill Ahrens - UK

The aim of my research is to explore the different motivations and experiences of intra-EU mobility of migrants from Nigeria currently residing in Germany, England and Spain. The data collection, transcription and analysis will already be completed before my arrival in Norway. During the mobilit...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Development of a transplantable artificial ovary (TAO) to restore fertility in cancer patients - Julie Vanacker - Belgium

In order to restore endocrine function and fertility in patients suffering from cancer with a high risk of ovarian involvement, my project is to develop a transplantable artificial ovary (TAO). This artificial ovary would contain isolated ovarian follicle s, as they are encapsulated in a basement...

Awarded: NOK 84,000

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Behavioural aspects in regulatory framework - cross-cultural perspective on competition law&economics. Mob res: Bartosz Koziej, Poland

The project investigates the theoretical aspects of the design and effective enforcement of competition law in the energy market. Based on the comparison between Polish and Norwegian regulatory framework, the general theory of regulation would be verified using the insights from behavioural econ...

Awarded: NOK 81,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Vestland

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Albino Jopela: visiting researcher at IAKH Mobile researcher: Albino Jopela:, South Africa

Mr Jopela's research focus is of particular interest to several archaeologists at IAKH. His studies of rock art and issues of conservation and management systems of heritage in southern Africa, particularly in Mozambique and South Africa, intersect with t he academic interest of Scandinavian coll...

Awarded: NOK 91,000

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Oslo

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