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MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Spatial economic analyses in wildlife management

In this project I will explore how continuous spatial distributions of habitat may be applied to explain the spatial distribution of a species with high economic value - the moose. Continuous habitat distributions may be estimated from spatial data for in stance by the use of Kernel methods. The ...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Infections, prepregnant diet and other environmental factors as possible causes of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG).

Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is defined as severe, intractable nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. The HG-patient suffers from dehydration, weight loss, ketonuri and a nutritional deficiency. HG affects 0,5-2,0% of pregnant women, and the etiology is u nknown. Until recently HG was believed to...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Mortality from cardiovascular disease- Is Norway still a high risk country and do we all need statins?

Population studies have demonstrated a striking effect of the combination of several risk factors, such as cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking, on the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A measure of the combined effect, which can be used for scient ific purposes and clinical practice is im...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Herredømme over bønder. Verdslige godseieres maktgrunnlag og maktutøvelse 1300-1660.

Formålet med prosjektet er å undersøke det norske godseiersystemet i høy- og senmiddelalder (ca. 1300-1660) med hovedvekt på godseieres muligheter for maktutøvelse i kombinasjonen av privat jordeiermakt og kongelige ombud. Denne kombinasjonen kan ha gitt store verdslige godseiere muligheter for å...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILGENHEL-Miljø, gener og helse

Changes in proteome activity and chemokine expression patterns in airway epithelial cells induced by particulate matter

Exposure to particulate matter (PM) from ambient air has been shown to be a considerable health problem. Accumulating evidence suggests that inflammation plays an important role in the development of respiratory health effects associated with PM-exposure. The airway epithelium plays an active ro...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Molecular simulation of droplet fusion intermediates

The main objective of this project is to improve the understanding of the molecular mechanisms that govern droplet coalescence and vesicle fusion. Droplet coalescence in oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions is crucial in many fields: A key challenge fo r the oil industry is to separate water d...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Brukermedvirkning i psykiatrien. En studie av polikliniske samtaler mellom psykiatere og mennesker som lider av schizofreni.

Schizofreni er en alvorlig psykisk lidelse kjennetegnet blant annet av vrangforestillinger, hallusinasjoner, sosial tilbaketrekning og redusert mentalt og praktisk ferdighetsnivå. Hos en del blir språket enkelt, ordfattig og mindre målrettet. I interaksjo ner mellom psykiatere og mennesker som li...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IKTHELSE-IKT i helsetjenesten

Development of novel applications for high-field MRI-guided Therapies

The project aims at bi-lateral transfere of knowledge between the world-lead center for MRI-Guided Therapy at Brigham and Women's hospital (an affilate of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA) and the unique cross-disciplinary clinical development Ce nter, The Interventional Centre (a depart...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

Synthesis of Agelasines and Analogs, and Evaluation of Their Bioactivities

Agelasines are 7,9-dialkylpurinium salts isolated from marine sponges (Agelas sp.) and asmarines are neutral purine derivatives isolated from Raspaila sp. sponges. These two classes of natural products are structurally related; they both contain terpenoid side chains. Up till now only a few agel...

Awarded: NOK 0.72 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Diet, vitamin A and K, genetics and orofacial clefts

Several factors have been shown to promote orofacial clefting eg genetic factors, teratogenes, maternal alcohol and cigarette use, herbicides and nutrient intake like folate and other B-vitamins. Our primary aim is to study the association between materna l dietary intakes of the first three mont...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Oslo

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Palaeobiology of Silurian and Devonian eurypterids and scorpions

Arthropods (crustaceans, chelicerates, insects and myriapods) are the most diverse and abundant group of animals on our planet today, and have been since the Cambrian. The most diverse group of chelicerates during the Palaeozoic was the aquatic eurypterid s, with about 300 different species. The...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FRITEK-Teknologi

Ph.D. at The University of Newcastle on Robust model predictive control

Christian Løvaas will pursue a PhD in controlsystems technology at The University of Newcastle. The topic of research, robustness in MPC, falls within the fascinating general area of control systems technology, which is an internationally recognized area of research at The University of Newcast...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Public involvement in the provision of complex services

I present four closely related projects. All concern the role of the government in the provision of complex services. The services are complex in the literal sense, of having many dimensions, and in the meaning of being complicated. Quality is often diffi cult to observe for outsiders, and if obs...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Interactions between foreign DNA and SECs (scavenger endothelial cells) in vitro and in vivo

Nucleic acid (NA) molecules (DNA and RNA) in food/feed are taken up from the intestines and circulate in the bloodstream of mammals. Isogenic NA shed from apoptotic and necrotic cells are also released into the blood circulation. DNA is usually very rapid ly cleared from the bloodstream, and degr...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Variation in Time Allocation Among Reindeer Herders in West Finnmark, Norway

Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) husbandry is believed to be the cornerstone of the Saami culture in northern Fennoscandia. The proposed project will focus on variations in time allocation among Saami reindeer herders in West Finnmark, Norway. This p roject will explore how herders deal with...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Semantisk studie av pronomenet "on" i to tekstsjangrer (stip.: Anje Müller Gjesdal)

Anje Müller Gjesdal Fagområde: Fransk lingvistikk Sammendrag: Semantisk studie av pronomenet "on" i to tekstsjangrer Emnet for dette prosjektet er det mangetydige franske pronomenet "on" ("man", "en"). Ulike kontekster bidrar til å gi det forskjellige b etydninger som kan spenne fra det personl...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Vestland

BIOMOL-Molekylær biovitenskap og bioteknologi

Use of genome-based microarray analyses to understand the oxidative stress response of an anaerobic microorganism growing at 100°C

Aerobic organisms require molecular O2 for energy conservation. This is a mixed blessing, however, as extremely reactive O2 derivatives (ROS) are produced during normal metabolism that can damage all cellular components. ROS have been implicated in a wide variety of human diseases, including can...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Quantum Correlations for Secret Key Distribution

Quantum mechanics allows secure communication against eavesdropping. The security relies on fundamental laws of physics and, therefore, it cannot be broken by any advance in computational power of potential adversaries. The reason for this is that any att empt to eavesdrop on the signals will hav...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Stability or change? Understanding sub Andean forest ecosystems - fragile environments facing disturbance

Fragile environments facing disturbance in the semi-arid regions of northern Peru will be analysed by use of aerial photo interpretation, vegetation mapping, GIS, direct gradient analysis (ordination), dendrochronology, analysis of key species densities a nd analysis of land use. Long term and re...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

FOLKEHELSE-Folkehelse

Doctors in-the-making - Professional identity among medical students

Project summary This project is an ethnographic study of the development of professional identity among medical students in the medical study. The fostering of professional identity and forms of knowledge was a central idea in the Oslo96 reform of the stu dy. The ability to update oneself on new ...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

UTISOR-Utviklingsveier i Sør

Stigma and self-representations. An anthropological study on poverty and disability in South Africa.

In South Africa, the link between disability and poverty are understood politically. The two categories are mutually dependent: the one cannot be conceived without the other. The poster on the front page is one example on how this perspective has been pre sented to the public. In policy plans, di...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Sexual variation in heritability of body size in The Pied Flycatcher - an experimental approach.

There is increasing evidence that recent climatic warming affects various aspects of ecological communities. Most studies to date have used cross-sectional data in order to relate variation in temperature to population trends and various life history trai ts. However such correlative studies can ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Generation, reproduction and birth outcome

Causes for disease late in life can be found in events around birth, but also in events before the birth itself. A huge interest in the determinants of birthweight has recently re-emerged due to consistent results showing increased risk of poor health out comes for individuals born with low birth...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Vestland

BIOEVO-Evolusjonsbiologi og økologi

Local adaptations in cuckoos and their hosts; a metapopulation approach: tillegg til 151641/V40

Coevolutionary dynamics allows revealing ongoing microevolutionary dynamics and adaptations. Interactions between obligate avian brood parasites and their hosts are suitable systems for the study of coevolution. Various adaptations and counter-adaptations have previously been described in both p...

Awarded: NOK 0.68 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FARM-Farmakologisk, farmasøytisk forskning

Computer-Aided Design of Peptidomimetic Antagonists of the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor, a Therapeutic Target for Oncology and AIDS

The G-protein coupled chemokine receptor CXCR4 is a biological target of medical significance both in oncology and infectious diseases since CXCR4 activation – among other things – is associated with tumor vascularization and metastasis. In addition, the CXCR4 receptor is expressed on CD4+ T-cell...

Awarded: NOK 0.84 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

I balders hage. Fornaldersagaene som "ny" kilde til førkristen, norrøn religion.

I mitt prosjekt, fornaldersagaene som "nye" kilder til norrøn, førkristen religion, vil jeg i første rekke foreta en systematisk gjennomlesing av hele sagakorpuset. Dette består av 25 sagaer og 8 kortere fragmenter. Flere av sagaene er ikke oversatt, så j eg må lese dem i orginalspråket, norrønt....

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

The Role of Religion in the Formation of an Ethical Self in Kant and Levinas

Prosjektet vil undersøke religionens rolle for etisk selvdannelse hos Kant og Levinas, med utgangspunkt i begrepene substitusjon, idealisering og religiøs symbolisering. Utgangspunktet for prosjektet er spenningen mellom autonomi og annethet i diskusjon en omkring betingelsene for etisk subjekt...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

IKT2010-Grunnleggende IKT-forskning

Incremental and component-based software development (INCO)

The high costs and high failure rate of present software projects call for better technologies and work processes for software development and maintenance. In recent years, incremental and component-based development have been proposed as remedies separat e or combined to reduce development time ...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Phenotypic variability in life-history traits: is intra population variability important for zooplankton dynamics

State-of-the-art studies in theoretical disciplines predict that populations will evolve as environments change. There is hardly any empirical information that can shed light on the importance of this process for natural marine zooplankton. This is most u nfortunate, as many of the changes predic...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Svalbard

BIOFYS-Fysiologiske og anatomiske fag

Emergence of functional neural networks in the developing brain: A functional imaging study

The current view of brain development is that neuronal circuits are formed through an interaction between two fundamentally different mechanisms. First, growing axons are targeted to specific regions by molecular guidance and recognition cues. Second, on going neuronal activity regulates the str...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Oslo

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