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PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Early Life Stress: A Translational Study of Affective and Behavioral Outcomes and Genetic Modulation.

This translational and cross-disciplinary project explores the relationships between adverse early life experiences and the development of risk or resilience to later life stress, with a focus on behavioural changes and genetic modulation. In humans, abu se, parental neglect and other traumatic ...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

4D Electromagnetic monitoring of CO2 in geological formations and in EOR settings

One of the main challenges concerning CO2 storage is to be able to monitor the storage during and after injection, and especially after the abandonment to ascertain where the CO2 is and if any is leaking out of the reservoir through wells or faults. Leaka ges from a reservoir could be a hazard if...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

The social, psychological, genetic and neurobiological context of pediatric OCD and OCD treatment response

Tvangslidelse eller obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) er en relativt lav prevalent (0,5-3,0%) men veldig alvorlig psykiatrisk lidelse som kan forekomme hos barn og voksne. Ca. halvparten av voksne med OCD rapporterer at de hadde hemmende og alvorlige tvangssymptomer som barn. OCD hevdes å være ...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2018

Location: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

How formalization closed the gender land gap in Peru and the impact on women's empowerment

The Special Land Titling and Cadastre Project (PETT) in Peru has over the last decade issued titles for over 5.8 million agricultural plots, unique in the world when it comes to the extent and speed of the process. Fifty-six per cent of all plots belongin g to households with couples became joint...

Awarded: NOK 0.62 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Additional activities related to an ongoing project: Impact of the new vaccine MenAfriVac on carriage of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis

Meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A represents an important public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. New meningitis vaccines (against pneumococci, Hemophilus influenzae and serogroup C meningococci) manufactured by conjugating the pol ysaccharide to a carrier protein have bee...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Oslo

FINNUT-Forskning og innovasjon i utdanningssektoren

Nasjonal forskerskole for lærerutdanningene (NAFOL)

Nasjonal forskerskole for lærerutdanning (NAFOL) sitt hovedmål har vært å styrke kvaliteten i alle typer lærerutdanning. NAFOL ønsket å gjøre dette gjennom en målrettet, sterk og langsiktig satsing på organisert forskerutdanning og har samarbeidet med et nasjonalt nettverk av lærerutdanningsinsti...

Awarded: NOK 87.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Development of a food-grade Lactobacillus-based oral vaccine delivery system

In low-income countries, efforts to increase immunization coverage are hampered by weak health systems. Furthermore, the unaffordable costs of some vaccines remain a major barrier for people to access vaccination services. To develop novel technologies fo r effective production and delivery of va...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

The geography of vulnerability to sea level rise, storm surge and riverine flooding: a case study in Mid-Norway

The overall PhD topic sets out to examine present and future vulnerability to known and predicted climatic hazards in a case study area in Mid-Norway. The study uses a modified vulnerability model to identify and map physical and social susceptibilities, today and by 2100. The various input data...

Awarded: NOK 89,999

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

The Norwegian study in Renewing Health: Stimulating self-management in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus through telecare with ...

The present study is the Norwegian part of the European Union Collaborative Project-REgioNs of Europe WorkINg together for HEALTH (RENEWING HEALTH). Self-management support is an important element of care for persons with type 2 diabetes for achieving metabolic control and positive lifestyle chan...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2017

Location: Oslo

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

Consumption and quality of health services for COPD patients: What is the impact of gender, socio-economic status and geography?

I likhet med andre studier finner denne studien klare effekter av kjønn og alder. Menn har større risiko for å pådra seg KOLS enn kvinner og risikoen øker med alder for begge kjønn. Det er signifikant geografisk klyngedannelser i KOLS-forekomst i Norge. Klynger med høy forekomst er tydelige i Sør...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Studies of humoral and cell-mediated protective immune markers during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in human population

Prosjektet har resultert i betydelige resultater i form av publikasjoner og presentasjoner på konferanser siden vår siste rapport i juli, 2014. Vi har nå gjennomført analyse og er ferdige med resultatet. Artikkelen "QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube-test Conversions and reversions among tuberculosis pa...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

To what extent do user fees affect Hepatitis B vaccine coverage rates in China?

China has 93 million infected carriers of the HB virus; about 20 million with chronic infections. The main transmission of virus is vertical, within families, often from mother to child during childbirth. The probability for developing chronic infection i s 90% for infants (infected in first year...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Autonomy and Quality in Care. The comparative case of multilevel governance in local service provision for the elderly and the mentally ill

QUALICARE aims at developing new knowledge relevant to strengthen local institutional capacity to meet the challenges from increase in numbers and complexity of service receivers, from elderly 67+ to younger persons with physical or mental impairments, an d gain new insight in how effective, comp...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Cooperation in the health care sector

The proposal is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses. In the quantitative part we will use data from the IPLOS register merged with data from the Norwegian Patient register. In this way we can investigate patient flows between h ospitals and long-term care. We will also...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

The challenges of collaborating in an integrated health care system

For many years it has been pointed out by users, next-of-kin, professionals and the authorities that treatment should be better coordinated for those who need help from several health services. It is known that failure often arises in the transition betwe en different services, institutions and u...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

BIOWAVE: Surface wave effects in the upper ocean and concequences for biological modeling

Vi har nå avsluttet de numeriske eksperimentene og holder i disse dager på å skrive ferdig en artikkel om resultatene. I hovedsak har vi gjort to ting: (i) lagt inn bølgedrivning av havstrømmene i havmodellen, (ii) lagt inn bølgeindusert blanding i drifts modellen for torskeegg og -larver. Vi har...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Alcohol consumption and harm to others

Prosjektet fokuserer på fem former for negative konsekvenser av andres alkoholbruk: (1) vold, (2) promillekjøring, (3) sykefravær (4) konsekvenser for barn, og (5) opplevde problemer knyttet til andres alkoholbruk. 1. Formålet er å undersøke om det er en kausal sammenheng mellom alkoholbruk og...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Cannabis: An ethnographic exploration of individual trends and socio-cultural context

The aim of this project is to examine the relationship between socio-cultural context and individual trends in shaping different cannabis consumption patterns among experienced adult users. This is based on the premise that different beliefs and attitudes about cannabis in terms of how, when, wh...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Workshop on survey methods for estimating catch, effort and economic value of widely dispersed marine recreational fisheries

The goal of this multidisciplinary workshop is to develop collaborative research on cost-effective methods that can be used to monitor catch and effort and to quantify the economic effects in diffuse marine recreational fisheries in Europe. The importanc e of quantifying catches in marine recrea...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Promoting prosperous coastal communities - Integrated community and business development in a regional perspective

The overriding question asked by this project is: Why have some coastal communities succeeded in developing prosperous communities while others struggle? We will study factors of importance to success: demography and economic development; local and region al collaboration; the importance of a coh...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

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

Exercise training as a treatment strategy for improved cardiac metabolism in patients with heart failure and with a transplanted heart

The search for an adequate treatment for heart failure is a major challenge, and even though the medical treatment has been improved substantially in recent years, the mortality rate remains high. During the last decades physical activity has been recogni zed as an important part in the rehabilit...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

The law and economics of relational contracts

Contracts form the web of the economy. The ability of parties to enter into voluntary contractual agreements is essential for economic exchange and prosperity. There are basically two devices that govern contracts: Contract law and norms. Contract law se ts the legal rules of exchanging parties'...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Rogaland

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

FINT Forretningsmodell for intermodal transport

Prosjektet målsetting skal adresseres gjennom følgende tiltak: Modellere de viktigste forretningsprosessene og behov for endringer på disse for å oppnå målsettingen der havnene og transportørene inngår. Modelleringen skal gjøres ved hjelp av standardisert e modelleringsteknikker (UML) der erfarin...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Oslo

SKOGFOND-Utviklingsfondet for skogbruket

Evaluering av skogtaksering med satellittbasert SAR

Prosjektet skal utprøve satellittbaserte RADAR data for kartlegging av skogressurser, dvs volum, biomasse, overhøyde og middelhøyde. To typer av RADAR data vil utprøves, - interferometri og polarimetri. Studieområdet vil være Lardal kommune i Vestfold.

Awarded: NOK 0.33 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Akershus

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Combining multi-compartment sampler and geophysical techniques for monitoring contaminant transport in soils

Pollution of soils is a widespread problem and is an important part of the still to be implement Soil Directive (EU). The impact of agriculture, industry, airport activities on soil and water quality is strongly influenced by soil heterogeneity. To improve risk assessment, monitoring, and treatme...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2016

Location: Akershus

GLOBHELS-Global helse

mVAC - Mobile innovations in recording child vaccination and health data in immunization registers

We will develop an innovative and mobile phone based solutions to create a fully digital system for recording immunizations at the individual level, which can be implemented in countries both with and without a public unique person ID structure/system. Pr imary health care workers will be equippe...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

U2020-Norsk utdanningsforskning 2009-2018

Developing national standards for the teaching and assessment of writing

"Developing national standards for the teaching and assessment of writing" is a project under the new National Centre for Writing Education and Writing Research. Its general motivating background is the lack of studies relating to competence developments at grade levels 5-7 in primary school. Th...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

A political-economy model for Norwegian agriculture

Institutions matter, but they are usually not part of applied economic policy modeling, which is primarily concerned with the consequences of agricultural policies. These models leave unexplained many of the causes of observed agricultural policies. As su ch, the models cannot be used to analyze ...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Oslo

NEVRONOR-Nasjonal satsing på nevrovitenskap f

CMT: Statistical analysis and revision of genetic diagnostics in a population, identification of the disease locus in a family with CMT2

Project summary CMT is the largest group of inherited polyneuropathies and a large number of genes are associated with the condition. The Department of Medical Genetics at the University Hospital of North-Norway is a part of the National Neuromuscular Cen tre. Patients with CMT constitute a signi...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Dieback in Norway spruce - causality and future management strategies

Grantørkeprosjektet fokuserer på tørkeproblemer på gran i lavlandet på Østlandet. Toppskranting og avdøing forekommer på enkelte lokaliteter i veksterlige granbestand i hkl 3-4. Gjentatte befaringer av slike skader gjennom de siste 20-25 år har tydet på a t tørke er hovedårsaken, men at det er ko...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

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