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MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Salmon and contaminants: impacts on insulin sensitivity and metabolic diseases

Although marine food has long been known to have health properties, its roles and impacts on insulin sensitivity and metabolic diseases (e.g. type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, coronary heart diseases etc.) remain still unclear and worldwide debated. Beside its potential health effects, rec...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Oil induced autoimmune disease

We here present evidence that environmental exposure to immunoadjuvants in particular mineral oils, may precipitate autoimmune diseases in susceptible individuals, and that a novel class of genes encoding leukocyte regulatory receptors contribute to this susceptibility. The evidence is based on t...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Bioaccumulation and endocrine disruptive effects of POPs in trout from Lake Mjøsa and an upstream refererence population

Endocrine disruption is of growing concern and of potential ecological relevance as we learn more about how xenobiotics disrupt the actions of hormones needed for developmental and reproduction in wildlife. Regulatory bodies worldwide are currently partic ularly focusing on endocrine disrupting c...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

REISEPOL-Reiselivspolitikk

Knowledge on economic impacts of tourism on regional and local levels as platform for tourism policy strategies

This project aims at meeting the call for knowledge related to economic impacts of tourism as a basis for adequate tourism policy making. The basis of our proposal is the wide experience from tourism impact assessment at the Institute of Transport Economi cs (TØI), combined with the economic mode...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosjektstøtte for hum.fag og samfunnsvitenskap

Language, Culture and Identity in Migrant Narratives

The issue of identity, or rather identities, has figured prominently in recent years in various disciplines in poststructuralist approaches to the discussion of the self and the other. A discourse unit that provides an excellent locus for investigating is sues of culture and identity is the narra...

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Molecular interactions and signalling mechanisms of 5-HT4 and 5-HT7 serotonin receptors

The basis for the current project is observations in our lab indicating special properties of two serotonin receptors, 5-HT4 and 5-HT7. First, we have demonstrated that the 5-HT7 receptor behaves as if it were preassociated with G protein in the absence of ligand and reduces the signalling capac...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

RISIT-Transportsikkerhet

Gransking av ulykker og farlige hendelser i transport: Metodeutvikling og analyse av forutsetninger for læring.

Prosjektet består av to hoveddeler. Del 1 er en undersøkelse av metodologiske forutsetninger for at gransking av ulykker skal gi valid kunnskap om årsakssammenhenger. Det vil bli fokusert på betydningen av å bruke en strukturert og standardisert analyseme tode samt aggregering av resultater fra f...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

CA-CHAINS Customer and Agent Initiated Intermodal Transport Chains (ERA-NET)

The research within project 'Customer and Agent Initiated Transport Chains' focus two new evolving segments for intermodal transport in Europe, customer and agent initiated intermodal transport chains. These segments represent a high market potential for intermodal transport and it is vital that ...

Awarded: NOK 0.76 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Møre og Romsdal

MILGENHEL-Miljø, gener og helse

Forskningskoordinator på Program for Miljø, gener og helse

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Awarded: NOK 0.62 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

eGovernment Monitor

A massive digitalisation of public services is under way. The main challenge in this development is to ensure that the new online services effectively address the real needs of the citizens, businesses and governmental agencies. The Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform publi...

Awarded: NOK 13.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Agder

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

A biomarker-based tool to monitor community drug use and abuse in Norway: Monitoring of substances of abuse in wastewater effluents

An estimate of the Norwegian situation for addictive drugs is based mainly on the following input: - Death and disease associated with the use of drugs - Crime associated with drugs (e.g. number of seizures of different drugs, amount of confiscated drugs and blood samples from drivers suspected f...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

International workshop to discuss quality standards of indigenous and alternative medicine in multicultural settings in Meso-America

Background: Latin America has a thousand-year long culture in traditional medicine with fundamental ideas common to all the cultures. Treatment of diseases using herbs is part of their cultural heritage and traditional medicine is integrated in current be liefs about the causes of ill health. The...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

Extended stroke unit service in Bergen. A RCT looking at the collaboration between hospital service and primary health care.

Stroke is the most commen cause of lasting disability in Norway and consumes substantial health resources. The best possible outcome of rehabilitation after stroke is therefore essential both for the individual patient and for society. Previous studies ha ve indicated that acute treatment in a st...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Predicting Consequences of Climate Change on Population Fluctuations of Birds and Mammals in Time and Space

The aim with the present project is to analyse how expected changes in climate will affect the population dynamics of birds and mammals, and how these dynamical influences will cause shifts in the geographical distribution of abundances within the distrib utional range of a species. Our approach ...

Awarded: NOK 14.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Diversity: changes and challenges in working life

The chief goal of today's labour market policy in Norway is to promote a well-functioning labour market with a high rate of participation in paid employment and inclusive and well-ordered workplaces that make good use of the available labour force.? The available labour force in Norway today is ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

NKJ 129: Svansbitning och svanskupering hos svin - biologiska mekanismer, prevention, behandling och ekonomiska aspekter

Tail biting is a common welfare problem in Nordic as well as in other countries. The occurrence of tail biting reduces pig growth, increases veterinary costs, and thus reduces the profitability of farms. Tail biting is a very difficult problem to solve, b ecause of the complex aetiology of risk f...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

VAM-Velferd, arbeidsliv og migrasjon

Protection of Civilians within Refugee Camp Environments: The Lawful Separation of Armed Elements

Det främsta målet med detta projekt är att systematisera skyddet för civila i flyktinglägermiljöer med utgångspunkt i flyktingrätt, humanitär rätt och mänskliga rättigheterna. En viktig del av detta skydd ligger i den legala separationen av väpnade elemen t för att upprätthålla flyktinglägrens ci...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Effects-directed identification of emerging substances

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Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: There is more to the picture than meets the eye - endophytic fungi in boreal forest bryophytes

Fungi that live hidden inside plant tissues without causing injuries to the host plant are endophytes and appear to be ubiquitous. Endophytic fungi are sources of biologically active secondary metabolites with pharmaceutical importance and large potential ecological importance. Results from a ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Akershus

PRAKUT-Praksisrettet utdanningsforskn

Digitale objekts plass i barns sosiale og språklige danning i barnehagen

Det er stor interesse for å ta i bruk digitale verktøy i barnehagen, og IKT er formelt i introdusert overfor barnehagen blant anna gjennom ulike formuleringar i Rammeplan for barnehagens innhold og oppgaver. Dette tross det faktum at det finns lite nors k forsking på området. Slik vi ser det e...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

IT-FUNK-IT for funksjonshemmede

Parkinsons IKT-utfordringer

Standard maskin- og programvare kan ikke brukes på en hensiktsmessig måte av alle, og kunnskap om passende tilpasninger er nødvendig. For mennesker med Parkinson er denne kompetansen manglende. Det viser seg at bruk av PC er særlig høyt prioritert av menn esker med Parkinson. I prosjektet vil det...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Climate Change and the Impacts on Farming of Salmon in the Coastal Areas of Norway

Global warming is expected to affect the ecosystem in the Northeast Atlantic. The objective of the project is to analyze the potential economic and organizational effect changes in sea temperature may have on the Norwegian salmon farming industry. The pri mal R&D challenge is to model the causal ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

The Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of Plant-Derived Influenza H5N1 Vaccine in Preclinical Models.

Influenza epidemics remain a burden to both human health and national economies, and parenteral influenza vaccines are the most effective prophylactic measure. The global spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 virus, causing the largest and most s evere avian outbreaks in history, poses a...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Konferanser (SERAF)

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Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Oslo

UTRED-Utredning

Oppfølging av kartleggingene av marin FoU og havbruksforskning 2007

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Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

RISIT-Transportsikkerhet

Risk perception and uncertainty in transport

The project focuses risk perception and uncertainty from the public, policymakers, professional transporters and experts related to reducing accidental in transport. The transport means include public (aviation, rail, bus, sea transport) as well as privat e means of transportation (car, MC, scoot...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VAM-Velferd, arbeidsliv og migrasjon

I kjønnslikestillingens navn? Om etniske minoritets- og majoritetsrelasjoner

Temaet for forskernettverket EMMA-nord er relasjonen kjønn og etnisitet. Hovedformålet er å undersøke hvordan den dominerende forestillingen om det norske samfunnet som et kjønnslikestilt samfunn bidrar til å skape kulturelle skillelinjer eller distanse m ellom majoritetsbefolkning og minoritetsb...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

VAM-Velferd, arbeidsliv og migrasjon

Training for International Publishing on Transnationalism and International Migration (TIP-TIM)

This training programme will bring together a group of twelve participants in four workshops over a two-year period. Each workshop will combine specialized training and individual follow-up. The programme is a co-operative effort between the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) an...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

KULVER-Kulturell verdsetting

Romanifolkets språk

The Tater language (Romani) is of Indo-Aryan origin, and thus ultimately cognate with Hindi. The speakers of this language, the Roma, left India more than 1000 years ago. When the Roma reached Europe, their language had meanwhile absorbed influences from several languages located between India an...

Awarded: NOK 0.86 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Local heritage values and cultural heritage plans in urban fringe areas

Urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Old definitions of urban, suburban and rural fail to capture the complexity of regions with motorways, industrial areas, office parks and residential districts pushing far into the countryside. Urban sprawl is now a common phenomenon ...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo