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INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Carbon monoxide as an antioxidant in lipids and heme pigments of meat and fish

The interest for research on CO for meat and fish has grown substantially over the past 3-4 years, much because of the recent legislative developments in the USA and EU. Norway and the USA have been pioneers in the utilisation of CO for muscle foods. We p ropose to evaluate new research areas of ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - SINO-NORWEGIAN CENTRE FOR ECO-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

China is facing a large number of environmental challenges and seeks international scientific assistance in how to deal with these issues. The importance of meeting these requests are reflected in statements issued from the Norwegian government (Soria-Mor ia erklæringen), from Ministry of Educati...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - PepTalk- Project establishment support for studies on peptide nutrition, growth and development of larval fish between Norway and USA

This application for project establishment support for a bilateral research cooperation (PepTalk) between the participating collaborators in Norway and in the US is based on the complementary approach of the research groups that has developed and has been obvious for many years. Because there is...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - New Paradigms for Speech Technology - Pilot

The current paradigm for speech modeling, in particular for automatic speech recognition (ASR) is based on statistical pattern recognition where model parameters are learnt from large collections of speech and text data. The performance of these systems a re, in spite of several decades of resear...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Samarbeid innen studier av sykdom på trær ved bruk av molekylærbiologiske metoder

Min kontakt i Canada er Dr. Armand Séguin (www.arborea.ulaval.ca/en/who/armand-seguin.php) . Dr. Séguin arbeider med å øke vår molekylære forståelse av de molekylære mekanismer bak hvordan trær reagere på sykdom og annet stress forårsaket av miljøet. Ve d Laval Universitetet har de som et hoved...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Establishment of collaborative Fish Health research projects involving USA, Canada and Norway

Based on the recommendation from a trilateral (USA-Canada-Norway) workshop in Washington D.C. November 2005, proceed the establishment of trilateral collaborative research projects within the field of Fish Health. It is suggested to establish projects wit hin the fields of (i) basic immunology of...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Forskernettverk - Biomembran

Universitetet i Stavanger ved Institutt for naturvitenskap og matematikk (prof. Torleiv Bilstad) har i lengre tid vært engasjert i utvikling og anvendelse av en biomembran. Biomembranen som er utviklet regulerer bakketemperatur og vannhusholdning i jorda. Den hindrer også sandflukt og erosjon. B...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Rogaland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Modelling risks in the salmon industry and markets

The project proposes developing a trade model for salmon to assist in discussions and negotiations of current international salmon trade issues and major risks problems facing the salmon industry. Two modeling approaches are discussed either: 1) developin g a traditional equilibrium trade model d...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Recruitment dynamics of the herring stocks in the western North Pacific and Norwegian Sea

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) are closely related but biologically distinct species, residing mainly in the Northern parts of the two oceans. Both species are pelagic plankton-feeders and contain both migratory as well as quite stationary stocks. Many st...

Awarded: NOK 55,000

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Stratospheric ozone depletion and climate change in the Arctic region

Ozone is the third most important greenhouse gas according to IPCC. Its distribution in the stratosphere and the troposphere is affected by human activity and has therefore changed significantly over the last decades. Emission of ozone precursors has lead to ozone increases in the troposphere, w...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA -Neuroscience of memory-development of a general linear model of brain structure (MRI), white matter microstructure (DTI), ERP and memory

De siste 3 årene har vår gruppe hatt et fruktbart samarbeid med ledende forskere ved HMS. Dette har bidratt til at vårt miljø holder et metodologisk og analytisk nivå i verdensklasse, og foreløpig ført til 7 sampublikasjoner i topp internasjonale tidsskri fter. Nylig har også gruppen ved HMS tatt...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - Development of a metabolomics project to study biomarkers in psychotic disorders as part of the TOP study

Metabolomics is a new technology platform allowing the comprehensive study of small molecules present in cells and body fluids. It has been earmarked as an important area to develop under the NIH Roadmap Initiative. The technology provides the examinatio n of the comprehensive metabolome, as wel...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Japan - Fostering international cooperation in renewable energy

The Centre for Renewable Energy aims to works closely with a number of domestic and international partners to build effective long-term partnerships and synergies, and to advance the work in collaboration with other leading institutions and initiatives su pporting renewable energy deployment. T...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

NA - DEVELOPING JOINT USA - CANADA - NORWAY COLLABORATION ON ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS FOR FISH EXPOSED TO MULTIPLE STRESSORS

Assessment of ecotoxicological risks associated with biological responses in fish exposed to multiple stressors (contaminants, radiation or other stressors) is a key international research issue. The understanding of the underlying mechanisms for lethal/s ub-lethal effects in fish induced by a mi...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Oxygen saturation in preterm infants: high or low?

Oxygen is one of the most common therapies for extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs) 24-28 weeks of gestational age. Yet, ELGANs are vulnerable to toxic effects. Oxygen related morbidities include severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a leadi ng cause to blindness and visual disabili...

Awarded: NOK 48,000

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - Logistics challenges in China

China's economy is growing very fast. A major need in this growth, particularly since the economy is so export oriented, is knowledge about logistics. The competence in Chinese universities in logistics is very limited. Molde University College, which off ers education in transportation and logis...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Møre og Romsdal

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

India - Pilot studies in Geohazard prevention and migration - 2005/08082-1

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments

MIRAGE-Mex is an extensive observational mission in the outflow of the world's second largest metropolitan area, Mexico City (MC), coordinated by the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The project aims to characterize the extent, persistence, and potential impacts of the MC urban pl...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada - Intensive rearing conditions: effects on health and welfare

Development of the aquaculture industry requires a compromise between intensive production and a growing need for healthy, high-quality seafood. Both in Norway and Canada, there has been increasing focus on fish welfare. However, there are few established methods to define or measure fish welfar...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Frankrike - Biochemistry and distribution of lipids in the Arctic Plankton Community:

Three objectives will be at the base of the project : * Evaluate the relationship between the seasonal changes in taxonomic as well as biochemical composition of primary producers/protozoans and food availability both in absolute terms (chlorophyll and ca rbon concentrations) and in terms of bioc...

Awarded: NOK 0.47 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada - The effect of Climate Change on Food Quality and transfer of Energy and Pollutants in Polar Ecosystems

The overall idea is to make integrated Pan-Arctic reseach programmes involving US, Canadian and Russian partners in the ARCTOS network. This will be done through a workshop and to make an integrated research plan. Specific tasks will include: Task 1: Pos t. doc, PhD and master student integratio...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - Bilateralt FoU samarbeid om styrking av engelskundervisningen i Putuo, Kina, med spesiell vekt på muntlige ferdigheter

Våre partnere i Putuo, Kina, har uttrykt ønske om kurs/opplæring/workshops spesielt i muntlig engelsk i regi av engelsklærere ved Avdeling for lærerutdanning, Høgskolen i Oslo. Kunnskapsnivået, særlig i engelsk muntlig, er meget lavt selv når det gjelder engelsklærere i de videregående skolene. D...

Awarded: NOK 93,603

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - Develop research projects with academics in China:Business Ethics and Corporate Accountability in China

Develop a research project: Business Ethics and Corporate Accountability (see attachment) Research hypothesis: The pressure to initiate CSR driven management tools in China according to models known in the US and Europe may be futile or even counterpro ductive. There is another danger too: nam...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Accidental oil spill in the Norwegian Arctic

Off-shore oil exploration and production is moving towards Arctic regions, where knowledge about the environmental impact of such activities is extremely limited. As a result, petroleum operations in the "Barents Sea area", have strict environmental regul ations, i.e. a "zero discharge framework"...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Frankrike - Multibeam acoustics in quantitative ecosystem studies

This project will formalize and structure a connection in technology development between IFREMER, France and IMR, Norway. The overriding goal is to develop a project for innovative use of new acoustic technology within fisheries research solving challenge s in marine ecosystem assessment and mana...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Vestland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Frankrike - Optimisation of industrial processes for meat/fish by the use of micro-biospectroscopy

It is generally accepted that the quality of connective tissue and myofiber proteins in the raw fish/meat material is together with the process determining the quality of the final product. Nevertheless, the biophysical relationship between the raw meat/f ish quality and the final product is far ...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Kina - TeleConnect - Analyses of climate teleconnections in two coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean models

Deeper understanding of the intrinsic variability and stability properties of the main variability modes of the climate system is needed to assess confidence in the detection, attribution and prediction of global and regional climate variability and clima te change, to improve seasonal prediction...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Vestland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Research Collaboration on Carbon Nanostructures between IFE and University of Hawaii at Manoa

The project aims at establishing a long term a collaboration on the theoretical and experimental research of carbon nanostructures between the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and the University of Hawaii at Manoa in USA .This follows our recent suc cessful work on carbon cones. At IFE, t...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

USA - Understanding and prevention of unexplained stillbirths - collaboration in the Femina study and the Norw. Mother & Child Cohort Study

The background: Unexplained stillbirths have been the largest contributor to our perinatal mortality for decades. Women perceiving reduced fetal movements (FM) are at high risk of adverse outcomes, and are frequent and difficult challenges in obstetric c are. There are no evidence-based protocol...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada - Dynamics of exploited anadromous salmonid communities across a latitudinal and cultural gradient

The pre-proposal consists of two work-packages: I. Establishment of a collaboration with the Canadian pre-proposal ?Dynamics of exploited anadromous salmonid communities across a latitudinal and cultural gradient? being considered for Canadian activities in the International Polar Year 2007-200...

Awarded: NOK 96,343

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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