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FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Political Parties and Democracy: Decline or Change?

We study the role of political parties in contemporary democracies. The main research question is whether parties have primarily changed or declined as organizations and whether parties' contributions to democracy are stable or in decline. Our focus is th e behaviour and inter-relationship of par...

Tildelt: kr 8,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Cooperative Mining of Independent Document Repositories

Document repositories contain a wealth of knowledge that can be discovered through text-mining techniques. With the advent of all-digital management processes, new types of repositories have emerged, for example personal document repositories like email folders. The typical approach to mine coll...

Tildelt: kr 8,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Evaluation of the Impact of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness Strategy on Neonatal and Infant Mortality

This is a recently initied cluster-randomized trial in Haryana, North India. Eighteen geographical areas served by Primary Health Centres (PHCs) (average population 30,000) were randomized to intervention or comparison areas. The IMNCI intervention includ es three main components: a) improvements...

Tildelt: kr 7,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Improved disease resistance of Indian tiger shrimp and rohu carp using advanced molecular methods and streamlining use of genetic resources

White spot syndrome virus and Aeromonas hydrophila are diseases that have a major impact on shrimp and carp production respectively in India. By improving the disease resistance of aquaculture stock, India could reduce the cost of production, positively a ffect both the local environment and huma...

Tildelt: kr 10,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Models and stable isotopes to quantify sources of nutrients transported by rivers to the sea: atmospheric deposition, land sources

This project will examine scenarios of changes in nutrient fluxes to the sea from atmospheric deposition and land-based sources. Integrated studies will be conducted at two river basins draining to the Norwegian Skagerrak coast; the eutrophic system Vansj ø/Hobøl and the oligotrophic system Tovda...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Long-term effects of a biological invasion

Exotic species represent an increasing global threat resulting in ecological disturbance and biodiversity loss in natural ecosystems. In spite of recent emphasis on these problems, several aspects of introductions and invasions are still poorly understood . The present project relates to a non-na...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Integration, exclusion and job mobility in different types of Norwegian work organisations

The premise for the project is that processes of work life integration are not uniform. On the contrary, the character of these processes may be expected to be quite different between various sectors, industries and occupational contexts. This is not only because jobs are designed differently an...

Tildelt: kr 5,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Halm som biobrensel - tilgjenglige mengder, produksjon- og bruksutfordringer i områder med kort og fuktig innhøstingsperiode

Energigården - Senter for bioenergi - er et informasjons- og kompetansesenter for bioenergi og annen fornybar energi og ønsker å være en pådriver for økt norsk satsning på disse energiformene, samt stimulere til valg av miljøriktige energisystemer. I takt med regjeringens mål om karbonnøytralite...

Tildelt: kr 2,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Innlandet

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Biogass som del av landbrukets verdikjede

Det er en sterk satsing på å utnytte biogass fra husdyrgjødsel og forskjellige typer organisk avfall i dag. Dette skyldes at prosessen danner ren fornybar energi i form av biogass, mens restproduktene kan benyttes som gjødsel. Målet med dette prosjektet e r å innarbeide biogassproduksjon i landbr...

Tildelt: kr 6,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

IS-RUOK-EONR-økonomi

Groh, Andreas Lind eon ruhrgas øk 08 kat 1

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Tildelt: kr 35 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-RURE-EONR-rettsvitenskap

Thorson, Bjarte, eon ruhrgas rettsvit kat 2

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Tildelt: kr 45 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Dependable ICT for the Energy Sector

Software as an integrated part of critical components used in O&G installations is increasingly being used in the oil & gas industry, because it promises more functionality, lower building costs, lower cost of operation, as well as higher flexibility for future changes and upgrades. In particular...

Tildelt: kr 10,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Declining long-term trends in Atlantic salmon abundance: inferring mechanisms using catch data for Norway and Scotland.

Long-term time-series of Atlantic salmon catches for c. 250 Norwegian rivers (some spanning the period 1876 to present) and 48 Scottish rivers (1952 to present) will be subject to statistical analyses in order to deduce what regulates the long-term dynami cs of spawning populations. Preliminary a...

Tildelt: kr 2,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Amaral, Ana I. Porem, portugisisk stp 07/08

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Tildelt: kr 41 500

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

End Use of Photovoltaic Technology in Norway

The overall objective of this project is to investigate the hypothesis that "solar electricity is a viable alternative even in Norway". Because of the project, we will know more about under what assumptions this is true, or - conversely - why the hypothes is is false. This will be achieved throug...

Tildelt: kr 6,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Agder

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...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Environmental mercury and human health in Arctic Norway

Persistent pollutants in Arctic areas have received much attention. It is well known that these contaminants accumulate in food webs and potentially cause severe physiological damages to top level predators including humans. People in Arctic regions tend to be more exposed to these pollutants due...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Assessing the marine fish diversity of Jan Mayen and adjacent waters towards the 2010 Norwegian Red List

The recent version of the Norwegian Red List was published in 2006. Jan Mayen and its adjacent waters is the only Norwegian Territory in the Northern Hemisphere which is not included. An update of the Norwegian Red List is due in 2010, with the aim to inc lude also the area around Jan Mayen. Lit...

Tildelt: kr 0,32 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Vestland

SIP-NHD-Strategiske instituttprogram finansiert av NHD

Optimization and environmental improvement of CO2-capture processes

It is now a well established fact that in order to mitigate unwanted environmental effects of CO2 emissions the capture and storage of CO2 is one method promising significant cuts. The continuing growth of world demand for fossil fuels, will only increase the need for CO2 capture and storage tec...

Tildelt: kr 4,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Telemark

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Type 1 Diabetes and the Hygiene Hypothesis (helminths and parasites, and symptomatic virus infections)

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases with childhood onset. The incidence of T1D has increased with 25% during the last three years, and threefold during the last generation. The disease has a multifactorial aetiology and app ears after a long period where the immune...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Toxicological characterization of selected secondary fungal metabolites in Norwegian grain

Grains are commonly infected with toxigenic fungi, particularly with species of the Fusarium and Alternaria genera. Fusarium fungi are producers of a range of well known mycotoxins as well as less known bioactive metabolites for which little toxicological information exists. Food and feed contai...

Tildelt: kr 3,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Environmental exposure to phthalates and Bisphenol A and the development of diabetes and asthma - an in vivo and in vitro study

Asthma, allergy and diabetes increased during the last decades. These diseases are caused by dysfunction of the immune system. Diabetes and allergic diseases could share common underlying immunological mechanisms and environmental causes. Our hypothesis i s that the two groups of chemicals, phtha...

Tildelt: kr 4,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

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

A novel cell cycle checkpoint in fission yeast

In this project we shall further study and characterise a novel mechanism of checkpoint regulation that we have recently discovered (Tvegård et al, Genes Dev, 2007). Checkpoints are important regulators of the cell cycle and cancer development is frequent ly associated with the lack of checkpoint...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Miljøvennlige bindemidler og malingssytemer basert på modifiserte Nano Silika partikler

Jotun og SINTEF har sammen utviklet nanopartikler til bruk i luftherdende maling (med prosjektnummer 176216/S10, startet i mai 2006 og avsluttes i mars 2008). Dette prosjektet har vært vellykket. Så langt har vi utviklet et produkt, en modifisert nanopart ikkel til bruk i en oljemaling med reduse...

Tildelt: kr 5,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestfold

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Optifoul Project

The roughness of the surface of the hull is one of the major factors that contribute to the overall fuel consumption of the vessel. Measurements of the hydrodynamic drag of different commercially available antifouling coatings have shown that surface roug hness between different antifouling syste...

Tildelt: kr 1,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

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

Folate, Paternal Age and De Novo Genetic and Epigenetic Events.

De novo mutasjoner er endringer i arvematerialet (DNA) som oppstår i kjønnscellene eller tidlig i fosterutviklingen og som derfor er nye i den forstand at de ikke finnes hos foreldrene. Epigenetiske mekanismer er kjemiske endringer i arvematerialet som styrer hvorvidt et gen skrus av eller på, op...

Tildelt: kr 4,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2015

Sted: Oslo

SUP-NHD-Strategiske UoH-progr.fin.NHD

SIRIUS: Sensing, Adapting and Protecting Pervasive Information Spaces

Utviklingen av trådbasert og i enda større grad trådløs sensorteknologi som kan kobles til internett, vil i fremtiden muliggjøre mange nye applikasjoner innen helse og omsorg, miljøovervåkning, trafikkstyring, smarte hus osv. Men for å kunne bygge appl ikasjoner med sensorer og nettet som basiste...

Tildelt: kr 9,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Exploring and expanding an understanding of Norway's entrepreneural history

Preliminary research suggests these non-conventional religious leaders and groups, being excluded from conventional forms of enterprise, were particularly attuned to new economic and business opportunities. We have focused on the idea of Israel Kirzner w hen he notes that entrepreneurs are espec...

Tildelt: kr 81 500

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Vestland

VEFO-Velferd, familie og oppvekst

Barndom - i går, i dag, i morgen

Velferd og livskvalitet for barn er nært knyttet til forståelse av "den gode barndom". I nordiske land sees barndom først og fremst som en livsfase knyttet til utdanning og skole, lek og barnekultur, mens arbeid knyttes til voksne. I barndomsforskningen s tår spørsmål som knytter seg til profesjo...

Tildelt: kr 99 999

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage