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HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Norwegian Missionaries. Practice and Representation in the Formation of "Self" and "Other"

The aim of this project is to explore cultural and social transformations following the encounter between Norwegian protestant missions and the local communities where they worked. Much research done in the field of colonialism and post-colonialism mainly focus on the consequences of the Europea...

Tildelt: kr 4,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

BEDSAM-Bedriftens samfunnsansvar

International developments, dissemination and implementation of CSR in the Norwegian clothing sector

By a trial research design this project aims to follow the Norwegian branch organisations engagement in the national and international development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and to study how these processes disseminates and influences the cl othing branch in Norway at the chain and ...

Tildelt: kr 3,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Rogaland

FORURENS-Forurensning

The future role for Nitrogen in acidification; investigating the changes in N runoff using modeling, empirical and experimen......se 141498

During recent years attention has been drawn upon increased leakage of nitrate from mountain and heathland areas receiving high Nitrogen deposition. Increased leakage of nitrate may cause deterioration of drinking water, acidification of surface waters an d contribute to marine eutrophication. In...

Tildelt: kr 0,30 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2006

Sted: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Coeliac disease (CD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA); mapping the shared features in order to understand autoimmunity

There has been a huge advance in the understanding of coeliac disease (CD) in recent years. Our group has made several important contributions to this improved understanding. Research done by other groups has started to unravel aspects of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that at sev...

Tildelt: kr 2,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Strengthening human resources for health. A study of health worker availability and performance in Tanzania

Shortage of health personnel and poor health worker performance are among the most pressing problems of health systems in low-income countries. This proposal represents a strategic initiative to provide evidence that will be valuable in addressing these f undamental problems. The initiative is a ...

Tildelt: kr 9,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2012

Sted: Vestland

TU-Tungt utstyr

Replacement of Equipment for Protein and Small Molecule X-ray Crystallography

The application concerns REPLACEMENT of most of the central equipment for protein and small molecule crystallography in Tromsø. Present equipment has been used very extensively over (very) many years but is now worn out, outdated and becoming very diffi cult to service. The individual items a...

Tildelt: kr 4,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2007

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

TU-Tungt utstyr

NTNU Nanolab: A Cross-Disciplinary Research Initiative Application for advanced scientific equipment

NTNU is the foremost contributor to technological higher education and basic research in Norway. In line with this it is important to be an active participant within nanotechnology. NTNU covers all relevant disciplines: biology, physics, chemistry, medica l technology, material science and techno...

Tildelt: kr 19,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Quorum sensing and transcriptional regulation in Gram-positive bacteria.

The bacteriocin production in Lactobacillus plantarum is regulated by the pln regulatory unit which is a quorum-sensing based signal transducing pathway. Such quorum-sensing based regulatory systems are of crucial importance in regulating gene expression in bacteria in response to environmental c...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Akershus

TU-Tungt utstyr

High Sensitivity Differential Scanning Calorimeter for Food Science and Biotechnology

The study of protein stability and denaturation is becoming increasingly important in food science, biotechnology and biochemical research. Therefore, the Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Food Science (IKBM) at the University of Life science (U MB) applies for funding for a high sensit...

Tildelt: kr 1,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2007

Sted: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Application of genomics tools and resources to selective breeding for improved disease resistance and animal welfare in fish

Disease poses probably the greatest worldwide risk to the success of intensive aquaculture both through its effects on production and animal welfare. An animals resistance to or tolerance of disease can in some instances be improved through selective bree ding or with treatment such as vaccines, ...

Tildelt: kr 6,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Pancreas disease in Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout; pathogenesis and risk factors (187087)

Pancreas disease is an emerging viral disease that affects farmed rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon in sea water. In regions where the disease is endemic, the economic impact is significant. An expansion of affected areas and a few outbreaks at previously un-affected sites show the potential for...

Tildelt: kr 9,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Muskelstruktur og kvalitet hos kveite Tilleggsbevilgning til prosjekt 133849

Det viktigste formålet med oppdrett av matfisk, er å produsere muskel av høy kvalitet. En av de viktigste kvalitetsfaktorene for fisk, og da spesielt feit marin fisk, er muskelens sammensetning av lange og flerumettede fettsyrer. Prosjektet fokuserer på å oppnå en grunnleggende viten om sammenhe...

Tildelt: kr 0,29 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2006

Sted: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Functional Metagenomics to Study Prokaryotes from Arctic/ Sub-Arctic Springs of Hydrothermal Origin

The majority, in fact >99 % of the microorganisms on this planet have not yet been cultured in the laboratory and therefore have remained mostly uncharacterized and also unexploited for biotechnological purposes. Recent advancements in genomic technologie s, so called metagenomics, now allow to s...

Tildelt: kr 4,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2011

Sted: Vestland

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Wireless LANs with High Throughput in Interference Limited Environments

In recent years, the data rate in wireless communications systems has increased by more than 2 orders of magnitude. The proliferation of wireless LANs has been an unexpected boom to the wireless industry, both for the equipment manufacturers, and for oper ators, which have created a wide network ...

Tildelt: kr 1,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Progressive, modern production of juvenile Atlantic cod

High throughput, reduced generation time, rapid development, high energy diets, intensive feeding scheme (rotifers), high densities, heated water and photoperiod control, with constant light to enhance growth and accelerate development, are becoming key r equirements for successful season-indepen...

Tildelt: kr 9,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Model-driven Multi-channel Mobile Work

The project is planned for 4 years from January 2006 and includes 3 PhD positions. The project leader is Professor John Krogstie (Norwegian University of Technology and Science), an established international authority on mobile information systems and inf ormation systems modelling. The two other...

Tildelt: kr 6,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

Therapeutic approaches for the correction of misfolding mutations in pterin-dependent enzymes

Many inherited diseases are caused by the enhanced tendency of the mutant variant proteins to misfold and to either undergo proteasomal degradation or deleterious aggregation with plaque formation. For several of these diseases evidence has been accumulat ed that chemical or pharmacologic chapero...

Tildelt: kr 3,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2012

Sted: Vestland

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Arktiske diskurser

Skildringer av arktiske eller subarktiske strøk og livet der utgjør et omfangsrikt materiale produsert både i disse strøkene og i andre deler av verden, f.eks. Europa og Amerika. Omfanget øker særlig i og med den systematiske vitenskapelige undersøkelsen av Arktis som er på plass etter romantikke...

Tildelt: kr 7,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2013

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ALDER-Aldersforskning

Assessment and treatment of older people at risk of falling

About 30 % of persons more than 65 years, and nearly 50 % of persons at 80 years and older fall at least once a year. Falls are the most serious and frequent accident among elderly. Successful prevention of falls and fall-related injuries requires use of valid methods to detect fall risk and to e...

Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2008

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

IKT, funksjonshemming og arbeidsliv (ref. 81145)

Prosjektet vil belyse følgende hovedproblemstillinger: 1) Hvilke offentlige virkemidler er utformet for å nyttiggjøre seg IKT-baserte hjelpemidler som kan fremme sysselsetting av funksjonshemmede i Norge, Storbritannia, Nederland og Danmark? 2) H vordan er diffusjonssystemet organisert i...

Tildelt: kr 5,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Wave and current loads on net panels and net cages

SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture (SFH) has over the last five years developed a numerical model (3dNet) of a three dimensional net structure exposed to waves and current. This activity has been financed by the Research Council of Norway through two projec ts: 3 Dimensional netpen movement and moo...

Tildelt: kr 4,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Effects of vaccination and innate immune defence against recurrence of IPN in salmon carrying IPN virus of different virulence.

There is a need to identify factors that may contribute to the serious infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) disease problems in A. salmon post-smolts. It is important to know more about the impact of the widespread carrier state of IPNV in A. salmon, the risk of recurrence of IPN, and the high vi...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

P-KVINN-Program for kvinne- og kjønnsf

Mangfoldig likestilling i familiesfæren? Virkninger av norsk mangfolds- og likestillingspolitikk

Prosjektet tar utgangspunkt i en tilsynelatende motsetning mellom norsk likestillings- og mangfoldspolitikk, karakterisert som kjønnsproblematikken i flerkulturelle samfunn. Det har til hensikt å produsere systematisk kunnskap om relasjonene mellom likest illings- og mangfoldspolitikken i forhold...

Tildelt: kr 1,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2008

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

The Jan Mayen micro-continent - Searching for new knowledge on prospectivity, basin evolution and sediment provenance

The Norwegian continental margin has been extensively studied through a large number of seismic surveys and drill holes, and the subsurface geology is therefore generally well known. In comparison, the knowledge on the subsurface geology of the conjugate East Greenland margin is rudimentary. More...

Tildelt: kr 9,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

TERMINERT! Fiber optic marine seismic streamer

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Tildelt: kr 4,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Oslo

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Electrocoalescence - Criteria for an efficient process in real crude oil systems

The fundamental mechanism active in the electrocoalescence process has been identified as a formation of an electrohydrodynamical surface instability. Hydrodynamic models for drop movement has been established and verified experimentally in model systems. This far, coalescence has been studied u...

Tildelt: kr 12,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Thermal and electromagnetic performance of transformers

The transformers represent a large present value and are of great strategic importance in power systems. While the system ages there is a wish to increase loading. The transformers are threatened by reduced mechanical strength and withstand voltage from a ged materials. Increasingly complex and u...

Tildelt: kr 14,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2011

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Glutamate and lactate: Jason-faced actors in neurology

Excitatory amino acids play dual roles in the brain: they are physiological transmitters but have the potential to damage brain tissue. The same may be true for lactate, an important intermediate in cell metabolism. The project will study the roles of exc itatory amino acids and lactate transport...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Dynamic 3-D modelling of the synaptic environment: The roles of transporters in controlling receptor activation and water transport

Prevention and cure of neurological diseases are hampered by a lack of knowledge of the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms which involve a complex system of transporter proteins. The primary objective of this proposal is to uncover how transporters limit activation of brain neurotransmitter recep...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Auroral imaging from space to study solar wind - magnetosphere - ionosphere coupling

Based on simultaneous conjugate global imaging from space by IMAGE FUV and Polar VIS Earth camera this project will resolve the following scientific questions: - Determine what controls the conjugacy and non-conjugacy of theta aurora - Determine relative location and intensity of cusp precipita...

Tildelt: kr 0,30 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2007

Sted: Vestland