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IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Advanced jacket models for offshore wind turbines with superelements Mobile researcher: Jan Dubois, Germany

The project studies the practical issues that arise when the superelement approach is used for offshore wind turbine support structures. Special care needs to be taken to calculate the wave loading correctly for joints that are represented by superelement s in dynamical simulations. The superelem...

Tildelt: kr 0,16 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Clay in conversation: materials and artisan subjectivities Mobile researcher: Geoffrey Gowlland, UK

Increasingly, anthropologists are becoming interested in the non-linguistic, bodily, sensual and emotional bases of culture. In this frame of research, the anthropology of craft has had an important role to play, contributing empirically, theoretically an d methodologically to the question of the...

Tildelt: kr 0,16 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Shale-gas system evaluation and organic matter characterisation Mobile researcher: Luigi Gugliotti, Italy

The purpose of my stay in Norway is to apply the modelling tool OF-Mod (Organic Facies Model) to reconstruct palaeodepositional environments of organic-rich deposits of the Streppenosa and Marne del Monte Serrone formations (Italy). This research will for m part of my Ph.D. project. The OF-Mod pr...

Tildelt: kr 54 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Role of the capping layer and substrate in stability of thin films of Mg2NiH4 for hydrogen storage and semiconductor device applications

Mg2NiH4 is a very attractive material for its potential in many practical applications such as energy storage, switchable mirrors, smart solar collectors, semiconductor electronics, and photovoltaics. For metal hydride films, the presence of a capping lay er, e.g. Pd, which facilitates the diffus...

Tildelt: kr 0,32 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

NINA WUR partnership: Spatial ecological-economic modelling of ecosystem services, the case of Telemark province Mobile researcher:

The provision of ecosystem services (ES) constitutes a considerable part of human well-being. Both biophysical quantities and monetary values of ES are spatially explicit, but the role of spatial patterns in supply and demand of ES has not yet been studie d empirically. Spatially explicit ES valu...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Philosophy of War Mobile researcher: Yuriy Loboda, Ukraine

Among numerous philosophic fields of research like philosophy of law, language, logic, mind, science, biology, history, society etc had emerged new discipline - philosophy of war. Though philosophers from Heraclitus to Bernard Henri-Levy were always inter ested in war and projects of eternal peac...

Tildelt: kr 0,32 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

The fitness cost of antimicrobial resistance: a bacterial perspective. Mobile researcher: Vera Diachkova, Russia

The relative and absolute fitness cost of resistance is a key biological parameter determining the rate of emergence and frequency of resistant bacteria in the community. The biological cost can be related to chromosomally localized resistance genes, or p lasmid-encoded resistance genes. So far, ...

Tildelt: kr 95 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

HACOSE - Multitemporal analysis of High Arctic Coastal Systems Evolution - Braganzavågen and Bjonapynten, Svalbard.

Proposed Yggdrasil scholarship creates an opportunity to shape the future of coastal research on Svalbard by training young researcher (Matt Strzelecki) in the leading Norwegian polar institution - University Centre in Svalbard and pursuing study along re presentative High Arctic coastal environm...

Tildelt: kr 0,31 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Bio-hydrogen production by sorption enhanced steam reforming of biomass derived compounds Mobile researcher: María Victoria Gil, Spain

The work to be carried out during the mobility stay is related to the H2 production from biomass derived compounds by sorption enhanced steam reforming (SESR), as an effective and promising route for direct catalytic conversion of biomass to H2 with high efficiency and high selectivity, without ...

Tildelt: kr 54 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Multiscale modeling of solvent effects on molecular properties in aqueous solution

The main aim of the project is to model the effects of the molecular environment on the optical rotation, circular dichroism and Raman optical activity spectra by means of a method that combines quantum mechanical calculations (QM) with both polarizable c ontinuum model (PCM) and polarizable mole...

Tildelt: kr 39 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Dual-frequency ADCP measurement to quantify suspended sediment concentrations and to determine grain size distribution

The present project proposes to develop a new method to measure suspended sediment concentrations and their grain size distribution with a dual frequency acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). This is of high importance since sediments have a strongly negative impact on any hydropower plant. ...

Tildelt: kr 52 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

A multivariate analysis of social and intralinguistic factors of word order variation and change in Late Middle and Early Modern English

I would like to conduct a multivariate/logistic regression analysis of various social and linguistic factors influencing word order variation and change in earlier English. In my doctoral dissertation (2007) I dealt with some social (class, network, regi on), communicative (audience design) and ...

Tildelt: kr 39 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Geophysical 3D Modelling of the Karoo Basin

No clear tectonic model exists for the Karoo sedimentary basin in South Africa, which is a possible host for Permian shale gas. The main aim of this proposed project is to create a 3D geological model of the Karoo Basin using geological information, magne tic and gravity data, and supplementary b...

Tildelt: kr 39 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

How To Persuade People of Gender Equality in Language: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

Gender-inclusive language is a milestone in achieving gender equality. It proclaims feminization (using masculine and feminine terms) and neutralization (using neutral terms) to refer to both genders instead of using masculine personal nouns, since the ge neric use of masculine terms results in a...

Tildelt: kr 91 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Potential impact of an oil spill on the wolfish species of the Barents Sea

The main objective is to study the sensitivity of the wolfish larvae/juveniles to crude oil and to compare the biological effect of mechanically dispersed versus chemically dispersed oil using sub lethal end points. In order to identify the toxicity of ch emically dispersed oil, we need to also e...

Tildelt: kr 65 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Retinal factors in motion processing anomalies

The goal of the proposed research is to investigate the phenomenon of "spatial suppression", a curious paradox of visual motion sensitivity in which normal observers fail to discriminate the motion of a highly visible stimulus. This counter-intuitive psyc hophysical effect is a potential clinical...

Tildelt: kr 78 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Non invasive imaging of cartilage and osteochondral defects using ultrasound

The goal of this study is to confirm that osteochondral defects in the ankle and knee joint that are accessible with a conventional ultrasound transducer can be discriminated from healthy cartilage. In two hospitals St. Olavs Hospital (Trondheim, Norway) and the Academic Medical Centre (Amsterd...

Tildelt: kr 52 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Towards New Techniques for Memory Efficient and Distributed Model Checking of Software

Techniques for the engineering of reliable and fault-tolerant software is an important and timely research theme as society relies extensively on properly functioning IT-systems. Model checking has emerged as a prominent approach allowing software compone nts to be verified during development and...

Tildelt: kr 52 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Transatlantic Women Theologians in the Lusophone World. Texts, Contexts and Scriptural Hermeneutics in Joana de Jesus (1620-1681)

During the 10 month period I will continue the research on the historical and philosophical thought of the Portuguese Reformed Cistercians Nun Joana de Jesus already incepted in my PhD programme. While at Center for Gender Studies and under the supervisi on of Prof. Jorunn Okland, I will be inve...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Exchange of scientific expertise for the purpose of exploring multisensory processing in a small model brain-Mob res: MiK Zhemchuzhnikov, ru

By recruiting a young researcher from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mihail K. Zhemchuzhnikov, who has an expertise that is relevant and complementary to ours, we intend to explore and further develop our knowledge. More precisely, we want to bring toge ther specialists with distinct knowledge ...

Tildelt: kr 0,16 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Surveillance and Crime Control: Criminological, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Emerging Pre-Crime Detection Technologies

Technical forms of surveillance, enabled by developments in microelectronics, databases and computer networks, have increased the surveillance of our daily life. Our communications, movements and even the functioning of our bodies are constantly recorded: communications in public telecommunicati...

Tildelt: kr 91 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Prepositions and eliiptical constructions

My project would be completed at the University of Stavanger within seven months. The research area is linguistics, and the specific research question centers on a syntactic phenomenon attested cross-linguistically. This is the third part of my larger pro ject investigating the possibility of pre...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Mitigating Cooperation-related Attacks in Mobile and Ad-hoc Networks (MCAIMAN)

The purpose is scientific collaboration within infrastructure-less mobile networks, e.g. mobile ad hoc networks, mobile p2p networks, and vehicular networks. The objective of this project is to study in detail the cooperation mechanism and its potential r isks in securing mobile networks. The sco...

Tildelt: kr 91 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Environmental variability and energetic adaptability of the king scallop, Pecten maximus, facing climate change.

The main objective of this project is to describe the energetic strategy (growth and reproduction) of P. maximus according to the variability of its environment (food resources, temperature and seasonality). Three different stations of the biogeographical area of P. maximus will be studied : two...

Tildelt: kr 65 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Making Arctic Matter: creativity in polar science field practices

Creativity in science matters. Yet how does it come about? This study aims to explore the role of creativity in scientific fieldwork practice, in particular in polar scientists' engagement with the Arctic environment. In this project I locate creativity n ot in scientists' minds but in their prac...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Cross-cultural research on psychological and social determinants of older workers economic activity.

1. Project goals. The project has both scientific and practical character, considering issues of professional activity in pre-retirement age. Therefore, the objectives of the project are twofold. Firstly, scientific goal refers to designate the role of psychological factors as modifiers of con...

Tildelt: kr 91 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Digital Media: Using Technology in Reconciliation and to Map Violent Conflict

The research conducted under this grant develops from a previous Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) funded project, Somali Media: Contributing to Reconciliation or Stirring up Violent conflicts? (2010-2011). This new project, called Digital Media : Using Technology in Reconciliation and ...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Quantitative analysis of the fusion activity of different variants of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV).

Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) is a viral disease that was first recorded in Norwegian juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in 1984 and has since been reported in all the major salmon producing nations, including North America, Scotland, the Faroe Isla nds and Chile. Despite a good management ...

Tildelt: kr 26 000

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Deliberative Citizens Arenas in Europe: Questions of Democratic Legitimacy

Although the theory of deliberative democracy suggests that deliberation among the citizens could improve the quality of democracy making it more legitimate, rarely the question of legitimacy was directly approached within the research on deliberative are nas of citizens. In fact, most of deliber...

Tildelt: kr 90 999

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Mucosal antibacterial proteins of cold water fish: Discovering molecules involved in disease resistance

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are protective molecules produced by all living organisms, and are present particularly at the epithelial surfaces of the host that are exposed to the external environment. They are key components of the innate immune system and fish rely on them for protection from...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke