TROLLing: Scope and operation of an open repository for linguistic datasets

Poster: TROLLing (opendata.uit.no) is an international archive for open linguistic data and statistical code (e.g. R scripts), launched in 2014 at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. With the increasing demand for archiving and sharing research data, as well as the problem of improper attribution, TROLLing aims to meet researchers’ needs by proposing safe storage of data files, and metadata templates based on international standards. Retrieval, sharing, and reuse of data is further facilitated by TROLLing being part of a global open data network. As regards attribution, the system automatically provides a dataset citation, comprising among other things the author name(s) and a persistent identifier (doi). A version control allows researchers to update their datasets at any time, previously published versions still being available open access. TROLLing is available to all subfields of linguistics, but is limited to structural data. The metadata template, however, allows linking to primary data, stored elsewhere.TROLLing (opendata.uit.no) is an international archive for open linguistic data and statistical code (e.g. R scripts), launched in 2014 at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. With the increasing demand for archiving and sharing research data, as well as the problem of improper attribution, TROLLing aims to meet researchers’ needs by proposing safe storage of data files, and metadata templates based on international standards. Retrieval, sharing, and reuse of data is further facilitated by TROLLing being part of a global open data network. As regards attribution, the system automatically provides a dataset citation, comprising among other things the author name(s) and a persistent identifier (doi). A version control allows researchers to update their datasets at any time, previously published versions still being available open access. TROLLing is available to all subfields of linguistics, but is limited to structural data. The metadata template, however, allows linking to primary data, stored elsewhere.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant SMA-1447886

Moose as an industry in a rural Norwegian Community: Management of moose as an economic resource in areas with predators, traffic and forestry

Norsk: Vi har utformet en skisse for et prosjekt som skal gi svar på om elgbestanden i Stor-Elvdal kan gi grunnlag for en økonomisk levedyktig, og økologisk bærekraftig, næringsvirksomhet. Prosjektet er delt i økologiske delprosjekt som skal gi informasjon til utarbeiding av bioøkonomiske modeller. Til tross for at elgen er en godt studert dyreart trenger vi grundigere studier av effekten av landskapsformer, vilttiltak og rovdyr på bestandsutvikling og forflytningsmønster, og dermed på skogskader og elgpåkjørsler. Vi trenger avskytingsmodeller som inkorporerer tap til rovdyr, påkjørsler og tilfeldige variasjoner i demografi. Den økologiske og økonomiske informasjonen skal nyttes av samfunnsvitere for å utarbeide alternative modeller for forvaltning av viltstammer som trekker over eiendomsgrenser. Skissen skal brukes som et underlag for videre arbeid med å finansiere og gjennomføre prosjektet Elg som næring.English: We have outlined a project to evaluate if an ecological and economical sound enterprise may be based on the moose population of Stor-Elvdal municipality. The project is composed of ecological units that shall give information to make economical models. Even though the moose is a well-studied species, we need more thorough studies of the effect of landscape, management programs and carnivores on population development and movements of moose, and on forest damage and moose-traffic accidents. We need harvesting models that incorporate movement patterns and losses to carnivores and traffic. The ecological and economical information must be used by social scientists to make models of how populations which cross property borders may be managed.Statens landbruksbank. Enkelte studier som rapporten bygger på er også støttet av Kirke, Undervisnings og Forskningsdepartementet (KUF), Jernbaneverket, Stor-Elvdal kommune, Glommen skogeierforening, grunneiere i Stor-Elvdal, Direktoratet for naturforvaltning (DN), Rentemiddelutvalget i Stor-Elvdal, Ytre Rendalen Grunneierforening, Øvre Rendalen Utmarksråd og Høgskolen i Hedmark (HH)

Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs in southern Scandinavia and the possible influence of meteorological factors

Ixodes ricinus ticks are Scandinavia's main vector for tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), which infects many people annually. The aims of the present study were (i) to obtain information on the TBEV prevalence in host-seeking I. ricinus collected within the oresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak (oKS) region, which lies in southern Norway, southern Sweden and Denmark; (ii) to analyse whether there are potential spatial patterns in the TBEV prevalence; and (iii) to understand the relationship between TBEV prevalence and meteorological factors in southern Scandinavia. Tick nymphs were collected in 2016, in southern Scandinavia, and screened for TBEV, using pools of 10 nymphs, with RT real-time PCR, and positive samples were confirmed with pyrosequencing. Spatial autocorrelation and cluster analysis was performed with Global Moran's I and SatScan to test for spatial patterns and potential local clusters of the TBEV pool prevalence at each of the 50 sites. A climatic analysis was made to correlate parameters such as minimum, mean and maximum temperature, relative humidity and saturation deficit with TBEV pool prevalence. The climatic data were acquired from the nearest meteorological stations for 2015 and 2016. This study confirms the presence of TBEV in 12 out of 30 locations in Denmark, where six were from Jutland, three from Zealand and two from Bornholm and Falster counties. In total, five out of nine sites were positive from southern Sweden. TBEV prevalence of 0.7%, 0.5% and 0.5%, in nymphs, was found at three sites along the Oslofjord (two sites) and northern Skane region (one site), indicating a potential concern for public health. We report an overall estimated TBEV prevalence of 0.1% in questing I. ricinus nymphs in southern Scandinavia with a region-specific prevalence of 0.1% in Denmark, 0.2% in southern Sweden and 0.1% in southeastern Norway. No evidence of a spatial pattern or local clusters was found in the study region. We found a strong correlation between TBEV prevalence in ticks and relative humidity in Sweden and Norway, which might suggest that humidity has a role in maintaining TBEV prevalence in ticks. TBEV is an emerging tick-borne pathogen in southern Scandinavia, and we recommend further studies to understand the TBEV transmission potential with changing climate in Scandinavia

Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs in southern Scandinavia and the possible influence of meteorological factors

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Comparison of organic and conventional food and food Production. Part V: Human health – pesticide residues

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