Violacein-Producing Collimonas sp. from the Sea Surface Microlayer of Costal Waters in Trøndelag, Norway

A new strain belonging to the genus Collimonas was isolated from the sea surface microlayer off the coast of Trøndelag, Norway. The bacterium, designated Collimonas CT, produced an antibacterial compound active against Micrococcus luteus. Subsequent studies using LC-MS identified this antibacterial compound as violacein, known to be produced by several marine-derived bacteria. Fragments of the violacein biosynthesis genes vioA and vioB were amplified by PCR from the Collimonas CT genome and sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences demonstrated close relatedness of the Collimonas CT violacein biosynthetic gene cluster to those in Janthinobacterium lividum and Duganella sp., suggesting relatively recent horizontal gene transfer. Considering diverse biological activities of violacein, Collimonas CT shall be further studied as a potential producer of this compound

Velferdsindikatorer for oppdrettslaks: Hvordan vurdere og dokumentere fiskevelferd - Del C. Bruk av operative velferdsindikatorer i forbindelse med ulike håndteringsprosedyrer

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Entering a World with No Future. A phenomenological study describing the embodied experience of time when living with severe incurable disease

This paper presents findings from a phenomenological study exploring experience of time by patients living close to death. The empirical data consists of 26 open-ended interviews from 23 patients living with severe incurable disease receiving palliative care in Norway. Three aspects of experience of time were revealed as prominent: 1. Entering a world with no future; living close to death alters perception of and relationship to time. 2. Listening to the rhythm of my body, not looking at the clock; embodied with severe illness, it is the body not the clock that structures and controls the activities of the day. 3. Receiving time, taking time; being offered not asked for help, is like receiving time that confirms humanity, in contrast to having to ask for help which is like taking others time and thereby revealing own helplessness. Experience of time close to death is discussed as an embodied experience of inner, contextual, relational dimensions in harmony and disharmony with the rhythm of nature, environment and others. Rhythms in harmony provide relief, while rhythms in disharmony, confer weakness and limit time

Being in transit and in transition. The experience of time at the place, when living with severe incurable disease - a phenomenological study

The aim of this study is to describe the experience of time as it presents itself at the place being situated when living with severe incurable disease and receiving palliative care. The empirical data consist of 26 open-ended interviews with 23 patients receiving palliative care at home, at a palliative day care; in a palliative bed unite in hospital or in a nursing home in Norway. A common meaning of a shifting space for living emerged from the analysis and was revealed through three different aspects: (i) Transition from a predictable to an unpredictable time: To live with severe incurable disease marks a transition to a changed life involving an ongoing weakened and altered body with bothersome symptoms making experience of time different and unpredictable. (ii) Transition between a safe and unsafe time: When time is unpredictable, feeling safe is revealed as essential to how time is experienced at the place being situated. (iii) To be in transition from a homely to a homeless existence. In a time of increased bodily weakness, unpredictable ailments and displacements the sense of belonging to the place is revealed as significant to the experience of time. Not knowing where to be in a time of change is like an existential cry of distress where the foothold in existence is lost. The findings are discussed and interpreted as an embodied experience originating from the passage of time continually affecting life sometimes so fundamentally that it marks a transition to a changed space of life that is reflected in the experience of time

En vurdering av kostnader og nytteeffekter av den statlige tilsynsfunksjonen med kommunene

Denne rapporten inneholder en vurdering av kostander og nytteeffekter knyttet til statlig tilsyn med kommunesektoren på oppdrag fra Tilsynsutvalget. Utredningen omfatter flertallet av Fylkesmannsembeter og et representantivt utvalg av kommuner. Fordelt på de ulike sektorene er kostnadene til systemrevisjon, inspeksjon, klagesaksbehandling og veiledning estimert og sammenholdt med kvalitative vurderinger av nytteeffekten. Analysen antyder at det er rimelig bra samsvar mellom ressursinnsats og nytteeffekt

Pediatric trauma deaths are predominated by severe head injuries during spring and summer

Abstract Background Trauma is the most prevalent cause of death in the young. Insight into cause and time of fatal pediatric and adolescent trauma is important for planning trauma care and preventive measures. Our aim was to analyze cause, severity, mode and seasonal aspects of fatal pediatric trauma. Methods Review of all consecutive autopsies for pediatric fatal trauma during a 10-year period within a defined population. Results Of all pediatric trauma deaths (n = 36), 70% were males, with the gender increasing with age. Median age was 13 years (range 2–17). Blunt trauma predominated (by road traffic accidents) with most (n = 15; 42%) being "soft" victims, such as pedestrians/bicyclist and, 13 (36%) drivers or passengers in motor vehicles. Penetrating trauma caused only 3 deaths. Prehospital deaths (58%) predominated. 15 children (all intubated) reached hospital alive and had severely deranged vital parameters: 8 were hypotensive (SBP Conclusion Fatal pediatric trauma occurs most frequently in boys during spring/summer, associated with severe head injuries and low probability of survival. Preventive measures appear mandated in order to reduce this mortality in this age group.</p

Bitstream - Capacity Building for Innovation : Final report

The main objective of the Bitstream project was to create a transnational platform for capacity building and exchange of experiences in the area of innovative business development. This includes capacity building for staff in the public sector in Norway and Sweden. The project deliverables has been to accomplish A virtual and physical transnational platform for capacity building that includes a cross-border exchange of experiences, research and developments in innovative business development. Increased competence of the public sector to conduct innovative business development and to act as a competent authority in procurement processes, and also increased competence of Norwegian ICT companies. Prototypes of methods and tools that are adapted to sustainable innovative business development in the public sector.Bitstream, finansierat av Interreg. Botnia Atlantic