Epidemiology and outcome of sepsis in adult patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in a Norwegian county 1993–2011: an observational study

90-day mortality in relation to patient characteristics prior to infection. Table S1a. 90-day mortality in relation to gender. Table S2. 90-day mortality in relation to disease acquisition, severity, focus and time period. (DOCX 22 kb

Falstad skolehjem 1922-1928: - En konsentrasjonsleir for barn?

This master thesis explores the confinement, monitoring and discipline of boys whom the authorities labelled delinquent and sent to Falstad reformatory school during the years between 1922 and 1928. The reformatory school was located near a farm adjacent to a nearby village and had an isolated location in the countryside. The boys therefore had little contact with others. During the period this thesis explores, the reformatory school was housed in a building inspired by prison architecture and designed to control and monitor the boys. For instance, the boys were locked into small dark cells at night. The reformatory school building was later used as a prison camp during World War II, without being rebuilt. This tells a lot about the architecture of the building. The boys had long working days on the fields and in the workshops. In the evenings they learnt basic skills such as writing, reading and numeracy. They were monitored 24 hours a day and were not allowed to move outside the premises. There were strict rules at the reformatory school and violations of these were punished severely, including isolation and physical punishment. In this thesis I will focus on cases of neglect and abuse, and investigate why several actors called Falstad reformatory school a concentration camp for children

Falstad reformatory school under Landmark’s management, focusing on the time period at the juvenile delinquent ward (1922-1928): - A concentration camp for children?

This master thesis explores the confinement, monitoring and discipline of boys whom the authorities labelled delinquent and sent to Falstad reformatory school during the years between 1922 and 1928. The reformatory school was located near a farm adjacent to a nearby village and had an isolated location in the countryside. The boys therefore had little contact with others. During the period this thesis explores, the reformatory school was housed in a building inspired by prison architecture and designed to control and monitor the boys. For instance, the boys were locked into small dark cells at night. The reformatory school building was later used as a prison camp during World War II, without being rebuilt. This tells a lot about the architecture of the building. The boys had long working days on the fields and in the workshops. In the evenings they learnt basic skills such as writing, reading and numeracy. They were monitored 24 hours a day and were not allowed to move outside the premises. There were strict rules at the reformatory school and violations of these were punished severely, including isolation and physical punishment. In this thesis I will focus on cases of neglect and abuse, and investigate why several actors called Falstad reformatory school a concentration camp for children.Historie mastergradsoppgaveMAHF-HISHIS35

Comparative Study of Event Prediction in Power Grids using Supervised Machine Learning Methods

There is a growing interest in applying machine learning methods on large amounts of data to solve complex problems, such as prediction of events and disturbances in the power system. This paper is a comparative study of the predictive performance of state-of-the-art supervised machine learning methods. The event prediction models are trained and validated using high-resolution power quality data from measuring instruments in the Norwegian power grid. The recorded event categories in the study were voltage dips, ground faults, rapid voltage changes and interruptions. Out of the tested machine learning methods, the Random Forest models indicated a better prediction performance, with an accuracy of 0.602. The results also indicated that rapid voltage changes (accuracy = 0.710) and voltage dips (accuracy = 0.601) are easiest to predict among the tested power quality events.acceptedVersio

Prior statin use and 90-day mortality in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bloodstream infection: a prospective observational study

n several studies on patients with bloodstream infection (BSI), prior use of statins has been associated with improved survival. Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria alert the innate immune system in different ways. We, therefore, studied whether the relation between prior statin use and 90-day total mortality differed between Gram-positive and Gram-negative BSI. We conducted a prospective observational cohort study of 1,408 adults with BSI admitted to Levanger Hospital between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2011. Data on the use of statins and other medications at admission, comorbidities, functional status, treatment, and outcome were obtained from the patients’ hospital records. The relation of statin use with 90-day mortality differed between Gram-negative and Gram-positive BSI (p-value for interaction 0.01). Among patients with Gram-negative BSI, statin users had significantly lower 90-day total mortality [odds ratio (OR) 0.42, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.23–0.75, p = 0.003]. The association remained essentially unchanged after adjusting for the effect of sex, age, functional status before the infection, and underlying diseases that were considered confounders (adjusted OR 0.38, 95 % CI 0.20–0.72, p = 0.003). A similar analysis of patients with Gram-positive BSI showed no association of statin use with mortality (adjusted OR 1.22, 95 % CI 0.69–2.17, p = 0.49). The present study suggests that prior statin use is associated with a lower 90-day total mortality in Gram-negative BSI, but not in Gram-positive BSI