Experiences from Nordic research collaboration in linguistics

The project “Modern loanwords in the languages of the Nordic countries (MIN – Moderne importord i språka i Norden)” was the first large-scale collaborative project between linguists in the Nordic countries. This article presents both the aim of the project and some experiences from the work with respect to project design, financing and networking

Zero-Emission Fish Farm Powered by Wind Power and Hydrogen - A Feasibility Study

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On support varieties and tensor products for finite dimensional algebras

It has been asked whether there is a version of the tensor product property for support varieties over finite dimensional algebras defined in terms of Hochschild cohomology. We show that in general no such version can exist. In particular, we show that for certain quantum complete intersections, there are modules and bimodules for which the variety of the tensor product is not even contained in the variety of the one-sided module.Comment: 9 page

Moderne importord i språka i Norden (MIN). Ei orientering

Moderne importord i språka i Norden (MIN) (http://www.moderne-importord.info/) er eit samarbeidsprosjekt mellom sju språksamfunn, og det har vore i arbeidsia 2000. Målet har vore å undersøkje faktisk bruk av importord (lånord) ogholdningane til språkpåverknad. Metodisk er det blitt lagt svært stor vekt på å lageheilt parallelle granskingar i dei sju språksamfunna for på den måten å fåsamanliknelege resultat som kan auke innsikta vår i språkkulturen.Prosjektet har studert bruken av importord i aviser i 1975 og i 2000, og det hari den samanhengen analysert både omfanget av ord og måten orda er blitt tilpassanasjonalspråka på. Dessutan er det laga studiar av konkurransen mellomimportord og avløysarord og av den språkpolitikken som er blitt ført i dei aktuellespråksamfunna dei siste par hundre åra.Største enkeltgranskingane gjaldt holdningar til språkpåverknad (dvs. purisme).Dei er gjennomført med ulike metodar: gallup, personlege intervju og masketestar.Med å kombinere ulike metodar kan det vere muleg få indirekte tilgang til eitforskingsobjekt som ikkje er direkte observerbart.Prosjektet har vore eit samarbeid mellom vel 30 forskarar, nokre av dei eretablerte forskarar og andre forskarrekruttar. Avhandlingane blir i hovudsakpublisert i eigen serie (Moderne importord i språka i Norden, Novus forlag, Oslo),der det per i dag er komne 10 band. I tillegg er prosjektresultata blitt presentert i eimengd artiklar og foredrag

Effects of neighbourhood-level educational attainment on HIV prevalence among young women in Zambia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Investigations of the association between socio-economic position indicators and HIV in East, Central and Southern Africa have chiefly focused on factors that pertain to individual-level characteristics. This study investigated the effect of neighbourhood educational attainment on HIV prevalence among young women in selected urban and rural areas in Zambia.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>This study re-analysed data from a cross-sectional population survey conducted in Zambia in 2003. The analyses were restricted to women aged 15–24 years (n = 1295). Stratified random cluster sampling was used to select 10 urban and 10 rural clusters. A measure for neighbourhood-level educational attainment was constructed by aggregating individual-level years-in-school. Multi-level mixed effects regression models were run to examine the neighbourhood-level educational effect on HIV prevalence after adjusting for individual-level underlying variables (education, currently a student, marital status) and selected proximate determinants (ever given birth, sexual activity, lifetime sexual partners).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>HIV prevalence among young women aged 15–24 years was 12.5% in the urban and 6.8% in the rural clusters. Neighbourhood educational attainment was found to be a strong determinant of HIV infection in both urban and rural population, i.e. HIV prevalence decreased substantially by increasing level of neighbourhood education. The likelihood of infection in low vs. high educational attainment of neighbourhoods was 3.4 times among rural women and 1.8 times higher among the urban women after adjusting for age and other individual-level underlying variables, including education. However, the association was not significant for urban young women after this adjustment. After adjusting for level of education in the neighbourhood, the effect of the individual-level education differed by residence, i.e. a strong protective effect among urban women whereas tending to be a risk factor among rural women.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The findings suggested structural effects on HIV prevalence. Future research should include more detailed mapping of neighbourhood factors of relevance to HIV transmission as part of the effort to better understand the causal mechanisms involved.</p

Parent-child communication about sexual issues in Zambia: a cross sectional study of adolescent girls and their parents

Background Parent-child communication about sexual issues can reduce risky sexual behaviour amongst adolescents. Risky sexual behaviour is of concern in sub-Saharan Africa where the prevalence of early pregnancy, unsafe abortion and HIV are high. Parent-child communication about sexual issues presents a feasible approach for reducing sexual risk amongst adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa but limited research exists from the region. This study from Zambia examines the sociodemographic and psychosocial factors that are associated with whether parents communicate with their daughters about sexual issues. Methods Data from a cluster randomized controlled trial examining the effect of interventions aiming to reduce teenage pregnancy and school drop out in Zambia was used. The data was collected between January–July in 2018 and consists of structured, face to face interviews with 4343 adolescent girls and 3878 parents. Cross sectional analyses examined the associations between parent-child communication about sexual issues and sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics using univariate and multivariable logistic regression models. Results Adolescent girls who felt connected to their parents and those who perceived their parents to be comfortable in communicating about sex, were more likely to speak to their parents about sexual issues than those who did not (AOR 1.23, 95% CI 1.01–1.52; and AOR 2.94, 95% CI 2.45–3.54, respectively). Girls whose parents used fear-based communication about sexual issues, and those who perceived their parents as being opposed to education about contraception, were less likely to communicate with their parents about sex than those who did not (AOR 0.76, 95% CI 0.65–0.89; and AOR 0.76, 95% CI 0.63–0.91, respectively). Girls enrolled in school were less likely to communicate with their parents about sex than those out of school (AOR 0.56, 95% CI 0.44–0.71). Conclusion Parenting style, children’s perception of parental attitudes and parental communication styles are associated with whether parents and children communicate about sexual issues. This may imply that parents can improve the chances of communicating with their children about sex by conveying non-judgemental attitudes, using open communication styles with neutral messages and appearing comfortable whilst displaying positive attitudes towards communication around sex and contraceptive use.publishedVersio

Moderne importord i Norden. Ei gransking av bruk, normer og språkholdningar

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