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REPLICATED ORIGIN OF FEMALE-BIASED ADULT SEX RATIO IN INTRODUCED POPULATIONS OF THE TRINIDADIAN GUPPY (POECILIA RETICULATA)
2014
There are many theoretical and empirical studies explaining variation in offspring sex ratio but relatively few that explain variation in adult sex ratio. Adult sex ratios are important because biased sex ratios can be a driver of sexual selection and will reduce effective population size, affecting population persistence and shapes how populations respond to natural selection. Previous work on guppies (Poecilia reticulata) gives mixed results, usually showing a female-biased adult sex ratio. However, a detailed analysis showed that this bias varied dramatically throughout a year and with no consistent sex bias. We used a mark-recapture approach to examine the origin and consistency of fema…
2018
Summary Background Efforts to establish the 2015 baseline and monitor early implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight both great potential for and threats to improving health by 2030. To fully deliver on the SDG aim of "leaving no one behind", it is increasingly important to examine the health-related SDGs beyond national-level estimates. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2017), we measured progress on 41 of 52 health-related SDG indicators and estimated the health-related SDG index for 195 countries and territories for the period 1990–2017, projected indicators to 2030, and analysed global attainment. Methods …
Fifteen operationally important decisions in the planning of biodiversity offsets
2018
Many development projects, whether they are about construction of factories, mines, roads, railways, new suburbs, shopping malls, or even individual houses, have negative environmental consequences. Biodiversity offsetting is about compensating that damage, typically via habitat restoration, land management, or by establishment of new protected areas. Offsets are the fourth step of the so-called mitigation hierarchy, in which ecological damage is first avoided, minimized second, and third restored locally. Whatever residual damage remains is then offset. Offsetting has been increasingly adopted all around the world, but simultaneously serious concerns are expressed about the validity of the…
Legers erfaring med pasienttilgang til elektronisk sykehusjournal
2019
Masteroppgave helse- og sosialinformatikk HSI500 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Background: In many countries, patient access to electronic health records (PAEHR), have been or are about to be introduced. So also, in Norway. One hopes that this will increase patient ́s involvement in their own health. Aim:This study aims to learn about doctor ́s experience with PAEHR after three years in a hospital in Norway.Selection and method:This is a qualitative study where eight doctors have been interviewed about their experience with PAEHR. The analysis has been done with the help of “technological frames” as a means to understand information technology and how people interact with it. Result:The stud…
"Nyt nää läskit lähtee" : lihavuusleikkaukseen hakeutuminen kuluttajan ostopolkuna
2016
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää, kuinka kuluttaja toimii hakeutuessaan vaativaan leikkaukseen. Tutkimuksessa pyritään ymmärtämään kuluttajan motivaatioita, emooti-oita ja vaikeita valintoja lihavuusleikkauksen ostopolulla. Tutkimuksen teoreettisena taustana toimivat kuluttajan ostopäätösprosessiin, erityisesti konstruktiiviseen päätös-prosessiin sekä emootioihin liittyvät teoriat ja aiempi tutkimus. Ylipainoiseen kuluttajaan, lihavuusleikkaukseen sekä terveyspalvelujen valintaan liittyvät tiedot ja teoriat muodos-tavat ostopolun maiseman. Tutkimuksessa haastateltiin 17 suomalaista kuluttajaa, joille oli suoritettu lihavuusleik-kaus. Haasteltaviksi valittiin sekä julkisen terveydenhuoll…
Response to methimazole in Graves' disease
1995
Summary OBJECTIVE A variety of regimens continue to be used In the treatment of Graves' disease with antithyrold drugs. We have lnvestigated the factors which determine the initial response to methimazole (time until euthyroidism Is achieved) In Graves' disease. PATIENTS Five hundred and nine patients with Graves' disease in different European countries with normal and subnormal iodine supply. Patients were randomized to treatment with either 10 or 40mg of methimazole per day for one year, with levothyroxine supplementation as required to maintain euthyroidism. Investigations were carried out before treatment and at 3 and 6 weeks and 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. MEASUREMENTS Response was assessed…
Islet Autoantibodies in Offspring of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes at the Age of 4 to 14 Years
2011
Islet Autoantibodies in Offspring of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes at the Age of 4 to 14 Years
Fremtiden er nå : bruk av ny teknologi i nye sykehuskonsept
2019
Masteroppgave helse- og sosialinformatikk HSI500 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Bakgrunn: Helsetjenesten er under press og det er store forventninger til hvordan teknologiske løsningerskalfornye, forbedreog sikre økt verdiskaping i sektoren. Spesialisthelsetjenestens mange ulike interessenterer opptatt av realisering av gevinster. Imidlertid er det personalets bruk av teknologien som er nøkkelen til gevinster på tvers av interessentgrupper.De på sin side er opptatt av teknologi som gir nytte og støtte for klinisk arbeidsflyt.Hensikt:Formålet med studien var belyse frontpersonalets erfaringer med å ta i bruk nye elektroniskemedisintralleri nye sengeområder med ensengsrom, og utfra deres perspe…
Resource Allocation and Computation Offloading for Multi-Access Edge Computing With Fronthaul and Backhaul Constraints
2021
Edge computing is able to provide proximity solutions for the future wireless network to accommodate different types of devices with various computing service demands. Meanwhile, in order to provide ubiquitous connectivities to massive devices over a relatively large area, densely deploying remote radio head (RRH) is considered as a cost-efficient solution. In this work, we consider a vertical and heterogeneous multi-access edge computing system. In the system, the RRHs are deployed for providing wireless access for the users and the edge node with computing capability can process the computation requests from the users. With the objective to minimize the total energy consumption for proces…
Development of energy-saving innovative hydraulic mortars reusing spent coffee ground for applications in construction
2023
This paper reports the development of green bio-composite mortars, obtained reusing spent coffee ground (SCG), an agri-food residue, in the light of the Circular Economy approach. This process can boost the sustainability in Construction and proposes an alternative to SCG disposal in landfill, potentially dangerous to humans and the environment. For the first time, specimens were produced and compared using different blends of conventional hydraulic binders (ordinary Portland cement and natural hydraulic lime); SCG partially substituted sand (up to 15 wt.%, with a 2.5% increment) for the aggregate mix. The manufacturing process was performed at ambient conditions (20°C, 65% RH) resulting hi…