• Biocomposites prepared by alkaline phosphatase mediated mineralization of alginate microbeads 

      Xie, Minli; Magnus Østgård, Olderøy; Zhang, Zhibing; Andreassen, Jens-Petter; Strand, Berit Løkensgard; Sikorski, Pawel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This study set out to develop a biomimetic scaffold by incorporating osteoinductive hydroxyapatite (HA) particles into a porous alginate gel matrix via a cell-friendly pathway. Two types of alginate/calcium phosphate ...
    • Bioconversion of Heavy oil: Characterizations of Microbial potential to bioconvert Mariner Maureen-, Peregrino- and Bressay oil 

      Steinbakk, Sandra (Master thesis, 2011)
      70 % of world s oil reservoirs consist of heavy oil, and as the supply of conventional oil decreases, researchers are searching for new technologies to explore and enhance heavy oil recovery. One of the postulated technologies ...
    • Biocorrosion Resistance of Mg AZ31 alloy Nanocoated with ZrO2, HfO2 and TiO2 by Atomic Layer Deposition Method 

      Bjelland, Maria (Master thesis, 2019)
      Magnesiumlegeringer med sin utmerkede kombinasjon av mekaniske egenskaper og biokompatibilitet, gjør dem egnet for biomedisinske implantater. Imidlertid begrenser deres høye korrosjonsrate i menneskekroppsmiljøet deres ...
    • BioCreative III interactive task: an overview 

      Arighi, Cecilia N; Roberts, Phoebe M; Shashank, Agarwal; Bhattacharya, Sanmitra; Gianni, Cesareni; Chatr-aryamontri, Andrew; Clematide, Simon; Gaudet, Pascale; Giglio, Michelle Gwinn; Harrow, Ian; Huala, Eva; Krallinger, Martin; Leser, Ulf; Li, Donghui; Liu, Feifan; Lu, Zhlyong; Maltais, Lois J; Okazaki, Naoaki; Perfetto, Livia; Rinaldi, Fabio; Sætre, Rune; Salgado, David; Srinivasan, Padmini; Thomas, Philippe E; Toldo, Luca; Hirschman, Lynette; Wu, Cathy H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Background: The BioCreative challenge evaluation is a community-wide effort for evaluating text mining and information extraction systems applied to the biological domain. The biocurator community, as an active user of ...
    • Biocrete - Biokull i betong 

      Gjengår, Petter Wedø; Nesse, Håkon Farestvedt; Solheim, Vibeke Heitmann (Master thesis, 2021)
      Betong er et av verdens mest populære byggematerialer, men samtidig en klimaversting. Produksjon av bindemiddelet i betong, sement, er anslått til å stå for rundt 8 % av verdens totale CO_2-utslipp. Samtidig produserer ...
    • Biocrete - Biokull i betong 

      Gjengår, Petter Wedø; Solheim, Vibeke Heitmann; Nesse, Håkon Farestvedt (Master thesis, 2021)
      Betong er et av verdens mest populære byggematerialer, men samtidig en klimaversting. Produksjon av bindemiddelet i betong, sement, er anslått til å stå for rundt 8 % av verdens totale CO_2-utslipp. Samtidig produserer ...
    • Biocrete - Biokull i betong 

      Gjengår, Petter Wedø; Nesse, Håkon Farestvedt; Solheim, Vibeke Heitmann (Master thesis, 2021)
      Betong er et av verdens mest populære byggematerialer, men samtidig en klimaversting. Produksjon av bindemiddelet i betong, sement, er anslått til å stå for rundt 8 % av verdens totale CO_2-utslipp. Samtidig produserer ...
    • Biocrete - Karbonfangst og -lagring ved bruk av biokull i betong 

      Lenes, Oliver Andre; Strypet, Vebjørn (Master thesis, 2022)
      Tallene fra LCA-analysen gjennomført av Accend viser at lagringspotensialet er noe lavere enn tidligere antatt. Biokullet har brutto lagringspotensial på 3,275 tonn CO_2 per tonn biokull. Avviket fra tidligere antakelser, ...
    • Biocrete - Karbonfangst og -lagring ved bruk av biokull i betong 

      Lenes, Oliver Andre.; Strypet, Vebjørn. (Master thesis, 2022)
      Tallene fra LCA-analysen gjennomført av Accend viser at lagringspotensialet er noe lavere enn tidligere antatt. Biokullet har brutto lagringspotensial på 3,275 tonn CO2 per tonn biokull. Avviket fra tidligere antakelser, ...
    • Biodegradable Nano-Clusters as Drug Delivery Vehicles 

      Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit (Master thesis, 2012)
      The master thesis has investigated primarily on the synthesis of different polymeric NPs viz PLA (synthesized in house as well as commercial grade), PLGA (commercial) and PCL(synthesized in house, having different ...
    • Biodegradation of Dispersed Oil in natural Seawaters from Western Greenland and a Norwegian fjord 

      Brakstad, Odd Gunnar; Davies, Emlyn John; Ribicic, Deni; Winkler, Anika; Brönner, Ute; Netzer, Roman (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      With increasing oil exploration, production and transportation in the Arctic, predictions of the fate of spilled oil become important, including oil compound biodegradation. The use of chemical dispersants may result in ...
    • Biodegradation of oil films with different thicknesses in marine environments - Hydrocarbon degradation and microbial communities 

      Tronstad, Christina W (Master thesis, 2017)
      The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of different oil film thicknesses on the biodegradation rate and microbial communities, focusing on medium sized oil films (50-500 µl). Initially, three approaches for ...
    • Biodegradation of oil spill dispersant surfactants in cold seawater 

      Brakstad, Odd Gunnar; Størseth, Trond Røvik; Brunsvik, Anders; Bonaunet, Kristin; Faksness, Liv Guri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      While biodegradation of chemically dispersed oil has been well documented, only a few studies have focused on the degradation of the dispersant compounds themselves. The objective of this study was to determine the ...
    • Biodegradation of weathered crude oil in seawater with frazil ice 

      Lofthus, Synnøve; Bakke, Ingrid; Tremblay, Julien; Greer, Charles; Brakstad, Odd Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      As ice extent in the Arctic is declining, oil and gas activities will increase, with higher risk of oil spills to the marine environment. To determine biotransformation of dispersed weathered oil in newly formed ice, oil ...
    • Biodegradation-mediated alterations in acute toxicity of water-accommodated fraction and single crude oil components in cold seawater 

      Brakstad, Odd Gunnar; Størseth, Trond Røvik; Rønsberg, Marianne Unaas; Hansen, Bjørn Henrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Hydrocarbon biodegradation may be slower in cold Arctic than in temperate seawater, and this will affect the toxicity time window of the hydrocarbons. In this study, the acute toxicities of water-soluble phases of ...
    • BioDemo: Biometric Demostrator 

      Kaardal, Anna; Hansen, Joachim; Østern, Synne Gran (Bachelor thesis, 2015)
      BioDemo er et program som demostrerer hvordan man skanner inn biometriske data, hvordan disse dataene blir brukt til å sammenligne med andre tilsvarende data, og hvilke kvaliteter disse sammenligningene er basert på. ...
    • Biodiesel fra mikroalger: Betydning av næringssaltbegrensning for syntese og utbytte av lipider og karbohydrater i kiselalger (diatomeer). 

      Heien, Hilde Rau (Master thesis, 2011)
      Målet med masteroppgaven var å vurdere effekten av ulike fortynningsrater ved dyrking av Phaeodactylum tricornutum og Chaetoceros muelleri i silikat- og nitrogenredusert medium, med fokus på vekst (biomasse og celletall) ...
    • Biodiesel i Trondheim: Biodiesel fra oljeholdig restaurantavfall - En mulighetsstudie 

      Opdal, Olav Andreas (Master thesis, 2007)
      Med bakgrunn i de økte problemene med global oppvarming og de store klimagassutslippene fra transportsektoren, har det i det siste blitt rettet søkelys på klimavennlige alternativer for fossile brennstoff. Transportsektoren ...
    • Biodiesel production by reactive flash: A numerical simulation 

      Regalado Mendez, Alejandro; Skogestad, Sigurd; Natividad, Reyna; Romero, Rubi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Reactive flash (RF) in biodiesel production has been studied in order to investigate steady-state multiplicities, singularities, and effect of biodiesel quality when the RF system approaches to bubble point. The RF was ...
    • Biodiesel Production by the Esterfip-H Process: Modelling, Optimization and Control Structure 

      Øien, Marianne (Master thesis, 2013)
      For this master's thesis the Esterfip-H process for biodiesel production from rapeseed oil have been modelled in Chemcad. Esterfip-H is a two fixed-bed reactor system using a heterogeneous catalyst of zinc aluminate oxide ...