NTNU Open: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1-20 of 51558
-
Predictors for Assessing Electronic Messaging Between Nurses and General Practitioners as a Useful Tool for Communication in Home Health Care Services: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Nurses providing home health care services are dependent on access to patient information and communicating with general practitioners (GPs) to deliver safe and effective health care to patients. Information ... -
The burden of primary headache disorders in Zambia: national estimates from a population-based door-to-door survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Three headache disorders – migraine, tension-type headache (TTH) and medication-overuse headache (MOH) – are major contributors to population ill-health. Policy-makers need local knowledge of these to guide ... -
Long term effects of an integrated care intervention on hospital utilization in patients with severe COPD: A single centre controlled study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality globally. In Trondheim in 2008 an integrated care model (COPD-Home) consisting of an education program, self-management plan, ... -
Multi-Scale Entropy Analysis as a Method for Time-Series Analysis of Climate Data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Evidence is mounting that the temporal dynamics of the climate system are changing at the same time as the average global temperature is increasing due to multiple climate forcings. A large number of extreme weather events ... -
Neural Modularity Helps Organisms Evolve to Learn New Skills without Forgetting Old Skills
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)A long-standing goal in artificial intelligence is creating agents that can learn a variety of different skills for different problems. In the artificial intelligence subfield of neural networks, a barrier to that goal is ... -
Phylogeographical pattern of Francisella tularensis in a nationwide outbreak of tularaemia in Norway, 2011
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In 2011, a nationwide outbreak of tularaemia occurred in Norway with 180 recorded cases. It was associated with the largest peak in lemming density seen in 40 years. Francisella tularensis was isolated from 18 patients. ... -
SEM/EDX, XPS, corrosion and surface roughness characterization of AISI 316L SS after electrochemical treatment in concentrated HNO3
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In the paper there is described the AISI 316L stainless steel surface obtained after electrochemical treatment in concentrated HNO3. It was characterized by roughness parameters, corrosion protection behaviour and chemical ... -
Oral Assessment and Grade Integrity: A Case Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The construct of "grade integrity" refers to the degree to which awarded grades accurately represent the breadth and depth of academic achievement (Sadler, 2009b). This case study examines issues of grade integrity at ... -
Crystalline symmetry controlled magnetic switching in epitaxial (111) La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Mixed-valence manganite thin films are attractive for spintronic devices. Crystalline orientation is a promising route to tailor switching mechanisms, as magnetization reversal depends on the magnetic anisotropy. Here, ... -
Transcriptome analysis of thermophilic methylotrophic Bacillus methanolicus MGA3 using RNA-sequencing provides detailed insights into its previously uncharted transcriptional landscape
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Bacillus methanolicus MGA3 is a thermophilic, facultative ribulose monophosphate (RuMP) cycle methylotroph. Together with its ability to produce high yields of amino acids, the relevance of this microorganism ... -
1-year follow-up of 920 hip and knee arthroplasty patients after implementing fast-track: Good outcomes in a Norwegian university hospital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background — Fast–track has become a well–known concept resulting in improved patient satisfaction and postoperative results. Concerns have been raised about whether increased efficiency could compromise safety, and whether ... -
Exposure to bisphenol A, but not phthalates, increases spontaneous diabetes type 1 development in NOD mice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune destruction of insulin producing pancreatic beta-cells due to a genetic predisposition and can be triggered by environmental factors. We have previously shown that bisphenol ... -
A study of water chemistry extends the benefits of using silica-based nanoparticles on enhanced oil recovery.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Chemistry of the injected water has been investigated as an important parameter to improve/enhance oil recovery (IOR/EOR). Numerous extensive experiments have observed that water chemistry, such as ionic composition and ... -
High-current-density electropolishing (HDEP) of AISI 316L (EN 1.4404) stainless steel
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The paper presents new XPS results of surface layers formed after electrochemical polishing of AISI 316L stainless steel at high current density (HDEP) of 1000 A/dm2 (EP1000) versus a standard electropolishing (EP50) process ... -
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: History, controversy and future of a manmade epidemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Asbestos is the term for a family of naturally occurring minerals that have been used on a small scale since ancient times. Industrialisation demanded increased mining and refining in the 20th century, and in 1960, Wagner, ... -
A Sensory-Motor Control Model of Animal Flight Explains Why Bats Fly Differently in Light Versus Dark
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Animal flight requires fine motor control. However, it is unknown how flying animals rapidly transform noisy sensory information into adequate motor commands. Here we developed a sensorimotor control model that explains ... -
Chitosan: Gels and interfacial properties
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Chitosan is a unique biopolymer in the respect that it is abundant, cationic, low-toxic, non-immunogenic and biodegradable. The relative occurrence of the two monomeric building units (N-acetyl-glucosamine and d-glucosamine) ... -
Oscillating between Conservation and Investment: A Grounded Theory of Students’ Strategies for Optimizing Personal Resources
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Students’ use of time and effort during their studies has been discussed exhaustively in mass media and educational research. In most cases, researchers try to give advice to teachers on how to get their students to become ... -
Content-independent embedding scheme for multi-modal medical image watermarking
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background As the increasing adoption of information technology continues to offer better distant medical services, the distribution of, and remote access to digital medical images over public networks continues to grow ... -
Radiative forcing bias of simulated surface albedo modifications linked to forest cover changes at northern latitudes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In the presence of snow, the bias in the prediction of surface albedo by many climate models remains difficult to correct due to the difficulties of separating the albedo parameterizations from those describing snow and ...