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Is Glacial Meltwater a Secondary Source of Legacy Contaminants to Arctic Coastal Food Webs?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Climate change-driven increases in air and sea temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic cryosphere with potential for remobilization and accumulation of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in adjacent coastal ... -
Is Glacial Meltwater a Secondary Source of Legacy Contaminants to Arctic Coastal Food Webs?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Climate change-driven increases in air and sea temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic cryosphere with potential for remobilization and accumulation of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in adjacent coastal ... -
Is Glacial Meltwater a Secondary Source of Legacy Contaminants to Arctic Coastal Food Webs?
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Is Green Exercise for All? A Descriptive Study of Green Exercise Habits and Promoting Factors in Adult Norwegians
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Physical activity (PA) in natural environments, known as green exercise (GE), can provide health benefits above and beyond PA in other environments, but little is known about the extent to which GE is an ... -
Is heart failure with mid range ejection fraction (HFmrEF) a distinct clinical entity or an overlap group?
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Is Industrialization possible through Agricultural development Lead Industrialization?
(Master thesis, 2011-11-11)Ethiopia is an economically poor country where large people in the abyss of poverty. The economy is mainly agrarian with traditional mode of production that has led to underdeveloped economy. These facts instigate the ... -
Is it easier than you think? : a case of food waste sorting behaviour in Follo, Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)The global environmental crisis demands that we ensure the reuse and recycling of materials already in existence. Recycling requires separate waste sorting by individuals. In Norway, 50 percent of food waste ends up in the ... -
Is land a human rights issue : approaching land reform in South Africa
(Noragric Working Papers;24, Working paper, 2002)This essay is submitted to The Ethics Program of the Norwegian Research Council in partial fulfilment of the PhD Course in “Human rights and conflict of norms”, offered in co-operation with The Norwegian Institute of Human ... -
Is macroporosity controlled by complexed clay and soil organic carbon?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Multi-scale evidence of rapid, climate-induced soil structural changes occurring at yearly to decadal timescales is mounting. As a result, it has become increasingly important to identify the properties and mechanisms ... -
Is Norway on the pathway to a Green Economy? : evidence on decoupling between GDP and environmental pressure
(Master thesis, 2021)Since the 1970s’, the concepts of ecological limits, environmental impacts, and human pressure have been central in the debate over the relationship between economic growth and the environment. Green Growth advocates argue ... -
Is rumination time an indicator of methane production in dairy cows?
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Is sustainable development a Utopia? : Norfund's investment in a hydropower plant in Peru
(Master thesis, 2016-08-09)The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) was established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reduce poverty in developing countries. Norfund is funded through Norway’s development assistance budget ... -
Is the baltic stock market efficient : an empirical study 2000-2014
(Master thesis, 2015-02-25)The purpose of this master thesis is to report the findings of an investigation into the historical returns of the Baltic stock market and to determine if the market has reached the weak form of efficiency. To detect ... -
Is the drinking water quality a risk factor for self-reported asthma? A Cohort of Norway study
(Master thesis, 2013-07-08)Forekomsten av astma varierer verden over, og det spekuleres i om miljøfaktorer bidrar til utvikling av sykdommen. Vårt formål var å studere sammenhengen mellom naturlig forekommende klorid og andre bestanddeler i drikkevannet ... -
Is there a connection between oral health and systemic diseases in dogs and cats?
(Student paper, others, 2020)Robust evidence on the various relationships between oral health and systemic diseases have been established in human medicine. Some of these connections have been suggested in dogs and cats as well. We have reviewed studies ... -
Is there a connection between socioeconomic status and noise exposure? : a cross-sectional study of two major cities in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)Background: Health can be affected by several factors surrounding humans in their daily habitat. Several studies have assessed how noise is one environmental factor that can have implications for our health, both mentally ... -
Is there a future for indigenous and local knowledge?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)By the late twentieth century, many doubted whether Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) would survive the millennium, but a surge in their recognition and new insight on their resilience open new perspectives about their ... -
Is there a potential market for locally produced cheese in DR Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda?
(Master thesis, 2023)This study investigates the market potential for locally produced cheese in three African countries namely the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Burundi -
Is this food or litter? : explicit and implicit attitudes to sub-optimal foods in evoked purchase and consumption contexts
(Master thesis, 2020)One of the major global societal and environmental issues today is consumer food waste. While attitudes against food waste may be strong, internal intuitive mechanisms may lead consumers to prefer fresher and neater products ... -
Is transparency the answer? : a study of the impacts of transparency in the extractive sector in Ghana
(Master thesis, 2016-11-16)This thesis explores transparency and its impacts in the extractive industries in Ghana. The author explores the theoretical arguments for using transparency as tool for change in natural resources global governance, and ...