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Environment as an issue in a Russian town
(NIBR-rapport 2002:11, Report, 2002)This report addresses the problems of making and upholding environmental protection as a political, popular, cultural and administrative issue in single-enterprise towns of Russia. The story told is that of one concrete ... -
Environmental and Ethical Perceptions Related to Clothing Labels Among Norwegian Consumers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Norwegian consumers know little about eco-labeled garments as almost none are available on the market. Therefore, consumers who want to make environmentally sound choiceshave to act based on other information. This article ... -
Environmental Citizenship in a Nordic Civic and Citizenship Education Context
(Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education; Vol 3 No 1 (2019): Special Issue: ICCS 2016 Teachers' Perspectives on Civic and Citizenship Education, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)his study uses data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 (ICCS 2016) conducted in four Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden (students, N=18,962; teachers, N=6,119; school ... -
Environmental Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana - A case study of the Wesley College of Education in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, (KMA)
(Master thesis, 2022)The study investigated environmental education in Wesley College of Education in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). It covers the main curricular content of environmental education in Wesley College of Education (WCE), ... -
Environmental Enteropathy, Micronutrient Adequacy and Length Velocity in Nepalese Children - the Mal-Ed Birth Cohort Study
(Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - JPGN;Volume 67 - Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-01)Background: Nutrient deficiencies limit the growth and turnover of intestinal mucosa, but studies assessing whether specific nutrients protect against or improve environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) are scarce. We ... -
Environmental Governance and Policy Implementation
(NIBR-notat 2007:115, Notat, 2007)Last ned gratis Throughout the Nordic countries both the debate about, and the practice of, institutional arrangements and processes can be characterised by decentralisation, deregulation, privatisation and market. ... -
Environmental impacts associated with the production, use, and end-of-life of a woollen garment
(The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment;Volume 25, issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-25)Purpose The textiles industry is a substantial contributor to environmental impacts through the production, processing, use, and end-of-life of garments. Wool is a high value, natural, and renewable fibre that is used to ... -
Environmental implication of iodine in water, milk and other foods used in Saharawi refugees camps in Tindouf, Algeria
(Journal of Food Composition and Analysis;24(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)A cross-sectional survey among Saharawi refugees in four camps carried out in 2007 revealed enlarged thyroid volume and high urinary iodine concentration in women and school children. The purpose of this paper is to ... -
Environmental policy and innovation in Norwegian fish farming: Resolving the sea lice problem?
(Marine Policy;Volume 117, July 2020, 103942, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-02)In Norway, the world’s largest salmon-producing country, reducing sea-lice levels in fish farms has been an overarching goal of government policy since 2013. However, industry innovation has not yet succeeded in significantly ... -
Environmental Policy in General Equilibrium: New Insights from a Canonical Model
(Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists;Volume 9, Number 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11-05)This paper derives the incidence of a pollution tax in a stylized general equilibrium framework, building on previous work by Fullerton and Heutel. Using the CPI as numeraire, we show that tax incidence is a simpler problem ... -
Environmental values and attitudes among farmers in China – a case study in the watershed of Yuqiao reservoir of Tianjin Municipality, China
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Failure to curb water pollution in China brings to the fore the issue of environmental values and attitudes among Chinese farmers. Applying the New Ecological Paradigm Scale this study finds that the pro-environmental value ... -
Environmentally friendly oil and gas production Analyzing Governmental Argumentation and Press Deliberation on Oil Policy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-22)This paper exemplifies an approach to analyzing political arguments and press deliberation on the issue of climate change and oil policy. I apply political discourse analysis to examine an oil minister’s press conference ... -
Envisioning versus realizing products for use in poor communities: The case of Victor Papanek and Nordic designers
(Sustainable Development;Volume 27, Issue 2 Special Issue: Architecture, Design and Planning towards Sustainable Development: Regional Approaches March/April 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-13)An increasing number of people is currently living under poor conditions in enclaves of rapidly growing urban areas. Many of them are of indigenous origin. They are in urgent need of basic equipment for living a healthy ... -
Epidemic network and centrality
(Master thesis, 2006)This project is about epidemics spreading in computer networks and the issue of node centrality. The aim of such analysis is to investigate the rate of infection and information spreading in the network, to find the most ... -
Epidemiology of distal radius fracture in Akershus, Norway, in 2010-2011
(Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research;13(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-13)Background Several studies published over the last decade indicate an increased incidence of distal radius fractures (DRF). With Norway having one of the highest reported incidence of DRFs, we conducted a study to assess ... -
Epigenetic and genetic influence on radiation responce.
(Master thesis, 2011)Clinical experience has demonstrated that some tumors are more resistant towards ionizing radiation than others. There is strong evidence that both genetic and epigenetic characteristics of the tumor and surrounding tissue ... -
Epigenetics of Migraine
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)Genetics and the environment have both been demonstrated to take part in the pathogenesis of migraine. Studying the epigenetic mechanisms underlying migraine can facilitate the understanding of the disorder, its chronification, ... -
Epilepsy and cannabidiol: a guide to treatment
(Epileptic Disorders;Volume 22, Issue 1, February 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-19)The growing interest in cannabidiol (CBD), specifically a pure form of CBD, as a treatment for epilepsy, among other conditions, is reflected in recent changes in legislation in some countries. Although there has been much ... -
Episke toner
(Master thesis, 2014)Forord. For ord. For ordene. Før ordene. Førord. Både for og før ordene. For og før alt som kommer etter. Kjernen. En pekepinn på hva som vil komme. En advarsel eller bare en introduksjon? Med dette vil jeg legge til ...