Master's theses (TN-IMN, 2007-2017): Nye registreringer
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New Microwave Technology for the Treatment of Drill Cuttings
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017)The focus of this thesis was to investigate the limitations of the new microwave susceptor technology. The technology offers promising opportunities in the treatment of oil contaminated drill cuttings to meet OSPAR and oil ... -
Large Eddy Simulation of buoyant plumes
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)Industrial and environmental safety relies on understanding and evaluating risks and failures on the individual processes and operations. Simulating hazardous fluid flows with the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) ... -
Potential Nutrient Removal and/or Recovery Using Controlled Struvite Precipitation in Reject Water from IVAR Grødaland
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)The main focus of this study was to investigate the possibilities to control struvite precipitation in IVAR Grødaland, Norway, by determining the optimum conditions for struvite to precipitate. A laboratory scale experiment ... -
Biogas potential of municipal sludge, industrial waste, livestock manure, and preliminary study of Røysland farm biogas plant
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Anaerobic digestion involves a series of metabolic reactions in which complex substrates in the feed are reduced to a mixture having as main products methane and carbon dioxide. Biochemical methane potential (BMP) of ... -
Ligand activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor 2 (AhR2) from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)Petroleum products are the major and most widespread class of contaminants in the marine environment. Anthropogenic sources are heavy contributors, like discharges of industrial and urban effluents, shipping, offshore oil ... -
Synthesizing and Testing for New Biodegradable Scale Inhibitors
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)A common production problem for oilfield operation is the formation of inorganic scale in the wellbore, surface facilities and near wellbore formation. Scale formation causes loss in production in most of the production ... -
Synthesis of tubastrine analogues as potential antifouling agents
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-07-12)In recent years, several isolated natural products containing a guanidine group have proven to have antibacterial effects. Preparation of such molecules synthetically is therefore highly relevant for mitigation and control ... -
Study of Environmental Regulations for Emissions to Air in the EU and the US, and to understand guidelines of regulations in the EU by considering a case of aluminum industry
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)Climate change and high level of atmospheric pollution is a global problem that has taken on particular significance in recent years and will continue to grow in the near future. To deal with this problem, it is very ... -
Retention and biological uptake of phosphorous in the Leikvollbekken constructed wetland
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Phosphorous is the limiting nutrient for primary production in freshwater systems and excessively applied as inorganic fertilizer in agriculture. Elevated phosphorous concentrations in recipients can cause eutrophication ... -
A Biomarker Study of the Marine Recipient of Alcoa Lista using Littorina littorea as Sentinel Species
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)The waste water effluent from the Søderberg aluminium production plant Alcoa Lista is discharged into the marine recipient Husebybukta. The discharge contains several compounds that can have toxic effects on the living ... -
Evaluation of Radio Frequency Heating and Microwave Radiation for Treatment of Oil Contaminated Drill Cuttings
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)Current market challenges make the improvement in drill cuttings treatment technology necessary. Oil companies strive towards robust and environmental friendly treatment solution that allow for high treatment capacity and ... -
Metabolic assessment of metformin treatment in the colon cancer cell line SW1116.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-02)Cancers have different metabolic profiles, with varying dependency on glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). The metabolic profile of cancer influences it sensitivity to treatments. Metformin, an ... -
The effect of plant growth-promoting bacteria on wild type, protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanaceae lycopersicum (Gemini tomato)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)This study was designed to gain understanding of the roles of plant growth-promoting traits in tomato cultivars using bacteria with the aim to improve plant health and crop productivity based on microbial inoculation. ... -
Employing CRISPR-Cas9 approach for DNA free editing of Solanum lycopersicum genome with pre-assembled CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins and transcripts
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)In recent years there has been an increase in new demands in the agriculture sector due to factors as an increasing population, climate changes and food supplies. Hence, producing more food on less space has become a huge ... -
Analysis of ceulluar events in a cell model for neurodegenerative diseases involving mitochondrial damage
(Master thesis, 2017-06-09)Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles, with an essential role in proper cell function. Increasing evidence points towards a key role of mitochondria and its bioenergetic state for pathogenesis of neurodegenerative ... -
Targeted mutagenesis of peroxisomal protein phosphatases using CRISPR-Cas9 approach
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)The newest development in the techniques of gene editing is the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat - associated protein9 (CRISPR-Cas9). This is a complex consisting of single-guide RNA (sgRNA) and a ... -
Investigation of DNA-free genome editing in Arabidopsis thaliana with pre-assembled CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins and transcripts.
(Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Programmable sequence-specific nucleases (SSNs) produces double stranded breaks (DSBs) in the genome in a site-specific manner. The following repair through endogenous repair systems allows targeted genome editing, which ... -
Inactivation kinetics of Clostridium sporogenes by capillary tube method and thermal food processing
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)This master thesis is a part of the project “KonSpor” (Control of spore-forming bacteria in food with medium and long durability, project number 10415) financed by The Norconserv Foundation. The main objective of this study ... -
The effect of different plant growth-promoting bacteria on the root system of Arabidopsis thaliana WT and PP2A signaling mutants.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)The development of new and better methods in agriculture, to increase crop yield, has become more and more important in the last years, as the world’s population is growing, and the demand for more food production increases. ... -
The development of a method for solubilisation of dark etioplast and the regulation of Chlorophyll binding to the Cytochrome b6f complex during deetiolation.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMN/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)During photosynthesis light energy in used to make ATP, during this process cytochrome b6f acts as a link between photosystem I and II. Cytochrome b6f received electrons from photosystem II and passes them to photosystem ...