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Texture-modified salmon products for dysphagia patients
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Consuming food plays an important role in a person's quality of life. Dysphagia is a medical condition where chewing and swallowing are difficult, and this condition is most common among the elderly. It can lead to ... -
The effect of benzalkonium chloride exposure on the minimum inhibitory concentration, and the spread of resistance to tetracycline in a laboratory-scale sludge reactor
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)With the increased use of disinfectants due to the Covid-19 pandemic an increased understanding of their effect on antimicrobial resistance is of paramount importance. This study looks at the effect low concentrations of ... -
The effect of different light sources on physical attributes and biochemical compounds in Norwegian cucumbers as a function of storage
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)The cucumber is an important crop for greenhouse cultivation in northern latitudes such as in Norway, where light and temperature requirements are not met year around for cucumber cultivation. Producing a consistently ... -
The Effect of Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Diclofenac, Ciprofloxacin and a Binary Mixture on Mytilus edulis Fertility Potential
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Pharmaceutical compounds persist in the aquatic environment on a global scale. Investigating the potential environmental risks that these chemicals pose, despite being detected at low concentrations, is therefore paramount. ... -
The Effect of Temperature on Denitrification in Recirculating Aquaculture systems
(Master thesis, 2023)The primary objective of this master's thesis is to examine how temperature affects denitrification in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) effluent treatment to achieve efficient nitrate removal in aquaculture operations. ... -
The effect of tetracycline exposure on the minimum inhibitory concentration, spread to antibiotic resistant genes in a laboratory scale activated sludge reactor
(Master thesis, 2021)Abstract Antibiotics, which are used to treat bacterial infections have saved countless lives and their development has been a huge step in modern medicine. Unfortunately, the overuse of antibiotics has led to the development ... -
The infectious diseases that pose a threat to the Norwegian farmed salmon industry in the coming years due to climate changes.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)What emerging diseases can we expect as a threat to the rapidly growing and important farmed salmon industry in Norway due to anthropogenic environmental changes? This question will be answered as best as possible based ... -
THE OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES OF UASB REACTOR DIGESTING INACTIVE AND ACTIVE GRANULES: UTILIZATION OF THE SUCCESSFUL ROUTE
(Master thesis, 2021)This study aims to investigate the challenges coupled with an anaerobic treatment of municipal wastewater using UASB reactor to convert organics into biogas. A laboratory scaled reactor is set up to treat synthetic wastewater ... -
The possible role of SCARB2/LIMP-2 in Parkinson´s disease
(Master thesis, 2021)Parkinson disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease and associated with pronounced loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in a region of the brain. The disease has been found to be caused by a combination of genetic ... -
The potential environmental impact of Aquaculture facilities in Norwegian fjords
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Mussels were collected from a mussel farm at Kvitsøy and were deployed for 4 weeks (March-April 2022) at two separate locations at an aquaculture facility at Rennesøy, (Rogaland, Norway). One group of caged mussels were ... -
The study of biomethane potential from the Anaerobic Digestion and Co-digestion of complex Organic Wastes in Batch and CSTR modes
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)The world is now exploring economical and environmentally friendly resources of renewable energy. Refined biogas is one of the essential resources of renewable energy that has the potential of substituting some of the ... -
The use and environmental impacts of dispersants for marine oil spill cleanup focusing on Corexit: a literature review
(Master thesis, 2022)Oil is still one of the major global energy sources as well as used for the production of products such as plastics and solvents. Due to the large global oil consumption, oil spills are difficult to avoid. The environmental ... -
The use of Lipid Nanoparticles as a cancer treatment
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)This thesis is a theoretical research of about the use of Lipid Nanoparticles in cancer treatments. In order to show the functionality and benefits as an alternative and/or complementary process to the ones used right now, ... -
Third-generation sequencing of IBD patients’ gut microbiome
(Master thesis, 2022)The current opportunities for thorough gut microbiota profiling using next-generation sequencing (NGS) have opened up for a wide range of metagenomic studies. IBD prevalence is increasing in developed and developing countries ... -
Transformation of Arabidopsis by Flag tagged PP2A
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Eukaryotic protein kinases transfer a phosphate group from ATP to the hydroxyl group of Ser, Thr and Tyr residues, whereas protein phosphatases hydrolyze the phosphoester bond to give free phosphate and dephosphorylated ... -
Transitioning from mesophilic to thermophilic anaerobic digestion at VEAS and the influence of co-digesting primary sludge with potato-stillage
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06)Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a microbial degradation process in the absence of oxygen by several complex biological reactions where polymeric organic carbon compounds are transformed into biogas and potential biofertilizer. ... -
Treatment and Optimization of Drill Cuttings for a Global Application
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Oil contaminated drill cuttings is considered as a significant waste stream in the oil and gas industry. Drill cuttings contain drilling fluids that interfere and destroy the life basis for animals in the sea. Various ... -
Treatment and Optimization of Drill Cuttings on NCS
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)As part of a Joint industry project (JIP), Norwegian Technology has developed a new treatment technology for oil contaminated drill cuttings (OCDC). The technology is intended for offshore use at the Norwegian Continental ... -
Treatment of oily water using a submerged Silicon Carbide flat-sheet membrane: Technology evaluation and design of a full-scale treatment unit
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-07-13)Offshore activity in the oil and gas industry generates high quantities of wastewater. It is of interest for the operators to treat this water offshore to limit shipment costs to onshore treatment facilities, in addition ... -
Uncompensated and compensated backgrounds in homeostatic controllers: Analogies to retinal light adaptation
(Master thesis, 2023)Integral controllers with single negative feedbacks were subjected to a step-perturbation at constant but different backgrounds. Response amplitudes of the controlled variable, here called A, decreased monotonically with ...