Browsing Studentoppgaver (TN-IKBM) by Issue Date
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Synthesis and Testing of Oil Field Scale Inhibitors
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)Scale formation is one of the major problems faced during production in the oil industry. A common method to control scale is the utilization of chemicals known as scale inhibitors (SIs). Several SIs are available commercially ... -
Growth and inactivation of Bacillus pumilus with heat and high-pressure processing
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)The main objective of this study was to obtain knowledge about Bacillus pumilus B367 with relevance to food safety and investigate if B. pumilus B367 would be inactivated at lower temperatures for shorter time by applying ... -
Performance of Enzyme-Catalyzed Single-E and Dual-E Homeostatic Controllers
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)Mathematical modeling has become an important tool in order to investigate the behavior of biological systems. The concept of homeostasis is central to our understanding how cells and organisms maintain an internal stability ... -
The application of digital image analysis to quantify histological pathological changes in Mytilus edulis from the Water Column Monitoring program
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)Use of histopathology to identify changes in marine species in response to contaminants is a long-known practice. The suitability of histopathological biological markers in the assessment of marine environment quality ... -
Review and evaluation of techno-economic and environmental simulation tools to address CO2 transport within CCS value chain
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an important solution to meeting climate targets set by United Nations and can potentially reduce 15 % of CO2 emissions globally. CCS has been studied for over 20 years. However, its ... -
Reliability of a conductivity controlled slurry doser
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)Anthropogenic emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxides cause acid rain giving acidic waters. Moreover, the bedrock in the southern parts of Norway provides no or little buffer capacity. This combination has caused fish ... -
Removal of antibiotic resistant genes in wastewater treatment plants
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-28)Antibiotic resistance has been regarded as a growing international problem, due to extensive overuse of antibiotics has led to untreatable infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB). Wastewater treatment ... -
Tacrine hybrids as multi-target-directed ligands against Alzheimer’s disease
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07)World health organization estimates that nearly 9.9 million people develop dementia each year. Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, and contributes to 60-70% of the cases. In addition to affecting ... -
Effect of metformin and phenformin in acute myeloid leukemia cell lines MOLM-13 and HL-60
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07)Cancer is a large group of diseases and a second leading cause of death globally with an estimated 9.6 million death in 2018 according to World Health Organization (WHO). It is an abnormal and uncontrollably growth of cells ... -
Development of LC-MS/MS method for analysing immunosuppressants in whole blood for the purpose of TDM, with the novel application of SALLE in the sample preparation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-06)The laboratory for Medical Biochemistry at Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) needed a new method for analysing tacrolimus, sirolimus, everolimus and cyclosporin A. A method was developed using the analytical principles ... -
Detection and quantification of pharmaceuticals in sediment, seawater, and wastewater treatment plant samples
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-15)Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are increasingly occurring in nature. Their presence is posing a concern about antibiotic resistance in bacteria and other effects on the ecosystem, which are not yet fully understood. ... -
Synthesis, Characterization and Performance Testing of Environmental Acceptable Demulsifiers
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-15)Separation of crude oil from production water has been one of the first and most important challenges of the oil and gas industry. The dehydration of the crude oil is required to meet transportation and selling standards, ... -
Synthesis of tacrine- and coumarin-isocryptolepine hybrids as potential dual binding site acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-08-10)This project presents the synthesis of tacrine and coumarin scaffolds armed with an alkyl-chain of varying length with an azido functionality and isocryptolepine scaffold armed with a terminal alkyne. The synthesis of ... -
Metoder for å vurdere «grønnhet» og bærekraft til kjemiske prosesser
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Bachelor thesis, 2020-12)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å bevisstgjøre leseren om målemetoder av grønn kjemi samt deres viktighet for videre arbeid med grønn og bærekraftig kjemi. Oppgaven tar først for seg de mest relevante beregningsmetodene en ... -
Entamoeba invadens; a study about the role of PLD1 and PLD2 in encystation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-12)One of the most common problem in the developing world is infectious diseases caused by poor living conditions and one such condition is called amoebiasis. The causative agent of which is Entamoeba histolytica; a ... -
Spent Coffee Grounds (SCG) Valorization: Applications and Management Practices in the Stavanger Region
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-12)The environmental impact of food waste has been growing in interest among various environmental organizations as well as communities in the last decade. Coffee has been one of the largest consumed drinks worldwide that ... -
Bacterial investigation of the microbiome in the upper respiratory tract of healthy male sheep (Ovis aries) from Western Norway
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)With sheep being one of the most important livestock in Norway the health and well-being of the animals is important. Working towards a better understanding of what bacterial finds one might expect in healthy sheep could ... -
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 ... -
Effekt av høytrykksprosessering på teksturmodifisert mat
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)In today’s society, consumers are increasingly more health-conscious, and they are holding companies more and more accountable for food safety, quality and sustainable production methods. Being able to produce sustainably ... -
CHARACTERIZATION/STUDY OF THE MITOCHONDRIA OF PANCREATIC CANCER CELL LINE WITH CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPE
(Master thesis, 2021)Cancer cell metabolism have long been thought to rely on glycolysis more than mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation regardless of the availability of oxygen, which normally regulates the switch between anaerobic to aerobic ...