0010-9312/96/000067/$5.00+$0.50/0 © 1996, NACE International Submitted for publication December 1994; in revised form, July 1995. * Institutt for Energiteknikk, P.O. Box 40, N-2007, Kjeller, Norway. Present address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. 4072, Australia. ** University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Present address: Institutt for Ener...

Rune Kroken , Erik Johnsen , Torleif Ruud 3 4, Tore Wentzel-Larsen5, Hugo A. Jørgensen . Addresses: Haukeland University Hospital, Division of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 23, N-5812, Bergen. Department of Clinical Medicine, Section Psychiatry, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen. 3 Akershus University Hospital, Division of Mental Health Services, Department of Research and Development, 1478 Lørenskog,...

National registration of hemiarthroplasties after hip fractures has been established in both Norway and Sweden. We aimed to investigate differences in demographics, choice of implant selection, surgical approaches, and reoperations between the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register (NHFR) and the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register (SHAR). As part of the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) p...

In the 1960s, Norway lagged behind its Scandinavian neighbors in the aggregate value of economic production per capita, as it had for decades. By the 1990s, Norway had caught up with and forged ahead of Denmark and Sweden. When and why did Norway catch up? The discovery and extraction of oil in the early 70s is usually suggested as the explanation. But oil alone cannot explain Norway's growth s...

1) Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Fanaflaten 4, N-5244 Fana, Norway (*e-mail: tor. [email protected]) 2) Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tungasletta 2, N-7485 Trondheim, Norway 3) Finnish Forest Research Institute, Rovaniemi Research Unit, P.O. Box 16, FI-96301 Rovaniemi, Finland 4) Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalléen 21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway 5) Depa...

This chapter presents a model-driven service engineering (MDSE) methodology that uses OMG MDA specifications such as BMM, BPMN and SoaML to identify and specify services within a service-oriented architecture. The methodology takes advantage of business modelling practices and provides a guide to service modelling with SoaML. The presentation is case-driven and illuminated using the telecommuni...

The Norway or brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) is among the most ubiquitous of rodents. However, the lack of studies describing Norway rat populations from tropical areas have limited our understanding regarding their demography and seasonal dynamics. In this study, we describe seasonal pattern in the abundance, reproductive parameters, and morphometrics of Norway rat populations in Salvador, Braz...

Gender differences in health care use among the elderly population in Norway and Finland. A cross-sectional analysis based on the HUNT Study and the FINRISK Senior Survey. Background: The aim of the study was to examine gender differences in the self-reported use of health care services by the elderly in two Nordic countries with slightly different health care systems: Finland and Norway. Metho...

Variability in short root morphology of the three main tree species of Europe's boreal forest (Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and silver birch (Betula pendula Roth)) was investigated in four stands along a latitudinal gradient from northern Finland to southern Estonia. Silver birch and Scots pine were present in three stands and Norway spruce was present...