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Background: When people in Northern Norway get ill, they often use traditional medicine. The global aim of this study was to examine the extended family networks’ function and responsibility in cases of illness in the family, in two Northern Norwegian ...
Anette Langås-Larsen +5 more
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Most populations around the world are ageing. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and is growing more rapidly in rural communities than in urban areas. Longevity increases the risk of frailty.
Lena Bjerkmo +3 more
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The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [...]
Edda M. Rainer +4 more
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People with Sami and Norwegian background are frequent users of traditional folk medicine (TM). Traditional healing, such as religious prayers of healing (reading) and the laying on of hands, are examples of commonly used modalities.
Anette Langås-Larsen +5 more
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Taking stock of arctic sea ice and climate [PDF]
The relationship among the cause-and-effect of the Arctic atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean is discussed. The increased vulnerability of the Arctic system to anomalous atmospheric forcing can be argued from the perspective that recent ice loss is the result
Francis, Jennifer +3 more
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The impact of Arctic sea ice loss on mid-Holocene climate. [PDF]
Mid-Holocene climate was characterized by strong summer solar heating that decreased Arctic sea ice cover. Motivated by recent studies identifying Arctic sea ice loss as a key driver of future climate change, we separate the influences of Arctic sea ice ...
Kim, Seo-Yeon +5 more
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Effect of scavenging on predation in a food web
Scavenging can have important consequences for food web dynamics, for example, it may support additional consumer species and affect predation on live prey. Still, few food web models include scavenging.
Jarad P. Mellard +5 more
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The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0 [PDF]
[1] The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) released its first gridded bathymetric compilation in 1999. The IBCAO bathymetric portrayals have since supported a wide range of Arctic science activities, for example, by providing ...
Accettella, Daniela +30 more
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Bromine measurements in ozone depleted air over the Arctic Ocean [PDF]
In situ measurements of ozone, photochemically active bromine compounds, and other trace gases over the Arctic Ocean in April 2008 are used to examine the chemistry and geographical extent of ozone depletion in the arctic marine boundary layer (MBL ...
Burkholder, J B +14 more
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Interaction webs in arctic ecosystems: Determinants of arctic change? [PDF]
How species interact modulate their dynamics, their response to environmental change, and ultimately the functioning and stability of entire communities. Work conducted at Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland, has changed our view on how networks of arctic biotic interactions are structured, how they vary in time, and how they are changing with current ...
Schmidt, Niels M. +12 more
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