Use of salmon behaviour to facilitate innovative surface-based de-licing technique (i) and to avoid sea lice infestation (ii). Background There is a lack of sustainability in salmon aquaculture due to increased lice infestation pressure on wild stocks, as well as negative environmental impacts in the...
Scientist, SINTEF Sylvi Thun, Research Scientist, SINTEF Marte Pettersen Buvik, Research Scientist, SINTEF IPads, Chromebooks and other computers have taken over Norwegian classrooms. And there won’t be any fewer of them in the future. New curriculums being introduced this autumn will be placing emphasis on...
For the past three years, scientists, engineers and operators in the farming industry have been developing the well-boat technology of the future. Here are some of the results. In the future, aquaculture will have adapt to stringent standards of hygiene and infection control, say researchers, so they have...
...professional world of cement and concrete, as well as his career as a research scientist, upside down. Not only that, but also his perception of what concrete can be made of. You might think that aviation is one of the biggest beasts among the sources of emissions causing global warming and acidification. But...
Seminar arranged by DECRIS and Oslo municipality about "Sårbarhet og avhengigheter i kritisk infrastruktur" (Vulnerability and interdependencies in critical infrastructures). Agenda Presentations Per Hokstad, SINTEF Teknologi og samfunn. Risk and Decision Systems for Critical Infrastructure (DECRIS)...
...which is piecewise defined by polynomials of degree ≤ d on a set of disjoint subintervals of [a,b], and has a certain degree of smoothness on each intersection point of neighbouring intervals. The intervals and degree of smoothness are defined by a knot vector {ti} where a = t0 ≤ t1 ≤ ... ≤ tk = b. A polynomial...
...imaging cameras at airports could calculate queues and check-in times better than systems that make estimates using Bluetooth and WiFi on passengers' mobiles. Current security control procedures at Værnes Airport use two infra-red thermal imaging cameras and strategically located optical sensors to provide...
...appointment scenario, and a workshop was organized to conduct paper prototyping experiments for evaluation. We wished to find out if the notation is understandable and what level of expressiveness can be achieved. Other project participants were given a set of composition exercises, and they answered a set...
......?) 15:00-16:30 Lectures 16:30-17:00 Fruit / vegetable break 17:00-18:30 Lectures 20:00- Dinner Lunch is served between 12:30 and 14:00, alternating between a buffet and a hot meal every second day. For those that go skiing, it is also possible to get a ticket/voucher in the hotel reception that can...
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...the hazard identification the following stressors were identified and included in the model development: Water column: - Toxicity of chemicals - Physical effects of suspended matter Sediments: - Toxicity of chemicals (organic chemicals and heavy metals). - Burial of organisms. - Change in sediment structure...
FOBIS get's publicity and the partners have also presented the project at conferences and meetings. Some articles, papers and press releases is listed below. Innovate 2/2007, Wireless doctor online Gemini 2/2007, Helseskjekk i heimen Danmarks Radio - TV AVISEN (Sensorer kan fortælle om vores helbred)...
Working from home demands high levels of trust between teams and their managers. In that case, it can be just as productive as attending the office, according to scientists. Stock photo: iStock/Geber86 Standard For some time now, research scientist Nils Brede Moe at SINTEF, Norway, has been studying...
...do not know what they do not know about their new role. From the home office, it is not so easy to feel your way forward. Now research shows how such and similar tangles can be solved. During the pandemic, it is particularly challenging to be a new employee. At the same time, employers have only one chance...
...the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in November 2005; A test program at the scale of 1000 m2 at the Ohmsett test tank in natural or artificial pack ice in February 2006; and, A series of burn tests at the scale of 50 m2 with herders and crude oil in a pit containing broken...
...different experience and background) An instrument engineer A process engineer A facilitator with good understanding of human factors issues, preferably a human factors specialist Meeting reporter – scriber with good understanding of human factors issues, to document issues and points from the analysis...
...from the atmosphere is called Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. This industry can become large and will be necessary to prevent the global overheating. Photo: iStock Standard We are releasing more and more CO2 into the atmosphere. Now we need to find technologies that can remove what has already been...
...content and, as a result, low heat development during hardening. This makes them more vulnerable to frost damage. Photo by SINTEF Standard Building in cold climate: One of the worst things that can happen to concrete is for it to undergo freezing while it is still fresh. To prevent this and ensure good...
...the Norwegian public authorities and health trusts. Their work has been commissioned by the Norwegian Association for the Hard of Hearing. “Treatment provision is inadequate, and much poorer than is recommended by the EU guidelines on tinnitus diagnostics, examination and treatment”. So says Tron Vedel...
...in water and disappear after a few hours. Photo: Werner Juvik When the FM frequencies are removed in Norway in 2017, all old-fashioned radios will become obsolete, leaving the biggest collection of redundant electronics ever seen – a mountain of waste weighing something between 25,000 and 30,000 tonnes...