South Africa: Despite relative wealth universal and equitable access to health care yet to be attained Malawi: Chronic poverty and high disease burden compete for meagre resources Namibia: Population is highly dispersed Sudan: Large proportion of the population has been displaced Country Coordinators:...
...for STS operations, Fukuoka, 29 Oct. 2010 5th workshop on Nautical Aspacts and Guidance system Design, 3rd Workshop on CFD, Past project workshops 4th Workshop on Nautical Aspects and Guidance System Design, 2nd Workshop on CFD and PIV for ship-to-ship operations in Antwerp, 19 August 2008 2nd workshop...
Scientists at SINTEF and StatoilHydro have developed a level-gauge staff that uses pressure differences to measure the levels of water, oil and gas in oil separators. Some measurements are harder to make than others. Accurately gauging the water level in an oil separator is a difficult task, but because...
...finite-element method is very flexible with respect the choice of both fine-scale and coarse-scale grids. Given a fine-grid solver, basis functions can be defined for almost any collection of connected fine grid cells. Figures 1 and 2 show two multiscale solutions computed on a unstructured triangular fine...
Here you find instance definitions and the best known solutions (to our knowledge) for the (approximately) 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 tasks instances of Li & Lim's PDPTW benchmark. Each task is either a pickup or a delivery, and has a sibling (a delivery or a pickup). The version reported here...
...acceptance and recognition of the existing risk-based system and it's further development be able to, document, in a convincing, transparent and objective manner, the strength, and eventual development potentials of the system proactively and strategically communicate the usefulness, results and developments...
Ultrasound is being used in an increasing number of medical contexts, including diagnostics, treatment and examinations. Imaging techniques are also being used during narcosis in a process called ‘ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia’, during which a greater part of the patient’s body is anaesthetised...
...more strain. Norwegian buildings are to be made more robust against climatic stress. Photo: Scanpix Climate change will lead to more extreme weather, and buildings in some parts of the country will have to withstand greater stresses, especially the effects of humidity. This is the backdrop for Klima 2000...
...disabled people in low-income countries has long been on the agenda of the UN and national authorities in Africa. Here we are in Malawi. Photo: Benedicte Ingstad Together with local universities, local organisations for the disabled and the Norwegian Federation of Organisations of Disabled People (FFO), SINTEF...
A new project is making the hydrogen production process more cost effective and sustainable by reducing the use of critical raw materials. Green hydrogen is a promising alternative to fossil fuels, allowing decarbonization of crucial industry sectors. It can be converted to electricity for use in the...
Club consisting of SMEs was assigned to advise microBUILDER and to make sure that all offered services met the demands of industry. Members of the SME User Club had the opportunity to provide wishes for relevant technologies and applications and to influence the offered services. The User Club members were...
Bovim and SINTEF CEO Alexandra Bech Gjørv are working closely together. Photo: Pernille Søderholm Nyvoll, NTNU Notes Three years ago, SINTEF and NTNU opened a joint office in Brussels, since when the office has been responsible for the coordination of several new EU research projects. “NTNU and SINTEF...
...occurrences are currently monitored using fresh seawater samples. The samples provide information about the numbers and diversity of algae species. The problem is that this requires effective logistics and is quite time-consuming. For this reason, the researchers here have developed a new tool that can provide...
...2000: Olaf Stavik (centre) a pioneer in research and industry, visits a company in Vestfold’s microelectronics cluster; then called Alcatel Space Norway, it is now Norspace. Photo: Werner Juvik/SINTEF In the USA and Canada, Olaf Stavik worked in the dawning and rapidly growing field of microelectronics. When...
...drying plant for which three researchers at SINTEF and NTNU had the idea in 1989. Now, the trio’s technology is in the process of making its commercial world premiere. Photo: Runar Emberland Lien The Norwegian company Dtech AS - a spin-off of SINTEF and NTNU - is in the process of building a large factory...
...“We know that oil spills happen – and that they will happen again”, says Roman Netzer, a researcher and biologist at SINTEF. “We also know that this can have a major negative impact on the natural environment. This is why we’ve been studying a series of chemical and biological analytical techniques to...
...used to keep pedestrian and cycle paths free of snow and ice in winter. Snow- and ice-free asphalt reduces the risk of skidding, but salt causes bike frames to rust and degrades asphalt and concrete surfaces. Salt also has a negative impact on surrounding soils, vegetation and watercourses. Soils lose...
SINTEF researchers Linda Sønstevold (right) and Elizaveta Vereshchagina have achieved promising results after starting to use a very special polymer in their microfluidic chips. This technology is very relevant for the organ-on-a-chip field and may help to reduce animal testing. Photo: William Husby...
Stratigraphic drilling combines continuous bedrock coring with petrophysical logging and high resolution seismic data (2D) to provide "hard" geological data at a very early stage of exploration. As the coring is concentrated in areas where dipping bedrock strata a can be reached within a few hundred...
Traditional methods have tended to create detailed requirement specifications, and then important decisions were taken about how systems should be constructed before they were actually developed. Photo: Thinkstock. <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false NO-BOK...