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Growth in the aquacuture industry: Procurement as a mean to reach the goal of sustainability – with a focus on feed
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Hva vet vi om årsakene til lav sysselsetting blant innvandrere i det norske arbeidslivet? Er det forskjeller i årsakene mellom kvinner og menn?
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Prosjekt samskaping og kunnskapsutvikling i praksis - SKUP : et samarbeid mellom Regionalt kunnskapssenter for habilitering (RHAB) ved NTNU, Høgskolen i Molde og Helse Møre og Romsdal
Get PDFHumanizing intensive care : a scoping review (HumanIC)
Get PDFSignificant scientific and technological advances in intensive care have been made. However, patients in the intensive care unit may experience discomfort, loss of control, and surreal experiences. This has generated relevant debates about how to humanize the intensive care units and whether humanization is necessary at all. This paper aimed to explore how humanizing intensive care is described in the literature. A scoping review was performed. Studies published between 01.01.1999 and 02.03.2020 were identified in the CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, and Scopus databases. After removing 185 duplicates, 363 papers were screened by title and abstract. Full-text screening of 116 papers led to the inclusion of 68 papers in the review based on the inclusion criteria; these papers mentioned humanizing or dehumanizing intensive care in the title or abstract. Humanizing care was defined as holistic care, as a general attitude of professionals toward patients and relatives and an organizational ideal encompassing all subjects of the healthcare system. Technology was considered an integral component of intensive care that must be balanced with caring for the patient as a whole and autonomous person. This holistic view of patients and relatives could ameliorate the negative effects of technology. There were geographical differences and the large number of studies from Spain and Brazil reflect the growing interest in humanizing intensive care in these particular countries. In conclusion, a more holistic approach with a greater emphasis on the individual patient, relatives, and social context is the foundation for humanizing intensive care, as reflected in the attitudes of nurses and other healthcare professionals. Demands for mastering technology may dominate nurses’ attention toward patients and relatives; therefore, humanized intensive care requires a holistic attitude from health professionals and organizations toward patients and relatives. Healthcare organizations, society, and regulatory frameworks demanding humanized intensive care may enforce humanized intensive care.publishedVersio
A comparative study of national variations of the European WEEE directive : manufacturer’s view
Get PDFWe are facing the challenge of rapid growth in waste from electrical products (e-waste). In Europe, handling e-waste is regulated by the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, which is based on the extended producer responsibility (EPR) model as a regulatory tool forcing manufacturers and importers to take responsibility for their products throughout their lifecycles. However, the directive allows for great variations in implementations in each country, causing e-manufacturers and e-waste handling operators to face challenges in their transition to more sustainable operations. To identify the challenges involved, this study investigates the effect of the WEEE directive from a manufacturer’s perspective. A case study of an e-manufacturer operating subsidiaries in several European countries and the associated producer responsibility organizations (PROs) is presented. The case study includes interviews from 17 stakeholders in 12 organizations in eight European countries. Key findings are as follows. First, the WEEE data reported are not harmonized. Second, the calculations of the environmental fee differ across countries. Third, following up on different national WEEE obligations sometimes leads to over-reporting to avoid negative effects on environmental corporate social responsibility, brand reputation, and profitability. Fourth, outsourcing end-of-life (EoL) treatment responsibility to PROs is seen as positive by the manufacturer but results in a decoupling of the EPR and the operational EoL treatment, which may reduce efforts to transfer to a higher circularity level of its EEE products. Fifth, WEEE is considered a way for e-manufacturers to handle waste not to adopt a circular focus. This paper contributes to both practitioners and researchers within reverse logistics and sustainability by adding knowledge from real-life context of how EPR is implemented in WEEE.publishedVersio
Kommunelegens rolle under koronapandemien : en kvalitativ studie
Get PDFBAKGRUNN: Vi studerte kommunelegens rolle under pandemien for å få økt kunnskap om hvilken rolle de hadde i den kommunale kriseledelsen. MATERIALE OG METODE: 14 semistrukturerte intervju ble gjennomført med sentrale deltakere i kriseledelsen i fem kommuner fra områdene fag, politikk og administrasjon. Dataene ble gjenstand for empirinær kvalitativ analyse inspirert av en stegvis deduktiv-induktiv metode. RESULTATER: Studien viste at kommunelegene var sentrale aktører i kriseledelsen som faglige premissgivere og koordinatorer. Kommunelegens faglige kunnskap ble etterspurt og verdsatt av kommuneledelsen i pandemisituasjonen, som var preget av usikkerhet. Kommunelegene brukte aktivt ulike nettverk i koordineringen av pandemiarbeidet og samhandlet med ulike aktører i kommunen, næringslivet og nasjonalt, både i arbeidet med smitteforebygging og -håndtering. FORTOLKNING: Kommunelegenes samfunnsmedisinske kompetanse fikk en økt betydning under pandemien og ga kommunelegene tilgang til sentrale beslutningsarenaer og nettverk. HOVEDFUNN: Kommunelegene i de fem kommunene var sentrale deltakere i kommunenes kriseledelse. Kommunelegene var faglige premissgivere for beslutninger. Arbeidet med smitteforebygging og -håndtering ble koordinert av kommunelegene.publishedVersio