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NORCE Research AS
Recent research
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Southern South Africa houses some key archaeological sites, which document the behavioural and technological development of Homo sapiens . During Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 5 and 4, this region experienced marked climate variability, particularly in temperature and precipitation...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Freshwater ecosystems, though covering less than 1% of Earth's surface, harbor around 10% of all species. Pressures like pollution, water extraction, and habitat loss can exhibit complex interactions in their effects on freshwater biodiversity. Understanding the effects of these...
- Health & Medicine
AIM: The randomized controlled Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Diet in Pregnancy (CARRDIP) study demonstrated that a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy could alter maternal lipid levels, improve fetoplacental perfusion, and reduce preterm delivery rate. Here, we examine whether th...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
The Effects of Stop Sexual Harassment: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract Sexual and gendered harassment is prevalent among adolescents and associated with health outcomes. Evidence from randomized controlled trials of school-based interventions addressing such harassment outside dating contexts among students under 16 years is limited. This s...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
The value of electronic tagging and tracking studies for understanding fish–hypoxia interactions
Abstract Objective Hypoxia (i.e., low dissolved oxygen availability) is a natural phenomenon but can also be induced by human activities (e.g., nutrient enrichment from runoff). Given that dissolved oxygen is essential for aquatic life, periods of hypoxia tend to have negative co...