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Menstrual products are a billion-dollar industry, and there is too little research related to menstruation. Camilla Mørk Røstvik at UiA has delved into 100 years of history about how society views menstruation. Credit: Colourbox

100 years ago it was taboo to talk about why women bleed

Menstruation has gone from being considered a disease to becoming part of the fight for women's health - and an industry worth billions.

“The placebo effect is largely overlooked when researching the results of exercise.” The researcher believes that may be one of the reasons why new training approaches produce sensational results. (Credit: iStockphoto)

Placebo effect also applies to training

If you believe that the training programme you are following has been put together especially for you, you can get a better effect from your training.

Smooth snakes are brown or greyish slender snakes with a double row of spots down the entire dorsal. In some, the paired spots may merge into short transverse stripes, such as on this adult female smooth snake. Many people misunderstand the transverse stripes and think that the snake is a viper. Credit: Beate Strøm Johansen.

The viper has been outside maturing its sperm since February

The male viper is out early to get ready for the females. Zoologist Beate S. Johansen is actually out looking for the smooth snake, the shyest snake in Norway.

“The rules that are supposed to provide a flexible labour market in the EU make migrants vulnerable to social dumping and exploitation in the labour market,” says researcher Katrine Mayora Synnes. (Credit: iStockphoto)

Unemployed Polish migrants fall outside the welfare state

Many immigrant workers do not get help from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) but become dependent on help from charities once their employment contracts expire.

While many Lutherans, in the Church of Norway and the independent congregations, head to the mountains at Easter, hardly any practicing Catholic would consider missing Mass over the holidays. Credit: Colourbox

Easter is about reconciliation

Why do we actually celebrate Easter? Christmas is childbirth and joy, while Easter is death on the cross and suffering. But both Christmas and Easter are about new opportunities.

Associate Professor Berit Huntebrinker has researched how literature portrays our relationship with nature. Credit: Colourbox.com

“There are many ways to be environmentally aware”.

Popular literature gives different answers to how we can be aware of the environment and nature, a new doctoral thesis shows.

“We have to approach new tools with an open mind. Schools must teach children and young people how to use these tools to learn and to solve problems,” says Jon Olav Sørhaug who is a reading and writing researcher at the University of Agder (UiA). Credit: Damares Stenbakk, UiA.

Writing is a collaboration between pupils and machines

The computer and software largely determine how pupils write according to writing researcher Jon Olav Sørhaug.

Research at UiA shows that the quality of life of young people is linked to their self-esteem, coping self-efficacy, stress and whether they feel lonely. Credit: Colourbox.com

This is important for young people’s well-being

“Coping self-efficacy is among the key factors for the quality of life of children and young people,” says UiA researcher Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen.

According to Norwegian health leaders, the secret behind successful cooperation does not just lie with the individual municipality. Several other factors come into play. (Credit: Colourbox)

This contributes to better municipal collaboration

“Three factors in particular can contribute to successful inter-municipal collaboration,” says researcher Bjørnulf Arntsen.

The new guide from the Centre for Care Research provides an introduction to how employees in municipalities can collaborate on research in a systematic way or carry out research projects on their own. (Credit: iStockphoto)

Guide to make research on municipal health services easier

A new guide provides an introduction to how research in the health and care sector in Norwegian municipalities can be carried out.

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