• Dispersion calculations of SO2-concentrations in Sør-Varanger May 1st - October 25th, 1994. 

      Bekkestad, Tone; Johnsrud, Mona; Walker, Sam-Erik (NILU OR;45/96, Research report, 1996)
      Hourly dispersion calculations of SO2 in Sør-Varanger during the period 1 May 0100–25 October 1600 in 1994. The calculations have been performed with NILU’s dispersion model EPISODE 2.1 for a 20x18 km grid square with a 5 ...
    • DISPERSION OF HEAVY CLOUDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE 

      Eidsvik, Karl J. (NILU OR;32/78, Research report, 1978)
      The report describes a model for the dispersion of heavy and cold gas clouds in the atmosphere, where the essential state variables are described as simple as possible. The results do not depend critically upon uncerntaincies ...
    • DISPERSION OF POLLUTION FROM AREA SOURCES 

      Grønskei, Knut Erik (NILU TR;6/82, Research report, 1982)
      Pollution contribution from area sources at different emission heights are considered by integrating the equation for a line source. The effects of the initial dispersion caused by building turbulence is considered. The ...
    • Dissimilar effects of organohalogenated compounds on thyroid hormones in glaucous gulls 

      Melnes, Marte; Gabrielsen, Geir W; Herzke, Dorte; Sagerup, Kjetil; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • Diurnal cycle of iodine, bromine, and mercury concentrations in Svalbard surface snow 

      Spolaor, Andrea; Barbaro, Elena; Cappelletti, David; Turetta, Clara; Mazzola, Mauro; Giardi, Fabio; Björkman, Mats P.; Lucchetta, Frederico; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Angot, Hélène; Dommergue, Aurelien; Maturilli, Marion; Saiz-Lopez, Alfonso; Barbante, Carlo; Cairns, Warren R. L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Sunlit snow is highly photochemically active and plays a key role in the exchange of gas phase species between the cryosphere and the atmosphere. Here, we investigate the behaviour of two selected species in surface snow: ...
    • DNA damage in blood cells in relation to chemotherapy and nutritional status in colorectal cancer patients — A pilot study 

      Kværner, Ane Sørlie; Minaguchi, Jun; El Yamani, Naouale; Henriksen, Christine; Ræder, Hanna; Paur, Ingvild; Henriksen, Hege; Wiedswang, Gro; Smeland, Sigbjørn; Blomhoff, Rune; Collins, Andrew Richard; Bøhn, Siv Kjølsrud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • DNA damage in circulating leukocytes measured with the comet assay may predict the risk of death 

      Bonassi, Stefano; Ceppi, Marcello; Møller, Peter; Azqueta, Amaya; Milic, Mirta; Neri, Monica; Brunborg, Gunnar; Godschalk, Roger; Koppen, Gudrun; Langie, Sabine A. S.; Teixeira, João Paulo; Bruzzone, Marco; Da Silva, Juliana; Benedetti, Danieli; Cavallo, Delia; Ursini, Cinzia Lucia; Giovannelli, Lisa; Moretti, Silvia; Riso, Patrizia; Del Bo, Cristian; Russo, Patrizia; Dobrzynska, Malgorzata; Goroshinskaya, Irina A.; Surikova, Ekaterina I.; Staruchova, Marta; Barancokova, Magdalena; Volkovova, Katarina; Kažimirova, Alena; Smolkova, Bozena; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Pastor, Susana; Marcos, Ricard; Hernández, Alba; Gajski, Goran; Spremo-Potparević, Biljana; Zivkovic, Lada; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Perdry, Hervé; Lebailly, Pierre; Perez, Carlos L.; Basaran, Nursen; Nemeth, Zsuzsanna; Safar, Anna; Dusinska, Maria; Collins, Andrew Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The comet assay or single cell gel electrophoresis, is the most common method used to measure strand breaks and a variety of other DNA lesions in human populations. To estimate the risk of overall mortality, mortality by ...
    • DNA double-strand breaks in relation to persistent organic pollutants in a fasting seabird 

      Fenstad, Anette; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Moe, Børge; Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Bingham, Christopher George; Herzke, Dorte; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Krøkje, Åse (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • DNA double‐strand breaks in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from Bjørnøya in the Norwegian Arctic 

      Neerland, Eirik D.; Bytingsvik, Jenny; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Evenset, Anita; Krøkje, Åse (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      High levels of organochlorine contaminants (OCs) have been found in arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from Lake Ellasjøen, Bjørnøya (Norwegian Arctic). The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential genotoxic ...
    • DNA Repair Gene Polymorphisms and Chromosomal Aberrations in Exposed Populations 

      Niazi, Yasmeen; Thomsen, Hauke; Smolkova, Bozena; Vodickova, Ludmila; Vodenkova, Sona; Kroupa, Michal; Vymetalkova, Veronika; Kazimirova, Alena; Barancokova, Magdalena; Volkovova, Katarina; Staruchova, Marta; Hoffmann, Per; Nöthen, Markus; Dusinska, Maria; Musak, Ludovit; Vodicka, Pavel; Hemminki, Kari; Försti, Asta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      DNA damage and unrepaired or insufficiently repaired DNA double-strand breaks as well as telomere shortening contribute to the formation of structural chromosomal aberrations (CAs). Non-specific CAs have been used in the ...
    • Do Carbon Nanotubes and Asbestos Fibers Exhibit Common Toxicity Mechanisms? 

      Gupta, Suchi Smita; Singh, Krishna P.; Gupta, Shailendra; Dusinska, Maria; Rahman, Qamar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      During the last two decades several nanoscale materials were engineered for industrial and medical applications. Among them carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the most exploited nanomaterials with global production of around 1000 ...
    • Do cytotoxicity and cell death cause false positive results in the in vitro comet assay? 

      Azqueta, Amaya; Stopper, Helga; Zegura, Bojana; Dusinska, Maria; Møller, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The comet assay is used to measure DNA damage induced by chemical and physical agents. High concentrations of test agents may cause cytotoxicity or cell death, which may give rise to false positive results in the comet ...
    • Documentation of RoadAir 2.0. 

      Larssen, Steinar; Torp, Charlotte (NILU TR;12/93, Research report, 1993)
      This is the documentation of the programme RoadAir 2.0, developed at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research. The programme calculates emissions CO, co2 and N02 and concentrations and exposure to CO and N02 in connection ...
    • Dose calculations in aircrafts after Fukushima nuclear power plant accident – Preliminary study for aviation operations 

      Vargas, Arturo; Arnold, Delia; Duch, M.-A.; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Sievers, Klaus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      There is little information to decision support in air traffic management in case of nuclear releases into the atmosphere. In this paper, the dose estimation due to both, external exposure (i.e. cloud immersion, deposition ...
    • Dose-effekt-sammenhenger, levetider og kost-nytte-analyser. 

      Støre, Marit (NILU TR;3/92, Research report, 1992)
      Rapporten beskriver sammenhengen mellom dose-effekt sammenhenger, levetider og kost-nytte-analyser på materialer. I hovedtrekk finnes det 2 ulike metoder for å utvikle dose-effekt-sammenhenger: 1) Dataorientert metode eller ...
    • Doseringssystem for gass til klimaskap. 

      Rode, Arild (NILU TR;1/90, Research report, 1990)
      Beskrivelse av dagens system for dosering av gass til NILUs klimaskap av typen Weiss. Det er foreslått forbedringer med tanke på å dosere flere typer gasser samtidig. Det er også foreslått valg av kontinuerlige analyseinstrumenter ...
    • Drivhuseffekten og klimautviklingen. Bidrag til den interdepartementale klimautredningen. 

      Blindheim, Johan; Braathen, Geir Ole; Dovland, Harald; Gray, John S.; Hanssen-Bauer, Inger; Hov, Øystein; Isaksen, Ivar S A; Mangerud, Jan; Mork, Martin; Pedersen, Kaare (NILU OR; 21/90, Research report, 1990)
      Utslipp av drivhusgasser som følge av menneskelig aktivitet vil sannsynligvis føre til en effektiv dobling av dagens CO2-konsentrasjon innen år 2030. Ifølge modellberegninger vil dette føre til en global temperaturøkning ...
    • Duration and decay of Arctic stratospheric vortex events in the ECMWF seasonal forecast model 

      Orsolini, Yvan; Nishii, Kazuaki; Nakamura, Hisashi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • Dynamic modelling of aquatic exposure and pelagic food chain transfer of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes in the Inner Oslofjord 

      Whelan, M.J.; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      The marine fate and pelagic food chain transfer of three cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes (cVMS: D4, D5 and D6) was explored in the Inner Oslofjord, Norway, using two dynamic models (the Oslofjord POP Model and the aquatic ...