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Exploring L2 English Proficiency and Translation of Academic English Vocabulary
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Knowledge of academic English vocabulary is essential for upper secondary L2 English learners preparing for university studies, yet previous research suggests students in Scandinavian settings may need support to acquire ... -
Exploring L2 English students' knowledge and conceptions of academic vocabulary
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Parallel language use is widespread in universities today and refers to the use of English language course materials with lectures and classroom activities conducted in a majority language other than English. Concerns have ... -
Exploring methods for securing users against potential loss of privacy in the context of the Internet of Things
(Master thesis, 2020-06-26)Følgende avhandling er en analyse og diskusjon av utfordringer knyttet til personvern, sikkerhet, dataeierskap og etikk i teknologien Internet of Things (IoT). Utvikling av teknologi fører til økende sammenfletting av den ... -
Exploring Networks of Lexical Variation in Russian Sign Language
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)When describing variation at the lexical level in sign languages, researchers often distinguish between phonological and lexical variants, using the following principle: if two signs differ in only one of the major ... -
Exploring pre-service language teachers’ mindsets using a sorting activity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Researching mindsets has become a topic of considerable interest in language learning. However, the majority of studies tend to focus on learners and their mindsets, with very little research examining the mindsets of ... -
Exploring the Concept of Integrity—Toward a Craft-Inspired Interpretation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The concept of integrity is used as a psychosocial concept to describe tensions and dilemmas experienced by professional and semi-professional workers in a neoliberal working life. In Norway, the concept has even been ... -
Exploring the Individual Mind: The Functions of the Epistolary Form in The Color Purple and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg de to romanene The Color Purple (1982) av Alice Walker og The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999) av Stephen Chbosky, som begge er skrevet i form av brev. Målet med oppgaven er å utforske ... -
Exploring the Metaphysics of Hegel's Racism: The Teleology of the ‘Concept’ and the Taxonomy of Races
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article interprets Hegel's hierarchical theory of race as an application of his general views about the metaphysics of classification and explanation. We begin by offering a reconstruction of Hegel's hierarchical ... -
Exploring the relationship between extramural English, self-efficacy, gender, and learning outcomes: A mixed-methods study in a Norwegian upper-secondary school
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article reports on a mixed-methods study regarding the extent to which the extramural English (EE), external attributions, self-efficacy (concerning EFL reading, speaking, writing, and listening skills), and gender ... -
Exploring traces of worldviews in literary texts in an EFL textbook
(Master thesis, 2020-06-20)Hovudmålet med denne masteroppgåva er å undersøkja livssyn i dei skjønnlitterære tekstane i Global Visions – ei lærebok for programfaget Internasjonal engelsk. Oppgåva byggjer på eit teoretisk rammeverk for livssynsanalyse ... -
Expressing logical disagreement from within
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Against the backdrop of the frequent comparison of theories of truth in the literature on semantic paradoxes with regard to which inferences and metainferences are deemed valid, this paper develops a novel approach to ... -
Extended Peer Communities: Appraising the contributions of tacit knowledges in climate change decision-making
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper explores the implications of assessing tacit knowledges of climatic change in extended peer communities, as applied in two European research projects on climate action. Post-normal science (PNS) proposes the ... -
Extracting Sign Language Articulation from Videos with MediaPipe
(Chapter, 2023)This paper concerns evaluating methods for extracting phonological information of Swedish Sign Language signs from video data with MediaPipe’s pose estimation. The methods involve estimating i) the articulation phase, ii) ... -
Extracting Users: Regimes of Engagement in Norwegian Smart Electricity Transition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Recent efforts to involve digital technologies and renewables in the electricity grid have placed users at center stage in the legitimation of energy transitions. This move has been paralleled by an emphasis on users and ... -
Extrapolating from model organisms in pharmacology
(Chapter, 2020)In this chapter we explore the process of extrapolating causal claims from model organisms to humans in pharmacology. We describe and compare four strategies of extrapolation: enumerative induction, comparative process ... -
Extreme Justice: Decapitations and Prone Burials in Three Late Roman Cemeteries at Knobb's Farm, Cambridgeshire
(Journal article, 2021)Excavations at Knobb's Farm, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, uncovered three small late Roman cemeteries, positioned at the edge of a farming settlement. The 52 burials found included 17 decapitated bodies and 13 prone burials ... -
Extremely relevant? Teachers’ reported beliefs on including the issue of radicalisation and violent extremism in the VG1 English teaching.
(Master thesis, 2023-05-29)På grunn av økt radikalisering blant norsk ungdom, har den norske regjeringene gitt skolene i oppdrag å ta opp radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme som et tema i fag hvor det anses som relevant. Dagens læreplan i engelsk ... -
Eye Blinks in French Sign Language Definition of eye blink types and automatic detection of eye blinks using computer vision, rule-based and machine learning-based methods.
(Master thesis, 2022-11-21)This study aims at defining the different types of eye blinks in French Sign Language as well as preparing a potential automatic eye blink types classification in creating a method that allows the detection of blinks in a ...