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Analyse av produktivitetsutvikling og bedriftsoverlevelse i fem norske industrier basert på mikrodata
(Master thesis, 2014-06-01)Denne avhandlingen analyserer utviklingen til total faktorproduktivitet (TFP) og om utviklingen i TFP har påvirkning på bedriftsoverlevelse. Utvalget består av fem norske industrier i tidsperioden 1996 til 2010, en periode ... -
Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Protecting global biodiversity is one of the most urgent tasks for the coming decades. Area-based conservation is a pillar for preserving ecosystems and species. Strictly protected areas specifically preserve biodiversity ... -
Analysis and Design of Computational News Angles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)A key skill for a journalist is the ability to assess the newsworthiness of an event or situation. To this purpose journalists often rely on news angles, conceptual criteria that are used both i) to assess whether something ... -
Analysis of decision making in Uganda's social security and pension policy reform
(Master thesis, 2005)This thesis argues that in order to understand Uganda’s social security reforms and how they were formulated, it is important to consider the patterns of interaction amongst the key actors. The major objective is to map ... -
Analysis of dynamic models by optimization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Decision-makers use system dynamics models to understand how model structure causes problematic behaviors, and how the structure should be changed to improve performance. However, understanding problem behavior and designing ... -
Analysis of Environmental Conflicts and their Impacts: A case study of Oil and Gas Refining in Africa
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Energy demand has been rapidly increasing over time and this has led to an increase in energy production. Subsequently, the increase in energy production has led to a rise in exploitation and refining operations of oil and ... -
An analysis of image folksonomy generation
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An analysis of out-migration of Eastern Europeans in Norway
(Master thesis, 2018-06-22)Return migration, also referred as an out-migration, is an important research topic within the labor economics. The main questions investigated within this field are concerned with the selection of the returners and the ... -
Analysis of patient pathways with contextual process mining
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The volume and diversity of healthcare information available through the use of modern technology offers great potential for improving health services delivery. Giving healthcare practitioners and health system administrators ... -
Analysis of state institutional capacity for land acquisition in Ghana: A case study of the public land bureaucracy
(Master thesis, 2007)Gaining access to land is a problem that confronts both Government and non statecapitalist agents in Ghana. The study examined why the state lacks an effectiveinstitutional capacity with the political and technical competence ... -
Analysis of Traffic in Mexico City: Mapping of the System’s Dynamic Structure and Policy Recommendation
(Master thesis, 2018-07-07)This thesis documents a System Dynamics study in which the problem of vehicle traffic in Mexico’s City is analysed. The document explored the System Dynamic methodology that was used, the results of the dynamic model and ... -
Analyzing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children: equal and individualized treatment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Seeking insights into how decision-makers uphold obligations to equal and individualized treatment in decisions about state intervention, this study examines justifications by decision-makers in care orders for newborn ... -
Analyzing Rapid EV Adoption and End-of-Life Battery in Norway's Circular Economy
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)The transport emission sector increased at an average annual rate of 1.7 percent from 1990 to 2022. Passenger vehicle emissions in Europe account for 16 percent of total transport emissions. This significant share has ... -
Anatomy of a Catastrophe: Reconstructing the 1936 Rock Fall and Tsunami Event in Lake Lovatnet, Western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Rock falls and landslides plunging into lakes or small reservoirs can result in tsunamis with extreme wave run-ups. The occurrence of these natural hazards in populated areas have encouraged a recent sharp increase of ... -
Anchovy powder enrichment in brown rice-based instant cereal: a process optimization study using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)There is a need for expanding the utilization of small fish as they constitute an undervalued and important source of protein and micronutrients in many developing countries suffering from micronutrient deficiencies. One ... -
Andre verdenskrig i den sjette bølgen av Combat-film
(Master thesis, 2021-09-01)Denne masteroppgaven er en studie av krigsfilmsjangeren combat-film. Sjangeren ble etablert på 1940-tallet med utgangspunkt i fortellinger om andre verdenskrig og er nå etter tusenårsskiftet inne i en sjette tidsperiode, ... -
Ane suqhʼ ile. I keep quiet. Focusing on womenʻs agency in western Tigray, North-Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2004)"Ane suqh' ile. I keep quiet," women in Tigray, in North-Ethiopia often say, and implicitly under-communicate what they actually do. However, even if women seem to be culturally confined within the limits of a normative ... -
Ansvar i alt vi gjør. En casestudie av ansvarsbegrepet i Samhandlingsreformen
(Master thesis, 2012-12-10)Fra 1. januar 2012 skal Samhandlingsreformen gradvis innføres i hele den norske helse- og omsorgssektoren. Reformen skal sørge for bedre samhandling mellom deltjenestene og forvaltningsnivåene i helsetjenestetilbudet, samt ... -
Ansvarsmekanismer i helseforetaksmodellen. Om endringer i fødetilbudet ved to lokalsykehus
(Master thesis, 2012-06-06)Våren 2011 ble sykehusene hyppig omtalt i mediene som følge av vedtak om funksjonsendringer i flere helseforetak. Spesielt oppmerksomhet fikk sakene som omhandler endringer i fødetilbud ved lokalsykehusene. Denne studien ... -
An Anthropology of Knowledge
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2002-02)Whereas previous Sidney Mintz lectures have celebrated Mintz’swork on inequality, racism, and ethnicity, I have chosen to speakto the broadest scope of his research and teaching in anthropology.A comparative perspective ...