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User Needs of Young Czech Adults with Multiple Sclerosis in a Lifestyle App Design
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper presents a study that examined desired functionality, content, and design of a mobile application for young Czech adults living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The study was structured around a high-fidelity ... -
User-centered design of Internet of Things enabled applications: The case of the VIZUM app.
(Master thesis, 2015-12-15)This thesis looks at how to implement user-centered design to Internet of Things enabled application with the design development of an application for reservations of parking spaces. It will look at how to apply user-centered ... -
User-Centered Platform on Antibiotics: Design and Usability Evaluation
(Master thesis, 2023-12-01)This research aims to investigate the information patterns of antibiotic treatment using the MIMIC-III database. The study addresses three key Research Questions. RQ 1 examines the patterns of antibiotic treatment by ... -
User-centred design of clinical dashboards for guided iCBT
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)As Internet-based technology spreads to most areas of life, it becomes a challenge to grasp opportunities arising from enormous amounts of data being generated from various sources such as smart homes, smart cities, health ... -
User-Environment Relations : A Postphenomenology of Virtual Reality
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-03-30)Innen HCI blir interaksjon tradisjonelt forstått som noe som skjer mellom de forhåndsantatte enhetene «menneskelig bruker» og «teknologisk objekt». Særlig tvinger omsluttende VR-teknologi oss til å revurdere disse antagelsene, ... -
Users’ perception on factors contributing to electronic medical records systems use: a focus group discussion study in healthcare facilities setting in Kenya
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Electronic medical records systems (EMRs) adoption in healthcare to facilitate work processes have become common in many countries. Although EMRs are associated with quality patient care, patient safety, and ... -
Using a water tank analogy to transform students’ intuitive knowledge of dynamic systems. A qualitative study of the case of motion
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-12-09)This dissertation is a study of the effects of a water tank analogy on students’ intuitive knowledge of basic dynamic systems of motion. Prior research from science education shows that student understandings of science ... -
Using agent technology for exception monitoring -The case of Fraud detection in conference management systems
(Master thesis, 2010-11-29)Exception monitoring involves solutions to overcome the fatality of exceptions. The general idea behind this concept is that exceptions should be monitored, and as soon as they occur, they should be eliminated in one way ... -
Using collaborative hackathons to coproduce knowledge on local climate adaptation governance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While coproduction of knowledge is growing in popularity in social sciences, and especially climate change research, we still need to better understand how to coproduce climate knowledge. In this paper, we explore how ... -
Using content- and behavioural data for recommendations in the Norwegian news market
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)In the news domain, the technological development has contributed to always accessible platforms with frequent publishment of articles. This leads to a vast amount of articles, in addition to a multitude of choices. ... -
Using explainable food swaps to nudge users towards more sustainable products in grocery websites
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)The growing concern for climate issues has prompted both consumers and the grocery retail industry to prioritize environmental sustainability. This thesis aims to examine the effectiveness of nudging users towards more ... -
Using Genetic Programming for Agents in Non-Deterministic Games
(Master thesis, 2012-08-01)The aim of this thesis is to explore the possibility of using Genetic Programming to create agents that play non-deterministic games at a human level. The game that is used to test the hypothesis is Ms. Pac-Man; an old ... -
Using learning analytics to understand esports students
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)Electronic sports (esports) has advanced to become a media giant and an arena for competitions and career development. Due to this growth, more focus has been given to esports research, implementation of esports throughout ... -
Using learning analytics to understand peer assessment: The importance of context data
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-02-10)Læringsanalyse er et felt som er opptatt av innsamling, analyse og meningsdannelse av utdanningsdata for å optimalisere og bedre forstå studenters læring. Forskningen som presenteres i denne avhandlingen tar for seg ... -
Using learning analytics to understand student perceptions of peer feedback
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Peer assessment (PA) is the process of students grading and giving feedback to each other’s work. Learning analytics is a field focused on analysing educational data to understand and improve learning processes. Using ... -
Using microworlds for policymaking in the context of resilient farming systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Resilience management of farming systems requires building an understanding of the underlying drivers of the adaptive capacity of the system. In this paper, we use the concept of resilience as a framework to understand how ... -
Using natural language processing and artificial intelligence to explore the nutrition and sustainability of recipes and food
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this paper, we discuss the use of natural language processing and artificial intelligence to analyze nutritional and sustainability aspects of recipes and food. We present the state-of-the-art and some use cases, followed ... -
Using navigational tools to get around in a city with a movement-impairing disability: An autoethnographic study
(Master thesis, 2022-12-01)This thesis is an autoethnographic study about how a person with a movement-impairing disability deal with everyday events. Having a movement-impairing disability means more challenges, especially when travelling, which ... -
Using participatory system dynamics modeling to address complex conservation problems: Tiger farming as a case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Conservation practitioners routinely work within complex social-ecological systems to address threats facing biodiversity and to promote positive human-wildlife interactions. Inadequate understanding of the direct and ... -
Using RDFa to reduce privacy concerns for personal web recommending
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)The amount of available information on the web is increasing, and companies are expanding the way to both collect and use the information available. This is the situation for both personal information, and technological ...