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Exploring the text free interface for illiterate users : designing an icon-based prototype for mobile phones
(Master thesis, 2010-06-01)This study explores the topic of interfaces for illiterate users, and more specifically how an icon-based interface for a mobile phone can be implemented to support such users. The thesis will introduce previous research ... -
Exploring the use of System Dynamics in Teaching Civic Education: An Experiment with High School Students in Colombia
(Master thesis, 2008-05-30)The need of empowering citizens to become active in civic and political issues is an important element towards development in Colombia. The reality of the country in terms of inequality, armed civil conflict and a negative ... -
Exploring User Experience and Flow Indications in Mixed Reality
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)This thesis investigates a user-centered approach to developing a Virtual Reality (VR) application and exploring Mixed Reality (MR). The intention of the VR application is to encourage cooperation and effective work, as ... -
Export processing zones in Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya and Lesotho
(Master thesis, 2013-11-30)This thesis examines two cases of Export Processing Zone (EPZ) programmes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), specifically in Kenya and Lesotho. Using data from the respective countries' EPZ programme authorities, central banks, ... -
Expressions of governance, risk, and responsibility: Public campaigns in the crisis and risk management of Covid-19 in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)During the Covid-19 pandemic, public campaigns were an important part of the Scandinavian health authorities’ strategies to combat the spread of the virus. Denmark, Norway, and Sweden had different strategies to manage the ... -
Expressive Creative Overview System (ECHO): a Creativity Support Tool
(Master thesis, 2017-12-19)A creativity support tool called the Expressive Creative Overview (ECHO) system has been developed in this thesis. It has two main functionalities; one which supports artists to organize their creative processes and the ... -
The Expressivity of Quantified Group Announcements
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Group announcement logic (GAL) and coalition announcement logic (CAL) allow us to reason about whether it is possible for groups and coalitions of agents to achieve their desired epistemic goals through truthful public ... -
Extending the cooperative phenotype: Assessing the stability of cooperation across countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-11-15)This paper studies whether individual cooperation is stable across settings and over time. Involving more than 7,000 subjects on two different continents, this study documents positive correlation in cooperative behavior ... -
Extending the household sector of MacroLab to improve the explanation of trend in personal saving rate in the U.S.
(Master thesis, 2012-05-31)MacroLab (Wheat 2007 a) is a system dynamics model of the U.S. economy. It was developed to improve understanding of macroeconomics. In particular, it helps students to learn about the dynamics of an economy. This study ... -
Extracting geographical semantics from online news articles
(Master thesis, 2012-06-01)Several news articles on the web contain geographical locations as significant elements. For the most part, these locations are not available in a format that is machine interpretable. The machine can read in the text of ... -
Extremely Randomized Trees With Privacy Preservation for Distributed Structured Health Data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Artificial intelligence and machine learning have recently attracted considerable attention in the healthcare domain. The data used by machine learning algorithms in healthcare applications is often distributed over multiple ... -
Facebook - en ny arena for sosiale distinksjoner? En survey-undersøkelse av Bergensstudenters bruksmønstre på Facebook i lys av Bourdieus teorier om sosial ulikhet
(Master thesis, 2013-02-01)Denne oppgaven handler om forskjeller i Bergensstudenters bruk av Facebook, henholdsvis ved fagene nordisk, litteraturvitenskap, jus, allmennlærer og ingeniør. Jeg ser undersøkelsens funn i lys av Bourdieus teorier om ... -
Facebook as a public arena for women: infringing on democratic ideals and a cause of worry
(Journal article, 2022)Facebook allows users to engage in public discourse. However, debates on social network sites are criticised for damaging democracy by adding to polarisation, limiting perspectives, and promoting a derogatory tone driven ... -
Facebook som arena for krisekommunikasjon En analyse av Trond Giskes bruk av Facebook til krisekommunikasjon
(Master thesis, 2019-06-25)Målet med denne masteroppgaven har vært å få innsikt i hvordan politikere kan benytte sosiale medier til å forsvare seg under kriser og skandaler. Oppgaven har tatt utgangspunkt #metoo, og hvordan Trond Giske forsvarte seg ... -
Facebook Uses: How and Why? Uses and Gratifications Keeping Up With the Technology
(Master thesis, 2009-06-02)With currently more than 200 million active users, Facebook represents the most popular social network site today. My thesis is a qualitative study examining how and why people use Facebook. Uses and gratifications perspective ... -
Facing north or south: Does slope aspect impact forest stand characteristics and soil properties in a semiarid trans-Himalayan valley?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10)An understanding of the differences in vegetation and soil characteristics between slope aspects in high altitude semiarid environments is fundamentally important for efficient management of these semi-natural systems; ... -
Facing the Future. Online Sociality and Emerging Forms of Play among Children in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-12-09)Young people in Norway have never experienced a world without the internet. This thesis explores uses of digital technology in children’s lives, and draws on fieldwork among eight- and nine-year olds in Kristiansand to ... -
Factual Error Correction of Claims from Wikipedia by Question Answering
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)In this thesis, we identify a need for improved automated tools for fact-checking due to an increase in disinformation and misinformation. Furthermore, to create trust in the tools created we identify a need for these tools ... -
Fag, ferdigheter og følelser. Om kunnskapsutvikling i sosialt arbeid
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-02-26)The theme of this dissertation is knowledge and knowledge developmentextrapolating from case studies in social work. The dissertation is based on my workwith two collaborative research and development projects, one in child ... -
Fagforeininga som ikkje lét seg temje. OFS og dei oljeindustrielle relasjonane 1973-1997
(Master thesis, 2012-12-17)Denne oppgåva tek føre seg historia til fagforeininga Oljearbeidernes Fellessammenslutning (i dag SAFE) i tidsrommet 1973-1997. Studien legg vekt på korleis OFS utvikla seg i perioden, med særleg vekt på endringar i ...