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Public Support for a Ban on Begging in Norway - A Consequence of Negative Stereotypes about the Roma Minority?
(Master thesis, 2016-11-21)This thesis examines whether public support for a ban on begging in Norway is influenced by negative stereotypes about the Roma minority. In 2005, the ban on begging was abolished in Norway by a unanimous vote in Parliament. ... -
Public Trust and Healthcare Institutions: A Quantitative Analysis in Pakistani Healthcare Contexts
(Master thesis, 2021-08-02)This paper presents a case for generalizing Seok-Eun Kim’s model of public trust to healthcare institutions. The model consists of five variables that together conceptualize trustworthiness: credible commitment, benevolence, ... -
The public's attitudes towards tobacco sales prohibitions: Evidence from a nationally representative survey in the former Soviet state of Georgia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)BACKGROUND: In the Caucasus region country of Georgia, no data on public opinion regarding tobacco sales restrictions have been available until now. The aim of the study is to provide data from a nationally representative ... -
Publikums forståelse av TV2s nyhetssending - Retorisk analyse av TV2s nyhetssending og empirisk kvalitativ resepsjonstudie av publikums forståelse
(Master thesis, 2011-02-12)Jeg skal i dette prosjektet, gjennom å kombinere analyse av TV2s nyhetsending og empirisk kvalitativ resepsjonsstudie av publikums forståelse av programmet, forsøke å belyse hvordan publikum forstår budskapet i nyhetssendingen. ... -
Pukkellaks (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) tatt på Vestlandet. - Hvilke parasitter og infeksjoner bærer de på?
(Master thesis, 2019-06-25)Sommeren 2017 ble det rapportert om store forekomster av pukkellaks over hele norskekysten. De ble observert over 230 elver, fordelt fra nord til sør i Norge. Den svartelistede pukkellaksen skapte raskt overskrifter med ... -
Pulmonary changes in Norwegian fatal cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 (2009) infection: a morphologic and molecular genetic study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11)Background: During the pandemic outbreak of the 2009 swine influenza (A(H1N1) pdm09), 32 fatal cases occurred in Norway and 19 of these were included in this study. Objectives: We characterised pulmonary changes in these ... -
The pulmonary mycobiome—A study of subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-07)Background: The fungal part of the pulmonary microbiome (mycobiome) is understudied. We report the composition of the oral and pulmonary mycobiome in participants with COPD compared to controls in a large-scale single-centre ... -
Pulmonary tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS attending care and treatment in rural northern Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-09-30)Background: Tuberculosis is the commonest opportunistic infection and the number one cause of death in HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries. To address the extent of the tuberculosis HIV coinfection in rural Tanzania ... -
Pulmonary tuberculosis among women with cough attending clinics for family planning and maternal and child health in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-08-03)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) case detection in women has remained low in developing world. This study was conducted to determine the proportion of smear positive TB among women with cough regardless of the duration attending ... -
Pulmonary vein isolation in treatment of atrial fibrillation using radiofrequency or cryoballoon ablation: factors associated with better clinical outcomes
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-02-03)Background: Electrical pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is still regarded as a cornerstone for treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). It can be achieved by different techniques. We investigated the ... -
Pulse oximeter with integrated management of childhood illness for diagnosis of severe childhood pneumonia at rural health institutions in Southern Ethiopia: Results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective To assess whether pulse oximetry improves health workers’ performance in diagnosing severe childhood pneumonia at health centres in Southern Ethiopia. Design Parallel cluster-randomised trial. Setting Government ... -
Punctuation Prediction for Norwegian: Using Established Approaches for Under-Resourced Languages
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Punktprosessmodeller for linjetransektdata
(Master thesis, 2010-04-27)Oppgaven omhandler punktprosesser som modell for observasjoner ved en transektlinje. Hovedprosessen er en Markovmodulert Poissonprosess som tillater at punkter opptrer oftere i noen perioder enn andre, den er her begrenset ... -
Pupillary Response in an Auditory Rhythm Omissions Task in Parkinson´s Disease: A Pilot Study
(Master thesis, 2021-12-03)When presented with short, rhythmical, musical excerpts, containing omitted beats which vary in saliency in terms of rhythmical patterns (contextual omission), and position (salience omissions), fMRI studies have shown a ... -
Pupils collaborating in pairs at a computer in mathematics learning: investigating verbal communication patterns and qualities
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-06-19)The dissertation concerns 9th grade pupils’ verbal communication in mathematics learning when they work in pairs at a computer. The dissertation includes three substudies, involving three sub-questions. The first sub-study ... -
Purcell-induced suppression of superradiance for molecular overlayers on noble atom surfaces
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We study the impact of an environment on the electromagnetic responses of a molecule in the presence of a dielectric medium. By applying the dipole–dipole coupling between the molecule’s and the environment’s degrees of ... -
Purchasing natural personal care products in the era of fake news? The moderation effect of brand trust
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Natural personal care products are gaining popularity due to their benefits in terms of health and well-being. However, consumers are wary of these products and are guided by the fake news circulating about them. Since ... -
Purification and characterization of proteins involved in metronidazole resistance in Giardia lamblia
(Master thesis, 2018-06-29)Giardia lamblia is a common intestinal protozoan parasite, causing the gut infection giardiasis. In humans, the infection may vary from asymptomatic carrier stage to a more severe malabsorption syndrome or chronic sequelae. ... -
Purified or mutilated? The discourse on female circumcision in Hargeysa, Somaliland
(Master thesis, 2012-05-15)Background: Female circumcision is a practice which has existed for thousands of years and is carried out across Africa from the north eastern coast to the west coast. On the Horn of Africa nearly all Somali women are ... -
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase controls nicotinamide riboside metabolism in mammalian cells
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is an effective precursor of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) in human and animal cells. NR supplementation can increase the level of NAD in various tissues and thereby improve physiological ...