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Why let them walk when they can fly? Tilpasset opplæring og høyt begavede barn
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)How do teachers, school leaders and politicians understand the link between adapted education and gifted children? The results of this study on adapted education and gifted children, which is a thesis in Teaching and ... -
Why metacognition Is not always helpful
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07)In many situations, actively engaging in metacognition may improve cognitive achievement and subjective well-being. However, the potential disadvantages of metacognitive engagement are only rarely communicated in metacognition ... -
Why Only Efficiency, and Not Efficacy, Matters in Psychotherapy Practice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-07)Evidence-based practice in psychology consists of two quality parameters. One of these quality parameters is efficacy and the other is efficiency. In this article, it is argued that the only relevant parameter for determining ... -
Why physicians are lousy gatekeepers: Sicklisting decisions when patients have private information on symptoms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In social insurance systems that grant workers paid sick leave, physicians act as gatekeepers, supposedly granting sickness certificates to the sick and not to shirkers. Previous research has emphasized the physician's ... -
Why several truths can be true
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)In this paper, we offer a perspective on complementarity, acknowledging that it is not possible for human perception and cognition to grasp reality with unambiguous concepts or theories. Therefore, multiple concepts and ... -
Why should we use residual thermodynamics for calculation of hydrate phase transitions?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The formation of natural gas hydrates during processing and transport of natural has historically been one of the motivations for research on hydrates. In recent years, there has been much focus on the use of hydrate as a ... -
Why so many published sensitivity analyses are false: A systematic review of sensitivity analysis practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04)Sensitivity analysis provides information on the relative importance of model input parameters and assumptions. It is distinct from uncertainty analysis, which addresses the question ‘How uncertain is the prediction?’ ... -
Why so quiet? Exploring inhibition in digital public spaces
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Social network sites have been considered as important arenas for public debate, but as a large proportion of users do not actively participate, there is a need to further our understanding of a phenomenon as hidden, ... -
Why Some Development Works: Understanding Success
(Book, 2021-09-09)Why do some development projects succeed where others fail? This book looks at some macro and some less known micro success stories and considers what enabled them to bring change in some of the world's most deprived ... -
Why such a different choice of tools? Analysing recent local government reforms in Denmark and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Local government amalgamation reforms are politically demanding ventures because potential benefits are often diffuse and long term, while costs are concentrated and immediate. We investigate the role of national political ... -
Why teach sexuality education in school? Teacher discretion in implementing comprehensive sexuality education in rural Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-27)Background: Reproductive health problems such as HIV, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion among adolescents are closely linked to insufficient knowledge about sexuality and reproduction and lack of access to contraceptives. ... -
Why the child cannot be happy
(Master thesis, 2017-06-13)Intetkjønnsformer av adjektiver i norsk og svensk dannes ved en regelmessig og produktiv regel der man legger et intetkjønnsmorfem /-t/ til stammen av adjektivet. Det finnes unntak i at enkelte adjektiv ikke følger denne ... -
Why the Moral Equality Account of Hypocrisy Does Not Fail After All
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The Moral Equality Account of Hypocrisy (ME) is a prominent theory of why hypocrites lack moral standing to blame. Hypocrites make exceptions for themselves and thereby implicitly deny moral equality, which is an essential ... -
Why the Norwegian 2021 guideline for basic life support are different
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Why the saddest tragedy is Greek: A comparative study of the financial crisis and its origins in Greece, Spain and Portugal
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)This thesis explores the financial crisis in Greece, Spain and Portugal in the period of 2007-2012, with the goal of uncovering which explanatory variables that are crucial for determining the level of severity of crisis ... -
The “why” and “how” of International Students’ Ambassadorship Roles in International Education
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-01-31)Current developments in tourism studies have sought to link international education experience to other domains of people’s lives. Although the literature on tourist experience as well as various perspectives pertaining ... -
The WID-BC-index identifies women with primary poor prognostic breast cancer based on DNA methylation in cervical samples
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Genetic and non-genetic factors contribute to breast cancer development. An epigenome-based signature capturing these components in easily accessible samples could identify women at risk. Here, we analyse the DNA methylome ... -
Wide Versus Narrow Back-Arc Rifting: Control of Subduction Velocity and Convective Back-Arc Thinning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Back-arc basins such as the ones behind the island-arcs of the Western Pacific Ocean or the ones in the Mediterranean Sea are ubiquitous structures of the Earth. They are extensional basins forming in the overriding plate ... -
A wide view of democracy and an inclusive conception of the social. Roberto Frega’s Democracy Theory and Its Deweyan Legacy
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A wide-range algorithm for minimal triangulation from an arbitrary ordering
(Journal article, 2006)