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Exploring the role of social media in the lives and well-being of young refugees in Bergen, Norway
(Master thesis, 2018-06-15)In the wake of the “refugee crisis”, social media is increasingly being used by governments, humanitarian organisations, voluntary groups, and refugees themselves, to respond to issues raised by forced migration. Social ... -
Exploring the roots of antagony in the safe male circumcision partnership in Botswana
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09-20)Background: Partnerships in global health and development governance have been firmly established as a tool to achieve effective outcomes. Botswana implements Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) for HIV prevention through a ... -
Exploring the Sense of Coherence of women who are active in the informal labour market in South Africa.
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Exploring the temporal associations between avoidance behavior and cognitions during the course of cognitive behavioral therapy for clients with symptoms of social anxiety disorder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives In cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD), avoidance behavior (AB) and cognitions (COG) are two important targets of intervention, but so far no studies have directly examined their ... -
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 nanofluids in pump-free systems for solar thermal applications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)By using nanofluids as a working fluid in pump-free designs, thermal energy systems can become more efficient and have reduced maintenance costs, ultimately extending the system’s lifespan. In this paper, our goal is to ... -
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 the Wnt signaling pathway in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The Wnt signaling pathway plays a crucial role in neurodevelopment and in regulating the function and structure of the adult nervous system. Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are severe mental disorders with ... -
Exploring traces of worldviews in literary texts in an EFL textbook
(Master thesis, 2020-06-20)Hovudmålet med denne masteroppgåva er å undersøkja livssyn i dei skjønnlitterære tekstane i Global Visions – ei lærebok for programfaget Internasjonal engelsk. Oppgåva byggjer på eit teoretisk rammeverk for livssynsanalyse ... -
Exploring uncertainty and use of real-world data in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence single technology appraisals of targeted cancer therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives Dealing with uncertainty is one of the critical topics in health technology assessment. The greater decision uncertainty in appraisals, the less clear the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the health technology. ... -
Exploring use of activity monitors for patients with obesity during weight-loss treatment - a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Obesity is a major health concern in western countries. In Norway, patients with obesity can attend weight-loss programmes, which focus on changes in dietary and physical activity habits. Use of self-monitoring ... -
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 ... -
Exploring variables affecting sense of coherence and social support in recovery after colorectal cancer surgery among the oldest old
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective To explore the associations between sense of coherence, perceived social support, and demographic and clinical characteristics among survivors ≥80 years treated for curable colorectal cancer. Methods This ... -
Exploring virtualisation tools with a new virtualisation provisioning method to test dynamic grid environments for ALICE grid jobs over ARC grid middleware
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)The Nordic Tier-1 centre for LHC is distributed over several computing centres. It uses ARC as the internal computing grid middleware. ALICE uses its own grid middleware AliEn to distribute jobs and the necessary software ... -
Exploring Ways of Creating an AI Drawing Assistant
(Master thesis, 2022-07-01)Making a digital drawing assistant is a complicated problem for the simple reason that we are trying to make a computer program understand and create something that are as abstract as a drawing. Thus, there have been many ... -
Exploring Why Police and Military Commanders Do What They Do: An Empirical Analysis of Decision-Making in Hybrid Warfare
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this study, a total of 102 high-ranking commanders from a military and police background were included in a simulation involving hybrid attacks on Norway. The aim was to explore the commanders’ decision-making in the ... -
Exploring work-related causal attributions of common mental disorders
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-03)Purpose Common mental disorders (CMDs) are major causes of sickness absence and disability. Prevention requires knowledge of how individuals perceive causal mechanisms, and in this study we sought to examine work-related ... -
Exponential time algorithms: Structures, measures, and bounds
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-12-05)This thesis studies exponential time algorithms, more precisely, algorithms exactly solving problems for which no polynomial time algorithm is known and likely to exist. Interested in worst–case upper bounds on the running ... -
Exponerat bildfält vid analog respektive digital röntgenteknik
(Master thesis, 2009-05-14)Background: Digital x-ray technique has made it possible to hide insufficient collimation of the irradiated field by electronic demarcation of the visible part of the image. This could impact on radiographer's motivation ...