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"Integrity starts at home". The International Monetary Fund and the promotion of good governance policies in Egypt between 1996 and 2011
(Master thesis, 2016-05-17)In 1996, the International Monetary Fund introduced its polices of good governance in order to rebrand the organization as an institution that promoted new policy practices such as financial integrity, transparency and ... -
Intellectual Disability among in-patients with Substance Use Disorders
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-10-26)Background: Knowledge about the comorbidity of substance use disorder (SUD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) or borderline intellectual functioning is growing. However, most of the knowledge about the comorbidity of ID ... -
Intellectual Practicians: An Exploration of Professionalism among Upper Secondary School Teachers with Icelandic Mother Tongue Teachers as a Contextualized Empirical Case
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-05-21)The study Intellectual practicians explores an educational practice; more particularly that of mother tongue teachers in upper secondary school in Iceland as experienced and described by some of these teachers. The study’s ... -
Intellicor: Mobile Design for Monitoring Phonographic Signals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)A mobile and web-based prototype was developed to explore utility of heart sound data in the context of patient self-monitoring. There are not many applications available despite measurement equipment that can be purchased. ... -
Intelligent accountability in schools: A study of how school leaders work with the implementation of assessment for learning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In response to accountability systems dominated by external inspections and achievement data, calls are being made for intelligent accountability or a new accountability paradigm that focuses on meaningful learning, enabled ... -
Intended or unintended consequences? Assessing the ways in which the National Tests of English are implemented and acted on in Norwegian schools
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article reports on an investigation into the role the National Tests of English (NTE) and their results play in Norwegian eighth-grade classrooms. Previous and current opposition to the tests from some teachers and ... -
Intense pulsed light treatment in meibomian gland dysfunction: Past, present, and future
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Dry eye disease is a highly prevalent condition, which can substantially impair quality of life, work productivity, and vision. It is considered an inflammatory disease and the most common cause is meibomian gland dysfunction. ... -
Intensification of Near‐Surface Currents and Shear in the Eastern Arctic Ocean
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)A 15‐year (2004–2018) record of mooring observations from the upper 50 m of the ocean in the eastern Eurasian Basin reveals increased current speeds and vertical shear, associated with an increasing coupling between wind, ... -
Intensified follow-up of patients with type 1 diabetes and poor glycaemic control: A multicentre quality improvement collaborative based on data from the Norwegian Diabetes Register for Adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and poor glycaemic control are at high risk of developing microvascular and macrovascular complications. The aim of this study was to determine if a quality improvement ... -
Intensified Impacts of Central Pacific ENSO on the Reversal of December and January Surface Air Temperature Anomaly over China since 1997
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The reversal of surface air temperature anomalies (SATA) in winter brings a great challenge for short-term climate prediction, and the mechanisms are not well understood. This study found that the reversal of SATA between ... -
An Intensity and Size Phase Space for Tropical Cyclone Structure and Evolution
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Intensity and size are important to characterize a tropical cyclone (TC), but there are a wide variety of ways that both metrics are defined. TC intensity can refer to either a maximum sustained wind speed at some height ... -
Intensity asymmetries in the dusk sector of the poleward auroral oval due to IMF Bx
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)In the exploration of global-scale features of the Earth's aurora, little attention has been given to the radial component of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF). This study investigates the global auroral response in ... -
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy of pelvic lymph nodes in locally advanced prostate cancer: planning procedures and early experiences
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Intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia differentially affects circulating TC1, TH1, TH17 and TREG cells
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-07-09)Background Several observations suggest that immunological events early after chemotherapy, possibly during the period of severe treatment-induced cytopenia, are important for antileukemic immune reactivity in acute myeloid ... -
Intensive Farming: Evolutionary Implications for Parasites and Pathogens
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)An increasing number of scientists have recently raised concerns about the threat posed by human intervention on the evolution of parasites and disease agents. New parasites (including pathogens) keep emerging and parasites ... -
Intensive Group Training in a Local Community Setting for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Methodological Aspects and Change in Motor Functioning
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-02-18)The purpose of this thesis was to examine measurement properties of three outcome measures of motor function for children with cerebral palsy (CP), and to investigate change in their motor functioning following three weeks ... -
Intensive lifestyle intervention provides rapid reduction of serum fatty acid levels in women with severe obesity without lowering omega-3 to unhealthy levels
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08)Serum fatty acid (FA) levels were monitored in women with severe obesity during intensive lifestyle intervention. At baseline, total FA levels and most individual FAs were elevated compared to a matching cohort of normal ... -
Intensive-phase treatment outcomes among hospitalized multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients: Results from a nationwide cohort in Nigeria
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-10)Background: Nigeria is faced with a high burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients registered across the globe have been ...