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Soapstone in Northern Norway: Archaeological and Geological Evidence, Quarry and Artifact Survey Results
(UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Archaeological research on the extraction, distribution and utilization of soapstone artifacts in northern Norway has been limited, but systematic geological documentation of soapstone exposures that includes quarry activity ... -
Soapstone in the North. Quarries, Products and People 7000 BC - AD 1700
(UBAS, University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Book; Peer reviewed, 2017)This book addresses soapstone use in Norway and the North Atlantic region, including Greenland. Although the majority of the papers deal with the Iron Age and Middle Ages, the book spans the Mesolithic to the early modern ... -
The Soapstone of Norse Greenland
(UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)The article presents an overview of Norse Greenlandic portable objects of soapstone, based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation (2009). An analysis of 1168 artefacts from six Norse sites and their comparison with soapstone ... -
Soapstone Quarrying, a Stoneworker’s Approach
(UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Practical activities are best expressed and understood through practice. Present understanding of former times’ crafts practice are mainly based on theoretical interpretations of the traces and products left behind. By ... -
Soapstone Vessels from Town and Country in Viking Age and Early Medieval Western Norway. A Study of Provenance
(UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)In this study geological and archaeological data and analytic methods are combined and explored to find the geological source for 146 late Iron Age/Viking Age and early medieval soapstone vessels from the Hordaland region ... -
Social acceptability and perceived impact of a community-led cash transfer programme in Zimbabwe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04-15)Background: Cash transfer programmes are increasingly recognised as promising and scalable interventions that can promote the health and development of children. However, concerns have been raised about the potential for ... -
Social and ethical implications of automated vehicles. Understanding virtualization and dematerialization of the human driver in smart mobility scenarios
(Master thesis, 2018-10-31)Følgende avhandling fokuserer på å samle og kartlegge påvirkningen av kjøretøyautomasjon som er presentert i scenarioene av Smart Mobility og bilindustriens interessenter. Hovedperspektivet i avhandlingen er forankret i ... -
Social and genetic associations with educational performance in a Scandinavian welfare state
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Recent research has suggested that across Western developed societies, the influence of genetics on educational outcomes is relatively constant. However, the degree to which family environment matters varies, such that ... -
Social and geographic mobility in medieval Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The kings’ travel patterns in thirteenth-century Norway raise the question of the relationship between geographic and social mobility. A clearer social hierarchy would reduce the king’s need for travelling and the introduction ... -
Social and non-social feedback stimuli lead to comparable levels of reward learning and reward responsiveness in an online probabilistic reward task
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Social stimuli seem to be processed more easily and efficiently than non-social stimuli. The current study tested whether social feedback stimuli improve reward learning in a probabilistic reward task (PRT), in which one ... -
Social and technical differentiation in smart meter rollout: embedded scalar biases in automating Norwegian and Portuguese energy infrastructure
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Within the energy geographies debate on the uneven scalar effects of energy transitions, this article addresses the under-examined, increasing intersection of automation and energy transitions. Using a comparative case of ... -
Social anxiety and agoraphobia symptoms effectively treated by Prompt Mental Health Care versus TAU at 6‐ and 12‐month follow‐up: Secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC, Norwegian adaption of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) has shown effects on symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to treatment as usual (TAU). In this secondary ... -
Social capital and cigarette smoking: New empirics featuring the Norwegian HUNT data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Using a rich Norwegian longitudinal data set, this study explores the effects of different social capital variables on the probability of cigarette smoking. There are four social capital variables available in two waves ... -
Social capital formation : a poverty reducing strategy?
(Conference lecture, 2002)The title of the symposium is "Social Capital Formation in PovertyReduction: Which Role for Civil Society Organizations and the State?".The emphasis here is on poverty and whether poverty reduction can beobtained through ... -
Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Russia: Family Development in a Proto-Industrial Community
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Social changes and women-initiated divorce in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Gaining or Loosing Power?
(Master thesis, 2011-05-30)The study attempts to explore the nature of women-initiated divorce in Dhaka, considering the social changes of Bangladesh. The study focuses particularly on the urban middle class women as the scope of the study. By ... -
A social climbing world. Impaired corporeality and the meaning contents of physical activity
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-12-16)This project is a sociological investigation of meaning experiences in persons with physical impairments who engage in physical activity. A group of climbers with impairments has been studied through participant observation ... -
Social conformity and psychological differentiation
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Social Connectedness and Poverty Eradication: A South African Perspective
(Global Challenges - Working Paper Series, Working paper, 2017-05)Building on earlier work which argues that social isolation can be both a consequence of living in poverty and a cause of its persistence, this paper presents case studies of two South African programmes to illustrate how ... -
The Social Context of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in Uganda: Mothers’ and health care providers’ experiences and lessons for programme improvement
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-11-27)Introduction: The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme has been operational in Uganda since the year 2000, but its performance remains sub-optimal. The objective of this thesis is to increase ...