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Virtual reality exposure therapy for claustrophobia
(Master thesis, 2022-01-17)One in four people in Norway will be affected by an anxiety disorder at some point in their life. One of these prevalent anxiety disorders is claustrophobia. Facing these scenarios on their own may help or worsen the problem ... -
Virtual Reality for Medical Images
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Virtual Reality for the Visually Impaired
(Master thesis, 2022-06-03)This thesis aims to illuminate and describe how there are problems with the development of virtual reality regarding visually impaired people. After discussing the reasons how and why this is a problem, this thesis will ... -
Virtual Reality games and gamified exercises in physioterapeutic treatment of non-specific low back pain patients with kinesiophobia
(Master thesis, 2018-10-15)Virtual Reality (VR) hardware has become increasingly cheaper and more available in recent years. Consumer markets, developers and researchers alike have embraced new opportunities to explore novel uses and interactions ... -
Virtual reality simulation training in stroke thrombectomy centers with limited patient volume—Simulator performance and patient outcome
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Virtual reality simulation training may improve the technical skills of interventional radiologists when establishing endovascular thrombectomy at limited-volume stroke centers. The aim of this study was to ... -
Virtual reality tourism to satisfy wanderlust without wandering: An unconventional innovation to promote sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The tourism sector has always been a target of criticism due to the adverse environmental effects of travel and activities at tourist destinations. It is thus imperative for researchers and managers to seek tourism solutions ... -
Virtual Reality training for patients with non-specific persistent low back pain and pain-related fear of movement: A single-subject experimental study
(Master thesis, 2018-11-17)Introduction: Non-specific persistent low back pain is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions in modern society. A growing body of evidence shows graded exposure therapy is the most preferable treatment to ... -
Virtual reality training for upper extremity in subacute stroke (VIRTUES): study protocol for a randomized controlled multicenter trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-28)Background: Novel virtual reality rehabilitation systems provide the potential to increase intensity and offer challenging and motivating tasks. The efficacy of virtual reality systems to improve arm motor function early ... -
Virtual Source Modelling of Photon Beams for Monte Carlo Based Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-10-13)Modern radiotherapy (RT) techniques such as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), intensitymodulated radiotherapy (IMRT) or volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) carries the potential of improving the quality of treatment. ... -
Virtual team-cooperation from home-office: a quantitative diary study of the impact of daily transformational- and passive-avoidant leadership – and the moderating role of task interdependence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)During the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the workforce moved from office setting to home-office and virtual teamwork. Whereas the relationship between leadership and team cooperation in physical settings is well documented – ... -
Virtuality and depiction in video game representation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article seeks to clarify the role of the image in video game representation. I argue that virtuality is incompatible with depictive representation and that the distinction between virtual environments and interactive ... -
Virtue Ethics and Integration in Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-18)The policy statement for evidence-based practice in psychology is the most important document in contemporary psychotherapy. In its current form, evidence-based practice in psychology gives scientific research precedence ... -
Virtuell tilnærming for å trene læring og mestring for hjerte-lunge-redning ferdigheter
(Master thesis, 2023-05-22)Hjerte-lunge-redning (HLR) kurs og regelmessige oppfriskninger er av livsviktig betydning for å redde liv, men de kan være utfordrende å organisere og kostbare å tilby. Virtuell realitets (VR) programmer har blitt utviklet ... -
The virtuous woman and the holy nation: Femininity in the context of Pentecostal Christianity in Vanuatu
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08)In this paper I connect an anthropology of Christianity to an anthropology of the body and an anthropology of the nation. I try to achieve this by looking at changing notions of femininity in the Pentecostal context of ... -
Virulence factors of Pasteurella atlantica genomovar salmonicida and effect on salmon leucocytes
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Virus Genomes from Deep Sea Sediments Expand the Ocean Megavirome and Support Independent Origins of Viral Gigantism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) of eukaryotes (proposed order, “Megavirales”) include the families Poxviridae, Asfarviridae, Iridoviridae, Ascoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Marseilleviridae, and Mimiviridae, ... -
Virus infection of Haptolina ericina and Phaeocystis pouchetii implicates evolutionary conservation of programmed cell death induction in marine haptophyte-virus interactions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-05)The mechanisms by which phytoplankton cope with stressors in the marine environment are neither fully characterized nor understood. As viruses are the most abundant entities in the global ocean and represent a strong ... -
Virus til besvær? Case-studie av Danmarks og Sveriges valg av vaksinasjonsstrategi under svineinfluensapandemien i 2009
(Master thesis, 2013-12-13)11.juni 2009 erklærer WHO at verdenssamfunnet står ovenfor en svineinfluensapandemi. Erklæringen av pandemi medfører at Danmarks og Sveriges innkjøpsavtale om vaksinedoser med legemiddelfirmaet GlaxoSmithKline automatisk ... -
Virus transmission during orthopedic surgery on patients with COVID-19 – a brief narrative review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background and purpose — COVID-19 is among the most impactful pandemics that the society has experienced. Orthopedic surgery involves procedures generating droplets and aerosols and there is concern amongst surgeons that ... -
Virus-like particle-display of the enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli heat-stable toxoid STh-A14T elicits neutralizing antibodies in mice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-09)Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) causes diarrhoea by secreting enterotoxins into the small intestine. Human ETEC strains may secrete any combination of three enterotoxins: the heat-labile toxin (LT) and the heat-stable ...