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What we do in the dark: Prevalence of omnivorous feeding activity in Arctic zooplankton during polar night
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)During the productive polar day, zooplankton and sea-ice amphipods fulfill a critical role in energy transfer from primary producers to higher trophic-level species in Arctic marine ecosystems. Recent polar night studies ... -
What we don´t measure about human resources: towards a conceptual framework for analysing the role of soft variables in human resources management modelling
(Master thesis, 2007)Low retention of valuable employees and difficulties in finding qualified candidates for recruitmentare two issues managers face in Romania, but are a growing concern around the world (Deloitte,2004; Holton & Naquin, 2004). ... -
What we know, what we do not know, and what we should and could have known about workplace bullying. An overview of the literature and agenda for future research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09)Over the last three decades, the scientific and social interest in workplace bullying has accelerated and our understanding of this pervasive and detrimental social problem has advanced considerably in a relatively short ... -
What We Talk About When We Talk About "Media Independence"
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Media independence is a contested concept that carries different meanings in different contexts. As a normative ideal, independence can be discussed on many levels, and media organisations, journalists, researchers and ... -
What will they say?—Public Announcement Games
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-03)Dynamic epistemic logic describes the possible information-changingactions available to individual agents, and their knowledge pre- and post conditions.For example, public announcement logic describes actions in the form ... -
What´s topic got to do with it? A study of code-switching behavior in Norwegian upper secondary school students
(Master thesis, 2015-05-14)In this MA thesis, the effect that topic has on code-switching in native Norwegian students at upper secondary school is investigated. The first hypothesis of the thesis claims that topics that are typically Norwegian, ... -
What’s Gendered about Gender-Based Violence? An Empirically Grounded Theoretical Exploration from Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08)Violence is often considered gendered on the basis that it is violence against women. This assumption is evident both in “gender-based violence” interventions in Africa and in the argument that gender is irrelevant if ... -
What’s in the pipeline? Drugs in development for autism spectrum disorder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-20)Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with both core symptoms and associated symptoms (eg, irritability, aggression, and comorbidities) that affect both the individual and the family/systems ... -
Wheat or chaff? A Compound Selection Model Based on Look-Up Data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Which compounds should be included in general-purpose dictionaries is often an open question that is answered with a case-by-case consideration of all compounds above a certain corpus frequency threshold. Another way to ... -
When abortion becomes public - Everyday politics of reproduction in rural Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article takes the public reaction to the discovery of an aborted foetus in a rural Zambian community as the empirical starting point for exploring the everyday politics of reproduction. It builds on eleven months of ... -
When abortion is not within reach. Ethiopian university students struggling with unintended pregnancies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-28)Background In spite of increasing international commitment to young people’s sexual and reproductive health, unintended pregnancies remain a major problem for young women worldwide. This article explores the issue of ... -
When Aging Becomes Optional: An Ethnographic Study of Anti-Aging Practices in London
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis is inspired by how technological innovation has spurred a “war on death”. By this, I refer to how aging has become an ‘optional’ process, rather than an unavoidable part of life. This thesis is a result of a ... -
The when and how of the gynaecological examination: a survey among Norwegian general practitioners
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: Little is known about the indications general practitioners (GPs) perceive as relevant for performing gynaecological examinations (GEs), how GPs master the GE and associated procedures, and how they handle ... -
When and why do people experience flight shame?
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When cyborgs walk among us
(Master thesis, 2020-12-23)Denne avhandlingen har som mål å forklare og diskutere hva en kyborg er, og hvilke konsekvenser vi kan støte på i fremtiden når kyborgteknologi implementeres inn i livene våre. Teknologi utvikles og forbedres i et raskt ... -
When do past events require explanation? Insights from social psychology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Some past events incite more wonder about their causes than do others. For example, negative events require explanation more than positive events. We review social psychologists’ theoretical and empirical insights on what ... -
When does remote electronic access (not) boost productivity? Longitudinal evidence from Portugal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Whether or not the option to work remotely increases firm labour productivity is theoretically ambiguous. We use a rich and representative sample of Portuguese firms, and within-firm variation in the policy of remote ... -
When Galba was still alive: A comparative study of Tacitean vocabulary and language
(Master thesis, 2013-05-12)This thesis explores a particular Tacitean phrase, which occurs twice in his corpus. I argue that this phrase is intentionally ambiguous and reflects Tacitus' clever use of heightened rhetoric. "Incolumi adhuc Galba" occurs ... -
When incentives work too well: locally implemented pay for performance (P4P) and adverse sanctions towards home birth in Tanzania - a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-18)Background: Despite limited evidence of its effectiveness, performance-based payments (P4P) are seen by leading policymakers as a potential solution to the slow progress in reaching Millennium Development Goal 5: improved ... -
When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-25)Background Randomised controlled trials can provide evidence relevant to assessing the equity impact of an intervention, but such information is often poorly reported. We describe a conceptual framework to identify health ...