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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 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 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 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 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 ... -
Export of calcium carbonate corrosive waters from the East Siberian Sea
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04-05)The Siberian shelf seas are areas of extensive biogeochemical transformation of organic matter, both of marine and terrestrial origin. This in combination with brine production from sea ice formation results in a cold ... -
Export processing zones in Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya and Lesotho
(Master thesis, 2013-11-30)This thesis examines two cases of Export Processing Zone (EPZ) programmes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), specifically in Kenya and Lesotho. Using data from the respective countries' EPZ programme authorities, central banks, ... -
Exposure to Household Air Pollution from Wood Combustion and Association with Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Nonsmoking Women: Results from the RESPIRE Trial, Guatemala
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04)Background: With 40% of the world’s population relying on solid fuel, household air pollution (HAP) represents a major preventable risk factor for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Meta-analyses have confirmed ... -
Exposure to mycophenolate and fatherhood
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07)Background: Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is the active immunosuppressive substance in both mycophenolate mofetil and mycophenolate sodium, and it is widely used after organ transplantation. In women, taking MPA is teratogenic ... -
Exposure to non-domestic violence : short- and long-term psychological reactions and the impact on quality of life
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-12-07)The purpose of this study was to describe characteristics of exposure to non-domestic violence, and to evaluate short- and long-term psychological consequences and the impact on quality of life. Demography, physical injuries, ... -
Exposure to preeclampsia growth from birth to late childhood dependent on child’s sex and severity of exposure: Follow-up of a nested case-control study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-09)Background and objective An adverse intrauterine environment may affect offspring growth and development. Our aim was to explore whether preeclampsia (PE) exposure in utero influences growth from birth to 13 years. Methods ... -
Exposure to styrene in the fiberglass reinforced plastic industry
(Master thesis, 2020-09-22)OBJECTIVE: To characterize exposure to airborne styrene and acetone among workers in the fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) industry. METHODS: Two full shift exposure measurements of airborne styrene and acetone were ... -
Exposure to the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming is linked to perceived threat and increased concern about climate change
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article investigates the influence of exposure to the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming on climate change attitudes. Among a nationally representative sample of the Norwegian public, we found that exposure ... -
Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in Utero and Subsequent Plasma Lipids, ApoB, and CRP among Adult Women in the MoBa Cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11)Background: Recent findings suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy may play a role in the development of metabolic alterations in offspring during childhood. However, whether such exposure increases the risk of ... -
Exposure to workplace bullying, distress, and insomnia. The moderating role of the miR-146a genotype
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-24)Several lines of evidence show that systematic exposure to negative social acts at the workplace i.e., workplace bullying, results in symptoms of depression and anxiety among those targeted. However, little is known about ...