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Exploring the Concept of Integrity—Toward a Craft-Inspired Interpretation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The concept of integrity is used as a psychosocial concept to describe tensions and dilemmas experienced by professional and semi-professional workers in a neoliberal working life. In Norway, the concept has even been ... -
Exploring the Individual Mind: The Functions of the Epistolary Form in The Color Purple and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg de to romanene The Color Purple (1982) av Alice Walker og The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999) av Stephen Chbosky, som begge er skrevet i form av brev. Målet med oppgaven er å utforske ... -
Exploring the Metaphysics of Hegel's Racism: The Teleology of the ‘Concept’ and the Taxonomy of Races
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article interprets Hegel's hierarchical theory of race as an application of his general views about the metaphysics of classification and explanation. We begin by offering a reconstruction of Hegel's hierarchical ... -
Exploring the relationship between extramural English, self-efficacy, gender, and learning outcomes: A mixed-methods study in a Norwegian upper-secondary school
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article reports on a mixed-methods study regarding the extent to which the extramural English (EE), external attributions, self-efficacy (concerning EFL reading, speaking, writing, and listening skills), and gender ... -
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 ... -
Expressing logical disagreement from within
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Against the backdrop of the frequent comparison of theories of truth in the literature on semantic paradoxes with regard to which inferences and metainferences are deemed valid, this paper develops a novel approach to ... -
Extended Peer Communities: Appraising the contributions of tacit knowledges in climate change decision-making
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper explores the implications of assessing tacit knowledges of climatic change in extended peer communities, as applied in two European research projects on climate action. Post-normal science (PNS) proposes the ... -
Extracting Sign Language Articulation from Videos with MediaPipe
(Chapter, 2023)This paper concerns evaluating methods for extracting phonological information of Swedish Sign Language signs from video data with MediaPipe’s pose estimation. The methods involve estimating i) the articulation phase, ii) ... -
Extracting Users: Regimes of Engagement in Norwegian Smart Electricity Transition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Recent efforts to involve digital technologies and renewables in the electricity grid have placed users at center stage in the legitimation of energy transitions. This move has been paralleled by an emphasis on users and ... -
Extrapolating from model organisms in pharmacology
(Chapter, 2020)In this chapter we explore the process of extrapolating causal claims from model organisms to humans in pharmacology. We describe and compare four strategies of extrapolation: enumerative induction, comparative process ... -
Extreme Justice: Decapitations and Prone Burials in Three Late Roman Cemeteries at Knobb's Farm, Cambridgeshire
(Journal article, 2021)Excavations at Knobb's Farm, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, uncovered three small late Roman cemeteries, positioned at the edge of a farming settlement. The 52 burials found included 17 decapitated bodies and 13 prone burials ... -
Extremely relevant? Teachers’ reported beliefs on including the issue of radicalisation and violent extremism in the VG1 English teaching.
(Master thesis, 2023-05-29)På grunn av økt radikalisering blant norsk ungdom, har den norske regjeringene gitt skolene i oppdrag å ta opp radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme som et tema i fag hvor det anses som relevant. Dagens læreplan i engelsk ... -
Eye Blinks in French Sign Language Definition of eye blink types and automatic detection of eye blinks using computer vision, rule-based and machine learning-based methods.
(Master thesis, 2022-11-21)This study aims at defining the different types of eye blinks in French Sign Language as well as preparing a potential automatic eye blink types classification in creating a method that allows the detection of blinks in a ... -
Eyebrow position in grammatical and emotional expressions in Kazakh-Russian Sign Language: A quantitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06)Facial expressions in sign languages are used to express grammatical functions, such as question marking, but can also be used to express emotions (either the signer’s own or in constructed action contexts). Emotions and ... -
Étude linguistique du discours de l'ONG Greenpeace France
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)This thesis undertakes a qualitative linguistic analysis of fifty texts and reports published on the website of Greenpeace France. Greenpeace is one of the largest non-governmental organizations protecting the environment ... -
Étude sémantique du pronom ON dans une perspective textuelle et contextuelle
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A Face to Love or Trust
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article demonstrates the use of a card sorting game that is suitable for field studies. Subjective judgment in face perception is studied by sorting faces based on attractiveness or trustworthiness. Are beautiful ... -
Face Up and Sing': Nonconformity, Bisexual Consciousness and Transversity in the Work of Ani DiFranco
(Master thesis, 2008-11-11)The thesis focuses on how and where Ani DiFranco can be situated in the context of American nonconformity, how third wave feminism and ideas around sexuality has shaped her subjective conceptual frame, and how her work can ...