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The Concept of Well Being in the Butiki Village: A Critical Perspective on Development and Modernization in a Ugandan Village
(Master thesis, 2004)Improving the conditions of the poor is an essential part of the dominant development discourse. This discourse does not often include the actors’ point of view in the design process of development projects. Although the ... -
Conceptions of Correctio: The Rhetorical and Argumentative Use of Correctio in the Letters of Alcuin of York (c.732-804)
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Denne masteroppgaven setter søkelys på brevsamlingen til Alcuin av York, en av de lærde mennene som mot slutten av 700-tallet samlet seg ved Karl den store sitt hoff i Frankia. Alcuin var en viktig pådriver av karolinger ... -
Conceptions of Temporality: Reconsidering Time in an Age of Impending Emergency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The predominant contemporary concept of time is arguably measurable time, promoted as being in accordance with science. This is commonly understood as the time of physics, as, for instance, E. A. Milne claims in an article ... -
Concepts of Evidence-Based Practice: Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice and Its Debate
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-12)Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a model for clinical decision-making, representing an interdisciplinary approach to clinical practice that aims to optimize clinical decision-making by emphasizing the use of evidence from ... -
Conceptual metaphors in Ukrainian primeministers’ discourse involving renewables
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-30)This qualitative study is aimed at elucidating conceptual metaphors associated with renewable energy sources (further referred to as ‘renewables’) in Ukrainian prime ministers’ (PMs) political discourse. The material derives ... -
Conceptual Time Metaphor Detector
(Data set, 2013-05-09)This program analyzes English text and detects specific grammatical combinations of time expressions and relevant verbs with semantics mainly related to movement and sight. The program has been trained and tested on a ... -
A conceptualization of the new urban masses in Africa - a critical discussion of the "Lumpenproletariat"
(Master thesis, 2010-05-19)In this paper we will attempt to conceptualize the explosive growth of a "lumpenproletariat" - a slum-dwelling, unproductive workforce in the informal sector - in African cities, in light of democratization. We will explore ... -
Conciencia migratoria y educacion chilena
(Master thesis, 2013-11-20)Resumen - Sammendrag Hay verdades que están profundamente arraigadas difíciles de remover. Estas se petrifican y sobre ellas se van estableciendo otras que pretenden formar un sólido fundamento. Con el tiempo llegan a ... -
Conducting human challenge studies in LMICs: A survey of researchers and ethics committee members in Thailand
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Questions have been raised over the acceptability of conducting human challenge studies in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Most of these concerns are based on theoretical considerations and there exists little ... -
Configurational Causal Modeling and Logic Regression
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Configurational comparative methods (CCMs) and logic regression methods (LRMs) are two families of exploratory methods that employ very different techniques to analyze data generated by causal structures featuring conjunctural ... -
Confused Entailment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Priest argued in his paper Fusion and Confusion (Priest, 2015a) for a new concept of logical consequence over the relevant logic B, one where premises my be “confused” together. This paper develops Priest’s idea. Whereas ... -
Confusions about ‘Inner’ and ‘Outer’ Voices: Conceptual Problems in the Study of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Both in research on Auditory Verbal Hallucinations (AVHs) and in their clinical assessment, it is common to distinguish between voices that are experienced as ‘inner’ (or ‘internal’, ‘inside the head’, ‘inside the mind’, ... -
Conimbriga - En romersk by i Lusitania Rolle, funksjon og samhandling med Lusitania og den romerske verden
(Master thesis, 2010-05-17)Denne avhandlingen hadde som mål å kartlegge den romerske byen Conimbriga, som lå i provinsen Lusitania. Problemstillingen var hva slags by dette var, hvilken rolle byen spilte, og hva slags funksjon den hadde, både i sitt ... -
Connected and disconnected: ICTs, peacebuilding and aesthetic practices of peripheral communities in Colombia
(Master thesis, 2020-06-27)This thesis analyzes how Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) have been introduced in rural regions of Colombia for peacebuilding purposes and strengthening democracy, and how these have had an impact on the ... -
Consecrated Virgins as Living Reliquaries in Late Antiquity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-30)This article discusses the ways in which the physical presence of consecrated virgins was perceived, described, and subsequently altered in Late Antiquity. In the course of the fourth and fifth centuries CE, through codes ... -
Considerations for management strategy evaluation for small pelagic fishes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is the state-of-the-art approach for testing and comparing management strategies in a way that accounts for multiple sources of uncertainty (e.g. monitoring, estimation, and implementation). ... -
Constructed identities A Chronotopic reading of The Great Gatsby, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, and Mad Men
(Master thesis, 2016-05-18)This thesis aims to explore how the past figures in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925), Sloan Wilson's The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955), and in the AMC series Mad Men (2007-2015), written by Matthew Weiner. ... -
Constructing motherhood: Russian women bringing up children in Bergen, Norway
(Master thesis, 2015-06-02)The main objective of this study was to explore how Russian women have constructed motherhood within the Norwegian context. The empirical material came from qualitative, loosely structured interviews with nine middle-class, ...