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The Role of Social Capital in Refugees’ Trajectories into Higher Education in a Host Country: Narratives of Six Refugees in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Refugees, as group, are generally motivated to pursue higher education despite multiple challenges they face in host countries. To overcome these challenges refugees need someone to rely on to successfully navigate the ... -
Role of social cultural factors in health partnerships: The case of a health collaborative exchange between Malawi and Norway in trauma care and emergency medicine.
(Master thesis, 2021-12-02)Health partnerships are increasingly becoming a global phenomenon in many areas of care. One such an area is in the trauma care and emergency medicine. There are high risks of trauma and emergency care related permanent ... -
The role of stress in absenteeism: Cortisol responsiveness among patients on long-term sick leave.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-02)Objective: This study aimed to (1) See whether increased or decreased variation relate to subjective reports of common somatic and psychological symptoms for a population on long-term sick leave; and (2) See if this pattern ... -
The Role of the Corpus Callosum and Interhemispheric Connectivity in Tourette Syndrome
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The role of the primary auditory cortex in the neural mechanism of auditory verbal hallucinations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04-24)Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are a subjective experience of “hearing voices” in the absence of corresponding physical stimulation in the environment. The most remarkable feature of AVHs is their perceptual quality, ... -
The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-15)Background: In Western countries, the relationship between smoking intentions and smoking behaviour is well established. However, youth smoking intentions and associated factors in developing countries are largely unexplored ... -
The Role of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing in Auditory False Perceptions: A Signal Detection Analysis
(Master thesis, 2018-06-07)There is a tendency in the literature to find people with a high hallucination proneness to have significantly lower response bias but no significant difference for sensitivity compared to people with low hallucination ... -
Rollen som skoleleder under en pandemi: En oppfølgingsstudie av norske skoleledere
(Master thesis, 2022-06-17)Covid-19-pandemien førte til radikale endringer i skole- og utdanningsinstitusjoner verden over, hvor skolene måtte finne nye måter å løse sitt samfunnsoppdrag på. Skoleledere hadde en særskilt rolle i å tilpasse skolen ... -
Room for everyone in working life? 10% of the employees – 82% of the sickness leave
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2002)Aims: The aims of this project were to study the distribution of sickness leave in a population of Norwegian power company workers, and to characterise those with most sickness leave. Method: A survey was done in 13 power ... -
Rosenzweigs billed-frustrasjonstest: en diskusjon av dens anvendbarhet belyst ved andres og egne undersøkelser
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Runway incursions in Norway 2009-2019: A case study of extended investigation reports
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The aim of the present study is to examine case studies from extended investigations of runway incursions in Norway from 2009-2019. Runway incursions involves an incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the ... -
Rural Youth, Education and Agriculture: An Exploration of Youth Aspirations and Government Policy in Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2013-05-30)There appears to be a paradox in Ethiopia. On the one hand, the country's development policy emphasises the central role of the agricultural sector and the need of cultivating a new generation of young, literate, and capable ... -
A safe and effective micro-choice based rehabilitation for patients with long COVID: results from a quasi-experimental study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)At least 65 million people suffer from long COVID. Treatment guidelines are unclear, especially pertaining to recommendations of increased activity. This longitudinal study evaluated safety, changes in functional level and ... -
Safe male circumcision in Botswana: Tension between traditional practices and biomedical marketing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-11)Botswana has been running Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) since 2009 and has not yet met its target. Donors like the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Africa Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (funded by the ... -
Safe travel: Passenger assessment of trust and safety during seafaring
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04)Across two studies, this paper explores passengers’ knowledge and perceptions of safety and risk during voyage at sea. Study 1 showed that, although overall safety knowledge can be considered good, some differences exist ... -
Safety Climate perceptions in High Reliability Organizations - the role of Psychological Capital
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-12-06)Over recent decades, research on antecedents of safety in High Reliability Organizations (HROs) has shifted from focusing mostly on technical issues to placing greater emphasis on human factors. Although an abundance of ... -
Safety on board offshore vessels: A study of shipboard factors and situation awareness
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-10-19)The overall aim of this thesis is to shed new light on how shipboard factors may influence the ability to achieve and maintain situation awareness (SA) in day-to-day operations on offshore vessels. The term, ‘shipboard ... -
Safety Onboard Norwegian Vessels: Investigating The Risk Assessments Of Maritime Operators
(Master thesis, 2021-05-14)Dette studiet undersøkte hvordan norske sjøfolk vurderer risiko som er assosiert med deres arbeid. Nærmere bestemt om deres subjektive vurdering av risiko stemmer overens med den objektive risikoen, og om de fatter ... -
Saksbehandleres forståelse av alvorlige atferdsvansker: ungdommens problem og behov
(Master thesis, 2015-04-15)The study explored caseworkers understanding of severe behavioral problems in adolescents associated with the public child welfare service. The purpose was to explore their understanding of youth's problems and needs, and ... -
Salutogenesis and migration
(Chapter, 2022)In this chapter, the authors give a brief overview of research on salutogenesis and migration, including both forced and voluntary migration. Salutogenesis has been used to frame labour migration and how people respond and ...