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Urban freight – a matter of concern for cities? Assessing governance for sustainable freight in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-05-24)Godstransport er av stor betydning for byliv, men behandles ikke som en «sak av betydning» av offentlige myndigheter i samme grad som persontransport. Godstransport skaper flere utfordringer for byer, inkludert økte ... -
Urban planning and the smart city: Projects, practices and politics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03)Today’s smart city agendas are the latest iteration of urban sociotechnical innovation. Their aim is to use information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve the economic and environmental performance of cities ... -
Urban polarisering: Antropologiske bidrag
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Dette spesialnummeret er viet antropologiske studier av urbane formasjoner og fokuserer særlig på polarisering og det sosiale livet som utspiller seg i møte med denne. Særlig søker vi å utforske og sammenligne de mangeartede ... -
The urban poor as citizens and clients. Enacting political agency through political parties and social movements in Kenya and Zambia
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-27)How has political pluralism and increasingly more competitive elections affected the political agency of the urban poor in Kenya and Zambia, and why? This thesis compares the political mobilization of the urban poor by ... -
Urban Sprawl and Congestion in The Hague: A System Dynamics Modeling Approach
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Urban sprawl and congestion have significant detrimental effects on society and on the environment (Hennig, et al., 2016; OECD, 2018), and the phenomenon is regarded as a major challenge for urban Europe (Uhel, 2006). This ... -
Urbanisering av det samiske elektoratet: en fremvoksende skillelinje i den moderne samepolitikken?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Stemmeretten ved sametingsvalg i Norge er ikke knyttet til at en bor innenfor et bestemt geografisk område, men er en politisk rettighet som erverves på individuelt etnisk grunnlag, og som følger individet uavhengig av ... -
Urbanisering i Fjell kommune
(Master thesis, 2016-07-01)Fjell kommune på vestlandet har de siste årene hatt høy befolkningsvekst over flere år. Det er noe av årsaken til at har blitt vedtatt store og omfattende urbaniseringsplaner. Fra før har Fjell mange rurale kvaliteter som ... -
Uregulert lobbyvirksomhet som problem eller ikke? En studie om hvorfor Stortinget har avvist lobbyregulering
(Master thesis, 2012-06-04)Denne masteroppgaven forsøker å besvare hvorfor norske stortingspolitikere ikke ønsker å regulere lobbyvirksomhet rettet mot Stortinget. Regulering av lobbyvirksomhet er en voksende debatt internasjonalt, og stadig flere ... -
Usability evaluations of mobile mental health technologies: A systematic review study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Many mobile health (mHealth) apps for mental health have been made available in recent years. Although there is reason to be optimistic about their effect on improving health and increasing access to care, there ... -
Use of Eye Tracking for eSports Analytics in a MOBA Game
(Master thesis, 2017-01-31)Eye tracking refers to using the movement of the eye to determine where the user is looking (Zhang, 2008). This thesis will look at the use of eye tracking within a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game (MOBA) and investigate ... -
The use of gamification in learning applications
(Master thesis, 2013-11-27)The aim of this thesis was to investigate and identify the elements of gamification used in learning applications and how they affect user experience. The three main research questions were How are gamification elements ... -
Use of Wikipedia content, structural connections and usage statistics to generate context aware query augmentation in a topical search engine
(Master thesis, 2012-12-22)This thesis presents the TCSearch2, a Master's project. The thesis studies different approaches to bridging the gap between user expectations and existing search engine result and their impact on the quality of the results. ... -
User Needs of Young Czech Adults with Multiple Sclerosis in a Lifestyle App Design
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper presents a study that examined desired functionality, content, and design of a mobile application for young Czech adults living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The study was structured around a high-fidelity ... -
User-centered design of Internet of Things enabled applications: The case of the VIZUM app.
(Master thesis, 2015-12-15)This thesis looks at how to implement user-centered design to Internet of Things enabled application with the design development of an application for reservations of parking spaces. It will look at how to apply user-centered ... -
User-Centered Platform on Antibiotics: Design and Usability Evaluation
(Master thesis, 2023-12-01)This research aims to investigate the information patterns of antibiotic treatment using the MIMIC-III database. The study addresses three key Research Questions. RQ 1 examines the patterns of antibiotic treatment by ... -
User-centred design of clinical dashboards for guided iCBT
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)As Internet-based technology spreads to most areas of life, it becomes a challenge to grasp opportunities arising from enormous amounts of data being generated from various sources such as smart homes, smart cities, health ... -
User-Environment Relations : A Postphenomenology of Virtual Reality
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-03-30)Innen HCI blir interaksjon tradisjonelt forstått som noe som skjer mellom de forhåndsantatte enhetene «menneskelig bruker» og «teknologisk objekt». Særlig tvinger omsluttende VR-teknologi oss til å revurdere disse antagelsene, ... -
Users’ perception on factors contributing to electronic medical records systems use: a focus group discussion study in healthcare facilities setting in Kenya
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Electronic medical records systems (EMRs) adoption in healthcare to facilitate work processes have become common in many countries. Although EMRs are associated with quality patient care, patient safety, and ... -
Using a water tank analogy to transform students’ intuitive knowledge of dynamic systems. A qualitative study of the case of motion
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-12-09)This dissertation is a study of the effects of a water tank analogy on students’ intuitive knowledge of basic dynamic systems of motion. Prior research from science education shows that student understandings of science ... -
Using agent technology for exception monitoring -The case of Fraud detection in conference management systems
(Master thesis, 2010-11-29)Exception monitoring involves solutions to overcome the fatality of exceptions. The general idea behind this concept is that exceptions should be monitored, and as soon as they occur, they should be eliminated in one way ...