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Populist Radical Right Voters in Contemporary Democracies in Western Europe: Operationalizing and Testing the Three-Dimensional Political Space hypotheses
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)This thesis operationalizes and tests a new theoretical framework of how to map populist radical right voters in the political space. While such research has been dominated by two-dimensional frameworks, the framework of ... -
Portals to the unseen Re-inventing ayahuasca practices, shamanism, and the anthropologist in the entheogenic field
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Porteføljeoptimering og diversifiseringsfordeler. Kan en optimeringsalgoritme basert på Markowitz middelverdi-varians-teori (MVT) forbedres med alternative risikobegrep og med lineær optimeringsalgoritme?
(Master thesis, 2019-12)Bakgrunn: I porteføljeteori velges en portefølje av verdipapirer for å minimere risiko for en gitt forventet avkastning. Med utgangspunkt i Markowitz porteføljeteori hvor risiko er definert ved varians, vil andre definisjoner ... -
Porteño logics. The Meaning of Taste and Morality in Social Classification in Buenos Aires
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Portfolio Contracts In Supply Chain Risk Management: Analysis of Procurement Strategy with System Dynamics Models
(Master thesis, 2008-06-04)This paper presents a simulation study on procurement contract management. The purpose of the study is to develop a general framework for supply contracts, which aims to drive costs down and reduce risks of inventory and ... -
Portraying a Major Minority in Televised Public Service Broadcasting. Portrayal of Polish Immigrants in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
(Master thesis, 2018-06-20)The research question answered in this thesis is “How have Polish immigrants in Norway historically been portrayed by the NRK through its television broadcasts from 1970 to 2008? How can this development be explained?”. ... -
Possibilities of place - An analysis of a location-based folksonomy
(Master thesis, 2011-02-22)This thesis aims to investigate what kind of tags users apply to resources in a location based collaborative tagging system called Digitur2. This is investigated primarily by analyzing quantitative data produced by conducting ... -
Postmarket Surveillance of Orthopaedic Implants using Web-technologies
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)In the European Union (EU) between 8-12 % of patients admitted to hospitals, suffer harm from the healthcare they receive every year. There are many reasons for this, e.g. surgical error, error in diagnostics and medical ... -
A Postmaterialist Explanation for Homophobia in Africa: Multilevel Analysis of Attitudes Towards Homosexuals in 33 African Countries
(Master thesis, 2018-06-26)This thesis advances a modified version of Inglehart’s Postmaterialist thesis as an explanation for homophobia in Africa. My argument is that economic development substantially contributes to creating a Postmaterialist ... -
Postmoderne sitcom? En analyse av tv-serien "Flight of the Conchords" i lys av perspektiver på postmodernisme og kvalitet i tv.
(Master thesis, 2009-06-01)Oppgaven er en sjangeranalyse av sitcomen "Flight of the Conchords". Serien diskuteres i lys av perspektiver på postmodernisme og postmodernitet generelt, og på nyere tendenser innen tv-fiksjon og det som gjerne kalles ... -
Potential Contribution of Existing Computer-Based Models to Comparative Assessment of Development Options
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The potential for transformative adaptation : Collaborative spaces and collective value development in local climate adaptation
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-10-20)Behovet for klimaomstilling, -tilpassing og -handling for å kunne handtere konsekvensane av menneskeskapte klimaendringar og tap av biologisk mangfald har aldri vore større. Dette prosjektet utforskar korleis heilskaplege ... -
Poverty dynamics among the Dalits of Tarai
(Master thesis, 2013-09-02)The literature suggests that links between social identity and economic outcomes can induce poverty among groups with low social status. This seems to be true in Nepal where Dalits, the group at the bottom of the caste ... -
Poverty mitigation and Wealth creation through artisanal fisheries in Dzemeni area at Volta Lake, Ghana.
(Master thesis, 2008)The study focused on the role of fisheries in wealth creation and poverty mitigation in theDzemeni area, at the Volta Lake of Ghana. Three wealth groups were identified based on theirvalue of asset possession, income ... -
Poverty production: a different approach to poverty understanding
(Chapter, 2004)Poverty understanding and poverty research can be said to have gone throughroughly three phases: Tale-telling, studies with a client focus as well as developmentresearch, and knowledge building about poverty reduction. ... -
Poverty production: a different approach to poverty understanding
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Poverty Research Rethought
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Power and Arms: The Diffusion of Military Innovations and Technology. A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Spread of Military Power After the Cold War and Consequences for the Norwegian Navy in the NATO Alliance
(Master thesis, 2018-07-07)This thesis investigates the extensive puzzle of various influences on the diffusion of military power, meaning the spread of certain innovations, through the international system and the implications for international ... -
Power and Politics in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Teams
(Master thesis, 2016-05-30)Inspired by a debate in the BJJ community on BJJ politics" and the BJJ Globetrotters' goal of being politics-free", I wanted to find out if they truly were free of politics. As I understand the term, BJJ politics are the ...