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Aldring, utvikling og velvære - En kvalitativ studie av vellykket aldring, velvære og personlig vekst hos eldre i Norge
(Master thesis, 2019-06-14)Ettersom den globale levealderen øker, trengs mer kunnskap om hva som fremmer god og sunn aldring. Med en økt forståelse rundt dette som samfunn, står vi bedre rustet til å skape gode levekår for denne stadig voksende delen ... -
Alerting and Circadian Effects of Short-Wavelength vs. Long-Wavelength Narrow-Bandwidth Light during a Simulated Night Shift
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Light can be used to facilitate alertness, task performance and circadian adaptation during night work. Novel strategies for illumination of workplaces, using ceiling mounted LED-luminaires, allow the use of a range of ... -
Alkoholbruk, partilfredshet og samlivsstatus. Før, inn i, og etter svangerskapet – korrelater eller konsekvenser?
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-03-10)Women in Norway usually reduce or stop using alcohol when they realize that they are pregnant. However, information about their postpartum drinking pattern is scarce, and we also know little about how expecting fathers ... -
"Alle burde hatt ein forskarskule". Ein kvalitativ studie av tidlegare stipendiatar sine erfaringar med forskarskulen NAFOL
(Master thesis, 2017)National research schools are defined as one strategy to increase the quality of the doctoral education in Norway, by offering an enhanced professional environment for PhD students in selected research domains. In this ... -
Altered resting state effective connectivity of anterior insula in depression
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03-15)Depression has been associated with changes in both functional and effective connectivity of large scale brain networks, including the default mode network, executive network, and salience network. However, studies of ... -
Alternativ Kroppsøving i den vidaregåande skulen. Ein kvalitativ studie av elevane sine erfaringar med motivasjon i kroppsøvingsfaget
(Master thesis, 2015-05-13)My own experience, statistics and research findings suggest that many pupils struggle with motivation in Physical Education (PE). Alternative PE is a training offer that is created with the purpose of getting more pupils ... -
«Altså du kan gå toppidrett liksom og stå opp klokken 4 på morgenen og dra på svømming, men fortsatt ta coke i helgen». En kvalitativ studie av ungdommers holdninger til bruk av partydop.
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Bakgrunn: Ungdommers narkotikabruk kan medføre negativ helsepåvirkning på kort og lang sikt, samt være hemmende for den enkeltes utvikling. Bekymringen rundt ungdommers bruk av partydop øker over hele verden, samtidig som ... -
Ambient bright light treatment improved proxy-rated sleep but not sleep measured by actigraphy in nursing home patients with dementia: a placebo-controlled randomised trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-17)Background: Up to 70% of nursing home patients with dementia suffer from sleep problems. Light is the main zeitgeber to the circadian system and thus has a fundamental impact on sleep-wake behaviour. Low indoor light levels ... -
Ambivalens - hemmende eller fremmende i terapi? En teoretisk undersøkelse av ambivalensbegrepet i motiverende intervju
(Master thesis, 2003)The present work explores and discusses theoretical questions in relation to different functional descriptions of ambivalence in Miller and Rollnick’s (2002) presentation of motivational interviewing (MI). There seems to ... -
Amodal Volume Completion and the Thin Building Illusion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)We report results from an experiment showing that a tall pillar with a triangular base evokes radically different three-dimensional (3D) percepts depending on the vantage point from which it is observed. The base of the ... -
Amphetamine-induced psychosis - a separate diagnostic entity or primary psychosis triggered in the vulnerable?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12-05)Use of amphetamine and methamphetamine is widespread in the general population and common among patients with psychiatric disorders. Amphetamines may induce symptoms of psychosis very similar to those of acute schizophrenia ... -
Amplitude variability over trials in hemodynamic responses in adolescents with ADHD: The role of the anterior default mode network and the non-specific role of the striatum
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02)It has been suggested that intra-individual variability (IIV) in performance on attention and other cognitive tasks might be a cognitive endophenotype in individuals with ADHD. Despite robust IIV findings in behavioral ... -
An Evaluation of Sparebanken Vest's Leadership Development Program
(Master thesis, 2022-04-22)Leder- og ledelsesutvikling er ett av verdens mest populære organisatoriske intervensjoner. Denne avhandlingen er en praktisk evaluering av Sparebanken Vest sitt halvårlige ledelsesutviklingsprogram. Avhandlingens mål er ... -
An Experimental Approach to Signaling as a Travel Motive
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An exploration of the effects of tDCS to Supplementary Motor Complex on measures of inhibitory control: Implications for Tourette’s syndrome
(Master thesis, 2023-05-30)Inhibitory control (IC) depends on a cortico-subcortical network, with downstream effects on the primary motor cortex (M1). Hyperexcitability in M1 has been proposed to impair IC, a state associated with tics in patients ... -
An exploration of workplace stressors and resources among Nepalese students working in restaurants in Norway
(Master thesis, 2019-12-18)Background and research objective: The number of international students' mobility has continued to grow rapidly across the globe in recent years, they have been called 'educational migrants’. Alongside their studies, ... -
An exploratory analysis of eye tracking methods for measuring situation awareness in police operational settings
(Master thesis, 2019-06-26)Denne utforskende analysen har hatt som mål å undersøke og vurdere anvendelsen av blikksporing (eye tracking) som metode i måling av situasjonsbevissthet i politiets operative settinger. Analysen baserte seg på data fra ... -
Anabolic-androgenic steroid administration increases self-reported aggression in healthy males: A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Rationale Aggression and irritability are notable psychiatric side effects of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use. However, no previous study has systematically reviewed and quantitatively synthesized effects reported ... -
Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids and Aggression in Humans: Experimental Studies, Subgroups, and Longitudinal Risk
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-09-24)Anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use is a global public health concern. However, the relationship between AAS use and its psychological side effects, specifically aggression needs further elucidation. Results from ... -
An analysis of socio-demographic patterns in child malnutrition trends using Ghana demographic and health survey data in the period 1993-2008
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-16)Background A small but growing body of research indicates that progress in reducing child malnutrition is substantially uneven from place to place, even down to the district level within countries. Yet child malnutrition ...