Blar i Faculty of Social Sciences på tittel
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Motivere på gruppe- eller individnivå? - En empirisk studie av incentiver
(Master thesis, 2012-06-15)Problemstillingen i oppgaven er som følger: Vil en bonusordning som vurderer og belønner på individnivå ha en sterkere incentiveffekt enn en ordning med ren gruppebonus? Problemstillingen besvares ved å gjennomføre en ... -
Motives in Development Policy, whose are they really? -A study of the administration's role in Norwegian development policy
(Master thesis, 2005)Engaging in a study of the administration’s role in Norwegian development policy, this thesis explores the microfoundations of development assistance in relation to the concept of motives in development policy.In this ... -
Motstand og samfunnsendring: En casestudie av motstanden mot Blikkvalseverkets nedleggelse og dens kritiske
(Master thesis, 2012-01-16)Oppgaven behandler nedleggelsen av Blikkvalseverket på Laksevåg, og den motstandskampen som de ansatte her satte i gang for å redde sin arbeidsplass. Denne kampen knyttes så opp mot teori om kollektiv handling og ... -
Movie recommendation based on stylistic visual features.
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Moving beyond the second-order election model?: Three generations of regional election research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this introduction to the sixth annual review of regional elections we identify three generations of regional election studies that have applied the second-order election (SOE) model. First-generation literature finds ... -
Moving in spaces: young women's aspirations towards an Acholi post-war sociality in Northern Uganda.
(Master thesis, 2012-06-21)Northern Uganda has gone through more than 20 years of insurgencies and unrest. On the ground, the war may be understood as a fight between the government army and the Lord's Resistance Army in which the civilians were ... -
MRnews: Design Explorations into Accessibility and News
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Creating accessible technology and content is generally seen as beneficial for all users. This is particularly important when the content has a significant societal impact, such as news stories. To find new and innovative ... -
msHelse: a Self-Management Mobile Application for Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
(Master thesis, 2018-06-15)This master thesis presents the msHelse application for patient self-management within the field of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This Design Science research project went through a user-centred design process that included ... -
The Muffling Effect of Social Policy : A Comparison of Social Security Systems and their Conflict Potential in Australia, the United States and Norway
(International Sociology, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1986)The arena of social policy could be a constant battlefield were it not confined within political institutions. Conflicts are extended into the organisation of social programmes and extert pressure on policy objectives and ... -
«Mukbang-bonanza»
(Master thesis, 2023-12-01)Denne masteroppgaven presenterer en komparativ tekstanalyse av Nikocado Avocado (USA) og Ssoyoung (Sør-Korea) sine mest populære mukbang-videoer. Ved å analysere og sammenligne videoene til den amerikanske og sør-koreanske ... -
Multi-Armed Bandit Networks: Exploring Online Learning with Networks
(Master thesis, 2018-06-26)Classical Multi-Armed Bandit solutions often assumes independent arms as a simplification of the problem. This has shown great results in many different fields of practice, but could in some cases, presumably leave untapped ... -
Multi-level governance in a “Europe with the regions”.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08)The concept of multilevel governance was introduced to reveal the impact of regions on European Union (EU) policy making in Brussels. In this contribution, I show that multilevel governance also exposes regional involvement ... -
Multi-list Food Recommender Systems for Healthier Choices
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)Recipe websites are a popular destination for home cooks to discover new recipes and find what to cook. However, the most popular way of recommending recipes to users is trough similarity and popularity-based recommendations, ... -
Multiculturalism in an everyday perspective: Immigration and settlement services in Vancouver, Canada
(Master thesis, 2019-06-15)This thesis examines social relationships and everyday encounters between immigrants and focus particularly on representatives of organizations working to help immigrants integrate and settle in a multicultural society. ... -
Multifaglig ledelse – Hybridisering i sykehusledelse etter NPM-reformer
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-06-18)The primary concern in this paper is to understand how reforms, characterized by New Public Management, NPM, affect management in hospitals. This would be considered in the light of theories of management where the term ... -
Multikulturell rugekasse. Fremskrittspartiets argumentasjon om innvandring før valg 1987-2001
(Master thesis, 2017-06-30)Avhandlingen tar utgangspunkt avistekster fra Aftenposten, Verdens Gang og Stavanger Aftenblad, samt bøker om Fremskrittspartiets historie for å se på sammenhengen mellom Fremskrittspartiets indre konflikter og partiets ... -
Multiple Imputation in Predictive Modeling of Arthroplasty Database
(Master thesis, 2019-06-25)This thesis presents a method of imputing missing values in data, creating a simple data mining tool and using data mining to see whether such imputed data can be used to predict failures of hip prosthetics in smaller ... -
Multiscalar Practices of Fossil Fuel Displacement
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)As renewable energy sources increasingly outcompete fossil fuels on cost and efficiency, novel questions arise around how, when, and where renewables can displace fossil energy. We need to understand fossil fuel displacement ...