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Norwegian low-intensity ovine and bovine farming systems—a resilience perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The concept of socio-ecological resilience can be used to understand and measure to what degree farming systems are able to handle and adapt to disturbances. The article is based on the application of a framework for ... -
Norwegian Physician Market Policy
(Master thesis, 2007)I discuss what the government can do and hasdone to reach its equity-oriented policy targetsconcerning the geographical distribution ofphysicians in the municipality health service.Current policies has been inadequate to ... -
Norwegian prison officers´ perspectives on professionalism and professional development opportunities in their occupation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-12)Despite increasing attention towards education as a quality measure for correctional services, little research attention has been paid to the qualification and training of prison officers. This article investigates how ... -
The Norwegian vocational college: heterogenous aggregate of intermediate educations, or a parallel pillar to higher academic education?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)For long the Norwegian vocational college[1] was placed in the periphery of general system formation policies in education and remained a residual in technical education, based on praxis values and local support from ... -
The Norwegian voluntary sector in change: The impact of changes in organizational type, structure, and membership on local voluntary associations' political involvement
(Master thesis, 2011-05-31)The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether the political involvement of local voluntary associations has changed between 1999 and 2009, and if so what caused this change. The Norwegian voluntary sector has been in ... -
Norwegian Women's experiences of 20th-century migration to England: Narratives of changing gender roles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article discusses migratory gender roles within a north/north movement context. Using the case of older Norwegian women migrating to England while young, actively making migration part of their lives, it combines life ... -
Not All Syrian Doctors Become Taxi Drivers: Stagnation and Continutity Among Highly Educated Syrians in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Many studies of forced migration have documented processes of deskilling and falls in status resulting from an inability to convert capital from one context to another. This article relies on qualitative interviews with ... -
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
(Master thesis, 2014-09-17)The main purpose of the research was to investigate whether the Primary Education Development Plan (PEDP I and II) had achieved the objective of providing quality education in Tanzania. In order to do this the study aimed ... -
Not Just 'chewing gum for the eye' - En studie av aktivistdokumentarfilm og Brave New Films
(Master thesis, 2010-09-01)Denne masteravhandlingen søker å studere hvordandokumentarfilm kan føre til aktivisme. Brave New Films er et av de mest kjentedokumentarfilmselskapene i USA, med et uttalt mål om å lagefilmer som avleder aktivisme. De ... -
Notes on a more equitable higher education
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Novel Methods Using Human Emotion and Visual Features for Recommending Movies
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)This master thesis investigates novel methods using human emotion as contextual information to estimate and elicit ratings when watching movie trailers. The aim is to acquire user preferences without the intrusive and ... -
Nowcasting av norsk BNP med maskinlæringsalgoritmer
(Master thesis, 2019-09-21)Hvordan det går med økonomien er noe som aktører i finans, bedrifter og det offentlige tjener på å vite så fort som mulig. Blant de viktigste makrotallene er veksten i bruttonasjonalprodukt, som viser verdien av alt som ... -
NRK Kringkaster og forvaltningen av allmennkringkasteroppdraget. Om å gjøre det viktige populært
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)Målet med denne studien har vært å undersøke hvordan NRK løser sine allmennkringkasterforpliktelser, og dette er blitt gjort ved å foreta en analyse av den sentrale organisasjonsavdelingen NRK Kringkasting. Det er i denne ... -
NRK og TV 2 på Facebook. En undersøkelse av NRKs og TV 2s strategier for og bruk av det sosiale nettverksstedet Facebook
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NRK Urørt – fra demokonkurranse til flermedialt flaggskip. En kvalitativ studie av Urørts bidrag til allmennkringkasteroppdraget
(Master thesis, 2008-06-01)Denne oppgaven omhandler NRK P3s ungdomssatsning Urørt. Ved å se på Urørts utvikling fra å være en post i et radioprogram til den flermediale satsningen det er i dag, rettes det søkelys på hvordan NRK Urørt kan bidra til ... -
NRKs lokative innovasjonshistorie sett gjennom fire perspektiver 1925-2005
(Master thesis, 2019-06-26)This text treats the norwegian public broadcaster NRKs locative attributes from 1925 to 2005. The text makes use of historical methodology with innovation theory and the locative aspects of media as a interpretative framework ... -
NRKs og TV 2s nyhetsdekning av fotball-VM i Qatar
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Nudging Healthy Choices in Food Search Through Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labels
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)Front-of-pack nutrition labels have been developed to help consumers make healthier food choices when shopping for groceries in supermarkets by making it easier to judge the healthiness of food products. The two most ... -
Nudging Healthy Choices in Food Search Through Visual Attractiveness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Recipe websites are becoming increasingly popular to support people in their home cooking. However, most of these websites prioritize popular recipes, which tend to be unhealthy. Drawing upon research on visual biases and ... -
Nudging Towards Health in a Conversational Food Recommender System Using Multi-Modal Interactions and Nutrition Labels
(Chapter, 2022)Humans engage with other humans and their surroundings through various modalities, most notably speech, sight, and touch. In a conversation, all these inputs provide an overview of how another person is feeling. When ...