• Understanding beneficial self-management support and the meaning of user involvement in lifestyle interventions: a qualitative study from the perspective of healthcare professionals 

      Salemonsen, Elin; Førland, Georg; Sætre Hansen, Britt; Holm, Anne Lise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02)
      Background In light of the high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults and the subsequent stigmatization and health consequences, there is a need to develop effective interventions to support lifestyle change. ...
    • Understanding climate resilience in Scandinavia during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age 

      Bunbury, Magdalena Maria Elisabeth; Austvoll, Knut Ivar; Jørgensen, Erlend Kirkeng; Nielsen, Svein Vatsvåg; Kneisel, Jutta; Weinelt, Mara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-11)
      Mid and late-Holocene climate shifts are considered to have profoundly shaped demographic developments and adaptive responses of communities globally. Yet their onset, duration, and impact on Neolithic and Early Nordic ...
    • Understanding for which students and classes a randomized controlled aggression prevention program works best: Testing individual student and class level moderators 

      Bardach, Lisa; Yanagida, Takuya; Gradinger, Petra; Strohmeier, Dagmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      School-based aggression prevention programs may not be equally effective for all students and classes, depending on student and class characteristics. This study investigated moderators of a cluster randomized controlled ...
    • Understanding informal caregivers' motivation from the perspective of self-determination theory: an integrative review 

      Dombestein, Heidi Janne; Norheim, Anne; Husebø, Anne Marie Lunde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background A long-term illness is stressful both for the person with the diagnosis and for his or her informal caregivers. Many people willingly assume the caregiving role, so it is important to understand why they stay ...
    • Understanding parents’ conflicting beliefs about children’s digital book reading 

      Kucirkova, Natalia; Flewitt, Rosie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In light of growing evidence that many parents are deeply concerned about their young children’s increasing technology use, in this paper we report on aspects of a study funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, ...
    • Understanding registered nurses’ career choices in home care services: a qualitative study 

      Haaland, Guro Hognestad; Øygarden, Olaug; Storm, Marianne; Mikkelsen, Aslaug (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-03)
      Background The anticipated growth in number of older people with long-term health problems is associated with a greater need for registered nurses. Home care services needs enough nurses that can deliver high quality ...
    • Understanding risk of bubbles in cryptocurrencies 

      Enoksen, F. A.; Landsnes, Ch. J.; Lucivjanska, Katarina; Molnar, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)
      As cryptocurrencies emerged only recently, they are subject to only very limited financial regulations. In this paper we study which variables can predict bubbles in the prices of eight major cryptocurrencies, focusing on ...
    • Understanding the implications of low knowledge and high uncertainty in risk studies 

      Thekdi, Shital; Aven, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-11)
      Risk analysis has existed for thousands of years and will continue to grow in importance across professions and industries. Of special importance is the need to understand and manage risk when there is low knowledge and ...
    • Understanding the Importance of Efficient Visitor Flow within Tokyo Skytree 

      Haraldsen, Eirik Solland; Østrådt, Karl Meisland; Davidrajuh, Reggie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Tokyo Skytree is the tallest freestanding tower in the world. The tower is a popular tourist attraction with two observational decks at an altitude of 350 and 450 meters. This paper aims to understand the importance of the ...
    • Understanding the role of situational factors on online grocery shopping among older adults 

      Kvalsvik, Fifi Tjan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper seeks to identify the situational factors that drive the adoption of online grocery shopping among older adults. A two-step research process is employed. First, exploratory qualitative research is carried out ...
    • Understanding the role of the shrimp gut microbiome in health and disease 

      Holt, Corey; Bass, David; Stentiford, Grant D.; van der Giezen, Mark (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)
      With rapid increases in the global shrimp aquaculture sector, a focus on animal health during production becomes ever more important. Animal productivity is intimately linked to health, and the gut microbiome is becoming ...
    • Understanding variation in national climate change adaptation: securitization in focus 

      Rhinard, Mark Charles Thomas; Morsut, Claudia; Angell, Elisabeth; Neby, Simon; Englund, Mathilda; Barquet, Karina; Mees, Heleen; Surian, Jana; Vashishtha, Swapnil; Segnestam, Lisa; Engen, Ole Andreas Hegland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-12)
      Climate change is recognized today not just as a pressing and prominent issue on government agendas but also one that has been increasingly ‘securitized’ in a variety of national and global settings. We know little, however, ...
    • Undertriage in Trauma: An Ignored Quality Indicator? 

      Jeppesen, Elisabeth; Cuevas-Østrem, Mathias; Gram-Knutsen, Cathrine; Uleberg, Oddvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Early identification of life-threatening injuries is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Failure to detect severe injury may cause delayed diagnosis and therapeutic interventions and ...
    • Unfrozen Skewed Turbulence for Wind Loading on Structures 

      Cheynet, Etienne; Daniotti, Nicolo; Jakobsen, Jasna Bogunovic; Snæbjørnsson, Jonas Thor; Wang, Jungao (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The paper introduces an algorithm to generate a three-variate four-dimensional wind turbulence field suited for yawed wind dynamic load simulation. At large yaw angles, a relaxation of Taylor’s hypothesis of frozen turbulence ...
    • Unge jenters opplevelse av deltakelse i sorggruppe 

      Rosland, Tina Salte; Rimstad, Silje Lill; Grønnestad, Trond Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Artikkelen presenterer en studie om unge jenters opplevelse av deltakelse i sorggruppe. Artikkelen bygger på kvalitative intervjuer med syv jenter mellom 14 og 20 år som har deltatt i sorggrupper hos pårørendestiftelsen ...
    • Universal Black Holes 

      Hervik, Sigbjørn; Ortaggio, Marcello (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02)
      We prove that a generalized Schwarzschild-like ansatz can be consistently employed to construct d-dimensional static vacuum black hole solutions in any metric theory of gravity for which the Lagrangian is a scalar invariant ...
    • Universal p-form black holes in generalized theories of gravity 

      Hervik, Sigbjørn; Ortaggio, Marcello (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)
      We explore how far one can go in constructing d-dimensional static black holes coupled to p-form and scalar fields before actually specifying the gravity and electrodynamics theory one wants to solve. At the same time, we ...
    • Universal spacetimes in four dimensions 

      Hervik, Sigbjørn; Pravda, Vojtech; Pravdova, Alena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10)
      Universal spacetimes are exact solutions to all higher-order theories of gravity. We study these spacetimes in four dimensions and provide necessary and sufficient conditions for universality for all Petrov types except ...
    • Universitetslærerarbeidet - utfordring av den naturlige innstilling? 

      Hanssen, Brit; Husebø, Dag; Moen, Vegard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Ansvarliggjøring og bruk av nye styringsformer i skolen fører til endringer i lærerrollen og lærernes arbeid. Tilsvarende endringer i høyere utdanning de siste 20 årene, og funn i en studie blant nye kollegaer ved egen ...
    • Universities and regions : New insights and emerging developments 

      Berg, Laila Margaret Nordstrand; Thomas, Elisa; Iakovleva, Tatiana Aleksandrovna; Pinheiro, Romulo; Benneworth, Paul (Chapter, 2022)
      In this concluding chapter, the editors take stock of the empirical findings across the cases and levels of analysis and link the empirical evidence to the analytical framework presented in Chapter 2. In so doing, we revisit ...