UiS Brage: Recent submissions
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Anbefalinger for å forebygge alvorlig fedme og tilrettelegging for fysisk aktivitet blant overvektige i Norge: En kvalitativ studie
(Master thesis, 2022)Den økende forekomsten av fedme er et verdenomspennende problem, som påvirker individers helse og utgjør store kostnader for samfunnet. Likevel, er det begrenset forskning i Norge som har undersøkt og diskutert tankene og ... -
“Det er et mareritt og jeg unner ingen det, og det er et mareritt den dag i dag” Et kvalitativt studie om foreldrenes opplevelser av å ha et barn med rusutfordringer
(Master thesis, 2023)De siste årene har situasjonen for barn og pårørende som lever med rus i familien fått økt oppmerksomhet som en følge av økt kunnskap og bevissthet om de belastninger dette kan medføre for familien. Studiens hensikt var å ... -
En søken etter mening. En kvalitativ studie om eksistensielle utfordringer hos mennesker med rusrelaterte utfordringer
(Master thesis, 2023)Studien søker innsikt i hvordan mennesker med rusrelaterte utfordringer opplever og håndterer eksistensielle utfordringer. Studien har et kvalitativt design. Datamaterialet bygger på to fokusgruppeintervjuer med mennesker ... -
Helsefremmende perspektiv på foreldrehelse for å forebygge omsorgssvikt hos barn - En kvalitativ deskriptiv studie om helsesykepleiere sine erfaringer
(Master thesis, 2023)Omsorgssvikt fremstår som et globalt problem og kan føre til uheldig utvikling dersom barnet utsettes for omsorgssvikt av sine foreldre. Helsesykepleier har en viktig rolle i å fremme helse på helsestasjonen og forebygge ... -
Tverrprofesjonelt samarbeid med barnevern ved oppfølging av omsorgssvikt på helsestasjon - en kvalitativ studie av helsesykepleiers erfaringer
(Master thesis, 2023)Helsesykepleieren er i en unik posisjon til å fange opp og hjelpe barn som er utsatt for omsorgssvikt. Ved omsorgssvikt skal helsesykepleieren arbeide tverrprofesjonelt og samarbeide med andre profesjoner. I denne studien ... -
Norsk: Sykepleieres erfaring med sykenærvær på legevakter i Norge - en kvalitativ studie Engelsk: Presenteeism - a qualitative study among nurses at out-of-hours emergency primary care facilities in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)Background: Previous research proves presenteeism to be a threat to patient safety. Health care professionals working in emergency care settings are more likely to turn up to work unwell. Out-of-hours emergency primary ... -
Nurses’ experience of interprofessional communication during handover of critical ill patients in Norwegian out of hours emergency clinics – a qualitative study.
(Master thesis, 2022)Summary Background: Patient handover is closely linked to patient safety (Makkink, Stein & Bruijns,2022) As the first interaction the patient has with the health care system, out-of-hours emergency clinics are critically ... -
Pass or fail: Teachers’ experience of assessment of postgraduate critical care nursing students’ competence in placement. A qualitative study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Learning in placement is essential to postgraduate critical care nursing students’ education. Assessment of students’ competence in placement is important to ensure highly qualified postgraduate critical care ... -
Influence of external assessment bodies on quality and safety in surgery: a qualitative study of surgeons’ perspectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Introduction Transparency about the occurrence of adverse events has been a decades-long governmental priority, defining external feedback to healthcare providers as a key measure to improve the services and reduce the ... -
Theoretical Perspectives Underpinning Research on the Physician-Patient Relationship in a Digital Health Practice: Scoping Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background: The advent of digital health technologies has transformed the landscape of health care, influencing the dynamics of the physician-patient relationship. Although these technologies offer potential benefits, ... -
Utilizing multiple criteria decision-making optimization methods to machine LM25Al/VC material under electro-discharge machining processes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this work, sparking electro-discharge machining (EDM) process parameters are optimized by using multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. The work piece utilized for the investigation was LM25 aluminum alloy ... -
Effects of Supportive Leadership Behaviors on Employee Satisfaction, Engagement, and Performance: An Experimental Field Investigation.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)We conduct a field experiment in a large corporation to investigate the effects of supportive leadership behaviors on employee satisfaction, engagement, and performance. Treated leaders receive a brief training promoting ... -
Contribution of Geosciences in the Study of Anthropogenic Activities in Different Temporal and Spatial Contexts
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)From Homo sapiens, anthropogenic activities have impacted Earth systems at different spatial and time scales, particularly since the mid-twentieth century as the geological record confirms. Such impact has triggered Earth ... -
Artifact Detection for Reliable Computational Pathology Systems using Artificial Intelligence
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Cancer is a significant global health concern, resulting in millions of deaths worldwide each year. Cancer diagnosis is performed using histological examination of glass slides under a microscope. Thanks to digitization ... -
Stroke Mimics and In Depth Analysis of Computed Tomography Perfusion in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Globally, neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and the second leading cause of death1. Cerebral stroke is a major contributor to this burden, being the second leading cause ... -
Varying Bits: A Computational Perspective on News Diversity and Political Parallelism
(PhD thesis UiS; 770, Doctoral thesis, 2024)News media play a pivotal role in the functioning of democracies.They facilitate information exchange between elected officials and the public, have the capacity to mobilize social groups and can provide interpretation and ... -
Flow over a step cylinder using partially-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with application towards dynamic subsea power cables
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Understanding the flow characteristics of buoyancy sections in power cable and umbilical configurations is crucial for analyzing floating offshore wind turbine systems. Buoyancy sections decouple the motions from the floater ... -
Learning control applied to a digital-to-analogue converter
(Chapter, 2023)Digital-to-analogue converters (DACs) exhibit several non-ideal effects that deteriorate performance. Methods in feedback control can reduce such effects. Due to implementation limitations, the feedback signal in existing ... -
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Pathology for Bladder Cancer: Hype or Hope? A Systematic Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Bladder cancer (BC) diagnosis and prediction of prognosis are hindered by subjective pathological evaluation, which may cause misdiagnosis and under-/over-treatment. Computational pathology (CPATH) can identify clinical ... -
Extracellular vesicles as a potential source of tumor-derived DNA in advanced pancreatic cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are reported to contain nucleic acids, including DNA. Several studies have highlighted the potential of EV-derived DNA (evDNA) as a circulating biomarker, even demonstrating that ...