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Exploring The Role of Aesthetics in Beautiful and Sustainable Cities: The Case of the NEB-STAR Project in the City of Stavanger
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis takes an exploratory approach to investigate the role of aesthetics in the case of NEB-STAR, one of the newly appointed New European Bauhaus lighthouse projects based in the city of Stavanger in Norway. The New ... -
Exploring the role of cultural differences in Norwegian-Brazilian business relationships
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)In order to be successful in an international market, it is important to build and maintain a good business relationship. One of the key challenges of international business relationships is the cultural differences that ... -
Exploring the role of leaders in enabling adaptive capacity in hospital teams – a multiple case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)Background Resilient healthcare research studies how healthcare systems and stakeholders adapt and cope with challenges and changes to enable high quality care. Team leaders are seen as central in coordinating clinical ... -
Exploring the role of managers in quality and safety work in nursing homes and homecare services: A multiple case study
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Introduction: Working on quality and safety in nursing home and homecare services is difficult. Ever-increasing demands from an ageing population and political pressure to keep patients at home are among the challenges ... -
Exploring the Spatial Reach of Co-publication Partnerships of Multinational Enterprises: To What Extent Does Geographical Proximity Matter?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05)There is an increasing interest in defining the determinants of university-industry collaborations (UICs). One recent tendency is to embrace the proximity approach while explaining the process of coordination in UICs. Most ... -
Exploring the strategic impact of service employees' tacit knowledge : the development of an indicator for forecasting economic performance of hotel companies
(PhD thesis UiS;77, Doctoral thesis, 2009-10-02)Background: The concept of knowledge management (KM) and the role of tacit knowledge as a strategic asset for building competitive advantage through KM strategies and activities have become increasingly popular over the ... -
Exploring the Travel Behavior and Experiences of Norwegian Surfers: Cold- Versus Warm-Water Surfing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)More affordable travel opportunities have facilitated a swift rise in surf tourism, which is a growing multibillion dollar global business niche within the broader sport tourism industry. It is argued that a growing number ... -
Exploring the Use of Non-target Languages in English Language Classrooms in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis enquires into what teachers do in accordance with using non-target languages in an English classroom in Norwegian upper secondary schools. A further aspiration is to learn how teachers understand the New Knowledge ... -
Exploring variables affecting sense of coherence and social support in recovery after colorectal cancer surgery among the oldest old
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objective To explore the associations between sense of coherence, perceived social support, and demographic and clinical characteristics among survivors ≥80 years treated for curable colorectal cancer. Methods This ... -
Exploring Waste Management in the Circular Economy Concept Trough a Literature Review and a Case Study
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-11)This thesis explores the relationship between Waste Management (WM) and Circular Economy (CE) through a literature review and case analysis. The main focus is on the role of WM in developing the CE concepts. Both concepts ... -
Exploring Waste Management in the Circular Economy Concept Trough a Literature Review and a Case Study
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-11)This thesis explores the relationship between Waste Management (WM) and Circular Economy (CE) through a literature review and case analysis. The main focus is on the role of WM in developing the CE concepts. Both concepts ... -
Exploring Youths’ Willingness to Engage with Civil Society and Public Sector Institutions: The Untapped Potential of Religious Communities in Preventing Violent Extremism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Research on preventing violent extremism is still in its infancy concerning the question of who the target audiences might be willing to talk to if they need help. To explore this question, we utilized the “Young in Oslo” ... -
An explosive landscape: Arranging the barnacle goose on the Solway Firth
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)By the end of the Second World War, the Svalbard barnacle goose population had dwindled to a couple of hundred birds. Flying in from the Arctic to spend the winters on the Solway Firth (the estuary that separates England ... -
Exponential Growth Bias of Infectious Diseases: Protocol for a Systematic Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10)Background: Humans struggle to grasp the extent of exponential growth, which is essential to comprehend the spread of an infectious disease. Exponential growth bias is the tendency to linearize exponential functions when ... -
Exposure and effects of synthetic enhanced oil recovery polymers on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-12)Synthetic polymers are planned to be used for more efficient oil recovery from offshore oil reservoirs. Using synthetic polymers offshore may lead to these being released into the marine environment through produced water ... -
Exposure to diverse knowledge as driver of innovation and productivity
(PhD theses (HHUiS);472, Doctoral thesis, 2019-09)New and diverse knowledge is constantly being generated. How does this exposure to diverse knowledge affect us as economic actors? How does a firm’s exposure to diverse knowledge affect its innovation process? Is there any ... -
Exposure to the Chinese Yuan: An analysis of United States and European sectors
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07)This paper studies the exposure of United States and European sectors to the Chinese Yuan. The research is conducted by using the methodological framework of OLS and MLS regression analysis by segmenting the United States ... -
Expression of microRNA-18a and microRNA-18b in the microenvironment of high-grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN2-3)
(Master thesis, 2014-06-16)Cervical cancer is ranked as the fourth most common cancer worldwide, and the second leading cause of mortality among young woman 19 – 39 of age. Cervical cancer arises from persistent human papilloma (HPV) infection and ... -
Extended approach to sum of absolute differences method for improved identification of periods in biomedical time series
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)Time series are a common data type in biomedical applications. Examples include heart rate, power output, and ECG. One of the typical analysis methods is to determine longest period a subject spent over a given heart rate ... -
An extended method for evaluating assumptions deviations in quantitative risk assessment and its application to external flooding risk assessment of a nuclear power plant
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)In quantitative risk assessment, assumptions are typically made, based on best judgement, conservative, or (sometimes) optimistic judgments. Best judgment and optimistic assumptions may result in failing to meet the ...