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Contact with migrants and perceived school climate as correlates of bullying toward migrants classmates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)This study investigates whether the quantity and quality of contact with migrants and perceiving that cultural diversity is accepted at school (as a dimension of the perceived school climate) are associated with perpetrating ... -
Contagion during the financial crisis of 2007-2008
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-07-14)The global financial crisis in recent times has created a deep appreciation for the strong connectivity between the world economies. First regarded as a domestic shock, the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States ... -
Contemplating help-seeking in perinatal psychological distress - A meta-ethnography
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Perinatal psychological distress (PPD) may cause delays in help-seeking in the perinatal period, which is crucial for families with small children. Help-seeking theories focus on rational processes of behavior wherein ... -
Contents of organic acids in tomato fruits as a function of light and nutrition
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-10)Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the most consumed vegetables in the world. It is a source of antioxidants, minerals and vitamins, and has many beneficial effects on health. In the last decades, the taste properties ... -
Context analysis of Offshore Fish Farming
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11)The in-land and nearshore fish farming is facing capacity limitation and onshore push-out regulations. Huge technological innovations are rapidly evolving toward developing competitive Offshore fish farming. These technological ... -
Context Modeling for User Simulation for Conversational Information Access
(Master thesis, 2022)Conversational Information Access systems are systems that help satisfy the information needs of their users via multi-turn conversations. These systems are different from traditional information access systems as they can ... -
Context Modeling for User Simulation for Conversational Information Access
(Master thesis, 2022)Conversational Information Access systems are systems that help satisfy the information needs of their users via multi-turn conversations. These systems are different from traditional information access systems as they can ... -
Contextualizing the role of universities to regional development: introduction to the special issue
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03)Universities are increasingly expected to provide contributions to regional innovation and economic development processes. Despite much work on how universities can contribute to regional growth processes, there is much ... -
"Continuing to Play": Humour in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
(Master thesis, 2023)Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man (1952) is sometimes comical, despite many critics’ claims of the opposite. This master’s thesis provides a close reading of humorous elements in the novel, demonstrating how humorous ... -
Continuity of care during care transition: Nurses´ Experiences and challenges.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02)The aim of this study was to gain increased knowledge about nurses’ experiences of care transition of older patients from hospital to municipal health care, based on two research questions: How is nurses’ experience ... -
Continuity of care from hospital to municipal health care. Experiences of older patients, next of kin and nurses
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2017-12)Background: A successful care transition from hospital to municipal health care involves coordination and management of multiple factors tied to the patient’s treatment and care. Due to a fragmented health care system in ... -
Continuos improvement based on cost of quality and lessons learned in an EPC project of an Oil & Gas industry
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-13)Continuous improvement is a competitive tool in any industry, but especially nowadays among Oil & Gas Industries, where profitable margins are year after year decreasing. For this purpose the best continuous improvement ... -
Continuous Classification Strategy For Offshore Units To Improve Survey Methods And Asset Planning
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMBM/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)An assessment of Continuous Classification programs of some drilling/production companies was performed using two case studies: Drilling rigs and Floating Production Units (FPUs). Similar assessment was also carried out ... -
"Continuous" mot "comprehensive" multimedial fortelling i mobilformat.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)En kvalitativ forskningsmetode som sammenligner de multimediale fortellingskategoriene "continuous" og "comprehensive", som konkluderer med at "comprehensive" fungerer best i mobilformat. -
Contract administration in an international oil service company - current practices and possible improvements
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)The thesis presents how an international oil service company, Halliburton, administrates their contracts. Contract administration and management is important in order to optimize the contract’s full potential. There ... -
Contractual incentives in EPC contracts
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)The Norwegian Oil Industry has through the years utilized several different Contract models for offshore projects. In the recent years, the big oil companies are using EPC Contracts to regulate deliveries in the industry. ... -
Contributing Factors in Building Cyber Resilience in Complex Organisations
(Master thesis, 2023)Introduction: This master thesis explores the concept of cyber resilience and aims at identifying cyber resilience enhancing measures relevant to a complex organisation. Cyber security is a highly relevant field as the ... -
The Contribution of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) to the Concept of Nearly Zero-Energy Cities in Europe: Potential and Challenges Ahead
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the contributions of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems to the notion of nearly zero-energy cities in the capitals of the European Union member states (EU), ... -
Contribution of family risk, emergent literacy and environmental protective factors in children’s reading difficulties at the end of second-grade
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05)It is well established that emergent literacy is a strong predictor of later reading difficulties, and that the home literacy environment plays an important role in the development of children’s preschool emergent literacy ... -
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 ...