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Extending the Snarl File Repair Component for Distributed Storage Systems
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis extends the Snarl file repair component for distributed storage systems, and evaluates extensions. Snarl is an application using alpha entanglement codes to improve recovery rates of content stored in distributed ... -
An Extensible Framework for Implementing and Validating Byzantine Fault-tolerant Protocols
(Chapter, 2023-06)HotStuff is a Byzantine fault-tolerant state machine replication protocol that incurs linear communication costs to achieve consensus. This linear scalability promoted the protocol to be adopted as the consensus mechanism ... -
Extension and modification of anticipatory failure determination approach based on I-TRIZ
(Master thesis, 2014-06-16)Anticipatory failure determination, abbreviated as AFD, is qualitative risk analysis approach that is based on I-TRIZ, a Russian short form of theory of inventive problem solving. Although this approach comprises two ... -
Extensive reading guided by a librarian: L2 English development in primary school
(Master thesis, 2023)The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of extensive reading in English as a second language under the guidance of a trained librarian has on the language development of a class of sixth graders, with Norwegian ... -
External inspection approaches and involvement of stakeholders’ views in inspection following serious incidents - a qualitative mixed methods study from the perspectives of regulatory inspectors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024-03)Objective The objective was to gain knowledge about how external inspections following serious incidents are played out in a Norwegian hospital context from the perspective of the inspectors, and whether stakeholders’ ... -
External shocks and enterprises' dynamic capabilities in a time of regional distress
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)We study if dynamic capabilities alleviate enterprises' revenue losses after an external shock. Contextually, we study Norwegian enterprises before and after the price decline of crude oil in 2014, which strongly affected ... -
Extinction and the End of Futures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06)Extinction, in biological terms, is the end of an evolutionary line, a potential future cutoff.It involves a transition between the historical past in which a species was biologically alive and a future in which it isn’t, ... -
Extracting coronary arteries in angiographic images
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IDE/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-07-15)This master thesis has as propose to extract coronary arteries form angiographic video. With several stability issues with the easy to implement established functions in the time domain and other methods that is far too ... -
Extracting Petri Modules From Large and Legacy Petri Net Models
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Petri nets, even though very useful for modeling of discrete event systems, suffer from some weaknesses such as huge size, huge state space, and slow in simulation. Due to the huge state space, model checking a Petri net ... -
Extracting Users: Regimes of Engagement in Norwegian Smart Electricity Transition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10)Recent efforts to involve digital technologies and renewables in the electricity grid have placed users at center stage in the legitimation of energy transitions. This move has been paralleled by an emphasis on users and ... -
Extreme events in the stock market and economy
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Reoccurring financial and macroeconomic disasters consequences of which lead to greater financial costs and hinder a healthy market functioning in the world’s economy, need to be paid a special attention to in terms of ... -
Extreme risk management in oil and natural gas markets
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2012;, Master thesis, 2013-02-01)Value at Risk (VaR) is an important calculation in risk management. It is a commonly used measure of risk in finance, and is used by corporations to estimate potential future loss. With a significance level, VaR gives the ... -
Extreme sport participation as serious leisure : athletes' overall satisfaction with the event extreme sports week
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2012;, Master thesis, 2012-06)This study is concentrating on the extreme sport athletes who have participated in the spectacular event Extreme Sport Week (Mykletun, 2009; Ekstremsportveko, 2012) in Voss, Norway 2011. In particular, it addresses the ... -
Eye movements and mental imagery during reading of literary texts in different narrative styles
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Based on Kuzmičová’s [1] phenomenological typology of narrative styles, we studied the specific contributions of mental imagery to literary reading experience and to reading behavior by combining questionnaires with ... -
Eye-tracking as a tool in process-oriented reading test validation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The present paper addresses the continuous need for methodological reflection on how to validate inferences made on the basis of test scores. Validation is a process that requires many lines of evidence. In this article ... -
Én reform i ulike uniformer. Kan grunnskolelærerreformens utforming bidra til å forklare variasjonene i lærerutdanningsinstitusjonenes implementering?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)Denne studien tar utgangspunkt i Kunnskapsdepartementets innføring av grunnskolelærerreformen (GLU-reformen) i 2009, og departementets ønske om å skape en ny, helhetlig og ensartet lærerutdanning. Følgegruppen for ... -
Fabrikasjonsvennlig design
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)Masteroppgavens innhold er en studie av ideer og tanker som Aker Solutions Egersund ønsker utdypet. Som fabrikasjonsverft vet de hva som er mest økonomisk for dem, men for tiden sitter de ikke på et dokument som tar for ... -
Face-to-face meeting or video conference? Factors influencing organisational choice of communication media
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)Nowadays the advance in technology allows most business meetings to be held virtually. However, the importance of personal contact still matters and regarded as the most effective way of doing business. Based on qualitative ... -
Facebook som markedsføringskanal før versus gjennom Covid-19 - en studie av tre hoteller
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Formålet med denne oppgaven er at den skal gjennom en studie av tre hoteller, gi svar på problemstillingen; hvordan ble Facebook brukt som markedsføringskanal før versus gjennom Covid-19. Oppgaven skal ta utgangspunkt i ... -
Facebook som markedsføringskanal før versus gjennom Covid-19 – En studie av tre hoteller
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Formålet med denne oppgaven er at den skal gjennom en studie av tre hoteller, gi svar på problemstillingen; hvordan ble Facebook brukt som markedsføringskanal før versus gjennom Covid-19. Oppgaven skal ta utgangspunkt i ...