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    • Global analysis of floating offshore wind turbines with shared mooring system 

      Munir, Hammad; Lee, Chern Fong; Ong, Muk Chen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Floating wind turbines (FWTs) with shared mooring systems can be one of the most cost- effective solutions in reducing mooring costs. First, the static configuration of a shared line is estimated using the elastic catenary ...

    • Global analysis of floating offshore wind turbines with shared mooring system. 

      Munir, Hammad (Master thesis, 2022)
      Wind energy harvesting has increased considerably in recent decades across the world. Over the years, wind farms have gradually extended further into the sea to make use of the greater potential of wind resources in deeper ...

    • Global and critical perspectives in Norwegian Social Work Education 

      Sleire, Sunniva (Master thesis, 2023)
      Although it can be seen as somewhat of a new social work agenda, there is increasing literature addressing the implications of a globalised era for local social work education, research and practice. This includes moving ...

    • Global ecosystem service values in climate class transitions 

      Watson, Lisa; Straatsma, Menno W.; Wanders, Niko; Verstegen, Judith Anne; de Jong, Steven M.; Karssenberg, Derek (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)
      Ecosystem service assessments facilitate the valuation of nature and support decision-making. Ecosystem services are connected to climate; however, ecosystem service values affected by climate change remain unclear. We ...

    • Global Fatigue Analysis of the Mooring Systems for Offshore Floating Structures 

      Besin, Cristina (Master thesis, 2022)
      The mooring system is essential for keeping the floating structures in place while performing marine applications under adverse weather conditions. However, mooring systems are subjected to fluctuating stresses due to ...

    • Global markets and the commons: The role of imports in the US wild-caught shrimp market 

      Asche, Frank; Oglend, Atle; Smith, Martin D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The commons literature focuses heavily on rules and the behavior of resource users but places less emphasis on the returns to individual effort. However, for most resource settings, market conditions and associated resource ...

    • Global Pipelines for Innovation: Insights from the case of Norway 

      Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Huber, Franz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06)
      Using data on 418 Norwegian firms, the results confirm the hypotheses that innovative/radically innovative firms tend to be more involved in international personal and formal networks than non-innovative/incrementally ...

    • The Global Positioning System and Military Jamming: The geographies of electronic warfare 

      Westbrook, Tegg (Journal article, 2019)
      GPS supports infrastructure assets that are essential to the functioning of national and international banking operations, power grid, transportation, and communication systems, therefore its reliability and accuracy is ...

    • Global Project Execution through the Lens of Cultural Diversity 

      Seryapina, Nadezhda (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Globalization has an impact on the workplace environment. Being part of the global business does not appear to be the same as operating in the local environment. Global projects are characterized by substantial financing ...

    • Global surgery, obstetric, and anaesthesia indicator definitions and reporting: An Utstein consensus report 

      Davies, Justine I; Gelb, Adrian W.; Gore-Booth, Julian; Martin, Janet; Mellin-Olsen, Jannicke; Åkerman, Christina; Ameh, Emmanuel A.; Biccard, Bruce M.; Braut, Geir Sverre; Chu, Kathryn M.; Derbew, Miliard; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Guzman, Jose Miguel; Hagander, Lars; Haylock-Loor, Carolina; Holmer, Hampus; Johnson, Walter; Juran, Sabrina; Kassebaum, Nicolas J.; Lærdal, Tore; Leather, Andrew J.M.; Lipnick, Michael S.; Ljungman, David; Makasa, Emmanuel Malabo Mwenda; Meara, John G.; Newton, Mark W.; Østergaard, Doris; Reynolds, Teri; Romanzi, Lauri J.; Santhirapala, Vatshalan; Shrime, Mark G.; Søreide, Kjetil; Steinholt, Margit; Suzuki, Emi; Varallo, John E.; Visser, Gerard H.A.; Watters, David; Weiser, Thomas G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Indicators to evaluate progress towards timely access to safe surgical, anaesthesia, and obstetric (SAO) care were proposed in 2015 by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. These aimed to capture access to ...

    • Global sustainability, innovation and governance dynamics of national smart electricity meter transitions 

      Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Hook, Andrew; Sareen, Siddharth; Geels, Frank W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Smart electricity meters are a central feature of any future smart grid, and therefore represent a rapid and significant household energy transition, growing by our calculations from less than 23.5 million smart meters in ...

    • Global utfordring - lokal innvirkning. En casestudie av tilpasning til klimarisiko i vannsektoren i Kampala, Uganda 

      Bakketun, Oliva Marie; Dørum, Kristina Duesund (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)
      Hvordan en på best mulig måte kan håndtere klimarisiko knyttet til forvaltningen av vannressurser er en av de viktigste utfordringene i verdenssamfunnet. Men vannressurser mange steder i verden er sårbare og står ...

    • Global value chains from an evolutionary economic geography perspective: a research agenda 

      Boschma, Ronald Adalbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The research agendas of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and global value chains (GVCs) have developed more or less independently from each other, with little interaction so far. This is unfortunate because both streams ...

    • Global weak solutions for a compressible gas-liquid model with well-formation interaction 

      Evje, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-10)
      Abstract. The objective of this work is to explore a compressible gas-liquid model designed for modeling of well °ow processes. We build into the model well-reservoir interaction by allowing °ow of gas between well and ...

    • Global weak solutions for a gas liquid model with external forces and general pressure law 

      Evje, Steinar; Friis, Helmer André (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      In this work we show existence of global weak solutions for a two-phase gas-liquid model where the gas phase is represented by a general isothermal pressure law, whereas the liquid is assumed to be incompressible. To make ...

    • Globale krefter, regional respons 

      Nilsen, Marit Mellingen (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)
      Globalisering og regionalisering sees på som to parallelle prosesser. Globalisering forstås som en utvikling innenfor politikk, økonomi og kultur hvor statsgrenser ikke lenger er effektive barrierer for flyt av arbeidskraft ...

    • Glucocorticoid receptor in fish: assessing receptor binding, cellular and metabolic effects 

      Zamani, Sara (Master thesis, 2023)
      Various stressors, such as chemical exposure and starvation, can affect fish performance in aquatic environments. Among the chemicals detected in surface waters are synthetic glucocorticoids (GCs), which are pharmaceutical ...

    • Glukose-Insulin regulatoriske systemer med PID regulator 

      Parimalakanthan, Usanath Dines (Master thesis, 2022)
      I år 2040 forventes det at over én halv milliard mennesker kommer til å leve med diabetes [1]. Denne oppgaven handler om glukose-insulin regulering hvor det vil bli satt søkelys på virkningen av en ekstern PID regulator. ...

    • Glycated albumin and continuous glucose monitoring metrics across pregnancy in women with pre-gestational diabetes 

      Toft, Johanne Holm; Dalen, Ingvild; Skadberg, Øyvind; Gøransson, Lasse Gunnar; Økland, Inger; Bleskestad, Inger Hjørdis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Introduction Glycated albumin (GA), a biomarker reflecting short-term glycaemia, may be useful to assess glycaemic control in pregnancy. We examined the association between GA and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) metrics ...

    • Glycated albumin in pregnancy: LC-MS/MS-based reference interval in healthy, nulliparous Scandinavian women and its diagnostic accuracy in gestational diabetes mellitus 

      Toft, Johanne Holm; Bleskestad, Inger Hjørdis; Skadberg, Øyvind; Gøransson, Lasse Gunnar; Økland, Inger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02)
      Glycated albumin (GA) may be a useful biomarker of glycemia in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to establish the reference interval (RI) for GA, analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), ...