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-A study that examines Safety Culture, Risk Management and Safety Management in Hospitality Industry
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-07-15)This thesis research focus on hospitality industry. The aim of this research study is to examine safety culture, safety management and risk management. Apparently, all these variables have connection with each other which ... -
A survey of risk and ambiguity: an application to the GARCH(1,1) model with exchange rate data.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)The assumption of normality in many risk management models is not always representative of the sample distribution at hand. Applying a uniform approach to a non-uniform population can produce biased and unreliable estimators ... -
A sustainable GBS - A critical review of the shared services model in Statoil
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05-20)I min masteroppgave har jeg undersøkt om det er mulig å sette en grense for hva som bør produseres i markedet og hva som bør beholdes internt. I tillegg ønsker jeg å undersøke hvilken påvirkning tjenesteutsettingen har ... -
A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing mortality in pre-hospital tracheal intubation to emergency department intubation in trauma patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07)Background Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation is frequently used for trauma patients in many emergency medical systems. Despite a wide range of publications in the field, it is debated whether the intervention is ... -
A systematic review and meta-analysis: the effect of feedback on satisfaction with the outcome of task performance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11)Background Knowledge of how to improve consumer satisfaction with the outcome of co-production in services with high levels of interaction is important for achieving and maintaining a competitive advantage in the service ... -
A systematic review of cognitive decline in dementia with Lewy bodies versus Alzheimer’s disease
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09)Introduction: The aim of this review was to investigate whether there is a faster cognitive decline in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) than in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) over time. Methods: PsycINFO and Medline were ... -
A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies about patients`perceptions of information and education given in relation to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)The aim of this study was to explore how implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) recipients perceive information and education given by healthcare professionals in relation to device implantation. Despite the ICD ... -
A-standard handlingsmønster: hva fremmer og hemmer sikkerhet?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Masteroppgaven er utført som del av samfunnssikkerhetsstudiet ved Universitetet i Stavanger. Studien er gjennomført i samarbeid med Statoil og installasjonen Brage. Førsteamanuensis Bjørn Ivar Kruke ved Universitetet i ... -
Academic women’s voices on gendered divisions of work and care: ‘Working till I drop...then dropping’
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11)Our main goal in this article is to discuss the structural and persistent problems experienced by women academics, especially with respect to the gendered divisions of academic tasks and unequal divisions of care obligations ... -
Accelerating the Transition to Emission-Free Construction Machines Through Public Procurement
(Master thesis, 2021)Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is of an ever-increasing importance. This requires an energy transition from fossil fuels to emission-free alternatives in a wide range of industries and vehicles. One of these is construction ... -
Accelerating the transition towards zero-emission long and heavy duty transport through identifying the highest potential locations for hydrogen filling stations
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis provides an overview over what traffic distances proved the largest potential for hydrogen filling station location. It also gives insights to the level of CO2 emissions the traffic volume at given points equate ... -
Accountability and sustainability transitions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)What constitutes a sustainability transition? We identify sustainability transitions as premised on shifts in accountability relations – assessments of conformance with institutional controls coupled with application of ... -
Accountability implications for intermediaries in upscaling: Energy community rollouts in Portugal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-10)With the increasing diffusion of solar energy, its conditioning by intermediaries merits attention. Depending on the accountability relations between stakeholders, intermediaries can influence the speed of diffusion. We ... -
Accounting Method Choice and Market Valuation in the Extractive Industries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11)For more than 40 years, oil and gas companies have been able to choose between two competing methods for accounting for exploration activities. The implication is that two otherwise identical companies can report substantially ... -
Accounting Method Choice and Market Valuation in the Extractive Industries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11)For more than 40 years, oil and gas companies have been able to choose between two competing methods for accounting for exploration activities. The implication is that two otherwise identical companies can report substantially ... -
Achieving carbon neutrality in Germany by 2050 - Leveraging an explorative system dynamics modelling approach to determine suitable policy options for the German energy transition in the sectors housing and personal transportation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-08-31)Following the question whether the German energy transition in housing and personal transportation has a chance. An explorative system dynamics modelling approach is chosen to evaluate policy levers over a range of uncertainty ... -
Activating youth in voluntary work: Effects, expectations and possibilities for using sports in reducing social problems
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-13)As the capital Oslo grows and develops there also brings social problems for the city. On this study the analysis will consist of finding effects, expectations and possibilities by using a non-profit organization that uses ... -
Active vs. passive defense against a strategic attacker
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The article analyzes how a defender determines a balance between protecting an object (passive defense) and striking preventively against an attacker seeking to destroy the object (active defense). The attacker analogously ... -
Activist leadership in the Caribbean : The case of the University of the West Indies
(Chapter, 2022)This chapter investigates how a cross-national university (the University of the West Indies), in a transitional region such as the Caribbean, implements its third mission. We employ a broad understanding of the third ... -
Adaptation and Conformity-Immigrant parents’ reflections about parenting in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-07)The main aim of this study was to discover how immigrant mothers experience parenting in relation to their perception of a Norwegian standard of ‘doing parenting’. Taking the point of departure from an ethnic plural sample ...