• Older Adults—Their Focus on Food and Future Living: A Grounded Theory Approach 

  Hansen, Kai Victor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)

  Older adults, also known as the silver generation, are the new healthy generation. This generation has for many decades formed the basis for the prosperity found in Norway. The ageing population is growing rapidly in many ...

• Certification as support for resilience? Behind the curtains of a certification body — a qualitative study 

  Johannesen, Dag Tomas Sagen; Lindøe, Preben Hempel; Wiig, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)

  Background Certification in healthcare often involves independent private sector bodies performing legally required or voluntary external assurance activities. These certification practices are embedded in international ...

• Health professionals` perceptions of colorectal cancer patients` treatment burden and their supportive work to ameliorate the burden - a qualitative study 

  Husebø, Anne Marie Lunde; Karlsen, Bjørg; Husebø, Sissel Iren Eikeland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)

  Background Support is pivotal for patients in managing colorectal cancer treatment, as they might be overwhelmed by the burden of treatment. There is scarce knowledge regarding health professionals’ perceptions of colorectal ...

• Contributions to risk management : On the balance between value creation and protection 

  Langdalen, Henrik (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-08)

  The overall objective of this thesis is to contribute to new knowledge in risk management. More concretely, the research relates to one of the main tasks of risk management: to obtain an appropriate balance between value ...

• Kunnskapsdeling på NAV-kontor 

  Thorbjørnsen, Nina (PhD thesis UiS;528, Doctoral thesis, 2020-08)

  Bakgrunnen for denne studien er interesse for hvordan kunnskap blir delt mellom medarbeidere innenfor arbeids- og velferdstjenesten. I denne avhandlingen undersøker jeg hvilke prosesser og strukturer som utgjør vilkår for ...

• Dialogic Discourse Analysis: A methodology for dealing with the classroom as a text 

  Skaftun, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Bakhtin is a source of theoretical inspiration for educational research. This article will be an attempt to activate also Bakhtin’s analytical practice and his methodology. I will explore and elaborate the typology of ...

• 1,4-Dideoxy-1,4-imino‑D‑arabinitol (DAB) Analogues Possessing a Hydrazide Imide Moiety as Potent and Selective α‑Mannosidase Inhibitors 

  Haarr, Marianne Bore; Lopez, Oscar; Pejov, Ljupcho; Fernandez-Bolanos, Jose G.; Lindback, Emil; Sydnes, Magne Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)

  The synthesis of two polyhydroxylated pyrrolidines as 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-D-arabinitol (DAB) analogues bearing a hydrazide moiety is described. The DAB analogues act as selective and potent inhibitors of α-mannosidase ...

• Optimizing the separation factor along a directional well trajectory to minimize collision risk 

  Khosravanian, Rasool; Mansouri, Vahid; Wood, David A.; Aadnøy, Bernt Sigve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)

  Optimizing the trajectory of directional wellbores is essential to minimize drilling costs and the impacts of potential drilling problems. It poses multi-objective optimization challenges. Well-design optimization models ...

• Numerical study of a concept for major repair and replacement of offshore wind turbine blades 

  Jiang, Zhiyu; Li, Lin; Guachamin-Acero, Wilson (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03)

  Repair and replacement of offshore wind turbine blades are necessary for current and future offshore wind turbines. To date, repair activities are often conducted using huge jack-up crane vessels and by applying a reverse ...

• Species Learning and Biodiversity in Early Childhood Teacher Education 

  Wolff, Lili-Ann; Skarstein, Tuula Helka (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05)

  To understand biodiversity, it is crucial to have knowledge of different species and their life conditions. Biodiversity learning for children starts with observing plants and animals in the neighbourhood. Therefore, it ...

• Mitotic activity index and CD25+ lymphocytes predict risk of stage progression in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer 

  Lillesand, Melinda; Kvikstad, Vebjørn; Mangrud, Målfrid Ok; Gudlaugsson, Einar; Van Diermen, Bianca; Skaland, Ivar; Baak, Johannes Peter A; Janssen, Emiel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06)

  In urothelial cell type non-muscle invasive urinary bladder carcinoma, TNM stage and WHO grade are widely used to classify patients into low and high-risk groups for prognostic and therapeutic decision-making. However, ...

• Visualization of generic utility of sequential patterns 

  Wiktorski, Tomasz; Królak, Aleksandra; Rosińska, Karolina; Strumillo, Pawel; Lin, Jerry Chun-Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05)

  Most of the literature on utility pattern mining (UPM) assumes that the particular patterns' utility in known in advance. Concurrently, in frequent pattern mining (FPM) it is assumed that all patterns take the same value. ...

• Generell anestesi versus regionalanestesi til pasienter med KOLS - en systematisk kunnskapsoppsummering 

  Karlsen, Åse Bergsvik; Aarstad, Ingrid Skulstad (Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-04-24)

  SAMMENDRAG Bakgrunn: Ifølge Verdens Helseorganisasjon finnes det 251 millioner tilfeller av kronisk obstruktiv lungesykdom på verdensbasis. Disse pasientene har økt risiko for dødelighet, sykelighet og forlenget ...

• Norske styremedlemmer, digitale sinker? 

  Middborg, Jens Henry (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)

  Gjennom de siste 10-årene har digitalisering fått mer fokus i næringslivet, men likefult blant forskning og samfunn. Hvordan påvirker digitalisering samfunnet og næringslivet, og har det en konkurransedrivende kraft? Flere ...

• Intensivsykepleierens rolle og funksjon i stansteamet. En kvalitativ studie 

  Norenes, Per Gunnar; Tjørhom, Silje (Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)

  SAMMENDRAG Prosjektets bakgrunn: Stansteamet, ved det aktuelle sykehuset, belyste at det var behov for personell med kompetanse innen resuscitering ved avdelinger uten sykepleiere. Det ble derfor inkludert en ...

• Læringskulturen i en medisinsk intensivavdeling - En kvalitativ studie om helsepersonellets opplevelser 

  Bauge, Miriam (Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-04)

  Bakgrunn: Forskning viser at pasientskader er både et nasjonalt og et globalt problem. Å få ned pasientskader er et satsingsområde i helsevesenet. Behovet for antall intensivsenger er stigende, samtidig som intensivsykepleierne ...

• How can strategic alliance relationships be sustainable? 

  Bull-Borgen, Mads Christian; Løkke, Tommy (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05-26)

  This paper will take you through how client-supplier relationships will be sustainable in the oil and gas market. As seen in the past years, suppliers and oil and gas operators are shifting their strategies to work closer ...

• Erfaringsoverføring og læring i bore- & brønnoperasjoner 

  Ellevset, Helge (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)

  Bore- og brønnoperasjoner har særlig de siste 15 årene hatt økende fokus på brønnbarrierer for å bedre sikkerheten, men fremdeles svikter det i risikovurdering av systemsikkerhet, ofte sammen med mangelfull eller ingen ...

• Operasjonssykepleieres erfaringer med organuttak ved donorsykehus - en kvalitativ studie 

  Lauvsnes, Marita Bye; Aarsand, Silje Thuestad (Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-04)

  Bakgrunn: For at organdonasjon skal være mulig er man avhengig av et godt samarbeid mellom donorteamet og donorsykehuset. Her har operasjonssykepleierne en viktig rolle. Tidligere forskning viste at travelhet og få muligheter ...

• Jobbtrivsel i RCN - Hvilke kritiske suksessfaktorer for jobbtrivsel identifiserer vi i henholdsvis en kvantitativ arbeidsmiljøundersøkelse, og hvilke suksessfaktorer blir pekt på i en kvalitativ undersøkelse? 

  Hillestad, Sølvi Fredsvik (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05-29)

  Formålet med denne studien er primært å avdekke hvilke kritiske suksessfaktorer som bidrar til jobbtrivsel i Reitan Convenience Norway AS, heretter omtalt om RCN. Sekundært søker studien å avdekke og konkretisere mulige ...

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