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White Matter Lesions and Pattern Recognition in MRI of Neurodegenerative Dementia
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2016-11-03)Introduction Expected age is increasing globally and dementia is a common outcome for an increasing number of people. Dementia is a demanding syndrome for the patient and the environment as well as it is costly for ... -
White paper on psychodermatology in Europe: A position paper from the EADV Psychodermatology Task Force and the European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry (ESDaP)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Psychodermatology is a subspecialty of dermatology that is of increasing interest to dermatologists and patients. The case for the provision of at least regional psychodermatology services across Europe is robust. ... -
Who becomes a teacher and why?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper reports on a comprehensive review of international evidence, synthesising the findings of some of the strongest empirical work on the main factors influencing people's decisions to be teachers or not. Four search ... -
Who benefits from sustainable mobility transitions? Social inclusion, populist resistance and elite capture in Bergen, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Transitioning to sustainable mobility systems is generally thought to require three approaches: avoid, shift and improve. We examine a combination of these in a city at the forefront of implementing transition policies, ... -
“Who can do what to whom and get away with it”: An Investigation of Power Structures in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Naomi Alderman’s The Power
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the conditions that constitute and uphold a power hierarchy, emphasised by the two feminist dystopian novels The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and The Power by Naomi Alderman. The two novels in ... -
Who needs sensory education?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)Customarily, reflections on the need to educate sensory and bodily enactments with the world, take for granted that it is the child who must be educated. However, the educational passage of becoming 'rational' and 'grown ... -
Who reported having a high-strain job, low strain job, active job and passive job? The WIRUS screening study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12)Objective The Job Demands and Control model classifies job types as active, passive, low-strain or high-strain, based on a combination of job demands and control. While studies have shown high-strain jobs to have adverse ... -
Who Said What: A Multi-Country Content Analysis of European Health Organisations’ COVID-19 Social Media Communication
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives: As a risk communication tool, social media was mobilised at an unprecedented level during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined health authorities’ risk communication on social media in response to the ... -
Who thinks about death? A psychoanalytically informed interpretive study of communication about death among nursing home staff
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10)The purpose of the present study was to gain insight into how death is a theme of communication and reflection among staff at a multicultural nursing home. Sixteen interviews with healthcare providers from five nursing ... -
Who's afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-05-13)Fairy tales are an influential aspect within our culture. We grow up hearing and reading these stories in different mediums throughout our lives, which is why these narratives are easily identifiable. This thesis aims to ... -
Whole grain foods and health : a Scandinavian perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-02)The food-based dietary guidelines in the Scandinavian countries that recommend an intake of minimum 75 g whole grain per 10 MJ (2,388 kcal) per day are mainly derived from prospective cohort studies where quantitative but ... -
“whore and little nasty sluten pispott whore”. A study in the use of swearwords in English courtrooms from 1500-1913
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)Swearwords are words in all its respective meaning; they convey meaning and are made of sounds found in the English language. However, more than any other group of words they have the power to hurt, offend, and are by some ... -
Who’s a major? A novel approach to peer group selection: Empirical evidence from oil and gas companies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12)This study presents a novel approach to selecting comparable companies in equity valuation. While valuation multiples is probably the most common valuation method in practice, discounted cash flow and residual income ... -
Who’s taking the digi-risk?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)Formål: Formålet med denne studien er å forsøke å bekrefte eller avkrefte påstanden om at ledelsen i norske virksomheter løper etter digitalisering. Med «å løpe etter» mener vi at ledelsen prøver så godt de kan med å henge ... -
Why adopt ISO 9001 certification in hospitals? A case study of external triggers and sensemaking in an emergency department in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07)Background Certification and accreditation are widely used to achieve quality and safety in health care but are also questioned regarding their assumed effects. This is a challenge for policymakers and managers, since ... -
Why customers stick to their bank: Loyalty or status quo bias?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-11)The question concerning how individuals make decisions is of crucial interest to researchers. The purpose of this thesis is to detect how loyalty and status quo bias affects customers’ intention to stay with their current ... -
Why do actors in the commercial property market not adopt risk-free energy efficiency projects?
(Master thesis, 2023)The world calls for climate mitigation, and energy efficiency presents an unique opportunity. Energy efficiency is the most resource-efficient and sustainable means to reach net zero by 2050. A magnitude of energy efficiency ... -
Why do early mathematics skills predict later mathematics and reading achievement? The role of executive function
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10)A robust association between young children’s early mathematical proficiency and later academic achievement is well established. Less is known about the mechanisms through which early mathematics skills may contribute to ... -
Why do firms use earnouts?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)This thesis analyses cash flow consequences of earnouts for a sample of 33 Nordic acquisitions. The aim is to find out whether firms use earnouts rationally. From the perspective of fundamental value, margins and the top ... -
Why do people avoid and postpone the use of voice assistants for transactional purposes? A perspective from decision avoidance theory
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)Consumers increasingly adopt artificial intelligence (AI) enabled voice assistants (VAs) for transactional and non-transactional uses due to these devices’ inherent affordances, such as their ease of use and convenience. ...