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W. B. Yeats, Cultural Nationalism and the Mytical Element: A Study of how the Cultural Nationalist, Yeats, used Mythological Material to Develop a Common Irish Consciousness for the People of Ireland
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-11-15)The aim of this thesis is to examine how William Butler Yeats’ early poetry hails an Irish national identity, by means of a cultural nationalism based on Celtic mythology. In recent discussions of Yeats’ early poetry ... -
Waali - ulike grader av galskap; Galskap som fenomen i norsk-somalisk miljø - en kvalitativ studie
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-11-11)SAMMENDRAG Bakgrunn: I det somaliske språket finnes det ikke medisinske termer som dekker biomedisinske begreper som ”psykisk lidelse” eller begreper som angst, depresjon, bipolar og schizofreni, som uten videre kan ... -
Waist circumference thresholds and cardiorespiratory fitness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04)Purpose This study's purpose was to examine whether established risk categories of waist circumference (WC)—normal, high risk, and very high health risk—reflected significant differences in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) ... -
Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo, 1993
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-05-13)When Susan Sontag staged Waiting for Godot in besieged Sarajevo in 1993, several dramaturgical changes were made to Samuel Beckett’s play. Within the framework of memory studies, the thesis explores why and how the war ... -
Walkability along the Bussvei
(Master thesis, 2021)The urge to reduce the environmental impacts from transportation has induced several authorities worldwide to implement cleaner and efficient modes to travel around the cities. In the urban agglomeration of North Jæren, ... -
Walking and Worlding : Trails as Storylines in Video Games
(Chapter, 2022)Video games have grown into a major industry, ranging across a variety of genres that appeal to many kinds of users. No longer a niche phenomenon, video games are part of mainstream popular culture. During the COVID lockdowns ... -
Walking is an art; Walking by Henry David Thoreau
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)This thesis is about the art of Walking and the Wild in the essay Walking by Henry David Thoreau. It explains several phrases and Thoreau's philosophy of life in the essay. -
Wall Temperature Analyses of Sandwiches Sections Using Infrared Thermography to Evaluate Micro-Annuli size
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07-15)This study mainly focuses on the detection and characterization of micro-annuli at the interface of cement and casing, usually caused by changes in pressure, temperature, or volume change of zonal isolation material. For ... -
War for talent: en kvalitativ tilnærming til hvilke faktorer som kan medvirke til å beholde ansatte i Det Norske Veritas
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-13)Det er i dag mye fokus på å få tak i de riktige hodene. Det er mange grunner til at folk blir i et arbeidsforhold. Det er store svingninger i arbeidsmarkedet, og det synes i dag relativt enkelt å skifte jobb. Jakten på de ... -
‘Warm Eyes’, ‘Warm Breath’, ‘Heart Warmth’: Using Aroha (Love) and Warmth to Reconceptualise and Work towards Best Interests in Child Protection
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)The attributes ‘warm eyes’, ‘breathe warm air’, ‘heart warmth’ and aroha (love) guide our work in child protection. These quotes are from a young person from the Change Factory 2020, a MFAMILY student in 2020 and Jan Erik ... -
Waste Nothing - A Digital Cookbook and Shopping Assistant
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we develop an application with the goal of helping the users waste less food by keeping track of their fridge and pantry contents, and let them compare their fridge contents with the ingredients list of ... -
Wasted GDP in the USA
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09)Whether or to what extent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) can measure human development is disputed. This article develops a notion of “wasted GDP”, with a case study on the performance of the USA based on analysis of Human ... -
Watching Nature Videos Promotes Physiological Restoration: Evidence From the Modulation of Alpha Waves in Electroencephalography
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06)Various lines of evidence have shown that nature exposure is beneficial for humans. Despite several empirical findings pointing out to cognitive and emotional positive effects, most of the evidence of these effects are ... -
Water and surfactant flooding at different wettability conditions
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)In a surfactant flooding of oil reservoirs, surfactant products are added to the injected water to reduce the oil-water interfacial tension (IFT) and thereby mobilize capillary trapped oil. The theory in classic surfactant ... -
Water flooding of Eldfisk reservoir cores
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and the effect of the aqueous chemistry on the mechanical strength of chalk have been extensively studied over the years. This is simply because the stability of the reservoir system is affected ... -
Water Hammer Induced Vibration of Steel Pipelines Repaired with FRP Composites
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-14)Since the 1990s, there has been an increasing trend to repair corroded or eroded pipelines, conveying oil, gas or water, by using fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. This relatively new repair technique involves ... -
Water induced compaction of chalks with varying non-carbonate content : the effect of Mg2+ and pH of the injected brines
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)The main objective for this study was to investigate the effect of alkaline brines on chalk, and the importance of non-carbonate content in chalk. This was done by flooding alkaline MgCl2 on Liège chalk – which has ... -
Water Injection in Wisting - importance of barrier management
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-07)A preselected Wisting well injector design has been used as a basis for this study. Because of the challenges following an ultra shallow reservoir and an almost negligible stress contrast between the reservoir and cap rock, ... -
Water quality monitoring of Madlabekken constructed wetlands
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKBM/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)As urbanized areas grow in scale, the negative impact on urban surface runoff increases. This fact creates the urge to take proper measures to control and prevent the downside effects of urbanization on natural water ... -
Water Quality Predictions Based on Grey Relation Analysis Enhanced LSTM Algorithms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)With the growth of industrialization in recent years, the quality of drinking water has been a great concern due to increasing water pollution from industries and industrial farming. Many monitoring stations are constructed ...