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    • Are Norwegian academic librarians ready to share usage data for learning analytics? 

      Hoel, Tore; Chen, Weiqin; Gregersen, Anne-Berit (Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education, NORIL;10(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      University libraries offer services that generate data about how students and faculty use knowledge sources and engage with teaching and learning. In an era of Big Data there is mounting pressure ...
    • Are Short Food Supply Chains More Environmentally Sustainable than Long Chains? A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the Eco-Efficiency of Food Chains in Selected EU Countries 

      Majewski, Edward; Komerska, Anna; Kwiatkowski, Jerzy; Malak-Rawlikowska, Agata; Was, Adam; Sulewski, Piotr; Golas, Marlena; Pogodzinska, Kinga; Lecoeur, Jean-Loup; Tocco, Barbara; Török, Áron; Donati, Michele; Vittersø, Gunnar (Energies;Volume 13, Issue 18, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-16)
      Improving the eco-efficiency of food systems is one of the major global challenges faced by the modern world. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are commonly regarded to be less harmful to the environment, among various ...
    • Are smart city projects catalyzing urban energy sustainability? 

      Haarstad, Håvard; Wathne, Marikken Wullf (Energy Policy;Volume 129, June 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-01)
      The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links between smart cities and urban energy sustainability. Because achieving a “smart city” is a wide agenda rather than a specific set of interventions, smartness itself ...
    • Are teachers increasingly leaving the profession? : 

      With, Mari Lande (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Changes in teachers’ work, often labelled intensification, have raised concerns that teachers are leaving the profession at an increasing rate. The present paper uses high-quality data from Norwegian administrative registers ...
    • Are there educational disparities in health and functioningamong the oldest old? Evidence from the Nordic countries 

      Enroth, Linda; Veenstra, Marijke; Aartsen, Marja; Kjær, Agnete Aslaug; Nilsson, Charlotte Juul; Fors, Stefan (European Journal of Ageing;December 2019, Volume 16, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-17)
      With the ageing of the population and recent pressures on important welfare state arrangements, updated knowledge on the linkage between socioeconomic status and health in old age is pertinent for shedding light on emerging ...
    • Are you moving up or falling short? An inquiry of skills-based variation in self-perceived employability among Norwegian employees 

      Drange, Ida; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This article investigates how educational level, job-related skills and employers’ support for competence development jointly determine Norwegian employees’ expectations of maintaining employment and career advancement. ...
    • Area-based initiatives and urban democracy 

      Hovik, Sissel; Legard, Sveinung; Bertelsen, Inger Miriam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Area-based initiatives (ABIs) set out to improve livability and living conditions in disadvantaged urban neigh- borhoods by making use of extensive citizen participation. ABIs are often criticized for constituting a form ...
    • Areal til skapende lek, læring og utforskning i barnehagen 

      Fønnebø, Bente; Rolfsen, Christian Nordahl (Tidsskrift for Nordisk Barnehageforskning;7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-13)
      Artikkelen handler om vilkårene for og reguleringer knyttet til utforskning, lek og læring inne og ute i barnehagen med særlig vekt på personalets rolle. Dette ses i lys av forskning om barns trivsel eller stressfaktorer ...
    • Arkitektur og pedagogikk i samspill eller motspill?-om betydning av koherens mellom planlegging og etablering av nye typer barnehagebygg 

      Evenstad, Randi; Becher, Aslaug Andreassen (Nordisk barnehageforskning;10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-01)
      Artikkelen drøfter intensjoner og erfaringer hos arkitekter og pedagoger involvert i planlegging og etablering av barnehager med nye bygningstypologier1 i Oslo. Barnehageforliket (St.meld.nr.24 2002-2003) innebar et ...
    • Armed conflicts have an impact on the spread of tuberculosis: the case of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia 

      Gele, Abdi Ali; Bjune, Gunnar Aksel (Conflict and Health;4 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-01-28)
      A pessimistic view of the impact of armed conflicts on the control of infectious diseases has generated great interest in the role of conflicts on the global TB epidemic. Nowhere in the world is such interest more palpable ...
    • An “Army of Volunteers”? Engagement, Motivation, and Barriers to Volunteering among the Baby Boomers 

      Hansen, Thomas; Slagsvold, Britt (Journal of Gerontological Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-04)
      Aging baby boomers are expected to provide a large reservoir for the nonprofit sector. We find evidence which while broadly supportive of this idea also suggest limitations as to what can realistically be expected. Using ...
    • Arsenic in seafood is associated with increased thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in healthy volunteers ? A randomized controlled trial 

      Molin, Marianne; Ulven, Stine Marie; Dahl, Lisbeth; Haldorsen, Anne-Katrine L.; Holck, Marianne; Alexander, Jan; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Ydersbond, Trond A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background Exposure to exogenous elements like arsenic (As) may influence thyroid enzymes, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and the two principal thyroid hormones, free thyroxine (FT4) and free triiodothyronine (FT3), ...
    • Arsenic in the human food chain, biotransformation and toxicology- review focusing on seafood arsenic 

      Molin, Marianne; Ulven, Stine Marie; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Alexander, Jan (Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology;31, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-27)
      Fish and seafood are main contributors of arsenic (As) in the diet. The dominating arsenical is the organoarsenical arsenobetaine (AB), found particularly in finfish. Algae, blue mussels and other filter feeders contain ...
    • Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Models of Power Grids Driven by Renewable Energy Sources: A Survey 

      Srinivasan, Sabarathinam; Kumarasamy, Suresh; Andreadakis, Zacharias; Lind, Pedro (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      To face the impact of climate change in all dimensions of our society in the near future, the European Union (EU) has established an ambitious target. Until 2050, the share of renewable power shall increase up to 75% of ...
    • Artificial intelligence in dry eye disease 

      Storås, Andrea Marheim; Strumke, Inga; Riegler, Michael Alexander; Grauslund, Jakob; Hammer, Hugo Lewi; Yazidi, Anis; Halvorsen, Pål; Gundersen, Kjell Gunnar; Utheim, Tor Paaske; Jackson, Catherine Joan (The ocular surface;Volume 23, January 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-01)
      Dry eye disease (DED) has a prevalence of between 5 and 50%, depending on the diagnostic criteria used and population under study. However, it remains one of the most underdiagnosed and undertreated conditions in ophthalmology. ...
    • Artificial intelligence in the fertility clinic: status, pitfalls and possibilities 

      Riegler, Michael Alexander; Stensen, Mette Haug; Witczak, Oliwia; Andersen, Jorunn Marie; Hicks, Steven; Hammer, Hugo Lewi; Delbarre, Erwan; Halvorsen, Pål; Yazidi, Anis; Holst, Nicolai; Haugen, Trine B. (Human Reproduction;Volume 36, Issue 9, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-29)
      In recent years, the amount of data produced in the field of assisted reproduction technology [ART] has increased exponentially. The diversity of data is large, ranging from videos to tabular data. At the same time, ...
    • Artistic Research in Artists’ Books 

      Stana, Ingeborg (Nordic Journal of Art and Research (A & R);, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The phenomenon of artistic research attracts a significant amount of attention because of the growing integration between art and science. At the same time, it remains a challenging research subject that is interpreted ...
    • Artists and gentrification in specific urban contexts. A case study from Wiliamsburg, New York 

      Sæter, Oddrun; Aure, Venke; Bergaust, Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This article present a case study of artists' role in urban development processes. The focus is upon an evacuation process from a factory building where about 250 artists lived and worked, and how they managed to get back ...
    • Arts for Children, Cultural Diversity and the Production of Difference 

      Knudsen, Jan Sverre (Nordic Journal of Art and Research;Volume 10, Nr 2 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-10)
      This article investigates policies of cultural diversity and difference in the promotion of arts to school children. Based on historical examples from concert promotion for children in Norway the article examines how ...
    • The arts of attention and Oslo Architecture Triennale 

      Sachs Olsen, Cecilie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      This paper starts from a two-fold observation: firstly, that attention rests at the core of our environmental challenges; and secondly, that by becoming (more) attentive to the modified, transformed, and controlled urban ...