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Discovery Systems as an Alternative to Stand-Alone Databases. The Example of Primo at BI Norwegian Business School
(Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education;Vol. 10, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-31)Discovery systems (DS) harvest metadata from various sources into one central index. This data can be searched through thanks to an intuitive interface, which also redirects users to fulltext resources in their native ... -
Discrepancies in school staff’s awareness of bullying: A Nordic comparison
(Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education;Vol. 3 No. 1 (2019): Special Issue: ICCS 2016 Teachers' Perspectives on Civic and Citizenship Education, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-24)Bullying is a severe problem for school students in many education systems. We know that the role of principals and teachers is vital for detecting and following up on bullying, and for implementing appropriate measures. ... -
The discrepancy between policy and practice in primary education for children with disabilities in Kabarole district, Uganda. The implementation gap explored through the lens of the capability approach
(Master thesis, 2018)World-wide 57 children of primary school going age remain out of school, and more than half of these children live in sub-Sahara Africa. According to the Ugandan legal framework, all children should be given free, ... -
Discrepancy in Ratings of Shared Decision Making Between Patients and Health Professionals: A Cross Sectional Study in Mental Health Care
(Frontiers in Psychology;Volume 11, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-24)Background: A defined goal in mental health care is to increase the opportunities for patients to more actively participate in their treatment. This goal includes integrating aspects of user empowerment and shared decision-making ... -
Discretionary Decision-Making in a Changing Context of Activation Policies and Welfare Reforms
(Journal of Social Policy;43(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-06)Street-level bureaucrats are considered to be subject to bureaucratic managerial regimes and threatened by stronger regulation and a reduction in their ability to exercise control over their work. Contrary to the managerial ... -
Discrimination against ethnic minorities in activation programme? Evidence from a vignette experiment.
(Journal of Social Policy;Volume 47, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01)We conducted a vignette experiment involving 470 Norwegian front-line workers to investigate whether their decisions to sanction non-compliance of activation requirements varied with the ethnicity of the welfare claimant. ... -
Discriminatory issues for children with special needs: the case of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2017)Across all regions of Ghana, impaired children are largely victims of deep-rooted traditional/cultural beliefs on disability that exclude them form the mainstream social community and deny them the opportunity to explore ... -
A Discursive Look at Large Bodies - Implications for Discursive Approaches in Nursing and Health Research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01)This article illuminates discursive constructions of large bodies in contemporary society and discusses what discursive approaches might add to health care. Today, the World Health Organization describes a current “epidemic ... -
Discursive power in conservation exercised through media. An analysis of WWF’s “A Future for All” report and their use of celebrity ambassadors
(Master thesis, 2022)Studies on the relationship between conservation and celebrities is still a new field that is still growing and might continue to grow with the changes of new media, and specifically due to the growth of social media. This ... -
Discussing emotions in digital journalism
(Digital Journalism;Volume 8, 2020 - Issue 2: Digital Journalism and Emotions, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-09)Until recently, the notion of emotion in media studies and commu- nication research was mostly examined through the lens of cultural studies, media effects, and visuals. Research on emotion in journal- ism has been slow ... -
Discussing Emotions in Digital Journalism
(Digital Journalism;Volume 8, 2020 - Issue 2: Digital Journalism and Emotions, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-09)Until recently, the notion of emotion in media studies and communication research was mostly examined through the lens of cultural studies, media effects, and visuals. Research on emotion in journal- ism has been slow to ... -
A discussion frame for explaining records that are based on algorithmic output
(Records Management Journal;29(EarlyCite), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to raise attention within the records management community about evolving demands for explanations that make it possible to understand the content of records, also when they reflect ... -
A DISCUSSION TO LEARN ABOUT SUSTAINABLE WELFARE SYSTEMS FUNCTIONING
(Chapter, 2023)A typical approach when designing a system for social service functioning in the European and Norwegian contexts is to emphasize what does not function—i.e., one does not ask for reasons behind the existence of conforming ... -
Disentangling Professional Discretion: A Conceptual and Methodological Approach
(Professions and Professionalism;4(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)With the aim of furthering the investigation of professional discretion, this article builds on a combination of a conceptual framework for understanding discretion and an advanced method for collecting data on human ... -
Disentangling stochastic signals superposed with periodic oscillations
(Physics Letters A;Volume 384, Issue 15, 29 May 2020, 126307, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-05)We introduce a procedure for separating periodic oscillations superposed on a stochastic signal. The procedure combines empirical mode decomposition (EMD) of a signal with tools of data analysis based on stochastic ... -
Disentangling the dynamics of social assistance: A linked survey—Register data cohort study of long-term social assistance recipients in Norway
(PLoS ONE;15 (3): e0230891, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-27)Social assistance is a means-tested benefit that is supposed to be a short-term, temporary economic support. Understanding why some individuals are in repeated or continuous need of social assistance is thus of obvious ... -
Dishonest strategies when issuing debt - A risk-shifting and earnings-management analysis
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis we have investigated if firms engage in earnings management prior to issue of debt, and if asset volatility increases after. We used three models to look for earnings management, a cross-sectional model, a ... -
Disiplinfagenes plass i profesjonsutdanningene
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Diskontering, impulsivitet og språkformuleringer: En litteraturgjennomgang av forskning basert på, eller lignende diskonteringsperspektiv og studie av skjult null, impulsivitet og sekvensering
(MALKS;2022, Master thesis, 2022)Temaet for disse artiklene er diskonteringsterminologi. På hvilket grunnlag avgjør man hvordan man skal velge? Hvor impulsiv er du når du står overfor et valg? Artikkel 1 undersøker over et bredt spekter om det er gjort ... -
Diskriminering av foreldre i arbeidslivet - Forekomst av og erfaringer med negativ forskjellsbehandling
(AFI-rapport;2021:03, Report, 2021-06-04)Rapporten undersøker forskjellsbehandling av arbeidstakere i forbindelse med graviditet og uttak av foreldrepermisjon, med utgangspunkt i diskrimineringsvernet og arbeidsgivers aktivitetsplikt. Datamaterialet er en ...