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Can within-subject comparisons of thermal thresholds be used for diagnostic purposes?
(Clinical Neurophysiology Practice;Volume 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-04)Objective: Quantitative thermal testing (QTT) is a psychophysical assessment method of small nerve fibers that relies on reference material to assess function. Normal limits for within-subject comparisons of thermal ... -
Cancer cachexia: Rationale for the MENAC (Multimodal - Exercise, Nutrition and Anti-inflammatory medication for Cachexia) trial
(BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care;Volume 8, Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-09)Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by an on-going loss of skeletal muscle mass that cannot be fully reversed by conventional nutritional support alone. Cachexia has a high prevalence in cancer ... -
Cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Importance The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019) provided systematic estimates of incidence, morbidity, and mortality to inform local and international efforts toward reducing ... -
CANDIDATE: A tool for generating anonymous participant-linking IDs in multi-session studies
(PLOS ONE;16 (12): e0260569, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-15)Background: To ensure the privacy of participants is an ethical and legal obligation for researchers. Yet, achieving anonymity can be technically difficult. When observing participants over time one needs mechanisms to ... -
Cannabis use in early adulthood is prospectively associated with prescriptions of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants
(Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica;Volume 141, Issue 2, February 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-27)Objective: Cannabis is an acknowledged risk factor for some mental disorders, but for others the evidence is inconclusive. Prescribed medicinal drugs can be used as proxies for mental disorders. In this study, we investigate ... -
Canonical Computations in Cellular Automata and Their Application for Reservoir Computing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Cellular Automata (CAs) have potential as powerful parallel computational systems, which has lead to the use of CAs as reservoirs in reservoir computing. However, why certain Cellular Automaton (CA) rules, sizes and input ... -
Can’t You Tell I am a Human? A Comparison of Common Text and Image CAPTCHAs Using a Low-Fidelity Methodology
(Chapter; Conference object, 2023)Many websites employ CAPTCHAs to limit web robot traffic. Al- though CAPTCHA challenges may improve security they come at the cost of reduced usability and accessibility. This study set out to explore users’ performance ... -
Capable Design or Designing Capabilities? An Exploration of Service Design as an Emerging Organizational Capability in Telenor
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This empirical paper examines a process, starting with the managerial decision to make service design an organizational capability, and follows it as it unfolds over time within one organization. Service design has become ... -
Capacity Building for Employers’ Organization on Productivity and Competitiveness
(AFI andre FoU-artikler 2007, Report, 2007)The Project ”Capacity Building of Employers organizations on Productivity and Competitiveness” financed by the Norwegian Government under the Social Dialogue Component for the ILO-Norway Framework Agreement, was launched ... -
Capacity Enhancement of NOMA‐SWIPT IoT Relay System with Direct Links over Rayleigh Fading Channels
(Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies;Volume 31, Issue 12, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-21)It is known that when the direct links between the base station (BS) and the users exist and are nonnegligible, consolidating direct links could significantly enhance the performance of the cooperative relaying systems. ... -
Capacity of Concrete Structures with Corroded Reinforcement and Prestressing Tendons
(IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering;Volume 1201, Third Conference of Computational Methods & Ocean Technology (COTech 2021), Stavanger, Norway and Second Conference of Oil & Gas Technologies in Cold Climate (OGTech 2021) 25th-26th November 2021, Moscow, Russia, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The main degradation mechanism for concrete structures is corrosion of the reinforcement and prestressing tendons. Management of structures with such degradation requires detailed understanding of their remaining strength ... -
Cape Town Teachers; Drivers for change? A study of the teachers’ role in addressing gender-based challenges in classrooms, Cape Town, South Africa
(Master thesis, 2020)Despite attempts by the government, non-governmental organizations and various institutions to achieve gender equality in South Africa, major challenges remain. Femicide, rape, abuse, gender-based violence and discrimination ... -
Capital Structure Decisions in Energy Companies Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis, we have analyzed which factors that may affect the capital structure choices of the oil and gas companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, which historically have paid a huge contribution to the Norwegian ... -
Capital Structure Determinants - Capital structure determinants for large listed Norwegian and foreign public firms
(Master thesis, 2016)The ultimate goal of all the firms in the market is to maximize the firm value and the wealth of shareholders. The empirical data suggests that such goals can be achieved by an optimal combination of debt and equity which ... -
Capitalization of neighbourhood diversity and segregation
(Environment and planning A: Economy and Space;Vol 51, Issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-02)In this paper we study how concentrations and diversity of different groups of households were reflected in the housing prices of neighbourhoods in the Oslo urban area, Norway. The focus is primarily on the settlement ... -
Captioning for the DHH
(Master thesis, 2019)The main rule in Norway is that all ICT solutions have to be universally designed, and this is covered in the gender equality and anti-discrimination law. One of the most common faults in web-sites today are the lack of ... -
Capturing Emerging Complexity in Lenia
(Communications in Computer and Information Science;, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object; Journal article, 2023)This work investigates the emergent complexity in Lenia, an artificial life platform that simulates ecosystems of digital creatures. Lenia’s ecosystem consists of a continuous cellular automaton where simple artificial ... -
Car steering in racing games: similar performance with joysticks and keyboards
(International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS);PETRA '19: Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, Conference object, 2019-06)Many gamers use keyboards for playing computer games. Yet it is a commonly held belief that the control of the game is better with a more dedicated input device such as a joystick. This study set out to explore the effect ... -
Carbohydrate and Fat Oxidation in Persons With Lower Limb Amputation During Walking With Different Speeds
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Studies suggest that the energy expenditure of healthy persons (control) during walking with the preferred walking speed in steady-state conditions is dominated by fat oxidation. Conversely, carbohydrate and ... -
Carbohydrate quantity in the dietary management of type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Diabetes, obesity and metabolism;Volume 21, Issue 1, January 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-11)Aims: This systematic review and meta-analysis compares the effects of low carbohydrate diets (LCDs) on body weight, glycaemic control, lipid profile and blood pressure with those observed on higher carbohydrate diets ...