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Cultural factors influencing Taiwanese and Norwegian engineering students’ choice of university
(European Journal of Engineering Education;35 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-05)Insight into factors that affect students’ choice of university is useful when designing study programmes, especially in global competition for students. This study focuses on Taiwanese and Norwegian students’ preferences ... -
Cultural Patterns of Information Source Use: A Global Study of 47 Countries
(Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-17)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between national culture and information source use (ISU) on a global level. A secondary analysis was carried out on three different data sets. They were (a) ... -
Cultural Policies, Social Missions, Algorithms and Discretion: What Should Public Service Institutions Recommend?
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series;Volume 12051, Conference object, 2020-03-19)Digital media services, and streaming services in particular, filter and recommend content to their users by the use of algorithms. In this paper, we ask what happens when institutions like public service broadcasters, ... -
Cultural policy, the public sphere and public libraries: a comparison of Norwegian, American and Japanese models
(International Journal of Cultural Policy;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-16)This study compares cultural policy, public libraries,and the public sphere in Norway, the United States, and Japan. Results of the comparison indicate that Norway emphasizes physical meeting spaces and the public sphere. ... -
Cultural Selection: Theoretical Aspects and an Empirical Study
(Master thesis, 2010)The first article of this thesis seeks empirical evidence supporting cultural selection. Select works included are written by scholars from a wide range of academic fields. Analyzing the articles utilizing the theoretical ... -
Cultural Sensitivity in Interventions Aiming to Reduce or Prevent Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Scoping Review
(Trauma, Violence, & Abuse;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-10)Intimate partner violence (IPV) around the time of pregnancy is a recognized global health problem. Ethnic minorities and immigrant pregnant women experiencing IPV require culturally responsive health services. The aim of ... -
Cultural Sensitivity in Interventions Aiming to Reduce or Prevent Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Scoping Review
(Trauma, Violence, & Abuse;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-10)Intimate partner violence (IPV) around the time of pregnancy is a recognized global health problem. Ethnic minorities and immigrant pregnant women experiencing IPV require culturally responsive health services. The aim of ... -
Culturally Diverse Students in Higher Education: Challenges and Possibilities within Academic Literacy Practices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)With growing diversity in the population, higher education faces a new situation with increasing student diversity. In our paper, we will explore questions concerning the consequences student ... -
The Culture of Cooling
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Culture- and non-culture-based approaches reveal unique features of the ocular microbiome in dry eye patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the ocular microbiome in individuals with dry eye disease and to identify features of their ocular microbiome of possible health and diagnostic significance. Methods: ... -
Culturo-Behavioral Contributions to a Sustainable Market: The Interplay of Producers’ and Consumers’ Practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Sustainability is a relevant and pressing theme in which concepts and tools of cultural systems analysis should be applied to a greater extent. The misalignment of the incentive system for producers and consumers raises ... -
Cumulative (Dis)advantage and the Matthew effect in life-course analysis
(PLoS ONE;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)To foster a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind inequality in society, it is crucial to work with well-defined concepts associated with such mechanisms. The aim of this paper is to define cumulative (dis)advantage ... -
Cured of Primary Bone Cancer, But at What Cost: A Qualitative Study of Functional Impairment and Lost Opportunities
(Sarcoma;2015, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Purpose. Our study aims to explore how former cancer patients experience physical and psychosocial late effects 3–7 years after they underwent treatment for primary bone sarcoma in the hip/pelvic region. A qualitative, ... -
Current and future geographical distribution of the indoor conditions for high thermal inertia historic buildings across Portugal via hygrothermal simulation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Meteorological conditions play a major influence on the indoor conditions of buildings, especially in southern European countries, where the hygrothermal requirements are systematically neglected, on contrast to northern ... -
Current practices and perceived implementation barriers for working with alcohol prevention in occupational health services: The WIRUS OHS study
(Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy;14, Article number: 30 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-26)Background: Alcohol is associated with detrimental health and work performance outcomes, and one to three out of ten employees may benefit from interventions. The role of occupational health services (OHS) in alcohol ... -
The current status of singing in kindergartens in Norway – An exploratory study
(Nordic Research in Music Education;Vol. 2, No. 2, 2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-17)This study investigates the current situation regarding singing in Norwegian kindergartens. More specifically, how often kindergartens offer singing possibilities to children, in what situations singing is embedded, how ... -
The current status of singing in kindergartens in Norway: An exploratory study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This study investigates the current situation regarding singing in Norwegian kindergartens. More specifically, how often kindergartens offer singing possibilities to children, in what situations singing is embedded, how ... -
Curricular L1 Disciplinarities: Between Norwegianness and Internationality
(Educational Linguistics;Volume 48, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-25)The chapter explores how international impulses may have affected national L1 curricula in Norway from 1939 to 2020. It compares the descriptions of aims and content in seven curricula chronologically, using content analysis. ... -
Customer greeting in offline retail stores: A literature review and a case study
(MALKS;2019, Master thesis, 2019)Artikkel 1. Abstract The retail industry is confronted with big challenges due to technical innovation, digitalization and online shops. This can be seen in the high number of stores closing across the whole industry. If ... -
CW fNIRS with short channel regression and amplitude modulation
(Bachelor thesis, 2018-05-23)Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a relatively new and promising field within brain imaging and neuroscience. It offers a cost efficient, non-invasive method for brain studies, both for research and clinical ...