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How can social interaction and relaxation be achieved through publicly installed sound producing objects
(MAPD;2012, Master thesis, 2012)Human interaction is one of the most intimate and important aspects of being human and it is very vital on a daily basis. To enhance this interaction will bring about new and indispensable ways of understanding or effectively ... -
How Can We Learn from Evaluations? A Qualitative Study on Learning from Evaluations in Norwegian Development Cooperation
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis seeks a fundamental understanding of the connection between evaluations and learning in Norwegian development cooperation through four objectives shaped by a literature review. The objectives are to identify ... -
How care holds humanity: the myth of Cura and theories of care
(Medical Humanities;Volume 48, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-14)Modern medicine has often struggled to grasp the cultural aspects of interpersonal care. The medical humanities, on the other hand, have struggled to grasp the embodied, intimate character of care. In a recent appeal to ... -
How children and young people understand and experience individual participation in social services for children and young people: a synthesis of qualitative studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Although there is a growing knowledge base on children and young people’s (CYP) participation in child welfare and social work, it is necessary to systematically describe and summarise the knowledge from their subjective ... -
How children find their way: access, adaptability and aesthetics in the organisation and design of a new children's library.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article; Journal article, 2016)The organization and presentation of books and media is a central part of accessibility in libraries, and a central part of the libraries’ presentation of itself. Traditionally, this is based ... -
How congruent is person-centred practice with labour activation policy? Person-centred approach to vocational interventions on immigrant jobseekers in Norway
(European Journal of Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-16)Increased migration to OECD countries has made unemployed foreignborn immigrants a new target population for ‘activation’ policies to reintroduce people into the labour market. As populations receiving employment activation ... -
How credible is lay health information on the World Wide Web? - A study of information about the effects of interventions
(Master thesis, 2009)Background: The World Wide Web is a source to a wealth of health information that was previously unavailable to lay people. Formal studies have raised concerns about the credibility of online materials on the Web; most of ... -
How demographic patterns and social policies shape interdependence among lives in the family realm
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Our starting point is that a social psychological approach dominates the literature on interdependent or “linked” lives (Elder, 1994). We argue that interdependence is not only social-psychological, but is ... -
How Designers Learn
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)Designers rely on their skills of problem-reframing and concept exploration to solve complex problems. However, more than before they need to learn rapidly in order to understand the complexity of the problems they work ... -
How Did Children With Disabilities Experience Education and Social Welfare During Covid-19?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research suggests that children with disabilities have been systemically marginalised during the Covid‐19 pandemic as con‐ tamination measures complicated some social policies. School closure, quarantine, and the increased ... -
How Do Droughts Impact Household Food Consumption and Nutritional Intake? A Study of Rural India
(World Development;Volume 122, October 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-06)This paper investigates the impacts of droughts on food expenditure and macronutrient consumption among rural Indian households. To isolate causal effects, I exploit random year-to-year variation in a dry shock, defined ... -
How do immigrant parents of children with complex health needs manage to cope in their daily lives?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Daily life with children who have complex health needs can be stressful for parents. Immigrant parents are vulnerable to stress because they may lack language skills and knowledge about the health care system and have ... -
How do international medical graduates and colleagues perceive and deal with difficulties in everyday collaboration? A qualitative study
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Volume 45, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-01)Aim: Many medical doctors work outside their countries of origin. Consequently, language barriers and cultural differences may result in miscommunication and tension in the workplace, leading to poor performance and quality ... -
How do laypeople evaluate the degree of certainty in a weather report? A case study of the use of the Web service yr.no
(Weather, Climate, and Society;6(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07)Many people depend on and use weather forecasts to plan their schedules. In so doing, ordinary people with no expertise in meteorology are frequently called upon to interpret uncertainty with respect to weather forecasts. ... -
How do oil prices and investments impact the dynamics of firm value?
(System Dynamics Review;Volume 36, Issue 1, January/March 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-16)The purpose of this study is twofold: (i) to analyze the impact of investment policy decision on the firm value given the uncertain oil and gas prices and (ii) to propose policies that enhance firm value. The study develops ... -
How do orthoses impact ease of donning, handwriting, typewriting, and transmission of manual torque: A study of three prefabricated wrist hand orthoses
(Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-20)Introduction Many upper-limb injuries have work-related causes such as continued use of computers, typing activities, mouse manipulation, and repetitive movements performed for long periods. This study evaluated the ... -
How do parents’ educational fields affect the choice of educational field?
(British Journal of Sociology;Volume 70, Issue 2 - March 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-26)This study examines the links between parental education and students’ choice of field of study in Norwegian higher education. In our interpretation of the results, we suggest a status group perspective that integrates ... -
How do Patients with Schizophrenia Perceive Relatives’ Levels of Expressed Emotions? A Brief Patient Rated Scale
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Patients’ perspective on relatives’ attitude and behaviour towards them (Expressed emotion―EE) may be an important addition to the current focus on relatives’ perspective only, as measured by Camberwell Family ... -
How do public libraries function as meeting places?
(Library & Information Science Research;32, (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-01)How are libraries used as meeting places, and by whom? Through survey data, six categories of places are identified: the library as a "square," as a place for meeting diverse people, as a public sphere, as a place for joint ...