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    • 3D printing in medical application: an educational design perspective 

      Mirtaheri, Peyman; Güler, Evin; Gjøvaag, Terje (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Medical applications for 3D printin g are expanding rapidly and are expected to revolutionize health care. The application of 3D printing in medicine and healthcare can provide many bene fits, including ...

    • 5G-sikkerhet: Norge mellom stormaktene 

      Friis, Karsten; Lysne, Olav (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      I dette kapitlet tar vi for oss en digital sårbarhet som har dannet grunnlag for en opphetet sikkerhetspolitisk debatt både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. Denne sårbarheten er relatert til utbyggingen av femte generasjons ...

    • A multilingual book café at the school library: Contradictions between literacy discourses 

      Eri, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2017)

    • A Simple Browser-based 3D-Sketching Framework for Novice and Infrequent Users 

      Sandnes, Frode Eika; Lianguzov, Yuriy (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Modelling in 3D is considered time-consuming and difficult, requiring special training. There are currently no 3D modelling user interface conventions. This paper thus presents a framework for simple 3D modelling based ...

    • The Academic Librarians: New Roles and Challenges: a Comparison with Kurt De Belder's "Partners in Knowledge" 

      Gregersen, Anne-Berit (Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education;2013, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      For many years libraries have adapted to digital change as this has been expressed on the immediate and tangible levels - books, journals, search & retrieval etc. But they have done so within established institutional and ...

    • The Accessibility of MOOCs for Blind Learners 

      Krolak, Aleksandra; Chen, Weiqin; Sanderson, Norun Christine; Kessel, Siri (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM);, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has provided unique learning opportunities for many people. In the meantime, the lack of accessibility in some MOOCs has also created barriers for ...

    • Accessibility of MOOCs for Blind People in Developing Non-English Speaking Countries 

      Ferati, Mexhid; Mripa, Njomza; Bunjaku, Ridvan (Chapter; Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2016-07-08)
      Besides the globally popular MOOCs, localized MOOCs specific to a region or language are also emerging. These specialized MOOCs often aim to address specific needs that are typically unaddressed by the ...

    • Accumulation and inequality in China: What spaces for inclusion and welfare? 

      Nordhaug, Kristen (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2013)

    • Achieving Connectivity between Wide Areas Through Self-Organising Robot Swarms using Embodied Evolution 

      Erik Aaron, Hansen; Nichele, Stefano; Yazidi, Anis; Haugerud, Hårek; Abolpour Mofrad, Asieh; Alcocer, Alex (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Abruptions to the communication infrastructuremight occur occasionally, where manual intervention by dedi-cated personnel is needed to fix the interruptions, restoring com-munication abilities. However, sometimes this can ...

    • Achieving Intelligent Traffic-aware Consolidation of Virtual Machines in a Data Center Using Learning Automata 

      Jobava, Akaki; Yazidi, Anis; Oommen, John; Begnum, Kyrre (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Cloud Computing (CC) is becoming increasingly pertinent and popular. A natural consequence of this is that many modern-day data centers experience very high internal traffic within the data centers themselves. The ...

    • Activity Recognition and Prediction in Real Homes 

      Casagrande, Flavia Dias; Zouganeli, Evi (Nordic Artificial Intelligence Research and Development: Third Symposium of the Norwegian AI Society, NAIS 2019, Trondheim, Norway, May 27–28, 2019, Proceedings;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In this paper, we present work in progress on activity recognition and prediction in real homes using either binary sensor data or depth video data. We present our field trial and set-up for collecting and storing the data, ...

    • Addiction, compulsion, and weakness of the will: A dual-process perspective 

      Henden, Edmund (Addiction and Choice. Rethinking the Relationship;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      How should addictive behavior be explained? In terms of neurobiological illness and compulsion, or as a choice made freely, even rationally, in the face of harmful social or psychological circumstances? Some of the ...

    • Advances in information technology and its implication on privacy 

      Hassan, Ismail (Network and system administration : research surveys;Vol. 1, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2004)
      Over the past three decades, computers and information technology in general have experienced an enormous growth and development. This amazing new technology is profoundly affecting and changing the functioning of societies ...

    • The Aesthetic Model of Disability 

      Edvardsen, Nanna Kathrine; Gjærum, Rikke Gürgens (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-16)
      This chapter explores the questions of how and why certain behaviours are perceived as an expression of a disability – and not, for example, as an mic expression – and what role art can play when it comes to constructing ...

    • The age profile of European welfare states: A source of intergenerational conflict? 

      Bay, Ann-Helén; Pedersen, Axel West (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Many have predicted that population aging will lead to increased distributional conflicts between the young and the old. Younger population segments will oppose the heavy burden that pension systems and public provision ...

    • Aging and Health Care Costs 

      Karlsson, Martin; Iversen, Tor; Øien, Henning (Chapter; Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-10)
      An open issue in the economics literature is whether health care expenditure (HCE) is so concentrated in the last years before death that the age profiles in spending will change when longevity increases. The seminal article ...

    • Aims of citizenship education across Nordic countries: Comparing school principals' priorities in citizenship education 2009-2016 

      Seland, Idunn; Huang, Lihong; Arensmeier, Cecilia; Bruun, Jens; Löfström, Jan (IEA Research for Education;Volume 11, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-27)
      The Nordic welfare state has been associated with certain ideas of citizenship, the highlights of which are equal rights, social mobility, democracy, and participation. To better understand how these ideas are interpreted ...

    • Aktivering av nasjonens historie: Nasjonalbiblioteket i offentligheten 

      Larsen, Håkon (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)

    • Aktivitetsteori som tenkeredskap i aksjonsforskning 

      Eri, Thomas; Aas, Marit (Aksjonsforskning i Norge; Volum 2: Grunnlagstenkning, forskerroller og bidrag til endring i ulike kontekster, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-23)
      I dette kapitlet presenterer og diskuterer vi hvordan kulturhistorisk aktivitetsteori kan fungere som tenkeredskap i aksjonsforskningsprosjekter. Nærmere bestemt så undersøker vi hvordan introduksjon av sentrale prinsipper ...

    • Allmennlærerstudenters arbeidsinnsats : bedre enn sitt rykte? 

      Martinussen, Geir; Smestad, Bjørn (FoU i Praksis;2010, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011-04)
      Tradisjonelt har undersøkelser av studentenes arbeidstid foregått ved å be studentene om å estimere sin gjennomsnittlige arbeidstid pr uke, ofte for et langt tidsrom. Denne måten å undersøke på har metodiske svakheter ...