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De uregistrerte barna - En systematisk litteraturgjennomgang av forskning om de uregistrerte barna
(Master thesis, 2018)It is a human right to be registered at birth. In spite of this, many children in the world are not registered in national data, and thus do not formally exist. This study reviews the knowledge base for causes and consequences ... -
Urinprøver eller relasjon – kanskje begge deler? : en studie av ansattes opplevelser av urinprøvetaking i rusbehandling
(Master thesis, 2012)De aller fleste rusmiddelavhengige som mottar behandling i dag må avlegge urinprøver. Det anses som en del av deres behandling. En kan forestille seg at det er ubehagelig å avlegge en urinprøve, men hvordan oppleves det ... -
Us and Them – First-line Management and Change Resistance
(Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies;Volume 8, Number 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06)Change agents are vital in enacting organizational change, yet we know little about the specific challenges first-line managers face in this role. This study draws on written responses from managers in Norwegian public ... -
Usability testing of an annotation tool in a cultural heritage context
(Communications in Computer and Information Science;544, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11-03)This paper presents the result of a usability test of an annotation tool. The annotation tool is implemented, used and tested in a cultural heritage context (CH), the TORCH project at the Oslo and Akershus University College ... -
The Use and Productivity of Visual Aids as Retrieval Support in Police Interviews of Preschool-Aged Victims of Abuse
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Professional use of external retrieval cues, such as various types of visual aids, has been utilized in investigative interviews of children for decades based on the assumption that aids can facilitate children’s recollection ... -
Use of Big Four auditors and fund raising: evidence from developing and emerging markets
(International Journal of Emerging Markets;Volume 13, Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04-16)Purpose: The traditional view in audit research has been that high-quality auditors are associated with improved access to funding. This study is motivated by recent research suggesting that the funding benefits of using ... -
Use of research in undergraduate nursing students' theses: A mixed methods study
(Nurse Education Today;56, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Health care personnel are expected to be familiar with evidence-based practice (EBP). Asking clinical questions, conducting systematic literature searches and conducting critical appraisal of research ... -
The use of Wikipedia in secondary level education in an academic curriculum in Nepalese context
(Master thesis, 2015)Information and knowledge are the key components to be success in this 21st century. For this each and every one is searching or seeking information to make more knowledgeable. The use of Wikipedia pages as an academic ... -
User conceptualizations of derivative relationships in the bibliographic universe
(Journal of Documentation;Volume 74, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose: Considerable effort is devoted to developing new models for organizing bibliographic metadata. However, such models have been repeatedly criticized for their lack of proper user testing. This paper presents a study ... -
User Experience (UX) and user engagement: a case study
(Master thesis, 2015)Aim and objectives The aim of the study is to understand to what extent User Experience strategies may positively impact users’ perception in a digital context such as the E-learning ones given by MOOCs, and to what ... -
User Involvement in Service Development and Innovation Projects - How does the healthcare sector involve its users in service development and innovation projects?
(Master thesis, 2019)Background – While the healthcare sector has recently increased its focus on involving users in service development and innovation projects, there is a lack of knowledge on how to do so, as previous research is ... -
User Participation and Modernisation in Municipal Child Welfare Services
(Conference object, 2005)What share has been assigned to user participation in the modernization of social welfare administration in Norway? Arguments in favor of user participation draw partly on established conceptualizations of democracy, but ... -
Usikkerhet i koronaens tid. En studie av kulturarbeidere med ulike tilknytningsformer til arbeidslivet
(Søkelys på arbeidslivet;Årgang 37, nr. 4-2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-08)Kunst- og kulturfeltet ble hardt rammet av covid-19-pandemien. I en svært uoversiktlig situasjon i midten av april 2020 gjennomførte vi en undersøkelse blant medlemmene i Creo – Norges største interesseorganisasjon innen ... -
Usikkerhetsstyring i prosjekter
(Bachelor thesis, 2017-05)Hvordan har usikkerhetsstyring vært verdiskapende for prosjektet "E-6 Frya-Sjoa?" Oppgaven retter seg mot praktisk usikkerhetsstyring i prosjekter, med utgangspunkt i et enkeltprosjekt. Oppgaven benytter seg av metodetriangulering ... -
Usikret gjeld i koronaens tid; betydningen av et negativt inntektssjokk for norske husholdningers opptak av usikret gjeld
(Master thesis, 2022)Masteroppgaven undersøker betydningen av et negativt inntektssjokk for husholdningers opptak av usikret gjeld. Det negative inntektssjokket vi tar utgangspunkt i inntraff norsk økonomi som følge av koronapandemiens ... -
Using medicine dispensers in home healthcare services for people with dementia.Benefits, Challenges and Strategies
(Master thesis, 2021)The focus of this study was to investigate the perceptions of healthcare workers in the use of medicine dispensers in the provision of home healthcare services to people with dementia. Specifically, the study put emphasis ... -
Using participatory action research methodology for the development of academic librarians e-book competences
(Master thesis, 2016)Aim. The aim of the study is to understand how to improve librarians’ competences in order to develop an e-book service, in an active and reflective participative process. Objectives of the research are to explore ... -
Using personas to visualize the need for data stewardship
(College & Research Libraries;Vol 82, No 3 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)There is a current discussion in universities regarding the need for dedicated research data stewards. This article presents a set of fictional personas for research data support based on experience and requests by experts ... -
Using semantic web technologies to collaboratively collect and share user-generated content in order to enrich the presentation of bibliographic records
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Using ‘search transitions’ to study searchers investment of effort: experiences with client and server side logging
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science;8201, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We are investigating the value of using the concept ‘search transition’ for studying effort invested in information search processes. In this paper we present findings from a comparative study of data collected from client ...