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Development of loneliness among older adults after retirement
(Master thesis, 2020)Research has long demonstrated that feeling of loneliness increases in older adults which is a key risk factor for poor health. However, less is known about the development and factors leading to loneliness after retirement. ... -
Everyday Life Experiences of Post-Stroke Patients: A Qualitative Study on the: Importance of Adjustment Strategies of Post-stroke Patients
(Master thesis, 2020)This study is an attempt to describe the everyday life experiences of post-stroke patients and their adjustment strategies. It examines the coping strategies of post-stroke patients and analyzes how these strategies have ... -
“They take the whole uterus out of you and put it on the table. They examine it from the table and after they put it back” A qualitative study of women’s and health care workers’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening in Fort Portal, Uganda.
(Master thesis, 2020)Cervical cancer is a disease that is emphasised as one of the gravest threats to women’s life. In low and middle-income countries, it is the cancer type that kills most women and girls. The World Health Organisation situates ... -
The Association between soseconomic condition and quality of reletionship
(Master thesis, 2020)Background: Low quality of relationship is the reason for poor mental health and well-being of any individual. Research has often linked socioeconomic conditions to quality of partner relationship. Partners are struggling ... -
Non-western First-generation Immigrant Women’s Musculoskeletal Pain and/or Depression Disorders, and the Impact of this on their Integration Process into Norwegian Society
(Master thesis, 2020)Objective: The study examined the health problems among non-Western first-generation immigrant women and its effect on their integration into Norwegian society. It was framed by Ager and Strang’s conceptual framework of ... -
Older Volunteering: A Combination of Objective and Subjective Approaches
(Master thesis, 2020)Formal volunteering has become the forefront of discussion on productive aging activity. A growing interest in studying the determinants of volunteering often distinguished between two approaches: (1) objective approaches, ... -
What are the reported contributing factors preventing Spatial Assimilation of Non-Western Immigrants in the Rental and Homeownership sector is Oslo, Norway? - a scoping review
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper will discuss the reported factors hindering spatial assimilation into the rental and homeownership sector for Non-Western immigrants in the city of Oslo. The existing data concluded that the following are the ... -
Perspectives and Experiences on Inclusion and Welfare of Children with Physical Disabilities in Education, The case of Amansie West District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2020)This study explores perspectives and experiences on inclusion and welfare of children with physical disabilities in Ghana’s education system, specifically in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Four ... -
Klassifikasjon og indeksering
(Book, 2009)Dette materialet er skrevet for studentene til bruk 1. år ved bibliotek- og informasjonsstudiene, Høgskolen i Oslo. Første versjon ble utarbeidet i undervisningsåret 1996/97 i flere deler av Jon Anjer. Etter dette har det ... -
Korleis kan ein måla progresjon i klangutviklinga hjå klassiske saksofonistar? Ei utforsking av fire ulike parameter til bruk i klanganalyse
(Master thesis, 2018)Målet for denne oppgåva har vore å finna parameter som er skikka for måling av progresjonen av klangutviklinga hjå klassiske saksofonistar. Lydmaterialet består av opptak av 23 norske utøvarar på klassisk saksofon frå ... -
Evaluering – symbol og metode
(OsloMet Avhandling 2019;Nr 9, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2019)Til tross for at norsk statsforvaltning er pålagt å evaluere og har drevet utstrakt evalueringsvirksomhet i mer enn 30 år, finnes det liten kunnskap om konsekvensene av denne virksomheten. Denne avhandlingen er et bidrag ... -
Service-oriented business models in manufacturing in the digital era: Toward a new typology
(LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications;, Conference object, 2020)A stream of servitization research has focused on identifying typologies of product-service system business models. However, their relevance may be questioned in a context with increased utilization of digital technologies. ... -
Making and managing medical anomalies: Exploring the classification of ‘medically unexplained symptoms’
(Social Studies of Science;Vol 50, Issue 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-01)This article explores the making and management of anomaly in scientific work, taking ‘medically unexplained symptoms’ (MUS) as its case. MUS is a category used to characterize health conditions that are widely held to be ... -
Political communication in East Africa: An introduction
(Journal of African Media Studies;Volume 12, Number 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-01)For a long time, the role of media and communication in African politics was relatively neglected. This neglect can, as Leila Demarest2 argues, to some extent be explained by the authoritarian turn that took place in many ... -
Organizing municipal audit: Contracting out and audit costs in Norway
(International Journal of Public Sector Management;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-02)This paper analyses the deregulation of the municipal audit market in Norway, in particular how organization of the service affected audit costs. The paper uses multiple regression analysis of administrative as well as ... -
Can a better informed listener be easier to persuade?
(Economic Theory;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-22)We study the impact of exogenous news on the classic Bayesian persuasion problem. The sender supplies information over multiple periods, but is unable to commit at the onset to the information that she will supply in periods ... -
Inclusive or Elusive Housing? Homeownership among Muslims in Norway
(Journal of Muslims in Europe;Volume 9, issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-18)Norway has a unique political focus on homeownership as a key to welfare and happiness. “Eierlinja” in Norwegian housing policy aims for a very high rate of homeownership leading to social integration of the communities ... -
The Epistemologies of Breaking News
(Journalism Studies;Volume 22, 2021 - Issue 2: Future on Journalism, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-28)The study analyses the epistemologies of online breaking news, focusing on the distinctive epistemic practices and challenges in the production of continuous news updates and online live broadcast. The analytical framework ... -
News: Mobiles, Mobilities and Their Meeting Points
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-29)In the field of quantum mechanics (at least in its more accessible and demotic form), Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle states that the more precisely the position of a particle can be established, the less possible it ... -
Digital Journalism (Studies); Defining the Field
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-12)This book brings together a collection of articles published in a Digital Journalism special issue in 2019 titled “Digital Journalism (Studies) - Defining the Field”, edited by the four of us in our capacity as the Digital ...