• Unlocking the potential of deep learning for marine ecology: overview, applications, and outlook 

      Goodwin, Morten; Halvorsen, Kim Aleksander Tallaksen; Jiao, Lei; Knausgård, Kristian Muri; Martin, Angela Helen; Moyano, Marta; Oomen, Rebekah Alice; Rasmussen, Jeppe Have; Sørdalen, Tonje Knutsen; Thorbjørnsen, Susanna Huneide (ICES Journal of Marine Science;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-14)
      The deep learning (DL) revolution is touching all scientific disciplines and corners of our lives as a means of harnessing the power of big data. Marine ecology is no exception. New methods provide analysis of data from ...
    • Unmanned Aerial System for deployment and recovery of research equipment at sea 

      Zolich, Artur Piotr; Johansen, Tor Arne; Elkolali, Moustafa; Al-Tawil, Ahmed; Alcocer, Alex (Aerial Robotic Systems Physically Interacting with the Environment (AIRPHARO);2021 Aerial Robotic Systems Physically Interacting with the Environment (AIRPHARO), Conference object, 2021-10-26)
      In this paper we present details of Miniature Underwater Gliders (MUG) deployment and recovery mechanism using a multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The paper discusses details of MUG localization with computer vision, ...
    • Unobstructedness and dimension of families of codimension 3 ACM algebras 

      Kleppe, Jan Oddvar; Miro-Roig, Rosa Maria (Contemporary Mathematics;448, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)
      The goal of this paper is to study irreducible families of codimension 3, Cohen-Macaulay quotients A of a polynomial ring R=k[x_0,x_1,...,x_n]; mainly, we study families of graded Cohen-Macaulay quotients A of codimension ...
    • Unobstructedness and dimension of families of Gorenstein algebras 

      Kleppe, Jan Oddvar (Collectanea Mathematica; 58(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)
      The goal of this paper is to develop tools to study maximal families of Gorenstein quotients A of a polynomial ring R. We prove a very general Theorem on deformations of the homogeneous coordinate ring of a scheme Proj A ...
    • Unraveling the Impact of Land Cover Changes on Climate Using Machine Learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence 

      Kolevatova, Anastasiia; Riegler, Michael; Cherubini, Francesco; Hu, Xiangping; Hammer, Hugo Lewi (Big Data and Cognitive Computing;Volume 5, Issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-15)
      A general issue in climate science is the handling of big data and running complex and computationally heavy simulations. In this paper, we explore the potential of using machine learning (ML) to spare computational time ...
    • Unsupervised and Fast Continent Classification of Digital Image Collections using Time 

      Sandnes, Frode Eika (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2010-08)
      Advances in storage capacity means that digital cameras can store huge collections of digital photographs. Typically such images are given non-descriptive filenames names such as a unique identifier, often an integer. ...
    • Unsupervised State Representation Learning in Partially Observable Atari Games 

      Meng, Li; Goodwin, Morten; Yazidi, Anis; Engelstad, Paal E. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object; Journal article, 2023)
      State representation learning aims to capture latent factors of an environment. Although some researchers realize the connections between masked image modeling and contrastive representation learning, the effort is focused ...
    • Urinary extracellular vesicles: A position paper by the Urine Task Force of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles 

      Llorente, Alicia; Erdbrügger, Uta; Blijdorp, Charles J; Martens-Uzunova, Elena S. (Journal of Extracellular Vesicles;Volume 10, Issue 7. May 2021 - e12093, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-21)
      Urine is commonly used for clinical diagnosis and biomedical research. The discovery of extracellular vesicles (EV) in urine opened a new fast-growing scientific field. In the last decade urinary extracellular vesicles ...
    • An usability and universal design investigation into hamburger menus 

      Khadka, Nawaraj (MAUU;2021, Master thesis, 2021)
      With the implementation of different interface designs in applications across various devices, the concerns related to usability in these designs have also increased. Navigation is an important functionality in websites ...
    • An usability and universal design investigation into hidden user interface navigational elements 

      Munir, Mubashar (ACIT;2021, Master thesis, 2021)
      With the trend towards simplicity starting to gain supremacy in digital design, designers are now being forced to adapt. One of the practical areas recommended for them is working within mobile user interfaces' navigational ...
    • A usability and universal design investigation into the use of persistent headers in web pages 

      Kongshaug, Petter (ACIT;2022, Master thesis, 2022)
      This thesis investigates users’ preferences and performance of persistent headers on websites. Persistent headers and non-persistent headers are compared through a questionnaire and experiment. Two websites are setup ...
    • A usability and universal design investigation into user interface toggle switches 

      Al-Jasim, Alyaa (ACIT;2021, Master thesis, 2021)
      This evaluation study is about to investigate how usable and accessible are the existing user interface (UI) toggle switches. Some articles were done to investigate UI elements such as toggle switches, checkboxes, and radio ...
    • An usability and universal design investigation of parallax scrolling 

      Pandey, Suraj (ACIT;2021, Master thesis, 2021)
      In this study, the usability and the universal design of parallax scrolling in a website was investigate with the help of experiment and two prototypes designed wholly for this research. The usability and universal design ...
    • An usability and Universal Design investigation of the three-click rule for navigation. 

      Dilen, Olga (ACIT;2022, Master thesis, 2022)
      Purpose and research questions: The aim of this research paper is to understand the relationships between “Three-clicks rule” and users' experience and to find out if Universal Design is negatively affected if the ...
    • A Usability Evaluation of Web User Interface Scrolling Types 

      Murano, Pietro; Sharma, Sushil (First Monday;Volume 25, Number 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This paper details a usability evaluation of scrolling techniques on Web sites. The scrolling methods evaluated were normal scrolling (with default pagination), infinite scrolling, infinite scrolling with a load more button ...
    • The Usability of Hidden Functional Elements in Mobile User Interfaces 

      Munir, Mubashar; Murano, Pietro (International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems;, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object; Journal article, 2023)
      The trend of maximizing mobile screen real estate by hiding user interface features has been in use for some time. However, there is a lack of empirical knowledge concerning the real usability issues of using this strategy. ...
    • Usability of Indoor Network Navigation Solutions for Persons with Visual Impairments 

      Giannoumis, G. Anthony; Pandya, Umesh; Ferati, Mexhid; Krivonos, Daria; Pey, Tom (Breaking Down Barriers. CWUAAT 2018;, Chapter; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) obligates States Parties to ensure personal mobility and independence for persons with disabilities by promoting access to and the ...
    • The Usability of Persistent and Non-Persistent Headers on Web Pages 

      Murano, Pietro; Kongshaug, Petter (International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems;, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2024)
      Websites are used for many different purposes and can also be designed in different ways with different styles. Certain website designs use persistent headers, while some alternatively use non-persistent headers. Online ...
    • Usability of the EPC tools for the profitability calculation of a retrofitting in a residential building 

      Gonzalez Caceres, Alex; Diaz, Muriel (Sustainability;10(9), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-04)
      After the oil crisis in the 70s energy regulation codes were implemented, but a great portion of existing dwellings have not been retrofitted to current requirements. To face this issue several actions were taken in the ...
    • The Usability of Training Apps for Older Adults – A Heuristic Evaluation 

      Kaur, Amrat; Chen, Weiqin (Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object; Journal article, 2022)
      The literature has shown that normal ageing is associated with a de-cline in sensory, perceptual, motor, and cognitive abilities. Physical activities and cognitive training are considered beneficial for maintaining functional ...