SAM - Institutt for sosialfag
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Correlation Visualization Under Missing Values: A Comparison Between Imputation and Direct Parameter Estimation Methods
(Chapter, 2024)Correlation matrix visualization is essential for understanding the relationships between variables in a dataset, but missing data can seriously affect this important data visualization tool. In this paper, we compare the ... -
Validating polyp and instrument segmentation methods in colonoscopy through Medico 2020 and MedAI 2021 Challenges
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Automatic analysis of colonoscopy images has been an active field of research motivated by the importance of early detection of precancerous polyps. However, detecting polyps during the live examination can be challenging ... -
Kvasir-VQA: A Text-Image Pair GI Tract Dataset
(Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2024)We introduce Kvasir-VQA, an extended dataset derived from the HyperKvasir and Kvasir-Instrument datasets, augmented with questionand-answer annotations to facilitate advanced machine learning tasks in Gastrointestinal (GI) ... -
AI-Based Cropping of Soccer Videos for Different Social Media Representations
(Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object; Journal article, 2024)The process of re-publishing soccer videos on social media often involves labor-intensive and tedious manual adjustments, particularly when altering aspect ratios while trying to maintain key visual elements. To address ... -
Emosjonell omsorg i sosialfaglig praksis – eksemplifisert gjennom mødres fortellinger om omsorgsovertakelser
(Fokus på familien;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Med utgangspunkt i mødres erfaringer med omsorgsovertakelser utforsker artikkelen emosjonell omsorg som begrep. Ved å analysere mødres fortellinger i lys av Daniel Sterns selvutviklingsmodell retter vi fokus mot emosjonelle ... -
Å måtte «sitte på hendene» når foreldres omsorgskompetanse skal utredes
(Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Denne artikkelen er skrevet på bakgrunn av prosjektet Barne- og familiesentre: Utredning til hjelp og for hvem? I artikkelen utforsker vi hvilket syn på kunnskap som kommer til uttrykk i det nye mandatet til sentre for ... -
How Nordic solidarity failed the COVID-19 test: uncoordinated pandemic responses and the decline of Nordic health cooperation
(Problemy Polityki Społecznej;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The inability of Nordic governments to coordinate their COVID-19 pandemic responses on social distancing and travel restrictions has puzzled observers and raised concerns for the future of Nordic cooperation. However, ... -
«Mine barn skal alltid vite at jeg aldri ga opp» Hvordan håndterer foreldre å bli fratatt omsorgen for sitt barn? Å skape mening i det uforståelige
(Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Det å bli fratatt omsorgen for sitt barn vil for mange foreldre oppleves smertefullt og uforståelig. I denne artikkelen undersøker vi hvordan foreldre håndterer en omsorgsovertakelse gjennomført av barnevernet. Artikkelen ... -
Stien til et rusfritt liv: Hvordan kan friluftsliv bidra i behandlingen av mennesker med ruslidelser?
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Nordic egalitarianism at the face of evolving social risks
(Problemy Polityki Społecznej;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article relates growing social inequalities in the Nordic countries to evolving social risks in the era of globalisation. Vital redistributive arrangements in the Nordic model, and their underlying rationales, are ... -
Checking Out the Unexplained: With Age, Children Become Increasingly Skeptical of Surprising Claims
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)When presented with surprising claims, older children investigate such claims more often than younger children. The present study tests whether older children (6–7-year-olds) are more skeptical than younger children ... -
Trends over the past 15 years in long-term care in Switzerland: a comparison with Germany, Italy, Norway, and the United Kingdom
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background The demographic changes affecting Switzerland and other European countries, including population ageing, will continue to challenge policymakers in building accessible, affordable, comprehensive and high-quality ... -
Translation and cultural adaptation of evidence-informed leaflets on the work-health interface: a pragmatic approach to cultural adaptation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Aim: Our aim was to translate and culturally adapt three evidence-informed leaflets on the work–health interface from English into Norwegian. Integral to this aim was the exploration of the quality and acceptability of ... -
Using an AI-based avatar for interviewer training at Children’s Advocacy Centers: Proof of Concept
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This proof-of- concept study focused on interviewers’ behaviors and perceptions when interacting with a dynamic AI child avatar alleging abuse. Professionals (N = 68) took part in a virtual reality (VR) study in which they ... -
Problematizing loneliness as a public health issue: an analysis of policy in the United Kingdom
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article presents an analysis of discourses in recent UK policy on loneliness reduction. We use Carol Bacchi’s ‘what is the problem represented to be’ approach (WPR) to explore how the problem of loneliness produces ... -
Work First or Education First? Frontline Service Challenges of Providing Enabling Activation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Activation policies, especially formal upskilling, can strengthen social inequality among long-term unemployed people. Also, receiving skill-enhancing activities may be at odds with the ‘work first’ principle. Drawing on ... -
Effectiveness of a health communication intervention on health literacy in the first year following kidney transplantation – A randomized controlled study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a new health communication intervention focusing on knowledge management skills on health literacy and medication adherence during the first year following kidney ... -
Waiting as sociality–relational waithood in Norwegian activation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)ABSTRACT In research on waiting and unemployment, waiting tends to be described as an asymmetrical power relation between those who wait and those who impose waiting within institutional contexts. This paper applies ...