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Warm inflation

Grøn, Øyvind (Universe;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)

I show here that there are some interesting differences between the predictions of warm and cold inflation models focusing in particular upon the scalar spectral index ns and the tensor-to-scalar ratio r. The first thing ...

Water Quality Monitoring with Ubiquitous Computing

Huang, Yo-Ping; Chou, Change-Tse; Jau, Jung-Shian; Sandnes, Frode Eika (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2010)

Traditionally, data collected from water quality monitoring systems are typically stored in closed repositories that are not shared with the public. Due to the cost and environmental limitations traditional water quality ...

Wave functions associated with time-dependent, complex-scaled Hamiltonians evaluated on a complex time grid

Bengtsson, Jakob; Lindroth, Eva; Selstø, Sølve (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-01-30)

We solve the time-dependent Schrödinger equation with themethod of uniform complex scaling and investigate the possibility to evaluate the solution on a complex time grid. With this approach it is possible to calculate ...

Web accessibility and technology protection measures: Harmonizing the rights of persons with cognitive disabilities and copyright protections on the web

Giannoumis, G. Anthony; Land, Molly; Beyene, Wondwossen; Blanck, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) obligates State Parties to ensure full and equal access to the web for persons with disabilities. However, copyright law and policy sometimes ...

Web Accessibility and Web Developer Attitudes Towards Accessibility in Mozambique

Gupta, Suraj; Giannoumis, G. Anthony; Gjøsæter, Terje (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;Volume 12768, Conference object, 2021-07-03)

People with disabilities are found to be severely affected by barriers in websites and other web services. This paper aims to study the web accessibility issues in Mozambique and to review the factors that contribute to ...

Web Accessibility for Visually Impaired People: Requirements and Design Issues

Ferati, Mexhid; Vogel, Bahtijar; Kurti, Arianit; Raufi, Bujar; Astals, David Salvador (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)

Access to web content continues to be a challenge for the visually impaired, primarily because the needs of such community are very diverse. The access is further hindered by the fact that web designers continue to build ...

Web-Based Automatic Feedback on Assignments in Statistics : How Can it Help Students Learn Statistics and Universities Reduce Costs?

Kvadsheim, Reidar; Mehlen, Mari; Kittang, Harald Øyen (International Journal of Engineering Education;26 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)

A non-experimental study in 2005 suggested that immediate, automatic feedback on assignments helped to increase study motivation as well as pass rate among engineering students attending an introductory course in statistics ...

What Can We Learn from Urban Crisis?

Hoelscher, Kristian; Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie; Harboe, Lisbet; Petersen, Sobah Abbas (Sustainability;Volume 14 / Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-13)

The irreversible transition towards urban living entails complex challenges and vulnerabilities for citizens, civic authorities, and the management of global commons. Many cities remain beset by political, infrastructural, ...

What do faculty members know about universal design and digital accessibility? A qualitative study in computer science and engineering disciplines

Sanderson, Norun Christine; Kessel, Siri; Chen, Weiqin (Universal Access in the Information Society;Volume 21, issue 2; Special Issue : UAIS 20th Anniversary Issue, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-29)

Purpose: Students in higher education are a diverse group comprising people with different backgrounds and abilities. Regulations require that digital learning materials and platforms employed in higher education accommodate ...

What do low-vision users really want from smart glasses? Faces, text and perhaps no glasses at all?

Sandnes, Frode Eika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07-06)

Recent advances in low cost wearable computers opens up new possi- bilities for the development of innovative visual aids. A head - mounted display with cameras that capture view s of the physical wor ld, ...

What do quantum computing students need to know about quantum physics?

Bungum, Berit; Selstø, Sølve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

Quantum computing is a rapidly developing technology, and we are experiencing an urgent need for experts in the field. However, there is a lack of traditions, research, and development on to what extent, and how, information ...

When 2 + 2 should be 5: The summation fallacy in time prediction

Halkjelsvik, Torleif; Jørgensen, Magne (Journal of Behavioral Decision Making;Volume 35, Issue 3, e2265, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-10)

Predictions of time (e.g., work hours) are often based on the aggregation of estimatesof elements (e.g., activities and subtasks). The only types of estimates that can besafely aggregated by summation are those reflecting ...

Where are the students? A study of Norwegian technology students’ perceptions of emerging trends in higher education

Sandnes, Frode Eika (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS);Volume 12555, Conference object, 2020-11-18)

Teachers in higher education in Norway have over the last decade reported reduced physical attendance in lectures, students not using the textbooks, and low academic performance. Also, there is an intensified institutional ...

Where was that photo taken? : deriving geographical information from image collections based on temporal exposure attributes

Sandnes, Frode Eika (Multimedia Systems;16 (4-5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-05-14)

This paper demonstrates a novel strategy for inferring approximate geographical information from the exposure information and temporal patterns of outdoor images in image collections. Image exposure is reliant on light ...