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Handling Pesticides in Horticulture : Norwegian Horticulturists’ Perception of and Praxis with Chemical Plant Protection Products, 1945–2021
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 535, Doctoral thesis, 2025)It has been customary to use chemical plant protection products in conventional Norwegian horticulture since World War II. The foundation for this praxis was established by the end of the 1800s, however it was first in the ... -
A healthy and potentially sustainable Nordic diet in early life and aspects of child growth and development
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 417, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Healthy diets optimize our developmental potential starting from life in womb and can promote longevity, well-being and healthy lives. On the other hand, diets of poor quality were attributable to one in five deaths globally ... -
Healthy and sustainable diet and physical activity – Methodological considerations and development of a combined summary score
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 147, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Background: Environmental sustainability and human health are connected through diets and physical activity. A major issue for the near future is how to feed the growing world population, expected to increase from today’s ... -
Heltid- løsning eller problem? : sluttrapport fra evalueringen av heltidsprosjektet i Kristiansand kommune
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Historiske kilder fra Oddernes
(Skriftserien (Høgskolen i Agder), Book, 2002)Publikasjonen inneholder et utvalg av historiske kilder fra Oddernes-halvøya i nåværende Kristiansand kommune. Her finnes kongebrev, manntall, skattelister, bøtelister, regnskaper, besiktigelsesbrev, domsbrev, vitnebrev, ... -
Hjelpsomme relasjoner i bofellesskap. Et bidrag til kunnskapsbasert praksis
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 317, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn: Ifølge forskning innen både samtalebasert psykoterapi, psykiatriske institusjoner og lokalbasert psykisk helsearbeid, har kvaliteten på relasjonen mellom den profesjonelle og tjenestebrukeren stor betydning for ... -
Human Resources and Performance in Social Enterprises : Evidence from Microfinance Institutions
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Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Design Principles for Public Services
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 537, Doctoral thesis, 2025)Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies increasingly integrate into all areas of everyday life, including healthcare, employment, and public services. But as much as AI is lauded as a great white hope for enabling humans ... -
The humanistic perspective of telemedicine care - COPD patient' and nurses' expereiences of receiving/providing telemedicine care
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 242, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious and progressive disease, entailing chronic, acute and life-threatening illness occurrences with considerable negative impacts on those living with the ... -
Hva med oss andre som bor her? Profesjonsetiske utfordringer i møte med fosterforeldres egne barn
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 250, Doctoral thesis, 2019)My thesis is both an empirical and ethical study, which means that I do an ethical analysis of the empirical material. The empirical part of the study is a qualitative analysis of how challenges in foster care placement ... -
Hva, hvem og hvordan? : håndbok i helse-, miljø- og sikkerhetsarbeid
(Skriftserien (Høgskolen i Agder), Book, 2003)Alt som skjer innenfor en virksomhet skal tilfredsstille lovfestede og forskriftsmessige krav til tilsattes helse, miljø og sikkerhet (HMS). Dette er et viktig satsningsområde innenfor norsk arbeidsliv, og det er regulert ... -
Hverdag og verden er unge jenters psyke. En kontekstualisert forståelse av psykososiale helseplager blant unge jenter
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 366, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Psychosocial health among girls implies that girls’ perception of themselves is related to both their close surroundings and their more distant surroundings. Selfreported mental health problems among adolescents have ... -
Hybrid modeling and control of mechatronic systems using a piecewise affine dynamics approach
(Doctoral Dissertation at the University of Agder; no. 273, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis investigates the topic of modeling and control of PWA systems based on two experimental cases of an electrical and hydraulic nature with varying complexity that were also built, instrumented and evaluated. A ... -
Høgskolen på Lesbos
(Skriftserien (Høgskolen i Agder), Book, 2000)Dette skriftet gir informasjon om Metochi, som er Høgskolen i Agders studiesenter på den greske øya Lesbos. Skriftet inneholder også mye levende stoff om historiske og aktuelle forhold på Lesbos, og vil være nyttig for ... -
I just doesn’t know : Agreement Errors in English Texts by Norwegian L2 Learners: Causes and Remedies
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I randsonen av den norske velferdsstaten. Arbeidsledige polske migranters erfaringer med tilgang til offentlige velferdsytelser og møter med NAV.
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 399, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis seeks to answer two research questions: How do unemployed Polish migrants in Norway experience their access to public welfare benefits and their encounters with NAV? And how are these experiences institutionally ... -
iCanCope with PainTM Norway : Cultural translation and feasibility testing of the Norwegian iCanCope with PainTM app aimed at reducing pain and improving health-related quality of life in a school-based population of adolescents with persistent pain
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 288, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Persistent pain has a high prevalence among adolescents. Pain has been shown to reduce all aspects of the adolescent’s health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Available pain-coping applications (apps) are rarely scientifically ... -
Identification of Nonlinear Causality in Multivariate Systems by Designing Interpretable Machine Learning Models
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 499, Doctoral thesis, 2024)The study focusing on inference and data analysis within networks has become increasingly important. This is due to the growing number of interconnected systems and the vast amounts of data they produce. Many of these ... -
Immersed in Pop! Excursions into Compositional Design
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 352, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Recent changes in consumer audio and music technology and distribution - for example the addition of 3D audio formats such as Dolby Atmos to music streaming services, the recent release of “Spatial Audio” on Apple and Beats ... -
The Impact of Free Cash Flow on Performance in Microfinance Institutions and Its Moderators
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 454, Doctoral thesis, 2024)This dissertation contains three essays: “Free Cash Flow and Performance of Microfinance Institutions,” “Debt, Free Cash Flow and Financial Performance in Microfinance: A Global Analysis,” and “Corporate Governance and ...