Doctoral Dissertations
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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 ... -
From Common Operational Picture to Common Situational Understanding : A Framework for Information Sharing in Multi-Organizational Emergency Management
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 383, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Complex emergencies such as natural disasters are increasing in frequency and scope, in all regions of the world. These emergencies have devastating impacts on people, property, and the environment. Responding to these ... -
Modelling and Detecting Faults of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors in Dynamic Operations
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 384, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) have played a key role in commercial and industrial applications, i.e. electric vehicles and wind turbines. They are popular due to their high efficiency, control simplification ... -
Social Services, Social Innovation and Multi-Actor Collaboration : A Civil Society Organisation Perspective
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 382, Doctoral thesis, 2022)A central focus of this PhD dissertation is to advance an understanding of how social innovation is generated through the perspective of civil society organisations (CSOs) that provide social services to vulnerable groups ... -
An Access Control Model to Facilitate Healthcare Information Access in Context of Team Collaboration
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 208, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The delivery of healthcare relies on the sharing of patients information among a group of healthcare professionals (so-called multidisciplinary teams (MDTs)). At present, electronic health records (EHRs) are widely utilized ... -
Modeling and Control of Flexible Link Manipulators
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 373, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Autonomous maritime navigation and offshore operations have gained wide attention with the aim of reducing operational costs and increasing reliability and safety. Offshore operations, such as wind farm inspection, sea ... -
Machine Learning Applications for Load Predictions in Electrical Energy Network
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 376, Doctoral thesis, 2022)In this work collected operational data of typical urban and rural energy network are analysed for predictions of energy consumption, as well as for selected region of Nordpool electricity markets. The regression techniques ... -
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 ... -
Condition monitoring of fibre ropes using machine learning
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 368, Doctoral thesis, 2022)The application of fibre ropes in offshore lifting operations has significant potential for further development. With minimum breaking loads (MBL) equivalent to steel wire at similar diameters and almost neutral buoyancy ... -
Cooperation is no Panacea : Inter-municipal Cooperation, Service Delivery, and the Optimum Scale of Operation. A Study of how Cooperation Affects Performance in Local Service Delivery
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 367, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) is one of the most widely-used organizational alternatives in local governments’ attempts to adapt to ever-increasing demands for high quality and cost-efficient services. Although IMC is ... -
Human Resources and Performance in Social Enterprises : Evidence from Microfinance Institutions
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Barns matmot 2.0 : Diet, development, and food neophobia in early years. How to promote healthy diets in a kindergarten setting
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 332, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Early diet has a profound impact on a child’s development, growth, and future health. A varied diet with a high intake of vegetables is positive in several domains of health. In Norway, as in many other countries, the ... -
Information Quality in Secondary Use of EHR Data : A Case Study of Quality Management in a Norwegian Hospital
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 245, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The motivation for undertaking this study relates to my experiences from practice in a public hospital, where I have observed variations in reaching organizational goals of quality management informed by electronic health ... -
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among Norwegian male athletes. Energy availability, health, and performance among male athletes at different age and performance levels
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder;no. 346, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) is a syndrome where low energy availability (LEA) has a negative impact on health [e.g., endocrine and metabolic alterations, reproductive dysfunction, impaired bone mineral ... -
Learning with Mobiles. A Developing Country Perspective on Mobile Technologies use in Learning for Livelihood Support
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 344, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This doctoral thesis focuses on understanding the role of mobile technologies as tools to enhance learning for livelihood support. To date, the body of knowledge on the use of mobile technologies for development is growing, ... -
Institutionalized Resistance? Public School Responses to Contradictory Institutional Logics
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 343, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This doctoral thesis is an organizational study that explores the institutional and organizational issues behind education inequality in Indonesia that has been perceived as taken-for-granted. By examining a case in which ... -
Ungdoms inngang til og møte med barnevernet
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 342, Doctoral thesis, 2021)The topic of this dissertation is reports of concern to the Norwegian Child Welfare Service (CWS). Reports of concern is the most common way children and families get in contact with the CWS. Whether a report of concern ... -
Multilevel Inverters with Reduced Component Count for Energy Systems
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 339, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Multilevel inverters (MLIs) have gained increasing interest for advanced energy-conversion systems with a wide range of voltage levels, due to their attractive features of low harmonic contents, low dv/dt stress, low ... -
Essays on Cultural Intelligence
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 338, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This dissertation consists of three essays/papers on cultural intelligence. The first essay/paper is a systematic review using bibliometric methods that explored the CQ literature in international business, including the ... -
The Impact of Internationalization on Performance in Hybrid Organizations
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; nr. 336, Doctoral thesis, 2021)With the growing demand for socially and environmentally conscious products and services, hybrid organizations that address social and environmental issues with a market-based solution are gaining widespread significance ...
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