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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Implementation of Building Information Modeling in Infrastructure Construction : Lessons from Norway and Vietnam
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder;no. 329, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Industrialization, innovation, and infrastructure are important drivers in improving employment and income (United Nations, 2015b). To meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, developing countries ... -
Implications to the Audit Process of Auditing that uses Data Analytics Tools and New Business Models
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 405, Doctoral thesis, 2023)New advances in information technology have created a wave of technological innovations which affect the audit firms. Audit firms are now investing large sums of money to acquire and adopt data analytics tools. Using three ... -
Improving and enhancing NWP based wind power forecasts under Norwegian conditions
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;, Doctoral thesis, 2015)This thesis studies methods for improving and enhancing NWP based wind power forecasts for cases from the Western coast of Norway. This is an area with excellent wind conditions, but where the installed wind power capacity ... -
Improving Energy Efficiency and Motion Control in Load-Carrying Applications using Self-Contained Cylinders
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 283, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Because of an increasing focus on environmental impact, including CO2 emissions and fluid spill pollution, inefficient hydraulic systems are being replaced by more environmentally friendly alternatives in several industries. ... -
Improving the technical properties of recycled aggregates for road construction
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 428, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Sustainable construction, operation and maintenance of road infrastructure are currently of high priority in Norway. The development of the highway standards and specifications (e.g., N200) plays an important role, so that ... -
Industrial Robot Collision Handling in Harsh Environments
(;87, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2014)The focus in this thesis is on robot collision handling systems, mainly collision detection and collision avoidance for industrial robots operating in harsh environments (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres found in ... -
Information and Communication Technologies for Integrated Operations of Ships
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder;74, Doctoral thesis, 2013)Over the past three decades, information and communication technologies have filled our daily life with great comfort and convenience. As the technology keeps evolving, user expectations for more challenging cases that ... -
Information and Communication Technologies for Integrated Operations of Ships
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder;74, Doctoral thesis, 2013)Over the past three decades, information and communication technologies have filled our daily life with great comfort and convenience. As the technology keeps evolving, user expectations for more challenging cases that ... -
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 ... -
Initiating the PREPARED project : a digital dietary intervention for preconception young adults – protocol development, validation of dietary methods, and DOHaD knowledge-diet quality insights
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 451, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Background The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) theory suggests that environmental exposures during critical developmental periods can profoundly affect long-term health and disease risk of both the ... -
Inkludering i en flerkulturell skole : en kvalitativ studie av forståelsen av inkludering uttrykt i styringsdokumenter og blant lærere
(Doktoravhandlinger ved Universitetet i Agder;82, Doctoral thesis, 2014) -
Innovating examinations in teacher education
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 337, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Lærerutdanning er en av de mest betydningsfulle utdanningene i verden. Det legges mye ressurser i utvikling og innovasjon for at denne skal fungere best mulig, både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. Likevel er det noen ... -
An institutional ethnographic study on the social organisation of integration work in Norwegian ECEC Centers
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; No. 470, Doctoral thesis, 2024)In this article-based dissertation, I explore the social organisation of integration work in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) centers. This thesis begins from the standpoint of ECEC professionals as ... -
Institutional perspective on introducing enterprise architecture : The case of the Norwegian hospital sector
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 272, Doctoral thesis, 2020)The findings from this thesis point to the incongruence between the characteristics of EA and the healthcare domain as specific tensions among the EA logic and different professional logics as a source of deviation. The ...