Administration
Recent Submissions
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The Contemporary Norwegian Municipal CEO
(Chapter, 2024)This chapter describes the evolution of the Norwegian municipal chief executive officer (MCEO) from 1980 to 1992 and 2018, when the position was weakened politically but strengthened administratively. Today, the Norwegian ... -
Organisational Conditions for Boundary Spanning in Public Health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In this study, we examine how organisational conditions impact boundary spanning in public health to handle complex tasks. This policy field is characterised by extensive pressure for collaborative governance and ... -
Child Maltreatment: To Report or Not to Report? It’s More Complex than That
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Child maltreatment (CM) is a widespread problem, contributing to health and societal difficulties often throughout the lifespan. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) who see potential warning signs for CM are responsible for ... -
Path Planning for Perception-Driven Obstacle-Aided Snake Robot Locomotion
(Chapter, 2020)Development of snake robots have been motivated by the ability of snakes to move efficiently in unstructured and cluttered environments. A snake robot has the potential to utilise obstacles for generating locomotion, in ... -
Wissen um Corona: Wissenschaftskommunikation, Informationsverhalten, Diskurs
(Book, 2022)The importance of science communication has come into sharper focus during the global COVID-19 pandemic, as the dissemination of information is crucial for the acceptance and implementation of corresponding measures. To ... -
Learning Environments in the 21st Century: A Mapping of the Literature
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)Education has been transformed by significant breakthroughs in AI, mobile internet, cloud computing and Big Data technologies. More personalized educational settings are developed by increasingly integrating contemporary ... -
På leting etter storsalamander i Gjerstad
(Journal article, 2022)Amfibiene er truet på verdensbasis. Antall individer går ned, og populasjoner og arter forsvinner. Derfor er det gledelig når det oppdages ukjente forekomster av sjeldne og truete arter. Inntil 2015 trodde man at den sjeldne ... -
Heimat – Ein deutsches Familienalbum von Nora Krug
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Project report #3 : Vaccine supply chain decision support system
(Research report, 2022)The project “COVID-19 Network Technology-based Responsive Action” (CONTRA) is funded by the Collaborative and Knowledge-building Projects for the Fight Against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) program[1] of the Research ... -
Lightweight deep convolutional neural network for background sound classification in speech signals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Recognizing background information in human speech signals is a task that is extremely useful in a wide range of practical applications, and many articles on background sound classification have been published. It has not, ... -
Towards Routinely Using Virtual Reality in Higher Education
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)Virtual reality promises to be a tool that can improve higher education. Immersive virtual environments offer the chance to enrich courses with experiential learning experiences. The technological possibilities evolve ... -
Hybrid Position/Force Control for Hydraulic Actuators
(Chapter, 2020)In this paper a novel hybrid position/force control with autonomous switching between both control modes is introduced for hydraulic actuators. A hybrid position/force control structure with feed-forwarding, full-state ... -
A nationwide school fruit and vegetable policy and childhood and adolescent overweight: A quasi-natural experimental study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)School free fruit and vegetable (FFV) policies are used to promote healthy dietary habits and tackle obesity; however, our understanding of their effects on weight outcomes is limited. We assess the effect of a nationwide ... -
Family caregivers’ involvement in caring for frail older family members using welfare technology: a qualitative study of home care in transition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Demographic, economic and organisational changes challenge home care services. Increased use of welfare technology and involvement of family members as co-producers of care are political initiatives to meet these challenges. ... -
Knowledge management and career readiness: a review and synthesis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study aims to examine the relationship between knowledge management and career development in an era characterized by high levels of youth unemployment and a demand for specialized skills. Despite the increasing ... -
Bridging Digital Divides: a Literature Review and Research Agenda for Information Systems Research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Extant literature has increased our understanding of the multifaceted nature of the digital divide, showing that it entails more than access to information and communication resources. Research indicates that digital ... -
The trajectory of psychedelic, spiritual, and psychotic experiences: implications for cognitive scientific perspectives on religion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Fruitful comparison of psychedelic, spiritual, and psychotic experiences requires a degree of phenomenological nuance. Some shared features of these phenomena, such as encounters and communications with supernatural entities, ... -
Identifying Information Requirements for Improving the Common Operational Picture in Multi-Agency Operations
(Chapter, 2020)While there exists a considerable body of literature on the importance of a common operational picture (COP) in multi-agency emergency operations, the COP concept itself still lacks a univocal definition. Despite the lack ... -
Analysis of relationships between prior knowledge, approaches to learning, and mathematics performance among engineering students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Approaches to learning have been identified as crucial factors that influence students’ mathematics performance. However, there have been mixed findings on which of the different approaches improve performance in undergraduate ... -
Nonlinear Hydrostatic Restoring Characteristics of a Spar Floating Wind Turbine
(Chapter, 2022)Floating wind turbine technologies have worldwide applications. Regarding the wind turbine floater stability, there are three principal design philosophies: ballast-, buoyancy- and mooring-stabilized. Although linear ...
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