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Om forpleiningen av «sindssyge» på Agder før åpningen av Eg-asyl i 1882
(Book chapter, 2023)This study, based on financial records, investigates the care of the «destitute insane» in the Lister and Mandal region (now Agder) between 1860 and 1882. In 1848 Norway’s first mental health act was passed, initiated by ... -
Rovdyr, gift, skudd og statistikk. En undersøkelse av lokale arkiver som kilde til problematisering av norsk skuddpremie- og rovdyrstatistikk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Artikkelen diskuterer norsk historisk rovdyrfellingsstatistikk med utgangspunkt i en rekke nasjonale og lokale arkiver fra det sydlige Norge. Den nasjonale statistikken har bygget på utbetalte og innrapporterte skuddpremier ... -
Bilingual Sentence Production Effects of Language Structure, Bilingual Profile, and Cognitive Load
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; 447, Doctoral thesis, 2023)When producing sentences, speakers plan up to a certain point prior to the onset of speech and plan the rest of the sentence incrementally while speaking. The amount planned prior to speech onset is called the planning ... -
Intellectual disability and participation in digital technology design activities: A catalyst for social inclusion
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; 446, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Social inclusion is a central goal in welfare policies and an essential determinant of people's health and well-being. This doctoral thesis aims to investigate how participation in the design of digital technology can ... -
Digital technology design activities—A means for promoting the digital inclusion of young adults with intellectual disabilities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Information and communication technology has become an important aspect of everyday life, including community living and social participation. However, people with intellectual disabilities face several societal inequalities, ... -
The Force-Velocity Profile for Jumping: What It Is and What It Is Not
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction: Force–velocity profiling has been proposed in the literature as a method to identify the overall mechanical characteristics of lower extremities. A force–velocity profile is obtained by plotting for jumps at ... -
Identification of potential biomarkers in active Lyme borreliosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives Lyme serology does not readily discriminate an active Lyme borreliosis (LB) from a previous Borrelia infection or exposure. Here, we aimed to investigate a large number of immunological protein biomarkers to ... -
Verified Parental Cardiovascular Events for Young and Middle-Aged Ischaemic Stroke Patients and Controls
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Nonmodifiable cardiovascular risk factors, like age and sex, are easily quantifiable. Due to immense technical progress in diagnostics and medical data storage, the aim of this study was to quantify, verify, and to compare ... -
Maternal mental health is associated with children's frequency of family meals at 12 and 24 months of age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Diet during the child's first years is important for growth and development. In toddlerhood, higher diet quality is reported among children eating meals together with family. Although previous literature has documented ... -
Multiple-Principal Demands and CEO Compliance in Emerging Market State-Owned Enterprises
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study addresses multiple-principal–agent power dynamics in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in emerging markets. We investigate under what conditions agents (CEOs) accede to demands of government-linked principals. Our ... -
Work from home and collective creativity: Exploring the experiences of IT professionals
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Enabling a just energy transition through solidarity in research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A just energy transition is as much about acknowledging and acting on the socio-material needs of marginalised classes and groups as about informing inclusive and deliberative policy-making towards more equitable energy ... -
Creativity in Remote and Hybrid Work Environments
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 442, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Workplace creativity is crucial for innovation and navigation in a dynamic technology-driven world. This dissertation sheds light on individual and group creativity within flexible work arrangements (FWA), an expanding yet ... -
Fylkeskommunen i et flernivåsystem : Effekter av europeisk integrasjon på sub-nasjonal beslutningsadferd i et tett integrert ikke-medlemsland
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 445, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Public administrations play a crucial role in formulating, initiating, implementing, and developing public policies. To comprehend the development and practice of public policy, it is important to analyze the effects of ... -
Spoken word production in Norwegian-English bilinguals Investigating effects of bilingual profile and articulatory divergence
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder;443, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis investigates the effects of individual differences in bilingual profile and articulatory divergence on bilingual spoken word production. During bilingual word production both languages are to some degree active, ... -
Local Content Policy in Oil for Development Partnership Programmes: Are Universities and Technical Institutions Actively Engaged as Enablers of Sustainable Development?
(Master thesis, 2023)Local content policy designed in the Oil for Development partnership programme between Ghana and Norway was crucial to promote the use of Ghanaian local expertise, goods and services, people, businesses and financing in ... -
“Heads Up” for Creatine Supplementation and its Potential Applications for Brain Health and Function
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)There is emerging interest regarding the potential beneficial effects of creatine supplementation on indices of brain health and function. Creatine supplementation can increase brain creatine stores, which may help explain ... -
Juvenile survival and movements of two threatened oceanic sharks in the North Atlantic Ocean inferred from tag-recovery data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Understanding population dynamics, movements, and fishing mortality is critical to establish effective shark conservation measures across international boundaries in the ocean. There are few survival and dispersal estimates ...