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When care situations evoke difficult emotions in nursing staff members: an ethnographic study in two Norwegian nursing homes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
When do I get to say we?
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When hypothesis becomes myth: The Iraqi origin of the Iraqw
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1998)The now-rejected Hamitic hypothesis, depicting Caucasoid peoples from the north as responsible for a number of precolonial cultural and technological achievements in Africa, served to legitimize European intervention and ... -
When it blows, it does not do so at the top: employment and wage inequalities in Norwegian small and large firms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Panel data of Norwegian industries between 2001 and 2014 show that while employment growth occurs equally in small and large firms percentage-wise, employment reduction largely occurs in large firms. The findings imply ... -
When Ludology and Narratology Meet: A Comparative Analysis of an Ecofictional Video Game and an Ecofictional Book.
(Master thesis, 2019)In this master’s thesis, I study the representations of the relationship between the main characters and their wider environment in the ecofictional video game A New Beginning (Final Cut) (2012) by Daedalic Entertainment ... -
When peer support workers engage in co-creating mental health services An unexplored resource in mental health service transformation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Worldwide, there is an increasing interest in employing citizens with lived experience of mental health challenges. They enter mental health services as peer support workers (PSWs). Their objective is twofold – to ensure ... -
When Students Teach Creativities: Exploring Student Reports on Creative Teaching
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When taekwondo referees see red, but it is an electronic system that gives the points
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Previous studies in taekwondo have considered the use of the manual scoring system or the electronic system with only the use of the electronic body protector. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship ... -
When the Decomposition Meets the Constraint Satisfaction Problem
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper explores the joint use of decomposition methods and parallel computing for solving constraint satisfaction problems and introduces a framework called Parallel Decomposition for Constraint Satisfaction Problems ... -
When travelling ideas meet local contexts: Norwegian teachers trying out 'lesson study'
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This article reports on a study of a small sample of Norwegian teachers trying out the Lesson Study idea that aimed to explore what happens when globally travelling reform ideas are enacted in local contexts. -
'Where am I in the text?’ Standing with Refugees in Graphic Narratives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article aims to contribute to current research on the use of graphic narratives and picturebooks for intercultural education with young adult learners in English Language Teaching. Using the concept of positioning ... -
Where else would I look for it? A five-country qualitative study on purposes, strategies, and consequences of online health information seeking
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background. Online health information (OHI) is widely available and consulted by many people in Western countries to gain health advice. The main goal of the present study is to provide a detailed account of the experiences ... -
Where have all the flowers gone?
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Which factors increase informal care hours and societal costs among caregivers of people with dementia? A systematic review of Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Nearly 19 million people across OECD countries are living with dementia, and millions of family caregivers are affected by the disease. The costs of informal care are estimated to represent 40–75% of the total ... -
Which Right is Right? An Exploration of the Intersection between Religious Identity and the Human Right to Gender Equality in Two Different Teacher Education Contexts: South Africa and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article argues that the intersection between personal religious identity and human rights issues needs to be explored. There is a need to bridge the gap between policy (the constitutions of countries such as South ... -
White Matter Matters: Unraveling Violence in Psychosis and Psychopathy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Individuals with psychotic disorders have an increased risk of committing acts of violence. Neurobiological support for the extent to which violence in psychosis is driven by psychotic symptoms and/or antisocial traits ... -
White matter microstructure is predictive of cardiometabolic health
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White noise som hjelpemiddel i klasserommet for å bedre skoleprestasjoner hos barn med ADHD/oppmerksomhetsvansker - En pilotstudie
(Master thesis, 2021)De siste årene er det kommet flere studier som viser svært gode resultat ved bruk av white noise (auditiv støy i øretelefoner) i laboratorier og i begrensede, kontrollerte eksperimenter i skolen med standardiserte oppgaver. ... -
Who Am I Really? Concept of the Self, Body Image, and Buying Behavior
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)Linking the symbolic value of goods purchased in the marketplace with the psychological construct of an individual’s self-concept can be seen as a specific means of developing a theoretical approach to consumer behavior. ... -
Who are the actors and who are the acted-ons? An analysis of news media reporting on mathematics education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)While there are several studies analysing how mathematics education is portrayed in news media discourses, there has been little examination of the construction of different stakeholders (e.g. teachers, parents, curricula). ...