Browsing Høgskulen på Vestlandet by Title
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Wiki i ungdomsskulen og tilpassa opplæring: Korleis leggje til rette for tilpassa opplæring gjennom bruk av wiki?
(Master thesis, 2012-06-12)Oppgåva har tittelen Wiki i ungdomsskulen og tilpassa opplæring. Korleis leggje til rette for tilpassa opplæring gjennom bruk av wiki? Som tittelen tilseier er dette ein freistnad på å finne ut korleis det digitale ... -
Wild camping and the weight of tourism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Wild camping forms a specific social reality within which tourists often claim not to be tourists and within which the capitalist practices central to tourism are messy. Yet, wild camping exemplifies the core idea in ... -
Wildland-urban interface fires in Norwegian coastal heathlands – Identifying risk reducing measures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)For five millennia, the coastal heathlands in Norway were managed with fire to improve grazing. The abandonment of this practice for the last ca. 70 years has resulted in biomass accumulation and increasing fire hazards. ... -
Wind Farm Decommissioning
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Wind power - An assault on local landscapes or an opportunity for modernization?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Abstract Wind power development has produced controversies in many places. Some people see wind power as a sustainable source of energy, others see it as destroying nature and landscapes. ... -
Wind power success in Brazil.
(Master thesis, 2015-05-05)This study seeks the explanation behind the Brazilian wind power success. Since the beginning the industry have turned out to bea success by becoming the cheapest source of electricity. This study discusses three different ... -
‘Winter children’ : an ethnographically inspired study of children being-and-becoming well-versed in snow and ice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)For many children living in Northern and mountainous regions of the world, playing in snow is enticing and connotes childhood for many adults. Even so, researchers have paid little attention to children’s play in/with snow ... -
Women and their (lack of) place in the canon: A study of canon formation and gender representation in 27 textbooks made for three curriculums
(Master thesis, 2023)This study examines whether there is a de facto canon in the text selection of 27 EFL textbooks for grades 8-10. The study also investigates gender representations and examines the extent to which both male and female ... -
Women with heart failure and their experiences of sexuality and intimacy: A qualitative content analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim and Objective: This study aimed to explore how women with heart failure experience intimacy and sexual activity. Background: Knowledge about women diagnosed with heart failure and their sexual activity is scarce. ... -
Women's experiences when unsure about whether or not to have an abortion in the first trimester
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Abortion during the first trimester is legal in most Western countries. However, deciding to terminate a pregnancy is a challenging process, and some women arrive at the abortion clinic still not absolutely certain. We ... -
Women’s engagement in flood hazard adaptation in Nepal
(Master thesis, 2022)This study presents an in-depth analysis of women’s engagement in flood hazard adaptations in Arnuwa village, one of the frequently flood-affected areas of the lower Karnali river basin in Nepal. In specific, it examines ... -
Women’s negative childbirth experiences and socioeconomic factors: Results from the Babies Born Better survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective To investigate the association between women's socioeconomic status and overall childbirth experience and to explore how women reporting an overall negative birth experience describe their experiences of intrapartum ... -
Wonkatarsis - ein analyse av Willy Wonka som filmatisk karakter
(Master thesis, 2018)Den enigmatiske og velkjende Roald Dahl-karakteren Willy Wonka har gleda lesarar og publikum i fleire tiår. Karakteren vart først introdusert i Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Dahl, 1964), og har sidan vore mogleg å sjå ... -
Word embeddings for recommending semantically similar support tickets
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Work and mental complaints: are response outcome expectancies more important than work conditions and number of subjective health complaints?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Purpose Investigate the relative effect of response outcome expectancies, work conditions, and number of subjective health complaints (SHC) on anxiety and depression in Norwegian employees. Learned response outcome ... -
Work engagement and its relationship with personality traits among teachers at the secondary level in Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)The current master’s thesis examines the relationship between work engagement and personality among teachers at the secondary level in Norway. It is posited that basic personality characteristics can help us understand why ... -
Work incapacity among family caregivers: a record linkage study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Family caregiving-related physical and mental health problems may lead to work incapacity in employed caregivers. The aim of this study was to quantify sickness absences and disability pensions (SADP) among ... -
The work of having a chronic condition: development and psychometric evaluation of the distribution of co-care activities (DoCCA) scale
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Chronic care involves multiple activities that can be performed by individuals and healthcare staff as well as by other actors and artifacts, such as eHealth services. Thus, chronic care management can be viewed ... -
Working Towards a Common Transatlantic Approach for Evaluation of Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Key points: • The history is the key to a correct exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) diagnosis, with inspiratory symptoms presenting during ongoing exercise and resolving within a few minutes after exercise ... -
World Peace Game som undervisingsmetode i samfunnskunnskap
(Master thesis, 2017-05-15)Denne oppgåva er eit casestudie i samfunnsfag, der World Peace Game (WPG) blir vurdert som undervisingmetode. 60 elevar i 10.klasse frå ein norsk skule gjennomførde dette dramapedagogiske rollespelet, der politisk ...