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A comparative study on plant intake in lactating and dry stage beef cattle grazing on boreal forest pastures with different stocking densities in Norway
(Master thesis, 2018)Livestock grazing in forests or on other unimproved outlying lands has for long been an important farming practice in Norway and has been a way farmers could use rural resources to increase production and sustain diversity ... -
A comparison of nursing and teacher education students' information literacy learning: Results from Norway, 2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study measures first-year undergraduate students’ self-assessments and learning outcomes in information literacy skills in their first months of higher education in Norway. Comparisons are made between nursing students ... -
A Double-Blinded, Randomized Comparison of Medetomidine-Tiletamine-Zolazepamand Dexmedetomidine-Tiletamine-Zolazepam Anesthesia in Free-Ranging Brown Bears (Ursus Arctos)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We compared anesthetic features, blood parameters, and physiological responses to either medetomidine-tiletamine-zolazepam or dexmedetomidine-tiletamine-zolazepam using a double-blinded, randomized experimental design ... -
A Healthy Person: The Perceptions of Indonesian and Scandinavian Nursing Students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate how nursing students in Indonesia and Scandinavia characterize a healthy person. Two hundred thirty-two nursing students from Indonesia, 50 students from Sweden, and ... -
A human-induced landscape of fear influences foraging behavior of brown bears
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Animals adapt their foraging behavior to variations in food availability and predation risk. In Sweden, brown bears (Ursus arctos) depend on a nearly continuous intake of berries, especially bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) ... -
A Migratory Northern Ungulate in the Pursuit of Spring: Jumping or Surfing the Green Wave?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The forage-maturation hypothesis (FMH) states that herbivores migrate along a phenological gradient of plant development in order to maximize energy intake. Despite strong support for the FMH, the actual relationship ... -
A mobile hospice nurse teaching team’s experience: training care workers in spiritual and existential care for the dying - a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Nursing home and home care nursing staff must increasingly deal with palliative care challenges, due to cost cutting in specialized health care. Research indicates that a significant number of dying patients ... -
A Multilevel Investigation of Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents: The Relationships Between Self-Perceived Emotion Regulation, Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability, and Personal Factors Associated with Resilience
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Personal resiliency refers to individual attributes that are related to the process of successfully adapting to the environment in the face of adverse conditions, also known as resilience. Emotion regulation is increasingly ... -
A new conceptualization of service innovation grounded in S-D logic and service systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Engelsk sammendrag (abstract): Purpose—This article conceptualizes service innovation through a service-dominant logic (S-D logic) lens and with a service system foundation. Design/methodology/approach—This conceptual ... -
A one-off event and the construction of organisational identity: the case of the 2016 Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games Committee
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In this article, we investigate the organisational identity (OI) of the 2016 Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (LYOGOC). Using OI theory, we scrutinised how the youth focus of the winter edition of the ... -
A Positive Deviance Inquiry on Effective Communicative Practices of Rural Indian Women Entrepreneurs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Why do some rural women entrepreneurs in India succeed despite low levels of literacy, staggering household responsibility, unsupportive social structures, and oppressive cultural practices? The present article employed ... -
A postfeminist analysis of Katniss Everdeen as an action heroine in The Hunger Games trilogy
(Master thesis, 2015)English: In this master thesis, I have discussed and analyzed the female protagonist in The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, in relation to postfeminist theory and perspectives concerning the phenomenon of the action heroine ... -
A qualitative study of nurses' attitudes towards' and accommodations of patients' expressions of religiosity and faith in dementia care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-04)Aims: To investigate nurses’ attitudes towards and accommodations of patients’ expressions of religiosity and faith in dementia care. Background: Holistic care for people with dementia addresses patients' religiosity and ... -
A seasonal feast : the use of moose slaughter remains by the boreal forest scavenger community in south-eastern Norway
(Master thesis, 2018)Scavenging by vertebrates is one of multiple foraging strategies to utilize food resources and a key ecological process in food web dynamics. It is used in periods of environmental stress such as shortage of prey, and as ... -
A short history of electronic literature and communities in the Nordic countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This article gives a survey of the tradition of electronic literature in the Nordic countries, focusing both on the literature and communities emerging in the field within the last two decades. I have no ambition of ... -
«A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary» - Elevmedvirkning
(Bachelor thesis, 2013)Det står spesifisert i både Opplæringslovens formålsparagraf (2008) og læreplanens generelle del (1993) at elevmedvirkning skal vektlegges i skolen. I 2012 ble det også fastsatt en bestemmelse av tid som skal brukes til ... -
A theoretical approach to understanding the global/local nexus: The adoption of an institutional logics framework
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article takes as its starting point the theoretical debate within the field of Comparative and International Education surrounding the way in which the global/local nexus is understood and researched. Attempting to ... -
A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems
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A4A relationships
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the characteristics of actors that allow them to relate to others actors in the system through shared intentionality (orientation) and the nature of the A4A relationship ... -
ABE-reformen i to offentlige organisasjoner – en studie av implementeringsaktiviteter og erfarte effekter
(Master thesis, 2023)ABE-reformen kuttet 0,5-0,8 % av bevilgningen til statlige organisasjoner fra 2015 til 2022. Hensikten med reformen var å effektivisere og avbyråkratisere statlige organisasjoner. Forutsigbare årlige kutt skulle gi ...