Browsing 2 Doktoravhandlinger ved Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge by Title
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Older persons’ worries expressed during home care and supportive communication: Analysing audio-recorded visits
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: Person-centred care is advocated as the gold standard for delivering quality healthcare services for older persons in general, and for home care in particular. Personcentred care means being respectful of and ... -
On making the invisible visible : A qualitative study of care partners of older people with mental health problems and home care services
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;57, Doctoral thesis, 2020)The concept of Ageing in place implies that efforts are made to allow people to live at home for as long as possible. This is a political goal in aging policy, where care partners and home care services play significant ... -
On Process Simulation and Learning Technologies
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;45, Doctoral thesis, 2019-10-16)This thesis provides additional insights into the field of simulator training. Al-though numerous studies have identified how to improve simulator technologies and team training practices, little analytic attention has ... -
On the old and the new: An ethnographic study of older people’s mental health services in a changing welfare state
(Doctoral thesis, 2017)The Norwegian welfare state is traditionally known as universalistic. Thus, it might be expected that public healthcare services would cover all citizens on equal terms. Yet older people with mental health problems are not ... -
One-step Conversion of Ethylene to Propylene by a NiSO₄-ReO x/γ-A1₂O₃ Catalyst
(Doctoral dissertations at the University College of Southeast Norway;4, Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-22)The demand for propylene has dramatically increased due to the discovery of propylene’s derivatives (e.g. polypropylene). The propylene production from the conventional processes (steam cracking process and a refinery fluid ... -
Optically operated pulse-driven Josephson junction arrays and range extension using voltage dividers and buffer amplifiers
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;52, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Voltage dividers and buffer amplifier combinations can be used to transfer and extend traceability in voltage and electrical power metrology between a wide range of instruments. For voltages up to 1000 V, resistive voltage ... -
Optimization of flow behavior in biomass gasification reactor
(Doctoral dissertations at TUC;2015:2, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Dual fluidized bed reactor for steam gasification of biomass is a promising technology and can be used in Combined Heat and Power (CHP) production. The producer gas from the reactor can have a calorific value up to 14 ... -
Osmotic sensor for blood glucose monitoring applications
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Parameter estimation and analysis for grey-box models of building thermal behavior
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;77, Doctoral thesis, 2020-10-12)Reduction of anthropogenic CO2 emissions is one of the most important scientific endeavours of our time. Space heating of buildings is responsible for a considerable portion of the worlds total energy consumption. The ... -
Partnerships between parents with immigrant backgrounds and professionals in early childhood education and care
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;117, Doctoral thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates barriers and facilitators for partnerships between parents with immigrant backgrounds and professionals in early childhood education and care (ECEC). It is article based and comprises three ... -
På vei mot en rom(s)lig pedagogikk: En fortolkende studie av barns lekeerfaringer med rom og materialitet
(Doktoravhandlinger ved Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge;1, Doctoral thesis, 2016)I avhandlingen rettes oppmerksomheten mot barns lek i rom, kroker og hjørner i barnehagen, og hvordan bord, stoler, lekemateriell og fargestifter – det som omtales som materialitet – inngår i et samspill som har betydning ... -
Perovskite Solar Cells : Improved Active layer Morphology and Pore-filling in TiO2 Nano-Scaffolds
(Doctoral dissertations at the University College of Southeast Norway;34, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Organometallic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have recently shown tremendous research interest due to their remarkable photovoltaic (PV) performance reaching up to 22% power conversion efficiency in merely five years ... -
Physicochemical data for amine based CO2 capture process
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;72, Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-18)Amine based post-combustion carbon capture is a highly discussed CO2 removal method from flue gas. Large-scale CO2 capture facilities with effective solvents are required to make a significant impact on reducing CO2 emissions ... -
Pneumatic conveying and storage of wet particles to illustrate offshore drill cutting handling
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;7, Doctoral thesis, 2018-06-29)In this thesis, the pneumatic conveying and storage characteristics of particles mixed with a drilling fluid are studied based on the pilot scale experiments. The objective of this research is to investigate the impact of ... -
Point of Care COPD Diagnostics Based on Paper-based Assay and Biofluid Sensing
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;167, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has always been the one of the top four major death causes during the last ten years. During the era of covid-19 pandemic, COPD patients faced higher mortality rates than ever ... -
Post combustion CO2 capture using aqueous amine solvents: Investigations on molecular structure-activity relationships for amine solvents
(Doctoral dissertations at TUC;2015:3, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-25)The study in this dissertation focuses on chemical absorption of CO2 using aqueous amine which is expected to be the technology of choice for early large scale deployment of postcombustion carbon capture (PCC). However ... -
Potential of technology supported competence development for Maritime Education and Training
(Doctoral thesis, 2023)The ongoing technological advances are offering new avenues of exploration for maritime education and training domain. The increase in automation and digitalization is also correspondingly changing the operational profiles ... -
Preparation of novel metal oxides/hydroxides materials and their applications in supercapacitors
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;89, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Supercapacitors, as next-generation efficient, safe and clean energy storage devices with superior power density, fast charge/discharge rate, excellent temperature adaptability and remarkable service life, significantly ... -
Preparing midwifery students for newborn resuscitation: Stimulate-ventilate-collaborate
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;176, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Between 4 and 10% of all newborn babies need support to start breathing immediately after birth. Midwives are the professionals who attend most deliveries in Norway. Hence, they are the ones who most frequently ... -
Private school policy and practice in Norway: Governing private schools: State funding and standardisation
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;175, Doctoral thesis, 2023)In recent decades, societal and educational issues have been used to legitimise policies encouraging privatisation worldwide. While in Norway the privatisation of education generates political disagreement due to the ...