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Discourses of service user involvement in meeting placesin Norwegian community mental health care: a discourseanalysis of staff accounts
(Journal article, 2016)In previous research, meeting places have been favourably addressed by service users, but they have also been contested as exclusionary. In this participatory explorative study, we sought to perform a contextual analysis ... -
Discrete Events Modelling of a Person Behaviour at Home
(Master thesis, 2017)Modeling human behaviour remains a challenge for both computing sciences and the humanities. In this context, we worked on a routine simulation program and a human behavior analysis program. The simulation is based on the ... -
Discrete LQ optimal control with integral action: A simple controller on incremental form for MIMO systems.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)A simple Linear Quadratic (LQ) optimal controller of velocity (incremental) form with approximately the same properties as a conventional PID controller of velocity form is presented, i.e. integral action. The proposed ... -
Discrete time Linear Quadratic (LQ) optimal control Vs MPC: Integral action and handling constraints
(Master thesis, 2015-09-18)Studies on optimal control strategy have been discussed for long years by academic institutions and by industrial persons. This thesis contributes to this wide range of study and compares the Linear quadratic optimal control ... -
Discussing racial preference with white Norwegian women: stereotypes and colorblind rationalizations
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis aims to take a critical look at stereotypes that can be connected to different racial groups and how they work in conjunction with categorizing according to preference. The questions of the thesis are a) Which ... -
Discussing the curriculum-Didaktik dichotomy and comparative conceptualisations of the teaching profession
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)National and regional variations in school systems, have often been explained in comparative school governance research in the Nordic countries with variations in long-standing traditions in curriculum development, ... -
Disintegration and Degradation of Fish Feed Pellets and Feces Under Aerobic Marine Conditions
(Master thesis, 2018)Fish farming industry is a major food industry which cover significant parts of the nutritional requirement of the world’s population. Due to nutritional enrichment by uneaten pellets and fish feces, negative environmental ... -
Diskursanalysens plass i litteraturdidaktikken
(Master thesis, 2021)Med utgangspunkt i kjerneelementene «Tekst i kontekst» og «Kritisk tilnærming til tekst» de nye læreplanene LK20, vil jeg i denne oppgaven gi et bidrag til debatten om hvordan målene skal aktualiseres og konkretiseres i ... -
Diskurser om barndom i rammeplanen for barnehagen: En kritisk-diskursanalytisk tilnærming til den institusjonelle barndommen
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven skal identifisere barndomsdiskurser i rammeplanen for barnehagens innhold og oppgaver. Undersøkelsene blir gjort med en kritisk diskursanalytisk (KDA) tilnærming på bakgrunn av Faircloughs dialektisk-relasjonelle ... -
«Diskuter hvordan diktet tematiserer kulturmøter» En kritisk lesning av kulturmøter som tema i tre læreverk for norsk VG1
(Master thesis, 2023)I denne avhandlingen undersøker jeg hvordan temaet kulturmøter er presentert og kontekstualisert gjennom kapitler og tekstutvalg i tre læreverk for norskfaget på vg1. Det aktuelle kompetansemålet som danner bakgrunnen for ... -
Disordered eating behavior among group fitness instructors: a health-threatening secret?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-24)BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to examine disordered eating behavior (DE) and self-reported eating disorders (ED) among Norwegian group fitness instructors. METHODS: Group fitness instructors from Norway (n = 685 ... -
Dispersion of hydrogen in confined spaces
(Master thesis, 2019)Usage of hydrogen as fuel gives rise to possible accidental risks due to leakage and dispersion. The highest risk from hydrogen leak is the formation of a large volume of the hydrogen-air mixture, which could be ignited ... -
Disruptiv innovasjon i norsk næringsliv : En kvalitativ studie basert på 10 norske bedriftslederes erfaringer med disruptiv innovasjon
(Master thesis, 2015)Temaet for denne avhandlingen er disruptiv innovasjon som Clayton M. Christensen først introduserte i artikkelen Disruptive technologies: Catching the wave i(1995)og senere i boken The Innovator’s Dilemma i 1997. Disruptive ... -
Distribusjon av gonioskopiske funn på goniofotografier av unge voksne. En pilotstudie utført med Nidek GS-1 Gonioscop
(Master thesis, 2023)Purpose: The primary objective was to investigate the visibility of angle structures and gonioscopic findings in four quadrants in young eyes by means of 360-degree goniophotography acquired by the Nidek GS-1 Gonioscope ... -
Distribusjon/publisering av fri programvare : noen erfaringer med et slikt prosjekt
(Rapporter fra Høgskolen i Buskerud;84, Peer reviewed; Research report, 2011-05)Denne rapporten tar primært for seg noen erfaringer som jeg har gjort med å lage og distribuere et fritt program (fri programvare). Høgskolen i Buskerud har en spesiell interesse i dette som deleier i Nasjonalt kompetansesenter ... -
Distributed situation awareness in a demanding maritime operation: A case study of the subsea segment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Maritime subsea operations have increased significantly in size and complexity during the last decades as a result of the advances in the offshore oil industry. Despite the fact that subsea operations can involve hundreds ... -
Distributed Situation Awareness in pilotage operations: Implications and Challenges
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Pilotage is considered as the most critical leg of navigation and a complex operation in maritime domain. In this paper, we argue that Distributed Situation Awareness (DSA) is an important construct in pilotage as the ... -
The distribution limit of the common tick, Ixodes ricinus, and some associated pathogens in north-western Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In north-western Europe, the common tick, Ixodes ricinus, is widely established, its distribution appears to be increasing and the spread of tick-borne diseases is of increasing concern. The project ‘Flått i Nord’ (Ticks ... -
Distribution of allele frequencies for genes associated with physical activity and/or physical capacity in a homogenous Norwegian cohort- a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background There are large individual differences in physical activity (PA) behavior as well as trainability of physical capacity. Heritability studies have shown that genes may have as much impact on exercise participation ... -
Distribution Of Co2 In Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Deep geologic injection of supercritical carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has been widely used for improved oil recovery from depleted oilfields since early 1970s. The CO 2 injec - tion maintains the ...