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A Hybrid GIS Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Method for Flood Susceptibility Mapping at Shangyou, China
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Soil salinity caused by climate change associated with rising sea level is considered as one of the most severe natural hazards that has a negative effect on agricultural activities in the coastal areas in most tropical ... -
A Lab-on-a-disc Device for RT-LAMP Amplification of SARS-CoV-2 RNAs
(Master thesis, 2023)This project focuses on developing the amplification part of a user-friendly Lab-on-a-disc device for isothermal nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) of pathogens. The device is specifically designed for individuals ... -
A literature and feasibilty study on pelletization of waste
(Master thesis, 2021)Global warming is an increasing challenge globally, which makes us investigate alternative energy sources. Renewable sources from agricultural, forestry, industries and households are all potential energy sources. At the ... -
A Mathematical Theory for Mixing of Particulate Materials
(Doctoral thesis, 2006)A theoretical framework for sampling theory is developed. In this relation, concepts like mixture heterogeneity and representative samples are mathematically defined. Further, the relation between Gy's concepts of accuracy ... -
A microfluidic device for continuous sensing of systemic acute toxicants in drinking water
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)A bioluminescent-cell-based microfluidic device for sensing toxicants in drinking water was designed and fabricated. The system employed Vibrio fischeri cells as broad-spectrum sensors to monitor potential systemic cell ... -
A nearest integer solution to the longest run of randomly generated words
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)How rare is the event of observing more than a certain number of consecutive and identical letters of any kind somewhere in a randomly generated word? No one can deny that the use of generating functions is crucial for ... -
A Novel Ensemble Classifier of Rotation Forest and Naïve Bayer for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment at the Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province (Viet Nam) Using GIS
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The objective of this study is to attempt a new soft computing approach for assessment of landslide susceptibility in the Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province (Viet Nam) using a novel classifier ensemble model of Naïve Bayes ... -
A Novel Hybrid Approach Based on Instance Based Learning Classifier and Rotation Forest Ensemble for Spatial Prediction of Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslides Using GIS
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study proposes a novel hybrid machine learning approach for modeling of rainfall-induced shallow landslides. The proposed approach is a combination of an instance-based learning algorithm (k-NN) and Rotation Forest ... -
A Novel Intelligence Approach of a Sequential Minimal Optimization-Based Support Vector Machine for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The main objective of this study is to propose a novel hybrid model of a sequential minimal optimization and support vector machine (SMOSVM) for accurate landslide susceptibility mapping. For this task, one of the landslide ... -
A Novel Process-Reaction Curve Method for Tuning PID Controllers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A novel process-reaction curve method for tuning PID controllers for (possible) higher order processes/models is presented. The proposed method is similar to the Ziegler-Nichols process reaction curve method, viz. only the ... -
A paradigm shift in nurse specialist clinical supervision-implementation of a competence program
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The change of the anesthesia-, intensive-, surgery-, and oncological nursing postgraduate education into clinical-oriented master programs makes it necessary to increase the professional skills of nurse specialist clinical ... -
A participatory discourse analysis of service users’ accounts of meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Since the 1960s, deinstitutionalisation has been salient in mental health reforms across the West. In Norway, this culminated in the National Action Plan for Mental Health (1999-2008), where meeting places in community ... -
A passive positioning alarm used by persons with dementia and their spouses – a qualitative intervention study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Increasingly, information and communication technology is being used to support persons with dementia living at home and their relatives. The aim of the present intervention study was to describe and explore ... -
A phosphorous mass-balance and implications of sedimentary phosphate release in lake Hålandsvatn
(Master thesis, 2021)A phosphorous mass balance of lake Hålandsvatn was constructed after a weekly monitoring for 19 weeks during the summer of 2019 and was sampled for physicochemical parameters with purpose of estimating alkaline phosphate ... -
A predictive system based on structured and unstructured data to gather and tag overall mood about a company and use it to correlate and predict stock prices for the company
(Master thesis, 2022)The main goal of this research paper is to develop and enhance a model which predicts the base outcome the shares in the share market. The model is based on the inputs taken from the latest stock news, put it into the ... -
A qualitative study on Greek immigrants' perceptions of Friluftsliv and the factors affecting their participation in it
(Master thesis, 2023)Immigration and outdoor engagement have received a lot of attention in recent years. Participation in the outdoors, especially in Norway, is essential for all people. It improves their physical, mental, and to a greater ... -
A qualitative systematic review of older persons’ perceptions of health, ill health, and their community health care needs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The aim of this qualitative systematic review was to report a synthesis of older persons’ perceptions of health, ill health, and their community health care needs. The review questions were what characterizes older persons’ ... -
A Review of Eutectic Au-Ge Solder Joints
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Gold-germanium (Au-Ge) joints have been part of the electronics industry since the birth of the solid state transistor. Today they find their role as a reliable joining technology, especially for high-temperature applications. ... -
A review of micropollutant sources, discharge regulations and their fates with biological wastewater treatment
(Master thesis, 2022)Due to increased human activities in chemical production, use of pharmaceuticals and plastics, municipal wastewater is being contaminated when these byproducts are discharged into the wastewater streams. Recently, ...