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    • Labialization in Cairene Arabic 

      Youssef, Islam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      This paper investigates certain morphological categories in Cairene Arabic where the contrast between the short high vowels [i] and [u] is neutralized. The understanding of these neutralizations has direct consequences on ...
    • Labor-force participation and working patterns among women and men who have survived cancer: A descriptive 9-year longitudinal cohort study 

      Brusletto, Birgit; Nielsen, Roy A.; Engan, Harald; Oldervoll, Line Merethe; Ihlebæk, Camilla; Mjøsund, Nina Helen; Torp, Steffen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Aims: Our aim was to investigate labor-force participation, working hours, job changes, and education over 9 years among persons who have survived more than 10 years after cancer, and compare it to controls. Methods: ...
    • The lamentable status of (queer) children in fandom: On being a fannish pariah 

      Duggan, Jennifer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      This autoethnographic paper considers the place of (queer) children in fandom, focusing on fan fiction–centered fan communities. It explores, in particular, the ways in which these communities have been defined and policed ...
    • Laminar burning velocity of gases vented from failed Li-ion batteries 

      Henriksen, Mathias; Vaagsaether, K.; Lundberg, Joachim; Forseth, Sissel; Bjerketvedt, D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In the last decade, several fires and explosions caused by Li-ion batteries (LIBs) have been reported. This can be attributed to the thermal runaway and catastrophic failures of LIBs that release combustible gases, which ...
    • Laminar burning velocity of the dimethyl carbonate–air mixture formed by the Li-ion electrolyte solvent 

      Henriksen, Mathias; Vågsæther, Knut; Gaathaug, Andre Vagner; Lundberg, Joachim; Forseth, Sissel; Bjerketvedt, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      If a Li-ion cell fails and the electrolyte leaks out into air, a flammable premixed gas cloud can be formed. The electrolyte combustion energy is 65–70% of the total energy content of the cell. The main objective of this ...
    • Landbruk og distriktspolitikk – ein analyse av den norske landbruksstøtta 

      Hegrenes, Agnar; Gezelius, Stig Strandli; Kann, Frode; Mittenzwei, Klaus (NILF-Report;, Research report, 2002)
    • Landscape genetics of northern crested newt Triturus cristatus populations in a contrasting natural and human-impacted boreal forest 

      Haugen, Hanne; Linløkken, Arne; Østbye, Kjartan; Heggenes, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Among vertebrates, amphibians currently have the highest proportion of threatened species worldwide, mainly through loss of habitat, leading to increased population isolation. Smaller amphibian populations may lose more ...
    • Landscape of fear or landscape of food? Moose hunting triggers an antipredator response in brown bears 

      Brown, Ludovick; Zedrosser, Andreas; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Fuchs, Boris; Kindberg, Jonas; Pelletier, Fanie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Hunters can affect the behavior of wildlife by inducing a landscape of fear, selecting individuals with specific traits, or altering resource availability across the landscape. Most research investigating the influence of ...
    • Landslide Susceptibility Assessment at Mila basin (Algeria): A Comparative Assessment of Prediction Capability of Advanced Machine Learning Methods 

      Merghadi, Abdelaziz; Boumezbeur, Abderrahmane; Tien Bui, Dieu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Landslide risk prevention requires the delineation of landslide-prone areas as accurately as possible. Therefore, selecting a method or a technique that is capable of providing the highest landslide prediction capability ...
    • Language aptitude and its links with metalinguistic knowledge, self-efficacy, anxiety, and language maintenance in multilingual language teachers 

      Calafato, Raees (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Language teachers cannot help their students develop high levels of metalinguistic knowledge and language aptitude if they themselves are found lacking in these abilities. This article reports on a study that utilised a ...
    • Language contact across the lifespan 

      Fløgstad, Guro Nore; Lanza, Elizabeth (Chapter, 2019)
      The outcome of a multilingual encounter depends on a number of factors. Contact may be of various kinds and may differ in duration, and speakers may belong to different sociocultural groups depending on such variables as ...
    • Language Learning Strategies in the 2020 National Curriculum for English 

      Schipor, Delia; Hammershaug, Vilde Smeby (Chapter, 2022)
      The concept of language learning strategies (LLS) has a central place in the new Norwegian national curriculum for English (LK20). Current research on the new national curriculum has focused on general challenges for ...
    • Language, citizenship and schooling: A minority teacher's perspective 

      Burner, Tony; Osler, Audrey (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In an age in which a shift towards increased authoritarianism and populism means that citizenship is defined in increasingly exclusive ways, migrant teachers’ perspectives are vital in informing inclusive educational ...
    • Large estimate variations in assessed energy expenditure and physical activity levels during active virtual reality gaming: a short report 

      Johansen, Jan-Michael; Schutte, Kjartan; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The purpose of the study was to compare methods for estimating energy expenditure (EE) and physical activity (PA) intensity during a 30 min session of active virtual reality (VR) gaming. Eight individuals (age = 25.4 ± 2.0 ...
    • Laser Spatial Coherence Suppression With Refractive Optical Elements Toward the Improvement of Speckle Reduction by Light Pipes 

      Tong, Zhaomin; Sun, C; Ma, Y; Wang, M; Jia, S; Chen, Xuyuan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      We study laser speckle reduction by light pipes, and we propose a new method to improve its efficiency. Proof-of-concept refractive optical elements (ROEs) with a staircase-like structure are introduced before a holographic ...
    • The last glaciation of the Arctic volcanic island Jan Mayen 

      Lyså, Astrid; Larsen, Eiliv; Anjar, Johanna; Akçar, Naki; Ganerød, Morgan; Hiksdal, Asbjørn; van der Lelij, Roelant; Vockenhuber, Christof (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The volcanic island of Jan Mayen, remotely located in the Norwegian‐Greenland Sea, was covered by a contiguous ice cap during the Late Weichselian. Until now, it has been disputed whether parts of the island south of the ...
    • The ‘Last Ice Age’ in maritime history: An introduction 

      Norseng, Per G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The point of departure of this Forum is an ongoing research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council: ‘The Last Ice Age: The Trade in Natural Ice as an Agent of Modernization and Economic Integration in the Nineteenth ...
    • Latest results on the production of hadronic resonances in ALICE at the LHC 

      Khuntia, Arvind; Mihaylov, D.L.; Adamová, D.; Adler, Alexander; Adolfsson, Jonatan; Aggarwal, Madan M.; Rinella, Gianluca Aglieri; Agnello, Michelangelo; Agrawal, Nikita; Ahammed, Zubayer; Alme, Johan; Altenkaemper, Lucas; Djuvsland, Øystein; Eikeland, Viljar Nilsen; Ersdal, Magnus Rentsch; Fionda, Fiorella Maria Celeste; Grøttvik, Ola Slettevoll; Lofnes, Ingrid Mckibben; Nystrand, Joakim Ingemar; Rehman, Attiq Ur; Tambave, Ganesh Jagannath; Ullaland, Kjetil; Wagner, Boris; Zhou, Zhuo; Arsene, Ionut Cristian; Dordic, Olja; Mahmood, Sohail Musa; Malik, Qasim Waheed; Neagu, Alexandra; Richter, Matthias; Røed, Ketil; Röhrich, Dieter Rudolf Christian; Skaali, Toralf Bernhard; Tveter, Trine Spedstad; Wikne, Jon Christopher; Helstrup, Håvard; Hetland, Kristin Fanebust; Kileng, Bjarte; Nesbø, Simon Voigt; Storetvedt, Maksim Melnik; Langøy, Rune; Lien, Jørgen André; Ahmad, Shafiq F.; Ahnak, Sang Un; Akindinov, Alexander; Al-Turany, Mohammed; Alam, S. N.; Albuquerque, D.S.D.; Aleksandrov, Dmitry; Alessandro, Bruno; ALICE Collaboration, * (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Measurement of short-lived hadronic resonances are used to study different aspects of particle production and collision dynamics in pp, p–A and relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The yields of resonances are sensitive to ...
    • ‘The Lay Gaze’—Rural Norwegian men’s assessment of others’ health based on pictures 

      Hervik, Stein Egil Kolderup; Skille, Eivind Åsrum (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In this article, we explore lay men's understanding of the relationship between other's bodily appearance and health— ‘the Lay Gaze’. We applied the theoreti-cal concepts of biopower, medical gaze, bodyism and healthism— ...
    • Leadership Strategies in Diverse Intake Environments 

      Ballangrud, Brit Bolken; Paulsen, Jan Merok (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      The case study subjected in this paper was designed to illuminate how school leadership strategies and interventions mediate external demands, in the form of the academic press, for raised outcomes, imposed from the policy ...