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    • A qualitative exploration of interactions with natural environments among immigrant women in Norway 

      Lorentzen, Catherine Anne Nicole; Berit, Viken (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The role of nature in potentially improving people’s health – including immigrant women, who are particularly prone to health challenges – has been highlighted. Success in this public health arena requires an adequate ...
    • Qualitative instruments involving clients as co-researchers to assess and improve the quality of care relationships in long-term care: An evaluation of instruments to enhance client participation in quality research 

      Scheffelaar, Aukelien; Bos, Nanne; Triemstra, Mattanja; de Jong, Marjan; Luijkx, Katrien; van Dulmen, Sandra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objectives: Enhancing the active involvement of clients as co-researchers is seen as a promising innovation in quality research. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and usability of five qualitative instruments ...
    • A qualitative study of Norwegian first-time mothers’ information needs in pre-admission early labour 

      Myhre, Enid Leren; Lukasse, Mirjam; Reigstad, Marte Myhre; Holmstedt, Viggo; Dahl, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objective: To explore women's experience with information, and their information needs in pre-admission early labour. Design: A qualitative study with an exploratory and descriptive approach. Setting: Five focus group ...
    • A qualitative study of the work experiences of midwives performing obstetric ultrasound in Norway 

      Reiso, Magnhild; Langli, Berit; Sommerseth, Eva; Johannessen, Aud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background: Performing obstetric ultrasound is part of midwifery practice in Norway. Knowledge of these midwives’ working situation can enhance understanding of what their work involves and the challenges they encounter ...
    • A qualitative study on promoting reablement among older people living at home in Norway: opportunities and constraints 

      Ambugo, Eliva Atieno; Dar, Imran; Bikova, Mariya Stoyanova; Førland, Oddvar; Tjerbo, Trond (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: Healthcare services that traditionally have been provided in long-term care institutions in Norway are increasingly being delivered at home to a growing population of older people with chronic conditions and ...
    • Quality of life and service satisfaction in outpatients with severe or non-severe mental illness diagnoses 

      Ådnanes, Marian; Kalseth, Jorid; Ose, Solveig Osborg; Ruud, Torleif; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Puntis, Stephen Robert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose Our study investigated quality of life (QoL) in patients with severe or non-severe mental illness diagnoses (SMI and non-SMI) and the association between QoL and service satisfaction measured as patients’ perception ...
    • Quantifying the hydroxyapatite orientation near the ossification front in a piglet femoral condyle using X-ray diffraction tensor tomography 

      Mürer, Fredrik Kristoffer; Chattopadhyay, Basab; Madathiparambil, Aldritt Scaria; Tekseth, Kim Robert Bjørk; Di Michel, Marco; Liebi, Marianne; Lilledahl, Magnus Borstad; Olstad, Kristin; Breiby, Dag Werner (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      While a detailed knowledge of the hierarchical structure and morphology of the extracellular matrix is considered crucial for understanding the physiological and mechanical properties of bone and cartilage, the orientation ...
    • Quantitative genetics state-space modeling of phenotypic plasticity and evolution 

      Ergon, Rolf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Living organisms adapt to changes in environment by phenotypic plasticity and evolution by natural selection (or they migrate). At detailed genetic levels these phenomena are complicated, and quantitative genetics attempts ...
    • Quantization Analysis and Robust Design for Distributed Graph Filters 

      Saad, Leila Ben; Beferull-Lozano, Baltasar; Isufi, Elvin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Distributed graph filters have recently found appli- cations in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to solve distributed tasks such as reaching consensus, signal denoising, and recon- struction. However, when implemented over ...
    • Quantum perturbative solutions of extended Snyder and Yang models with spontaneous symmetry breaking 

      Lukierski, Jerzy; Meljanac, Stjepan; Mignemi, Salvatore; Pachol, Anna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We propose ħ-expansions as perturbative solutions of quantum extended Snyder and Yang models, with ħ-independent classical zero-th order terms responsible for the spontaneous breaking D = 4 and D = 5 de Sitter symmetries. ...
    • A quantum reference frame size-accuracy trade-off for quantum channels 

      Miyadera, Takayuki; Loveridge, Leon Deryck (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The imposition of symmetry upon the nature and structure of quantum observables has recently been extensively studied, with quantum reference frames playing a crucial role. In this paper, we extend this work to quantum ...
    • Quarkonium measurements in nucleus–nucleus collisions with ALICE 

      Dillenseger, Pascal; Acharya, Shreyasi; Acosta, Fernando T.; Adamová, Dagmar; Adolfsson, Jonatan; Aggarwal, Madan M.; Aglieri Rinella, Gianluca; Agnello, Michelangelo; Agrawal, Neelima; Ahammed, Zubayer; Alme, Johan; Altenkaemper, Lucas; Djuvsland, Øystein; Ersdal, Magnus Rentsch; Fionda, Fiorella Maria Celeste; Nystrand, Joakim; Rehman, Attiq Ur; Røhrich, Dieter; Tambave, Ganesh Jagannath; Ullaland, Kjetil; Wagner, Boris; Zhou, Zhuo; Arsene, Ionut Cristian; Bätzing, Paul Christoph; Dordic, Olja; Lardeux, Antoine Xavier; Lindal, Svein; Mahmood, Sohail Musa; Malik, Qasim Waheed; Richter, Matthias; Røed, Ketil; Skaali, Toralf Bernhard; Tveter, Trine Spedstad; Wikne, Jon Christopher; Zhao, Chengxin; Hetland, Kristin Fanebust; Kileng, Bjarte; Nesbø, Simon Voigt; Storetvedt, Maksim Melnik; Helstrup, Håvard; Langøy, Rune; Lien, Jørgen; Ahn, Sang Un; Aiola, Salvatore; Akindinov, Alexander; Al-Turany, Mohammad; Alam, Sk Noor; Albuquerque, D. S. D.; Aleksandrov, Dmitry; Alessandro, Bruno; ALICE, Collaboration (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Quarkonia, i.e. bound states of and quarks, are powerful observables to study the properties of nuclear matter under extreme conditions. The formation of a Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP), which is predicted by lattice QCD ...
    • Quarkonium production in p-Pb collisions with ALICE 

      Paul, Biswarup; Acharya, Shreyasi; Acosta, Fernando T.; Adamová, Dagmar; Adolfsson, Jonatan; Aggarwal, Madan M.; Aglieri Rinella, Gianluca; Agnello, Michelangelo; Agrawal, Neelima; Ahammed, Zubayer; Alme, Johan; Altenkaemper, Lucas; Djuvsland, Øystein; Ersdal, Magnus Rentsch; Fionda, Fiorella Maria Celeste; Nystrand, Joakim; Rehman, Attiq Ur; Røhrich, Dieter; Tambave, Ganesh Jagannath; Ullaland, Kjetil; Wagner, Boris; Zhou, Zhuo; Arsene, Ionut Cristian; Bätzing, Paul Christoph; Dordic, Olja; Lardeux, Antoine Xavier; Lindal, Svein; Mahmood, Sohail Musa; Malik, Qasim Waheed; Richter, Matthias; Røed, Ketil; Skaali, Toralf Bernhard; Tveter, Trine Spedstad; Wikne, Jon Christopher; Zhao, Chengxin; Hetland, Kristin Fanebust; Kileng, Bjarte; Nesbø, Simon Voigt; Storetvedt, Maksim Melnik; Helstrup, Håvard; Langøy, Rune; Lien, Jørgen; Ahn, Sang Un; Aiola, Salvatore; Akindinov, Alexander; Al-Turany, Mohammad; Alam, Sk Noor; Albuquerque, D. S. D.; Aleksandrov, Dmitry; Alessandro, Bruno; ALICE, Collaboration (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      ALICE has measured quarkonium production in p-Pb collisions at backward (−4.46 < ycms < −2.96), mid (−1.37 < ycms < 0.43) and forward (2.03 < ycms < 3.53) rapidity (y) regions down to zero transverse momentum (pT). The ...
    • Quasi-backsourcing in the Public Sector - The Challenge of Withdrawing from an Intertwined and Long-standing Relationship 

      Carlström, Eric; Jansson, Magnus; Karlsson, David; Berlin, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The aim of this study is to map the process involved in terminating a long-standing business relationship in a public context. It employed an exploratory study to interview 35 politicians, senior- and middle managers, ...
    • A Quest for Justice: Recognition and Migrant Interactions with Child Welfare Services in Norway 

      Kvalvaag, Alyssa Marie; Mezzanotti, Gabriela (Chapter, 2021)
      Norwegian Child Welfare Services (NCWS) has faced intense criticism regarding their interactions with migrant families, with international human rights monitoring mechanisms expressing concern regarding ethnic discrimination ...
    • A "quota silo" or positive equality reach? The equality impact of gender quotas on corporate boards in Norway 

      Seierstad, Cathrine; Healy, Geraldine; Goldeng, Eskil Le Bruyn; Fjellvær, Hilde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      10 years after its implementation, we explore the equality reach of the 40% Norwegian gender quota regulation for boards of public limited companies (PLCs) using a multistrategy approach (administrative data and interviews ...
    • Race and 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States: A review of the literature 

      Økland, Helene P.; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      During epidemics, the poorest part of the population usually suffers the most. Alfred Crosby noted that the norm changed during the 1918 influenza pandemic in the US: The black population (which were expected to have higher ...
    • “Racism is a perfect crime”: favela residents’ everyday experiences of police pacification, urban militarization, and prejudice in Rio de Janeiro 

      Håndlykken-Luz, Åsne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article examines residents’ everyday experiences and perceptions of changing urban politics and racism in a “pacified” favela, or poor informal neighbourhood, in Rio de Janeiro, drawing on longitudinal ethnographic ...
    • Radiografers oppfatninger av suboptimale henvisninger innen konvensjonell røntgen - en kvalitativ studie 

      Abohaikel, Alaa Sadiq; Musa, Huda Hussein; Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Innledning: Kvaliteten på henvisninger innen konvensjonell røntgen er avgjørende for å kunne gjennomføre og rapportere resultater av undersøkelsen. Likevel tyder mye på at suboptimale henvisninger er et problem som ...
    • Radiographers' assessment of referrals for CT and MR imaging using a web-based data collection tool 

      Chilanga, Catherine; Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke; Olerud, Hilde Merete; Toomey, Rachel; Cradock, Andrea; Rainford, Louise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Introduction: There is limited research related to the radiographers' role in assessing of radiology referrals to justify imaging. This study investigated radiographers' compliance with guidelines in the assessment of CT ...