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Which factors are associated with COVID-19 infection incidence in care services for older people in Nordic countries? A cross-sectional survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aims: To investigate the differences between Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway regarding residential/home care units’ and frontline managers’ background factors, the resources allocated and measures taken during the ... -
Which is better, electrostatic or piezoelectric energy harvesting systems?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper answers the often asked, and until now inadequately answered, question of which MEMS compatible transducer type achieves the best power density in an energy harvesting system. This question is usually poorly ... -
Which Tools in Multimedia are best for Learning Outcomes? A Study Grounded in Cognitive Load Structures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The main objective of this study is to investigate the importance of three compositions in multimedia for learning outcomes (LOs) in relation to individual differences in short-term memory (STM) capacity. The study is based ... -
Whistleblowing in Norwegian Municipalities—Can Offers of Reward Influence Employees’ Willingness and Motivation to Report Wrongdoings?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This organizational study aims to explore whistleblowing in Norwegian Municipalities. The purpose is to explore whether employees perceive that their workplace has a well-functioning reporting system, to investigate what ... -
Who am I? How Newly Arrived Immigrant Students Construct Themselves Through Multimodal Texts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article presents a study of how teenage immigrant students, newly arrived in Norway, constructed themselves discursively through a number of identity texts. Drawing on theories from New Literacy Studies, Critical ... -
Whose Vision 2020? The World Bank’s development and educational discourse in Rwanda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)n this paper, I argue that the World Bank’s development strategy in Rwanda is unsuitable for long-term sustainability. By applying content analysis I consider the strategic goals as outlined in the World Bank’s Rwanda – ... -
Why are you talking like that, sir? Il-Limbi, phonology and class in contemporary Egypt
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article investigates the phonological patternings in the speech of il-Limbi, an immensely popular character in Egyptian comedy; and it stands therefore at a crossroads between cultural studies and linguistics. Il-Limbi ... -
Why Can the Flipped Classroom Frustrate Students? Experiences from an Engineering Mathematics Course
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper explores students’ experiences with a flipped classroom in a first-year engineering mathematics course with 118 students. While most students were satisfied with the flipped classroom and expressed appreciation ... -
Why do academicians share knowledge? A study of higher education institutions in India
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose: Indian higher education institutions are diverse in nature; there are institutions with good infrastructure and resources as well as institutes that have little in terms of resources and infrastructure. Keeping ... -
Why Do Those With Long-Term Substance Use Disorders Stop Abusing Substances: A Qualitative Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Although a significant proportion of adults recover from substance use disorders (SUDs), little is known about how they reach this turning point or why they stop using. The purpose of the study was to explore the factors ... -
Why don't all high-trust Networks achieve strong network benefits? A case-based Exploration of Cooperation in Norwegian SME networks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This paper explores the interactions between three focal constructs: network trust, network cooperation and network benefits. While positive interactions between these constructs are generally recognised, a deeper understanding ... -
Why Education for Sustainable Development Needs Early Childhood Education: The Case of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07-11)With this article, the author intends to outline a legitimising basis for implementing education for sustainable development (ESD) in early childhood education, in juridical, pedagogical and political terms. Starting from ... -
Why is educational change so difficult and how can we make it more effective?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)One main issue in educational research and policy is educational change. Educational authorities, scholars and teachers working with educational change should ask themselves why educational change is necessary, reflect on ... -
Why our brains love arts and crafts implications of creative practices on psychophysical well-being
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article aims to integrate knowledge from the field of cognitive neuroscience and the arts by focusing on the implications that flow experience and the mirror neuron system integral to making processes have for our ... -
Why Right-Leaning Populism has Grown in the Most Advanced Liberal Democracies of Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Immigration and new class divisions, combined with a growing anti‐elitism and political correctness, are often used as explanations for the strong gains for right‐leaning populist parties in national elections across Europe ... -
Why the debunking threat won’t go away
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A central claim often made to debunk religious beliefs is that they would be formed regardless of whether they are true or false. One way to support this claim is to apply findings from the cognitive science of religion. ... -
The why, what, and how, of history education in Norwegian and Swedish history curricula for upper secondary schools (approximately 1920–1960)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)History curricula are shaped by factors such as historiography, pedagogical ideals, political goals, international initiatives, and broader societal conditions and processes. This article examines ideas about purposes, ... -
Wide field-of-view Fourier Ptychography microscopy based on Fresnel propagation scheme
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM) is a computational imaging method that gives a significantly increased space-bandwidth product, in practice high resolution combined with a wide field of view. In this article, we ... -
Wikis as digital learning resources in nursing education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article examined how first year undergraduate nursing students experienced the use of wikis as pedagogical learning resources in a social science module. The purpose of the study was to investigate how wikis contributed ... -
Wild and Farmed Arctic Charr as a Tourism Product in an Era of Climate Change
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The topic investigated is the social-ecological system of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) fishing and aquaculture as a tourism product in an era of climate change. Arctic charr is a resilient salmonid species that was ...