USN Open Archive: Recent submissions
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Recovery in co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders: A qualitative study of first-person and staff experiences
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;40, Doctoral thesis, 2019)People with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (COD) face challenges related to living conditions, community participation, and a lack of tailored and integrated health and social services. Recovery and ... -
Characterization of Rheological Properties of Drilling Fluids Using Ultrasonic Waves
(Master thesis, 2018)Drilling fluid rheology is important for drilling safety and has to be constantly monitored and adjusted during drilling operations. The goal of this thesis is to attempt to create a model with neural networks that can ... -
“Ein våg me ikkje ha visst um”? Frankfurt 2019 as an expression of Norwegian foreign cultural policy
(Master thesis, 2019)Having been heralded as the most important foreign cultural policy effort in Norwegian history, this thesis investigates selected milestone events in the preparatory phase leading up to the country’s guest of honour status ... -
En hyllest til stølen. Fingerringer inspirert av stølskulturen
(Master thesis, 2019)This master thesis is a homage to the summer farm. Summer farming has been proved to be very sustainable, where pasture resources in the wilderness are used in an optimal way. The open grassland is home to a unique and ... -
Skill acquisition as a function of age, hand and task difficulty: Interactions between cognition and action
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Some activities can be meaningfully dichotomised as ‘cognitive’ or ‘sensorimotor’ in nature— but many cannot. This has radical implications for understanding activity limitation in disability. For example, older adults ... -
Heritability of head size in a hunted large carnivore, the brown bear (Ursus arctos)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Wild animal populations experience selection pressures from both natural and anthropogenic sources. The availability of extensive pedigrees is increasing along with our ability to quantify the heritability and evolvability ... -
Acceptance and adjustment: A qualitative study of experiences of hearing and vision impairments and daily life among oldest old recipients of home care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Abstract Introduction The severity of age‐related hearing and vision impairments increases with age. Such sensory impairments are risk factors for functional decline, reduced social participation, withdrawal, depression ... -
Implementing an extended kalmanfilter for estimatingnutrient composition in a sequential batch MBBR pilot plant
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Online monitoring of water quality parameters can provide better control over various operations in wastewater treatment plants. However, a lack of physical online sensors, the high price of the available online water-quality ... -
Dry eye disease and visual quality of life among adult patients seen in a Norwegian optometric practice
(Master thesis, 2019)Purpose To explore the visual quality of life (VQoL) of patients attending Norwegian optometric practice for a dry eye examination. Methods In total 49 patients underwent a thorough dry eye examination at the ... -
Synsrehabilitering etter ervervet hjerneskade – hva gjøres? : studie av hva en tverrfaglig rehabilitering gjør for å kartlegge og rehabilitere synsvansker etter ervervet hjerneskade i spesialisthelsetjenesten
(Master thesis, 2019)Bakgrunn: Synsrehabilitering er per i dag ikke formalisert som en del av tverrfaglig rehabilitering av barn og voksne med ervervet hjerneskade. Skader sentralt og perifert i sentralnervesystemet gir ofte sammensatte vansker ... -
Å leve med Charles Bonnet syndrom når du har nedsatt syn og hørsel/døvblindhet : et fenomenologisk perspektiv
(Master thesis, 2019)Bakgrunnen for studien er at det foreligger kunnskap om Charles Bonnet syndrom (CBS) blant personer med nedsatt syn, men det er gjort lite forskning vedrørende CBS hos målgruppen for denne studien; personer med nedsatt syn ... -
Heat generation in underwater transducers
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;38, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Acoustic transducers are used for a variety of applications, ranging from medical to maritime uses. In the maritime sector, underwater transducers can be used for appli- cations such as seabed mapping, fishing and ... -
Parapapillary Atrophy : prevalence and distribution of alpha, beta and gamma parapapillary atrophy identified by the means of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)
(Master thesis, 2019)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and distribution of alpha, beta and gamma parapapillary atrophy in diabetic adults over the age of 40 years, as identified by the means of spectral domain ... -
Undersøkelser av ungfisk til ørret og laks i Tinnelva ved Tinfos, Telemark, høst 2018
(Skriftserien fra Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge;32, Report, 2019-09-03)Elvestrekningen i Tinnelva på 1600 m fra Tinfos (naturlig oppvandringshinder) og ned til innløp Heddalsvann har siden 2001 blitt undersøkt nær årlig for å få et kvantitativt mål på rekruttering av ungfisk, særlig ørret. ... -
Nettbrutalitet og ekkokamre. En diskursanalyse av personlig og politisk netthets mot jenter
(Master thesis, 2019)Temaet for denne masteroppgaven er personlig og politisk netthets av jenter på videregående skole. Teoriene som er brukt, handler om netthets, kjønn og diskurser, hat på nett, offentlighetsteori og diskursteori, samt hvordan ... -
En kritisk analyse av Tiqquns subjektbegrep - illustrert ved begrepsskikkelsen ”Ungpiken”
(Master thesis, 2019)I denne avhandlingen gjør jeg nedslag i tidsskriftkollektivet Tiqquns Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl (2012), først utgitt i 1999. Hensikten er å kritisk analysere Tiqquns subjektbegrep slik det ... -
The reliability of Citizen-science data collection - analysis of Natur i Endring project
(Master thesis, 2019)In this study we evaluate Natur i Endring citizen science project after the first season of running (2018). Natur i Endring is a project focused on crowd-sourcing data collection of naturally occurring treeline and forest ... -
Beta parapapillary atrophy : frequency and distribution of frequencies around the optic nerve head by the means of colour fundus photography and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)
(Master thesis, 2019)Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence and distribution of frequencies of beta parapapillary atrophy and its distal border around the optic nerve head identified by the means of colour fundus ... -
All the same or different? Revisiting measures of teachers' technology acceptance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Technology acceptance has been widely discussed and examined in educational contexts. Despite the variety of models and measures describing teachers' technology acceptance, two key assumptions persist in the existing body ... -
Risikovurderinger blandt vinterklatrere. Et kvalitativt studie af samtalen om risiko og sikkerhed i vinterklatremiljøer
(Master thesis, 2019)Målet med denne studie var at belyse en specifik adfærd blandt klatrere som befinder sig i skredfarligt terræn. Jeg ønskede at finde ud af, hvilke risikovurderinger, der fremstår som vigtigst i et miljø, som isklatring ...