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Waiting for nursing home placement: a study of the life situation of frail elderly and their carers
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2009-01-30)Den forventede levealderen har økt nesten over hele verden. Dette har ført til at antall eldre stiger raskt, og veksten er ventet å fortsette. I Norge vokser gruppen eldre over 80 år raskest. Det er gjennomført mye ... -
Walking the talk: implementing the international voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries
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Wallace Stegner and the Western Environment : Hydraulics, Placelessness, and (Lack of) Identity
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)This article is chiefly concerned with Wallace Stegner’s ideas of aridity as the key to the understanding of the history and culture of the American West. It first examines the arguments of some major books published in ... -
WallMon : Interactive distributed monitoring of process-level resource usage on display and compute clusters
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-11)To achieve low overhead, traditional cluster monitoring systems sample data at low frequencies and with coarse granularity. However, interactive monitoring requires frequent (up to 60 Hz) sampling of fine-grained data and ... -
Wandering body, wandering mind? The relationship between bodily movement, creativity and mind wandering
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-04)It has long been hypothesized that creativity may be related to mind wandering. Recent work has shown that bodily movement is related to both creativity and mind wandering. In the current experiment, we examined the question ... -
War/Game: Studying Relations Between Violent Conflict, Games, and Play
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2016-12)Games and war have always stood in a close relationship to one another. From the ancient Chinese Go, via various iterations of chess to contemporary digital simulation games, or from classical Roman gladiator battles, ... -
Warming of Atlantic Water in two west Spitsbergen fjords over the last century (1912-2009)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)The recently observed warming of west Spitsbergen fjords has led to anomalous sea-ice conditions and has implications for the marine ecosystem. We investigated long-term trends of maximum temperature of AtlanticWater ... -
Water and heat transfer in cement based materials
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2011-06-17)For the mass transfer case (the absorption of moisture-water into concrete), the water content in concrete has a significant impact on its mechanical properties. Moisture transport in porous media, for example, plays an ... -
Water demand and the urban poor. A study of the factors influencing water consumption among housholds in Cape Town, South Africa
(Working paper; Arbeidsnotat, 2006-01)Water demand management is a key focus area for most water managers and even more so in developing countries. Improved access to water is important to the poor. Water scarcity makes efficient management even more urgent ... -
Water management in Central Asia : the local perspective
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05)Water is an increasing source to conflict throughout Central Asia. The problems of water management are caused by lack of efficient cooperation between the Central Asian states, as the states fail to treat the question of ... -
Water, sanitation, socioeconomic status and prevalence of waterborne diseases: a cross-sectional study at Makwanpur district, Nepal
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05-20)Background: Nepal is a developing country. Lack of sustainability of water supply and sanitation services are always considered as major issue in developing countries that accounts for high prevalence of waterborne diseases ... -
Wave damping and momentum transfer. Manifestation of momentum transfer in case of ocean surface waves being damped by an elastic film or a viscous layer
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2001-02-28)Virkninga av å ha et bølgedempende overflatemateriale i ei havoverflate er studert, med særlig vekt på betydninga av strålingstrykket (-stresset) eller bølgetrykket fra et innfallende, udempet bølgefelt. Det er et teoretisk ... -
Waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer for measurement of methane dissolved in water
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2016-04-25)In this dissertation, we present the development of a novel, compact and highly sensitive waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer to measure methane dissolved in water. Methane is a greenhouse gas, like carbon dioxide, and ... -
Wavelet formulation of the polarizable continuum model. II. Use of piecewise bilinear boundary elements
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-27)The simplicity of dielectric continuum models has made them a standard tool in almost any Quantum Chemistry (QC) package. Despite being intuitive from a physical point of view, the actual electrostatic problem at the ... -
We are all one. Kola, the nut which brings peace, joy and life in Nso’ society, Cameroon
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-08-30)This thesis is about the consequences of kola nut use amongst the Nso' people. It offers an analysis of the socio-cultural context where kola is used and its cultural significance. The sense of unity, togetherness, and ... -
‘‘We are like lemmings’’: making sense of the cultural meaning(s) of suicide among the indigenous Sami in Sweden
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-01)Background. Suicide is a widespread problem among indigenous people residing in the circumpolar Arctic. Though the situation among the indigenous Sami in northern Scandinavia is better than among some other indigenous ... -
“We are not seeing anything Ooh!!!”. Responses to the Oil and Gas Sector Policies in the Western Region of Ghana
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-06-02)This thesis has attempted to look at how Ghana can avoid the conflict trap that has beset most African countries. In doing this, it sought to look at the perceptions and expectations of the inhabitants of the Western region ... -
"We give back". A structuration perspective on the contribution of Corporate Social Responsibility to positive peace: the case of Belize Natural Energy Ltd
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-18)This thesis examines the potential contribution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to the achievement of a positive peace in societies where violence has penetrated the social structure. The objective of the research ... -
"We were told we were going to live in houses" : relocation and housing of the Mushuau Innu of Natuashish from 1948 to 2003
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-28)The Mushuau Innu is a First Nation group who have gone from a nomadic lifestyle in the interior of Labrador to a sedentary lifestyle on the coast since their first contact with European colonizers. The Mushuau Innu has ... -
We.Tree - Connecting young individuals with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in rural areas through serious games
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-12-15)Young individuals with chronic diseases living in rural areas might face additional problems in their everyday life compared to those in the same position living closer to the cities. Living far away from friends, relatives, ...