Biometric and health related data collected through automated features in smartphones and wearables can provide researchers with valuable information about the population. This thesis explores the possibilities of extracting data from Apple and Samsung wearable devices like watches and smartphones where native built-in support for data extraction and third-party data storage is not available. Doing ...

Migraine is a recurrent headache disorder that afflicts significant portions of the global population. There is no current cure and migraines are mainly managed through symptomatic medical treatments and manual biofeedback routines. Automated data collection and prediction of migraine attacks through machine learning could be viable approaches for helping migraineurs and for reducing the impact of ...

In today's digital landscape where cloud-oriented approaches are widespread and an integral part, local-first software emerges to offer an alternative. It addresses concerns such as data control, privacy, offline capabilities, collaboration, and performance. The open-source relational database engine SQLite is a fitting candidate for local-first software as it is not reliant on network connectivity. ...

Background: Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) often face barriers when trying to engage in physical activity. Exergames, which combine physical exercise with gaming technology, have shown the potential to promote physical activity among this group of individuals. However, the suitability of exergames for individuals with ID from different cultural backgrounds has received ...

Despite the significant improvements that self-supervised representation learning has led to when learning from unlabeled data, no methods have been developed that explain what influences the learned representation. We address this need through our proposed approach, RELAX, which is the first approach for attribution-based explanations of representations. Our approach can also model the uncertainty ...

The role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its influence on the peace and conflict dynamic in the Middle East has always been a discussed and controversial issue. While the United States and the countries of the NATO Southern flank are active in the discussions on NATO engagement in the region, the perspectives of NATO Eastern flank countries is often forgotten. This work contributes to ...

The addition of variable renewable energy sources into the electrical energy systems of the world has been increasing in recent years. This form of distributed energy production with high production volatility can introduce massive challenges in operating a lower voltage distribution network. One of these affected networks is on the island of Senja in northern Norway, with an eldering radial electrical ...

Increased and enhanced utilisation of remote sensing and robotics in the Arctic can further enhance cultural safety and well-being and reduce the risks posed to archaeologists, heritage workers and others in the field. In this preliminary scoping survey, the authors review the current use of these technologies and consider a range of related issues, from cultural safety to nefarious use by criminals. ...

Norway is one of the leading ocean-based food production nations. Its seafood industry comprises wild-capture fisheries and farmed fish production. Both industries play a provisional role but also contribute to economic development of the country and help sustain coastal communities, particularly, in Northern Norway. Coastal fishery has been the staple industry in Northern Norway for centuries, while ...

Advanced ship predictors can generally be considered as a vital part of the decision-making process of autonomous ships in the future, where the information on vessel maneuvering behavior can be used as the source of information to estimate current vessel motions and predict future behavior precisely. As a result, the navigation safety of autonomous vessels can be improved. In this paper, vessel ...