Norway has stood on the doorsteps of the European Union (then the European Communities (EC)) for more than four decades. In 1960, Norway became one of the seven original members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), a trade-blocalternative to the European Economic Community (EEC). The Norwegian people voted against EC-membership in 1972 and 1994. In the late 1980's, a plan to create a single ...

Children acquiring languages such as English, German or Dutch typically go through a phase where they produce non-finite root clauses, often referred to as the Optional Infinitive (OI) stage. But there is a difference between English on the one hand and the other Germanic languages on the other with respect to the occurrence of non-finite wh-questions: while there is a high number of OIs in English ...

This chapter focuses on the topic of character portrayals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in film and TV-series. We address this topic by presenting research from the general psychiatric field before we discuss the research on portrayals of characters with ASD. We will also provide the reader with some examples of films and TV-series that have been given particular attention in the popular media ...

Parasitism is a successful life strategy that has evolved independently in several families of vascular plants. The genera Cuscuta and Orobanche represent examples of the two profoundly different groups of parasites: one parasitizing host shoots and the other infecting host roots. In this study, we sequenced and described the overall repertoire of small RNAs from Cuscuta campestris and Orobanche ...

Formålet med avhandlingen har vært å belyse faktorer som påvirker opplæringen i revisjonsbedriften KPMG. Oppgaven studerer samspillet mellom tre ulike faktorer: innhold i opplæringen, digitalisering, hvordan opplæringen foregår i praksis. For å studere dette tar avhandlingen utgangspunkt i teori som omhandler taus og eksplisitt kunnskap, sosiale praksiser og teknologi. Problemstillingen for oppgaven ...

Knowing how to sell the right product, to the right customer to the right price can be the difference between profit or loss for music festivals. Festivals main source of income comes from ticket sales and being able to efficiently conduct booking management is crucial to sustain a stable income throughout the financial year. Little empirical research has been done on pricing strategies and demand ...

Formålet med denne masteroppgaven er å utvide forståelsen av integrering av bærekraft i strategi og virksomhetsstyring. Mange bedrifters tiltak og aktiviteter knyttet til bærekraft er for små og fortsatt i pilotstadiet. Måten bedriftene jobber på for å nå målene er påvirket av hvordan myndighetene har respondert på bransjens ønsker. Bærekraft er det viktigste temaet i vår tid og alle må bidra for å ...

Risk assessment is a suitable method for general decision making in the field of seismic safety. The aim of seismic risk assessment is to calculate the probability of detrimental economic and social effects in a particular region due to earthquake. Performing risk assessment requires information about seismic performance and response of the structure. In this paper, the seismic performance of moment ...

<p>Chomsky pursues a methodology in linguistics that abstracts from substantial amounts of data about actual language use in a way that has met considerable resistance from many other linguists. He thinks of this method as like that employed by Galileo and later physicists who proposed laws of motion in considerable abstraction from many of the motions we observe in daily life, focusing, for example, ...

We simulate the combined natural and pollutant-induced survival of early life stages of NEA cod and haddock, and the impact on the adult populations in response to the time of a major oil spill in a single year. Our simulations reveal how dynamic ocean processes, controlling both oil transport and fate and the frequency of interactions of oil with drifting fish eggs and larvae, mediate the magnitude ...