Between 2019 and 2021, several major corporate groups within the kindergarten sector sold kindergarten properties to foreign private equity firms. As a result, affected kindergartens transitioned from property ownership to tenancy roles. This thesis aims to investigate the impact of organizational structure and ownership type on rental expenses within the private kindergarten sector in Norway. The ...

Denne masteroppgaven forsker på kunnskapsoverføring gjennom å studere prosessen da Hærens etterretningskonsept av 2019 skulle realiseres i Etterretningsbataljon i tidsperioden 2019-2023. Formålet med studien er å identifisere læringsmomenter fra denne prosessen som kan benyttes i avdelingens utvikling mot et regiment i tråd med ny langtidsplan for Forsvaret. Det teoretiske rammeverket baserer ...

Denne masteroppgaven undersøker hvorvidt maskinlæring kan utkonkurrere kjøp-og-hold-strategier i de nordiske aksjemarkedene. Arbeidet omfatter en komparativ studie av forskjellige maskinlæringsteknikker brukt til å forutsi aksjemarkedsbevegelser. Problemstillingen er: "Har maskinlæringsteknikker en god prediksjonsevne på nordiske aksjeindekser med lengre intervaller?" Random forest, kunstige nevrale ...

Denne studien analyserer potensielle fusjoner mellom nettselskaper i Nord-Norge, for å undersøke hvordan fusjonene påvirker konkurransedyktigheten til de gitte selskapene i NVEs reguleringsmodell. For å danne fusjonspartnere blir forholdstall mellom input- og outputvariablene brukt, med mål om å finne partnere som i stor grad er ulike. Datagrunnlaget for analysen er hentet fra beregningen av ...

The Last Interglacial period (LIG) was characterized by a long-term Arctic atmospheric warming above the preindustrial level. The LIG thus provides a case study of Arctic feedback mechanisms of the cryosphere-ocean circulation-climate system under warm climatic conditions. Previous studies suggested a delay in the LIG peak warming in the North Atlantic compared to the Southern Ocean and evoked the ...

Troms Kraft have identified a location in Kvænangen, Norway, for a new wind power plant with promising wind resources. However, the site is in an arctic climate with mountainous terrain exposed to severe icing conditions. Assessments of icing conditions at proposed locations for new wind power plants in areas exposed to icing is crucial to identifying icing related challenges. This paper investigates ...

The electro-thermal system in anti-/de-icing systems, known for its reliability, is often favoured despite its notable drawback—high power consumption. Seeking to mitigate this issue, the adoption of a gridded heated surface emerges as a promising avenue for energy optimization. In this study, a finite difference method is employed to meticulously examine heat transfer across a selected surface with ...

Ice accretion on can be considered as a major threat for the operation of UAVs in the ice prone region, leading to loss of control and catastrophic failures. Active ice mitigation techniques are not suitable for UAV’s due to availability of limited power. Superhydrophobic coatings can be considered as a promising passive ice mitigation technique for UAVs featuring exceptional capability to repel ...

Sea ice exhibits time-dependent non-linear behaviour. This is evidenced by both lab and field experiments with known phenomena such as creep and stress relaxation. This time-dependent material behaviour becomes particularly pronounced at larger temporal scales. In this study, we present a novel approach to simulate time-dependent fractures in sea ice using peridynamics (PD), a particle integral ...

The sign of the trilingual municipality Gáivuotna – Kåfjord – Kaivuono is one of the most discussed items in the linguistic landscapes of Sápmi and Norway. In 1992, the municipality was included in the Administrative Area for Sámi Language, and monolingual Norwegian road signs were replaced with bilingual ones that also included the North Sámi name. Shortly afterwards, the bilingual signs were ...