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    • The 25-hour Moment: How Pathologic 2 Facilitates Presentness and Constructs Its Ludonarrative 

      Skancke, Kristian Terje (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)
      This thesis investigates how interactivity, one of digital games’ most prominent and productive aspects, can be leveraged to produce particular experiences within games. I demonstrate how Pathologic 2 is designed to leverage interactivity in order to immerse the player within its fiction and world, primarily by the player’s own continuous interaction with the game system as represented in the game’s ...
    • The Penalization of Agentic Female Characters in Literature: An Analysis of The Awakening and Looking for Alaska 

      Larssen, Martine Horrigmoe (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-14)
      Adolescents tend to identify with literary characters to a considerable degree, and it is therefore vital to advocate the distinction between healthy and unhealthy characters in the secondary classroom. This thesis aims to investigate the intertwining topics of mental health and gender roles in Kate Chopin’s canonical novel The Awakening (1899) and John Green’s young adult fiction novel Looking for ...
    • Teaching agreement through grammar instruction in the lower secondary school: A comparison between implicit and explicit grammar instruction in L1 Norwegian learners of L2 English 

      Skaug, Eirik (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-14)
      In this master’s thesis, L1 Norwegians in the lower secondary school are tested on their knowledge of L2 English subject-verb agreement. The main aim of the study is to examine why this grammatical phenomenon is challenging, and, additionally, to compare the effects of two instructional methods on grammar acquisition. The instructional methods under investigation are Task Based Language Teaching and ...
    • Exploring Racialization portrayed in Young Adult Fiction 

      Berg, Mathias (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-06-22)
      This thesis aims to answer how racial stereotypes are challenged in Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give and Nic Stone’s Dear Martin by informing the reader through transformative characters. This is done by analyzing both novels’ portrayals of police brutality leading to an internal conflict concerning race. To investigate the novels, Critical Race Theory and the term intersectionality will be used along ...
    • Challenging normality and breaking boundaries of prejudice 

      Myrland, Camilla (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)
      This thesis seeks to investigate how the protagonists with disabilities in John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time challenge society’s normative views of taboos and break the boundaries of prejudice and to underline the importance for young adult readers to read such literature. Additionally, I will seek to answer how teachers can utilize ...
    • Feasibility Study of Carbon Capture and Storage Process to implement in Maritime Industry 

      Aryal Atreya, Ashish (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-15)
      The CO2 emission is considered as one of the main elements for causing the global climatic change. The maritime industry contributes about 2.5% of the worldwide CO2 gas emission annually. The International Maritime Industry (IMO) has set the target of has set the target of reducing the total annual emission from international shipping to 70% by 2050. So, the carbon capture, utilization, and storage ...
    • Fear towards the four large carnivores in Norway; a geospatial survey from 2010 and 2019 

      Sponberg, Vilde Bech (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-06-05)
      Abstract Through the last centuries it has become high disturbances and interventions in natural areas, which has forced wildlife to interact with humans. This has led to human-wildlife conflicts (HWC), where animals have become a threat to peoples’ safety or livelihood. These conflicts have often ended with species becoming endangered or extinct globally, including Norway. There are small populations ...
    • Mulighetsrom i Joar Nangos praksiser 

      Gressnes, Ragnhild Petrikke (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-20)
      Denne oppgaven har tatt for seg fire av Joar Nangos større prosjekter, laget i perioden fra 2011 til 2022 . "Meahccetrošša/Matutu", (Karasjok, 2010), "Den norske Rom-ambassade", (Oslo, 2012), "Odelsgut og fantefølge" (Kvam, 2017) og "Girjegumpi. Samisk arkitekturbibliotek" (Harstad, Jokkmokk, Bergen, Oslo, 2018–2022). Selv om prosjektene finner sted gjennom ulike geografiske plasseringer og løfter ...
    • Movements and diving behavior of humpback whales in relation to the capelin distribution in the Barents Sea 

      Skalmerud, Stine (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-16)
      Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are a cosmopolitan species, migrating between their mid- and high latitude foraging- and low latitude breeding grounds. Of these, the Northeast Atlantic (NEA-) population cover the longest migration distance of all mammals that last up to half a year. On the foraging grounds they feed extensively throughout the summer until early winter to gain enough energy ...
    • Characterizing movement and searching behavior of humpback whales at the North-Norwegian coast 

      Utengen, Ingvild Ytterhus (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-16)
      Studying movement patterns of individual animals over time can give insight into how they interact with the environment and optimize their foraging strategies. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) undertake long seasonal migrations between feeding areas in polar regions during summer/early winter and breeding areas in more tropical areas during late winter/spring. The Norwegian Sea is a part of ...
    • Instagrams synlighetsregim och dess politiska implikationer: vägen till ett omvänt panoptikon 

      Sandbacka, Rebecka (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-15)
      Instagram är en av de mest populära sociala media plattformarna i dag, och har användare i alla åldrar. Plattformen är uppbyggd på visuellt material som laddas upp av användare, som så ska bedömas av andra. Bedömningen föregår i form av gilla-markeringar och kommentarer. Framgången mäts i synligheten, alltså hur många som bedömer ditt material, samt hur många följare ditt konto har. Men hur får man ...
    • Inn i de mørke alléer 

      Odden, Jan Ove (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-15)
      Oversettelse av fortellingen Mítina ljubov av Ivan Bunin fra russisk til norsk.
    • Autentisk muntlig kommunikasjon i russiskundervisningen 

      Gundersen, Marie Steen (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-12)
      I denne studien undersøker jeg hvordan tre ulike læremidler, som brukes i russiskundervisningen i norsk skole, formidler og forbereder elever på autentisk muntlig kommunikasjon. Studien tar utgangspunkt i Sosedi 1 (2000), Møde i Petersborg (1999) og Min russiske reise (2021). Jeg har benyttet meg av læremiddelanalyse som metode, og har basert undersøkelsen på to kommunikasjonssituasjoner fra hvert ...
    • Å klatre på russisk. En korpusundersøkelse av russiske verb for å klatre. 

      Johansen, Lise (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-10)
      I denne masteroppgaven tar jeg for meg og sammenligner de russiske verbene for å klatre. Jeg har gjort en korpusundersøkelse, og tatt i bruk både Det russiske nasjonalkorpuset (RNC) og parallellkorpuset RuN, som er utviklet ved Universitetet i Oslo. RuN-korpuset består av en samling oversatte tekster. Russiske bevegelsesverb har enretningsverb og flerretningsverb, eller bestemte og ubestemte ...
    • Hva engasjerer deg på Facebook? 

      Jakobsen, Lars (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-11)
      Sosiale medier trenger inn i hverdagen til en stor del av alle menneskers daglige liv og gjøremål. Facebook har vist seg å være en viktig markedsføringskanal for svært mange bedrifter. Små og mellomstore bedrifter kan med sine små budsjetter kunne skape mye synlighet. Denne mastergradsoppgaven vil med en induktiv tilnærming undersøke markedskommunikasjon på Facebook. Jeg ser nærmere på hvordan små ...
    • Sykepleieres erfaringer med samtykke til helsehjelp og vurdering av samtykkekompetanse hos geriatriske pasienter i spesialisthelsetjenesten 

      Eilertsen, Hanne-Kristin (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-18)
      Bakgrunn og hensikt: Et økende antall eldre som preges av sykdom, kan komme til å gjøre det mer utfordrende for helsepersonell å vurdere om pasientene har innsikt i eller kan vurdere konsekvensene av å ikke ta imot nødvendig helsehjelp eller behandling. Dette aktualiserer behovet for kunnskap om vurdering av samtykkekompetanse. Hensikten med studien er å få innsikt i erfaringer som sykepleiere i ...
    • Melt season dynamics in a High Arctic estuarine tidal flat: A microbial perspective 

      Handler, Eleanor Ruth (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-16)
      The substantial influx of freshwater to High Arctic coastal ecosystems influences nutrient, organic matter, and sediment dynamics, stratification, and light availability throughout the melt season. These changes shape pelagic microbial community composition and functioning, though little is known about impacts on nearshore benthic bacteria. Globally, mudflats are hotspots for biogeochemical cycling, ...
    • Change and Variation in the Trondheim Dialect 

      Størdal, Mikko (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)
      This thesis explores the status and production of four characteristics traditionally observed in the Trondheim dialect as ongoing trends observed in the dialect suggests that the dialect is undergoing a process of levelling with Standard Eastern Norwegian. The characteristics investigated are wh-words, diphthongs, apocope, and palatalisation. The data was collected by use of an experiment, and finally ...
    • Cross-linguistic influence in adult multilingualism The acquisition of L3 Norwegian morphosyntax by L1 Spanish - L2 English speakers 

      Espindola, Augusto (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-15)
      The current thesis investigated the topic of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) at three different developmental stages of adult third language (L3) acquisition of Norwegian by sequential first language (L1) Spanish – second language (L2) English speakers (n = 18). Using a mixed methods approach consisting of a grammaticality judgment task and a closed-ended questionnaire on linguistic proximity, ...