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Consulting on the European Union's 2050 tourism policies: An appreciative inquiry materiality assessment
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-22)Stakeholder consultations serve as powerful legitimising devices upon the balance of participants, the quality of the process and its effective results. We propose a deliberative digital stakeholder consultation methodology based on an appreciative inquiry approach to materiality assessment. We illustrate its application in a four-month consultation for the European Commission (2020 European Tourism ... -
A self-guided anomaly detection-inspired few-shot segmentation network
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-13)Standard strategies for fully supervised semantic segmentation of medical images require large pixel-level annotated datasets. This makes such methods challenging due to the manual labor required and limits the usability when segmentation is needed for new classes for which data is scarce. Few-shot segmentation (FSS) is a recent and promising direction within the deep learning literature designed ... -
A Bibliometric Analysis of the Logistical Challenges and Methods for Vaccine distribution under the Pandemic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-08)With the emergence and the widespread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, there is an urgent need to effectively control the disease spread through mass vaccination. Several COVID-19 vaccines, e.g., Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna, etc., have been proven highly effective and have been distributed and administrated in many countries. These vaccines need to be produced in large quantities and ... -
How environmental gain messages affect cause involvement, attitude and behavioural intentions: the moderating effects of CSR scepticism and biospheric values
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-27)Purpose - This study examines the direct effect of outcome message frames (gain vs loss) on cause involvement and the moderating roles of consumers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) scepticism and biospheric values. Furthermore, the authors analyse (1) the effects of gain-framed messages on consumer attitudes towards an environmental cause (i.e. the use of reusable coffee cups) and towards the ... -
Standing with our hometowns? The relationship between residents' perceived threat from COVID-19 and intention to support tourism recovery in their hometown
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-17)A hometown is the place to which an individual has an affective bond resulting from either being born there or living there for lived for a long time. This article investigates people's intention to support the revival of tourism in their hometowns post-COVID-19. The research hypothesises that individuals are affected by the threat to ontological security, freedom of movement, and freedom of ... -
Trustworthy or misleading communication of voluntary carbon offsets in the aviation industry
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-13)We assess the communications of 37 airlines on their own websites regarding voluntary carbon offsets (VCO) to determine the extent to which they are either trustworthy or misleading. We propose an innovative coding framework that captures the trustworthy or misleading attributes of the messages as they are applied to: i) the type of claim (product, process, fact or image), and ii) the nature of ... -
COVID-19 social distancing compliance mechanisms: UK evidence
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-23)Non-compliance with social distancing (SD) measures clearly has negative effects on both public health and post-pandemic economic recovery. However, little is as yet known about people's views on and factors influencing their behavioral intentions toward SD measures. This study draws on moral disengagement theory and the norm-activation model to investigate mechanisms that promote or hinder compliance ... -
Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment, total risk, and primary prevention in the general population. Insights from the Tromsø Study
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2023-02-20)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, calling for an active preventive approach. Elevated blood pressure and cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, unhealthy diet, inactivity, and obesity are key risk factors for CVD development. Several risk factors combined may put an individual at a high total CVD risk. To measure total CVD risk, we used the NORRISK 2 score that ... -
Aspekter ved islamsk rettstradisjon som kulturell kompetanseressurs for sosialt arbeid
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-04)Artikkelen utforsker hvordan norske sosialarbeidere forholder seg til den islamske rettstradisjonen når de arbeider med ekteskaps- og skilsmisserelaterte saker som påvirker livene til klienter med muslimsk bakgrunn. Noen sider av tradisjonen overlapper og virker sammen med norsk lov, og kan i enkelte tilfeller undergrave utsatte personers menneskerettigheter. Med utgangspunkt i begrepene juridisk ... -
Psoroma femsjonense (Fr.) Trevis., a misunderstood species possibly extinct from Europe
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022)Psoroma femsjonense, long considered to be a synonym of P. hypnorum, is shown here to represent a distinct, misunderstood species. The collections seen are from the lowlands of southern Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic, and France. In these areas, the species has not been collected since 1945 and may prove to be regionally extinct from these countries. However, a report indicates that ... -
Pannaria microphyllizans (Nyl.) P.M.Jørg. from New Zealand restudied and compared with P. athroophylla (Stirt.) Elvebakk & D.J.Galloway and the three new species Pannaria cassa, P. kantvilasii and P. wrightiorum
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07)Pannaria microphyllizans, a previously misunderstood species, is shown here to have gibbose perispores with long-tailed apical extensions, and to lack TLC-detectable chemistry. It is related to P. athroophylla, a species with different phyllidia, a chemistry of isovicanicin and leprolomin, and spores of the same type but differing in several details. The latter has been too widely interpreted in ... -
Pannaria crispella comb. nov. and P. campbelliana Hue, two overlooked lichens from New Zealand
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01)Psoroma sphinctrinum var. crispellum has been considered a synonym of Pannaria implexa, but it is a distinct species, recombined here as P. crispella. It forms a thin, filmy thallus on tree trunks, and consists of rounded, confluent squamules surrounded by a distinct black prothallus. The apothecia are initially simple with a well-defined central thalline plug. However, the plug soon expands into ... -
Challenges regarding digital distance learning of operationally- oriented professions, due to Covid-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-18)The focus on challenges related to digital distance learning has become particularly relevant since educational institutions had to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Teaching related to operationally oriented professions, such as e.g., aviation and nautical represent educations that have faced extensive challenges. Education portfolios for such professions contain subjects that require transfer ... -
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology in Systematic Inter-Professional Crisis Management Training
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2022)The technological transformation has enabled innovative changes in operational processes and services. Immersive technologies, specifically Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) training has been used for many years with excellent results to train e.g. astronauts, pilots, paramedics, and military personnel. Emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), present even greater ... -
Novel approach to artefact detection and the definition of normal ranges of segmental strain and strain-rate values
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-13)Aims - Strain artefacts are known to hamper the correct interpretation of segmental strain and strain-rate (S/SR). Defining the normal ranges of myocardial segmental deformation is important in clinical studies and routine echocardiographic practice. In order to define artefact-free normal ranges for segmental longitudinal S/SR parameters, we investigated the extent to which different types of ... -
Long, stitch-free slot waveguide with s-bend tapered couplers for IR-sensing applications using electron beam lithography
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-06)We use the fixed beam moving stage (FBMS) electron beam lithography technique to pattern a 10 mm long slot waveguide with s-bend tapered double-tip couplers. The fabrication method solves two major limitations of the FBMS mode, namely, the requirement for fixed-width structures and the incidence of stage placement drift for patterns involving elements of different widths. This has been achieved by ... -
Åarjelsaemien attribuhte-predikative systeeme
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-31)Daen barkoen aamhtese lea åarjelsaemien attribuhte jïh predikative systeemen bïjre, guktie adjektivh attribuhte/-jïh prediaktive hammojde åadtjoeh. Daesnie vuesehtem guktie adjektivh njïelje sojjehtimmiesysteemi mietie sojjesuvvieh jïh guktie sijjen hammoeh sjidtieh.Daehtie joekehtimmeste vuajna lea joekehts ovtetje vuesiehtimmijste, vuesiehtæmman Bergslanden systemijste, man leah göökte systemh. ... -
Machine learning approach for identification and tracking of coherent structures in turbulent fluids and plasmas
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-12-15)In a fusion reactor, coherent structures of hot and dense plasma can drift radially outwards due to the conditions of the edge plasma and can cause erosion of the outer walls. This erosion can release impurities into the plasma and harm equipment at the walls. This thesis presents two methods of tracking blobs in the boundary region of fusion experiments. The first model is a simple Long Short-Term ... -
Simplifying Clustering with Graph Neural Networks
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-23)The objective functions used in spectral clustering are generally composed of two terms: i) a term that minimizes the local quadratic variation of the cluster assignments on the graph and; ii) a term that balances the clustering partition and helps avoiding degenerate solutions. This paper shows that a graph neural network, equipped with suitable message passing layers, can generate good cluster ... -
In search of innovation capability and its sources in local government organizations: a critical interpretative synthesis of the literature
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-05)Empirical research has identified a long list of antecedents that promote innovation in local government organizations. However, less is known about how and why diverse antecedents—as well as their interplay—stimulate local government organizations to innovate and create public value. We address this gap through a systematic and critical interpretive synthesis of the empirical literature on innovation ...
