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War, Patriotism and Nationality in the Norwegian and Swedish Translations of Cherry Ames
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Helen Wells’ novels of the nurse Cherry Ames follow the protagonist through student nursing to her life as a practicing registered nurse. The books, featuring her military service, were soon translated, reaching Iceland, ... -
Was motiviert junge Norweger zum Deutschlernen? Eine Studie aus der Weiterführenden Schule
(Master thesis, 2011-09-13)In unserer Gesellschaft ist man schon längst der Meinung, dass Fremdsprachen wichtig sind, und die Politiker wünschen sich eine höhere Anzahl Schüler, die eine 2. Fremdsprache in der 8. Klasse der norwegischen Grundschule ... -
We found love in a hopeless place: Exilic agency and translingual practice in Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea
(Chapter, 2021)Jonas Carpignano’s film Mediterranea is a complex and nuanced portrait of contemporary transnational migration, with a focus on exilic agency. Translingual practice is an essential part of the biographical narration of the ... -
“We learn it [mathematics] at school so one thinks that one will use it …”: Learners’ beliefs about relevance and importance of learning mathematics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this study, we explore Norwegian learners’ beliefs about the relevance and importance of learning mathematics. The data material consists of semi-structured interviews with nineteen lower secondary school learners (13-14 ... -
What do adults living with obesity want from a chatbot for physical activity? – a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Regular physical activity helps to reduce weight and improve the general well-being of individuals living with obesity. Chatbots have shown the potential to increase physical activity among their users. We aimed ... -
What Do Autistic People Discuss on Twitter? An Approach Using BERTopic Modelling
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Social media provide easy ways to autistic individuals to communicate and to make their voices heard. The objective of this paper is to identify the main themes that are being discussed by autistic people on Twitter. We ... -
What factors are associated with health‐related quality of life among patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain? A cross‐sectional study in primary health care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) affects daily life function and is the most prevalent disorder in primary health care. The primary objective was to examine demographic factors and pain characteristics ... -
What good is it anyway? Professional dance artists legitimising their work for the Cultural Schoolbag in Norwegian schools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article examines how dance artists with extensive experience with The Cultural Schoolbag (TCS), a national programme for bringing the arts into schools, convey their rationale for working in TCS. Previous research has ... -
What have we learnt from the challenges of (semi-) automated requirements traceability? A discussion on blockchain applicability.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-04)Over the last 3 decades, researchers have attempted to shed light into the requirements traceability problem by introducing tracing tools, techniques, and methods with the vision of achieving ubiquitous traceability. Despite ... -
What if something happens tonight? A qualitative study of primary care physicians’ perspectives on an alternative to hospital admittance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Due to demographic changes, hospital emergency departments in many countries are overcrowded. Internationally, several primary healthcare models have been introduced as alternatives to hospitalisation. In Norway, ... -
What Is Collective Intelligence?
(Chapter, 2022)Chapter 1 introduces collective intelligence (CI) as an academic concept. At a basic level, CI extends the conception of intelligence from an individual to a group level. Pierre Lévy formulated the modern version in 1994, ... -
What Tourists Want, a Sustainable Paradise
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The increasing complexity of tourism and sustainability offers opportunities and challenges among diverse stakeholder perspectives. The need for sustainable and nature-based approaches exists throughout the growing body ... -
When ADHD knocks on the door–discourse theory as a frame to explore subject positions and mental wellbeing before diagnosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is currently the most prevalent childhood psychiatric diagnosis. This article reports how 10 young adults in Norway posi-tioned themselves before they were diagnosed ... -
When Balassa-Samuelson comes to Maastricht: debt-sustainability, growth and transition
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2011:3, Working paper, 2011-08-16)A dynamic stability approach is applied to show how the debt-servicing ability of transition/developing economies exceeds that of mature market economies. At the core of this debt-servicing advantage lies not only ... -
When Balassa-Samuelson comes to Maastricht: debt-sustainability, growth and transition
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2011:3, Working paper, 2011-08-16)A dynamic stability approach is applied to show how the debt-servicing ability of transition/developing economies exceeds that of mature market economies. At the core of this debt-servicing advantage lies not only ... -
When communicating health-related knowledge, beware of the black holes of the knowledge landscapes geography
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When Dancers Are Butterflies: How the Brain Understands Metaphors
(Journal article, 2021-12-22)When we speak, we often say things that are dierent from what we actually mean. For example, at a ballet, we might say that the dancers are butterflies. Dancers are not really butterflies, but this statement is not a lie; ...