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Warm-hearted businessmen, competitive housewives? Effects of gender-fair language on adolescents’ perceptions of occupations

Vervecken, Dries; Gygax, Pascal M.; Gabriel, Ute; Guillod, Matthias; Hannover, Bettina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)

Recent studies from countries with grammatical gender languages (e.g., French) found both children and adults to more frequently think of female jobholders and to consider women's success in male dominated occupations more ...

Warm-Started Optimized Trajectory Planning for ASVs

Bitar, Glenn Ivan; Vestad, Vegard Nitter; Lekkas, Anastasios M.; Breivik, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

We consider warm-started optimized trajectory planning for autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) by combining the advantages of two types of planners: an A* implementation that quickly finds the shortest piecewise linear path, ...

Warmer and wetter winters: characteristics and implications of an extreme weather event in the High Arctic

Hansen, Brage Bremset; Isaksen, Ketil; Benestad, Rasmus E.; Kohler, Jack; Pedersen, Åshild Ø.; Loe, Leif Egil; Coulson, Stephen James; Larsen, Jan Otto; Varpe, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)

One predicted consequence of global warming is an increased frequency of extreme weather events, such as heat waves, droughts, or heavy rainfalls. In parts of the Arctic, extreme warm spells and heavy rain-on-snow (ROS) ...

Warranty analysis of a two-component system with failure interaction

Zhang, Nan; Fouladirad, Mitra; Barros, Anne (Chapter, 2017)

In recent decades, more and more attention has been paid to the warranty study of multicomponent systems. Compared to the reliability and cost analysis of single item systems, failure dependence between items is a major ...

Warranty analysis of a two-component system with type I stochastic dependence

Zhang, Nan; Fouladirad, Mitra; Barros, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)

This article develops the warranty cost analysis of a two-component in-series system with stochastic dependence. From the perspectives of both the manufacturer and the consumer, the short-run total profits and costs under ...

Warrior Body /Open Heart A dance of Cheongsong's immigrant wives

Peredo Guzmán, Maria (Master thesis, 2017)

Warrior Body/Open Heart is a dance piece co-created through Participatory Action Research in Cheongsong, a rural town in southeast South Korea. This research was done through the framework of a program held by state ...

Wartime Experiences and Popular Support for Peace Agreements: Comparative Evidence from Three Cases

Dyrstad, Karin; Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Bakke, Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

Peace agreements are negotiated and signed by representatives of the government and the rebels, often after many years of violent conflict, but their ability to transform a war-torn society hinges on the approval of ordinary ...

Waste heat recovery from a data center at CERN

Enge, Magnus Elias Fjereide (Master thesis, 2023)

Målet i denne rapporten er å undersøke, foreslå og utvikle varmesystemer basert på gjenvinning av spillvarme, med formålet å levere varmeenergi til byggene på CERNs campusområdet mer effektivt og mer miljøvennlig. De ...

Waste heat to Hydrogen using Reverse Electrodialysis

Raka, Yash Dharmendra (Doctoral theses at NTNU;22021:169, Doctoral thesis, 2021)

In current times the research across the globe is focused on carbon-free energy sources that can drive the economy in future. One of the promising ways to achieve this is to have demand-based sustainable energy storage ...

Waste in Construction Projects Today's - Practice and Potential

Sørensen, Terje Magnus Bakken (Master thesis, 2018)

This master-thesis is done in cooperation with the SINTEF R&D-project Speed Up. The main goal for the Speed Up project is to increase the efficiency and quality for construction projects. This thesis addresses the possibility ...

Waste incineration: Optimal control of process dominated by delay and uncertainty

Jørn Bøni Hofstad (Master thesis, 2020)

Forbrenning av restavfall2 er en ganske kompleks prosess, som er preget av å ha både lange og korte tidskonstanter, flere refferanser som skal følges samtidig, i tillegg til ikke-minimum fase-responser og store forstyrrelser ...

Waste Management in Norway - A study of possible application of "ISO 37120 Sustainable Development in Communities - Indicators for city services and quality of life"

Hage, Ingvild (Master thesis, 2016)

As a contribution in reaching the UN SDGs and towards a circular economy ISO 37120:2014, Sustainable Development in Communities Indicators for city services and quality of life, has been explored to assess its possibility ...

Waste Plant Safety Integrity Level

Øyra, John Magne (Master thesis, 2008)

This report is a safety analysis of the Isle of Wight waste plant in England. Energos AS prepared a Hazard and Safety analysis in connection with this project. In the analysis Energos AS has defined Safety Integrity Level ...

Waste prevention, energy recovery or recycling - Directions for household food waste management in light of Circular Economy policy

de Sadeleer, Irmeline; Brattebø, Helge; Callewaert, Peter Guido (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

Waste amounts are growing with increasing wealth and population. To curb this trend and reduce adverse environmental impacts, food waste reduction has been sat on the political agenda, together with ambitious material ...

Watching Nature Videos Promotes Physiological Restoration: Evidence From the Modulation of Alpha Waves in Electroencephalography

Grassini, Simone; Segurini, Giulia Virginia; Koivisto, Mika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)