The conflict that ravaged Northern Uganda for two decades led to displacement of nearly two million northern Ugandans. The majority remained within the country borders fleeing into IDP camps, towns and cities. This thesis ...

Recommendation systems (RSs) have garnered immense interest for applications in e-commerce and digital media. Traditional approaches in RSs include such as collaborative filtering (CF) and content-based filtering (CBF) ...

This article examines whether wellknown dichotomous concepts may be of use for understanding social and cultural processes in an era where neoliberal economies and global movements of people, matters and ideas are prevalent. ...

REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) has been launched by its proponents as a transformative forest management mechanism with the potential to shift the rationalities of forestry actors ...

More than four years after one of the most horrific events in modern-day Norwegian history, we look into the development of Norway´s societal safety and emergency preparedness. The Gjørv commission, an independent group ...

Assessment lies at the heart of the student experience, and grades should be assigned fairly and reliably to the extent possible. Even though nobody would object to this goal, assessment and grading are never a straightforward ...

e-Navigation is a concept launched by the IMO in 2006. The point is to share digital data to the benefit of safety, efficiency and the environment. Every ship must make a voyage plan before leaving berth. Sharing such ...

Local wind velocities, angle of attack and lift coefficients of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are estimated by fusing kinematic, aerodynamic and stochastic wind models with data from an inertial measurement ...

1. Rising human activity in the Arctic, combined with a warming climate, mincreases the probability of introduction and establishment of alien plant species. While settlements are known hotspots for persistent populations, ...