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Do LGBTQ-supportive corporate policies affect consumer behavior? Evidence from the video game industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper empirically examines how consumers react when a company marks a product with a gay label. The company under scrutiny is one of the largest video game developers in the world, and the labeled product is a popular ... -
Do libertarians dream of electric coins? The material embeddedness of Bitcoin
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-21)The new, decentralized, anonymous digital currency Bitcoin has in less than three years gone from a proof-of-concept to being traded for about €78 million on a daily basis. Its ascendancy offers up a puzzle for financial ... -
Do Listed Real-Estate Companies Trade at a Discount to Their Net Asset Value?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Listed real estate companies trading at a discount or premium to their net asset value has been an interesting field of study for financial analysts. Previous studies have found several company-specific variables that could ... -
Do local authorities set local fiscal variables to influence population flows?
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2006:16, Research report, 2006)The paper presents an empirical test of local fiscal competition in Norway based on the observation that interregional migration during the business cycle creates very different incentives for rural and urban municipalities ... -
Do Low-Openness, Low-Transparency Procedures in Academic Hiring Disadvantage Women?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Research has shown that low openness and low transparency in the process of recruitment of new (associate) professors put women at a systematic disadvantage. Examples include professorships awarded by direct invitation (as ... -
Do machine learning platforms provide out-of-the-box reproducibility?
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Do medical students and young physicians assess reliably their self-efficacy regarding communication skills? A prospective study from end of medical school until end of internship
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background This prospective study from end of medical school through internship investigates the course and possible change of self- reported self-efficacy in communication skills compared with observers’ ratings of ... -
Do mercury, selenium, cadmium and zinc cause oxidative stress in common eiders (Somateria mollissima) from Svalbard?
(Master thesis, 2011)The levels of mercury have shown to increase in the Arctic environment as a cause of human activities. Few studies have examined the antioxidant system as a response to heavy metals in Arctic seabirds. Levels of the elements ... -
Do Norwegian equity funds manage to create excess returns beyond the market? An emperical study of the Norwegian equity fund market
(Master thesis, 2021)Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i hvorvidt norske aksjefond klarer å skape meravkastning utover markedet. Analysen inneholder 26 aktive aksjefond med innenlandske investeringer i perioden 28.02.2016-28.02.2021. Hensikten er å ... -
Do Norwegians with diabetes have a healthier diet than the general population?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Objective: Review current knowledge about dietary habits among people with diabetes in Norway compared with the general population and nutrient- and food-based dietary recommendations. Method: Baseline dietary data from ... -
Do not be misled on the energy crisis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)False narratives cloud our understanding of Europe's energy crisis and its relationship to climate change and climate policy. A clear-eyed understanding, based on factual knowledge and the insights of scientific research ... -
Do Not Predict – Recompute! How Value Recomputation Can Truly Boost the Performance of Invisible Speculation
(Chapter, 2021)Recent architectural approaches that address speculative side-channel attacks aim to prevent software from exposing the microarchitectural state changes of transient execution. The Delay-on-Miss technique is one such ... -
Do nothing, do minimum or do something? Why public project appraisals “always” recommend large projects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Purpose: In the project initiation phase, an appraisal is needed to clarify the strategic problem and alternative solutions. Full-scale construction projects and simple solutions (do-minimum alternatives) should be assessed. ... -
Do oil droplets and chemical dispersants contribute to uptake of oil compounds and toxicity of crude oil dispersions in cold-water copepods?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Accidental crude oil spills to the marine environment cause dispersion of oil into the water column through the actions of breaking waves, a process that can be facilitated using chemical dispersants. Oil dispersions contain ... -
Do or don't: Why neuroscience hasn’t settled the question of free will (and a hint at a different answer)
(Master thesis, 2013)In recent years, scientists and science popularisers alike have seen profound consequences for our view of ourselves and the organisation of society in new findings about the functioning of the human brain. Prominent in ... -
Do parental cognitions during pregnancy predict bonding after birth in a low-risk sample?
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Do parental heights influence pregnancy length?: a population-based prospective study, HUNT 2
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-02-05)Background: The objective of this study was to examine the association of maternal and paternal height with pregnancy length, and with the risk of pre- and post-term birth. In addition we aimed to study whether cardiovascular ... -
Do Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain Benefit From Early Intervention Regarding Absence From Work? A randomized, controlled, single-center pilot study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Study Design. A randomized, controlled, single-center pilot study. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of running a trial to explore if early intervention in individuals with chronic low ... -
Do patients with chronic low back pain experience pain reduction and functional improvement after treatment at a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Low back pain is the most common affliction of the musculoskeletal system. Patients with chronic low back pain cost the society great expenses in treatments and other social benefits; however, the effects of ... -
Do patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease exhibit compromised bone quality prior to proton pump inhibitor therapy?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are routinely treated with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), despite many reports of increased fracture risk associated with PPI use. Notably, the skeletal properties in ...