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Why don't cost-benefit results count for more? The case of Norwegian road investment priorities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The starting point is that the benefit/cost ratio is virtually uncorrelated to the likelihood of a Norwegian classified road project entering the list of investments selected for the National Transport Plan. The purpose ... -
Why energy retrofitting in private dwellings is difficult in Norway: Coordinating the framing practices of government, craftspeople and homeowners
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Retrofitting private homes to meet strict energy demands is a prioritised goal in climate mitigation policy. In this article we approach the challenge by analysing how retrofitting is framed differently by the government, ... -
Why environmental philosophers should be buck-passers about value
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Why green growth cannot solve the climate crisis
(Master thesis, 2015)Beslutningstakerne i Norge og resten av verden har forsøkt å løse klimakrisen ved å redusere klimagassutslippene i mer enn 25 år. Likevel, til tross for den langvarige innsatsen har de ikke klart å snu utviklingen: ... -
Why hospital physicians attend work while ill? The spiralling effect of positive and negative factors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Recurrent reports from national and international studies show a persistent high prevalence of sickness presence among hospital physicians. Despite the negative consequences reported, we do not know a lot about ... -
Why include impacts on biodiversity from land use in LCIA and how to select useful indicators?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Loss of biodiversity is one of the most severe threats to sustainability, and land use and land use changes are still the single most important factor. Still, there is no sign of any consensus on how to include impacts on ... -
Why Intermarium Failed: A Neoclassical Realist Perspective
(Master thesis, 2022)Denne masteroppgaven handler om det mislykkede Intermarium prosjektet, en foreslått polsk-ledet union av stater i Øst-Europa i mellomkrigstida 1918-1939. I følge nyrealistisk teori så var gjennomføringen av Intermarium ... -
Why intraperitoneal glucose sensing is sometimes surprisingly rapid and sometimes slow: A hypothesis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The artificial pancreas requires fast and reliable glucose measurements. The peritoneal space has shown promising results, and in one of our studies we detected glucose changes in the peritoneal space already at the same ... -
Why is integration so difficult? Shifting roles of ethics and three idioms for thinking about science, technology and society
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Contemporary science and technology research are now expected to become more responsible through collaboration with social scientists and scholars from the humanities. This paper suggests a frame explaining why such current ... -
Why Is the Construction Industry Killing More Workers Than the Offshore Petroleum Industry in Occupational Accidents?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In Norway, the fatal accident frequency per year is discernibly higher in the construction industry than in the petroleum industry. To probe the difference between the occupational safety levels in the two industries in ... -
Why is the Locative NP in Kiswahili not Syntactically Oblique?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Kiswahili, a Bantu language, distinguishes between PPs, e.g. kutoka soko-ni 'Cl. 0 COP-a from market-Cl. 17/26, i.e. from market, lit. from in market' and NPs, e.g. m-pishi w-a soko-ni 'Cl. 1-cook Cl. 1 SM-COP-n of market-Cl. ... -
Why is the silo mentality still so strong? A case study investigating the silo mentality in the Company twenty years after the two sister companies merged
(Master thesis, 2017)According to Gleeson and Rozo (2013), a silo mentality does not happen by accident. The root cause may trickle down from the top management and is often caused by conflicting leadership teams. Behaviours such as a lack of ... -
Why not integrate ethics in HTA: identification and assessment of the reasons
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)From the conception of HTA in the 1970s it has been argued that addressing ethical issues is an element of HTA, and many methods for integrating ethics in HTA have become available. However, despite almost 40 years with ... -
Why rogue waves occur atop abrupt depth transitions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Abrupt depth transitions (ADTs) have recently been identified as potential causes of ‘rogue’ ocean waves. When stationary and (close-to-) normally distributed waves travel into shallower water over an ADT, distinct spatially ... -
Why securing smart grids is not just a straightforward consultancy exercise
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The long-term vision for modernization of power management and control systems, Smart Grid, is rather complex. It comprises several scientific traditions; SCADA and automation systems, information and communication technology, ... -
Why simulation can be efficient: on the preconditions of efficient learning in complex technology based practices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009)Background: It is important to demonstrate learning outcomes of simulation in technology based practices, such as in advanced health care. Although many studies show skills improvement and selfreported change to practice, ... -
Why the Narrator Matters: Narrating Environmental Futures in Frank Herbert’s Dune and N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores how works of speculative fiction engage in narrating environmental futures. The Anthropocene details how human intervention in nature has led to the current climate crisis, which makes speculating about ... -
Why the Norwegian 2021 guideline for basic life support are different
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Medical guidelines provide health care professionals with a framework for how they should treat patients and perform training. Although based on the available scientific evidence, their legitimacy depends on a transparent ... -
Why we don't need "unmet needs"! On the concepts of unmet need and severity in health-care priority setting
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In health care priority setting different criteria are used to reflect the relevant values that should guide decision-making. During recent years there has been a development of value frameworks implying the use of multiple ...