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Does disease incite a stronger moral appeal than health?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Is disease demotion more important than health promotion? The question is crucial for the ethos of medicine and for priority setting in healthcare. When things get tough, where should our attention and resources go: to ... -
Does diversity within nonviolent campaigns affect the prospects of democratisation?
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne masteroppgaven undersøker hvilken effekt mangfoldet i en ikke-voldelig kampanje har på utsiktene for suksessfull demokratisering. Dette undersøkes gjennom en komparativ case studie av den tunisiske og den egyptiske ... -
Does Dog Ownership Really Prolong Survival?: A Revised Meta-Analysis and Reappraisal of the Evidence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Many households own a dog, and dog owners are more likely to walk and to meet physical activity guidelines, compared with non-dog owners.1,2 Other benefits, usually reported in cross-sectional studies, include improved ... -
Does Donald Trump promote The Great Replacement theory on Twitter?
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)Min bacheloroppgave svarer på spørsmålet: Promoterer Donald Trump "The Great Replacement Theory" på sin Twitter konto, og hvilke retoriske virkemidler bruker han isåfall til å gjøre det? Oppgaven utfører en kvalitativ ... -
Does drug use affect the efficacy of amisulpride, aripiprazole and olanzapine in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders? Results from a pragmatic, randomised study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives Drug use is prevalent in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) but there is limited knowledge about the influence of drug use on the effectiveness of antipsychotic medication. This secondary ... -
Does economic growth eat up environmental improvements? Electricity production and fossil fuel emission in OECD countries 1980-2014
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)We analyze to what extent electricity production by non-fossil fuel replaces fossil fueled electricity production in 27 OECD-countries 1980–2014. Depending on model specification, the long run replacement coefficient is ... -
Does educational mobility in mid-life affect mortality? A cohort study covering 1.3 million individuals in Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Education has been identified as a key marker of social position by several observers, and its major impact on mortality has been examined through various pathways. Generally, these pathways originate from initial life ... -
Does Egalitarian Democracy Boost Environmental Sustainability? An Empirical Test, 1970-2017
(Journal article, 2021)Many argue that the twin problems of poverty and environmental degradation are best addressed by adopting greater egalitarian processes of governance. Greater egalitarian societies apparently contain the required social ... -
Does Elevated Alcohol Consumption Delay the Diagnostic Assessment of Cognitive Impairment among Older Adults?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)ntroduction: The time from symptom debut to assessment of cognitive impairment (TSA) is usually substantial, and many factors can influence the length of this interval. Our objective was to discern whether elevated alcohol ... -
Does Elevated Alcohol Consumption Delay the Diagnostic Assessment of Cognitive Impairment among Older Adults?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction: The time from symptom debut to assessment of cognitive impairment (TSA) is usually substantial, and many factors can influence the length of this interval. Our objective was to discern whether elevated alcohol ... -
Does Empowering Women in Politics Boost Human Development? An Empirical Analysis, 1960–2018
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Does Ethnic Diversity Increase Violent Crime? A Global Analysis of Homicide Rates, 1995-2013.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Many scholars argue that diverse preferences and coordination failure stemming from high ethnic diversity results in high social frictions, leading to socio-political failure. Criminological theories suggest that crime is ... -
Does evolvability predict evolutionary divergence?
(Master thesis, 2020)Evolverbarhet er potensialet for evolusjon og kan defineres som en populasjons evne til å produsere og opprettholde genetisk variasjon. Evolverbarhet avhenger av den additive genetiske variansen, som representerer den delen ... -
Does exercise training or exercised blood affect gene expression in the brain of a rat model of Alzheimer's disease?
(Bachelor thesis, 2020)Alzheimers sykdom er den mest utbredte formen for demens i verden. Prevalensen er forventet å øke i fremtiden som et resultat av en aldrende verdensbefolkning. Alzheimers sykdom er en kronisk neurodegenerativ sykdom som ... -
Does exercised plasma have an effect on amyloid-beta and microglia in an Alzheimer’s Disease rat model?
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Risikoen for å utvikle Alzheimers sykdom (AD) øker med alderen, og på grunn av at forventet levealder øker, vil en større del av verdens befolkning bli berørt av sykdommen i fremtiden. Dette vil medføre en større belastning ... -
Does Foreign Direct Investment by Multinational Corporations Increase Interpersonal Violence in Host Countries? A Cross-National Analysis of 170 Countries, 1990-2019
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven undersøker den empiriske årsakssammenhengen mellom direkte utenlandsinvesteringer (FDI) målt i investeringsstrøm og investeringsbeholdning til interpersonell vold målt i drapsrater ved bruk av data fra 170 ... -
Does Foreign Direct Investment Encourage State Militarization and Reduce Societal Security? An Empirical Test, 1980-2017
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scholars debate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on poor societies. Apparently, FDI could embolden governments to securitize rather than reform, an argument put forth recently by (Kishi, Roudabeh, Maggio, ... -
Does free-market capitalism drive unequal access to health? An empirical analysis, 1970–2015
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Many scholars, particularly in public health, argue that neoliberal capitalist economic forces adversely affect communities by increasing inequalities, ultimately affecting health. Apparently, corporate capitalism affects ... -
Does gender affect medical decisions? Results from a behavioral experiment with physicians and medical students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)It is rarely the case in medical practice that differences between female and male physicians can be described under ceteris paribus conditions. Physicians self-select their type of practice, patients self-select physicians, ... -
Does geographical clustering pay? Analysis of the Norwegian salted and dried cod industry
(Chapter, 2017)The structure of the Norwegian salted and dried cod industry is manifold, with differences both regarding plant size and type of organisation. The cluster of manufacturers and exporters of this industry in the North-Western ...