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Is Beauty in the Hand of the Writer? Influences of Aesthetic Preferences through Script Directions, Cultural, and Neurological Factors: A Literature Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Human experience surrounding the appreciation of beauty is not static. Many factors such as script direction and cultural differences directly impact whether, how and why we consider images beautiful. In an earlier study, ... -
Is China Militarizing the African Continent?
(Master thesis, 2020)Hovedformålet med denne teksten er å empirisk teste om det er en sammenheng mellom Utenlandske Direkteinvesteringer fra Kina og militærisering i Subsahara Afrika. Ved hjelp av data på Utenlandske Direkteinvesteringer fra ... -
Is Chronic fatigue syndrom (CFS) related to a crash of the brain attention mechanism - Hypervigilance correlates with fatigue and pain scales among individuals with CFS
(Master thesis, 2019)Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling condition. About 70–85% of those affected attribute their daily dysfunction to reduced cognitive abilities and muscle pains in various parts of the body. Neuroimaging studies ... -
Is environmental behavior related to economic risk preferences? An exploratory case by case analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Do risk preferences play a role when deciding whether to act pro-environmentally? Looking at 28 different behaviors case by case – including recycling, waste reduction, energy and water conservation, consumer behavior, and ... -
Is European NATO really free-riding? Patterns of material and non-material burden-sharing after the Cold War
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Does European NATO free-ride on America? This article uses a mixed-methods approach to explore developments after the Cold War. I investigate both “material” measures, such as military expenditure and troop numbers, and a ... -
Is it cognitive effort you measure? Comparing three task paradigms to the Need for Cognition scale
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Measuring individual differences in cognitive effort can be elusive as effort is a function of motivation and ability. We report six studies (N = 663) investigating the relationship of Need for Cognition and working memory ... -
Is mental regulation related to self-esteem? Testing a basic metacognitive model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Individual differences in global self-esteem are associated with general psychological functioning and well-being, and lower self-esteem could be a target for prevention and treatment interventions. Traditionally, self-esteem ... -
Is meta-worry relevant to interpersonal problems? Testing the metacognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder in an analogue- and a clinical sample of GAD
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Interpersonal problems are common in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and improved interpersonal functioning is an important goal in treatment. In the metacognitive model of worry and generalized anxiety ... -
Is police investigation of rape biased by characteristics of victims?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aim To explore differences in police investigations between cases of rape against women with and without vulnerability factors. Methods Retrospective, descriptive study of cases of rape against women ≥16 years of age. ... -
Is sensory processing sensitivity related to treatment outcome in concentrated exposure and response prevention treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)It has been debated whether concentrated exposure and response prevention (ERP) is too difficult to tolerate for some patients. This report therefore uses quality assurance data looking into whether sensory processing ... -
Is the "Rogue" Donor Any Worse Than the Traditional Donors? A Quantitative Analysis of the Aid Selectivity of the US, the EU, and China in the 21st Century
(Master thesis, 2023)Bistandsmidler som blir tildelt korrupte og undertrykkende myndigheter forventes å være mindre effektive for å oppnå utviklingsmål og kan til og med forlenge styret til selvtjenende autokrater som hindrer utvikling. På ... -
Is the benefit of L1 but a fairy tale? A story from a Norwegian primary school classroom
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)The focus of this paper is the use of one’s native or first language (L1) when learning English as a second language (L2). For many years, the preferred approach to learning English in a classroom has been to avoid the use ... -
Is the choir in Tune? A thesis on interdisciplinary collaboration between children, teachers and child welfare workers from the experiences and perspectives of children
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis is conducted in Norway. After the ratification and embedding of the UNCRC in Norwegian law it is recognised that efforts are being made to ensure children’s rights. However, because there has been an increase ... -
Is there a role for multinational corporations through CSR to alleviate poverty in Uganda
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:79, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The general objective of this thesis was to explore ‘what else could be done to fight poverty in Africa, Is there a role for multinational corporations (MNC) through corporate social responsibility (CSR)? To address this ... -
Is trade policy a missing piece to a public health puzzle?
(Journal article, 2018)Health outcomes vary across different welfare state arrangements (Bergqvist et al., 2013). Strikingly, while overall health is typically better in social democratic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), these ... -
Isdannelse og kjøving i stikkrenner : utfordringer og mulige løsninger for jernbane og annen infrastruktur
(Master thesis, 2016)Et felteksperiment har vært gjennomført siden november 2013 i Trysil, og november 2015 i Dovre, for å teste om kuldeskjørt av fiberduk eller plaststrimler kan forebygge kjøving i stikkrenner. Kuldeskjørt av fiberduk har ... -
Islam i Store Spørsmål: KRLE 8-10
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Islam og populærkultur - Hvorfor bruke populærkultur i skolen?
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Islam, Oil, and the Middle East Region: An Empirical Analysis of the Repression of Religion, 1980-2013
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)There is a lively debate on the relative impacts of Islam, oil wealth, and Middle Eastern institutional legacies regarding democratization and the spread of liberal values. We examine this issue using religious repression. ...