Browsing Fakultet for samfunns- og utdanningsvitenskap (uspesifisert) by Issue Date
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Indoor dust and hot surface contact: Biological effects in vitro of heated dust and heat-generated emissions
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:13, Doctoral thesis, 2004)Electrical heaters are common in homes, day-care centres and offices in Norway and other coldclimate-countries. Indoor dust settling on surfaces of heaters is likely to become heated once the device is switched on. This ... -
Assessment of suicide risk: The predictive role of psychiatric disorders, personality, cognitions and psychological buffers
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Becoming global: The troublesome integration proces
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:25, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Becoming global – the troublesome integration process. The thesis is based on research in Kongsberg Automotive and its foreign subsidiaries in Mexico, U.S.A, Poland and South Korea. It is a study of how these foreign units ... -
The State as Purpose, the State as Property: National and Private Interests in the Foreign Policies of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:4, Doctoral thesis, 2005)This doctoral dissertation discusses the willingness of political leaders in illiberal democracies to put national interests before private and factional interests in their foreign policy. Thus, the dissertation examines ... -
Unravelling women’s stories of health: Female workers’ experiences of work, gender roles and empowerment relating to health in Katunyake export-processing zone, Sri Lanka
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:218, Doctoral thesis, 2005)The impact of globalization processes on women, such as the new economic division of labour and relocation of global production into Third World countries, is a frequently debated topic within the globalization and gender ... -
Middag: En sosiologisk analyse av den norske middagspraksis
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:86, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Middagen er et betydningsfullt hverdagsrituale. Over 90 prosent oppgir å ha spist middag sist hverdag, når de blir spurt om sine spisevaner. Avhandlingen viser at måltidet er en sentral del av folks hverdagsliv. Måltidet ... -
Vulnerability, Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Bawku East Municipality of Northern Ghana
(Master thesis, 2005)This is a study about vulnerability and risk of HIV/AIDS in Bawku East municipality of northern Ghana. The main objective of the study is to examine poverty as a likely determinant of HIV/AIDS. It also includes other factors ... -
Bilevel stochastic programming problems: Analysis and application to telecommunications
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:53, Doctoral thesis, 2005)We analyse several facets of bilevel decision problems under uncertainty. These problems can be interpreted as an extension of stochastic programming problems where part of the uncertainty is attributed to the behaviour ... -
Farmers and Farming: Punjab at Crossroads: An attempt to understand trends in agriculture in the northern Indiand state of Punjab
(Master thesis, 2005)Punjab, a modest-sized state tucked away on the north-western border of India, is often known as the bread basket of India. Huge grain surpluses produced by its farmers since the green revolution helped the country gain ... -
Takt og utakt, sagt og usagt: Kjønnsrettferdighet og kvotering i lokalpolitikken
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The role of the hippocampus in behavioural and endocrine responses to fear
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:79, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Recent evidence suggests that the hippocampus is functionally segregated along its longitudinal axis. The specific role of the dorsal hippocampus in spatial learning is strongly supported by both anatomical and behavioural ... -
Læreplanens differens: Formidling av læreplanen til skolepraksis
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:200, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Læreplanens betydning og meningsinnhold for skolepraksis vil som vist måtte avgjøres av skolens personale. Skal læreplanen gis betydning i skolepraksis, kreves det derfor først og fremst at den tas i bruk av lærerne, at ... -
Narratives of Hope? Displacement Narratives of Liberian Refugee Women and Children in the Gomoa-Budumburam Refugee Camp in Ghana.
(Master thesis, 2005)The refugee problem is a canker in contemporary human affairs without the ‘limboness’ that protractedness adds to it. Yet many refugee situations, especially in Africa, become forgotten emergencies as women assume new roles ... -
Aquaculture: A Tool for Sustainable Development in Uganda.: A Case Study of Kigoowa Catholic Women’s Association in Kampala District.
(Master thesis, 2005)Abstract Global aquaculture production has grown rapidly and is now among the fastest growing food production sectors in many countries.Introduced over the past 50 years or so,aquaculture in Africa has gone through different ... -
Frå folkeopplysning til vaksenopplæring
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:14, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Temaet for dette arbeidet er framveksten og utviklinga av eit fenomen med mange namn, men som med eit overordna begrep her blir kalla vaksenopplæring. I røynda er det eit begrep som høyrer til tida etter 1945, medan ... -
From Muscles to Singing - The activity of accessory breathing muscles and thorax movement in classical singing
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:94, Doctoral thesis, 2005)The overall aim of the present studies was, in selected muscles, to investigate muscle activation levels and muscular patterns in classical singers. Further was these muscles’ relation to thorax movement investigated. Loading ... -
Forest Conservation and People’s Livelihoods: Explaining Encroachment on Zambia’s Protected Forest Landscapes - The Case Of Mwekera National Forest, Kitwe, Copperbelt
(Master thesis, 2005)Forest Conservation and People’s Livelihoods: Explaining Encroachment on Zambia’s Protected Forest Landscapes - The Case Of Mwekera National Forest, Kitwe, Copperbelt Abstract The conflicts between conservation objectives ... -
Knowledge, Mobility and Configurations of Power: an Asset Specificity Perspective on Power in the Knowledge Society
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2006:214, Doctoral thesis, 2006)This dissertation studies three interrelated concepts—power, knowledge, and mobility—in order to understand how knowledge mobility (specificity) affects power in the knowledge economy. To do this, the thesis is divided ... -
Ledelse til begjær eller besvær – om reformer, fag og ledelse i sykehus
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2006:16, Doctoral thesis, 2006)Avhandlingen handler om ledelse av kunnskapsarbeid, og sykehuset brukes som arena for å utforske dette temaet. Utgangspunktet for studien er Spesialisthelsetjenesteloven fra 2001, som påla sykehusene å innføre enhetlig ... -
Innviklet utvikling. En studie av en endringsprosess i Statoils anskaffelses- og forsyningsvirksomhet
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2006:10, Doctoral thesis, 2006)