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Nordic penal exceptionalism: A comparative, empirical analysis
2022
Abstract Based on a survey administered in 13 prisons in England & Wales and Norway, as part of a research programme with explicitly comparative aims, this article seeks to address both the relative and absolute dimensions of the Nordic penal exceptionalism thesis. It outlines the consistently more positive results in Norway compared to England & Wales, explaining them primarily with reference to the former’s much higher quality and use of open prisons. At the same time, it emphasizes that, even in an unusually humane prison system, prisoners report considerable pain and frustration. The article also makes the case that comparative analysis should strive to be systematic, but that s…
Revisors fratredelse : Har revisorer problemer med å vurdere vilkår og tidspunkt for fratredelse?
2020
Master's thesis in Accounting and auditing (BE508) Revisor har en viktig rolle som samfunnets tillitsmann og er en del av systemet som skal bekjempeøkonomisk kriminalitetog hindre useriøse selskaper i å drive virksomhet.Ett av virkemidlene revisor kan benytte er å trekke seg somrevisor.Ved å fratre fra et revisjonsoppdrag tvinger revisor revisjonspliktige til å gjøre endringer og innrette seg etter gjeldende lovverk. Dersom de ikke innrette seg,vil de bli stående uten revisor og til slutt tvangsoppløst. Problematikken rundt revisors fratredelse er i stor grad pregetavvurderingenav hva som skal til for at revisor skal fratre og på hvilket tidspunkten eventuellfratredelse skal skje. Formålet …
Revisors vurdering av store foretaks rapportering av samfunnsansvar : Hvordan vurderer revisor store foretaks rapportering av samfunnsansvar etter re…
2020
Master's thesis in Accounting and auditing (BE508) Fokuset på samfunnsansvar har de sisteårene økt både blant forbrukere, investorer og næringslivet generelt. Store foretak har siden 2013 vært pålagt å rapportere om sitt samfunnsansvar i henhold til regnskapsloven § 3-3 c. Flere norske selskaper får imidlertid kritikk for sin rapportering. Revisor er i henhold til revisorloven § 5-1 pålagt å kontrollere at selskapenes redegjørelser om samfunnsansvar er i samsvar med lov og forskrift, og om opplysningene er konsistent med årsregnskapet. Denne masteroppgaven diskuterer revisors vurdering av store foretaks bærekraftsrapportering, og har til formål å besvare følgende problemstilling:Hvordan vur…
Tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from migratory birds in southern Norway
2020
Birds are important hosts for the first life stages of the Ixodes ricinus tick and they can transport their parasites over long distances. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Rickettsia helvetica in ticks collected from migratory birds in Norway. A total of 815 Ixodes ricinus ticks from 216 birds trapped at Lista Bird Observatory in southern Norway during spring and autumn migration in 2008 were analysed by real-time PCR. B. burgdorferi s. l. was the most prevalent pathogen, detected in 6.1% of the ticks. The prevalence of N. mikurensis, A. phagocytophilum and R. helvetica was 1.2%…
Counterexamples to the Kalman Conjectures
2018
In the paper counterexamples to the Kalman conjecture with smooth nonlinearity basing on the Fitts system, that are periodic solution or hidden chaotic attractor are presented. It is shown, that despite the fact that Kalman’s conjecture (as well as Aizerman’s) turned out to be incorrect in the case of n > 3, it had a huge impact on the theory of absolute stability, namely, the selection of the class of nonlinear systems whose stability can be studied with linear methods. peerReviewed
Making Every "Point" Count: Identifying the Key Determinants of Team Success in Elite Men’s Wheelchair Basketball
2019
Wheelchair basketball coaches and researchers have typically relied on box score data and the Comprehensive Basketball Grading System to inform practice, however, these data do not acknowledge how the dynamic perspectives of teams change, vary and adapt during possessions in relation to the outcome of a game. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the key dynamic variables associated with team success in elite men’s wheelchair basketball and explore the impact of each key dynamic variable upon the outcome of performance through the use of binary logistic regression modelling. The valid and reliable template developed by Francis, Owen and Peters (2019) was used to analyse video footage in S…
Søskenpar i toppidretten : Er det prestasjonsfremmende å være søskenpar på elitenivå i skiskyting?
2017
Masteroppgave idrettsvitenskap ME517 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 The purpose of this study was to acquire more knowledge of whether the sibling relationship can increase the chances of success in elite sport. The sample consists of two pairs of siblings where all four are former elite athletes in Biathlon and has achieved international titles at senior level. All four has been part of the national elite team of Norwegian Biathlon Association for several years. The collection of information done using qualitative research, and the interviews has taken part individually using an in-depth, semi-structured approach. Data from the interviews where analysed trough a phenomenological approach. St…
Insulin resistance and atrial fibrillation (from the Framingham Heart Study)
2011
Diabetes mellitus and obesity are increasing in prevalence and are associated with an elevated risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). Given the aging of the United States population, AF is projected to concomitantly increase in prevalence in the upcoming decades. Both diabetes and obesity are associated with insulin resistance. Whether insulin resistance is an intermediate step for the development of AF is uncertain. We hypothesized that insulin resistance is associated with an increased risk of incident AF. We examined the association of insulin resistance with incident AF using multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis adjusting for the established AF risk factors (i.e., age, g…
Do we need to change the guideline values for determining low bone mineral density in athletes? [Viewpoint]
2022
Canonical versus microcanonical analysis of first-order phase transitions
1998
Abstract I discuss the relation between canonical and microcanonical analyses of first-order phase transitions. In particular it is shown that the microcanonical Maxwell construction is equivalent to the equal-peak-height criterion often employed in canonical simulations. As a consequence the microcanonical finite-size estimators for the transition point, latent heat and interface tension are identical to standard estimators in the canonical ensemble. Special emphasis is placed on various ways for estimating interface tensions. The theoretical considerations are illustrated with numerical data for the two-dimensional 10-state Potts model.