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Nye innovative bedrifter på Agder
2014
Masteroppgave Innovasjon og kunnskapsutvikling ME 513 - Universitetet i Agder 2014 Etablering av innovative bedrifter er viktig for økonomisk vekst og for vekst i sysselsetting. I denne oppgaven har jeg studert nye innovative bedrifter på Agder, som er etablert i perioden 2009 til 2013. Jeg ønsket å studere dette temaet for å finne ut av hvem det er som er med på å løfte Agder- regionen «opp og frem». Populasjonen jeg har studert er bedrifter som har fått landsdekkende etablerertilskudd fra Innovasjon Norge i tidsrommet 2009 til 2013. Kravet for å få tildelt et slikt tilskudd er at bedriften er etablert på bakgrunn av en innovasjon. Gjennom oppgaven benytter jeg meg av stortingsmeldingens d…
The Use of Ca- and Mg-Rich Fly Ash as a Chemical Precipitant in the Simultaneous Removal of Nitrogen and Phosphorus - Recycling and Reuse
2019
The European Union’s circular economy strategy aims to increase the recycling and re-use of products and waste materials. According to the strategy, the use of industry waste material should be more effective. A chemical precipitation method to simultaneously remove phosphorus and nitrogen from synthetic (NH4)2HPO4 solution and the liquid phase of anaerobic digestate using fly ash as a precipitant was tested. Fly ash is a waste material formed in the power plant process. It mainly contains calcium oxide (CaO) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Saturated precipitant solution was prepared from fly ash, which was added in small proportions to (NH4)2HPO4 solution during the experiment. Fly ash’s effect…
Å gjøre «det som er liksom planen, da» – en kvalitativ intervjustudie av skolestress blant unge jenter som et strukturelt problem
2021
Stress blant jenter ser ut til å være knyttet til press om å gjøre det bra på skolen og er videre relatert til psykiske plager. I denne artikkelen undersøker vi hvordan skolestress arter seg i unge jenters hverdagsliv, og hvilke institusjonelle prosesser jentenes erfaringer inngår i. Vi tar utgangspunkt i 22 intervjuer med 10 jenter på 10. trinn fra skoler i Norge og beskriver vurderingsarbeid – deres tankearbeid og gjøremål som er knyttet til testing, vurdering og individuell forbedring. Vi drøfter skolestresset og vurderingsarbeidet elevene gjør opp mot prinsippene om tydelig vurderingskultur og forbedring i skolen slik som det kommer fram gjennom den pedagogiske satsingen Vurdering for l…
Implementing an institutional change in a regional context : A case study of telemedicine implementation and diffusion in Agder
2018
Master's thesis Information Systems IS501 - University of Agder 2018 High life expectancy, aging population and an increasing chronic diseases generates new challenges for the current global healthcare (Brouard, Bardo, Vignot, Bonnet, & Vignot, 2014). Public agencies and business corporates have shown interest inadvances technological research and innovation projects to remedy the problem. Innovating in public sector is highly challengingand results shouldn’t be taken for granted (Dacin, Goodstein, & Scott, 2002). Further, there is a lack of understanding how public innovations are created (Sørensen & Torfing, 2011). Theoretically the thesis builds on two strands of theories: institutional …
Self-Efficacy Between Previous and Current Mathematics Performance of Undergraduate Students: An Instrumental Variable Approach to Exposing a Causal …
2021
PurposeSelf-efficacy has been argued theoretically and shown empirically to be an essential construct for students’ improved learning outcomes. However, there is a dearth of studies on its causal effects on performance in mathematics among university students. Meanwhile, it will be erroneous to assume that results from other fields of studies generalize to mathematics learning due to the task-specificity of the construct. As such, attempts are made in the present study to provide evidence for a causal relationship between self-efficacy and performance with a focus on engineering students following a mathematics course at a Norwegian university.MethodThe adopted research design in the presen…
Field conversations as a data source in qualitative social research
2020
Sammendrag Denne artikkelen belyser feltsamtaler som forskningsverktøy. Feltsamtaler er ofte usynlige og underkommunisert i den vitenskapelige litteraturen. Samtalene lar seg vanskelig tallfeste og beskrive; de mangler tilsynelatende systematikk og framstår gjerne bare som hverdagslig prat. Med søkelys på konteksten for samtalen og samtalens rammer og regi setter artikkelen feltsamtalen inn et kvalitativt metodeunivers. Feltsamtalen plasserer vi i et kontinuum mellom det kvalitative intervjuet på den ene siden og alminnelig prat mellom forsker og informant på den andre. Ved hjelp av eksempler fra vår egen empiriske forskning diskuterer vi feltsamtalenes bidrag som datainnsamlingsverktøy. Vi…
Itsen rakentaminen menestyskulttuurissa
2008
Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan itsesuhteen rakentamista menestyskulttuurissa. Tutkimuksella on kolme tehtävää. Ensimmäisenä tutkimuksen tehtävänä on rekonstruoida menestyskulttuuri tutkimuskohteena. Toinen tutkimustehtävänä on kuvata empiirisesti itsesuhteen rakentamista menestyskulttuurissa. Kolmantena tutkimustehtävänä on tulkita menestyskulttuurin aineistoa laajemmasta moderniteetin kehyksestä ja taloudesta käsin. Tutkimuksen empiirinen aineisto koostuu elämäntapakirjallisuudesta sekä yritysja elämäntapavalmennusta käsittelevistä internetsivuista. Elämäntapakirjallisuus muodostuu varsin heterogeenisesta joukosta yritysvalmennuksen, elämäntapavalmennuksen, voimavara- ja ratkaisukeskeisen ja …
Analysis and description of an open source janitor project
2006
Masteroppgave i informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi 2006 - Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad The objective of this study is to describe the inside and impact of the Linux Kernel Janitor Project. To describe and discuss how such janitor activity can be useful for others is also an objective. The Linux Kernel Janitor Project is a project defined to perform maintenance of the Linux kernel source, often taking on tasks that nobody else will be doing. The patches produced by the janitors have been analysed and some of the effects and properties of the work the project has carried out are described. Analysis show that janitor activity reduces the amount of code while still keeping the same functio…
Reporting in Conflict Zones in Pakistan: Risks and Challenges for Fixers
2020
As a backbone of reporting in war and conflicts, fixers offer essential assistance to the foreign correspondent in conflict zones, also in Pakistan. With valuable local knowledge and contacts, fixers can arrange travel to secure entry of foreign correspondents into conflict zones in addition to securing interviews with otherwise unattainable figures, while offering reliable translation services. Pakistani media, despite being one of the largest and most developed in South Asia, remains under the strict control of powerful military establishment and government, while seeming to mirror the overarching government sentiment with a distinct lack of research-based news. Challenging this state of …
Multiple-batch spawning: a risk-spreading strategy disarmed by highly intensive size-selective fishing rate
2022
Can the advantage of risk-managing life-history strategies become a disadvantage under human-induced evolution? Organisms have adapted to the variability and uncertainty of environmental conditions with a vast diversity of life-history strategies. One such evolved strategy is multiple-batch spawning, a spawning strategy common to long-lived fishes that ‘hedge their bets' by distributing the risk to their offspring on a temporal and spatial scale. The fitness benefits of this spawning strategy increase with female body size, the very trait that size-selective fishing targets. By applying an empirically and theoretically motivated eco-evolutionary mechanistic model that was parameterized for …