Kristiania Open Archive: Recent submissions
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Unlocking the potential for achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 – “Zero Hunger” - in Africa: Targets, strategies, synergies and challenges
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (‘Zero Hunger’) aims to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Thus, a range of different strategies are needed to facilitate the achievement of SDG 2 to ... -
The Influence of Early Exercise Postpartum on Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and Prevalence of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction 12 Months Postpartum
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective: There is limited knowledge on how exercise impacts the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) and prevalence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) postpartum. The purpose of this study was to ... -
Automation of Routine Work: A Case Study of Employees' Experiences of Work Meaningfulness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The idea of automation replacing humans in the workplace has been given considerable attention, while less attention has been afforded to how people develop a meaningful work life with automation of routine work. In this ... -
Increasing the effectiveness of ecological food signaling: Comparing sustainability tags with eco-labels
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Users Perceptions of Headphones and Earbuds in Norway and Brazil: An Empirical Study Based on a Kahoot Quiz
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science;12768, Chapter, 2021)Abstract. Headphones and earbuds are seemingly more popular than ever with the wide availability of smartphones and music streaming services. Such personal audio systems are also essential for many blind and visually ... -
How do Orthoses Impact Ease of Donning, Handwriting, Typewriting, and Transmission of Manual Torque? A study of Three Prefabricated Wrist Hand Orthoses
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Training Distribution During a Paralympic Cycle for a Multiple Swimming Champion With Paraplegia: A Case Report
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-20)Purpose: To describe the training volume, intensity distribution, and use of swimming styles during a Paralympic cycle in a multiple swimming champion with paraplegia. Methods: The female Paralympic swimmer was 23–26 years ... -
Cardiovascular Health Effects of Shift Work with Long Working Hours and Night Shifts: Study Protocol for a Three-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study on Industrial Workers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)There is a plausible association between shift work and cardiovascular disease (CVD), which may be due to disruption of the circadian rhythm causing hormonal changes and metabolic disturbances, resulting in high blood ... -
Are electronic white canes better than traditional canes? A comparative study with blind and blindfolded participants
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Visually impaired individuals often rely on assistive technologies such as white canes for independent navigation. Many electronic enhancements to the traditional white cane have been proposed. However, only a few of these ... -
Frelsere eller parasitter? Ledermotiver for bruk av IT-konsulenter
(Chapter, 2020)Abstract: The high degree of digitalization in Norway depends on external ITconsultants working on internal projects in private firms as well as in public organizations. This is partly because of organizations’ need for ... -
Leadership aiming at innovation: suggesting and discussing four roles of an innovation leader
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Organizations often experience problems and challenges due to the development of rigid bureaucratic rules and procedures, which may represent obstacles to creativity and innovation. In a global knowledge economy, innovation ... -
Strategic HRM: What will work be like in the future, and what impact will changes have on HR departments? Theoretical discussion and practical implications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)The issue the authors are investigating is how work will evolve in the future. The question discussed here is as follows: What will work be like in the future, and what impact will changes have on HR departments? To answer ... -
Acupuncture in sham device controlled trials may not be as effective as acupuncture in the real world: a preliminary network meta-analysis of studies of acupuncture for hot flashes in menopausal women
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Randomised controlled trials of acupuncture performed using sham interventions to control for the placebo effect have mostly used two types of sham techniques: techniques with minimal insertion of acupuncture ... -
Kvasir-SEG: A Segmented Polyp Dataset
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Abstract. Pixel-wise image segmentation is a highly demanding task in medical-image analysis. In practice, it is difficult to find annotated medical images with corresponding segmentation masks. In this paper, we present ... -
Om offentlige anskaffelser
(Chapter, 2021)Abstract: What the government purchases forms our daily routines and the world that surrounds us. -e public sector can use its procurement to stimulate jobs and to create an economy that is more innovative and sustainable. ... -
An Introduction to the Special Section on “Health, Technology, & Behavior Science”
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This special section of the Perspectives on Behavior Science focuses on health, technology, and behavior science. The aim is to provide reviews and empirical research that integrates the latest technological innovations ... -
Appeals to ‘the public interest’: How public relations and lobbying create a social license to operate
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The training and development of elite sprint performance: an integration of scientific and best practice literature
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Despite a voluminous body of research devoted to sprint training, our understanding of the training process leading to a world-class sprint performance is limited. The objective of this review is to integrate scientific ... -
Examining the relative impact of professional profile images and facial expressions in small business-to-business marketing online
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article responds to a call for research on the context-specific effects of human images in different online contexts. This study investigates how inherent facial expressions in a consultant’s profile image influence ... -
Fast and Accurate Deep Learning Framework for Secure Fault Diagnosis in the Industrial Internet of Things
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper introduced a new deep learning framework for fault diagnosis in electrical power systems. The framework integrates the convolution neural network and different regression models to visually identify which faults ...