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    • Governing early childhood education and care quality development among diverse private ECEC providers in Norway 

      Haugset, Anne Sigrid; Finne, Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This article sheds light on governance mechanisms at work when decentralised implementation of national educational and welfare policies encounters a heterogeneous sector of private service provider organisations. It ...
    • Developing a patient care pathway for emotional support around the point of multiple sclerosis diagnosis: A stakeholder engagement study 

      Tindall, Tierney; Topcu, Gogem; Thomas, Shirley; Bale, Clare; Evangelou, Nikos; Drummond, Avril; Nair, Roshan das (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: Diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) can be a lengthy process, which can negatively affect psychological well-being, condition management, and future engagement with health services. Therefore, providing timely ...
    • Group psychological intervention for emotional distress in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A feasibility randomised clinical trial 

      Baliousis, Michael; Rennoldson, Michael; Dawson, David; das Nair, Roshan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Purpose: Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an intensive procedure associated with elevated psychological distress, particularly during the initial stages. Based on self-regulatory theory, a prophylactic ...
    • UV-Nanoimprint Lithography for Predefined SERS Nanopatterns Which Are Reproducible at Low Cost and High Throughput 

      Milenko, Karolina Barbara; Dullo, Firehun Tsige; Thrane, Paul Conrad Vaagen; Skokic, Zeljko; Dirdal, Christopher Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A controlled and reliable nanostructured metallic substrate is a prerequisite for developing effective surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy techniques. In this study, we present a novel SERS platform ...
    • Facilitators and Barriers to the Sustainability of eHealth Solutions in Low- And Middle-Income Countries: Descriptive Exploratory Study 

      Mamuye, Adane; Nigatu, Araya Mesfin; Chanyalew, Moges Asressie; Amor, Lamia Ben; Loukil, Sihem; Moyo, Chris; Quarshie, Samuel; Antypas, Konstantinos; Tilahun, Binyam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: Despite the widely anticipated benefits of eHealth technologies in enhancing health care service delivery, the sustainable usage of eHealth in transitional countries remains low. There is limited evidence ...
    • Explainability and Interpretability Concepts for Edge AI Systems 

      Vermesan, Ovidiu; Piuri, Vincenzo; Scotti, Fabio; Genovese, Angelo; Donida Labati, Ruggero; Coscia, Pasquale (River Publishers Series in Communications;, Chapter, 2023)
      The increased complexity of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) methods, models, and training data to satisfy industrial application needs has emphasised the need for AI model providing ...
    • The Big Bang of Deep Learning in Ultrasound-Guided Surgery: A Review 

      Masoumi, Nima; Rivaz, Hassan; Hacihaliloglu, Ilker; Ahmad, M. Omair; Reinertsen, Ingerid Reime; Xiao, Yiming (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ultrasound (US) imaging is a paramount modality in many image-guided surgeries and percutaneous interventions, thanks to its high portability, temporal resolution, and cost-efficiency. However, due to its imaging principles, ...
    • Muscle function during cross-country skiing at different speed and incline conditions 

      Werkhausen, Amelie; Lundervold, Anders; Gløersen, Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The human musculoskeletal system is well adapted to use energy-efficient muscle–tendon mechanics during walking and running, but muscle behaviour during on-snow locomotion is unknown. Here, we examined muscle and muscle–tendon ...
    • Multi-Modal SLAM for Accurate Localisation in Self-similar Environments 

      Ivarsen, Peter Ørnulf; Sramota, Jan; Gerhardsen, Martin Eek; Lundkvist, Henrik Nils Oskar; Moore, Richard James Donald (Chapter, 2023)
      Regular inspection and maintenance (I&M) of road tunnels is critical for ensuring safe operation and maximising the infrastructure's longevity. Today's I&M operations are time-consuming and disruptive to normal operations, ...
    • Best Practices and Lessons Learned in eHealth in Four Low and Lower Middle-Income Countries in Africa 

      Koubaa, Rayhane; Rekik, Sana; Jmaiel, Mohamed; Takele, Adamu; Asressie, Moges; Adjei, Abdul-Rahman; Anthony, Muyepa; Chizonda, Mbongeni; Germossa, Gugsa Nemera; Meseret, Amanuel; Anthun, Kirsti Sarheim; Antypas, Konstantinos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Studying best practices and lessons learned is important to improve performance and avoid previous mistakes of projects and interventions. In this paper, the analysis of ehealth interventions in four African Low and Lower ...
    • A Reinforcement Learning framework for Wake Steering of Wind Turbines 

      Lye, Kjetil Olsen; Tabib, Mandar Vasudeo; Johannessen, Kjetil Andre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ideally, optimum power for a single turbine is obtained when the wind-turbine is aligned with the wind direction. However in multi-turbine wind-farm set-up, wake effects lead to decreased power production from downstream ...
    • Probabilistic Planning of Distribution Networks with Optimal DG Placement Under Uncertainties 

      Das, Soumya; Fosso, Olav B; Marafioti, Giancarlo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This research paper presents an efficient methodology for distribution network planning under an uncertain environment. As an extension of our previous work presented at the ECCE Asia 2021 conference, here optimal placement ...
    • “They don’t take notes!” Tensions perceived by first-line workers in an action research project 

      Lebesby, Kristin; Benders, Jos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Purpose: This study aims to emphasize the importance of taking into account the perspectives of prospective participants and identifying potential tensions in action research. Design/methodology/approach: This paper ...
    • On the preservation of second integrals by Runge-Kutta methods 

      Tapley, Benjamin Kwanen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      One can elucidate integrability properties of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) by knowing the existence of second integrals (also known as weak integrals or Darboux polynomials for polynomial ODEs). However, little ...
    • Moderation of people’s subjective reactions to road noise 

      Bendtsen, Hans; Holm Pedersen, Torben; Volk, Christer; Eggers, Sebastian; Gjestland, Truls Tormodsønn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      When the road administrations have used all technically feasible and economically possible measures to reduce the noise, there can still be a need for further reduction of the annoyance. Analyses reveal that only about 1/3 ...
    • Combining Q-learning and Deterministic Policy Gradient for Learning-Based MPC 

      Seel, Katrine; Gros, Sebastien Nicolas; Gravdahl, Jan Tommy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper considers adjusting a fully parametrized model predictive control (MPC) scheme to approximate the optimal policy for a system as accurately as possible. By adopting MPC as a function approximator in reinforcement ...
    • Charge Collection in SOI Microdosimeters and Their Radiation Hardness 

      Pan, V. A.; Tran, Linh; Pastuovic, Zeljko; Hill, D.; Williams, J.; Kok, Angela Chun Ying; Povoli, Marco; Pogossov, A.; Perrachi, Stefania; Boardman, D; Davis, J.; Guatelli, S.; Petasecca, Marco; Lerch, Michael; Rosenfeld, Anatoly (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
    • Barriers for Accessing Assistive Products in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) 

      Eide, Arne Henning; Muller, Sébastien; Zhang, Wei; Khasnabis, Chapal; Antypas, Konstantinos; Blakstad, Mats; Borg, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      WHO implemented the Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment in 2021. This is a household survey on self-reported use, need and barriers for accessing AT in 35 countries globally. In order to obtain comparable data, all surveys ...
    • Productive pragmatism: Industrial democracy under neoliberal capitalist conditions 

      Ravn, Johan Elvemo; Alias, Oier Imaz; Ortega, Igor; Haga, Trond Sanne; Greenwood, Davydd J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This essay presents two case examples of the context and practices of industrial democracy: Norwegian industrial democracy exemplified with the Aker case and the Mondragon Cooperative Experience (a term Mondragon often ...
    • Edge AI LoRa Mesh Technologies 

      Vermesan, Ovidiu; vorm Walde, Kai; Bahr, Roy; Conrady, Cordula; Judvaitis, Janis; Gaigals, Gatis; Karlsen, Tore; Coppola, Marcello; Sand, Hans-Erik (River Publishers Series in Communications;, Chapter, 2023)
      Intelligent connectivity at the edge combines wireless communication, edge artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing and internet of things (IoT) technologies to perform machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) on ...