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The W-method in stability analysis of stochastic functional differential equations
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Waking Up in a World of Crises: Experiences of Protesters in the Hague
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis explores the personal-political dimension of turbulent transformation. More specifically, it addresses the following question: How is the personal-political dimension of turbulent transformation expressed in ... -
Walking as urban outdoor recreation: Public health for everyone
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study aims to investigate whether the frequency of neighbourhood walks (both for recreation and for transport) is associated with various indicators of demographic and socio-economic position, indicators of selfreported ... -
Walking on a delicate line between Iran and the United States : India's competing set of interests regarding Iran's nuclear program and sanctions
(Master thesis, 2014-09-26)India and Iran have had a centuries-long history of close relations. However, in the last decade New Delhi has been looking to develop its relations with Tehran for two main reasons. First, India’s high energy demand to ... -
War and City-Making in Somalia: Property, power and disposable lives.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Rapid urbanisation in Somalia, as in many other war-torn countries, is driven by in-migration of displaced people who are often amassed in camps. Although such camps become institutionalised sites of exclusion where ‘bare ... -
War on terror : Tunisia's counterterrorism strategy
(Master thesis, 2019)About 8 years ago and during the revolution in Tunisia, I witnessed drastic change in the society mainly in relation to religion in public sphere from radicalism to counterradicalism. So, I’ve always wanted to understand ... -
Warmer and wetter winters: characteristics and implications of an extreme weather event in the High Arctic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014) -
Warren-Spring cohesion and particle size distribution measurements of dry whey protein concentrate
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Waste Heat Recovery System for The Dolphin Concept Car
(Master thesis, 2014-08-05)Technological advances in the transportation industry have considerable potential to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Technology deployments, whether in the form of changes in conventional vehicles or ... -
Waste management in Hong Kong : feasibility of applying the Norwegian deposit return system for plastic bottles
(Master thesis, 2019)Materials become “waste” when they are discarded into wrong places. Much plastics waste is recyclable but ends up in landfills or dispersed into the environment. Hong Kong is one of the world’s megacities suffering from ... -
Waste sorting at the household level : a study of motivation and behavior behind sorting of household waste when an external incentive is present
(Master thesis, 2010-12-06)It has been recognized that individuals are representing a source contributing to a great proportion of environmental pollution as private consumption has elevated as a response to increased purchasing power. Today’s ... -
Waste timber pyrolysis in a medium-scale unit: Emission budgets and biochar quality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Pyrolysis of organic waste or woody materials yields a stable carbonaceous product that can be mixed into soil and is often termed “biochar”. During pyrolysis carbon-containing gases are emitted, mainly volatile organic ... -
'Waste' biochar for agricultural soil quality improvement
(Master thesis, 2022)Biochar is a carbonaceous substance obtained from the pyrolysis of biomass under anoxic conditions. The use of biochar dates as far back as the ancient Amazonian times i.e, ‘Terra Preta de Indio’ where dark soils had more ... -
Waste-based sorbents for reducing the mobility and leaching of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in contaminated soil
(Master thesis, 2021)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse group of anthropogenic, organic chemicals whose widespread use have caused contamination issues worldwide. Former use of PFAS-containing firefighting foams have ... -
Wasting of Fresh-Packed Bread by Consumers—Influence of Shopping Behavior, Storing, Handling, and Consumer Preferences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
Water demand and supply scenarios and their impacts in the Tamale Metropolitan area, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2023)Abstract Water as a resource is extremely important for all life. Still, 26% of the world’s population lacks access to a safely managed drinking water service. The part of the population that lacks access is disproportionately ... -
Water footprint approaches in Life Cycle Assessment : State-of-the-art and a case study of hydroelectric generation in the Høyanger area
(Master thesis, 2012-10-05)Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) currently fails to include impacts of freshwater use, and specification of water accounts in terms of geography and quality. Water footprints can be included in LCA to account and assess freshwater ... -
Water in the unsaturated zone
(Professional article, 1986)Knowledge about the spatial variability of soil water is of great importance for understanding the hydrology of a certain area. The theories of water flow in the unsaturated zone are rather well established, and many models ... -
Water in the West : perspectives from an Upper Basin tributary of the Colorado River
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis explores two institutional frameworks utilized in the governance of water in the Southwest of the United States through how they deliver, or fail to deliver, complex equity. These are (1) the legal framework ... -
Water quality affected by interactions with filter media in raingardens
(Master thesis, 2022)The objective of this thesis is to investigate how the filter media in raingardens can affect the water quality. This will be done by comparing water quality of the water entering the raingarden with the quality of the ...