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'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
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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 ... -
Water Quality Estimation Using High Resolution Satellite Imaging around Addis Ababa
(Master thesis, 2023)Det er mange utfordringer rundt overflatevann i Etiopia, og mye kan spores tilbake til Addis Abeba. Ukritisk forsøpling, utilstrekkelig avfallshåndtering og høye kostnader ved overvåking er deler av problemet. For å beskytte ... -
Water quality in RAS for salmonids and performance of MBBR : case study at Vik Settefisk AS
(Master thesis, 2015-08-03)The purposes of this study was to find out water quality variation at Vik Settefisk AS, a land-based commercial smolts farm located in Bergen. In addition, the aim of the study was to evaluate nitrification efficiency in ... -
Water scarcity and water quality: Identifying potential unintended harms and mitigation strategies in the implementation of the biosand filter in rural Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Bottom-up public health interventions are needed which are built on an understanding of community perspectives. Project SHINE is a community-based participatory action research intervention focused on developing sustainable ... -
Water storage dynamics of papyrus wetlands and land use change in the Lake Kyoga basin, Uganda
(PhD Thesis;2018:69, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Papyrus wetlands of the upper Nile basin in Eastern Africa provide water and fertile soils that are essential to sustain agricultural production. Due to the need to improve food security, there is increased pressure to ... -
Water waves radiated from an oscillating line source in shear flow with a free surface and non-zero surface velocity
(Master thesis, 2016-08-30)Denne oppgaven beskriver et todimensjonalt linearisert vannbølge problem, der en oscillerende kilde er plassert i vannet. Vi antar at vannet er verken viskøst eller kompressibelt, og at trykket på overflaten er homogent ... -
Waterborne transmission of Toxoplasma gondii : novel approaches to development of analytical techniques
(PhD Thesis;2017:75, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Access to safe drinking water is essential for healthy life. Drinking water contaminated with waterborne pathogens is one of the most significant environmental contributors to human disease burden. Protozoan parasites that ... -
Wave chaos enhanced light trapping in optically thin solar cells
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Wavelet Transforms for Rain and Snow Classification with Commercial Microwave Links: Evaluation Using Real-World Data
(Master thesis, 2023)The need for improved precipitation estimations has prompted the exploration of opportunistic alternatives such as utilizing commercial microwave links (CML), particularly in areas with poor coverage of weather radars and ... -
The way we talk about sexual violence : beyond a gender normative understanding of sexual violence in global politics
(Master thesis, 2021)Conflict-related sexual violence has received increasing attention in global politics the past decades through an increasing body of research on the subject matter as well as efforts to combat the issue through international ... -
Weather affects temporal niche partitioning between moose and livestock
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Weather Patterns Associated with DON Levels in Norwegian Spring Oat Grain: A Functional Data Approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Fusarium graminearum is regarded as the main deoxynivalenol (DON) producer in Norwegian oats, and high levels of DON are occasionally recorded in oat grains. Weather conditions in the period around flowering are reported ... -
Weathering kinetics of thin wood veneers assessed with near infrared spectroscopy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)