cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2456-v1
title: Machine Translation Between Saami Languages, 2017

description: The aim of this project was to develop programs for machine translation from Northern Sami language to other Sami languages. By translating Northern Sami language into other Sami languages, the community of Sami language users may benefit from the work done on Northern Sami language. The project has also yielded new insights in the comparative syntax and vocabulary of Sami language. For more information please see: - Northern Sami language-Southern Sami language machine translation: https://sourceforge.net/p/apertium/svn/HEAD/tree/nursery/apertium-sme-sma/ - Northern Sami language - Inari Sami language machine translation: http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Documentation http://giellatekno.uit.no/doc/mt/MachineTranslation.html - Inari Sami analysis program: https://victorio.uit.no/langtech/trunk/langs/smn/ - Northern Sami language-Inari Sami language machine translation: http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Documentation http://giellatekno.uit.no/doc/mt/MachineTranslation.html https://sourceforge.net/p/apertium/svn/HEAD/tree/nursery/apertium-sme-smn/ For further information about "Machine Translation Between Saami Languages, 2017", please contact the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2456-v2
title: Machine Translation Between Saami Languages, 2017

description: The aim of this project was to develop programs for machine translation from Northern Sami language to other Sami languages. By translating Northern Sami language into other Sami languages, the community of Sami language users may benefit from the work done on Northern Sami language. The project has also yielded new insights in the comparative syntax and vocabulary of Sami language.

For more information please see:
- Northern Sami language-Southern Sami language machine translation: https://sourceforge.net/p/apertium/svn/HEAD/tree/nursery/apertium-sme-sma/
- Northern Sami language - Inari Sami language machine translation: http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Documentation http://giellatekno.uit.no/doc/mt/MachineTranslation.html
- Inari Sami analysis program: https://victorio.uit.no/langtech/trunk/langs/smn/
- Northern Sami language-Inari Sami language machine translation: http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Documentation http://giellatekno.uit.no/doc/mt/MachineTranslation.html https://sourceforge.net/p/apertium/svn/HEAD/tree/nursery/apertium-sme-smn/

For further information about "Machine Translation Between Saami Languages, 2017", please contact the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2457-v1
title: Human Bodily Micromotion in Music Perception and Interaction, 2012

description: “Human Bodily Micromotion in Music Perception and Interaction, 2012” sought to investigate the close couplings between musical sound and human bodily micromotion. Micromotion was here used to describe the smallest motion that we are able to produce and experience, typically at a rate smaller than 10 mm/s. The last decades have seen an increased focus on the role of the human body in both the performance and the perception of music. Up to now, however, the micro-level of these experiences has received little attention. This project investigated music-related micromotion of people experiencing music (perceivers), with an aim of contributing to knowledge about how musical sound influences human motion at the micro-level. This was based on literature studies, theoretical modelling, and a longitudinal observational study as well as three large-scale experiments of sound-motion relationships. The project also provided knowledge to a large, annotated and metadata-rich database of the micromotion recordings mentioned above. The database was central to the current project, and will be made available for future research in the field. Further, the project provided conceptual models and software tools for using micromotion to control musical sound in computer-based systems. Such musical microinteraction can be used for music performance or production, or for "active listening". The project was based on recent theories of embodied music cognition, combining musical phenomenology with new models from cognitive neuroscience. Methodologically, the project span widely, from introspection and discussion in small groups to statistical analysis of motion capture recordings and development of new interactive music systems.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2458-v1
title: Support for the Affluent Welfare State: Interests, Fairness, and Social Capital in Context, 2015

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate how welfare interests and preferences relate to norms, networks and trust in local communities, and how both of these factors are influenced by local context, such as social inequality and ethnic diversity. The survey includes questions about trust in different institutions, socioeconomic and ethnic/religious groups, welfare experiences and preferences, political activity and interest, party choices, in addition to background variables such as gender, age, occupation, and local context.

The aim of the overall project, in which this survey was an important part, was to study the joint impact of national and local context (public and private affluence, inequality, ethnic heterogeneity, and the public sphere) on attitudes and behavior related to the welfare state. The survey had several features: (1) the survey included three randomized experiments, in addition to a broad range of attitudinal, behavioral and background questions; (2) people with immigrant background were over-sampled; (3) the survey had a multilevel structure by randomly selecting respondents in pre-defined and strategically selected communities in Norway; (4) the survey was set up as a panel with waves in 2014 and 2015.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2458-v2
title: Support for the Affluent Welfare State: A Norwegian Panel Study on Welfare State Orientations, Social Capital, and Local Context

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate how welfare interests and preferences relate to norms, networks and trust in local communities, and how both of these factors are influenced by local context, such as social inequality and ethnic diversity. The survey includes questions about trust in different institutions, socioeconomic and ethnic/religious groups, welfare experiences and preferences, political activity and interest, party choices, in addition to background variables such as gender, age, occupation, and local context.

The aim of the overall project, in which the survey was an important part, was to study the joint impact of national and local context (public and private affluence, inequality, ethnic heterogeneity, and the public sphere) on attitudes and behavior related to the welfare state. The survey had several features, which will be described below: (1) the survey included three randomized experiments, in addition to a broad range of attitudinal, behavioral and background questions; (2) people with immigrant background were over-sampled; (3) the survey had a multilevel structure by randomly selecting respondents in pre-defined and strategically selected communities in Norway; (4) the survey was set up as a panel with waves in 2014 and 2015, and 2017.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2459-v1
title: Policing the Illegal Trade in Wildlife, 2015

description: The doctoral dissertation is a study of police activities aimed at illegal trade of endangered species of flora and fauna in Norway and Uganda. The overall issue of the project is how police and customs face the global phenomenon of illegal trade of endangered species, and what challenges does this place on the local police and customs organization? The informants are indirectly recognizable in the interviews through information related to their position, duties and workplace. For further information on "Policing the illegal trade in wildlife", please contakt the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2460-v1
title: Democratisation, Political Participation, and Gender in Malawi, 2017

description: This study investigates what promotes women's participation in politics in Malawi, and the possible effects of women's participation in different political arenas. The study aims to produce new knowledge on the situation of female representation in politics in Malawi, in terms of descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation. The impact of three forms of representation was studied within three 'arenas' where politics is played out; in the arenas of the executive, parliament, and political parties. Trends and patterns of women representation, how female representation affects the policy process and outcomes, and the attitudes towards women in the public sphere were analyzed. For further information about ”Democratisation, Political Participation, and Gender in Malawi, 2017”, please contact the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2460-v2
title: Democratisation, Political Participation, and Gender in Malawi, 2017

description: This study investigates what promotes women's participation in politics in Malawi, and the possible effects of women's participation in different political arenas. The study aims to produce new knowledge on the situation of female representation in politics in Malawi, in terms of descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation. The impact of three forms of representation was studied within three 'arenas' where politics is played out; in the arenas of the executive, parliament, and political parties. Trends and patterns of women representation, how female representation affects the policy process and outcomes, and the attitudes towards women in the public sphere were analyzed.

For further information about ”Democratisation, Political Participation, and Gender in Malawi, 2017”, please contact the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2461-v1
title: Towards Eradication of HIV-1: Therapeutic Vaccination with the Peptide-Based Candidate Vacc-4x, 2014

description: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection continues to threaten global health with approximately 34 million adults and children living with HIV infection worldwide in 2010. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has made a significant impact on HIV infection, however, since it cannot eradicate HIV, ART must be taken daily for life, thereby conferring a significant financial burden on healthcare services worldwide. The aim of this study was to test a cure against HIV by using Vacc-4x, a peptide-based therapeutic HIV vaccine. The study is registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov. For further information about "Towards Eradication of HIV-1: Therapeutic Vaccination with the Peptide-Based Candidate Vacc-4x, 2014", please contact the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2462-v1
title: Municipal Resources and Patient Outcomes Through the First Year After a Hip Fracture, 2012

description: Each year approximately 9000 people in Norway get a hip fracture. After surgery most hip fracture patients are in need of rehabilitation services. Still there are large differences with regard to available health care services.The purpose of this study was to examine patient progress in treatment and outcomes thorugh the first year after a hip fracture. The study was based on data from Norwegian Patient Registry and The Norwegian Hip Fracture Register. "Municipal Resources and Patient Outcomes Through the First Year After a Hip Fracture, 2012" was a sub-project within the RCN project "Providing Integrated Health Care for Older People". For further information about ”Municipal Resources and Patient Outcomes Through the First Year After a Hip Fracture, 2012”, please contact the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2464-v1
title: The Teacher Survey, Pilot 2016

description: NOKUT's Teacher Survey aims to get increased knowledge of quality in higher education in general, and more specifically: increased knowledge of how the teachers experience the quality of the study program they teach. The Teacher Survey was conducted as a pilot project during the spring of 2016. The survey was sent to 25 universities and colleges and 8 education types participated. From 2017 the study will be conducted as a full scale survey, including the population of teachers in norwegian universities and colleges. In 2017, the survey will be conducted in cooperation with the NIFU's Time-Use Survey.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2466-v1
title: Randomised Controlled Trial of Improvisational Music Therapy's Effectiveness for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (TIME-A), 2016

description: “Randomised Controlled Trial of Improvisational Music Therapy's Effectiveness for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (TIME-A), 2016” was part of TIME-A, an international project hosted by GAMUT - The Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre, Uni Research Health, and builds upon a collaboration of nine countries worldwide (Australia, Austria, Brazil, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UK, and USA). The project researches how music therapy affects children with autism. Previous research has suggested that music therapy may facilitate skills in areas typically affected by autism spectrum disorders (ASD), such as social interaction and communication. However, generalisability of previous findings has been restricted, as studies were limited in either methodological accuracy or the clinical relevance of their approach. The aim of “Randomised Controlled Trial of Improvisational Music Therapy's Effectiveness for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (TIME-A), 2016” was to determine effects of improvisational music therapy on social communication skills of children with ASD. Additional aims were to examine if variation in dose of treatment (i.e., number of music therapy sessions per week) affected outcome of therapy, and to determine cost-effectiveness. Children aged 4 years to 6 years and 11 months diagnosed with ASD were randomly assigned to one of three conditions. Parents of all participants received three sessions of parent counselling (at 0, 2, and 5 months). In addition, children randomised to the two intervention groups were offered individual, improvisational music therapy over a period of five months, either one (low-intensity) or three (high-intensity) sessions per week. Generalised effects of music therapy was measured using standardised scales completed by blinded assessors (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, ADOS ) and parents (Social Responsiveness Scale, SRS) before 2, 5, and 12 months after randomisation. Cost-effectiveness was calculated as man years. A group sequential design with first interim look at usable N = 235 (randomised N = 300) ensured sufficient power for a small to medium effect as well as efficiency. Responding to the need for more rigorously designed trials examining the effectiveness of music therapy in ASD, this pragmatic trial set out to generate findings that could be well generalizable to clinical practice. Addressing the issue of dose variation, this study's results also provided information on the relevance of session frequency for therapy outcome.

Data are freely available for downloading.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2467-v1
title: Level of Living - Working Conditions 2016

description: Statistics Norway has conducted living conditions surveys since 1973, and since 1996, surveys have been conducted annually. The living conditions survey on the working environment has been completed 6 times earlier, in 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2013. In 1989 and 2003, the collection was linked to the topic in the Work and Business Survey. The living conditions survey on the working environment aims at mapping different working environment conditions among employed persons in Norway. The survey takes place every 3 years, and addresses topics related to the workplace, physical, chemical and ergonomic working environment, psychosocial work environment, occupational health problems and sickness absence, and demands and opportunities for self-determination at work.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2467-v2
title: Level of Living - Working Conditions 2016

description: Statistics Norway has conducted living conditions surveys since 1973, and since 1996, surveys have been conducted annually. The living conditions survey on the working environment has been completed 6 times earlier, in 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2013. In 1989 and 2003, the collection was linked to the topic in the Work and Business Survey. The living conditions survey on the working environment aims at mapping different working environment conditions among employed persons in Norway. The survey takes place every 3 years, and addresses topics related to the workplace, physical, chemical and ergonomic working environment, psychosocial work environment, occupational health problems and sickness absence, and demands and opportunities for self-determination at work.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2467-v3
title: Level of Living - Working Conditions 2016

description: Statistics Norway has conducted living conditions surveys since 1973, and since 1996, surveys have been conducted annually. The living conditions survey on the working environment has been completed 6 times earlier, in 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2013. In 1989 and 2003, the collection was linked to the topic in the Work and Business Survey. The living conditions survey on the working environment aims at mapping different working environment conditions among employed persons in Norway. The survey takes place every 3 years, and addresses topics related to the workplace, physical, chemical and ergonomic working environment, psychosocial work environment, occupational health problems and sickness absence, and demands and opportunities for self-determination at work.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2467-v6
title: Level of Living - Working Conditions 2016

description: Statistics Norway has conducted living conditions surveys since 1973, and since 1996, surveys have been conducted annually. The living conditions survey on the working environment has been completed 6 times earlier, in 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2013. In 1989 and 2003, the collection was linked to the topic in the Work and Business Survey. The living conditions survey on the working environment aims at mapping different working environment conditions among employed persons in Norway. The survey takes place every 3 years, and addresses topics related to the workplace, physical, chemical and ergonomic working environment, psychosocial work environment, occupational health problems and sickness absence, and demands and opportunities for self-determination at work.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2468-v2
title: Attitudes Towards LGBT People 2008

description: The survey aimed to describe explicit opinions towards lesbian women, homosexual men, bisexual women and men and transgender persons (LGBT-persons) in Norway today. We did a survey with national representation among 1246 persons in the age 16-80, during April-May 2008. A broad specter of themes was covered by 180 questions. The presented report divides the responses into thirteen themes, mainly based on gender, age, education, city/countryside, religion and degree of support of traditional gender roles. 

The survey was conducted through internet.  

The survey shows three main trends: 

1. The majority was neutral or positive in general questions about their opinion on lesbian women and homosexual men. For women there was a great majority, whilst for men a smaller majority. The same situation was also shown for more explicit questions about specific situations and reactions, even though there were tendencies for more negative responses in these cases. In questions about their opinion about lesbians and homosexuals rights to become parents, about one third reported a negative attitude. About one out of five says that they do not know a lesbian women or a homosexual man.

2. A majority was neutral or positive in general questions about their opinion on bisexual women and men. For women there was a great majority, whilst for men a smaller majority. Around half of the respondents said that they do not know a bisexual woman or man. Transsexuals: a majority was neutral or positive in general questions about their opinion on transgender persons, that is to say a person moving between being a woman and a man. A majority says that they do not know a woman or a man who moves between being a woman and a man. 

3. Gender differs: more men were negative than women, especially towards homosexual men, bisexual men and male transsexuals, and to give lesbians and homosexuals the same rights to become parents.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2471-v1
title: Being a Coptic Man. Masculinity, Gender Relations and Boundary Maintenance Among Egyptian Copts, 2015

description: What ideals of masculinity can be found among Coptic men, and how are these ideals reflected in male-female relationships among Egyptian Copts? In what ways are Coptic conceptions of manhood and masculine responsibilities informed by sectarian relations? This project focus on male Copts in Egypt, and explore the ideals and practices of masculinity that can be found among male Copts of different generations. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Coptic men in Cairo and Alexandria, the study explored what kind of challenges they face, what ideals they relate to, and what kind of responsibilities they ascribe to themselves, as husbands and family men, as members of a Coptic community with strong clerical structures, and as Coptic men within a predominantly Muslim society. The data includes notes based on personal interviews, conversations and observations. For further information about ”Being a Coptic Man. Masculinity, Gender Relations and Boundary Maintenance Among Egyptian Copts, 2015”, please contact the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2471-v2
title: Being a Coptic Man. Masculinity, Gender Relations and Boundary Maintenance Among Egyptian Copts, 2015

description: What ideals of masculinity can be found among Coptic men, and how are these ideals reflected in male-female relationships among Egyptian Copts? In what ways are Coptic conceptions of manhood and masculine responsibilities informed by sectarian relations? This project focus on male Copts in Egypt, and explore the ideals and practices of masculinity that can be found among male Copts of different generations. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Coptic men in Cairo and Alexandria, the study explored what kind of challenges they face, what ideals they relate to, and what kind of responsibilities they ascribe to themselves, as husbands and family men, as members of a Coptic community with strong clerical structures, and as Coptic men within a predominantly Muslim society. The data includes notes based on personal interviews, conversations and observations.

For further information about ”Being a Coptic Man. Masculinity, Gender Relations and Boundary Maintenance Among Egyptian Copts, 2015”, please contact the principal investigator.
DOI: 10.18712/nsd-nsd2472-v1
title: The Scandinavian Moment in World Literature, 2017

description: In the last part of the 19th century, a considerable Norwegian and Scandinavian literature emerged and by the turn of the century the main contributions to this literature had already become world literature. One part of the project (by Narve Fulsås and Tore Rem) focuses on Henrik Ibsen and the prerequisites for a peripheral author to advance to world literary status in such a short period of time. In the subproject "Book market and Reading", PhD researchers Maria Purtoft and Henning Hansen examine who were the readers of the modern breakthrough literature in Norway, Denmark and Sweden and what were the reasons for the significant growth in the Scandinavian book market from the 1870s.