During recent decades, Jeffrey C. Alexander has been occupied with studying social life from a cultural perspective, developing a cultural sociology concerned with the shaping or constitutive impact of cultural formations ...

Assessment of relevant outcomes is a key challenge in evaluating effects of social-communication interventions. However, few studies have investigated in what ways specific and more global measures may influence reported ...

Lokal sedvanerett påberopes ikke så sjelden i tingsrettslig sammenheng, især vedrørende ferdsel, beite, jakt og fiske – og i de fleste tilfeller som alternativ til hevd, alders tids bruk eller festnede rettsforhold. I ...

In this paper, we study backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) with respect to general filtrations. We prove existence and uniqueness theorems for such BSDEs and we establish a comparison theorem. Reflected ...

We introduce the notion of accurate foundation sets and the accurate refinement property for right LCM semigroups. For right LCM semigroups with this property, we derive a more explicit presentation of the boundary quotient. ...

I denne artikkelen diskuterer jeg hva som kjennetegner legitimerings­retorikken rundt utvalgte offentlige institusjoner i Skandinavia under 2000-tallet. Jeg angriper legitimeringsretorikken som del av et mer omfattende ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that processes of upward treeline expansion and shifts in vegetation zones may occur in response to climate change. However, such shifts can be limited by a variety of non-climatic ...

In 2013, the Norwegian Armed Forces decided to introduce a meat reduction scheme in its military mess halls, for both health reasons and environmental concerns. This article explores Norwegian soldiers' reactions to the ...

Objective To create and validate an objective and reliable score to assess referral quality in gastroenterology. Design An observational multicentre study. Setting and participants 25 gastroenterologists participated in ...

This article develops a standard for evaluating how parliaments can contribute to the legitimacy of the European semester. It then uses that standard to identify where national parliaments may be able to oversee the semester ...