Long distances, sparse infrastructure, and adverse environmental conditions make the offshore emergency preparedness system in the High North a big and yet unsolved challenge. This applies in particular to the personnel ...

The modeling of volatility and correlation is important in order to calculate hedge ratios, value at risk estimates, CAPM betas, derivate pricing and risk management in general. Recent access to intra-daily high-frequency ...

This article addresses the question of how planners’ use and non-use of expert knowledge affect the content and goal achievement potential of plans, and discusses how changes in planners’ and researchers’ practices can ...

The aim of this paper was to explore the health professionals’ experiences and gain a deeper understanding of interaction with families of critically ill or traumatized patients with severe brain injuries. The methodological ...

I dag og i årene fremover har helsevesenet store omsorgsutfordringer knyttet til økningen av antall eldre i befolkningen. En stor andel eldre avslutter livet i sykehjem, og de fleste har pårørende hos seg i tiden rundt ...

The argument that better volatility estimates can be obtained by using standard time-series techniques on non-parametric volatility measures constructed from high- frequency intradaily returns has been prevalent over the ...

The variation in Level of Service (LOS) and the objective of the Public Service Obligation (PSO) system raises the need for a method for determining the LOS based on social efficiency measures. Such a method is developed ...

Offender mental health is a major societal challenge. Improved collaboration between mental health and criminal justice services is required to address this challenge. This article explores social innovation as a conceptual ...