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Spencer Hazel reports on work with the Voice-based Conversational User Interface (CUI or VUI) of the healthcare start-up Ufonia, showing how the recent adoption of Large Language Model (LLM) technology has opened up further opportunities to leverage Conversation Analysis and Applied Linguistics to help train CUIs in recipient design for L2 users
MPH Shreeshti Uchai at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Adiposity measures and pre-frailty/frailty among community-dwelling older adults: The Troms? Study 1994–2016” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Phil. in Economics Lars Thorvaldsen at Department of Economics will defend the thesis "Essays on Firm Tax" for the Ph.D degree.
Master Jenny Gudmundsen at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies will defend her dissertation Learning-by-talking in a video-mediated environment. A conversation analytic study of second language interactions at a digital language café for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
MSc Dennis Clement at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Molecular regulation of Natural Killer Cell function – role of Ca2+ signalling from the secretory lysosome” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Department seminar. Andreas ?kland is a Postdoctoral fellow at School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). He will present the paper: "Who Owns Cryptocurrency?" (written with Mona Barake and Elvin Le Pouha?r).
Master Audun Rosslund at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies will defend his dissertation The acoustic properties and role of infant-directed speech in early language development: Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
In this lecture, Claus Emmeche (University of Copenhagen) will discuss how literary texts and the concept of "semiotic realism" may inform research on the emotional attachments of friendship.
Welcome to the closing conference for the Norwegian Research Council FRIPRO research project “Global Trout: Investigating Environmental Change through More-than-Human World Systems”
Department seminar. Tore Adam Reiremo is a Researcher at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo.
Master of Criminology ?ystein Bruun Ericson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Overdose prevention with take-home-naloxone: Exploring outcomes from a national harm reduction program” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Hanne Ochieng Lichtwarck at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Pre-exposure prophylaxis use among female sex workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A mixed methods-study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. Henriette Solberg J?ger at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The Use of Biomarkers to Differentiate Acute Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Antonia Villagrán at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Functional / dissociative seizures: Epidemiological and clinical aspects” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
In this final seminar, Hanne Castberg Thee Tresselt will present the draft of her PhD thesis titled “Precision Vaccines and Educated Immune Systems: The shaping of immune systems through immunological practices”
Cand.med. Elisabeth Margrete Stokke Lindland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Multiparametric brain MRI for diagnosis and outcome prediction in neuroborreliosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
The invited speaker is Megha Padi, Assistant Professor in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Arizona Cancer Centre. The title of her talk is "Translating network biology into new therapies for rare cancers".
Department seminar. Erlend Magnussen Fleisje is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo. He will present the paper: “Evidence on gender-differences and efficiency in an exam appeal system.”
Sustainable Policy Workshop will take place on the 24th of June 2024.
Vivian Zhang from Cornell University presents her research on how caregiver-infant turn-taking facilitates communicative development
Cand.med. Hans Christian August Bordado Henriksen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring treatment aspects of men with long-term anabolic-androgenic steroid use: A dual perspective on health service engagement and the safety and feasibility of endocrine therapy for anabolic-androgenic steroid induced hypogonadism” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Eirik Jacobsen at the Department of Musicology will defend his dissertation Independent and Dependent: Negotiations Between Contemporary Indie Music and Social Media for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
A discussion of representations of flight, homelessness, border crossing, belonging and identity formation in recent as well as older literature, with an emphasis on literature's connections to the world of politics and ethics.
Cand.med. Cathrine Helene Mohn at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Occurance and treatment patterns in children with atopic dermatitis og subsequent comorbidity in form of severe acne - a nationwide prescription registry study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Huynh Phoung Thao Nguyen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Effects of antirheumatic treatment on complement activation and levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in patients with inflammatory arthritis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).