Publications

Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe.

Malinauskaite, J.; Jouhara, H.; Czajczynska, D.; Stanchev, P.; Katsou, E.; Rostkowski, P.; Thorne, R. J.; Colón, J.; Ponsá, S.; Al-Mansour, F.; Anguilano, L.; Krzyzynska, R.; López, I. C.; Vlasopoulos, A.; Spencer, N.

MusicReco: Interactive Interface Modelling with User-Centered Design in a Music Recommendation System

Frantzvaag, Mats Ottem; Chatterjee, Ayan; Ghose, Debasish; Dash, Soumya P.

Recommendation technologies are widespread in streaming services, e-commerce, social media, news, and content management. Besides recommendation generation, its presentation is also important. Most research and development focus on the technical aspects of recommendation generation; therefore, a gap exists between recommendation generation and its effective presentation and user interaction. This study focuses on how personalized recommendations can be presented and interacted with in a music recommendation system using interactive visual interfaces. Interactive interface modeling with User-Centered Design (UCD) in a recommendation system is essential for creating a user-friendly, engaging, and personalized experience. By involving users in the recommendation process and considering their feedback, the system can deliver more relevant content, foster user trust, and improve overall user satisfaction and engagement. In this study, the visual interface design and development of a personalized music recommendation prototype (MusicReco) are presented using an iterative UCD approach, involving twenty end-users, one researcher, three academic professionals, and four experts. As the study is more inclined toward the recommendation presentation and visual modeling, we used a standard content-based filtering algorithm on the publicly available Spotify dataset for music recommendation generation. End-users helped to mature the MusicReco prototype to a basic working version through continuous feedback and design inputs on their needs, context, preferences, personalization, and effective visualization. Moreover, MusicReco captures the idea of mood-based tailored recommendations to encourage end-users. Overall, this study demonstrates how UCD can enhance the presentation and interaction of mood-based music recommendations, effectively engaging users with advancements in recommendation algorithms as a future focus.

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Mutagenic and carcinogenic potential of metal nanoparticles depends on physicochemical properties.

Dusinska, M.; El Yamani, N.; Fjellsbø, L. M.; Huk, A.; Gabelova, A.; Rundén-Pran, E.

MVOC – methods and possibilities. Abstract. NILU F

Lunder, C.R.

Må ta til takke med helsefarlig luft

Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad (interview subject); Sandberg, Tor (journalist)

Mål luftkvaliteten selv – bygg din egen luftmålesensor!

Grossberndt, Sonja; Liu, Hai-Ying; Haugen, Rolf

Mål luftkvaliteten selv – bygg din egen luftmålesensor!

Grossberndt, Sonja; Liu, Hai-Ying; Haugen, Rolf

Måling av drivhusgasser på Birkenes. NILU PP

Myhre, C.L.

Måling av flyktige organiske forbindelser hos Preståsen skole i Nannestad

Håland, Alexander

NILU

Måling av gasser i Statsarkivets lokaler i Trondheim

Grøntoft, Terje; Håland, Alexander

Målinger av flyktige organiske forbindelser (VOC), maursyre (HCOOH), eddiksyre (CH3COOH) og ammoniakk (NH3) ble gjort i to innendørs lokaliteter ved Statsarkivet i Trondheim. De målte konsentrasjonene var lave og skulle ikke være noen risiko for helse eller skade på materialer. 2,6 ganger forhøyet konsentrasjon (403 µgm-3) av flyktige organiske forbindelser (TVOC) ble funnet i den ene av lokaliteten sammenlignet med den andre. Prøven hadde høyere konsentrasjoner spesielt av forbindelser som oftest har kilde i utslipp og forbrenning av petroleumsderivater som: toluen, o-xylen, benzen- og butan-forbindelser.

NILU

Måling av luftforurensning i E18 Operatunnelen og ventilasjonstårnenes evne til å redusere forurensning fra dagsonen

Hak, Claudia

Måling av luftkvalitet i Kabul. Målinger for Det norske forsvaret. Høst 2020 og vinter 2021.

Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen; Skaar, Jøran Solnes; Andresen, Erik; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Vadset, Marit; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Halse, Anne Karine

NILU

Måling av NO2 ved E16/E39 Arna – Vågsbotn – Klauvaneset med passive prøvetakere. Februar og mars 2020.

Hak, Claudia

The geographic distribution of NO2-concentrations in air in the area around E16 Arna – Vågsbotn (Bergen) was mapped by
NILU after request by Statens vegvesen. Measurements were carried out with passive air samplers at 10 sites in the area
Gaupås-Kalsås-Blinde. The project was carried out in winter (28. January – 24. March 2020) in an area which often is subject to inversion conditions in wintertime.
The winter 2019-2020 proved to be a mild winter, no inversion conditions were registered. The NO2-concentration was highest in the first week and decreased gradually every week. During the two last weeks, traffic was reduced as a consequence of pandemia measures. The average concentration at the most polluted site over the entire measurement period was 22.9 μg/m3. Comparison of results from the measurement area with observations from monitoring stations in Bergen showed that the NO2-level close to E16 was as high as at traffic stations in Bergen.

NILU