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Understanding and Managing Trauma-Induced Vestibular Deficits
(2021) Mallinson, Art; Maire, Raphaël; Beyaert, Christian; Vibert, Dominique; Coffinet, Laurent; Dumas, Georges; Petersen, Hannes; Perrin, Philippe; Longridge, Neil; Læknadeild
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Assessing academics’ third mission engagement by individual and organisational predictors
(2022-12-29) Karlsdottir, Verena; Torfason, Magnus Þór; Eðvarðsson, Ingi Runar; Heijstra, Thamar Melanie; Faculty of Business Administration; Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
In recent years, the coming of the entrepreneurial university has brought about a third role in academia, which involves greater visible exchange of academics with society and industry. In this paper, the authors investigate to what extent individual and organisational factors influence the propensity of academics to engage in different types of Third Mission (TM) activities. This study is based on a large-scale survey of academics in Iceland regarding engagement in socio-economic activities. The results indicate that “soft” activities such as community activities and external teaching and training can be better predicted by individual factors, while hard activities such as applied contract research and commercialisation can be better predicted by organisational factors. Overall, academics are most likely to participate in community-related activities. Hereby, academics from the STEM and health disciplines, with work experience outside of academia and who are open to new experiences are more likely to be engaged in applied contract research and commercialisation. Academics belonging to disciplines other than STEM and health sciences and those that on an average publish more peer-reviewed articles are more likely to disseminate their knowledge to a wider audience outside of academia through public science communication. Gender, rank, and teaching do not affect TM participation, but openness, performance, or discipline do.
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Transforming global leadership skills in graduate nursing programs using an intercultural setting and a case study on refugees.
(2020) Bragadóttir, Helga; Potter, T. M.; Pechacek, J. M.; Bjarnadóttir, Th.; Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Transformation of our world to a more just and equitable system will require a fundamental shift from a domination approach to a partnership-based approach. In nursing and health care, this shift will require a global perspective with culturally humble providers and systems. In this article we share the experience of our international course Leadership in Nursing – a Global Approach, a joint project of the University of Iceland Faculty of Nursing and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. This collaborative immersion course offers a model of global partnership-based health-care education. International partnership-based collaboration in nursing and health-care education prepares students and faculty to take an active role in transforming global systems. Keywords: cultural humility; global leadership; nursing; partnership
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Decreased incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic : a retrospective population-based study
(2023-03) Hafsteinsdóttir, Brynhildur; Dalemo, Ellen; Elíasdóttir, Ólöf; Ólafsson, Elías; Axelsson, Markus; Faculty of Medicine
Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome is an immune-mediated acute inflammatory polyneuropathy that is associated with various triggers, including certain infections and vaccines. It has been suggested that both SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination may be triggering factors for Guillain-Barré syndrome, but evidence remains equivocal. Here, we conducted a population-based incidence study of Guillain-Barré syndrome spanning the 3 years immediately prior to and the 2 years during the pandemic. Methods: Cases were identified by searching a regional diagnostic database for the ICD-10 code for Guillain-Barré syndrome. Individuals who fulfilled the Brighton criteria for Guillain-Barré syndrome were included. Information on clinical presentation, laboratory values, and vaccination status were retrieved from medical records. We calculated the incidence immediately prior to and during the pandemic. Results: The Guillain-Barré syndrome incidence rate was 1.35/100,000 person-years for the pre-pandemic period and 0.66/100,000 person-years for the pandemic period (incidence rate ratio: 0.49; p = 0.003). Three cases were temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and 1 case each to the AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. Conclusions: Our results show that the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome decreased during the pandemic. This is most likely due to decreased prevalence of triggering infections due to social restrictions. Our findings do not support a causal relationship between Guillain-Barré syndrome and COVID-19.
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Therapeutic strategies for drug-induced liver injury : Review of the current literature
(2022) Robles-Díaz, Mercedes; Sanabria-Cabrera, Judith; Björnsson, Einar Stefán; Faculty of Medicine