This is the institutional repository for peer reviewed articles published in open access and doctoral dissertations by the Agricultural University of Iceland, the Iceland Academy of the Arts, the National and University Library of Iceland, Reykjavik University, the University of Akureyri, Bifröst University, Hólar University College and the University of Iceland. Open access to research results is in accordance with article 10 from the Act on public support for research / 2003 No 3 and is compliant with requirements from international and domestic research fund programs. The purpose of the Open Science repository is to make results of research conducted at Icelandic universities accessible to the public online without hindrance or charge. Deposits to the repository are permanent and are intended to ensure future access to all published scientific material of the Icelandic research community. By collecting this material together in one collection access is made simple and easy for anyone who wishes to study the considerable scientific work conducted in Iceland.

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    Adolescent smartphone-based health behavior intervention - Usage and Continuous Attrition 
    Egilsson, Erlendur (2024-10)
    In an era where smartphone ownership is ubiquitous among adolescents, with many engaging online almost incessantly, there is a paradoxical trend. Only a minority are utilizing mobile health (mHealth) applications and significantly few to tackle mental ...
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    'Someone must do it' : multiple views on family's role in end-of-life care - an international qualitative study 
    Tripodoro, Vilma A; Veloso, Verónica I; Víbora Martín, Eva; Kodba-Čeh, Hana; Bakan, Miša; Rasmussen, Birgit H; Zambrano, Sofía C; Joshi, Melanie; Hálfdánardóttir, Svandís Íris; Ásgeirsdóttir, Guðlaug Helga; Romarheim, Elisabeth; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg; McGlinchey, Tamsin; Yildiz, Berivan; Barnestein-Fonseca, Pilar; Goossensen, Anne; Lunder, Urška; van der Heide, Agnes (2024-08-01)
    BACKGROUND: Family is a crucial social institution in end-of-life care. Family caregivers are encouraged to take on more responsibility at different times during the illness, providing personal and medical care. Unpaid work can be overburdening, with ...
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    BreathFinder : A Method for Non-Invasive Isolation of Respiratory Cycles Utilizing the Thoracic Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography Signal 
    Holm, Benedikt; Borský, Michal; Arnardóttir, Erna Sif; Serwatko, Marta; Mallett, Jacky; Islind, Anna Sigríður; Óskarsdóttir, María (2024-08-21)
    INTRODUCTION: The field of automatic respiratory analysis focuses mainly on breath detection on signals such as audio recordings, or nasal flow measurement, which suffer from issues with background noise and other disturbances. Here we introduce a novel ...
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    Adult outcomes of childhood kidney replacement therapy in Europe from 2008 to 2019 : an ERA Registry study 
    Montez de Sousa, Iris R; Bonthuis, Marjolein; Kramer, Anneke; Ordoñez, Flor Angel; de la Cerda Ojeda, Francisco; Rydell, Helena; Helve, Jaakko; Groothoff, Jaap W; Hommel, Kristine; Buchwinkler, Lukas; Segelmark, Mårten; Arici, Mustafa; Pálsson, Runólfur; Bell, Samira; Trujillo-Alemán, Sara; Bakkaloglu, Sevcan A; Sørensen, Søren S; Vila, Anna; Ortiz, Alberto; Stel, Vianda S; Jager, Kitty J (2024-08-24)
    BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: Young adults starting kidney replacement therapy (KRT) during childhood and reaching their 18th birthday (i.e. adult survivors of childhood KRT) form a challenging population of interest to nephrologists treating adults, as ...
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    Nordic inflammatory bowel disease treatment strategy trial : protocol for the NORDTREAT randomised controlled biomarker-strategy trial 
    Rejler, Martin; Füchtbauer, Johannes David; Davíðsdóttir, Lóa Guðrún; Fejrskov, Anja; Söderholm, Johan D; Christensen, Robin; Andersen, Vibeke; Repsilber, Dirk; Kjeldsen, Jens; Høivik, Marte; Halfvarson, Jonas (2024-07-31)
    INTRODUCTION: The absence of reliable prognostic markers poses a challenge to the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Patients with aggressive disease may not receive sufficient treatment with conventional 'step-up' therapy, whereas a ...

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