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  • Konchak, William (Philosophy Documentation Center, 2020)
    This paper explores the Greek conception of theoria, Gadamer’s interpretation of it, and how he applies it to his own hermeneutics. In particular, the transition that Gadamer makes from traditional metaphysical perspectives of theoria in ancient thought ...
  • Hansen, Karólína; Björnsson, Hjalti Már; Gunnbjörnsdóttir, María I. (2021-10)
    Background Diagnosing anaphylaxis is often straightforward but can be challenging if the presentation is atypical. In patients with atypical symptoms suspected to be due to an acute allergic reaction, s-tryptase can give additional diagnostic information. ...
  • Clemons, Janine H.; Payne, Deborah; Garrett, Nick; McAra-Couper, Judith; Farry, Annabel; Swift, Emma Marie; Stoll, Kathrin (2022-12-01)
    Objective: To determine whether participant characteristics and/or birth preferences of future mothers are associated with a fear of birth. Design: A cross-sectional survey was used to determine if fear of birth could be profiled in specific participant ...
  • Elm Heintz, Kasper (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2019-07)
    In the early Universe, most of the cold neutral gas that will later form into individual stars and galaxies is practically invisible to us. These neutral gas reservoirs can, however, be illuminated by bright cosmic lightsources such as gamma-ray bursts ...
  • Sammar, Marei; Drobnjak, Tijana; Mandala, Maurizio; Gizurarson, Sveinbjörn; Huppertz, Berthold; Meiri, Hamutal (2019-07-01)
    Galectins regulate cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, signal transduction, mRNA splicing, and interactions with the extracellular matrix. Here we focus on the galectins in the reproductive system, particularly on a group of six ...
  • Hjaltadóttir, Katrín; Haraldsdóttir, Kristín Huld; Möller, Páll Helgi (2020-10)
    Ágrip Gallsteinar og fylgikvillar þeirra eru með algengustu innlagnarástæðum á skurðdeildir. Meðalalgengi gallsteina er um 20% og virðist sem innlögnum og aðgerðum vegna þeirra fari fjölgandi. Gallsteinar myndast yfirleitt í gallblöðrunni en geta einnig ...
  • Brosowski, Tim; Ólason, Daníel Þór; Turowski, Tobias; Hayer, Tobias (2020-01-21)
    Bivariate associations of problem gambling with participation in particular game types often decrease when adjusting for demographics or consumption behavior (e.g., number of game types played). A summary of 14 peer-reviewed studies showed inconsistencies ...
  • Dighton, Glen; Roberts, Elystan; Hoon, Alice E.; Dymond, Simon (Akademiai Kiado Zrt., 2018-04-16)
    Background and aims: International evidence indicates elevated problem gambling rates in armed forces veterans compared with the general population. Gambling problems adversely impact one's family, and family-related variables may increase vulnerability ...
  • Skarphedinsson, Njall; Gudmundsson, Breki; Smari, Steinar; Larusdottir, Marta Kristin; Einarsson, Hafsteinn; Khan, Abuzar; Nyberg, Eric; Loftsson, Hrafn (Association for Computational Linguistics, 2023-05-01)
    The methods used to create many of the well-known Question-Answering (QA) datasets are hard to replicate for low-resource languages. A commonality amongst these methods is hiring annotators to source answers from the internet by querying a single answer ...
  • Hummel, Hans G. K.; Boyle, Elizabeth A.; Einarsdóttir, Sif; Petursdottir, Arna; Graur, Aurel (Informa UK Limited, 2017-11-26)
    Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions that youth has to take but many young people find this a hard issue to engage with. Current career counselling practice does not appear very compelling or motivating to young people. Professional ...
  • Sripetch, Suppakan (University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022-09)
    gamma-Cyclodextrin (gCD) has been recently used as pharmaceutical excipient in topical formulation for ocular delivery. The high corticosteroid concentration in various ocular tissues has been reported after topical application of aqueous eye drops, ...
  • Clark, Bethany L; Vigfúsdóttir, Freydís; Jessopp, Mark J; Burgos, Julian M; Bodey, Thomas W; Votier, Stephen C (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-12-04)
    Fisheries produce large amounts of waste, providing food subsidies for scavengers. Discards influence seabird movement, demography and community structure, but little is known about seabird-fishery interactions where discarding is banned. Here, we ...
  • Nemnes, G. A.; Mitran, T. L.; Manolescu, Andrei (Hindawi Limited, 2019-05-16)
    The electronic properties of graphene nanoflakes (GNFs) with embedded hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) domains are investigated by combined ab initio density functional theory calculations and machine-learning techniques. The energy gaps of the quasi-0D ...
  • Ghafarian Malamiri, Hamid; Rousta, Iman; Olafsson, Haraldur; Zare, Hadi; Zhang, Hao (MDPI AG, 2018-08-23)
    Land surface temperature (LST) is a basic parameter in energy exchange between the land and the atmosphere, and is frequently used in many sciences such as climatology, hydrology, agriculture, ecology, etc. Time series of satellite LST data have ...
  • Atladóttir, Erla Þórdís; Óskarsson, Kristján; Möller, Páll Helgi (2022-01-04)
    Garnasmokkun á botnlanga er sjaldgæft ástand og erfitt að greina. Við segjum frá garnasmokkun á botnlanga hjá 7 ára gömlum strák með sögu um kviðverki. Intussusception of appendix is a rare condition and difficult to diagnose. We report a case of ...
  • Pan, Holly; Jarvis, Debbie; Potts, James; Casas, Lidia; Nowak, Dennis; Heinrich, Joachim; Aymerich, Judith Garcia; Urrutia, Isabel; Martinez-Moratalla, Jesus; Gullón, José Antonio; Pereira-Vega, Antonio; Raherison, Chantal; Chanoine, Sebastien; Demoly, Pascal; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Gíslason, Þórarinn; Probst, Nicole; Abramson, Michael J.; Jõgi, Rain; Norbäck, Dan; Sigsgaard, Torben; Olivieri, Mario; Svanes, Cecilie; Fuertes, Elaine (2024-03-01)
    Background: Gas cooking is an important source of indoor air pollutants, and there is some limited evidence that it might adversely be associated with respiratory health. Using repeated cross-sectional data from the multi-centre international European ...
  • Safarian, Sahar; Ebrahimi Saryazdi, Seyed Mohammad; Unnthorsson, Runar; Richter, Christiaan (MDPI, 2021-04-11)
    Wood and forestry residues are usually processed as wastes, but they can be recovered to produce electrical and thermal energy through processes of thermochemical conversion of gasification. This study proposes an equilibrium simulation model developed ...
  • Mir Fakhraei, Rima; Lindberg, Eva; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Svanes, Cecilie; Johannessen, Ane; Holm, Mathias; Modig, Lars; Franklin, Karl A.; Malinovschi, Andrei; Gíslason, Þórarinn; Jõgi, Rain; Cramer, Christine; Janson, Christer; Emilsson, Össur Ingi (2024-01)
    Aim: To study if individuals with nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux (nGER) and habitual snoring are more likely to develop asthma and respiratory symptoms (i.e. wheeze, cough, chest tightness, breathlessness) than those without these conditions, and ...
  • Gudbrandsdottir, Ragna Kristin; Sigurðsson, Engilbert; Ingimarsson, Oddur (2023-07-01)
    In view of the ongoing rise of ADHD prescriptions among adults in Iceland, it is important that doctors are aware that psychosis is a rare but at times a serious adverse reaction to such treatment. In 2022 5% of adults were prescribed medication to ...
  • Axelsdóttir, Laufey; Halrynjo, Sigtona (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018)
    The under-representation of women in executive management stands in contrast to their educational attainment, and labor market participation in most countries. This paper examines to what degree top-managers in the gender equal states, Iceland and ...