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  • Aradottir, Sigridur Sunna; Kristoffersson, Ann Charlotte; Roumenina, Lubka T.; Bjerre, Anna; Kashioulis, Pavlos; Pálsson, Runólfur; Karpman, Diana (2021-06-10)
    Complement factor B (FB) mutant variants are associated with excessive complement activation in kidney diseases such as atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), C3 glomerulopathy and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN). Patients with aHUS ...
  • Avokpaho, Euripide F.G.A.; Houngbégnon, Parfait; Accrombessi, Manfred; Atindégla, Eloïc; Yard, Elodie; Means, Arianna Rubin; Kennedy, David S.; Littlewood, D. Timothy J.; Garcia, André; Massougbodji, Achille; Galagan, Sean R.; Walson, Judd L.; Cottrell, Gilles; Ibikounlé, Moudachirou; Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana Hrönn; Luty, Adrian J.F. (2021-08-17)
    Background Despite several years of school-based MDA implementation, STH infections remain an important public health problem in Benin, with a country-wide prevalence of 20% in 2015. The DeWorm3 study is designed to assess the feasibility of using ...
  • Liimatainen, Maarit; Voigt, Carolina; Martikainen, Pertti; Hytönen, Jyrki; Regina, Kristiina; Oskarsson, Hlynur; Maljanen, Marja (Elsevier BV, 2018-07)
    Managed northern peatlands are an important source of the strong greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). However, N2O emissions from these managed peatlands display a high spatial variability, and processes governing N2O production and emissions from these ...
  • Snook, Abigail Grover; Schram, Asta B.; Jones, Brett D. (2021-03-29)
    Background: It is uncommon for faculty development professionals to assess faculty attitudes towards their teaching responsibilities and their perceived obstacles to teaching effectiveness. The purposes of this study were (a) to document faculty attitudes ...
  • Thordardottir, Steinunn (2021-06)
  • Dal, Michael; Pálsdóttir, Guðbjörg; Konráðsson, Sigurður (Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands, 2017-11-29)
    Í greininni er fjallað almennt um vettvangsnám og hvernig það er skipulagt og framkvæmt í námskeiðinu Faggreinakennsla á Menntavísindasviði Háskóla Íslands. Rannsakað var viðhorf kennaranema í grunnskólakennarafræði og mat þeirra á vettvangsnáminu. ...
  • Björnsdóttir, Sveinbjörg; Sigurðardóttir, Sigríður Margrét; Jóhannesdóttir, Anna Margrét (2021-07-02)
    Áhersla hefur verið lögð á það í aðalnámskrá og víðar að leikskólar starfi eftir hugmyndum um lærdómssamfélag. Markmið þessarar rannsóknar var að varpa ljósi á stöðu faglegs lærdómssamfélags innan leikskóla og tengsl þess við menntunarlega stöðu og ...
  • Hafsteinsson, Sigurjón Baldur; Whitehead, Guðrún Dröfn (Rannsóknasetur í safnafræðum við Háskóla Íslands, 2018)
  • Aðalsteinsdóttir, Auður (2023-12-19)
    Í þessari grein eru raktar nokkrar kenningar um vistskáldskap og dæmi nefnd um visthverfan lestur á íslenskum skáldskap og list. Með hliðsjón af hugmyndum um vistkerfi bókmennta er talað fyrir því að beina umræðunni um kreppu bókmennta- og listgagnrýninnar ...
  • Young, Susan; Asherson, Philip; Lloyd, Tony; Absoud, Michael; Arif, Muhammad; Colley, William Andrew; Cortese, Samuele; Cubbin, Sally; Doyle, Nancy; Morua, Susan Dunn; Ferreira-Lay, Philip; Gudjonsson, Gisli; Ivens, Valerie; Jarvis, Christine; Lewis, Alexandra; Mason, Peter; Newlove-Delgado, Tamsin; Pitts, Mark; Read, Helen; van Rensburg, Kobus; Zoritch, Bozhena; Skirrow, Caroline (Frontiers Media SA, 2021-03-19)
    Background: Despite evidence-based national guidelines for ADHD in the United Kingdom (UK), ADHD is under-identified, under-diagnosed, and under-treated. Many seeking help for ADHD face prejudice, long waiting lists, and patchy or unavailable services, ...
  • Brown, Adam R.; Gharibyan, Hrant; Streicher, Alexandre; Susskind, Leonard; Thorlacius, Larus; Zhao, Ying (American Physical Society (APS), 2018-12-28)
    The growth of the “size” of operators is an important diagnostic of quantum chaos. Susskind conjectured that the holographic dual of the size is proportional to the average radial component of the momentum of the particle created by the operator. Thus ...
  • Robertson, Svala Berglind; Hjörleifsdóttir, Elísabet; Sigurðardóttir, Þórhalla (2022-09)
    Background: Acute hospital settings are generally not considered adequate places for end- of- life care, but terminally ill patients will continue to die in acute medical wards in the unforeseeable future. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate ...
  • Ingólfsdóttir, Jóna Guðbjörg; Egilson, Snæfríður Þóra; Traustadóttir, Rannveig (SAGE Publications, 2017-06-22)
    This paper outlines the reported discrepancies between the aims of the welfare services in Iceland and the experiences of parents raising young children with intellectual disabilities. Prevailing views on disability and service delivery were also ...
  • Figlioli, Gisella; Agnarsson, Bjarni A.; Barkardottir, Rosa Bjork (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-11-01)
    Breast cancer is a common disease partially caused by genetic risk factors. Germline pathogenic variants in DNA repair genes BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, ATM, and CHEK2 are associated with breast cancer risk. FANCM, which encodes for a DNA translocase, has ...
  • Ólafsdóttir, Halla Sif; Alexíusdottir, Kristín; Jónasson, Jón Gunnlaugur; Lund, Sigrún Helga; Jónsson, Þorvaldur; Skuladottir, Halla (2016-03-02)
    Inngangur: Magakrabbamein var algengasta krabbameinið á Íslandi upp úr miðri 20. öld en er nú einungis 2-3% krabbameina. Markmið þessarar rannsóknar var að gera faraldsfræðilegan samanburð á tveimur meginflokkum kirtilfrumukrabbameina í maga samkvæmt ...
  • Tsakpounidou, Kalliopi; van der Merwe, Jan; Klinke, Marianne Elisabeth; Webb, Chris; Ouriques Martins, Sheila Cristina; Proios, Hariklia (2022-04-18)
    Background: Educating the at-risk population about stroke symptoms and requirement of calling an ambulance when stroke strikes is challenging. This exploratory cross-country study provides insights to the FAST Heroes educational campaign and outcomes ...
  • Salazar, Alejandro; Rousk, Kathrin; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala; Bellenger, Jean‐Philippe; Andrésson, Ólafur (Wiley, 2019-12-31)
    Warming can alter the biogeochemistry and ecology of soils. These alterations can be particularly large in high northern latitude ecosystems, which are experiencing the most intense warming globally. In this meta‐analysis, we investigated global trends ...
  • Leifsdóttir, Kristín; Mehmet, Huseyin; Eksborg, Staffan; Herlenius, Eric (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-08-08)
    Background: Cerebral ischemia generates neuroinflammation that can induce neural cell death. This cohort study assessed whether Fas-ligand (FasL) and interleukin (IL)-6 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) ...
  • GBD 2019 Police Violence US Subnational Collaborators; Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra (2021-10-02)
    Background: The burden of fatal police violence is an urgent public health crisis in the USA. Mounting evidence shows that deaths at the hands of the police disproportionately impact people of certain races and ethnicities, pointing to systemic racism ...
  • Kitaba, Negusse Tadesse; Knudsen, Gerd Toril Mørkve; Johannessen, Ane; Rezwan, Faisal I; Malinovschi, Andrei; Oudin, Anna; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Martino, David; González, Francisco Javier Callejas; Gómez, Leopoldo Palacios; Holm, Mathias; Jõgi, Nils Oskar; Dharmage, Shyamali C; Skulstad, Svein Magne; Watkins, Sarah H; Suderman, Matthew; Gómez-Real, Francisco; Schlünssen, Vivi; Svanes, Cecilie; Holloway, John W (2023-08-31)
    Background: Experimental studies suggest that exposures may impact respiratory health across generations via epigenetic changes transmitted specifically through male germ cells. Studies in humans are, however, limited. We aim to identify epigenetic ...