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    Towards improved participatory scenario methodologies in the Arctic 
    Nilsson, Annika E.; Carson, Marcus; Cost, Douglas S.; Forbes, Bruce C.; Haavisto, Riina; Karlsdottir, Anna; Larsen, Joan Nymand; Paasche, Øyvind; Sarkki, Simo; Larsen, Sanne Vammen; Pelyasov, Alexander (Informa UK Limited, 2019-08-09)
    Participatory scenario methodologies are increasingly used for studying possible future developments in the Arctic. They have the potential to contribute to several high-priority tasks for Arctic research, such as integration of indigenous and local ...
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    Towards Sketch-based User Interaction with Integrated Software Development Environments 
    Samuelsson, Sigurdur Gauti; Book, Matthias (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020-06-27)
    Powerful software tools, such as software development environments, often have complex graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that are not intuitive to handle, especially when performing complex, multi-step operations. We hypothesize that sketching could be ...
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    Towards sustainable energy development: Sustainability indicators and stakeholder engagement 
    Gunnarsdóttir, Ingunn (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2020-12)
    Sustainable energy development is a cross-cutting policy objective with the ultimate aim of a sustainable energy future. However, what that future involves and how it can be reached is unclear. The aim of this PhD thesis is to address the question ...
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    Tónmennt og sköpun: heima og á vef 
    Guðmundsdóttir, Helga Rut (Háskóli Íslands, Menntavísindasvið, 2020-03-25)
    Það er mikilvægt að hlúa að öllum þáttum náms og gott að hafa fjölbreytt verkefni við hendina sem reyna á margvíslega hæfni. Nú þurfa mörg börn að verja meiri tíma heima við og því tilvalið að nýta allar leiðir til þess að efla sköpunarhæfileikana ...
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    Tracking Holocene drift-ice limits on the northwest–southwest Iceland shelf: Comparing proxy data with observation and historical evidence 
    Andrews, John Thomas; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg; Geirsdóttir, Áslaug (Informa UK Limited, 2019-01-01)
    We detail variations in the weight percent (wt%) of quartz, a proxy for drift ice, in fifteen marine sediment cores from the northwest, west, and southwest Iceland shelf throughout the past 10 cal ka BP. We present the first map of iceberg distributions ...
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    Traditions and Challenges: Special Support in Swedish Independent Compulsory Schools 
    Magnússon, Gunnlaugur (Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication, Educational Sciences and Mathematics., 2015)
    This thesis has two overarching aims. The first is to generate further knowledge about Swedish independent schools, specifically regarding the organisation and provision of special support and how these relate to special educational traditions and ...
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    Training Schedule and Sleep in Adolescent Swimmers 
    Gudmundsdottir, Sigridur Lara (Human Kinetics, 2020-02-01)
    Insufficient sleep duration may affect athletic performance and health. Inconsistent sleep pattern also has negative health effects, but studies on athletes’ intraindividual sleep variability are scarce. The aim of this research was to compare total ...
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    Transcriptional dynamics of a conserved gene expression network associated with craniofacial divergence in Arctic charr 
    Pashay Ahi, Ehsan; Kapralova, Kalina; Palsson, Arnar; Maier, Valerie; Guðbrandsson, Jóhannes; Snorrason, Sigurður S.; Jónsson, Zophonías Oddur; Franzdottir, Sigridur Rut (Springer Nature, 2014)
    Background Understanding the molecular basis of craniofacial variation can provide insights into key developmental mechanisms of adaptive changes and their role in trophic divergence and speciation. Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is a polymorphic ...
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    Transcriptional responses in Parascaris univalens after in vitro exposure to ivermectin, pyrantel citrate and thiabendazole 
    Martin, Frida; Dube, Faruk; Karlsson Lindsjö, Oskar; Eydal, Matthías; Höglund, Johan; Bergström, Tomas F.; Tydén, Eva (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-07-09)
    Background: Parascaris univalens is a pathogenic parasite of foals and yearlings worldwide. In recent years, Parascaris spp. worms have developed resistance to several of the commonly used anthelmintics, though currently the mechanisms behind this ...
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    Transcriptome‐wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen‐receptor status 
    Feng, Helian; Gusev, Alexander; Pasaniuc, Bogdan; Wu, Lang; Long, Jirong; Abu‐full, Zomoroda; Aittomäki, Kristiina; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton‐Culver, Hoda; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Arason, Adalgeir; Arndt, Volker; Aronson, Kristan J.; Arun, Banu K.; Asseryanis, Ella; Auer, Paul L.; Azzollini, Jacopo; Balmaña, Judith; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Barnes, Daniel R.; Barrowdale, Daniel; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Behrens, Sabine; Benitez, Javier; Bermisheva, Marina; Białkowska, Katarzyna; Blanco, Ana; Blomqvist, Carl; Boeckx, Bram; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Bonanni, Bernardo; Borg, Ake; Brauch, Hiltrud; Brenner, Hermann; Briceno, Ignacio; Broeks, Annegien; Brüning, Thomas; Burwinkel, Barbara; Cai, Qiuyin; Caldés, Trinidad; Caligo, Maria A.; Campbell, Ian; Canisius, Sander; Campa, Daniele; Carter, Brian D.; Carter, Jonathan; Castelao, Jose E.; Chang‐Claude, Jenny; Chanock, Stephen J.; Christiansen, Hans; Chung, Wendy K.; Claes, Kathleen B. M.; Clarke, Christine L.; Couch, Fergus J.; Cox, Angela; Cross, Simon S.; Cybulski, Cezary; Czene, Kamila; Daly, Mary B.; Hoya, Miguel; De Leeneer, Kim; Dennis, Joe; Devilee, Peter; Diez, Orland; Domchek, Susan M.; Dörk, Thilo; dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel; Dunning, Alison M.; Dwek, Miriam; Eccles, Diana M.; Ejlertsen, Bent; Ellberg, Carolina; Engel, Christoph; Eriksson, Mikael; Fasching, Peter A.; Fletcher, Olivia; Flyger, Henrik; Fostira, Florentia; Friedman, Eitan; Fritschi, Lin; Frost, Debra; Gabrielson, Marike; Ganz, Patricia A.; Gapstur, Susan M.; Garber, Judy; García‐Closas, Montserrat; García‐Sáenz, José A.; Gaudet, Mia M.; Giles, Graham G.; Glendon, Gord; Godwin, Andrew K.; Goldberg, Mark S.; Goldgar, David E.; González‐Neira, Anna; Greene, Mark H.; Gronwald, Jacek; Guénel, Pascal; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hall, Per; Hamann, Ute; Hake, Christopher; He, Wei; Heyworth, Jane; Hogervorst, Frans B.L.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Hooning, Maartje J.; Hoover, Robert N.; Hopper, John L.; Huang, Guanmengqian; Hulick, Peter J.; Humphreys, Keith; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Isaacs, Claudine; Jakimovska, Milena; Jakubowska, Anna; James, Paul; Janavicius, Ramunas; Jankowitz, Rachel C.; John, Esther M.; Johnson, Nichola; Joseph, Vijai; Jung, Audrey; Karlan, Beth Y.; Khusnutdinova, Elza; Kiiski, Johanna I.; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Laitman, Yael; Lambrechts, Diether; Lazaro, Conxi; Leroux, Dominique; Leslie, Goska; Lester, Jenny; Lesueur, Fabienne; Lindor, Noralane; Lindström, Sara; Lo, Wing‐Yee; Loud, Jennifer T.; Lubiński, Jan; Makalic, Enes; Mannermaa, Arto; Manoochehri, Mehdi; Manoukian, Siranoush; Margolin, Sara; Martens, John W.M.; Martinez, Maria E.; Matricardi, Laura; Maurer, Tabea; Mavroudis, Dimitrios; McGuffog, Lesley; Meindl, Alfons; Menon, Usha; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Kapoor, Pooja M.; Miller, Austin; Montagna, Marco; Moreno, Fernando; Moserle, Lidia; Mulligan, Anna M.; Muranen, Taru A.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nevelsteen, Ines; Nielsen, Finn C.; Nikitina‐Zake, Liene; Offit, Kenneth; Olah, Edith; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Olsson, Håkan; Osorio, Ana; Papp, Janos; Park‐Simon, Tjoung‐Won; Parsons, Michael T.; Pedersen, Inge S.; Peixoto, Ana; Peterlongo, Paolo; Peto, Julian; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Phillips, Kelly‐Anne; Plaseska‐Karanfilska, Dijana; Poppe, Bruce; Pradhan, Nisha; Prajzendanc, Karolina; Presneau, Nadege; Punie, Kevin; Pylkäs, Katri; Radice, Paolo; Rantala, Johanna; Rashid, Muhammad Usman; Rennert, Gad; Risch, Harvey A.; Robson, Mark; Romero, Atocha; Saloustros, Emmanouil; Sandler, Dale P.; Santos, Catarina; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Schmidt, Daniel F.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Schoemaker, Minouk J.; Scott, Rodney J.; Sharma, Priyanka; Shu, Xiao‐Ou; Simard, Jacques; Singer, Christian F.; Skytte, Anne‐Bine; Soucy, Penny; Southey, Melissa C.; Spinelli, John J.; Spurdle, Amanda B.; Stone, Jennifer; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Tapper, William J.; Taylor, Jack A.; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Terry, Mary Beth; Teulé, Alex; Thomassen, Mads; Thöne, Kathrin; Thull, Darcy L.; Tischkowitz, Marc; Toland, Amanda E.; Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M.; Torres, Diana; Truong, Thérèse; Tung, Nadine; Vachon, Celine M.; Asperen, Christi J.; Ouweland, Ans M. W.; Rensburg, Elizabeth J.; Vega, Ana; Viel, Alessandra; Vieiro‐Balo, Paula; Wang, Qin; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Weinberg, Clarice R.; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Wendt, Camilla; Winqvist, Robert; Yang, Xiaohong R.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Ziogas, Argyrios; Milne, Roger L.; Easton, Douglas F.; Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia; Zheng, Wei; Kraft, Peter; Jiang, Xia (Wiley, 2020-03-01)
    Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype-specific associations ...
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    Transferability of Voice Communication in Games to Virtual Teams Training for Crisis Management 
    Rudinsky, Jan; Hvannberg, Ebba Thora (IGI Global, 2017-01)
    A crisis is an emergency event that can lead to multiple injuries and damage to property or environment. Proper training of crisis management personnel is vital for reducing the impact of a major incident. In search for knowledge on how best to ...
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    Transforming growth factor β‐mediated micromechanics modulates disease progression in primary myelofibrosis 
    Teodorescu, Patric; Pasca, Sergiu; Jurj, Ancuta; Gafencu, Grigore; Joelsson, Jon‐Petur; Selicean, Sonia; Moldovan, Cristian; Munteanu, Raluca; Onaciu, Anca; Tigu, Adrian‐Bogdan; Buse, Mihail; Zimta, Alina‐Andreea; Stiufiuc, Rares; Petrushev, Bobe; Desmirean, Minodora; Dima, Delia; Vlad, Cristina; Bergthorsson, Jon Thor; Berce, Cristian; Ciurea, Stefan; Ghiaur, Gabriel; Tomuleasa, Ciprian (Wiley, 2020-09-05)
    Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is a Ph-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), characterized by advanced bone marrow fibrosis and extramedullary haematopoiesis. The bone marrow fibrosis results from excessive proliferation of fibroblasts that are ...
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    Transition from Propagating Polariton Solitons to a Standing Wave Condensate Induced by Interactions 
    Sich, M.; Chana, J. K.; Egorov, O. A.; Sigurdsson, Helgi; Shelykh, Ivan; Skryabin, D. V.; Walker, P. M.; Clarke, E.; Royall, B.; Skolnick, M. S.; Krizhanovskii, D. N. (American Physical Society (APS), 2018-04-19)
    We explore phase transitions of polariton wave packets, first, to a soliton and then to a standing wave polariton condensate in a multimode microwire system, mediated by nonlinear polariton interactions. At low excitation density, we observe ballistic ...
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    Transition metal nitrides and oxynitrides as catalysts for N2 electroreduction to NH3 – from theory to experiments 
    Hanifpour, Fatemeh (University of Iceland, 2021-11-05)
    Our world is struggling with the negative impacts of greenhouse gases, with CO2 constituting more than ¾ of them. The ammonia production through the Haber-Bosch process which is vital for the sustain of human beings by ensuring food security, accounts ...
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    Transitional B Cells and TLR9 Responses Are Defective in Selective IgA Deficiency 
    Lemarquis, Andri Leo; Einarsdóttir, Helga K.; Kristjansdóttir, Rakel N.; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Ludviksson, Bjorn (Frontiers Media SA, 2018-04-27)
    Selective IgA deficiency (IgAD) is the most common primary antibody deficiency in the western world with affected individuals suffering from an increased burden of autoimmunity, atopic diseases and infections. It has been shown that IgAD B cells can ...
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    Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire, HLS-EU-Q16: The Icelandic version 
    Gustafsdottir, Sonja Stelly; Sigurdardottir, Arun K.; Arnadottir, Solveig A; Heimisson, Guðmundur Torfi; Mårtensson, Lena (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-01-14)
    BACKGROUND: Health literacy (HL) is defined as the knowledge and competences of people to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. It is an important factor in ensuring positive health outcomes, yet Iceland is one of many countries with ...
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    Translation and National clinical validation of the Nursing Management Minimum Data Set (NMMDS) in hospitals in the country of Iceland 
    Harðardóttir, Guðrún Auður (The University of Iowa, 2011)
    Rising health care costs place increased burden on patients, health care personnel, administrators and policymakers. Decisions in health care are influenced by data which can be transferred into valuable information and knowledge. Data sets that ...
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    Translational research—the need of a new bioethics approach 
    Hostiuc, Sorin; Moldoveanu, Alin; Dascălu, Maria-Iuliana; Unnthorsson, Runar; Jóhannesson, Ómar I.; Marcus, Ioan (Springer Nature, 2016-01-15)
    Translational research tries to apply findings from basic science to enhance human health and well-being. Many phases of the translational research may include non-medical tasks (information technology, engineering, nanotechnology, biochemistry, animal ...
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    Transplanting embryonic stem cells onto damaged human corneal endothelium 
    Hanson, Charles; Arnarsson, Arsaell; Harðarson, Þórir; Lindgård, Ann; Daneshvarnaeini, Mandana; Ellerström, Catarina; Bruun, Anita; Stenevi, Ulf (Baishideng Publishing Group Inc., 2017)
    AIM To investigate whether human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) could be made to attach, grow and differentiate on a human Descemet’s membrane (DM). METHODS Spontaneously differentiated hESCs were transferred onto a human corneal button with the ...
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    Transportation improvement and interregional migration 
    Karlsson, Vífill (University of Iceland, Faculty of Economics, 2012)
    Iceland s population of approximately fifty thousand inhabitants did not change appreciably from the end of the settlement period in the late twelfth century until the mid-nineteenth century because of the climate and limited technology in agriculture ...