INTRODUCTION: In Iceland, wilderness search and rescue services are provided by volunteer members of the Icelandic association for search and rescue (ICE-SAR). The rescue teams respond to about 1200 calls every year, with a significant proportion of ...

Tilgangur: Undanfarin ár hafa um og yfir 100 manns þurft að bíða eftir útskrift af Landspítalanum á hverjum tíma þó að meðferð þeirra sé lokið. Tilgangur rannsóknarinnar var að greina útskriftarvanda Landspítalans, hver áhrif hans væru og hvaða lausnir ...

Í rannsókninni, sem ritgerð þessi byggir á, er grafist fyrir um lífsþræði alþýðufólks sem myndi flokkast sem fatlað fólk í okkar samtíma. Það var gert með því að rýna í alls kyns opinberar heimildir, sem varðveittar eru á skjalasöfnum á Íslandi. ...

Background: It is important to quantify a static posture to evaluate the need for and effectiveness of interventions such as physical management, physiotherapy, spinal orthosis or surgical treatment on the alignment of body segments. Motion analysis ...

The value of a test for islet cell cytoplasmic antibodies together with a test for GAD65 antibodies to predict the subsequent development of diabetes over a period of 11.5 years was assessed in an open childhood population comprising 2,805 individuals. ...

This presentation recounts a survey of six textbooks, published in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, and their relations. While all the authors’ interests in the progress of Icelandic society are beyond doubt, their visions were to maintain the ...

Mikið af upplýsingum verður til hjá stjórnsýslunni eða berst henni með einum eða öðrum hætti. Reglulega koma upp álitamál um varðveislu þessara upplýsinga og eyðingu þeirra. Í greininni er fjallað um þau ákvæði laga nr. 77/2014 um opinber skjalasöfn ...

Design of antennas for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications requires taking into account several performance figures, both electrical (e.g., impedance matching) and field (gain, radiation pattern), but also physical constraints, primarily concerning ...

Two-thirds of all human conceptions are lost, in most cases before clinical detection. The lack of detailed understanding of the causes of pregnancy losses constrains focused counseling for future pregnancies. We have previously shown that a missense ...

The early stages of intraspecific diversity are important for the evolution of diversification and speciation. Early stages of diversification can be seen in individual specialization, where individuals consume only a portion of the diet of the population ...