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The academic–vocational divide in three Nordic countries: implications for social class and gender (Informa UK Limited, 2018-01-02)In this study we examine how the academic–vocational divide is manifested today in Finland, Iceland and Sweden in the division between vocationally (VET) and academicallyoriented programmes at the upper-secondary school level. The paper is based on a ... -
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2018-04-20)This paper argues that philosophical practice in the Western world, in particular analytic philosophy, suffers from problems that contribute to its lack of diversity in two senses: the exclusion of women and minorities, and a narrow choice of subjects ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2018-04)Aims: The purpose of this doctoral research is to investigate the treatment of coronary artery disease in groups that are underrepresented in randomized clinical trials using the SWEDEHEART registry. The more specific aims are: i) to compare the outcomes ...
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(Stofnun stjórnsýslufræða og stjórnmála við Háskóla Íslands, 2017-12-14)This article explores the working conditions of Icelandic local councillors in relation to voluntary retirement from the council. In the past three elections, the turnover in councils has been very high, with approximately six out of every 10 council ...
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(MDPI AG, 2019-05-20)Background: Sexual abuse and sexual assaults against adolescents are among the most significant threats to their health and well-being. Some studies have found poverty to be a risk factor for sexual abuse. The present study investigates the effects of ...
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(Elsevier BV, 2017-10)This paper documents the analysis of the circumstances surrounding fatalities due to flooding in Australia between 1900 and 2015. This longitudinal investigation is important to understand changing trends in social vulnerability and to inform efficient ...
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(SAGE Publications, 2019-11-19)This article investigates how doctorate holders in Iceland make sense of time and utilize their own time management as an instrument in their career development and whether gender is a defining factor in this context. The project is based on 32 ...
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(2021-10-30)Background: Documentation of patterns and long-term trends in mortality in young people, which reflect huge changes in demographic and social determinants of adolescent health, enables identification of global investment priorities for this age group. ...
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(Emerald, 2020-06-10)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to further the understanding of public sector line managers’ work-related wellbeing and health in relation to job strain, gender and workplace social support. Design/methodology/approach - An on-line survey was ...
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(Viðskiptafræðideild og hagfræðideild Háskóla Íslands, viðskiptafræðideild Háskólans í Reykjavík og Seðlabanki Íslands, 2017-06-30)This critical literature review begins by giving a short introduction to the microfinance industry. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are explained and an account is given of their dual performance goals of financial performance (‘financial sustainability’) ...
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(Elsevier BV, 2020-03)This paper examines business elites in the context of social networks, identity and residential homogeneity. Our focus is gender diversity in business elites and how social activities conducive to networking interact with residential homogeneity. We ...
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(2022-02-01)Biological sex influences disease development and progression. The steroid hormone 17β-oestradiol (E2), along with its receptors, is expected to play a major role in the manifestation of sex differences. E2 exerts pleiotropic effects in a system-specific ...
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(Félagsfræðingafélags Íslands, 2017)Markmið greinarinnar er að kanna umfang og eðli ofmenntunar á íslenskum vinnumarkaði. Úrtak rannsóknarinnar byggðist á tilviljunarúrtaki úr þjóðská sem Þjóðmálakönnun Félagsvísindastofnunar Háskóla Íslands framkvæmdi 9. mars til 9. apríl 2016. Könnunin ...
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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-08-28)Sex differences have been observed in multiple facets of cancer epidemiology, treatment and biology, and in most cancers outside the sex organs. Efforts to link these clinical differences to specific molecular features have focused on somatic mutations ...
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(Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2016-01)
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(Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2018-12-20)Fjallað er um skáldsöguna Kötu eftir Steinar Braga og í fyrstu eru greinafræðilegar eigindir skáldsögunnar dregnar fram og hún sett í samhengi við þá tegund samtímalegra glæpasagna er setja samfélagsrýni á oddinn. Bent er þó á að skáldsagan gangi ...
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(Emerald, 2018-11-06)Purpose: Iceland, along with the other Nordic countries, is seen as an international frontrunner in gender equality and equal sharing of responsibility for paid and unpaid work is part of the official ideology. Nevertheless, the number of women in ...
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