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(Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2018-12-20)Í greininni er fjallað um sögu nafnorðanna gleðimaður, sem þekkt er úr íslensku máli að fornu og nýju, og gleðikona sem birtist fyrst í heimild frá 18. öld. Auk þess er sagt frá fleiri samsettum orðum með gleði- sem fyrri lið sem hafa verið notuð um ... -
(Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2018-12-20)Kynferðisbrot er alvarlegt brot og einn liður í baráttunni fyrir kynfrelsi er rétturinn til að velja og hafna kynferðislegu samneyti. Greindar verða niðurstöður Hæstaréttar í kynferðisbrotamálum eftir breytingar á kynferðisbrotakafla hegningarlaganna ...
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(Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2018-12-20)Í sagnadönsum sem varðveittir eru á Íslandi eru konur og raddir kvenna mjög áberandi enda leituðu sögur af karlhetjum frekar í rímnaformið. Tungutak dansanna er sérstætt og útlenskuskotið, formúlur eru óspart notaðar og frásagnaraðferðin er hlutlæg og ...
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(Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2018-12-20)Skáldkonan Gerður Kristný hefur skrifað fjölda bóka um ofbeldi gegn konum. Sem ritstjóri og blaðamaður afhjúpaði Gerður undirheima íslensks veruleika í frásögnum sem náðu hápunkti í bók hennar Myndin af pabba. Saga Thelmu frá 2005 en þar segir hún sögu ...
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(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-02-21)Four facultative anaerobic and two obligate anaerobic bacteria were isolated from extreme environments (deep subsurface halite mine, sulfidic anoxic spring, mineral-rich river) in the frame MASE (Mars Analogues for Space Exploration) project. The ...
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(Frontiers Media SA, 2018-01-08)Influenza vaccination remains the best strategy for the prevention of influenza virus-related disease and reduction of disease severity and mortality. However, there is large individual variation in influenza vaccine responses. In this study, we ...
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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 ...
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Nordic perspectives on disability studies in education: a review of research in Finland and Iceland (Informa UK Limited, 2018-01-02)Disability studies in education (DSE) is an interdisciplinary field derived from the need to re-conceptualise special education dominated by a medical perspective on disability. In this article we identify what characterises DSE research and consider ...
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(Informa UK Limited, 2018-01-02)The Nordic countries are often perceived as a coherent group representing the Nordic model of welfare states, with a strong emphasis on the public provision of universal welfare and a strong concern with social equality. But today we see a change in ...
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(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2019)The present article deals with the reflexes of Lat. scrībere in Germanic. It is proposed that the word was borrowed into Germanic at quite an early stage (1st century AD) as a result of contacts between West-Germanic-speaking populations and the ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2019-04-24)Introduction: Adult individuals with disability and low motor function frequently have body deformations, such as scoliosis and windswept hips. Posture management is a component of physical management, which aims to prevent or reduce the development ...
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(Springer Nature, 2018-04)Icelandic fish stocks underwent privatisation in 1990, when existing fishing quotas were made fully transferable. The country’s system of individual transferable quotas has since been held up as a paragon of virtue for sustainable fisheries. This might ...
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(Elsevier BV, 2018-01)This Special Issue is intended to help readers gain a better understanding of the various definitions of blue growth, as well as to give a heightened awareness of the constraints of, and possibilities within, the important concept. Increased communication ...
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(Elsevier BV, 2018-01)Integrated management of multiple economic sectors is a central tenet of blue growth and socially optimal use of ocean-based natural resources, but the mechanisms of implementation remain poorly understood. In this review, we explore the challenges and ...
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(BMJ, 2017-10-03)Background Change in the prevalence of asthma-like symptoms in populations of ageing adults is likely to be influenced by smoking, asthma treatment and atopy. Methods The European Community Respiratory Health Survey collected information on prevalent ...
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(Informa UK Limited, 2018-01)Managing transmission and storage of hyperspectral (HS) images can be extremely difficult. Thus, the dimensionality reduction of HS data becomes necessary. Among several dimensionality reduction techniques, transform-based have found to be effective ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2019-01-10)The MITF, TFEB, TFE3 and TFEC (MiT-TFE) proteins belong to a larger family of basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factors that are able to bind DNA and regulate gene expression. MITF is crucial for melanocyte development and has been ...
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(MDPI AG, 2018-05-11)Cyclodextrins (CDs), a group of oligosaccharides formed by glucose units bound together in a ring, show a promising ability to form complexes with drug molecules and improve their physicochemical properties without molecular modifications. The stoichiometry ...
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(Elsevier BV, 2018)Introduction We have previously reported that retinal vessel oxygen saturation is increased in mild-to-moderate dementia of Alzheimer's type when compared with healthy individuals. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the predementia stage of the disease. ...