Jozranjbar, Bahareh(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, 2023)
This thesis probes the intricate nature of visual object recognition, especially how visual recognition skills are associated or dissociated in developmental disorders and the neurotypical population. Our primary areas of focus include the role of ...
Houborg, Christian(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, 2023-11-30)
When we are viewing the environment around us, we are exposed to an overwhelming continuous stream of information: not everything can be processed at once, and the perceptual system must pick and choose. We must direct our attention and select stimuli ...
Ingólfsdóttir, Jóna Guðbjörg(University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2023-09)
Despite the avowed aims of Icelandic welfare policies to provide services in a family-centred manner, parents commonly express their experiences of fragmented services
that are offered more on the terms of the service providers than the families. ...
Smárason, Orri(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, 2023-12)
Background: Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is debilitating and often chronic, associated with significant social and educational impairment as well as reduced quality of life. OCD can present with highly heterogenous symptom profiles. ...
Safavi, Aysan(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2023-11-20)
Municipal solid waste incineration has been identified as a major source of dioxins in the air, leading to the closure of many European incinerators. While gasification of waste and biomass has been considered a more environmentally friendly alternative, ...
It is commonly expressed by parents of disabled children within the Nordic region that there is a mismatch between the official aims of the welfare state and the services provided. In an attempt to explore ways to improve welfare services for disabled ...
Karlsdóttir, Verena(University of Iceland, School of Social Science, Faculty of Business Administration, 2023-09)
This study revolves around Third Mission (TM) activities in Iceland and the factors
that influence the development of such activities within a small economy. In the
context of higher education institutions, TM can be seen as a socio-economic
mission ...
Hube, Selina(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2023)
Towards fulfilling increasingly stricter wastewater discharge standards, there is a need for developing reliable decentralized wastewater treatment processes. The goal of this research was to optimize gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration and assess ...
Ostacolo, Kevin(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023-11-16)
ATG7, an essential protein for cellular homeostasis, plays a pivotal role in regulating autophagy. The autophagy process ensures the degradation and recycling of cellular components for proper cell function. ATG7 facilitates the lipidation of ATG8 ...
Klarenberg, Ingeborg J.; Keuschnig, Christoph; Russi Colmenares, Ana J.; Warshan, Denis; Jungblut, Anne D.; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S.; Vilhelmsson, Oddur(Wiley, 2021-11)
Bacterial communities form the basis of biogeochemical processes and determine plant growth and health. Mosses harbour diverse bacterial communities that are involved in nitrogen fixation and carbon cycling. Global climate change is causing changes in ...
Rögnvaldsson, Kristján Godsk(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023-11)
Inngangur. Þrátt fyrir að næstum öld sé liðin frá uppgötvun penisillíns og að langt sé liðið síðan bólusetningar hófust gegn Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumokokkum), algengasta orsakavaldi lungnabólgu fullorðinna, er enn um algengan og alvarlegan sjúkdóm ...
Kristinsdóttir, Íris(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023-10)
Vaccines are among the most important medical discoveries ever made and
are the cornerstone of public health interventions. Public health authorities
must be attentive to the local epidemiology of infectious diseases and the
benefits of changing the ...
Beukeboom, Rosanne(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2023)
Individuals within a population often differ predictably in their behaviour compared to other
members across time and/or context, often termed personality, which can have major
implications for ecology and evolution. Personality includes variation ...
Guðmundsdóttir, Embla Ýr(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, 2023-08)
Markmið: Meginmarkmið rannsóknarinnar var að skapa þekkingu um hvort og þá hvar þarf að bæta starfshætti innan íslensku barneignarþjónustunnar og hvernig hægt er að tryggja velferð og heilsu kvenna af erlendum uppruna í barneignarferlinu og nýbura ...
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of a child rights-based approach to policymaking and crisis management. Anchored in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 3P framework—provision, protection, and participation—forms ...
A central question concerning language is “Where does meaning come from?”.
This thesis addresses the question by considering the concept of colour and the
vocabulary in Icelandic which falls within this semantic space. The research
involves biological, ...
L’art contemporain a joué un rôle essentiel dans la construction et la représentation des identités culturelles et de l’image nationale en Islande. S’appuyant sur un récit semi-fictionnel et généalogique de l’histoire de l’art, le rôle patriarcal de ...
Sigurjónsdóttir, Æsa(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2023-10)
To travel north has always been a challenge for the explorer, the natural scientist, the poet, the cartographer, the photographer, and the artist. Long present in the European imaginary, Iceland’s natural phenomena has functioned to affirm an idea of ...
Ragnarsdóttir, Guðrún Björg(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies, 2023-11)
Background
Previous research has shown that learning difficulties usually negatively impact the well-being and self-concept of children in primary school. This is the first Icelandic long-term study to examine the well-being of children with learning ...
Harðardóttir, Eva(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Education and Diversity, 2023-11-01)
The Icelandic education system has developed largely in line with the Nordic social
welfare model emphasising principles of democratic citizenship and inclusion. In
the past two decades, Iceland has moved from marginal immigration to being one
of ...