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  Haptic cues as a utility to perceive and recognise geometry 

  Shimomura, Yayoi; Hvannberg, Ebba Thora; Hafsteinsson, Hjálmtýr (Springer Nature, 2012-03-17)

  Research has been conducted on how to aid blind peoples’ perceptions and cognition of scientific data and, specifically, on how to strengthen their background in mathematics as a means of accomplishing this goal. In search of alternate modes to vision, ...
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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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  Identifying and explicating knowledge on method transfer: a sectoral system of innovation approach 

  Hvannberg, Ebba Thora (Springer Nature, 2013-11-13)

  With the advances in information technology and its increasing impact on humans and society, there has been an expanding need to spread knowledge from domain to domain. This need is not least in the area of human–computer interaction, which includes a ...
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  Exploring marine sponges and their associated microorganisms as a source of natural compounds 

  Costa, Margarida (University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018-12)

  The ocean represents a tremendous source of biologically active metabolites with great potential for the development of new pharmaceuticals. Marine sponges and their microbial associates are known as the most prolific source of structurally diverse and ...
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  Fish oil in infancy protects against food allergy in Iceland-Results from a birth cohort study 

  Clausen, M.; Jónasson, Kristján; Keil, T.; Beyer, K.; Sigurdardottir, Sigurveig T (Wiley, 2018-01-31)

  Background Consumption of oily fish or fish oil during pregnancy, lactation and infancy has been linked to a reduction in the development of allergic diseases in childhood. Methods In an observational study, Icelandic children (n = 1304) were ...
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  Stability of Golden redfish (Sebastes marinus) during frozen storage as affected by raw material freshness and season of capture 

  Dang, Huong; Gudjónsdóttir, María; Karlsdottir, Magnea; Van Nguyen, Minh; Tómasson, Tumi; Arason, Sigurjón (Wiley, 2018-04-16)

  Physicochemical changes of Icelandic golden redfish (Sebastes marinus) as affected by seasonal variation (June and November) and raw material freshness (processed 4 and 9 days postcatch) during frozen storage (at −25°C for 20 months) were studied to ...
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  Utilizing cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) for food and nutrition security: A review 

  Boakye, Abena A.; Wireko-Manu, Faustina Dufie; Oduro, Ibok; Ellis, William O.; Gudjónsdóttir, María; Chronakis, Ioannis S. (Wiley, 2018-03-13)

  The critical role of indigenous crops in the socioeconomic growth of developing nations has necessitated calls for accelerated exploitation of staples. Cocoyam, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, is food for over 400 million people worldwide and is the most ...
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  Country’s preferred leader behaviour profile: Does cultural homogeneity matter? 

  Minelgaite, Inga; Littrell, Romie Frederick (Faculty of Economics, University of Split, 2018-06-30)

  In a study of employed adult business people, comparisons of preferred leader behaviour prototypes (as defined by the Leader Behaviour Description Questionnaire XII) were carried out between Iceland, a culturally homogeneous nation, and Lithuania a ...
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  Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes as Model Systems for Electrosorption Studies 

  Li, Xian; Pustulka, Samantha; Pedu, Scott; Close, Thomas; Xue, Yuan; Richter, Christiaan; Taboada-Serrano, Patricia (MDPI AG, 2018-06-05)

  Highly ordered titanium dioxide nanotubes (TiO2 NTs) were fabricated through anodization and tested for their applicability as model electrodes in electrosorption studies. The crystalline structure of the TiO2 NTs was changed without modifying the ...
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  Potential Health Risk of Endocrine Disruptors in Construction Sector and Plastics Industry: A New Paradigm in Occupational Health 

  Fucic, Aleksandra; Galea, Karen; Duca, Radu; El Yamani, Mounia; Frery, Nadine; Godderis, Lode; Halldorsson, Thorhallur; Iavicoli, Ivo; Ndaw, Sophie; Ribeiro, Edna; Viegas, Susana; Moshammer, Hanns (MDPI AG, 2018-06-11)

  Endocrine disruptors (EDs) belong to large and diverse groups of agents that may cause multiple biological effects associated with, for example, hormone imbalance and infertility, chronic diseases such as diabetes, genome damage and cancer. The health ...
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  Congenital aortic stenosis due to unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve: a case report 

  Ingason, Arnar; Sigfússon, Gunnlaugur; Torfason, Bjarni (Springer Nature, 2018-06-07)

  Background Unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve is an extremely rare congenital anomaly that usually presents in adulthood but can rarely present in infancy. We report a 17-year-old patient with congenital aortic stenosis secondary to unicuspid ...
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  Future directions for monitoring and human health research for the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme 

  Adlard, B.; Donaldson, S. G.; Odland, J.O.; Weihe, P.; Berner, J.; Carlsen, A.; Bonefeld-Jorgensen, E. C.; Dudarev, A. A.; Gibson, J.C.; Krümmel, E.M.; Ólafsdóttir, Kristín; Abass, K.; Rautio, A.; Bergdahl, I.A.; Mulvad, G. (Informa UK Limited, 2018-01)

  For the last two and a half decades, a network of human health experts under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) has produced several human health assessment reports. These reports have provided a base of scientific knowledge regarding ...
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  Authigenic magnetite formation from goethite and hematite and chemical remanent magnetization acquisition 

  Till, Jessica L; Nowaczyk, N (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-03-08)

  The iron oxyhydroxide goethite is unstable at elevated temperatures and can transform to magnetite under reducing conditions. In this study, various heating experiments were conducted to simulate Fe-mineral transformations during pyrogenic or burial ...
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  Fermi-LAT Observations of LIGO/Virgo Event GW170817 

  Ajello, M.; Allafort, A.; Axelsson, M.; Baldini, L.; Barbiellini, G.; Baring, M. G.; Bastieri, D.; Bellazzini, R.; Berenji, B.; Bissaldi, E.; Blandford, R. D.; Bloom, E. D.; Bonino, R.; Bottacini, E.; Brandt, T. J.; Bregeon, J.; Bruel, P.; Buehler, R.; Burnett, T. H.; Buson, S.; Cameron, R. A.; Caputo, R.; Caraveo, P. A.; Casandjian, J. M.; Cavazzuti, E.; Chekhtman, A.; Cheung, C. C.; Chiang, J.; Chiaro, G.; Ciprini, S.; Cohen-Tanugi, J.; Cominsky, L. R.; Costantin, D.; Cuoco, A.; Cutini, S.; D’Ammando, F.; Palma, F. de; Lalla, N. Di; Mauro, M. Di; Venere, L. Di; Dubois, R.; Dumora, D.; Favuzzi, C.; Ferrara, E. C.; Franckowiak, A.; Fukazawa, Y.; Funk, S.; Fusco, P.; Gargano, F.; Gasparrini, D.; Giglietto, N.; Gill, R.; Giordano, F.; Giroletti, M.; Glanzman, T.; Granot, J.; Green, D.; Grenier, I. A.; Grondin, M.-H.; Guillemot, L.; Guiriec, S.; Harding, A. K.; Hays, E.; Horan, D.; Imazato, F.; Jóhannesson, Guðlaugur; Kamae, T.; Kensei, S.; Kocevski, D.; Kuss, M.; Mura, G. La; Larsson, S.; Latronico, L.; Li, J.; Longo, F.; Loparco, F.; Lovellette, M. N.; Lubrano, P.; Magill, J. D.; Maldera, S.; Manfreda, A.; Mazziotta, M. N.; Michelson, P. F.; Mizuno, T.; Moiseev, A. A.; Monzani, M. E.; Moretti, E.; Morselli, A.; Moskalenko, I. V.; Negro, M.; Nuss, E.; Ojha, R.; Omodei, N.; Orlando, E.; Ormes, J. F.; Palatiello, M.; Paliya, V. S.; Paneque, D.; Persic, M.; Pesce-Rollins, M.; Petrosian, V.; Piron, F.; Porter, T. A.; Principe, G.; Racusin, J. L.; Rainò, S.; Rando, R.; Razzano, M.; Razzaque, S.; Reimer, A.; Reimer, O.; Ritz, S.; Rochester, L. S.; Ryde, F.; Parkinson, P. M. Saz; Sgrò, C.; Siskind, E. J.; Spada, F.; Spandre, G.; Spinelli, P.; Suson, D. J.; Tajima, H.; Takahashi, M.; Tak, D.; Thayer, J. G.; Thayer, J. B.; Torres, D. F.; Torresi, E.; Tosti, G.; Troja, E.; Valverde, J.; Venters, T. M.; Vianello, G.; Wood, K.; Yang, C.; Zaharijas, G. (American Astronomical Society, 2018-07-06)

  We present the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the binary neutron star merger event GW170817 and the associated short gamma-ray burst (SGRB) GRB 170817A detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor. The LAT was entering the South ...
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  ETHOS – an effective theory of structure formation: predictions for the high-redshift Universe – abundance of galaxies and reionization 

  Lovell, Mark; Zavala Franco, Jesus; Vogelsberger, Mark; Shen, Xuejian; Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan; Pfrommer, Christoph; Sigurdson, Kris; Boylan-Kolchin, Michael; Pillepich, Annalisa (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-03-28)

  We contrast predictions for the high-redshift galaxy population and reionization history between cold dark matter (CDM) and an alternative self-interacting dark matter model based on the recently developed ETHOS framework that alleviates the small-scale ...
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  Shell morphology and color of the subtidal whelk Buccinum undatum exhibit fine-scaled spatial patterns 

  Magnúsdóttir, Hildur; Palsson, Snaebjorn; Westfall, Kristen M.; Jónsson, Zophonías Oddur; Örnólfsdóttir, Erla Björk (Wiley, 2018-04-10)

  Geographical patterns in morphology can be the result of divergence among populations due to neutral or selective changes and/or phenotypic plasticity in response to different environments. Marine gastropods are ideal subjects on which to explore these ...
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  Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past 

  Lønnebotn, Marianne; Svanes, Cecilie; Igland, Jannicke; Franklin, Karl A.; Accordini, Simone; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Bentouhami, Hayat; Blanco, José A. G.; Bono, Roberto; Corsico, Angelo; Demoly, Pascal; Dharmage, Shyamali; Dorado Arenas, Sandra; Garcia, Judith; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Debbie; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Martinez-Moratalla, Jesús; Nowak, Dennis; Pin, Isabelle; Raherison-Semjen, Chantal; Sánchez-Ramos, Jose Luis; Schlünssen, Vivi; Skulstad, Svein Magne; Dratva, Julia; Gómez Real, Francisco (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-25)

  Life course data on obesity may enrich the quality of epidemiologic studies analysing health consequences of obesity. However, achieving such data may require substantial resources. We investigated the use of body silhouettes in adults as a tool to ...
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  Will the Directive 2014/17/EU on mortgage credit protect consumers in the next economic and/or financial crisis? 

  Mendez Pinedo, M. Elvira (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Law Department, 2018-06)

  The Directive 2014/17/EU on mortgage credit agreements for real estate properties (Mortgage Credit Directive or MCD) reflects the classic tension in the European Union (EU) between the goal of attaining a European single mortgage credit market and the ...
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  Macromolecular characterization of the lichen Peltigera membranacea using nucleic acid sequencing & Identification of a new lichen species Peltigera islandica 

  Basil, Sheeba Santhini (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2018)

  Lichens are a classic example of mutualism, where both partners benefit from each other. The mycobiont serves the photobiont by providing shelter, nutrients, and moisture from the environment and receives carbohydrates and sometimes fixed nitrogen from ...
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  Distinctive characters of Nostoc genomes in cyanolichens 

  Gagunashvili, Andrey; Andrésson, Ólafur (Springer Nature, 2018-06-05)

  Background Cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc are capable of forming symbioses with a wide range of organism, including a diverse assemblage of cyanolichens. Only certain lineages of Nostoc appear to be able to form a close, stable symbiosis, raising ...

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