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Browsing Háskóli Íslands by Subject "Hugbúnaður"

Browsing Háskóli Íslands by Subject "Hugbúnaður"

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    Advanced methods for atomic scale spin simulations and application to localized magnetic states 
    Müller, Gideon Philipp (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2019-09-02)
    An active field of research in magnetism today involves studies of solitons -- localised magnetic textures possessing particle-like properties. They are considered promising for various applications but are also intriguing from a fundamental point of ...
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    Assessing the reliability, validity and acceptance of a classification scheme of usability problems (CUP) 
    Vilbergsdóttir, Sigurbjörg Gróa; Hvannberg, Ebba Thora; Law, Effie Lai-Chong (Elsevier BV, 2014-01)
    The aim of this study was to evaluate the Classification of Usability Problems (CUP) scheme. The goal of CUP is to classify usability problems further to give user interface developers better feedback to improve their understanding of usability problems, ...
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    Blind wayfinding with physically-based liquid sounds 
    Spagnol, Simone; Hoffmann, Rebekka; Herrera Martínez, Marcelo; Unnthorsson, Runar (Elsevier BV, 2018-07)
    Translating visual representations of real environments into auditory feedback is one of the key challenges in the design of an electronic travel aid for visually impaired persons. Although the solutions currently available in the literature can lead ...
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    Drivers of evolution of training simulators 
    Hvannberg, Ebba Thora (ACM Press, 2018)
    In many domains, applications have a lifetime of several years, and evolve with new technologies, changing requirements and user behavior. Simulators have been used for training for decades and have evolved in different directions. To learn how ...
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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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    Lipidomic study of cell lines reveals differences between breast cancer subtypes 
    Eiríksson, Finnur F.; Nøhr, Martha Kampp; Costa, Margarida; Bodvarsdottir, Sigridur Klara; Ögmundsdóttir, Helga M.; Þorsteinsdóttir, Margrét (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-04-14)
    Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent type of cancer in women in western countries. BC mortality has not declined despite early detection by screening, indicating the need for better informed treatment decisions. Therefore, a novel noninvasive ...