Þórarinn B. Þorláksson (1867–1924) hefur verið talinn sá fyrsti sem starfaði sem listmálari á Íslandi. Þær viðtökur sem list hans hlaut, bæði heima við og í útlöndum, er áhugaverð sýn á breytt viðhorf og hugmyndafræðilega afstöðu til íslenskrar ...

Táknheimur okkar manna, myndirnar sem við gerum okkur af veruleikanum og sjónarhornin sem við höfum í huga, hafa áhrif á gjörðir okkar. Nú er komið að vatnaskilum í hnattrænni orðræðu um fátækt, vistkerf og fölmenningu sem kristallast í nýrri sýn á ...

Background Vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for mortality but previous meta-analyses lacked standardization of laboratory methods for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations and used aggregate data instead of individual participant ...

Aim: Critically review research methods used to elicit children and young people's views and experiences in the first year of COVID-19, using an ethical and child rights lens.Methods: A systematic search of peer- reviewed literature on children and ...

Iceland is one of the most active terrestrial volcanic regions on Earth with an average of more than 20 eruptions per century. Around 80% of all events are tephra generating explosive eruptions, but less than 10 % of all known tephra layers have been ...

Background Except for overall survival, whether or not waiting time for treatment could influences other domains of cancer patients’ overall well-being is to a large extent unknown. Therefore, we performed this study to determine the effect of waiting ...

Drinking water quality has been regulated in most European countries for nearly two decades by the drinking water directive 98/83/EC. The directive is now under revision with the goal of meeting stricter demands for safe water for all citizens, as safe ...

Frequent tephra deposition and a steady influx of aeolian material of diverse origin dominate soil formation in Iceland. Little is known about the weathering behaviour, mineral formation and alteration of tephra and Icelandic soils after tephra deposition. ...

Abstract The theoretical aim of this project is to get a better understanding of the so called weight effects illustrated in examples like the following (? = a questionable example, * = a bad example, ** = an even worse example; brackets enclose the ...

Goal 14, ‘Life Below Water’, of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals sets a target for nations to increase the number of marine protected areas managed using ecosystem-based management, which requires interventions focused on fish stock ...