Háskóli Íslands: Recent submissions

  • Minelgaite, Inga; Christiansen, Thora; Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S. (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2019-06-01)
    Economic changes and a booming tourism industry in Iceland have triggered a rise in temporary workforce, where employees are brought to Iceland from Eastern Europe and other less economically developed countries. Major societal and economic shifts are ...
  • Malinauskaite, Laura; Cook, David; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Ögmundardóttir, Helga; Roman, Joe (Elsevier BV, 2019-04)
    The study presents the first systematic review of the existing literature on Arctic ES. Applying the Search, Appraisal, Synthesis and Analysis (SALSA) and snowballing methods and three selection criteria, 33 publications were sourced, including ...
  • Malinauskaite, Laura; Cook, David; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Ögmundardóttir, Helga; Roman, Joe (Elsevier BV, 2020-01)
    Commercial whaling is a divisive issue in Iceland, and often considered to be irreconcilable with whale watching. The coexistence of both activities in Faxaflói Bay, adjacent to the capital city of Reykjavík, has led to the designation of part of the ...
  • Cook, David; Malinauskaite, Laura; Roman, Joe; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Ögmundardóttir, Helga (Elsevier BV, 2019-12)
    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 ...
  • Cook, David; Malinauskaite, Laura; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Ögmundardóttir, Helga; Roman, Joe (Elsevier BV, 2020-03)
    Although whale ecosystem services have been scarcely explored in the academic literature, they illustrate many of the threats, trade-offs and decision-making dilemmas common to marine ecosystem services in general – climate change impacts, the ongoing ...
  • Johannsdottir, Lara; Cook, David (Elsevier BV, 2019-09)
    There is a wish for economic development in the Arctic, especially in relation to the region's untapped marine and hydrocarbon resources. However, such developments are inherently risky, entailing the possibility of trade-offs and potentially jeopardizing ...
  • Liao, Vivian Wan Yu; Chua, Han Chow; Kowal, Natalia Magdalena; Chebib, Mary; Balle, Thomas; Ahring, Philip Kiær (Rockefeller University Press, 2019-04-15)
    γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABAARs), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors in the mammalian central nervous system, are arguably the most challenging member of the pentameric Cys-loop receptors to study due to their heteromeric ...
  • Lee, Keun-Ok; Aemisegger, Franziska; Pfahl, Stephan; Flamant, Cyrille; Lacour, Jean-Lionel; Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre (Copernicus GmbH, 2019-06-05)
    The dynamical context and moisture transport pathways embedded in large-scale flow and associated with a heavy precipitation event (HPE) in southern Italy (SI) are investigated with the help of stable water isotopes (SWIs) based on a purely numerical ...
  • Richter, Anne; Alexdóttir, Marta Sorokina; Magnus, Svala H.; Richter, Tobias R.; Morikawa, Masato; Zwijsen, An; Valdimarsdottir, Gudrun (Elsevier BV, 2019-06-11)
    Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are instrumental in characterizing the molecular mechanisms of human vascular development and disease. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play a pivotal role in cardiovascular development in mice, but their importance ...
  • Rafnsdóttir, Gudbjörg Linda; Sigursteinsdóttir, Hjördís (Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands, 2019-11-18)
    Líðan leikskólakennara og leiðbeinenda, svo og aðbúnaður á vinnustað, er meðal þess sem getur haft áhrif á leikskólabörn og þroskaferil þeirra. Því er brýnt að rannsaka líðan þessara starfshópa og hvaða þættir í vinnuumhverfinu styðja við eða draga úr ...
  • Ámundadóttir, Ólöf Ragna (University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2020-02-19)
    Bakgrunnur: Framfarir í meðferð alvarlega veikra sjúklinga og hækkaður lífaldur hefur leitt til þess að fleira fólk lifir nú af bráð og alvarleg veikindi en áður. Afleiðingar veikindanna ásamt gjörgæslulegunni geta haft áhrif á líkamlegt og sálrænt ...
  • Jackson, Marie D.; Gudmundsson, Magnus Tumi; Weisenberger, Tobias B.; Rhodes, J. Michael; Stefansson, Andri; Kleine, Barbara Irene; Lippert, Peter C.; Marquardt, Joshua M.; Reynolds, Hannah Iona; Kück, Jochem; Marteinsson, Viggó; Vannier, Pauline; Bach, Wolfgang; Barich, Amel; Bergsten, Pauline; Bryce, Julia G.; Cappelletti, Piergiulio; Couper, Samantha; Fahnestock, M. Florencia; Gorny, Carolyn F.; Grimaldi, Carla; Groh, Marco; Guðmundsson, Ágúst; Gunnlaugsson, Ágúst T.; Hamlin, Cédric; Högnadóttir, Thórdís; Jónasson, Kristján; Jónsson, Sigurður S.; Jørgensen, Steffen L.; Klonowski, Alexandra M.; Marshall, Beau; Massey, Erica; McPhie, Jocelyn; Moore, James G.; Olafsson, Einar Sindri; Onstad, Solveig L.; Perez, Velveth; Prause, Simon; Snorrason, Snorri P.; Türke, Andreas; White, James D. L.; Zimanowski, Bernd (Copernicus GmbH, 2019-06-12)
    The 2017 Surtsey Underwater volcanic System for Thermophiles, Alteration processes and INnovative concretes (SUSTAIN) drilling project at Surtsey volcano, sponsored in part by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), provides ...
  • Türke, Andreas; Jackson, Marie D.; Bach, Wolfgang; Kahl, Wolf-Achim; Grzybowski, Brian; Marshall, Beau; Gudmundsson, Magnus Tumi; Jørgensen, Steffen Leth (Copernicus GmbH, 2019-06-12)
    Surtsey, the youngest of the islands of Vestmannaeyjar, is an oceanic volcano created by explosive basaltic eruptions during 1963-1967 off the southern coast of Iceland. The subsurface deposits of the volcano were first sampled by a cored borehole in ...
  • Morino, Costanza; Conway, Susan J.; Saemundsson, Thorsteinn; Helgason, Jón Kristinn; Hillier, John; Butcher, Frances E.G.; Balme, Matthew R.; Jordan, Colm; Argles, Tom (Elsevier BV, 2019-06-15)
    Molards have been defined in the past as conical mounds of debris that can form part of a landslide's deposits. We present the first conclusive evidence that molards in permafrost terrains are cones of loose debris that result from thawing of frozen ...
  • Arason, Ari Jon; Jóelsson, Jón Pétur; Valdimarsdóttir, Bryndís; Sigurdsson, Snaevar; Guðjónsson, Alexander; Halldorsson, Skarphedinn; Jóhannsson, Freyr; Rolfsson, Óttar; Lehmann, Fredrik; Ingthorsson, Saevar; Cherek, Paulina; Gudmundsson, Gudmundur H; Garðarsson, Friðrik R.; Page, Clive P.; Baldursson, Ólafur; Gudjonsson, Thorarinn; Kricker, Jennifer (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-06-24)
    BACKGROUND: Azithromycin (Azm) is a macrolide recognized for its disease-modifying effects and reduction in exacerbation of chronic airway diseases. It is not clear whether the beneficial effects of Azm are due to its anti-microbial activity or other ...
  • Minnema, Lotte A.; Giezen, Thijs J.; Souverein, Patrick C.; Egberts, Toine C. G.; Leufkens, Hubert G. M.; Gardarsdottir, Helga (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-01-08)
    Introduction: Several monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been linked to neuropsychiatric adverse efects in patients, including depression and suicidal ideation and behavior. Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify and characterize spontaneously ...
  • Sæþórsdóttir, Anna; Hall, C. Michael (MDPI AG, 2019-07-02)
    The Icelandic economy has transitioned from being dependent on fishing and agriculture to having tourism and refined aluminum as its main exports. Nevertheless, the new main industries still rely on the country's natural resources, as the power intensive ...
  • Lanzoni, Anna; Castoldi, Anna F; Kass, George EN; Terron, Andrea; De Seze, Guilhem; Bal‐Price, Anna; Bois, Frédéric Y; Delclos, K Barry; Doerge, Daniel R; Fritsche, Ellen; Halldorsson, Thorhallur; Kolossa‐Gehring, Marike; Hougaard Bennekou, Susanne; Koning, Frits; Lampen, Alfonso; Leist, Marcel; Mantus, Ellen; Rousselle, Christophe; Siegrist, Michael; Steinberg, Pablo; Tritscher, Angelika; Van de Water, Bob; Vineis, Paolo; Walker, Nigel; Wallace, Heather; Whelan, Maurice; Younes, Maged (Wiley, 2019-07-08)
    The current/traditional human health risk assessment paradigm is challenged by recent scientific and technical advances, and ethical demands. The current approach is considered too resource intensive, is not always reliable, can raise issues of ...
  • Abdullah, Nzar; Tang, Chi-Shung; Manolescu, Andrei; Gudmundsson, Vidar (MDPI AG, 2019-07-17)
    We study the transport properties of a wire-dot system coupled to a cavity and a photon reservoir. The system is considered to be microstructured from a two-dimensional electron gas in a GaAs heterostructure. The 3D photon cavity is active in the ...
  • Bessason, Bjarni; Bjarnason, Jón Örvar; Rupakhety, Rajesh (Elsevier BV, 2020-04-15)
    In June 2000 two shallow, strike slip, Mw6.5 earthquakes occurred in the middle of the largest agricultural region in Iceland. The epicentres were close to small towns and villages and almost 5000 residential buildings were affected. A great deal of ...