Háskóli Íslands: Recent submissions

  • Tonti-Filippini, Justin A. D.; Brown, Maxwell C. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-07-30)
    The extensive lava piles of Iceland contain a unique record of geomagnetic field variations spanning the past ~ 16 Ma. Since the 1950s, palaeomagnetic data have been obtained from over 9400 Icelandic lavas. We have compiled all palaeomagnetic data ...
  • Sigurðsson, Haraldur; Briem, Kristin (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-08-09)
    Background: Biomechanical studies of ACL injury risk factors frequently analyze only a fraction of the relevant data, and typically not in accordance with the injury mechanism. Extracting a peak value within a time series of relevance to ACL injuries ...
  • Ægisson, Hjalti Snær (Háskóli Íslands, Hugvísindasvið, Íslensku- og menningardeild, 2019-09-23)
    Í ritgerðinni er fjallað um þýdd ævintýri í íslenskum handritum. Meginheimildir rannsóknarinnar eru tvö handrit, AM 657 a-b 4to (um 1350) og AM 624 4to (um 1500). Veitt er yfirlit yfir þróun dæmisagnahefðarinnar í Evrópu frá Gregoríusi mikla og fram á ...
  • Sigurðardóttir, Anna Kristín; Jóhannesson, Ingólfur Ásgeir; Óskarsdóttir, Gunnhildur (University of Aberdeen, 2018-08-11)
    In 2008, new legislation was passed in Iceland on teacher education, requiring a master’s degree as a prerequisite for teaching certification for all school levels from preschools to upper secondary schools. In the same year the Iceland University ...
  • Heřmanská, Matylda (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2020-03)
    Supercritical fluids have been reported from both rift and subduction-related geothermal systems. They typically form in the vicinity of magmatic intrusions at the roots of geothermal systems upon conductive heating and boiling of the subcritical ...
  • Sigurðardóttir, Sigríður Margrét; Sigurðardóttir, Anna Kristín; Hansen, Börkur (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2018-11-07)
    The purpose of this study is to explore the roles and responsibilities that national education legislation in Iceland imposes on municipalities in terms of leadership. A qualitative content analysis was applied to explore the relevant national ...
  • Bjarnadóttir, Kristín (2016-07-27)
    The New Math was implemented in Iceland with the intention to facilitate understanding in the midst of increased demands for education for all. The article contains an analysis and comparison of typical papers in a selective entrance examination into ...
  • Hafsteinsson, Sigurjón Baldur (Rannsóknasetur í safnafræðum við Háskóla Íslands, 2019-06-05)
    Ritgerðarsafn um 25 listasöfn á Íslandi. Fjallað er um sögu eftirfarandi safna: Listasafn Íslands, Listasafn Einars Jónssonar, Listasafn Vestmannaeyja, Listasafn ASÍ, Listasafn Ísafjarðar, Listasafn Árnesinga, Gerðarsafn - Listasafn Kópavogs, Listasafn ...
  • Hafsteinsson, Sigurjón Baldur (Rannsóknasetur í safnafræðum við Háskóla Íslands, 2015-09-01)
    Ritgerðarsafn um sögu byggðasafna á Íslandi. Fjallað er um sögu 14 byggðasafna sem eru: Byggðasafn Vestfjarða, Byggðasafn Borgarfjarðar, Byggðasafn Skagfirðinga, Glaumbæ, Byggðasafn Rangæinga og Vestur-Skaftfellinga, Sagnheima, byggðasafn Vestmannaeyja, ...
  • Schmidt, Louise Steffensen; Hvidberg, Christine Schøtt; Kim, Jung Rack; Karlsson, Nanna Bjørnholt (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2019-09-30)
    The Martian mid-latitudes contain numerous small water-ice deposits, collectively termed viscous flow features (VFFs). The shape and topography of the deposits contain information on their past flow history and formation process. In order to access ...
  • Henry, Séverine; Sigurjónsdóttir, Hrefna; Klapper, Aziliz; Joubert, Julie; Montier, Gabrielle; Hausberger, Martine (MDPI AG, 2020-02-23)
    Abstract: Artificial weaning is a standard practice known to be one of the most stressful events in a domestic foal’s life. Research has mainly focused on ways to alleviate weaning stress. However, there is still a need for more detailed research on ...
  • Kirchhoff, Björn; Braunwarth, Laura; Jung, Christoph; Jónsson, Hannes; Fantauzzi, Donato; Jacob, Timo (Wiley, 2019-12-26)
    Improved understanding of the fundamental processes leading to degradation of platinum nanoparticle electrocatalysts is essential to the continued advancement of their catalytic activity and stability. To this end, the oxidation of platinum nanoparticles ...
  • Zhang, T.; Zhou, Q.; Ogmundsdottir, Margret H; Möller, Katrin; Siddaway, R.; Larue, L.; Hsing, M.; Kong, S. W.; Goding, C. R.; Palsson, Arnar; Steingrimsson, Eirikur; Pignoni, F. (The Company of Biologists, 2015-06-19)
    The v-ATPase is a fundamental eukaryotic enzyme that is central to cellular homeostasis. Although its impact on key metabolic regulators such as TORC1 is well documented, our knowledge of mechanisms that regulate v-ATPase activity is limited. Here, we ...
  • Safarian, Sahar; Unnthorsson, Runar; Richter, Christiaan (Elsevier BV, 2019-05-13)
    Currently around 10% of all energy generated worldwide comes from biomass. Most of this 10% is biofuel energy from the fermentation of corn and sugarcane. Fermentation of corn competes with the global food supply, and fermentation of sugarcane drives ...
  • Safarian, Sahar; Unnthorsson, Runar; Richter, Christiaan (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020-01-21)
    Wood and paper residues are usually processed as wastes, but they can also be used to produce electrical and thermal energy through processes of thermochemical conversion of gasification. This study proposes a new steady state simulation model for down ...
  • Nosikov, Igor; Klimenko, Maxim; Zhbankov, Gennady; Podlesnyi, Aleksey; Ivanova, Vera; Bessarab, Pavel (IEEE, 2019-09-09)
    A variant of the direct optimization method for point-to-point ionospheric ray tracing is presented. The method is well suited for applications where the launch direction of the radio wave ray is unknown, but the position of the receiver is specified ...
  • Rashid, Hunar Omar; Abdullah, Nzar; Gudmundsson, Vidar (Elsevier BV, 2019-12)
    The electronic structure, specific heat, and thermal conductivity of silicon embedded in a monolayer graphene nanosheet are studied using Density Functional Theory. Two different shapes of the substitutional Si doping in the graphene are studied, a ...
  • Teumer, Alexander; Li, Yong; Ghasemi, Sahar; Prins, Bram P.; Wuttke, Matthias; Hermle, Tobias; Giri, Ayush; Sieber, Karsten B.; Qiu, Chengxiang; Kirsten, Holger; Tin, Adrienne; Chu, Audrey Y.; Bansal, Nisha; Feitosa, Mary F.; Wang, Lihua; Chai, Jin-Fang; Cocca, Massimiliano; Fuchsberger, Christian; Gorski, Mathias; Hoppmann, Anselm; Horn, Katrin; Li, Man; Marten, Jonathan; Noce, Damia; Nutile, Teresa; Sedaghat, Sanaz; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Tayo, Bamidele O.; van der Most, Peter J.; Xu, Yizhe; Yu, Zhi; Gerstner, Lea; Ärnlöv, Johan; Bakker, Stephan J. L.; Baptista, Daniela; Biggs, Mary L.; Boerwinkle, Eric; Brenner, Hermann; Burkhardt, Ralph; Carroll, Robert J.; Chee, Miao-Li; Chee, Miao-Ling; Chen, Mengmeng; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Cook, James P.; Coresh, Josef; Corre, Tanguy; Danesh, John; de Borst, Martin H.; De Grandi, Alessandro; de Mutsert, Renée; de Vries, Aiko P. J.; Degenhardt, Frauke; Dittrich, Katalin; Divers, Jasmin; Eckardt, Kai-Uwe; Ehret, Georg; Endlich, Karlhans; Felix, Janine F.; Franco, Oscar H.; Franke, Andre; Freedman, Barry I.; Freitag-Wolf, Sandra; Gansevoort, Ron T.; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Gögele, Martin; Grundner-Culemann, Franziska; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Hamet, Pavel; Harris, Tamara B.; Hicks, Andrew A.; Holm, Hilma; Foo, Valencia Hui Xian; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Ikram, M. Arfan; Ingelsson, Erik; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Jakobsdottir, Johanna; Josyula, Navya Shilpa; Jung, Bettina; Kähönen, Mika; Khor, Chiea-Chuen; Kiess, Wieland; Koenig, Wolfgang; Körner, Antje; Kovacs, Peter; Kramer, Holly; Krämer, Bernhard K.; Kronenberg, Florian; Lange, Leslie A.; Langefeld, Carl D.; Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai; Lehtimäki, Terho; Lieb, Wolfgang; Lim, Su-Chi; Lind, Lars; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Liu, Jianjun; Loeffler, Markus; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Mahajan, Anubha; Maranville, Joseph C.; Mascalzoni, Deborah; McMullen, Barbara; Meisinger, Christa; Meitinger, Thomas; Miliku, Kozeta; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Mychaleckyj, Josyf C.; Nauck, Matthias; Nikus, Kjell; Ning, Boting; Noordam, Raymond; Connell, Jeffrey O’; Olafsson, Isleifur; Palmer, Nicholette D.; Peters, Annette; Podgornaia, Anna I.; Ponte, Belen; Poulain, Tanja; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Rabelink, Ton J.; Raffield, Laura M.; Reilly, Dermot F.; Rettig, Rainer; Rheinberger, Myriam; Rice, Kenneth M.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Runz, Heiko; Ryan, Kathleen A.; Sabanayagam, Charumathi; Saum, Kai-Uwe; Schöttker, Ben; Shaffer, Christian M.; Shi, Yuan; Smith, Albert Vernon; Strauch, Konstantin; Stumvoll, Michael; Sun, Benjamin B.; Szymczak, Silke; Tai, E-Shyong; Tan, Nicholas Y. Q.; Taylor, Kent D.; Teren, Andrej; Tham, Yih-Chung; Thiery, Joachim; Thio, Chris H. L.; Thomsen, Hauke; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tönjes, Anke; Tremblay, Johanne; Uitterlinden, André G.; van der Harst, Pim; Verweij, Niek; Vogelezang, Suzanne; Völker, Uwe; Waldenberger, Melanie; Wang, Chaolong; Wilson, Otis D.; Wong, Charlene; Wong, Tien-Yin; Yang, Qiong; Yasuda, Masayuki; Akilesh, Shreeram; Bochud, Murielle; Böger, Carsten A.; Devuyst, Olivier; Edwards, Todd L.; Ho, Kevin; Morris, Andrew P.; Parsa, Afshin; Pendergrass, Sarah A.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Rotter, Jerome I.; Stefansson, Kari; Wilson, James G.; Susztak, Katalin; Snieder, Harold; Heid, Iris M.; Scholz, Markus; Butterworth, Adam S.; Hung, Adriana M.; Pattaro, Cristian; Köttgen, Anna (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-09-11)
    Increased levels of the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) are associated with higher risk of kidney disease progression and cardiovascular events, but underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. Here, we conduct trans-ethnic (n = 564,257) ...
  • Morera, Erika; Steinhäuser, Sarah Sophie; Budkova, Zuzana; Ingthorsson, Saevar; Kricker, Jennifer; Krueger, Aileen; Traustadottir, Gunnhildur Asta; Gudjonsson, Thorarinn (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-09-03)
    Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a developmental event that is hijacked in some diseases such as fibrosis and cancer. In cancer, EMT has been linked to increased invasion and metastasis and is generally associated with a poor prognosis. ...
  • Abdullah, Nzar (Elsevier BV, 2019-12)
    The transport properties of a wire-dot system coupled to a quantized single photon with linear polarization in a 3D-cavity is theoretically studied using a quantum master equation. The system is also coupled to a photon reservoir, environment. We ...