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    Infant Feeding, Vitamin D and IgE Sensitization to Food Allergens at 6 Years in a Longitudinal Icelandic Cohort 
    Thorisdottir, Birna; Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg; Viðarsdóttir, Anna Guðrún; Sigurðardóttir, Sigurveig; Birgisdottir, Bryndis Eva; Thorsdottir, Inga (MDPI AG, 2019-07-23)
    Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) recommend exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months, partial breastfeeding until 1 year or longer and irrespective of breastfeeding, avoiding solid foods before 4 months. Strong evidence was found for benefits of ...
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    LyapXool – a program to compute complete Lyapunov functions 
    Argáez, Carlos; Berthet, Jean-Claude; Björnsson, Hjörtur; Giesl, Peter; Hafstein, Sigurdur (Elsevier BV, 2019-07)
    LyapXool is a C++ program to compute complete Lyapunov functions and their orbital derivatives for any two- or three-dimensional dynamical system expressed by an autonomous ordinary differential equation. The program is user-friendly and determines the ...
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    Patients with psoriatic arthritis who are not eligible for randomised controlled trials for TNF inhibitors have treatment response and drug survival similar to those who are eligible 
    Palsson, Olafur; Löve, Þorvarður Jón; Gunnarsdóttir, Anna Ingibjörg; Gunnarsson, Pétur Sigurður; Rúnarsdóttir, Eydís Erla; Krogh, Niels Steen; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn (BMJ, 2019-07)
    Objectives To determine in a retrospective cohort whether patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who would not have fulfilled the inclusion criteria for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for the TNF inhibitor (TNFi) chosen for their treatment (excl) ...
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    From waste to resource: A systems dynamics and stakeholder analysis of phosphorus recycling from municipal wastewater in Europe 
    Nedelciu, Claudiu; Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala; Stjernquist, Ingrid (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-09-14)
    Recycling Phosphorus (P) from urban wastewater can secure part of domestic agricultural P supply and contribute to a circular P supply chain. In this paper, we use literature review, stakeholder interviews and analysis, and systems dynamics for the ...
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    Scientific workflows applied to the coupling of a continuum (Elmer v8.3) and a discrete element (HiDEM v1.0) ice dynamic model 
    Memon, Mohammad Shahbaz; Vallot, Dorothée; Zwinger, Thomas; Åström, Jan; Neukirchen, Helmut; Riedel, Morris; Book, Matthias (Copernicus GmbH, 2019-07-15)
    Scientific computing applications involving complex simulations and data-intensive processing are often composed of multiple tasks forming a workflow of computing jobs. Scientific communities running such applications on computing resources often find ...
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    Icelandic snow cover characteristics derived from a gap-filled MODIS daily snow cover product 
    Gunnarsson, Andri; Gardarsson, Sigurdur; Sveinsson, Óli G. B. (Copernicus GmbH, 2019-07-17)
    This study presents a spatiooral continuous data set for snow cover in Iceland based on the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from 2000 to 2018. Cloud cover and polar darkness are the main limiting factors for data availability of ...
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    Chemoproteomics of an Indole-Based Quinone Epoxide Identifies Druggable Vulnerabilities in Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 
    Kulkarni, Amogh; Soni, Isha; Kelkar, Dhanashree S.; Dharmaraja, Allimuthu T.; Sankar, Rathinam K.; Beniwal, Gaurav; Rajendran, Abinaya; Tamhankar, Sharvari; Chopra, Sidharth; Kamat, Siddhesh S.; Chakrapani, Harinath (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2019-06-26)
    The alarming global rise in fatalities from multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections has underscored a need to develop new therapies to address this epidemic. Chemoproteomics is valuable in identifying targets for new drugs in ...
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    Abiogenesis not required to explain the origin of volcanic-hydrothermal hydrocarbons 
    Fiebig, J.; Stefansson, Andri; Ricci, A.; Tassi, F.; Viveiros, F.; Silva, S.; Lopez, T.M.; Schreiber, C.; Hofmann, S.; Mountain, B.W. (European Association of Geochemistry, 2019-07-29)
    Abiotic formation of n-alkane hydrocarbons has been postulated to occur within Earth's crust. Apparent evidence was primarily based on uncommon carbon and hydrogen isotope distribution patterns that set methane and its higher chain homologues apart ...
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    Functional Recovery Within a Formal Home Care Program 
    Morris, John N.; Berg, Katherine; Howard, Elizabeth P.; Jónsson, Pálmi V.; Craig, Meredith (Elsevier BV, 2019-08)
    Objective: To identify home care clients with substantial functional deficits who had capacity to improve and, thus, for whom recovery goals should be articulated. Design: Retrospective longitudinal analysis of an international home care database. ...
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    Increase in tympanostomy tube placements despite pneumococcal vaccination, a population-based study 
    Eyþórsson, Elías; Sigurdsson, Samuel; Erlendsdóttir, Helga; Hrafnkelsson, Birgir; Kristinsson, Karl G.; Haraldsson, Ásgeir (Wiley, 2019-01-22)
    Aim: The aim was to estimate the impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PHiD-CV) on tympanostomy tube placements (TTP) in children under five years of age in Iceland. Methods: This population-based observational cohort study followed 11 consecutive ...
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    Infections and outcomes after cardiac surgery—The impact of outbreaks traced to transesophageal echocardiography probes 
    Vesteinsdottir, Edda; Helgason, Kristjan Orri; Sverrisson, Kristinn Orn; Gudlaugsson, Olafur; Karason, Sigurbergur (Wiley, 2019-03-19)
    Background: Infections are a frequent complication of cardiac surgery. The intraoperative use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) may be an underrecognized risk factor for post-operative infections. The aim of this study was to investigate infection ...
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    Electrical characterization of high k-dielectrics for 4H-SiC MIS devices 
    Khosa, Rabia Yasmin; Chen, J.T.; Winters, M.; Pálsson, Kjartan; Karhu, R.; Hassan, J.; Rorsman, N.; Sveinbjörnsson, Einar (Elsevier BV, 2019-08-01)
    We report promising results regarding the possible use of AlN or Al 2 O 3 as a gate dielectric in 4H-SiC MISFETs. The crystalline AlN films are grown by hot wall metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) at 1100 °C. The amorphous Al 2 O 3 films ...
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    Cardiac Rehabilitation Availability and Density around the Globe 
    Turk-Adawi, Karam; Supervia, Marta; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Pesah, Ella; Ding, Rongjing; Britto, Raquel R.; Bjarnason-Wehrens, Birna; Derman, Wayne; Abreu, Ana; Babu, Abraham S.; Santos, Claudia Anchique; Jong, Seng Khiong; Cuenza, Lucky; Yeo, Tee Joo; Scantlebury, Dawn; Andersen, Karl; Gonzalez, Graciela; Giga, Vojislav; Vulic, Dusko; Vataman, Eleonora; Cliff, Jacqueline; Kouidi, Evangelia; Yagci, Ilker; Kim, Chul; Benaim, Briseida; Estany, Eduardo Rivas; Fernandez, Rosalia; Radi, Basuni; Gaita, Dan; Simon, Attila; Chen, Ssu-Yuan; Roxburgh, Brendon; Martin, Juan Castillo; Maskhulia, Lela; Burdiat, Gerard; Salmon, Richard; Lomelí, Hermes; Sadeghi, Masoumeh; Sovova, Eliska; Hautala, Arto; Tamuleviciute-Prasciene, Egle; Ambrosetti, Marco; Neubeck, Lis; Asher, Elad; Kemps, Hareld; Eysymontt, Zbigniew; Farsky, Stefan; Hayward, Jo; Prescott, Eva; Dawkes, Susan; Santibanez, Claudio; Zeballos, Cecilia; Pavy, Bruno; Kiessling, Anna; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal; Baer, Carolyn; Thomas, Randal; Hu, Dayi; Grace, Sherry L. (Elsevier BV, 2019-08)
    Background: Despite the epidemic of cardiovascular disease and the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), availability is known to be insufficient, although this is not quantified. This study ascertained CR availability, volumes and its drivers, and ...
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    Nature of Cardiac Rehabilitation Around the Globe 
    Supervia, Marta; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Pesah, Ella; Ding, Rongjing; Britto, Raquel R.; Bjarnason-Wehrens, Birna; Derman, Wayne; Abreu, Ana; Babu, Abraham S.; Santos, Claudia Anchique; Jong, Seng K.; Cuenza, Lucky; Yeo, Tee Joo; Scantlebury, Dawn; Andersen, Karl; Gonzalez, Graciela; Giga, Vojislav; Vulic, Dusko; Vataman, Eleonora; Cliff, Jacqueline; Kouidi, Evangelia; Yagci, Ilker; Kim, Chul; Benaim, Briseida; Estany, Eduardo Rivas; Fernandez, Rosalia; Radi, Basuni; Gaita, Dan; Simon, Attila; Chen, Ssu-Yuan; Roxburgh, Brendon; Martin, Juan Castillo; Maskhulia, Lela; Burdiat, Gerard; Salmon, Richard; Lomelí, Hermes; Sadeghi, Masoumeh; Sovova, Eliska; Hautala, Arto; Tamuleviciute-Prasciene, Egle; Ambrosetti, Marco; Neubeck, Lis; Asher, Elad; Kemps, Hareld; Eysymontt, Zbigniew; Farsky, Stefan; Hayward, Jo; Prescott, Eva; Dawkes, Susan; Santibanez, Claudio; Zeballos, Cecilia; Pavy, Bruno; Kiessling, Anna; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal; Baer, Carolyn; Thomas, Randal; Hu, Dayi; Grace, Sherry L. (Elsevier BV, 2019-08)
    Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a clinically-effective but complex model of care. The purpose of this study was to characterize the nature of CR programs around the world, in relation to guideline recommendations, and compare this by World ...
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    Synergies and Trade-Offs in the Sustainable Development Goals—The Implications of the Icelandic Tourism Sector 
    Cook, David; Saviolidis, Nína M.; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Johannsdottir, Lara; Olafsson, Snjolfur (MDPI AG, 2019-08-05)
    The development of major economic sectors can provide the bedrock on which long-lasting national economic prosperity is formed. Iceland's tourism sector is an example of a rapidly expanded industry in recent years, to the extent that it has become the ...
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    Entanglement entropy in generalised quantum Lifshitz models 
    Angel Ramelli, Juan Fernando; Giangreco Puletti, Valentina; Thorlacius, Larus (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-08-01)
    We compute universal finite corrections to entanglement entropy for generalised quantum Lifshitz models in arbitrary odd spacetime dimensions. These are generalised free field theories with Lifshitz scaling symmetry, where the dynamical critical exponent ...
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    Representing color and orientation ensembles: Can observers learn multiple feature distributions? 
    Hansmann-Roth, Sabrina; Chetverikov, Andrey; Kristjansson, Arni (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2019-08-01)
    Objects have a variety of different features that can be represented as probability distributions. Recent findings show that in addition to mean and variance, the visual system can also encode the shape of feature distributions for features like color ...
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    Can a Simple Dietary Screening in Early Pregnancy Identify Dietary Habits Associated with Gestational Diabetes? 
    Hrolfsdottir, Laufey; Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg; Birgisdottir, Bryndis Eva; Hreiðarsdóttir, Ingibjörg Th.; Smárason, Alexander; Hardardottir, Hildur; Halldorsson, Thorhallur (MDPI AG, 2019-08-11)
    Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is predominantly a lifestyle disease, with diet being an important modifiable risk factor. A major obstacle for the prevention in clinical practice is the complexity of assessing diet. In a cohort of 1651 Icelandic ...
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    Quenched coupling, entangled equilibria, and correlated composite operators: a tale of two O(N) models 
    Banerjee, Souvik; Engelsöy, Julius; Larana-Aragon, Jorge; Sundborg, Bo; Thorlacius, Larus; Wintergerst, Nico (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-08-01)
    A macroscopic version of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entanglement is obtained by quenching a quadratic coupling between two O(N) vector models. A quench of the mixed vacuum produces an excited entangled state, reminiscent of purified thermal equilibrium, ...
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    Genome Sequencing of Pleurozium schreberi: The Assembled and Annotated Draft Genome of a Pleurocarpous Feather Moss 
    Pederson, Eric R. A.; Warshan, Denis; Rasmussen, Ulla (Genetics Society of America, 2019-09-01)
    The pleurocarpous feather moss Pleurozium schreberi is a ubiquitous moss species which plays a fundamental role in many terrestrial ecosystems, for instance within the boreal forest, the Earth’s largest terrestrial biome, this species plays a significant ...