The excitation of molecules by the absorption of photons has wide applicability, for instance in sensitizers and photocatalysts for systems driven by energy carried by light. A key issue is how the energy is then distributed and how the atomic structure ...

Anthropogenic global climate change is causing ice mass loss in all glacierized regions in the world. Iceland provides conditions that make it an efficient laboratory to study the effects of retreating glaciers on magmatic activity, as retreating ...

In October 1975, the Icelandic women’s movement organized a ‘Women’s Day Off’ (WDO), a one-day strike designed to reveal the societal importance of women’s work. In this article, we explore media coverage of the WDO in the Nordic countries. Through an ...

The design of Deep Learning (DL) models is a complex task, involving decisions on the general architecture of the model (e.g., the number of layers of the Neural Network (NN)) and on the optimization algorithms (e.g., the learning rate). These so-called ...

Demographic change, increasing cost of care, and shortage of hospital workers pose challenges in hospital management. As a response, hospitals maintain high utilisation of their existing resources by maximising patient throughput to minimise waiting ...

Small Heat Shock Proteins (sHSPs) are key components of our Protein Quality Control system and are thought to act as reservoirs that neutralize irreversible protein aggregation. Yet, sHSPs can also act as sequestrases, promoting protein sequestration ...

Animal personality has been shown to be influenced by both genetic and environmental factors and shaped by natural selection. Currently, little is known about mechanisms influencing the development of personality traits. This study examines the extent ...

The growing popularity of nature-based tourism means that the tourism industry is increasingly utilizing wilderness areas to provide visitor experiences. However, tourism activities negatively impact wilderness quality. Tourism service providers play ...

Ziel: Inwiefern physio- oder trainingstherapeutische Programme bei chronisch unspezifischen Ruckenschmerzen (CURS) nachhaltig wirksam sind, hangt masgeblich von der Compliance der Teilnehmer ab. Ziel der Studie ist es daher, aus Sicht der Behandler zu ...

This dissertation provides an economic assessment of catfish farming in Nigeria and offers actionable recommendations for revitalization. Data collection was conducted in two phases: a preliminary study involving 30 farms took place from July to August ...