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    High Arctic ecosystem states: Conceptual models of vegetation change to guide long-term monitoring and research 
    Ravolainen, Virve; Soininen, Eeva M.; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala; Eischeid, Isabell; Forchhammer, Mads; van der Wal, René; Pedersen, Åshild Ø. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-01-18)
    Vegetation change has consequences for terrestrial ecosystem structure and functioning and may involve climate feedbacks. Hence, when monitoring ecosystem states and changes thereof, the vegetation is often a primary monitoring target. Here, we summarize ...
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    Sköpunarsmiðjur í menntun ungra barna: Reynsla og viðhorf starfsfólks skóla, safna og sköpunarsmiðja 
    Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig; Dýrfjörð, Kristín; Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf; Jónsdóttir, Svanborg R; Pétursdóttir, Svava (2019-11-18)
    Í þessari grein er fjallað um þekkingu, reynslu og viðhorf til sköpunarsmiðja (e. makerspaces) meðal kennara ungra barna (3-8 ára) í leik- og grunnskólum, fagfólks á söfnum og í sköpunarsmiðjum. Upplýsingum var safnað með rafrænni könnun í tengslum við ...
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    The TGFβ Family in Human Placental Development at the Fetal-Maternal Interface 
    Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Susana M.; Alexdóttir, Marta Sorokina; Valdimarsdottir, Gudrun (MDPI AG, 2020-03-13)
    Emerging data suggest that a trophoblast stem cell (TSC) population exists in the early human placenta. However, in vitro stem cell culture models are still in development and it remains under debate how well they reflect primary trophoblast (TB) cells. ...
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    Gannets are not attracted to fishing vessels in Iceland—potential influence of a discard ban and food availability 
    Clark, Bethany L; Vigfúsdóttir, Freydís; Jessopp, Mark J; Burgos, Julian M; Bodey, Thomas W; Votier, Stephen C (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-12-04)
    Fisheries produce large amounts of waste, providing food subsidies for scavengers. Discards influence seabird movement, demography and community structure, but little is known about seabird-fishery interactions where discarding is banned. Here, we ...
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    Shared Tuned Mass Dampers for Mitigation of Seismic Pounding 
    Rupakhety, Rajesh; Elias, Said; Ólafsson, Símon (MDPI AG, 2020-03-11)
    This study explores the effectiveness of shared tuned mass damper (STMD) in reducing seismic pounding of adjacent buildings. The dynamics of STMDs is explored through numerical simulations of buildings idealized as single and multiple degree of freedom ...
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    Humanity’s Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges 
    Sykes, Naomi; Beirne, Piers; Horowitz, Alexandra; Jones, Ione; Kalof, Linda; Karlsson, Elinor; King, Tammie; Litwak, Howard; McDonald, Robbie A.; Murphy, Luke John; Pemberton, Neil; Promislow, Daniel; Rowan, Andrew; Stahl, Peter W.; Tehrani, Jamshid; Tourigny, Eric; Wynne, Clive D. L.; Strauss, Eric; Larson, Greger (MDPI AG, 2020-03-17)
    No other animal has a closer mutualistic relationship with humans than the dog (Canis familiaris). Domesticated from the Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus), dogs have evolved alongside humans over millennia in a relationship that has transformed dogs and ...
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    Coumarin‐4‐ylmethyl‐ and p ‐Hydroxyphenacyl‐Based Photoacid Generators with High Solubility in Aqueous Media: Synthesis, Stability and Photolysis 
    Adatia, Karishma K.; Halbritter, Thomas; Reinfelds, Matiss; Michele, Andre; Tran, Michael; Laschat, Sabine; Heckel, Alexander; Tovar, Günter E. M.; Southan, Alexander (Wiley, 2020-01-16)
    (Coumarin-4-yl)methyl (c4m) and p-hydroxyphenacyl (pHP)-based compounds are well known for their highly efficient photoreactions, but often show limited solubility in aqueous media. To circumvent this, we synthesized and characterized the two new c4m ...
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    El arte de la comunicación: un análisis de discurso de tres novelas de Carmen Martín Gaite. 
    Quintana Cocolina, Carmen (University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, 2021-01)
    Spanish author C. Martín Gaite developed a number of theories on communication and the interlocutor in her essays and articles, that she put in practice in her narrative work through author-reader and characters communicative interaction. This study ...
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    Drug Tolerant Anti-drug Antibody Assay for Infliximab Treatment in Clinical Practice Identifies Positive Cases Earlier 
    Kharlamova, Nastya; Hermanrud, Christina; Dunn, Nicky; Ryner, Malin; Hambardzumyan, Karen; Vivar Pomiano, Nancy; Marits, Per; Gjertsson, Inger; Saevarsdottir, Saedis; Pullerits, Rille; Fogdell-Hahn, Anna (Frontiers Media SA, 2020-07-21)
    A subgroup of patients treated with infliximab lose response to the treatment and one reason for this is the development of anti-drug antibodies (ADA). If used optimally, measuring drug and ADA level could lead to a more personalized and efficient ...
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    International severe asthma registry (ISAR): protocol for a global registry 
    FitzGerald, J. Mark; Tran, Trung N.; Alacqua, Marianna; Altraja, Alan; Backer, Vibeke; Bjermer, Leif; Björnsdóttir, Unnur; Bourdin, Arnaud; Brusselle, Guy; Bulathsinhala, Lakmini; Busby, John; Canonica, Giorgio W.; Carter, Victoria; Chaudhry, Isha; Cho, You Sook; Christoff, George; Cosio, Borja G.; Costello, Richard W.; Eleangovan, Neva; Gibson, Peter G.; Heaney, Liam G.; Heffler, Enrico; Hew, Mark; Hosseini, Naeimeh; Iwanaga, Takashi; Jackson, David J.; Jones, Rupert; Koh, Mariko S.; Le, Thao; Lehtimäki, Lauri; Lúðvíksdóttir, Dóra; Maitland-van der Zee, Anke H.; Menzies-Gow, Andrew; Murray, Ruth B.; Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G.; Perez-de-Llano, Luis; Peters, Matthew; Pfeffer, Paul E.; Popov, Todor A.; Porsbjerg, Celeste M.; Price, Chris A.; Rhee, Chin K.; Sadatsafavi, Mohsen; Tohda, Yuji; Wang, Eileen; Wechsler, Michael E.; Zangrilli, James; Price, David B. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-08-14)
    Background: Severe asthma exerts a disproportionately heavy burden on patients and health care. Due to the heterogeneity of the severe asthma population, many patients need to be evaluated to understand the clinical features and outcomes of severe ...
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    Drug retention, inactive disease and response rates in 1860 patients with axial spondyloarthritis initiating secukinumab treatment: routine care data from 13 registries in the EuroSpA collaboration 
    Michelsen, Brigitte; Lindström, Ulf; Codreanu, Catalin; Ciurea, Adrian; Zavada, Jakub; Loft, Anne Gitte; Pombo-Suarez, Manuel; Onen, Fatos; Kvien, Tore K; Rotar, Ziga; Santos, Maria Jose; Iannone, Florenzo; Hokkanen, Anna-Mari; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Askling, Johan; Ionescu, Ruxandra; Nissen, Michael J; Pavelka, Karel; Sanchez-Piedra, Carlos; Akar, Servet; Sexton, Joseph; Tomsic, Matija; Santos, Helena; Sebastiani, Marco; Österlund, Jenny; Geirsson, Arni Jon; Macfarlane, Gary; van der Horst-Bruinsma, Irene; Georgiadis, Stylianos; Brahe, Cecilie Heegaard; Ørnbjerg, Lykke Midtbøll; Hetland, Merete Lund; Østergaard, Mikkel (BMJ, 2020-09-01)
    OBJECTIVES: To explore 6-month and 12-month secukinumab effectiveness in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) overall, as well as across (1) number of previous biologic/targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs), (2) ...
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    Melflufen, a peptide‐conjugated alkylator, is an efficient anti‐neo‐plastic drug in breast cancer cell lines 
    Schepsky, Alexander; Traustadóttir, Gunnhildur Ásta; Jóelsson, Jón Pétur; Ingþórsson, Sævar; Kricker, Jennifer; Bergthorsson, Jon Thor; Ásbjarnarson, Árni; Gudjonsson, Thorkell; Nupponen, Nina; Slipicevic, Ana; Lehmann, Fredrik; Gudjonsson, Thorarinn (Wiley, 2020-07-27)
    Melphalan flufenamide (hereinafter referred to as “melflufen”) is a peptide-conjugated drug currently in phase 3 trials for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Due to its lipophilic nature, it readily enters cells, where it is ...
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    A Definition of Aquaculture Intensity Based on Production Functions—The Aquaculture Production Intensity Scale (APIS) 
    Oddsson, Gudmundur V. (MDPI AG, 2020-03-10)
    Aquaculture intensity has been used for years as a means to gauge how much production a site makes using three terms: extensive, semi-intensive and intensive aquaculture production systems. The industry has a relatively coordinated understanding of ...
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    Pathways to Carbon-Neutral Cities Prior to a National Policy 
    Laine, Jani; Heinonen, Jukka; Junnila, Seppo (MDPI AG, 2020-03-20)
    Some cities have set carbon neutrality targets prior to national or state-wide neutrality targets, which makes the shift to carbon neutrality more difficult, as the surrounding system does not support this. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate ...
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    Impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on hospital admissions in children under three years of age in Iceland 
    Sigurdsson, Samuel; Eyþórsson, Elías; Erlendsdóttir, Helga; Hrafnkelsson, Birgir; Kristinsson, Karl G.; Haraldsson, Ásgeir (Elsevier BV, 2020-03-10)
    Introduction: Pneumococcus is an important respiratory pathogen. The 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PHiD-CV) was introduced into the Icelandic vaccination programme in 2011. The aim was to estimate the impact of PHiD-CV on paediatric hospitalisations ...
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    Nordic treatment practices survey and consensus for treatment of eyelid sebaceous carcinoma 
    Leivo, Tiina; Sarmela, Johanna; Enckell-Aaltonen, Maria; Dafgård Kopp, Eva; Schmitt, Caroline; Toft, Peter B.; Sigurðsson, Haraldur; Uusitalo, Marita (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-03-16)
    Background: The purpose was to describe the Nordic treatment practices and to reach a Nordic consensus for the treatment of sebaceous eyelid carcinoma. Methods: The treatment practices data was collected by a questionnaire with 37 questions to the ...
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    Magmatic olivine as a tool to investigate geochemical mantle heterogeneities beneath Iceland 
    Rasmussen, Maja Bar (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2021-01)
    The extent of compositional and lithological heterogeneity in Earth’s convecting mantle, caused by the recycling of oceanic and continental lithosphere, has long been a subject of interest to geochemists and geophysicists. A fundamental outstanding ...
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    Investigating commercially relevant packaging solutions to improve storage stability of mechanically filleted Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) produced under industrial conditions 
    Sone, Izumi; Sveinsdóttir, Hildur I.; Stefánsson, Guðmundur; Larsson, Karin; Undeland, Ingrid; Skåra, Torstein; Romotowska, Paulina E.; Karlsdottir, Magnea (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-01-13)
    This study investigated the efficacy of three commercially relevant packaging methods (vacuum with water glazing VAC-G; vacuum with seawater VAC-S; shatter-layer packaging SL) to improve frozen storage stability of mechanically filleted Atlantic mackerel ...
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    Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study 
    Peralta, Gabriela P; Marcon, Alessandro; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Abramson, Michael J; Accordini, Simone; Amaral, André FS; Antó, Josep M; Bowatte, Gayan; Burney, Peter; Corsico, Angelo; Demoly, Pascal; Dharmage, Shyamali; Forsberg, Bertil; Fuertes, Elaine; Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa; Gislason, Thorarinn; Gullón, José-Antonio; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Jarvis, Deborah L; Janson, Christer; Jogi, Rain; Johannessen, Ane; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Rovira, Jesús Martínez-Moratalla; Nowak, Dennis; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Raherison, Chantal; Sánchez-Ramos, José-Luis; Sigsgaard, Torben; Siroux, Valérie; Squillacioti, Giulia; Urrutia, Isabel; Weyler, Joost; Zock, Jan-Paul; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith (BMJ, 2020-02-25)
    Background: Previous studies have reported an association between weight increase and excess lung function decline in young adults followed for short periods. We aimed to estimate lung function trajectories during adulthood from 20-year weight change ...
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    Glacier change in Norway since the 1960s – an overview of mass balance, area, length and surface elevation changes 
    Andreassen, Liss M.; Elvehøy, Hallgeir; Kjøllmoen, Bjarne; Belart, Joaquín M. C. (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020-02-13)
    Abstract In this paper, we give an overview of changes in area, length, surface elevation and mass balance of glaciers in mainland Norway since the 1960s. Frontal advances have been recorded in all regions except the northernmost glaciers in Troms and ...