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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, 2023-10)Our surroundings are seldom stable and are filled with various information. Visual processing is one of the ways the brain deals with all this information; however, the capacity of our visual system is limited. To deal with this limitation, we have ... -
(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2023)Snow resources worldwide are undergoing extensive changes in response to widespread and rapid changing of the global climate. These resources are vital in many areas and changes to them have and will continue to impact human societies and ecosystems ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, 2023-10)This thesis explores the policy on increased school autonomy over curriculum development in upper secondary schools in Iceland which was introduced in 2008. The main arguments for the establishment of the policy were the need for more diverse study due ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2023)Unlike most other academic disciplines in Iceland, there has been little or no research in art history using feminist methodology and theories in which the concept of gender occurs. A critical review of the methodology applied in analysing the discourse ...
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Giving Wings to Voices: Preschool as an Inclusive Learning Space for Communication and Understanding (University of Iceland, School of Education, 2023-09-22)Demographic changes in Iceland, like almost everywhere in the world, have influenced the linguistic and cultural landscapes of preschools. The objective of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how preschool can serve as an inclusive and ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Social Science, Faculty of Business Administration, 2023-04-12)This dissertation is about the practice of servant leadership
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2023-08)The PhD thesis, Images in seals of chapters and bishops in the medieval dioceses of Norway and Iceland, is an innovative study on the imagery in the seals of chapters and bishops in the medieval dioceses of Norway and Iceland in the time frame of ca ...
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(Elsevier, 2023-02-21)This study aimed to apply empirical data to assess wind energy production at the Búrfell site in Iceland based on the E44 turbine model. The empirical data are 5 years of recordings at the site location by the Iceland Metrological office. The wind speed ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2023-10-13)Í Gesta Danorum eftir Saxo Grammaticus ásamt Snorra-Eddu og Heimskringlu, þremur af mikilvægustu sagnaritum Norðurlanda frá upphafi 13. aldar, er notast við evhemerisma til að skýra trúarbrögð hinna heiðnu forfeðra. Grundvallarhugmynd evhemerismans er ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2023-06-29)The focused electron beam-induced deposition (FEBID) process, a 3D nanofabrication technique, involves the utilization of a concentrated electron beam of high energy to dissociate precursor molecules that are adsorbed on a substrate, resulting in the ...
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Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids promote inflammation resolution and affect natural killer cells (University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023-07)Acute inflammation can progress into chronic inflammation when its resolution is impaired. Chronic inflammation is estimated to contribute to up to half of all disease-associated deaths worldwide. Resolution of inflammation is a tightly regulated process ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, 2020-02)Background and aims : Previous studies have provided evidence for the importance of early life environment on breast cancer development. The aim of this study was to advance knowledge on the association of growth rate in early life and lifelong ...
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(MDPI AG, 2023-05-19)Since the stagnation point is subject to straining motion, this 3D experiment is an effort to simulate the stagnation plane, which applies to studying the particle erosion in rotary machine blades, such as wind turbines, gas turbines, and compressors. ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2023-06-19)Iceland has long been a monolingual and monoethnic society, with the Icelandic language serving as a key element in the construction and maintenance of national identity. As numbers and percentages of first-generation, L2 speakers have risen substantially ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2023-06-19)The use of Machine Learning (ML) techniques in the medical field is not a new occurrence and several papers describing research in that direction have been published. This research has helped in analysing medical images, creating responsive cardiovascular ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2023-06-12)The dissertation analyses the phenomenon of small presses in the Nordic countries in the early twenty-first century (2000–2022). The first two decades of this century have been marked by an explosion of small presses in the Nordic region. This can be ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2023-06-15)Focussing upon the monastic sites of Þingeyraklaustur and Helgafellsklaustur, palynological data are utilised to explore the role of Icelandic monasticism with regard to vegetation change and land use in the Medieval period. Consideration is also given ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023)Inngangur: Íþyngjandi dagsyfja er einkenni sem hefur flókið samband við svefn, lífstíl, andlega- og líkamlega heilsu einstaklinga. Kæfisvefn er algengasti sjúkdómurinn sem veldur dagsyfju. Epworth Syfjuskali (ESS) og er stuttur spurningalisti sem ...
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Unraveling the dynamic of MITF stability and nuclear localization and its role in regulating PRDM7 (2023-06)Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is known as an essential regulator of melanocyte differentiation, proliferation, survival, and differentiation of multiple cell lineages, including neural crest-derived melanocytes, pigmented ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2023-06)This doctoral research thesis seeks to examine the legend traditions of Icelandic women living in the Icelandic pre-industrial rural society. The source material of the thesis involves audiotaped interviews that the folklore collector Hallfreður Örn ...