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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023-06)Introduction and aims: Development of the nervous system is a complex and highly regulated process that, when impaired, can result in a multitude of disorders of varying behavioural, cognitive, and functional severity. Variation in brain structure and ... -
(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023-05-22)Background: Transdiagnostic mechanisms of change (txMOC) in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) are seldom studied. Despite this omission, transdiagnostic CBT (txCBT) is established as effective for common mental health problems such as anxiety and ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023-05)Aims. The objective of this thesis was to test surveillance procedures for early detection of autistic children. The specific aims were: (1) to describe the characteristics of children diagnosed with autism before and after the age of 6 years, and to ...
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(Háskóli Íslands, Menntavísindasvið, 2022-11)This research is a contribution to critical feminist scholarship on intimate partner violence (IPV). The project adopts the framework of affective–discursive practices to understand how violence thrives and is discursively maintained in Icelandic ...
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(Háskóli Íslands, Menntavísindasvið, 2021-06)Daily, we witness human rights violations linked to poverty, forced migration, discrimination and right-wing xenophobia, perpetuating positions of subordination and marginalisation. Human rights violations are also evident in schools. Human rights ...
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(School of Education, University of Iceland, 2023-06-08)This doctoral study focuses on educational leadership at the municipal level in Iceland. Firstly, it aims to understand how leadership practices are shaped by policies and governance at the national, municipal and school levels, within a global and ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, 2023-06-07)Student-centred models based on active learning have aroused interest among teachers and students. At the same time policymakers encourage the use of information and communication technologies in education. Research on active learning and flipped ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2023-05-02)Ritgerð þessi fjallar um mótun frjálsrar verslunar undir hlutleysisstefnu danskra stjórnvalda á árabilinu 1751–1791. Á þeim tíma unnu dönsk stjórnvöld að því að afnema einokun í skrefum og koma á frjálsri verslun. Í þessu tilliti hafði Ísland og ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2023-05)Methoxylated ether lipids (MELs) are a subset of 1-O-alkyl-sn-glycerols that are found ubiquitously in nature in very low concentrations. The MELs occur in significantly higher amounts in the liver oil of shark and related cartilaginous fish species. ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2022-09)The effectiveness of a drug treatment regimen relies on the efficient delivery to afflicted target areas. Drug delivery devices aim to achieve a sustained release and maintain a steady drug concentration level that falls within a therapeutic range. ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2023-05)In this thesis we explore Lyapunov functions for stochastic differential equations. Lyapunov functions are a useful tool to study the stability of an equilibrium of such stochastic systems and long term behaviour of solutions around an equilibrium ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2023-05-04)Advances in remote sensing (RS) missions in recent decades have greatly increased the volume of data that is continually acquired and made available to end users, who can utilize it in a variety of Earth observation (EO) applications. land cover (LC) ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2023-03)The main target of this thesis is to use density functional theory (DFT)-based simulations to study electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR) on transition metal oxides (TMOs) employing thermochemical model and computational hydrogen electrode. ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2020-12-08)
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2023-03)The chemical interaction between seawater and basalt at low temperatures (≤150°C) ranks among the more significant factors controlling the composition of seawater and the oceanic crust. However, the time-integrated geochemical and petrographic outcomes ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Education and Pedagogy, 2021-10-04)Teachers learn important things together through talking. Conversationbased continued professional development (CPD) for teachers has been insufficiently researched. In the context of current policy and practice - that remains top-down and controlling ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Education and Diversity, 2023-03)Many students experience mathematics as meaningless and irrelevant to their lives outside the school system. In response, mathematics educators have called for more emphasis on meaning making and dialogue in the classroom, and some have argued that ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2023-01-06)The volcanic island of Surtsey, off the south coast of Iceland, was formed by shallow ocean-emergent basaltic volcanism in 1963-1967. There were several episodes of activity, migrating between five vents (Surtur, Surtla, Surtungur, Syrtlingur and Jólnir) ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2023)The semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC) might be the key to next-generation of power electronic devices. Its favourable material properties can outperform existing silicon (Si) devices enabling better energy efficiency in power electronics. However, ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2023)Until relatively recent times, the late medieval Icelandic romances, or frumsamdar riddarasögur (indigenous riddarasögur) have been considered to be of little critical value. Some of the defining features of the genre, such as exotic settings, ...