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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2022-06-27)The research described in this thesis is part of a network project involving the growth of metal nanostructures on surfaces of solids, a Horizon 2020 project titled ELENA. The part of the project described here involved the use of various approaches ... -
(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Odontology, 2022-06-21)Background: Good oral health is fundamental for general health, wellbeing and quality of life for all age groups. Little information exists on the oral health of older adults living in Icelandic nursing homes and how they perceive their oral health and ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2022-06)The theory of divergence by trophic polymorphism, an important part of diversification in vertebrates, has recently been extended to encompass the interplay of developmental, ecological and evolutionary processes (Eco-Evo-Devo dynamics). However, ...
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Lífefni í mænuvökva nýbura: forspárgildi fyrir heilaskaða. Tengsl við lifun og röskun á taugaþroska (University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2022-06)Bakgrunnur Ágrip Börn sem verða fyrir súrefnisskorti í fæðingu og börn sem fæðast fyrir fulla meðgöngu eiga á hættu að lifa ekki af eða hljóta varanlegan heilaskaða. Hættan á þessum fylgikvillum hefur ekki minnkað á síðustu áratugum þrátt fyrir miklar ...
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(2022-06-16)The interaction of low-energy electrons (LEEs) with neutral molecules plays an important role in various applications. In focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID), a direct-write 3D nanofabrication technique, a high-energy focused electron beam ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, 2022-06)Background: Major depression is the most common psychiatric disorder, associated with the highest disease burden worldwide when it comes to years lost to disability. Efforts to identify indicators of depression risk have strongly implicated depressive ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, 2022-02)Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to explore and describe the short- and long-term effects of three multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs on pain severity and pain interference and the long-term effects on pain self management, sleep ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2022)Í rannsókninni, sem ritgerð þessi byggir á, er grafist fyrir um lífsþræði alþýðufólks sem myndi flokkast sem fatlað fólk í okkar samtíma. Það var gert með því að rýna í alls kyns opinberar heimildir, sem varðveittar eru á skjalasöfnum á Íslandi. ...
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(2022-06)Brjóstkirtillinn er greinótt líffæri sem skiptist í bleðla og samanstendur af tvískiptri þekju af hollægum þekjufrumum og vöðvaþekjufrumum. Grunnhimnan, sem meðal annars er rík af kollagen IV, skilur þekjuna frá bandvefnum í kring en í honum má finna ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2022-05-11)High enthalpy geothermal fluid utilization has a potential for growth for green and sustainable energy production. Geothermal energy production is often limited by the corrosive nature of the geofluids utilized. For successful, safe and economic ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2021)Flood lavas (FL), or high magnitude (1–100 km3) basaltic fissure eruptions have a recurrence interval of 250–500 years in Iceland. These events can produce atmospheric volcanic pollution at tropospheric–stratospheric levels via their sulfur (S) emissions. ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2022)Ráðskonur eiga sér langa sögu í íslensku samfélagi. Meginmarkmið rannsóknarinnar er að rannsaka störf og félagslega stöðu ráðskvenna sem störfuðu á einkaheimilum í sveit á Íslandi á tímabilinu 1950–2000. Í bakgrunnskafla er einnig fjallað stuttlega um ...
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(Joklarannsoknafelag Islands, 2021-12-08)Due to poor preservation and lack of proximal tephra thickness data, no comprehensive isopach map has existed for the tephra layer from the major eruption of the Katla volcano in 1918. We present such a map obtained by combining existing data on the ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2022-05-24)Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Iceland and worldwide. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular developmental process where epithelial cells assume mesenchymal-like phenotypes through degradation of the ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2022-05-27)Oral anticoagulants (OACs) are among the most commonly used medication worldwide. Vitamin K antagonists, such as warfarin, were the only available oral anticoagulants for over 60 years. However, in the 2010s, novel direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ...
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(Elsevier, 2021-11)The climate impacts of deep enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) have been understudied in the academic literature. Using life-cycle analysis (LCA) conducted in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards, this paper explores the climate change ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2022-05-03)This thesis explores the meaning of medicine and considers ethical challenges that arise when medicine's limits are tested as it enters new grounds. The methodology and argumentation used in the thesis can be described as a two-step process. In the ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2022-05)Sepsis is a leading cause of admission to intensive care units (ICU) worldwide and mortality rates remain high despite advances in organ support. Awareness of the syndrome has increased substantially in the past 20 years, after the publication of several ...
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(Elsevier, 2021-06)Recognising the well-known limitations of economic growth as a litmus test of progress and the call by Target 19 of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 to “develop measurements on progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic ...
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(Elsevier, 2021-11)Target 19 of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 17 calls for the use of alternative measures of economic welfare in addition to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) is an example of such a measure, including ...