Greinar- HÍ: Recent submissions

  • Shah, Sonia; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-01-09)
    Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A small proportion of HF cases are attributable to monogenic cardiomyopathies and existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have yielded only limited insights, leaving ...
  • Sarin, Kavita Y.; Lin, Yuan; Daneshjou, Roxana; Ziyatdinov, Andrey; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Rubin, Adam; Pardo, Luba M.; Wu, Wenting; Khavari, Paul A.; Uitterlinden, Andre; Nijsten, Tamar; Toland, Amanda E.; Ólafsson, Jón H.; Sigurgeirsson, Bárður; Þórisdóttir, Kristín; Jorgensen, Eric; Whittemore, Alice S.; Kraft, Peter; Stacey, Simon; Stefansson, Kari; Asgari, Maryam M.; Han, Jiali (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-02-10)
    Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is one of the most common cancers in the United States. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with cutaneous SCC. Here, we report the ...
  • Ólafsdóttir, Thorhildur; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; sulem, patrick; Stefánsson, Ólafur A.; Medek, Helga; Olafsson, Karl; Ingþórsson, Orri; Guðmundsson, Valur; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Halldorsson, Gisli; Kristjansson, Ragnar; Frigge, Michael L.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Sigurðsson, Jón K.; Oddsson, Asmundur; Sigurðsson, Ásgeir; Eggertsson, Hannes P.; Melsted, Páll; Halldórsson, Bjarni; Lund, Sigrún Helga; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Gudmundsson, Julius; Holm, Hilma; Tragante do O, Vinicius; Asselbergs, Folkert; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Jónsdóttir, Kristín; Rafnar, Thorunn; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-03-17)
    Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a downward descent of one or more of the pelvic organs, resulting in a protrusion of the vaginal wall and/or uterus. We performed a genome-wide association study of POP using data from Iceland and the UK Biobank, a total ...
  • Dietmann, Karen Maria; Linke, Tobias; Miguel; Pérez Pavón, José Luis; Rives, Vicente (MDPI AG, 2020-05-20)
    The contamination by chlorinated organic solvents is a worldwide problem as they can deeply penetrate aquifers, accumulating in the sub-surface as lenses of highly hazardous pollutants. In recent years, so called in situ oxidation processes have been ...
  • Gautason, Fridrik F; Schneiderbauer, Lukas; Sybesma, Watse; Thorlacius, Larus (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-05-01)
    A Page curve for an evaporating black hole in asymptotically flat spacetime is computed by adapting the Quantum Ryu-Takayanagi (QRT) proposal to an analytically solvable semi-classical two-dimensional dilaton gravity theory. The Page time is found to ...
  • Bobev, Nikolay; Gautason, Fridrik F; Pilch, Krzysztof; Suh, Minwoo; van Muiden, Jesse (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-05-01)
    We find the holographic dual to the three classes of superconformal Janus interfaces in N = 4 SYM that preserve three-dimensional N = 4, N = 2, and N = 1 supersymmetry. The solutions are constructed in five-dimensional SO(6) maximal gauged supergravity ...
  • Liu, Danfeng; Wang, Liguo; Benediktsson, Jon Atli (MDPI AG, 2020-05-21)
    Most of the available hyperspectral image (HSI) visualization methods can be considered as data-oriented approaches. These approaches are based on global data, so it is difficult to optimize display of a specific object. Compared to data-oriented ...
  • Bock, David; Angenete, Eva; Asplund, Dan; Bjartell, Anders; Carlsson, Stefan; Hugosson, Jonas; Stinesen Kollberg, Karin; Lantz, Anna; Nilsson, Hanna; Prytz, Mattias; Steineck, Gunnar; Thorsteinsdottir, Thordis; Wiklund, Peter; Haglind, Eva (Informa UK Limited, 2020-04-28)
    Objective: To evaluate the effect of intrusive thoughts at diagnosis on quality of life, depressed mood and waking up with anxiety up to two years after radical prostatectomy. Method: The Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Robot Open (LAPPRO) trial was a ...
  • Gudmundsdottir, Sigridur Lara (Human Kinetics, 2020-02-01)
    Insufficient sleep duration may affect athletic performance and health. Inconsistent sleep pattern also has negative health effects, but studies on athletes’ intraindividual sleep variability are scarce. The aim of this research was to compare total ...
  • Udumyan, Ruzan; Montgomery, Scott; Duberg, Ann-Sofi; Fang, Fang; Valdimarsdottir, Unnur; Ekbom, Anders; Smedby, Karin E.; Fall, Katja (Informa UK Limited, 2020-05-03)
    Background: β-adrenergic signaling has been implicated in the pathology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the evidence from clinical studies is limited. In this national population-based cohort study, we investigated the possible association of ...
  • Rajmil, Luis; Hjern, Anders; Spencer, Nick; Taylor-Robinson, David; Gunnlaugsson, Geir; Raat, Hein (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-05-19)
    Background: To analyse the impact of austerity measures taken by European governments as a response to the 2008 economic and financial crisis on social determinants on child health (SDCH), and child health outcomes (CHO). Methods: A systematic literature ...
  • Gunnarsdóttir, Oddný Sigurborg; Rafnsson, Vilhjalmur (BMJ, 2020-05-20)
    Objectives The aim was to study mortality due to suicide, accidental poisoning, event of undetermined intent and drug-related deaths through 20 years in Iceland. Design A population-based register study. Participants Individuals who died due to road ...
  • Wang, Juan; Janson, Christer; Lindberg, Eva; Holm, Mathias; Gislason, Thorarinn; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Johannessen, Ane; Schlünssen, Vivi; Jogi, Rain; Franklin, Karl A.; Norbäck, Dan (Elsevier BV, 2020-06)
    Aim: To investigate whether exposure to dampness and mold at home and at work induce sleep disturbances and daytime sleepiness among adults. Materials and methods: Associations between onset of sleep disturbances and dampness, mold and mold odor at ...
  • Gudmundsdottir, Sigridur Lara; Hrafnkelsson, Hrafn; Sigurdsson, Engilbert; Johannsson, Erlingur (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020-03-19)
    Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the potential association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and whole-body bone mineral density (BMD) among 16-year-old adolescents and to study the prevalence of 25(OH)D insufficiency, defined ...
  • Reutfors, Johan; Cesta, Carolyn E.; Cohen, Jacqueline M.; Bateman, Brian T.; Brauer, Ruth; Einarsdóttir, Kristjana; Engeland, Anders; Furu, Kari; Gissler, Mika; Havard, Alys; Hernandez-Diaz, Sonia; Huybrechts, Krista F.; Karlstad, Øystein; Leinonen, Maarit K.; Li, Jiong; Man, Kenneth K.C.; Pazzagli, Laura; Schaffer, Andrea; Schink, Tania; Wang, Zixuan; Yu, Yongfu; Zoega, Helga; Bröms, Gabriella (Elsevier BV, 2020-06)
    Aim: To compare the prevalence and trends of antipsychotic drug use during pregnancy between countries across four continents. Methods: Individually linked health data in Denmark (2000−2012), Finland (2005–2014), Iceland (2004–2017), Norway (2005–2015), ...
  • Allahgholi, Leila; Sardari, Roya R. R.; Hakvåg, Sigrid; Ara, Kazi Z. G.; Kristjánsdóttir, Þórdís; Aasen, Inga Marie; Friðjónsson, Ólafur H.; Brautaset, Trygve; Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur Oli; Karlsson, Eva Nordberg (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-03-30)
    Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyta) hold high potential as feedstock for biorefineries due to high biomass productivity and carbohydrate content. They are, however, a challenging, unconventional feedstock for microbial refining and several processing problems ...
  • Budisavljevic, Sanja; Arnarsson, Arsaell; Hamrik, Zdenek; Roberts, Chris; Godeau, Emmanuelle; Molcho, Michal; Weber, Martin W. (Elsevier BV, 2020-06)
    The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study has informed the development and implementation of policy for children and adolescents for over three decades. The growing recognition that adolescence is a critical period for later health and ...
  • Hong, Danfeng; Wu, Xin; Ghamisi, Pedram; Chanussot, Jocelyn; Yokoya, Naoto; Zhu, Xiao Xiang (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020-06)
    So far, a large number of advanced techniques have been developed to enhance and extract the spatially semantic information in hyperspectral image processing and analysis. However, locally semantic change, such as scene composition, relative position ...
  • Pesce, Giancarlo; Triebner, Kai; van der Plaat, Diana A.; Courbon, Dominique; Hustad, Steinar; Sigsgaard, Torben; Nowak, Dennis; Heinrich, Joachim; Anto, Josep M.; Dorado-Arenas, Sandra; Martinez-Moratalla, Jesús; Gullon-Blanco, Jose A.; Sanchez-Ramos, José L.; Raherison, Chantal; Pin, Isabelle; Demoly, Pascal; Gislason, Thorarinn; Torén, Kjell; Forsberg, Bertil; Lindberg, Eva; Zemp, Elisabeth; Jogi, Rain; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Jarvis, Debbie; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Marcon, Alessandro; Gómez-Real, Francisco; Leynaert, Bénédicte (Elsevier BV, 2020-06)
    Background: Emerging evidence suggests that androgens and estrogens have a role in respiratory health, but it is largely unknown whether levels of these hormones can affect lung function in adults from the general population. This study investigated ...
  • Bobev, Nikolay; Bomans, Pieter; Gautason, Fridrik F (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-06-01)
    Large classes of AdSpsupergravity backgrounds describing the IR dynamicsofp-branes wrapped on a Riemann surface are determined by a solution to the Liouvilleequation. The regular solutions of this equation lead to the well-known wrapped branesupergravity ...