Greinar- HÍ: Síðast bætt við

  • Guðlaugsdóttir, Björg; Aðalbjarnadóttir, Sigrún (Háskóli Íslands, Menntavísindasvið, 2019)
    Sigrún Aðalbjarnardóttir er prófessor emeritus í uppeldis- og menntunarfræði við Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands (frá 1. ágúst 2019). Hún lauk kennaraprófi frá Kennaraskóla Íslands árið 1969 og stúdentsprófi frá sama skóla ári síðar. Hún lauk ...
  • Gestsdóttir, Súsanna Margrét; van Drie, Jannet; van Boxtel, Carla (Karlstads Universitet, 2019)
    Abstract: This study aims to describe the teaching of historical thinking and reasoning in upper secondary education in Iceland and to what extent teachers teach for these higher order thinking skills in their daily practice. We used the observation ...
  • Prajapati, Manisha; Christensen, Gustav; Paquet-Durand, Francois; Loftsson, Thorsteinn (MBPI, 2021-03)
    Cyclodextrins (CDs) have been widely used as pharmaceutical excipients for formulation purposes for different delivery systems. Recent studies have shown that CDs are able to form complexes with a variety of biomolecules, such as cholesterol. This has ...
  • Galan-Lopez, Pablo; Sanchez-Oliver, Antonio J.; Pihu, Maret; Gisladottir, Thordis; Domínguez, Raúl; Ries, Francis (MDPI AG, 2019-12-27)
    Obesity, low levels of physical fitness, and unhealthy eating patterns are responsiblefor part of the health problems of adolescents today. The current study aimed at examining theassociation between the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), ...
  • Bjarnadóttir, Valgerður S. (Samtök áhugafólks um skólaþróun, 2019-03-10)
    Það er ástæða til að byrja á því að gera athugasemd við yfirskrift greinarinnar – að tækifæri nemenda til að hafa áhrif á nám sitt sé annað hvort menntun til lýðræðis eða ógn við námsmarkmið. Það er auðvitað ekki annað hvort eða; að ef við höfum meira ...
  • Brychta, Robert J.; Rögnvaldsdóttir, Vaka; Gudmundsdottir, Sigridur Lara; Stefansdottir, Runa; Hrafnkelsdóttir, Soffía Margrét; Gestsdottir, Sunna; Arngrímsson, Sigurbjörn Árni; Chen, Kong Y.; Jóhannsson, Erlingur (Human Kinetics, 2019-12-01)
    Introduction: Sleep is often quantified using self-report or actigraphy. Self-report is practical and less technically challenging, but prone to bias. We sought to determine whether these methods have comparable sensitivity to measure longitudinal ...
  • Safarian, Sahar; Unnthorsson, Runar; Richter, Christiaan (Informa UK Limited, 2021-02-28)
    This study develops a new simulation model by ASPEN Plus for gasification integrated with water-gas shift reactors and product recovery unit for hydrogen production. Timber and wood waste (T&WW) as a lignocellulosic biomass was also considered as the ...
  • Gunnarsdóttir, Ingunn; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Worrell, Ernst; Sigurgeirsdóttir, Sigurbjörg (Elsevier BV, 2021-04)
    Sustainable energy development is a complex and multi-dimensional concept that is integral to sustainable development. This paper offers an approach to selecting comprehensive and robust indicators to monitor progress towards this international policy ...
  • Jansook, Phatsawee; Prajapati, Manisha; Pruksakorn, Patamaporn; Loftsson, Thorsteinn (Elsevier, 2019-11)
    Econazole nitrate (ECN) is a weakly basic drug with very low aqueous solubility that hampers its permeation through biological membranes and results in low ECN bioavailability. Formation of drug/cyclodextrin (drug/CD) inclusion complexes is a ...
  • Auðardóttir, Auður Magndís; Kosunen, Sonja (SAGE Publications, 2020-05-29)
    This study aims to explore the social and ethnic background of pupils admitted to private schools at the compulsory level in Iceland so as to identify possible social class segregation between public and private schools. Additionally, we examine how ...
  • Auðardóttir, Auður Magndís; Magnúsdóttir, Berglind Rós (Informa UK Limited, 2020-09-21)
    The study explores how mothers in Iceland, a relatively new nation state that is perceived as being gender equal, classless and homogeneous, adapt and respond to international trends of consumer cultures. Building on studies about parental neighbourhood ...
  • Gunnarsdóttir, Ingunn; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Worrell, E.; Sigurgeirsdóttir, Sigurbjörg (Elsevier BV, 2021-05)
    Sustainable energy development is a complex multi-dimensional concept that can vary in meaning based on the context it is applied in and the perspective of the user. The role of energy in achieving sustainable development was recognized when the concept ...
  • Prajapati, Manisha; Eiríksson, Finnur Freyr; Loftsson, Thorsteinn (Elsevier, 2020)
    Tacrolimus is a macrolide lactone and potent immunosuppressant. It is highly lipophilic and has very limited aqueous solubility. Tacrolimus is highly susceptible to hydrolysis which results in very limited stability in aqueous solutions. Besides this, ...
  • Witham, Claire; Barsotti, Sara; Dumont, Stéphanie; Oddsson, Björn; Sigmundsson, Freysteinn (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-01-07)
    A 3 day exercise simulating unrest and a large explosive eruption at Katla volcano, Iceland, was conducted in January 2016. A large volume of simulated data based on a complex, but realistic eruption scenario was compiled in advance and then transmitted ...
  • Kreiling, Agnes-Katharina; O’Gorman, Eoin J.; Pálsson, Snæbjörn; Benhaïm, David; Leblanc, Camille A.; Ólafsson, Jón S.; Kristjánsson, Bjarni K. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-09-18)
    Many life-history events in aquatic invertebrates are triggered by seasonal changes in water temperature, but other ecological factors may be important as well. To rule out the confounding effects of changing water temperature, we studied the seasonal ...
  • Sigurjónsdóttir, Hrefna (Hið íslenska náttúrufræðifélag, 2020)
    The habit of the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) to associate with grazing horses is spreading in Iceland. When asked I found that many thought the birds were picking parasites from the skin of the horses. I found no references to scientific papers ...
  • Harðarson, Gísli (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-12-23)
    In this paper I review the locality domains of contextual allomorphy, contextual allosemy and morphophonology with a special emphasis on compounds. I show that when the applications of these processes within compounds are compared, we observe a distinction ...
  • Helgadottir, Anna; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Alexandersson, Kristjan F; Tragante, Vinicius; Þorsteinsdóttir, Margrét; Eiriksson, Finnur Freyr; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Björnsson, Eyþór; Magnússon, Ólafur; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Ferkingstad, Egil; Jensson, Brynjar Ö; Stefansson, Hreinn; Olafsson, Isleifur; Christensen, Alex H; Torp-Pedersen, Christian; Køber, Lars; Pedersen, Ole B; Erikstrup, Christian; Sørensen, Erik; Brunak, Søren; Banasik, Karina; Hansen, Thomas F; Nyegaard, Mette; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurdardottir, Olof; Þórarinsson, Björn L; Matthíasson, Stefán E.; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Björnsson, Einar Stefán; Danielsen, Ragnar; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Arnar, David O; Ullum, Henrik; Bundgaard, Henning; sulem, patrick; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Holm, Hilma; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Stefansson, Kari (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-07-21)
    Aims: To explore whether variability in dietary cholesterol and phytosterol absorption impacts the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) using as instruments sequence variants in the ABCG5/8 genes, key regulators of intestinal absorption of dietary ...
  • Ólafsdóttir, Þórunn Ásta; Theódórs, Fannar; Bjarnadóttir, Kristbjörg; Björnsdóttir, Unnur Steina; Agustsdottir, Arna B.; Stefánsson, Ólafur A.; Ivarsdottir, Erna; Sigurðsson, Jón K.; Benónísdóttir, Stefanía; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Gíslason, Davíð; Gislason, Thorarinn; Guðmundsdóttir, Steinunn; Gylfason, Arnaldur; Halldórsson, Bjarni; Halldorsson, Gisli; Júlíusdóttir, Þórhildur; Kristinsdottir, Anna M.; Lúðvíksdóttir, Dóra; Ludviksson, Bjorn; Másson, Gísli; Norland, Kristjan; Onundarson, Pall; Olafsson, Isleifur; Sigurdardottir, Olof; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Sveinbjörnsson, Garðar; Tragante do O, Vinicius; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Þorleifsson, Guðmar; sulem, patrick; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Norddahl, Guðmundur L.; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-01-20)
    Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting both children and adults. We report a genome-wide association meta-analysis of 69,189 cases and 702,199 controls from Iceland and UK biobank. We find 88 asthma risk variants at 56 loci, 19 ...
  • Tran, Duong Thuy; Preen, David B.; Einarsdottir, Kristjana; Kemp-Casey, Anna; Randall, Deborah; Jorm, Louisa R.; Choi, Stephanie K. Y.; Havard, Alys (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-02-05)
    Background: Varenicline, bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) are three effective pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation, but data about their safety in pregnancy are limited. We assessed the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes and major ...