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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2020-09)This thesis discusses two aspects of semi-classical black holes. First, a recently improved semi-classical formula for the entanglement entropy of black hole radiation is examined. This entropy is an indicator of information loss and determines ... -
(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2023-12-06)In this thesis I explore the nature of issues in communication through the lenses of social epistemology and phenomenology. What is of primary interest is the relation between speech and empathy and what limitations we face when we articulate our ...
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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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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2019-04)The pneumococcus is a major human pathogen that causes morbidity and mortality worldwide. Pneumococci are normally carried asymptomatically in the nasopharynx of healthy pre-school children. Pneumococcal infections can range from acute otitis media ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2019)This dissertation describes the research results from applying regional climate models (RCMs) to simulate the near-past and future evolution of Vatnajökull, the largest ice cap in Iceland, and investigate the sensitivity of ablation to albedo and spring ...
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(Aalto University, 2021-03-05)This dissertation discusses the implications of municipal energy-related actions in the generation of low carbon and carbon neutral cities. The purpose of the study is to examine the implications of these actions within the boundaries of scope 2 - 3 ...
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(2021-12-17)Ágrip Doktorsverkefnið er á sviði annarsmálsfræða og hagnýtra málvísinda og beinist að áhrifaþáttum í námi í opnum netnámskeiðum, eða svokölluðum massive open online courses (MOOCs), en með þeim er veittur opinn aðgangur að menntun á ýmsum fræðasviðum ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Subject Education, 2021-10)This thesis introduces results from a design-based, task design research study in mathematics education, within which silent video tasks were defined, developed, and implemented in upper secondary school mathematics classrooms. It discusses a research ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, 2021-05)Several waste incinerators in Iceland were closed down in 2011/2012 due to environmental problems and health concerns. To date no cost effective and environmentally acceptable replacement has been found for disposing of the waste that was combusted at ...
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(Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, University of Iceland, 2017-05-19)The cyclically-repeated song of the male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is an important social display on their breeding grounds, functioning in male-male interactions and/or as a reproductive display to attract females. The songs are gradually ...
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(Háskóli Íslands, Hugvísindasvið, Íslensku- og menningardeild, 2017-09-08)Í rannsókninni er sjónum beint að þeim hugmyndafræðilega grunni sem málfræðikennsla í grunnskólum á Íslandi, skólamálfræðin, byggist á til að leggja til umræðunnar um hvað eigi að kenna í málfræði og hvers vegna. Gengið er út frá að nemendur þurfi ...
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(Háskóli Íslands, Menntavísindasvið, 2020-05)Background Sleep and physical activity are essential functions of human health. According to International recommendations, adolescents should sleep 8-10 hours each night and engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for at least 60 minutes ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, 2021-06-15)The inspiration for this research is the natural graduation in stiffness of the biological ankle, over a wide range of ambulation tasks. The goal is to achieve variable stiffness in the force response of a prosthetic foot, utilizing the properties of ...
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(2019-12-15)This thesis is a study of the interface between sociolinguistics and syntax, focusing on 19 th -century Icelandic and the implementation of a national standard language from a syntactic perspective. Icelandic is noted for relatively successful and ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2022-12)The main purpose of this research is to contribute towards a theory of knowledge worker productivity (KWP). When it comes to KWP there is no single integrated body of knowledge which can be used for analytical and empirical testing and applied to real ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2019-09)Soils are an important natural capital that provides multiple services to humans including provisioning food, feed and fibre, water filtration and stabilizing climate. Soil security and soil sustainability are the basis for obtaining many of the UN ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2020-11)Guðmundur Erlendsson of Fell in Sléttuhlíð (c. 1595–1670) was one of the leading poets of seventeenth-century Iceland. No man is an island, however, nor are islands populated exclusively by men. The thesis examines how Guðmundur Erlendsson’s poetry and ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2019-08)The purpose of this thesis is to develop spatio-temporal statistical models for glaciology, using the Bayesian hierarchical framework. Specifically, the process level is modeled as a time series of computer simulator outputs (i.e., from a numerical ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2021)The thesis examines what I term spectral memories in Icelandic culture and focuses on the interplay between memory, identity and the haunted imagination in contemporary literary texts and visual works of art. I employ the term “spectral” to define ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2022-06-29)Reduction of the size of magnetic bits for data storage, transfer and processing of information down to the nanoscale would lay the foundation for large advances in information technology, both in terms of processing speed and energy efficiency. ...
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