Apicomplexans comprise a group of unicellular, often highly pathogenic, obligate parasites infecting both vertebrates and invertebrates, exploiting either one (monoxenous) or two hosts (heteroxenous) to complete a full reproductive life cycle. Their ...

Aims: The overall aim of the study was to develop a midwifery intervention for women who want to review their birth experience. The aims of study I were to describe women’s birth experience up to two years after birth and explore the predictive role ...

Introduction: Nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux (nGER) is associated with respiratory symptoms and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), but a causal relationship has not been established. The aim of this project was to investigate the association between ...

Commercial design of a sustainable route for on-site production of ammo- nia represents a potential economic and environmental breakthrough. In an analogous process to the naturally occurring enzymatic mechanism, synthe- sis of ammonia could be achieved ...

Kítósan er líffjölliða sem virk gegn örverum og hefur jafnframt marga aðra ákjósanlega eiginleika eins og lífsamræmanleika og lífniðurbrotshæfni jafnframt því að vera óeitruð. Kítósan og afleiður þess hafa mikið verið rannsakaðar sem bakteríudrepandi ...

Fyrir marga lyfjaflokka þykir staðbundin lyfjagjöf í augndropaformi ákjósanlegasta leiðin vegna einfaldleika við lyfjagjöf. Eru augndropar algengasta aðferðin til að meðhöndla augnsjúkdóma í fremri hluta augans. Staðbundin lyfjagjöf í augndropaformi ...

Acute inflammation can progress into chronic inflammation when its resolution is impaired. Chronic inflammation is estimated to contribute to up to half of all disease-associated deaths worldwide. Resolution of inflammation is a tightly regulated process ...

The present thesis explores how the anthropological concept of liminality can be applied to the corpus of the Íslendingasögur and how this unprecedented, interdisciplinary discussion contributes to the understanding of the sagas themselves as well as ...

The work in this thesis is focused on understanding the emergent properties of amorphous magnetic materials. Amorphous materials lack long-range structural ordering, characteristic of crystalline materials. Instead, these materials exhibit medium-to-short ...

This thesis focuses on the external evaluation of compulsory schools in Iceland. Aligned with that focus, the aim of the research conducted for the thesis was twofold: first, to shed light on the origin of the external evaluation of compulsory schools ...