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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2019-11)Germline mutations in BRCA2 increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The BRCA2 protein is involved in maintaining genomic stability through its roles in DNA double strand break repair and protection of stalled replication forks. The BRCA2 gene ... -
(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2020-01)The Breiðdalur volcanic system, eastern Iceland, comprises of a ~600 km3 central volcano, a 30 - 40 km long dyke swarm and plateau basalts erupted from this dyke swarm. The entire volcanic system was active from 10.1 to 7.8 Ma, the central volcano was ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2023)The Icelandic case marking system has for decades proved an important testing ground for theories on case and productivity. This is in part because Icelandic has the rare property of marking argument function redundantly, with both rich morphological ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2023-06-12)The dissertation analyses the phenomenon of small presses in the Nordic countries in the early twenty-first century (2000–2022). The first two decades of this century have been marked by an explosion of small presses in the Nordic region. This can be ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2017-02-08)Anthropogenic CO2 emissions, which are resulting in ocean acidification and a decrease in the saturation state for calcium carbonate (Ω), are a particular threat to calcifying marine biota. The aim of this thesis is to fill important knowledge gaps ...
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(2021-04-09)Direct optimization methods for the calculation of ground and excited electronic states are presented for both total density and orbital-density-dependent functionals. The methods have been developed for various types of basis sets including localized ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2023)Individuals within a population often differ predictably in their behaviour compared to other members across time and/or context, often termed personality, which can have major implications for ecology and evolution. Personality includes variation ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2022-11)In the wake of increasing awareness of global warming, peatland conservation and restoration receive impetus by efforts to sequester carbon. Peatlands comprise a significant component of the global carbon cycle as they store up to 30% of global ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2022-02)The focus has shifted in recent years from clinical towards a biological definition of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), as pathophysiological changes precede the clinical symptoms by decades. In vivo brain imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers have ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2021-08)This work investigates the Icelandic folktale figure known as the kraftaskáld (power poet, hereafter anglicized as kraftaskald). Prominent in Icelandic folklore of the Post-Reformation period of the sixteenth through early twentieth centuries, these ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023)Inngangur: Íþyngjandi dagsyfja er einkenni sem hefur flókið samband við svefn, lífstíl, andlega- og líkamlega heilsu einstaklinga. Kæfisvefn er algengasti sjúkdómurinn sem veldur dagsyfju. Epworth Syfjuskali (ESS) og er stuttur spurningalisti sem ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, 2022-06-29)Abstract Background: Hip fractures in older adults are strongly associated with reduced health and quality of life. Loss of bone mass, physical function and muscle mass are thought to be main causes of hip fractures at older age. Associations between ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2023-11-16)ATG7, an essential protein for cellular homeostasis, plays a pivotal role in regulating autophagy. The autophagy process ensures the degradation and recycling of cellular components for proper cell function. ATG7 facilitates the lipidation of ATG8 ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, 2017-06)Background: Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) can have serious and far-reaching consequences for the health and well-being of both men and women. In order to develop a holistic program for Icelandic survivors of CSA it is important to base such a program ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies, 2023-11)Background Previous research has shown that learning difficulties usually negatively impact the well-being and self-concept of children in primary school. This is the first Icelandic long-term study to examine the well-being of children with learning ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Reykjavík, 2017-01)This study is an enquiry into young children’s learning processes as they participate in preschool groups. The aims of the study are two‐fold: to explore the multiple factors affecting children’s learning processes while participating in two different ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Education and Pedagogy, 2019-02)Children’s play in preschools is a complicated phenomenon studied extensively from different perspectives and paradigms. This study draws on the work of William Corsaro, to develop a study that used the sociology of childhood perspective, with ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Education and Diversity, 2021-04-15)This thesis aims to explore how power relations are reproduced through parental choices and practices in Iceland, with a focus on classed and gendered dimensions. The thesis can be viewed as two separate yet connected parts. In the first part, I ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2017-02-03)Background and aims: Worldwide chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a prevalent problem constituting a considerable societal burden. The aim was to investigate the prevalence of chronic MSK pain conditions in Iceland and the potential impact on physical ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2022-04)Abstract This dissertation focuses above all on Clemente Rebora’s epistolary: that of 1916, 1920-1923 and 1913-1914 respectively. In Chapter I, the analysis concerns the period, following a war accident and its very serious consequences on his ...
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