The impact of climate change and the shift towards sustainability are becoming increasingly apparent, raising awareness and driving businesses to enhance their value through sustainable practices. The fashion industry, often criticized for its reliance ...

The poor reading skills of students in Iceland, as reflected in the reading comprehension test of PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) has long been cause for concern. Also, oral reading fluency assessments and high proportions of ...

The astounding capacity of nature to self-assemble is a fundamental principle that is seen at many different scales, ranging from micro to macromolecular structures. The study of self- assembly continues to be a vibrant area of research, but understanding ...

Sagnadansar eru munnleg kvæðagrein sem fyrst mun hafa borist hingað til lands frá Noregi og Færeyjum og síðar frá Danmörku. Kvæðagreinin á sér rætur á evrópskum miðöldum og á Norðurlöndum er hún fyrirferðarmikill menningararfur, sérstaklega í Danmörku ...

Epitranscriptomics refers to post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression via RNA modifications, which can affect the function and structure of RNAs but do not entail any changes to the ribonucleotide sequence. RNA modifications are found on all ...

The design of Deep Learning (DL) models is a complex task, involving decisions on the general architecture of the model (e.g., the number of layers of the Neural Network (NN)) and on the optimization algorithms (e.g., the learning rate). These so-called ...

Demographic change, increasing cost of care, and shortage of hospital workers pose challenges in hospital management. As a response, hospitals maintain high utilisation of their existing resources by maximising patient throughput to minimise waiting ...

Exploring the genetic basis of ecological diversification is crucial to understand how diversity is generated and maintained. The overall aim of this thesis is to disentangle the genetic basis behind the ecological differentiation of the Arctic charr ...

Jöklar ísaldar og vatnsföll hafa grafið sig inn í fjölda megineldstöðva sem mynduðust á Íslandi á Míósen og Plíósen og því má nú með góðu móti kanna innviði margra þeirra og rannsaka um leið gerð og þróun slíkra eldfjalla. Ritgerð þessi fjallar um ...

Í gegnum tíðina, hefur alþjóða samfélagið samþykkt og staðfest ýmsar alþjóðlegar yfirlýsingar er varða menntun og mannréttindi. Fyrsta slíka samþykktin leit dagsins ljós árið 1948 þegar Sameinuðu Þjóðirnar birtu yfirlýsingu þar sem fram kom að allir ...