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Doctoral dissertations
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2024-04-14)Introduction and aims: Although individually, Mendelian disorders are considered rare, collectively they make up a large group of individuals requiring diagnosis and treatment. Because of their individual rarity, many of these disorders are understudied ... -
(Háskóli Íslands, Menntavísindasvið, 2024-04-23)The study reported here is essentially in two parts. The principal part is five published papers, framed by a kappa that shows how they connect within the context of Outdoor Education. The research aims to explore different aspects of outdoor activities ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2024-03)This doctoral research examines three distinct but interconnected groups of queer migrations to Iceland, that is, individuals coming from the Global South, from Central and Eastern Europe and from the Global North. The general aim of the project is ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2024-04)This thesis describes the evidence of palaeo-ice streams in northeast Iceland. Ice streams within the Iceland Ice Sheet (IIS) had been previously proposed, but limited studies existed on their geomorphology. The aim of this study was to advance the ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2024-04-05)Þekkt er að kæling frumna (32-36°C) eykur tjáningu fáeinna þekktra gena. Margt er á huldu um þá innanfrumu- og millifrumuferla sem kæling snertir við og kallaðir hafa verið kælisvarið. Kæling er notuð í læknisfræðilegum tilgangi til að fá fram ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2006-06)ABSTRACT This thesis is a contribution to masculinity studies, and is a case study about the world of Pokot men in Kenya. In it I try to answer the questions: How do the rituals Pokot men go through from birth to death, the age-set system, and the ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2024-03)Sumarexem er húðofnæmi af gerð I í hestum sem orsakast af framleiðslu á IgE mótefnum gegn ofnæmisvökum upprunnum úr biti smámýs (Culicoides spp.). Sjúkdómsvaldurinn lifir ekki á Íslandi. Tíðni sjúkdómsins er mun hærri í útfluttum hestum samanborið við ...
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(School of Education, University of Iceland, 2023-10-03)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 ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2024-02)Converting CO2 into value-added products via hydrogenation is of interest due to its potential to reduce and reuse excess atmospheric CO2 and deal with global warming. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are of great interest in this conversion process due ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2024-02-21)Encoding data with magnetic states is currently used in various devices for data transmission, storage, and processing. The operating principle in these devices is often based on controlled switching, e.g., using a pulse of an external magnetic field, ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, 2023-04)A significant amount of small pelagic species and side streams obtained from industrial fish processing are currently converted to fishmeal and fish oil, and primarily used in feed production. The demand for fish and seafood products and fishmeal ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2023-11-30)The effects of global warming are being felt around the world, with extreme weather events occurring ever more frequently. Accelerating the ongoing transition towards renewable energy resources, both in transportation and industry, is of vital ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2024)Markmið þessarar rannsóknar er að rannsaka hvernig norrænir menn á Grænlandi öfluðu trjáviðar og nýttu hann á tímabilinu 985-1500 e. Kr. Grænland var numið af norrænu fólki á seinni hluta 10. aldar. Byggðarlögin voru tvö: Eystribyggð á suðurvestur ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023-08)Inherited retinal degeneration (RD), a rare neurodegenerative group of retinal blinding disorders and is characterized by a progressive loss of retinal photoreceptor cells that are responsible for vision. The symptoms of RD include onset of night ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2024-01)Seizures are the most common neurological emergency among neonates and if left untreated they can cause permanent brain damage. The current gold standard for neonatal seizure detection is continuous electroencephalogram (EEG) visually interpreted by a ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2023-09)Þessi ritgerð fjallar um samfélag múslíma á Íslandi, innbyrðis tengsl þess sem og samskipti við íslenskt þjóðfélag og stofnanir þess. Staða þessa samfélags er sett í sögulegt og pólitískt samhengi og einkum þá orðræðu sem varð áberandi eftir 11. ...
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(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, 2023-12)This dissertation collects my five self-studies to make meaning of my doctoral project. I explore the path to empowerment in becoming a hybrid educator through the Self- Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP/self-study) methodology. In each ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2023-12)Rannsóknin sem hér er kynnt er fyrsta heildstæða yfirlitið og rannsókn á íslensku táknmáli (ÍTM) og þróun döff menningar sem unnin hefur verið hér á landi. Þrjár rannsóknarspurningar voru hafðar að leiðarljósi: Spurt var hvernig ÍTM og samfélag döff ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, 2023)This thesis probes the intricate nature of visual object recognition, especially how visual recognition skills are associated or dissociated in developmental disorders and the neurotypical population. Our primary areas of focus include the role of ...