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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-05-01)Sediment cores from Kløverbladvatna, a threshold lake in Wahlenbergfjorden, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard were used to reconstruct Holocene glacier fluctuations. Meltwater from Etonbreen spills over a threshold to the lake, only when the glacier is significantly ... -
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-05-27)Predation and mortality are often difcult to estimate in the ocean, which hampers the management and conservation of marine fshes. We used data from pop-up satellite archival tags to investigate the ocean predation and mortality of adult Atlantic ...
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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-06-11)We demonstrate that chirality of the electron scattering in Weyl semimetals leads to the formation of magnetic chemical bonds for molecular states of a pair of impurities. The efect is associated with the presence of time-reversal symmetry breaking ...
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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-07-11)Mechanisms underlying fat accumulation for long-distance migration are not fully understood. This is especially relevant in the context of global change, as many migrants are dealing with changes in natural habitats and associated food sources and ...
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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-08-14)Human longevity is heritable, but genome-wide association (GWA) studies have had limited success. Here, we perform two meta-analyses of GWA studies of a rigorous longevity phenotype definition including 11,262/3484 cases surviving at or beyond the age ...
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A genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci associated with specific lobar brain volumes (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-08-02)Brain lobar volumes are heritable but genetic studies are limited. We performed genome-wide association studies of frontal, occipital, parietal and temporal lobe volumes in 16,016 individuals, and replicated our findings in 8,789 individuals. We ...
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(Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands, 2011-09-15)Í þessari rannsókn er reynt að fanga þá karlmennskuhugmynd sem Egill Einarsson íþróttafræðingur heldur á lofti og skoða hana í ljósi fræðilegra kenninga um karlmennsku og valdatengsl í samfélaginu. Kenningar um þróun karlmennskuhugmynda gera ráð fyrir ...
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(SAGE Publications, 2017-06-11)Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where ...
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(SAGE Publications, 2019-05)Iceland's performance on the Gender Gap Index has been outstanding in the last nine years. It now has a reputation for being one of the most gender equal countries in the world. However, local feminist activists argue that challenges to full gender ...
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(British Psychological Society, 2018-06)Despite Iceland’s outstanding performance on global indices measuring gender equality, young women report higher levels of depressive symptoms than young men. This suggests a more complex situation than what appears in public discourse, where Iceland ...
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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-07-18)Marine sponges host bacterial symbionts with biotechnological potential, yet isolation of true sponge symbionts remains difficult due to their host dependency. Moreover, attempts to grow sponges for their pharmacologically-active compounds outside of ...
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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-07-30)The extensive lava piles of Iceland contain a unique record of geomagnetic field variations spanning the past ~ 16 Ma. Since the 1950s, palaeomagnetic data have been obtained from over 9400 Icelandic lavas. We have compiled all palaeomagnetic data ...
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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-08-09)Background: Biomechanical studies of ACL injury risk factors frequently analyze only a fraction of the relevant data, and typically not in accordance with the injury mechanism. Extracting a peak value within a time series of relevance to ACL injuries ...
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(Háskóli Íslands, Hugvísindasvið, Íslensku- og menningardeild, 2019-09-23)Í ritgerðinni er fjallað um þýdd ævintýri í íslenskum handritum. Meginheimildir rannsóknarinnar eru tvö handrit, AM 657 a-b 4to (um 1350) og AM 624 4to (um 1500). Veitt er yfirlit yfir þróun dæmisagnahefðarinnar í Evrópu frá Gregoríusi mikla og fram á ...
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(University of Aberdeen, 2018-08-11)In 2008, new legislation was passed in Iceland on teacher education, requiring a master’s degree as a prerequisite for teaching certification for all school levels from preschools to upper secondary schools. In the same year the Iceland University ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2020-03)Supercritical fluids have been reported from both rift and subduction-related geothermal systems. They typically form in the vicinity of magmatic intrusions at the roots of geothermal systems upon conductive heating and boiling of the subcritical ...
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(Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2018-11-07)The purpose of this study is to explore the roles and responsibilities that national education legislation in Iceland imposes on municipalities in terms of leadership. A qualitative content analysis was applied to explore the relevant national ...
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(2016-07-27)The New Math was implemented in Iceland with the intention to facilitate understanding in the midst of increased demands for education for all. The article contains an analysis and comparison of typical papers in a selective entrance examination into ...
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(Rannsóknasetur í safnafræðum við Háskóla Íslands, 2019-06-05)Ritgerðarsafn um 25 listasöfn á Íslandi. Fjallað er um sögu eftirfarandi safna: Listasafn Íslands, Listasafn Einars Jónssonar, Listasafn Vestmannaeyja, Listasafn ASÍ, Listasafn Ísafjarðar, Listasafn Árnesinga, Gerðarsafn - Listasafn Kópavogs, Listasafn ...
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(Rannsóknasetur í safnafræðum við Háskóla Íslands, 2015-09-01)Ritgerðarsafn um sögu byggðasafna á Íslandi. Fjallað er um sögu 14 byggðasafna sem eru: Byggðasafn Vestfjarða, Byggðasafn Borgarfjarðar, Byggðasafn Skagfirðinga, Glaumbæ, Byggðasafn Rangæinga og Vestur-Skaftfellinga, Sagnheima, byggðasafn Vestmannaeyja, ...
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