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Decision aids to assist Icelandic men with PSA testing and prostate cancer treatment decision-making (2023-09)Prostate cancer (PC) is the second most common cancer among men globally and the most common cancer among Icelandic men. Early detection of PC is possible with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. Before making a decision about PSA testing and before ... -
(2023-11-20)BACKGROUND: Chronic airflow obstruction is a key characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We investigated whether isolated small airways obstruction is associated with chronic airflow obstruction later in life. METHODS: We used longitudinal ...
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(2023-11)Background: The emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in early 2020 and subsequent implementation of public health and social measures (PHSM) disrupted the epidemiology of respiratory viruses. This work describes ...
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(2023-12-11)There is great variability in the ways in which the speech intelligibility of d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children who use spoken language as part, or all, of their communication system is measured. This systematic review examined the measures and ...
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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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(2023-12-08)BACKGROUND: Research suggests 1 in 3 births are experienced as psychologically traumatic and about 4% of women and 1% of their partners develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result. AIM: To provide expert consensus recommendations for ...
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(2023-12-06)The educational services industry has grown internationally, and there has been an explosion in external programmes that teach basics and behavioural control, as well as administrative data programmes. This growth has affected the governance of preschools ...
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(2023-12-05)Appendix with lesson plans for an article in the Journal of Moral Education Ingimar Ólafsson Waage: Cultivating virtue literacy in visual arts classes: Reflection on a fine-arts intervention aimed at moral education in a lower-secondary school in Iceland ...
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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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(2023-11-13)Human cerebral organoids (HCOs) are model systems that enable researchers to investigate the human brain in ways that had previously been impossible. The emergence of HCOs was accompanied by both expert and layperson discussions concerning the possibility ...
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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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(2023-07-03)Sleep recordings are increasingly being conducted in patients’ homes where patients apply the sensors themselves according to instructions. However, certain sensor types such as cup electrodes used in conventional polysomnography are unfeasible for ...
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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 ...
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(Íslensk málnefnd, 2023-11-16)
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(2023-07)Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an infrequent but important cause of liver disease. Newly identified causes of DILI include the COVID vaccines, turmeric, green tea extract, and immune checkpoint inhibitors. DILI is largely a clinical ...
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(2023-11)ÚTDRÁTTUR Tilgangur Meðgöngusykursýki er einn af algengustu kvillum sem koma fram á meðgöngu ásamt háþrýstingi og meðgöngueitrun. Tíðni meðgöngusykursýki hérlendis hefur farið ört vaxandi, eða úr 2,6% árið 2006 í 16,6% árið 2020. Nýlegar rannsóknir ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, 2023-11-30)When we are viewing the environment around us, we are exposed to an overwhelming continuous stream of information: not everything can be processed at once, and the perceptual system must pick and choose. We must direct our attention and select stimuli ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2023-09)Despite the avowed aims of Icelandic welfare policies to provide services in a family-centred manner, parents commonly express their experiences of fragmented services that are offered more on the terms of the service providers than the families. ...
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(2023-11-13)Identifying mouth breathing during sleep in a reliable, non-invasive way is challenging and currently not included in sleep studies. However, it has a high clinical relevance in pediatrics, as it can negatively impact the physical and mental health of ...
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