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    Chemoproteomics of an Indole-Based Quinone Epoxide Identifies Druggable Vulnerabilities in Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 
    Kulkarni, Amogh; Soni, Isha; Kelkar, Dhanashree S.; Dharmaraja, Allimuthu T.; Sankar, Rathinam K.; Beniwal, Gaurav; Rajendran, Abinaya; Tamhankar, Sharvari; Chopra, Sidharth; Kamat, Siddhesh S.; Chakrapani, Harinath (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2019-06-26)
    The alarming global rise in fatalities from multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections has underscored a need to develop new therapies to address this epidemic. Chemoproteomics is valuable in identifying targets for new drugs in ...
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    Abiogenesis not required to explain the origin of volcanic-hydrothermal hydrocarbons 
    Fiebig, J.; Stefansson, Andri; Ricci, A.; Tassi, F.; Viveiros, F.; Silva, S.; Lopez, T.M.; Schreiber, C.; Hofmann, S.; Mountain, B.W. (European Association of Geochemistry, 2019-07-29)
    Abiotic formation of n-alkane hydrocarbons has been postulated to occur within Earth's crust. Apparent evidence was primarily based on uncommon carbon and hydrogen isotope distribution patterns that set methane and its higher chain homologues apart ...
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    Functional Recovery Within a Formal Home Care Program 
    Morris, John N.; Berg, Katherine; Howard, Elizabeth P.; Jónsson, Pálmi V.; Craig, Meredith (Elsevier BV, 2019-08)
    Objective: To identify home care clients with substantial functional deficits who had capacity to improve and, thus, for whom recovery goals should be articulated. Design: Retrospective longitudinal analysis of an international home care database. ...
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    Increase in tympanostomy tube placements despite pneumococcal vaccination, a population-based study 
    Eyþórsson, Elías; Sigurdsson, Samuel; Erlendsdóttir, Helga; Hrafnkelsson, Birgir; Kristinsson, Karl G.; Haraldsson, Ásgeir (Wiley, 2019-01-22)
    Aim: The aim was to estimate the impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PHiD-CV) on tympanostomy tube placements (TTP) in children under five years of age in Iceland. Methods: This population-based observational cohort study followed 11 consecutive ...
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    Infections and outcomes after cardiac surgery—The impact of outbreaks traced to transesophageal echocardiography probes 
    Vesteinsdottir, Edda; Helgason, Kristjan Orri; Sverrisson, Kristinn Orn; Gudlaugsson, Olafur; Karason, Sigurbergur (Wiley, 2019-03-19)
    Background: Infections are a frequent complication of cardiac surgery. The intraoperative use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) may be an underrecognized risk factor for post-operative infections. The aim of this study was to investigate infection ...
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    Electrical characterization of high k-dielectrics for 4H-SiC MIS devices 
    Khosa, Rabia Yasmin; Chen, J.T.; Winters, M.; Pálsson, Kjartan; Karhu, R.; Hassan, J.; Rorsman, N.; Sveinbjörnsson, Einar (Elsevier BV, 2019-08-01)
    We report promising results regarding the possible use of AlN or Al 2 O 3 as a gate dielectric in 4H-SiC MISFETs. The crystalline AlN films are grown by hot wall metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) at 1100 °C. The amorphous Al 2 O 3 films ...
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    Cardiac Rehabilitation Availability and Density around the Globe 
    Turk-Adawi, Karam; Supervia, Marta; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Pesah, Ella; Ding, Rongjing; Britto, Raquel R.; Bjarnason-Wehrens, Birna; Derman, Wayne; Abreu, Ana; Babu, Abraham S.; Santos, Claudia Anchique; Jong, Seng Khiong; Cuenza, Lucky; Yeo, Tee Joo; Scantlebury, Dawn; Andersen, Karl; Gonzalez, Graciela; Giga, Vojislav; Vulic, Dusko; Vataman, Eleonora; Cliff, Jacqueline; Kouidi, Evangelia; Yagci, Ilker; Kim, Chul; Benaim, Briseida; Estany, Eduardo Rivas; Fernandez, Rosalia; Radi, Basuni; Gaita, Dan; Simon, Attila; Chen, Ssu-Yuan; Roxburgh, Brendon; Martin, Juan Castillo; Maskhulia, Lela; Burdiat, Gerard; Salmon, Richard; Lomelí, Hermes; Sadeghi, Masoumeh; Sovova, Eliska; Hautala, Arto; Tamuleviciute-Prasciene, Egle; Ambrosetti, Marco; Neubeck, Lis; Asher, Elad; Kemps, Hareld; Eysymontt, Zbigniew; Farsky, Stefan; Hayward, Jo; Prescott, Eva; Dawkes, Susan; Santibanez, Claudio; Zeballos, Cecilia; Pavy, Bruno; Kiessling, Anna; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal; Baer, Carolyn; Thomas, Randal; Hu, Dayi; Grace, Sherry L. (Elsevier BV, 2019-08)
    Background: Despite the epidemic of cardiovascular disease and the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), availability is known to be insufficient, although this is not quantified. This study ascertained CR availability, volumes and its drivers, and ...
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    Nature of Cardiac Rehabilitation Around the Globe 
    Supervia, Marta; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Pesah, Ella; Ding, Rongjing; Britto, Raquel R.; Bjarnason-Wehrens, Birna; Derman, Wayne; Abreu, Ana; Babu, Abraham S.; Santos, Claudia Anchique; Jong, Seng K.; Cuenza, Lucky; Yeo, Tee Joo; Scantlebury, Dawn; Andersen, Karl; Gonzalez, Graciela; Giga, Vojislav; Vulic, Dusko; Vataman, Eleonora; Cliff, Jacqueline; Kouidi, Evangelia; Yagci, Ilker; Kim, Chul; Benaim, Briseida; Estany, Eduardo Rivas; Fernandez, Rosalia; Radi, Basuni; Gaita, Dan; Simon, Attila; Chen, Ssu-Yuan; Roxburgh, Brendon; Martin, Juan Castillo; Maskhulia, Lela; Burdiat, Gerard; Salmon, Richard; Lomelí, Hermes; Sadeghi, Masoumeh; Sovova, Eliska; Hautala, Arto; Tamuleviciute-Prasciene, Egle; Ambrosetti, Marco; Neubeck, Lis; Asher, Elad; Kemps, Hareld; Eysymontt, Zbigniew; Farsky, Stefan; Hayward, Jo; Prescott, Eva; Dawkes, Susan; Santibanez, Claudio; Zeballos, Cecilia; Pavy, Bruno; Kiessling, Anna; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal; Baer, Carolyn; Thomas, Randal; Hu, Dayi; Grace, Sherry L. (Elsevier BV, 2019-08)
    Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a clinically-effective but complex model of care. The purpose of this study was to characterize the nature of CR programs around the world, in relation to guideline recommendations, and compare this by World ...
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    Notkun spjaldtölva í námi og kennslu grunnskólanemenda á yngsta stigi með áherslu á læsi 
    Þorvaldsdóttir, Jóhanna; Gunnþórsdóttir, Hermína; Engilbertsson, Guðmundur (The Educational Research Institute, 2018-12-13)
    Þessi grein er byggð á gögnum úr eigindlegri rannsókn sem gerð var í tveimur íslenskum grunnskólum á höfuðborgarsvæðinu vorið 2014. Meginmarkmið rannsóknarinnar var að öðlast skilning á notkun spjaldtölva í námi og kennslu grunnskólanemenda á ...
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    Námsframvinda nemenda í meistaranámi við Háskólann á Akureyri 
    Ólafsdóttir, Anna; Gunnþórsdóttir, Hermína (The Educational Research Institute, 2019)
    Greinin fjallar um niðurstöður tilviksrannsóknar þar sem leitast var við að greina hvaða þættir styðja og hverjir hamla námsframvindu nemenda í meistaranámi við Háskólann á Akureyri. Tekin voru viðtöl við þrettán útskrifaða meistaranemendur af öllum ...
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    That personal profile image might jeopardize your rental opportunity! On the relative impact of the seller's facial expressions upon buying behavior on Airbnb™ 
    Fagerstrøm, Asle; Pawar, Sanchit; Sigurdsson, Valdimar; Foxall, Gordon; Yani-de-Soriano, Mirella (Elsevier BV, 2017-07)
    Airbnb is an online marketplace for peer-to-peer accommodation rental services. In contrast to traditional rental services, personal profile images, i.e. the sellers' facial images, are present along with the housing on offer. This study aims to ...
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    The house of competence of the quality manager 
    Ingason, Helgi; Jónsdóttir, Elín Ragnhildur (Informa UK Limited, 2017-07-05)
    In modern organizations the work of the quality manager is varied and complex. Therefore, what common attributes should characterize an exemplary quality manager? A conceptual model has been developed, entitled The House of Competence of the Quality ...
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    SADEA-II: A generalized method for efficient global optimization of antenna design 
    Liu, Bo; Koziel, Slawomir; Ali, Nazar (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016-11-20)
    Efficiency improvement is of great significance for simulation-driven antenna design optimization methods based on evolutionary algorithms (EAs). The two main efficiency enhancement methods exploit data-driven surrogate models and/or multi-fidelity ...
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    Synergies and Trade-Offs in the Sustainable Development Goals—The Implications of the Icelandic Tourism Sector 
    Cook, David; Saviolidis, Nína M.; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Johannsdottir, Lara; Olafsson, Snjolfur (MDPI AG, 2019-08-05)
    The development of major economic sectors can provide the bedrock on which long-lasting national economic prosperity is formed. Iceland's tourism sector is an example of a rapidly expanded industry in recent years, to the extent that it has become the ...
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    Entanglement entropy in generalised quantum Lifshitz models 
    Angel Ramelli, Juan Fernando; Giangreco Puletti, Valentina; Thorlacius, Larus (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-08-01)
    We compute universal finite corrections to entanglement entropy for generalised quantum Lifshitz models in arbitrary odd spacetime dimensions. These are generalised free field theories with Lifshitz scaling symmetry, where the dynamical critical exponent ...
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    Representing color and orientation ensembles: Can observers learn multiple feature distributions? 
    Hansmann-Roth, Sabrina; Chetverikov, Andrey; Kristjansson, Arni (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2019-08-01)
    Objects have a variety of different features that can be represented as probability distributions. Recent findings show that in addition to mean and variance, the visual system can also encode the shape of feature distributions for features like color ...
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    Can a Simple Dietary Screening in Early Pregnancy Identify Dietary Habits Associated with Gestational Diabetes? 
    Hrolfsdottir, Laufey; Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg; Birgisdottir, Bryndis Eva; Hreiðarsdóttir, Ingibjörg Th.; Smárason, Alexander; Hardardottir, Hildur; Halldorsson, Thorhallur (MDPI AG, 2019-08-11)
    Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is predominantly a lifestyle disease, with diet being an important modifiable risk factor. A major obstacle for the prevention in clinical practice is the complexity of assessing diet. In a cohort of 1651 Icelandic ...
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    Quenched coupling, entangled equilibria, and correlated composite operators: a tale of two O(N) models 
    Banerjee, Souvik; Engelsöy, Julius; Larana-Aragon, Jorge; Sundborg, Bo; Thorlacius, Larus; Wintergerst, Nico (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-08-01)
    A macroscopic version of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entanglement is obtained by quenching a quadratic coupling between two O(N) vector models. A quench of the mixed vacuum produces an excited entangled state, reminiscent of purified thermal equilibrium, ...
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    Genome Sequencing of Pleurozium schreberi: The Assembled and Annotated Draft Genome of a Pleurocarpous Feather Moss 
    Pederson, Eric R. A.; Warshan, Denis; Rasmussen, Ulla (Genetics Society of America, 2019-09-01)
    The pleurocarpous feather moss Pleurozium schreberi is a ubiquitous moss species which plays a fundamental role in many terrestrial ecosystems, for instance within the boreal forest, the Earth’s largest terrestrial biome, this species plays a significant ...
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    Novel Multi-Scale Filter Profile-Based Framework for VHR Remote Sensing Image Classification 
    Lv, Zhiyong; Li, Guangfei; Chen, Yixiang; Benediktsson, Jon Atli (MDPI AG, 2019-09-16)
    Filter is a well-known tool for noise reduction of very high spatial resolution (VHR) remote sensing images. However, a single-scale filter usually demonstrates limitations in covering various targets with different sizes and shapes in a given image ...