Opin vísindi: Síðast bætt við

  • Rafnar, Thorunn; Bjarni Gunnarsson; Ólafur A. Stefánsson; sulem, patrick; Ingason, Andrés; Frigge, Michael L.; Lilja Stefánsdóttir; Jón K. Sigurðsson; Tragante, Vinicius; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Stacey, Simon N.; Gudmundsson, Julius; Arnadottir, Gudny; Oddsson, Asmundur; Zink, Florian; Halldorsson, Gisli; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Kristjansson, Ragnar; Ólafur B. Davíðsson; Anna Þórhildur Salvarsdóttir; Ásgeir Thoroddsen; Elísabet A. Helgadottir; Katrín Kristjánsdóttir; Orri Ingþórsson; Valur Guðmundsson; Geirsson, Reynir T.; Ragnheiður Árnadottir; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Másson, Gísli; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Jón Gunnlaugur Jónasson; Karl Ólafsson; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Halldórsson, Bjarni; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-09-07)
    Uterine leiomyomas are common benign tumors of the myometrium. We performed a meta-analysis of two genome-wide association studies of leiomyoma in European women (16,595 cases and 523,330 controls), uncovering 21 variants at 16 loci that associate with ...
  • Tryggvason, Eysteinn (Hið íslenzka náttúrufræðifélag, 1959)
    During this period, three seismograph stations were operated in Iceland, at Reykjavík, Akureyri and Vík. A new seismograph station was erected at Kirkjubæjarklaustur (Síða) in 1958, where one vertical Willmore seismograph is operated. The seismic ...
  • Tryggvason, Eysteinn (Hið íslenzka náttúrufræðifélag, 1956)
    The seismograph station at Reykjavik was operated with three short period Sprengnether seismographs during these years. New stations were erected at Akureyri (65°40.3' N, 18°06.0' W) and at Vík (63°25.3' N, 19°01.0' W). At both these stations, one ...
  • Tryggvason, Eysteinn (Hið íslenzka náttúrufræðifélag, 1954)
    The seismic activity was relatively low in Iceland during this year. No large shock occurred, and no damage was done by earthquakes. The largest shock came on February 10th, with epicenter off the north coast (about 66°40'N, 17°0'W), origin time l ...
  • Budde, Henning; Akko, Davin P.; Ainamani, Herbert E.; Murillo-Rodríguez, Eric; Weierstall, Roland (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-07-09)
    Background:Latest research demonstrates a significant improvement in stress-related symptoms in psychological disorders as a result of exercise training (ET). Controlled clinical trials further validate the significance of ET by demonstrating lower ...
  • Björnsson, Sveinbjörn (Hið íslenzka náttúrufræðifélag, 1976)
    Larger earthquakes in Iceland occur mainly in two zones, a narrow E-W trending zone in S-Iceland and 75 km broad zone off the northern coast. Destruction and ground displacement due to the earthquake sequences of J784 (Ms 7.5-8), 1896 Mg 7-7.5) and ...
  • Lattari, Eduardo; Budde, Henning; Paes, Flávia; Neto, Geraldo Albuquerque Maranhão; Appolinario, José Carlos; Nardi, Antônio Egídio; Murillo-Rodriguez, Eric; Machado, Sérgio (Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2018-02-21)
    Background: The effects of the aerobic exercise on anxiety symptoms in patients with Panic Disorder (PD) remain unclear. Thus, the investigation of possible changes in EEG frontal asymmetry could contribute to understand the relationship among exercise, ...
  • Eriksen, Adrian D.; Lorås, Håvard; Pedersen, Arve Vorland; Sigmundsson, Hermundur (SAGE Publications, 2018-04)
    Previous studies have shown faster tapping speed and better tapping symmetry in drummers, compared with nondrummers. The present study investigated the effect on tapping frequency of mechanically constraining the joints of the arm on unimanual and ...
  • Haga, Monika; Tortella, Patrizia; Asonitou, Katerina; Charitou, Sophia; Koutsouki, Dimitra; Fumagalli, Guido; Sigmundsson, Hermundur (SAGE Publications, 2018-04)
    Motor development is affected by maturation and growth but also influenced by the specific environmental and cultural context. Therefore, cross-cultural research can provide information about how different cultural contexts, lifestyles, and physical ...
  • Sklett, Vegard H.; Lorås, Håvard W.; Sigmundsson, Hermundur (Frontiers Media SA, 2018-07-17)
    The present study investigated the relationship between self-efficacy, flow, positive-and negative affect, worry and ski jumping performance, as well as the degree of influence these psychological factors have on ski jumping performance in specific ...
  • Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum (Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2019-11)
  • Oppewal, Alyt; Hilgenkamp, Thessa; Schäfer Elinder, Liselotte; Freiberger, Ellen; Rintala, Pauli; Guerra-Balic, Myriam; Giné-Garriga, Maria; Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio; Oviedo, Guillermo; Sansano-Nadal, Oriol; Izquierdo-Gómez, Rocio; Einarsson, Ingi; Teittinen, Antti; Melville, Craig (MDPI AG, 2018-10-17)
    Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at high risk for high levels of sedentary behaviour. To inform the development of programmes to reduce sedentary behaviour, insight into the correlates is needed. Therefore, the aim of this study is ...
  • Saavedra, Jose M; Einarsson, Ingi; Sekulić, Damir; García-Hermoso, Antonio (Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 2018)
    The purpose of this study was to ascertain the pacing strategies employed in 10 km open water swimming events, and to define which split time was most determinant for the final performance as a function of sex and classification in International ...
  • Saavedra, Jose M (Montenegrin Sports Academy, 2018-09-01)
    Training is a complex process that depends, among other factors, on the intensity and volume of training. The objective of this study was to analyse the volume of training in several sports as a function of sex and age. The study sample consisted of ...
  • Gudmundsdottir, Bjorg; Gudmundsson, Kristbjorn Orri; Klarmann, Kimberly D.; Singh, Satyendra K.; Sun, Lei; Singh, Shweta; Du, Yang; Coppola, Vincenzo; Stockwin, Luke; Nguyen, Nhu; Tessarollo, Lino; Thorsteinsson, Leifur; Sigurjonsson, Olafur; Gudmundsson, Sveinn Vidar; Rafnar, Thorunn; Tisdale, John F.; Keller, Jonathan R. (Elsevier BV, 2018-06-12)
    Fetal globin genes are transcriptionally silenced during embryogenesis through hemoglobin switching. Strategies to derepress fetal globin expression in the adult could alleviate symptoms in sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. We identified a zinc-finger ...
  • Yurkovich, James; Bordbar, Aarash; Sigurjonsson, Olafur; Palsson, Bernhard O. (Springer Nature, 2018-03-07)
    Blood transfusions are an important part of modern medicine, delivering approximately 85 million blood units to patients annually. Recently, the field of transfusion medicine has started to benefit from the “omic” data revolution and corresponding ...
  • Stanescu, Tudor D; Sitek, Anna; Manolescu, Andrei (Beilstein Institut, 2018-05-22)
    We consider core–shell nanowires with prismatic geometry contacted with two or more superconductors in the presence of a magnetic field applied parallel to the wire. In this geometry, the lowest energy states are localized on the outer edges of the ...
  • Nohlert, Eva; Öhrvik, John; Helgason, Asgeir R. (Springer Nature, 2018-08-28)
    Background: Telephone-based smoking cessation services (‘quitlines’) are both effective and cost-effective. Knowledge of modifiable baseline factors in real-life settings with heterogeneous participants is essential for the development and improvement ...
  • Young, Susan; González, Rafael A.; Fridman, Moshe; Hodgkins, Paul; Kim, Keira; Gudjonsson, Gisli H. (Biomed Central LTD, 2018-06-22)
    Background: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and head injury (including traumatic brain injury (TBI)) manifest in high levels across prison samples and guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence notes that ...
  • Clark, Deirdre (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2019-10-23)
    The reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere is currently one of the main challenges facing humanity. One solution is carbon capture from concentrated sources and directly from the atmosphere, and long term storage in rocks. Basaltic ...