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(Springer Nature, 2017-08)We compute holographic Rényi entropies for spherical entangling surfaces on the boundary while considering third order Lovelock gravity with negative cosmological constant in the bulk. Our study shows that third order Lovelock black holes with hyperbolic ... -
(American Society for Microbiology, 2017-08-01)Iceland is free of the major infectious diseases of horses. However, in 2010 an epidemic of respiratory disease of unknown cause spread through the country’s native horse population of 77,000. Microbiological investigations ruled out known viral agents ...
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(BMJ, 2017-08)Introduction Sleep length has been associated with obesity and various adverse health outcomes. The possible association of sleep length and respiratory symptoms has not been previously described. The aim of this study was to investigate the association ...
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(BMJ, 2017-06)Purpose To describe a newly created all-Nordic cohort of patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), entitled the Nordic Antireflux Surgery Cohort (NordASCo), which will be used to compare participants having undergone antireflux surgery ...
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(MDPI AG, 2017-08-03)This study focused on decadalvariations of extreme precipitation thresholds within a 50-year period (1961–2010) for 250 stations of Iran’s northwest. The 99th percentile was used as the threshold of extreme precipitation. In order to analyze threshold ...
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(Department of Didactics and Educational Professions, University of Gothenburg, 2015-10-01)
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(Karlstad University, 2015)Abstract: This article introduces initial findings from a study on young people‘s (18 years and older) life views and life values in Iceland. The research project is located within a broad theoretical framework and uses interdisciplinary approaches ...
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(Frontiers Media SA, 2017-08-21)The influence of game location on performance has been widely examined in sport contexts. Concerning soccer, game-location affects positively the secondary and tertiary level of performance; however, there are fewer evidences about its effect on game ...
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(Springer Nature, 2017-05-23)Previous research has found a positive short-term relationship between the 2008 collapse and hypertension in Icelandic males. With Iceland's economy experiencing a phase of economic recovery, an opportunity to pursue a longer-term analysis of the ...
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(Springer Nature, 2017-03-09)How business cycles affect income-related distribution of diseases and health disorders is largely unknown. We examine how the prevalence of thirty diseases and health conditions is distributed across the income spectrum using survey data collected in ...
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(Copernicus GmbH, 2017-09-14)Icelandic dust sources are known to be highly active, yet there exist few model simulations of Icelandic dust that could be used to assess its impacts on the environment. We here present estimates of dust emission and transport in Iceland over 27 years ...
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(Frontiers Media SA, 2017-02-14)Evidence suggests physical activity improves prognosis following cancer diagnosis; however, evidence regarding prognosis in long-term survivors of cancer is scarce. We assessed physical activity in 1,589 cancer survivors at an average 8.8 years following ...
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(Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Press Publications, 2017-07-30)What makes countries competitive? What economic policies effectively influence country competitiveness? The aim of this research paper is to analyse country competitiveness empirically, in order to explore the factors that make countries competitive. ...
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(Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2017-08)Xerostomia affects 30% of the population and manifests as a side effect of medications, systemic diseases, or cancer therapy. Oral moisturizers are prescribed to overcome the ailments of dry mouth and its symptoms. It is imperative that these products ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2017-10)The physics of light-matter interactions is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary research area, combining methods and phenomena both from condensed matter physics and quantum optics. One of the most common realizations of strong coupling regime implies ...
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(Informa UK Limited, 2016-01)Background: The protective effect of farm upbringing on allergic rhinitis is well known, but how upbringing in other environments influences the development of allergic rhinitis is scarcely investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2017-09)Background and aims: Sexual violence is common and, due to the possible impact on the exposed individual, a major public health concern according to the World Health Organization. However, knowledge from large and well conducted studies on the ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2016-10-05)Physical exertion during growth can affect ultimate size and density of skeletal structures. Such changes from different exercise regimes may explain morphological differences between groups, such as those exhibited by lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens ...
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(Institute of Technology and Vocational Education, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, 2015-10-31)Pedagogically aimed craft education, or Sloyd, was established in Scandinavia at the close of the 19th century as a specific subject to be included in general education. The term Sloyd means skilful or handy and refers to the making of crafts (Chessin, ...
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(Springer Nature, 2016-11-14)Recent experimental data demonstrate emerging magnetic order in platinum atomically thin nanowires. Furthermore, an unusual form of magnetic anisotropy – colossal magnetic anisotropy (CMA) – was earlier predicted to exist in atomically thin platinum ...
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