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Managing the Crisis in Iceland and the Dishonesty of the International Community? [PDF]

Revista de Management Comparat International, 2014
The 2008 global crisis hit hard in Iceland. During the crisis its three largest banks all collapsed in just a few days. This article focuses on the actions of the international community when the Icelandic authorities, during a period of great need and ...
Hilmar Þór HILMARSSON
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From Geometry to Function: Programmable Mechanical Response in 3D‐Printed Adipose‐Inspired Soft Metamaterials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Geometry‐driven design of soft cellular metamaterials is systematically investigated by combining experiments, finite element modeling, and statistical prediction. The study quantifies how unit cell geometry and material properties govern stiffness, instability, densification, and energy absorption.
Alice Berardo, Gianmarco Dolino, Damiano Coato, Paolo Gargiulo, Emanuele Luigi Carniel   +4 more
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Musical aesthetics below ground: volcanic action and the geosocial in Sigur Rós’s “Brennisteinn”

Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2020
This article presents a musicological and ecocritical close reading of the song “Brennisteinn” (“sulphur” or, literally, “burning rock”) by the acclaimed post-rock band Sigur Rós.
Tore Størvold
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Unveiling the Taxonomic Diversity and Unprecedented Biosynthetic Treasure of the Phylum Myxococcota

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Natural products remain vital sources of therapeutics, and the phylum Myxococcota constitutes an especially rich reservoir for them. Based on decades of microbiological efforts, we present 154 new Myxococcota genomes and revise taxonomy quadrupling the number of families and genera.
Amay Ajaykumar Agrawal, Ronald Garcia, Guangyi Chen, Chantal D. Bader, Peter Sullivan, Alexander Popoff, Daniel Krug, Maja Hunter, Sebastian Walesch, Emilia Oueis, Christine Frank, Haowen Zhao, Joachim J. Hug, Sebastian Keller, Pascal Hirsch, Azat Tagirdzhanov, Tatiana Malygina, Mary Victory E. Gutierrez, Alexey Gurevich, Judith Boldt, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann, Ulrich Nübel, Andreas Keller, Olga V. Kalinina, Rolf Müller   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cancer Incidence Among Swedish Seafarers Between 1985 and 2020

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Several studies from different countries have shown that merchant seafarers have an increased cancer risk compared to the general population. The aim of this study was to provide updated information on cancer incidence in a cohort of Swedish seafarers.
Maria Wallin, Helena P. Eriksson, Karl Forsell, Eva Andersson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Nature in a garb such as she wears nowhere else”: Ida Pfeiffer’s Journey to Iceland

Nordicum-Mediterraneum
This article analyses the account of Ida Pfeiffer’s itinerary in Iceland, A trip to Iceland and Scandinavia in 1845, the first travelogue written by a woman visiting this remote island, that develops a unique female gaze.
Rosella Perugi
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The origin of glacial alpine landscape in Tröllaskagi Peninsula (North Iceland)

Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2016
The Tröllaskagi peninsula is located in north central Iceland, between meridians 19º30’W and 18º10’W , limited by Skagafjödur fiord to the west and the Eyjafjödur fiord to the east, jutting out into the North Atlantic to latitude 66º12’N and linked to ...
N. Andrés, L. M. Tanarro, J. M. Fernández, D. Palacios   +3 more
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Advancements in CO2 Capture Technologies: A Review of Amine Absorption and Alternative Methods for Post‐Combustion Integration

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carbon capture technologies are poised to become one of the primary focuses regarding the achievement of net‐zero emissions by the year 2050. In these technologies, particular attention is given to post‐combustion CO2 capture, which is more easily implemented at existing power stations and other industries.
Satyajit Mukherjee, Ashish Kumar, Mayurkumar P. Patil, Rohit B. Meshram   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological proposal for the analysis of the evolution of glaciers since the Little Ice Age and its application in the Tröllaskagi Peninsula (northern Iceland)

Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2018
In this paper we propose a methodological sequence for the study of glaciers and climate change, and for the use of glaciers as indicators of climatic evolution.
J.M. Fernández-Fernández, N. Andrés
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