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Factors related to Icelandic student teachers’ prospective commitment to the teaching profession
Education in the North, 2021 Research indicates that prospective commitment to a vocation is important to sustaining good professional practices. The purpose of the study was to explore, among Icelandic student teachers, how student teacher experiences in field-based practice and ...
Eyvind Elstad +4 more
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Nature Communications, 2017 Lynch syndrome, caused by germline mutations in the mismatch repair genes, is associated with increased cancer risk. Here using a large whole-genome sequencing data bank, cancer registry and colorectal tumour bank we determine the prevalence of Lynch ...
S. Haraldsdottir +26 more
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Archives of Surgery, 2006 Icelandic surgeons provide a wide range of modern surgical services with excellent results. How can a nation of fewer than 300,000 persons accomplish this? The main reasons are a thriving economy, a high standard of living and education, and the training of surgeons.
Margret Oddsdottir +2 more
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The Hierarchical Structure of Sheep Wool and Its Impact on Physical Properties
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Sheep wool, a prevalent α‐keratinous fiber, is an essential model for studying protein‐based fibers. Its genetic diversity across breeds enables the establishment of multiscale structure‐property relationships, uncovering previously elusive insights into wool's hierarchical structure.
Serafina R. France Tribe +9 more
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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 +2 more
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The Volcanoes of Iceland [PDF]
Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 1892 The author visited Iceland in the summer of 1890, with the especial object of examining and photographing the volcanic phenomena with which the country abounds. Iceland is an island about the size of Ireland, situated just outside the arctic circle. The inhabited, or habitable, portion is confined to a narrow belt round the shore, the centre portion ...
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx +6 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Disability ResearchThis contribution presents the co-authored story of a father with intellectual and developmental disabilities who recently had his daughter removed from his care after an extensive fight through the Icelandic court system.
Ágúst Fannar Leifsson +2 more
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Conflicting imaginaries in the energy transition? Nature and renewable energy in Iceland
Moravian Geographical Reports, 2021 An improved understanding of the geographical unevenness of the global energy transition is important. The concept of ‘sociotechnical imaginaries’ has been used extensively for understanding how desired technology futures are envisioned and ...
Benediktsson Karl
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