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Health and survival in Icelandic nursing homes 2003-2014, before and after the setting of stricter criteria for nursing home admission in December 2007

open access: yes, 2019
Introduction: Many factors influence the nursing needs and survival of nursing home residents, including the admission criteria. The aim of the study was to compare health, survival and predictors for one- and two-year survival of people entering ...
Hjaltadottir, Ingibjorg,   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing Impact to Infrastructures Due to Tephra Fallout From Öræfajökull Volcano (Iceland) by Using a Scenario-Based Approach and a Numerical Model

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2018
Mt. Öræfajökull is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in Iceland with potential for a VEI6 eruption and the generation of many severe associated hazards. It is not a frequently erupting volcano with two eruptions in the last 1100 years, in 1362 and 1727–
Sara Barsotti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Icelandic digital practices on Facebook : Language use in informal online communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The dissertation addresses informal Icelandic writing practices in online communication, often referred to as computer-mediated communication (CMC). Specifically, the dissertation studies the linguistic practices of native Icelandic speakers on Facebook ...
Isenmann, Vanessa Monika
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Co‐Occurring Non‐Cardiac Congenital Anomalies Among Cases With Congenital Heart Defects

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cases with congenital heart defects (CHD) often have other associated anomalies. The aim of this investigation was to assess the prevalence and the types of co‐occurring anomalies in CHD in a well‐defined population. The anomalies co‐occurring with CHD were ascertained in all live births, stillbirths and terminations of pregnancy for fetal ...
Claude Stoll   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Icelandic Literature in the U.S.: On the Question of National Borders in Literature [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Litterarum, 2016
Literature has been central to Icelandic culture in the history of the nation. Icelandic immigrants in the U.S. created an original literature in their native tongue that, on the one hand, continued a rich Icelandic literary tradition going back to sagas
Andrey V. Korovin
doaj   +1 more source

The literary significance of clothing in the Icelandic family sagas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
This thesis examines the occurrences of clothes and the particular ways in which they are used in some of the Icelandic family sagas in order to assess their literary significance.
Roscoe, Jane Christine
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Accents and folk linguistics: A grounded-theoretical analysis of Icelanders' reactions to foreigners' use of Icelandic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Iceland has long been a monolingual and monoethnic society, with the Icelandic language serving as a key element in the construction and maintenance of national identity.
Bade, Stefanie
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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

open access: yesAustralian 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
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Icelandic yogurt consumption and resistance training in healthy untrained older males [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Due to the important roles of resistance training and protein consumption in the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia, we assessed the efficacy of post-exercise Icelandic yogurt consumption on lean mass, strength, and skeletal muscle regulatory factors
Hooshmand Moghadam, B.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Genetic‐Proteomic Integration Identifies Predictive Plasma Proteins for Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Multiple sclerosis (MS) develops after a prolonged preclinical phase. Identifying circulating biomarkers that capture this early biology can improve risk stratification and guide intervention. We aimed to identify plasma proteins driving MS susceptibility using large‐scale proteogenomic integration and to evaluate their prediagnostic ...
Yuan Ding   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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