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Perceptions of Gender Equality among Icelandic Year 10 Adolescents: Population Studies 1992, 2006, and 2014

Adolescents, 2021
The aim of this research is to outline, for the first time, the changes in attitudes towards gender equality among 10th graders in Iceland based on data obtained from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) in 1992, 2006, and 2014.
Einar Baldvin Thorsteinsson, Andrea Sigrún Hjálmsdóttir, Thoroddur Bjarnason   +2 more
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Adherence to aspirin use during pregnancy among women at risk of preeclampsia: A cross‐sectional study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Volume 105, Issue 9, Page 1778-1788, September 2026.
Approximately one‐third of women classified at risk did not recall receiving an aspirin recommendation, suggesting opportunities for improvement within preventative antenatal care. Adherence did not vary by pre‐eclampsia risk severity. The most frequent reason for nonadherence was forgetfulness.
Emma M. Swift, Sigurbjörg A. Guðnadóttir, Eygló H. Haraldsdóttir, Hulda Hjartardóttir, Lilja Ó. Atladóttir, Helga Helgadóttir, Lárus S. Guðmundsson, Rannveig Sigurvinsdóttir, Kristjana H. Ásbjörnsdóttir, Jóhanna Gunnarsdóttir   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing the How of Implementation: A Hermeneutic Exploration of Implementing Virtual Kidney Care in a Remote, Rural Health Region

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Volume 32, Issue 5, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Rationale Implementing evidence‐informed healthcare services is typically approached as a structured, time‐limited project, focused largely on what to do. Less well understood is how implementation actually unfolds in practice: the ways in which those involved navigate change and generate solutions in diverse community settings.
Martha L. P. Macleod, Anurag Singh, Erin Barker, Steinunn Jónatansdóttir, David Snadden, Graham McCaffrey, Lela V. Zimmer, Peter Zimmer, Cathy Ulrich, Ian D. Graham   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preschool staff perceptions of leader capabilities during COVID-19 early stage in Iceland

Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 2022
In mid-March 2020, leaders of Icelandic preschools faced a new reality: the task of leading and keeping their preschools open during the early stages of a pandemic. Suddenly, everything changed, and dystopia became the “new normal”.
Kristín Dýrfjörð, Anna Elísa Hreiðarsdóttir   +1 more
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Revisiting the status of the Arctic's Last Ice Area as a refuge for marine predators

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract The Last Ice Area (LIA), located north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland, has the Arctic's oldest and thickest sea ice. The LIA is hypothesized to be a potential climate refuge for ice‐dependent top predators as Arctic sea ice continues to decline.
Kristin L. Laidre, Axel Schweiger, Jinlun Zhang, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Steele, Steven H. Ferguson, G. W. K. Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Where There Are Stars, There Is Also Darkness”: Young Icelandic Men’s Experience of Prescription Drug Misuse

American Journal of Men's Health, 2022
Misuse of prescription drugs is a public health problem in many places around the world, including Iceland. It is considered most common among 18- to 25-year-olds, various risk factors and motives explain this trend.
Andrea Yr Arnarsdottir, Arni Johnsen, Kjartan Thorsson, Sigrun Sigurdardottir   +3 more
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A half century of monitoring reveals contrasting survival responses of Icelandic seabirds to climate and fisheries pressures

Ibis, Volume 168, Issue 3, Page 950-971, July 2026.
Seabirds serve as key indicators of marine environmental changes, with adult survival being a critical parameter for assessing population health. Iceland hosts some of the largest seabird populations in the North Atlantic, making it a valuable location for studying long‐term trends in seabird demographics.
Sarah E. Gutowsky, Mark L. Mallory, Gregory J. Robertson, Anna M. Calvert, David A. Fifield, Sverrir Thorstensen, Ævar Petersen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐Term Variability and Spatial Differentiation of the Frost‐Free Period in Iceland

International Journal of Climatology, Volume 46, Issue 8, 30 June 2026.
Warming in Iceland (May–September) is expressed as fewer Tmin < 0°C days in the interior and more Tmin > 0°C days along the coasts. ABSTRACT Climate change in subarctic regions leads to significant transformations in thermal conditions; however, the long‐term variability of the frost‐free season (FFS)—and consequently, the growing period—remains poorly
Katarzyna Piotrowicz, Katarzyna Szyga‐Pluta, Alicja Szklarczyk, Ewa Przedpełska‐Wąsowicz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Late‐Holocene evolution of a small Sub‐Arctic glacier, Gljúfurárjökull (Tröllaskagi, northern Iceland)

Boreas, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 356-383, April 2026.
Gljúfurárjökull, located on the Tröllaskagi Peninsula in northern Iceland, is a small glacier approximately 3.8 km in length. This study analyses the glacier's evolution through a combination of methods including: (i) geomorphological mapping, (ii) Cosmic‐Ray Exposure (CRE) dating, (iii) lichenometry and (iv) palaeoglacier reconstruction (volume ...
Nuria Andrés, José M. Fernández‐Fernández, David Palacios, Irene Schimmelpfennig, Leopoldo G. Sancho, Skafti Brynjólfsson, Þorsteinn Sæmundsson, Wesley R. Farnsworth, Luis M. Tanarro, Mariano Brito, Javier Santos‐González, Rosa B. González‐Gutiérrez, ASTER Team (Georges Aumaître, Karim Keddadouche)   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monika Djerf-Pierre & Mats Ekström, A history of Swedish Broadcasting - Communicative ethos, genres and institutional change (Göteborg: Nordicom, 2013)

Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2015
Book review for NOME by Birgir Guðmundsson, University of Akureyri:
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