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The Little Ice Age: The History and Future of a Traveling Concept

WIREs Climate Change, Volume 16, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
Since its inception, the “Little Ice Age” has grown into one of the most discussed “traveling concepts” in climate science, history, and communication. This article investigates the contested history and the potential uses of the “Little Ice Age” as a scientific boundary object.
Dominik Collet, Sam White, Scott Bremer, Brita Brenna, Håkon Glørstad, Ingar Mørkestøl Gundersen, Heli Huhtamaa, Kirstin Krüger, Hans W. Linderholm, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Astrid E. J. Ogilvie, Helene Løvstrand Svarva, Bergsveinn Þórsson   +12 more
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Special Editors’ Introduction

Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2023
Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir, Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Cristina-Silvia Cretu   +2 more
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Ribbed moraines formed during deglaciation of the Icelandic Ice Sheet: implications for ice‐stream dynamics

Boreas, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 328-350, July 2025.
This study focuses on the deglaciation dynamics in the northeastern sector of the Iceland Ice Sheet, by investigating transverse ridges, together with glacifluvial and ice‐marginal landforms. The main emphasis is on the transverse ridges, which are primarily interpreted as ribbed moraines – the first to be described in Iceland.
Nína Aradóttir, Ívar Örn Benediktsson, Erla Guðný Helgadóttir, Ólafur Ingólfsson, Skafti Brynjólfsson, Wesley R. Farnsworth   +5 more
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COPD patients’ experiences, self-reported needs, and needs-driven strategies to cope with self-management

International Journal of COPD, 2019
Jonina Sigurgeirsdottir,1,2 Sigridur Halldorsdottir,3 Ragnheidur Harpa Arnardottir,3–5 Gunnar Gudmundsson,1,6 Eythor Hreinn Bjornsson21Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; 2Reykjalundur Rehabilitation Center, Mosfellsbaer,
Sigurgeirsdottir J, Halldorsdottir S, Arnardottir RH, Gudmundsson G, Bjornsson EH   +4 more
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[Knee arthroplasties performed at Akureyri University Hospital in the years 1983-2003. Results with emphasis on revision and complication rates].

Laeknabladid, 2005
Osteoarthrosis (OA) is a growing medical problem in western societies and the cost of the treatment has grown accordingly in the last years. Patients with OA often need to be operated on with arthroplasties and one important outcome measure for this type of surgery is the revision rate.
Jónas, Hvannberg, Grétar O, Róbertsson, Júlíus, Gestsson, Thornorvaldur, Ingvarsson   +3 more
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Underemployment of Immigrant Women in Iceland – A case study

Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2018
The number of immigrants living in Iceland has been steadily on the rise for the last decade; between 2007 and 2017, the percentage of immigrants living in Iceland has increased from 7.6 % to 11.9%.
Aija Burdikova, Stéphanie Barillé, Markus Meckl, Soffía Gísladóttir   +3 more
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What is true? What is false?

Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2015
An introduction to the proceedings of the international conference entitled "Freedom of Expression and Social Responsibility: Theory and Practice", that was and organised by the Media Studies Programme and Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of ...
Sigrún Stefánsdóttir
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Instruments for Patient Education: Psychometric Evaluation of the Expected Knowledge (EKhp) and the Received Knowledge of Hospital Patients (RKhp)

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2020
Helena Leino-Kilpi,1,2 Saija Inkeroinen,1 Esther Cabrera,3,4 Andreas Charalambous,1,5 Natalja Fatkulina,6,7 Jouko Katajisto,8 Árún K Sigurðardóttir,9,10 Panayota Sourtzi,11 Riitta Suhonen,1,2,12 Adelaida Zabalegui,13,14 Kirsi ...
Leino-Kilpi H, Inkeroinen S, Cabrera E, Charalambous A, Fatkulina N, Katajisto J, Sigurðardóttir ÁK, Sourtzi P, Suhonen R, Zabalegui A, Valkeapää K   +10 more
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Free Speech, Freedom of the Press, and the Tapestry of Lies

Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2015
This paper comprises the text of the invited lecture presented at the international conference, "Tjáningarfrelsi og félagsleg ábyrgð - Kenningar og útfærsla" (Freedom of Expression and Social Responsibility – Theory and Practice), held at the University ...
Mikael M. Karlsson
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Recent Advances in Second Generation Ethanol Production by Thermophilic Bacteria

Energies, 2014
There is an increased interest in using thermophilic bacteria for the production of bioethanol from complex lignocellulosic biomass due to their higher operating temperatures and broad substrate range.
Sean Michael Scully, Johann Orlygsson
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