Gender, Success, and Drop-Out during a Resistance Exercise Program in Community Dwelling Old Adults by O. G. Geirsdottir, M. Chang, K. Briem, P. V. Jonsson, I. Thorsdottir, A. Ramel

Get full text

Pancreatic Mass Leading to Left-Sided Portal Hypertension, Causing Bleeding from Isolated Gastric Varices by Helga Thrainsdottir, Vigdis Petursdottir, Sigurdur Blöndal, Einar S. Björnsson

Get full text

Ethics of life and death: changes in the book's content – and the philosopher‘s thinking? by Svava Sigurdardottir

“…Over the last four decades, Vilhjálmur Árnason professor emeritus in philosophy, has been at the forefront in the academic fields of moral and political philosophy, and medical – and bioethics in Iceland. His research and in-depth understanding of the ethical aspects of medicine and life sciences in Icelandic society are demonstrated by his extensive written work on these issues. …”
Get full text

Age-related biomechanical variations in vertical jumping and sprinting performance among basketball players by Milos Petrovic, Jorgelina Ramos, Thrainn Hafsteinsson, Thordis Gisladottir

Get full text

Supercritical Fluid Geochemistry in Geothermal Systems by Matylda Heřmanská, Barbara I. Kleine, Andri Stefánsson

“…Similar concentration patterns have been predicted from geochemical modeling and were observed at Krafla, Iceland, for the IDDP-1 supercritical fluid discharge. …”
Get full text

Écrire l’histoire d’une faide dans l’Islande du XIIIe siècle. Quelques remarques sur la Saga des Svínfellingar by Grégory Cattaneo

“…First, it analyses the mechanism of a feud in an area of Eastern Iceland in the middle of the 13th century. Then it demonstrates the value of a contemporary saga as a historical source. …”
Get full text

Analysis of a Benchmark Building Installed with Tuned Mass Dampers under Wind and Earthquake Loads by S. Elias, R. Rupakhety, S. Olafsson

Get full text

Tales of Their Times by Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir

“…This is achieved by looking into the tales of a woman storyteller in the nineteenth century when organized collecting began in Iceland, and three storytellers‘ repertoires from the twentieth century, when fairytales still belonged to the living oral tradition were tape-recorded. …”
Get full text

Assessing neuromuscular system via patellar tendon reflex analysis using EMG in healthy individuals by Zakia Khatun, Zakia Khatun, Sara Kristinsdóttir, Arndís Thóra Thórisdóttir, Linda Björk Halldórsdóttir, Francesco Tortorella, Paolo Gargiulo, Paolo Gargiulo, Thordur Helgason, Thordur Helgason

Get full text

Fatal poisonings in Nordic countries in 2022 among people who use drugs by Pirkko Kriikku, Hilde Marie E. Edvardsen, Gunilla Thelander, Svava Thordardottir, Charlotte Uggerhøj Andersen, Ilkka Ojanperä, Anna K. Jönsson, Joachim Frost, Simon Kjær Hermansen, Gerd J.M. Delaveris, Kirsten Wiese Simonsen

“…The death rate (number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants) among PWUD in 2022 was highest in Norway (8.03), followed by Iceland (7.20) and Finland (5.95), and lowest in Denmark (5.09). …”
Get full text

BRCA2 Heterozygosity Delays Cytokinesis in Primary Human Fibroblasts by Asta Björk Jonsdottir, Maaike P. G. Vreeswijk, Ron Wolterbeek, Peter Devilee, Hans J. Tanke, Jorunn E. Eyfjörd, Karoly Szuhai

Get full text

THE NEW ATLANTEANS: FORCED MIGRATION, STATELESSNESS AND JUSTICE by Magnus Arni Skjöld MAGNUSSON, Heather ALLANSDÓTTIR, Danielle Elizabeth BEAUCHEMIN, Elham FAKOURI, Judit RODRIGUEZ, Anca TĂNASIE

“I Often Experience a Lack of Trust”: Filipino Migrant Nurses’ Experiences of Coping with Multiple Conflicting Workplace Demands by Thora H. Christiansen, Erla S. Kristjánsdóttir, Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir

“…This study explores the experiences of nurses from the Philippines working in the Icelandic healthcare sector, a sector facing attrition in the ranks of qualified medical staff, austerity measures, and labor disputes. …”
Get full text

Changes in cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 in the Nordic countries by Anna Johansson, Anna Skog, Tom Børge Johannesen, Tor Åge Myklebust, Simon M. Kønig, Charlotte Wessel Skovlund, Lina Steinrud Mørch, Søren Friis, Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen, David Pettersson, Eva María Gudmundsdóttir, Nanna Margrét Kristinsdóttir, Helgi Birgisson, Sandra Irenaeus, Johan Ahlgren, Mats Lambe, Elli Hirvonen, Janne Pitkäniemi, Giske Ursin

“…During 2020, colon cancer rates declined in Denmark and Iceland, while rectal cancer rates declined in Denmark, and lung and kidney cancer rates declined in Norway. …”
Get full text

Differentiation status determines the effects of IFNγ on the expression of PD-L1 and immunomodulatory genes in melanoma by Teitur Sævarsson, Adrián López García de Lomana, Ólafur Sánchez, Veerle van Esch, Gunnar Bjarni Ragnarsson, Siggeir Fannar Brynjólfsson, Eiríkur Steingrímsson, Berglind Ósk Einarsdóttir

Get full text

Tributary by James Davoll, Paul Dolan, Pete Howson

“…Tributary is an experimental ethnographic film that traces the movement and harnessing of natural resources within the Icelandic landscape to support our digital lives. …”
Get full text

Timing of Frontal Plane Trunk Lean, Not Magnitude, Mediates Frontal Plane Knee Joint Loading in Patients with Moderate Medial Knee Osteoarthritis by Freyja Hálfdanardóttir, Dan K. Ramsey, Kristín Briem

Get full text

Auden and MacNeice: Their Last Will and Testament – Thirties Classic or Existential Pause? by Sara R. GREAVES

“…Auden and Louis MacNeice’s 1937 travel narrative: Letters from Iceland, written entirely in terza rima and entitled “Their Last Will and Testament”. …”
Get full text

Circulating Baseline CXCR3+Th2 and Th17 Cell Proportions Correlate With Trabecular Bone Loss After 48 Weeks of Biological Treatment in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Julia M. Scheffler, Christina Drevinge, Catharina Lindholm, Inger Gjertsson, Kristina Lend, Merete Lund Hetland, Mikkel Østergaard, Till Uhlig, Marte Schrumpf Heiberg, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Michael T. Nurmohamed, Jon Lampa, Tuulikki Sokka‐Isler, Dan Nordström, Kim Hørslev‐Petersen, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Gerdur Gröndal, Ronald vanVollenhoven, Hans Carlsten, Mattias Lorentzon, Anna‐Karin Hultgård Ekwall, Anna Rudin, Ulrika Islander

Get full text

Developing Global Leaders through International Partnership: A Collaborative Model for Graduate Nursing Programs by Stephanie Gingerich, Gudrun Jonsdóttir, Jennifer Wentzel, Carol Flaten, Judy Pechacek, Helga Bragadóttir

“… This paper presents a collaborative model for developing global leaders in graduate nursing programs, specifically through an international partnership between the University of Minnesota (UMN) and the University of Iceland (UI). The model, which relies on an innovative week-long immersion course, addresses the growing need for globally-minded nurse leaders capable of responding to the unique challenges of today's interconnected world. …”
Get full text