The role of lifestyle and dietary patterns in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) is relatively well established in the literature. Consumption of fish and fish oil have specifically been reported to be protective for the development of CHD while data are scarce on the potential prote... (1,433 characters more)

Bakterían Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumókokkar) hefur lengi verið þekkt sem orsakavaldur ýmissa sýkinga, bæði vægra t.d. eyrnabólgu og skútabólgu sem og lífshættulegra t.d. heilahimnubólgu og lungnabólgu. Fjölsykruhjúpur pneumókokka hefur lengi verið þekktur sem einn af helstu meinvirkniþáttum ... (3,056 characters more)

The object of this study was to explore what ideas leisure counselors (social pedagogy) have on what factors are important to facilitate good cooperation in groups. The study looks at different factors that are all connected to the terms cooperation and groups in one way or another. It focuse... (1,124 characters more)

This treatise examines the special statutes principally utilized by small islands under EU law and addresses the question of prime importance to Iceland and to the Icelanders: does the EU, within its current legal framework, allow derogations from acquis communautaire on the basis of being a smal... (2,559 characters more)

Vistvæn ferðamennska (ecotourism) er þekkt en margrætt hugtak, misskilið af ferðamönnum, gestgjöfum þeirra og fræðimönnum. Það hefur vakið vaxandi athygli þar sem vistvæn ferðamennska hefur verið helsti vaxtarsproti ferðamannaiðnaðarins. Áhersla hefur verið lögð á að skilgreina hugtakið og afmark... (688 characters more)