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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Nordic Countries"”.
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Network pricing in the Nordic countries
Die Untersuchung bewertet die Preissetzung der lokalen Stromverteilungsunternehmen in den Nordischen Ländern. Nach der Darstellung der theoretischen Grundlagen der Kostenstruktur, der Preissetzung und der gängigsten Regulierungsmethoden der natürlichen Monopole im ersten Teil wird im zweiten Teil …
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An Unholy Union? : Eugenic Feminism in the Nordic Countries, ca. 1890-1940
… eugenics was widespread internationally but the Nordic countries showed an especially keen engagement with these ideals. This link between eugenics and feminism is a controversial one, since eugenics is often thought to restrict women's reproductive choices, whereas feminism empowers women's …
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The Nordic industrial CCS system as a large-scale superpower of negative emissions
… and benefits of establishing a first-of-a-kind Nordic industrial CCS system, with particular focus on enabling CR by CCS through a tradable negative emissions credit, and by using Carbfix as a case study, show how using CO2 mineralization storage could be an important part of such a system. A …
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Effects of Agglomeration on Labor Productivity : Empirical Cross-country Evidence from the Nordics
… this hypothesis is tested in the context of the Nordic countries by studying if the increases in the employment density affect the regional productivity. This effect between the employment density and regional productivity is called the agglomeration effect. The theoretical background of this …
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Understanding Violence and Conflict: Greenland as a Theory-Building Case Study
… in the world and 6-7 times higher than the other Nordic countries), multigenerational trauma, and other forms of abuse. By developing and applying a renewed conceptualization of violent conflicts aimed at unravelling their roots, this study recognises that there are precise violent phenomena and …
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Iceland as Norm Entrepreneur : Implementing Innovation in the Measurement of Economic Progress
… for innovation in measuring economic progress. Nordic countries have been known to effect greater social and political change on an international platform than their size would suggest. The findings of this research show that Iceland can have a role to play in implementing innovation in economic …
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Powered Mobility Devices in a Nordic Context: Service Delivery, Effectiveness and Methodological Development
… are provided to adult first time users in a Nordic context. Some of the results have been used to investigate the relationship between the three key elements of Donabedian’s conceptual model when scooters are provided to users from two Nordic countries, Denmark and Norway. As most of the …
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Aquaponics and plant-based consumption : a Nordic perspective : evaluating attitudes towards aquaponics among vegan and vegetarian consumers in Iceland and Sweden
The Nordic countries, recognised for their innovative approach to sustainable development, are experiencing a rise in part of their populations becoming vegan and vegetarian. However, with limited arable land these nations face challenges in reaching The Sustainable Development Goals of zero hunger …
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Exchange rate theory and practice: target zones and asymmetrical currency substitution
… zones of the European Monetary System and the Nordic countries. The model in this chapter allows for a realignment in the central parity of the exchange rate while the fundamentals follow a mean-reverting Brownian motion which models the intramarginal interventions of the central banks. We …
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Gender Differences in Earnings and Occupational Attainment in Europe
… traditional male breadwinner model. Even in the Nordic countries, which rank highest on most measures of gender equity in work/family reconciliation policies, women tend to earn less than men, on average, and to work in a narrower range of occupations than their male counterparts. At the other …
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An international trade analysis for selected paper products
… Canada, the European Economic Community, the Nordic countries, and the United States. Based on these estimates, the historical data was simulated using reactive programming. Projections about the future market conditions were also made using the same algorithm. Inelastic price elasticities of …
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Sérhannað húsnæði aldraðra. Stefnumótun og löggjöf á Íslandi 1983-2008
… homes and sheltered housing than in the other Nordic countries. Insufficiently defined definitions of roles and responsibilities have resulted in unfocused policy making. A development can be noted in building both nursing homes and senior persons´ apartments though without clear definitions on …
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Housing Accessibility Methodology Targeting Older Poeple - Reliable Assessments and Valid Standards
… thesis is the development of the content-valid Nordic HE instrument which is deemed sufficiently reliable in Nordic countries, and the recommendations for in-depth examination of inter-rater agreement for the improvement of reliability. A second main contribution of the present thesis is that it …
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Overdoses, suicidal behaviour and clinical characteristics in heavy drug users. Studies in the Criminal Justice System.
… older, and more likely to be born in the Nordic countries. Compared to heroin users, amphetamine users were more likely to have heredity of alcohol problems, and more likely to report cognitive problems. The overlap in use of the three different drugs was limited. Among recent opioid users …
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The usefulness of administrative data in the research of migrant health
… to other regions in Europe (most notably the Nordic countries), and worldwide. This thesis aimed to evaluate the usefulness of administrative data in the research of migrant health. <br/><br/>A scoping review of the literature revealed that migrants were less likely to utilise mental …
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Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer - Aspects on Epidemiology and Prognostic Markers
… epidemiological changes for tongue cancer in the Nordic countries and to compare some possible predictive factors for OOPHSCC. During the period 1960-1994, an incidence increase in SCC of the mobile tongue in all ages, except for women aged 65-79, was observed. Data including site and histology …
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Attitudes towards Paganism in Medieval Irish and Old Norse Texts of the Trojan War
… widely (especially in those set in Ireland or Nordic countries). This comparison reveals a general sympathy for many pagan characters that finds some parallels in the Trojan texts as well, but also a different representation of pagan deities in the two traditions. Indeed, the Irish tendency to …
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Konstruktionen av det heliga. Altarna i det medeltida Lunds stift
… on altars are outlined with an emphasis on the Nordic countries. Chapter 3 deals with the physical construction of altars in the diocese of Lund. A number of different details that make up an altar are examined. The results point to notable geographical and chronological differences in the way …
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The Influence of national culture dimensions on agile implementations in the South African software development context
… are emphasised. Cultures from Anglosphere countries, where Agile methodologies originate from, and Nordic countries, are closest aligned to Agile values. Since Agile values are based on Western culture, there is a need to investigate their suitability for cultures that have different values …
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