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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"Scandinavia"”.
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The Environmental Effects of Hydroelectric Power in Arctic Scandinavia
… are discussed using examples from six Arctic Scandinavian rivers. Statistical relationships between supply and demand of all energy, and potential devel9pments of hydroelectric supplies are presented. Nevertheless, although there are many problems associated with hydropower developments a …
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Literacy in Scandinavia. A passage from orality influenced by runes
… and the beginning of literacy in the oldest Scandinavian texts we preserve, the first conclusion to be drawn is that the problem is far from being solved. Even though some medievalists believe that orality can not be proven by reading the primary sources we have, most general linguists accept …
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International political behavior: historical analysis of Scandinavia and the Netherlands.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 1971
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Weathering Regimes and Pedogenic Variability on Large Boulders, Karkevagge, Northern Scandinavia
The following conclusions were established from field, laboratory, and statistical analyses: (1) Clay content was marginally greater in soils developed on garnet-mica-schist than mica-schist; (2) Silt and clay content did not reflect eolian sediment input; (3) Soils that have formed on boulder tops …
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Teach Yourself? Language Learning through Self-Instruction Manuals in Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia
… By surveying ordinary nineteenth-century Scandinavians, it is established that they turned to self-directed learning as a consequence of social and economic developments in the region. At the time, early globalisation was felt in terms of increased travel and trade. As a consequence, …
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Scandinavia After the Fall of the Kalmar Union: A Study in Scandinavian Relations, 1523-1536
… 1523 the balance of control and power shifted in Scandinavia. Due to the tyranny of Christian II, Sweden rebelled and broke away under the leadership of Gustav Vasa while Norway remained in union with Denmark. Although Danes and Norwegians shared common traits and identifiers; including religion, …
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The Other Body: Persons in Viking Age Multiple Burials in Scandinavia and the Western Diaspora
… of the Viking Age mortuary landscape throughout Scandinavia and the lands of the Western Diaspora. Even though a number of spectacular examples have captured the imagination of professionals and the public alike, multiple burials have not been the subject of dedicated and systematic …
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The Appeal and Reception of the Legend of Saint Eustace in Early Medieval England and Medieval Scandinavia
… be linked to tenth-century England and medieval Scandinavia. This thesis will examine the transmission and reception of the Legend in early medieval England, focusing on the tenth century, and in medieval Scandinavia, where the West Norse tradition in Norway and Iceland is active between the …
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Combination of Borehole Seismic and Downhole Logging to Investigate the Vicinity of the COSC‑1 Borehole in Western Scandinavia
… COSC-1 (Collisional Orogeny in the Scandinavian Caledonides) zu beschreiben. Die bohrlochseismischen Daten zeigen deutlich hohe Reflektivität und seismische Anisotropie der erbohrten geologischen Einheit, der Seve-Decke. Diese Decke zeichnet sich durch einen häufigen Wechsel von …
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The Forgotten Footnote of the Second World War: An Examination of the Historiography of Scandinavia during World War II
… continuously overlooked the significance of the Scandinavian region to the outcome of the war. This thesis seeks to address some of the more glaring errors of omission that have dampened the Anglo-American understanding of the war. Attention will first be paid to Finland and how its war against …
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Symphony orchestras in Scandinavia and Britain : a comparative study of funding, cultural models and chief executive self-perception of policy and organisation
… Executives of 83 symphony orchestras (32 in Scandinavia and 51 in the United Kingdom). The results of the survey indicate that there is little difference between the attitudes of Chief Executives in the six countries to a number of internal and external factors that influence their particular …
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The Effect of Motivation on the Performance of Public and Private Organizations in Tanzani: a Comparative Analysis of Tanzania Posts Corporation, FEDEX, SCANDINAVIA and DHL
… These organizations are DHL, FEDEX and SCANDINAVIA. The information collected was used to generalize the quality of services and motivation offered by the remaining organizations in Tanzania. Managers and frontline employees of the selected firms were involved to gather the required …
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Explaining Viking expansion
Current scholarship regarding Scandinavia has neglected to give all but a cursory glance at the factors involved in Viking expansion. This thesis studies and explains employment opportunities, political motives, and societal norms as separate, individual motives that perpetuated Scandinavian …
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The foreign policy of the Chamberlain wartime administration, September 1939-May 1940
… East, Italy, the Soviet Union, the Balkans, and Scandinavia. These areas represented the biggest challenges to British policy following the outbreak of war with Germany: Japan and Italy, whilst nominal allies of Germany, had opted to stay out of the war, the Soviet Union appeared to be acting in …
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The Identity and International Relations of Orkney and Dublin in the long Eleventh Century
… the concept of ‘diaspora’ as it applies to the Scandinavian settlements of Orkney and Dublin in the eleventh century. Comparative analysis identifies how key differences in the settlements’ location and make-up affected their dynamic, and even opportunistic, set of relationships with their …
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