BILDERBOKEN: A BRIEF STORY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SWEDISH PICTURE BOOKS by Cristina Quesada Padrón

“…Some of them have developed their research activity in the Nordic countries, such as Ulla Rhedin or Maria Nikolajeva. …”
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Introduction to 2020-4 by Anders Buch

“…This issue of Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies collects six research articles from the Nordic countries. The first article, Reconceptualizing Job Control in Participatory Interventions – Collective Sensemaking as a Missing Link, authored by Esben Langager Olsen, Christian Dyrlund Wåhlin-Jacobsen, and Johan Simonsen Abildgaard, investigates the connection between participatory organizational-level interventions (POLIs) and job control. …”
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‘Paradise Lost’: A Theft from Helsinki University Library by Esko Häkli

“…Traditionally, research libraries in the Nordic countries have followed the policy of being open, public libraries. …”
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Scaramouche, Scaramouche: Sibelius on stage by Broad, L

“…It argues that the pantomime’s reception both illuminates the importance of dance as a formative ‘modern’ genre within the Nordic countries during this period, and demonstrates that the score is defined by stylistic plurality, which was key to its theatrical success. …”

Implementing risk-based approaches to improve drinking water quality in small water supplies in the Nordic region – barriers and solutions by Maria J. Gunnarsdottir, Sigurdur M. Gardarsson, Magnus Eriksson, Hans-Jörgen Albrechtsen, Kim Steve Gerlach Bergkvist, Pekka M. Rossi, Riikka Matilainen, Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen, Pernille Erland Jensen, Judith Y. A. Maréchal, Mette Myrmel, Frida Celius Kalheim, Kenneth M. Persson, August Bjerkén, Jamie Bartram

“…This is already in regulation in the Nordic countries, although less used in small supplies. …”
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Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency and Its Determinants among Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization Treatment for Infertility in Sweden by Paulina Maaherra Armstrong, Hanna Augustin, Linnea Bärebring, Amra Osmancevic, Maria Bullarbo, Ann Thurin-Kjellberg, Panagiotis Tsiartas

“…Women with infertility in northern latitudes and those from non-Nordic countries who avoid sun exposure and do not take vitamin supplements have a higher prevalence of 25(OH)D insufficiency and longer infertility duration.…”
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Total hip arthroplasties in the Dutch Arthroplasty Register (LROI) and the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA): comparison of patient and procedure characteristics in 4... by Liza N Van Steenbergen, Keijo T Mäkelä, Johan Kärrholm, Ola Rolfson, Søren Overgaard, Ove Furnes, Alma B Pedersen, Antti Eskelinen, Geir Hallan, Berend W Schreurs, Rob G H H Nelissen

“…Results — In the Netherlands, the proportion of patients aged < 55 years (9%) and male patients (34%) was lower than in Nordic countries (< 55 years 11–13%; males 35–43%); the proportion of osteoarthritis (OA) (87%) was higher compared with Sweden (81%), Norway (77%), and Denmark (81%) but comparable to Finland (86%). …”
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Making matters? Unpacking the role of practical aesthetic making activities in the general education through the theoretical lens of embodied learning by Marte S. Gulliksen

“…This development might have broad significance for the theoretical development of the field of education, in particular leading to a renewed and more nuanced understanding of learning as an embodied process. The Nordic countries have a long and rich tradition of including arts and crafts as core subjects in children’s education; however, there is an ongoing discussion of its potential role in the twenty-first century. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic and the Plight of the Elderly: Nordic Experiences by Tuija Takala

“…In my article, I will look at the steps that the Nordic countries took to protect their elderly and assess their success. …”
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Employment Models of Platform Companies in Norway: A Distinctive Approach? by Kristin Jesnes

“…The article builds on qualitative interviews with CEOs of platform companies in Norway, and aims to contribute to the literature by formulating a typology of the employment models of platform companies emerging in the Nordic countries. The platforms’ employment models are compared to the standard employment relationship and precariousness. …”
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The Social Making of Educational Theory: Unraveling How to Understand the Content, Emergence, and Transformation of Educational Theory by Christian Sandbjerg Hansen, Trine Øland

“…Based on analyses of primarily the Danish scene, positing similarities with the other Nordic countries, we identify and investigate three main and today dominating approaches: a philosophical approach focusing on the content of the ‘great’ thinkers’ ideas, their logical-coherence and/or moral-ethical value; a historical approach centering on individuals and their educational ideas expressed as views in a realistic and contextual story; and a Foucauldian approach which analyzes educational ideas and theories through their place in power-knowledge constellations. …”
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Defoliation of Tilia cordata trees associated with Apiognomonia errabunda infection in Finland by Eeva Vainio, Sannakajsa Velmala, Pertti Salo, Seppo Huhtinen, Michael Müller

“…The ITS sequence analysis conducted during this study revealed minor within-species polymorphisms similar to those observed earlier in the Central European and Russian populations of , and reports the first nucleotide sequences of this species from the Nordic countries.Tilia cordataApiognomonia errabundaA. errabundaQuercus roburTiliaFagusA. errabunda…”
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Polityka integracyjna mniejszości romskiej w Szwecji – model i dobre praktyki by Jakub Kościółek

“…Swedish Roma Integration Policy – Model and Good Practicies Sweden is inhabited by the biggest Roma people population among Nordic countries. The community is however very diverse in reference regarding the language spoken, the belief, and origin. …”
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Vitis cv. Zilga is a vine for the northern temperate climate - Short communication by J. Karvonen

“…Of the grapevines grown in the Nordic countries, cv. Zilga, bred in Latvia, has proven to be very winter resistant and fast-maturing, and produces abundant harvests. …”
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Julkaisupaine suomalaisessa tiedeyhteisössä by Janne Pölönen, Otto Auranen

“…Citation impact has not remarkably decreased in Finland compared to the other Nordic countries. In our view, the experience of pressure to publish is also, and perhaps primarily, due to competition for research funding and academic positions partaken by an increasing number of researchers.…”
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Conflicts related to Human Resource Management in Finnish Project-Based Companies by Soila Lemmetty, Sara Keronen, Tommi Auvinen, Kaija Collin

“…In contemporary working life of Nordic countries, employee involvement and well-being are emphasized and organizational functions and demands are continuously changing. …”
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Pricing Currency Risk in Two Interlinked Stock Markets by Jan Antell, Mika Vaihekoski

“…We investigate the role of currency risk on stock markets in two interlinked Nordic countries exhibiting a gradual move from fixed to floating exchange rate regime. …”
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Norway ReimaginedPopular geopolitics and the Russophone fans of Skam by Ratilainen Saara

“…Employing multimodal discourse analysis to the social media platform VKontakte, I examine how Russophone audiences of global television imagine the country of origin of their object of fandom, and how spatial imaginations embedded in this process contribute to popular geopolitics of Norden – that is, to geopolitical reasoning of narratives and representations of Nordic countries available through popular culture. My analysis shows how Norway and its positioning in the world provides an important symbolic resource for further discussions on identity and belonging. …”
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Skilled Migrant Women’s Experiences of the Job Search Process by Heidi Lehtovaara, Marjut Jyrkinen

“…The employment level of migrant women in Finland is low compared to other Nordic countries, and even though migrant women are more educated than migrant men and their Finnish language skills are better, they encounter many hurdles in employment. …”
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Evaluation of Quality in Computer Games by Sandvik Kjetil

“…This has led to arguments both in the EU and the Nordic countries that computer games should be included in the culture political strategies for financial funding as well as the development of talents for the game industry. …”
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