Data Assimilation of Growing Stock Volume Using a Sequence of Remote Sensing Data from Different Sensors by Nils Lindgren, Håkan Olsson, Kenneth Nyström, Mattias Nyström, Göran Ståhl

“…Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) has implied a disruptive transformation of how data are gathered for forest management planning in Nordic countries. We show in this study that the accuracy of ALS predictions of growing stock volume can be maintained and even improved over time if they are forecasted and assimilated with more frequent but less accurate remote sensing data sources like satellite images, digital photogrammetry, and InSAR. …”
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The impact of welfare state systems on innovation performance and competitiveness: European country clusters by Ali Hajighasemi, Pejvak Oghazi, Shahla Aliyari, Natallia Pashkevich

“…The results obtained from the performance of five welfare state clusters of European countries have shown that the most comprehensive welfare states, primarily those in the Nordic countries, have been the most successful in achieving innovation goals and have long been ranked as innovation leaders in Europe. …”
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Carbon neutrality implication of material productivity, total factor productivity and renewable energy uptake in the Nordics by Ali Celik, Ahmet Kostekci, Andrew Adewale Alola

“…The recent report of the European Commission (EC) indicates that the Nordic countries, especially Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden have some of the highest and above European Union (EU)’s average consumption per capita of domestic material. …”
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Enterprise Education through Sloyd by Janne Elo

“…Though it is being pushed by EU and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) policy, as well as national policy in the Nordic countries, there are still questions regarding the implementation and nature of enterprise education. …”
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Prevalence of Potential Pathogenic and Antimicrobial Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> in Danish Broilers by Louise Ladefoged Poulsen, Magne Bisgaard, Henrik Christensen

“…During a previous outbreak of APEC in the Nordic countries, it was suggested that the pathogenic clones of <i>E. coli</i> causing the outbreak originated from grandparent stock and were transmitted to the offspring, causing increased first week mortality. …”
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Climate concern elasticity of carbon footprint by Enar Kornelius Leferink, Jukka Heinonen, Sanna Ala-Mantila, Áróra Árnadóttir

“…However, this study is based on a survey conducted in Nordic countries which allows us to directly calculate carbon footprints from responses about quantity and types of activities instead of from spending. …”
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Developing Indicators to Improve Safety and Security of Citizens in Case of Disruption of Critical Infrastructures Due to Natural Hazards—Case of a Snowstorm in Finland by Riitta Molarius, Jaana Keränen, Tuula Kekki, Pirjo Jukarainen

“…Our case study was a snowstorm, still a frequent phenomenon in the Nordic countries. This article describes and explains the possibilities and limitations of systemic dynamic modelling in contingency planning. …”
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Early Field Performance of Small-Sized Silver Birch and Scots Pine Container Seedlings at Different Planting Depths by Laura Pikkarainen, Jaana Luoranen, Heli Peltola

“…Deep planting is recommended in Nordic countries only for normal-sized container seedlings planted on mounds. …”
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Understanding Different Approaches to ECE Pedagogy through Tensions by Jonna Kangas, Tuulikki Ukkonen-Mikkola, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Samuli Ranta, Heidi Chydenius, Jaana Lahdenperä, Marita Neitola, Jarmo Kinos, Nina Sajaniemi, Inkeri Ruokonen

“…The concept of pedagogy is the key to understanding pedagogy in early childhood education (ECE) in the Nordic countries, which are known for their high quality of life and education. …”
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Predicting solar radiation using a parametric cloud model by Skeie Kristian, Gustavsen Arild

“…In this paper, we evaluate a method to calculate hourly global solar radiation and improve the calculation of diffuse and vertical surface radiation on building facades by accounting for ground conditions based on publicly available data of cloud coverage, temperature and precipitation from a forecast service covering the Nordic countries. The detailed weather forecasts produced by MET Norway provide hourly forecasts for the next 60 hours, and 6-hour predictions for the next week. …”
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Swedish Military Bases of the Cold War: The Making of a New Cultural Heritage by Per Strömberg

“…The fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union completely transformed the military-political situation in the Nordic countries. The movement from invasion defence to input defence in Sweden has made many of the subterranean modern fortresses and permanent defence systems of the Cold War unnecessary. …”
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Istoricheskaja pamjat' v jepohu globalizacii: primer rossijsko-jestonskih otnoshenij [Historical memory in the age of globalization: the case of Russian- Estonian relations] by Lanko Dmitry

“…This article contributes to the discussion within the "Towards the Common Past" international academic network bringing together scholars from Russia, the Baltic States and the Nordic countries. It assesses the relationship between globalization and historical memory, thus contributing to the discussion on globalization and the roles and applications of history. …”
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Longevity of Plant Pathogens in Dry Agricultural Seeds during 30 Years of Storage by Guro Brodal, Åsmund Asdal

“…In this study we monitored the longevity of 14 seed-borne pathogens in 9 crop species commonly grown in the Nordic countries, in addition to a sample of sclerotia of <i>Sclerotinia sclerotiorum</i>. …”
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Iodine intake in human nutrition: a systematic literature review by Ingibj&#x00F6;rg Gunnarsdottir, Lisbeth Dahl

“…The rationale for increasing the dietary reference values for pregnant and lactating women in the NNR5 needs to be discussed in a broader perspective, taking iodine status of pregnant women in the Nordic countries into account.…”
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Comorbidities in a Cohort of 66 Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans—Results From the Nordic PAM Study by Josephine Mistegård, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Ulla Lindqvist, Leena Laasonen, Leif Ejstrup, Mona Ståhle, Lars Iversen

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of comorbidities among patients with PAM and the association between comorbidities and joint involvement.Methods: A total of 66 patients aged ≥18 years from the Nordic countries with past or present psoriasis along with at least one mutilated joint were included in the present study.Results: The median number of comorbid conditions per patient was 1 [interquartile range (IQR) 0–2] and 16.7% reported three or more comorbidities. …”
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Statistical Models to Analyze the SARS-Cov2 Spreading in Europe by Cristina Gena DASCĂLU, Mihaela MOSCALU, Magda Ecaterina ANTOHE

“…From a general point of view, a few conclusions can be noted: regardless the strategies applied at the country level, the successes reported in the pandemic control were only temporary; in the Nordic countries, the evolution of the pandemic has been milder and the general evolution of the disease rate was equally unfavorable in all European countries, the differences being given only by the time gaps; therefore, the local policies and restrictions for pandemic control had a limited efficiency.…”
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Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Its European Distribution in Ticks and Endothermic Mammals by Melanie Walter, Janna R. Vogelgesang, Franz Rubel, Katharina Brugger

“…The highest probabilities of TBE virus presence were identified in Central Europe, in the south of the Nordic countries, and in the Baltic countries. The model performance was evaluated by an out-of-bag error (OOB) of 0.174 and a high area under the curve value (AUC) of 0.905. …”
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First introduction of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A viruses in wild and domestic birds in Denmark, Northern Europe by Kabell Susanne, Hammer Anne S, Handberg Kurt, Jørgensen Poul H, Bragstad Karoline, Fomsgaard Anders

“…This is the first full genome characterisation of HP H5N1 avian influenza A virus in the Nordic countries. The Danish viruses from this time period have their origin from the wild bird strains from Qinghai in 2005. …”
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Historical memory in the age of globalization: the case of Russian- Estonian relations by Lanko Dmitry

“…This article contributes to the discussion within the "Towards the Common Past" international academic network bringing together scholars from Russia, the Baltic States and the Nordic countries. It assesses the relationship between globalization and historical memory, thus contributing to the discussion on globalization and the roles and applications of history. …”
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Om hringbrot og våbendanse i islandsk tradition by Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir

“…By using those sources traditionally referred to, as well as introducing a number of new ones, the article seeks to shed light on weapon dances within the Nordic countries, placing them in a European context, the intention being to strengthen<br />the basis for further research into this area within the field of Nordic dance studies and history. …”
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