Time trends in occupational exposure to chemicals in Sweden: proportion exposed, distribution across demographic and labor market strata, and exposure levels by Per Gustavsson, Pernilla Wiebert, Håkan Tinnerberg, Theo Bodin, Anette Linnersjö, Ida Hed Myrberg, Maria Albin, Jenny Selander

“…RESULTS: The proportion of workers born outside the Nordic countries increased over time in those exposed to RCS, diesel exhaust and wood dust. …”
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Foreword by Kjell-Åke Nordquist

“…From then on, it was only Iceland that waited for its independence in the Nordic countries, something which was made possible in connection to the next major European War, WWII. …”
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Visual Interpretation of Film Translation by Thérèse Eng

“…Just over a decade ago, there was little or no research into visual interpretation in Sweden or the Nordic countries. The first Swedish research initiatives started in the form of workshops in sight interpretation organized by Jana Holsanova, Mats Andrén and Cecilia Wadensjö (2010-2014) and resulted in a report on sight interpretation (Holsanova et al. 2016). …”
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Ferdynand Ruszczyc: A Polish Painter at the Crossroads of Cultures by Agnieszka Rosales Rodríguez

“…The oeuvre of beloved Polish painter Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870–1936) reflected the patriotic Neo-Romantic landscape trend of the fin-de-siècle prevalent in Germany and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden). It should be considered in the context of Nordic visual culture for two reasons: (1) until the affiliation of Central and Eastern European nations with the Soviet Union in the wake of World War Two, nations bordering the Baltic formed a single, fluid territory of cultural exchange, and (2) Ruszczyc’s oeuvre displays significant commonalities with dominant patriotic and Neo-Romantic trends of progressive artists around the Baltic Sea, where landscape became a vehicle for expressing dreams and emotions, as well as love of homeland. …”
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Conflict or consensus: The Challenge of Integrating Environmental Sustainability into Regional Development Programming by Sofie Storbjörk, Kaisa Lähteenmäki-Smith, Tuija Hilding-Rydevik

“…Within the context of both national and EU policy, sustainable development (SD) emerges in the Nordic countries as a horizontal perspective to be systematically integrated into regional development programming. …”
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The relations between symptoms, somatic and psychiatric conditions, life satisfaction and perceived health. A primary care based study by Al-Windi Ahmad

“…Being born in Sweden or other Nordic countries were related to lower OR as compared to those born outside Europe. …”
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Digital-native news media: Reach in 46 countries, top brands and user profiles in Spain by Jürg Kaufmann-Argueta, Samuel Negredo

“…With this media-centric approach to audiences, we find that digital-native news media brands either lead (in 15 out of 46 countries) or occupy some of the top positions by weekly reach in most markets, with Nordic countries standing out as an exception. In Spain, audiences of the top digital-native brands check them slightly less frequently than the users of news sites with traditional roots. …”
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Equity of referrals to type 2 diabetes rehabilitation in a universal welfare state by Anne Mette Bender, Ina Tapager, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Ingelise Andersen, Charlotte Glümer, Karsten Vrangbæk

“…Objective: Despite aims of equal access to treatment and care in the Nordic countries, marked socioeconomic inequality in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) complications persists. …”
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Immigrant and Swedish adolescents’ involvement in organized sports activities: an expectancy-value approach by Darun Jaf, Metin Özdemir, Therése Skoog

“…Abstract Background Drawing on Eccles’ expectancy-value model, we investigated the associations between parents’ sports-related socialization behaviors in the family context, youth’s sports’ values, and youth’s involvement in organized sports activities in the Nordic countries. More specifically, we tested the mediating effect of youth’s sports’ values on the link between socialization of sports in the family setting and youth’s sports participation. …”
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Up to seven-fold inter-hospital differences in obstetric anal sphincter injury rates- A birth register-based study in Finland by Vehviläinen-Julkunen Katri, Räisänen Sari, Gissler Mika, Heinonen Seppo

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The occurrence of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) - which may have serious, long-term effects on affected women, including faecal incontinence, despite primary repair - varies widely between countries and have been chosen one of the indicators for patient safety in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and in Nordic countries.</p> <p>Findings</p> <p>The aim of the study was to assess risks of OASIS among five university teaching hospitals and 14 non-university central hospitals with more than 1,000 deliveries annually during 1997-2007 in Finland. …”
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Dampak Jangka Panjang Terapi Hormonal Dibandingkan Pembedahan pada Undesensus Testis by Windhi Kresnawati, Aman Bhakti Pulungan, Bambang Tridjaja

“…Pemberian terapi hormonal pada undesensus testis (UDT) masih direkomendasikan di Indonesia sedangkan Consensus Report of Nordic Countries menyatakan bahwa terapi lini pertama untuk undesensus testis adalah operasi dan terapi hormonal tidak direkomendasikan lagi. …”
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Various ways of using empirical orthogonal functions for climate model evaluation by R. E. Benestad, A. Mezghani, J. Lutz, A. Dobler, K. M. Parding, O. A. Landgren

“…Our demonstration of the capability of common EOFs reveals a statistically significant improvement of the sixth generation of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Climate Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) simulations in comparison to the previous generation (CMIP5) in terms of their ability to reproduce the mean seasonal cycle in air surface temperature, precipitation, and mean sea level pressure over the Nordic countries. The leading common EOF principal component for annually or seasonally aggregated temperature, precipitation, and pressure statistics suggests that their simulated interannual variability is generally consistent with that seen in the ERA5 reanalysis. …”
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Functionality of oat fiber concentrate and faba bean protein concentrate in plant-based substitutes for minced meat by J.M. Ramos-Diaz, K. Kantanen, J.M. Edelmann, K. Jouppila, T. Sontag-Strohm, V. Piironen

“…Oat has been recognized for its health-promoting fiber, β-glucan, while protein-rich faba bean has remained underutilized in Nordic countries despite its good nutritional quality. …”
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Evidence-related requirements in Swedish public sector procurement of health and welfare technologies – a systematic review by Matt X. Richardson, Sara Landerdahl Stridsberg, Sarah Wamala Andersson

“…Abstract Background Health and welfare technologies (HWT) are becoming increasingly employed in the Nordic countries, and in Sweden in particular. The amount of HWT public procurement is likely increasing at a similar rate, but requirements for evidence for effectiveness placed on bidders during this process may be lacking. …”
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Catchment Hydrology during Winter and Spring and the Link to Soil Erosion: A Case Study in Norway by Torsten Starkloff, Rudi Hessel, Jannes Stolte, Coen Ritsema

“…In the Nordic countries, soil erosion rates in winter and early spring can exceed those at other times of the year. …”
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Geopolitisk rivalitet och en förändrad syn på internationella forskningssamarbeten – svenska erfarenheter by Tommy Shih

“…Consequently, it has been emphasized from politicians in the Nordic countries that tougher measures will be required from state actors. …”
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Can only poorer European countries afford large carnivores? by Ilpo Kojola, Ville Hallikainen, Timo Helle, Jon E Swenson

“…We evaluated this approach by examining how population densities of the brown bear (Ursus arctos), gray wolf (Canis lupus), and Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) were related to the national economy in 24 European countries.We used forest proportions, the existence of a compensation system, and country group (former socialist countries, Nordic countries, other countries) as covariates in a linear model with the first- and the second-order polynomial terms of per capita gross domestic product (GDP). …”
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All nations depend on the global knowledge pool--analysis of country of origin of studies used for health technology assessments in Germany. by Kirsten H Herrmann, Robert Wolff, Fueloep Scheibler, Siw Waffenschmidt, Lars G Hemkens, Stefan Sauerland, Gerd Antes

“…Most of the studies (27%) originated from the United States (USA), 18% were multinational, followed by 7% from the United Kingdom (UK) and 5% from Germany. Nordic countries led the ranking when adjusting for population size/million (ranks 1-3,6,9/45 countries), GDP/billion US$ (1,2,5,9,14/45), or health expenditure/billion US$ (1,3,5,12,13/45). …”
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Green manure as a nutrient source for succeeding crops by L. Talgre, E. Lauringson, H. Roostalu, A. Astover, A. Makke

“…Our research covered more species than most of the earlier studies in the Nordic countries. Compared with biomass from unfertilized barley, legume undersowing, straws plus roots added up to 4 times more N, 2.8 times more phosphorus (P) and 2.5 times more potassium (K) returning to the soil. …”
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The Nordic Model of Whiteness and Exceptionalism: Representation of Otherness in Some Nordic Film and Television by Ružica Radulović

“…This seems to be particularly the case in the Nordic countries, where the concepts of equality and egality are central to the mutual feeling of identity and where the racial discourse is marked by the prohibition of racial discrimination. …”
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