AEM in Norway: A Review of the Coverage, Applications and the State of Technology by Edward J. Harrison, Vikas C. Baranwal, Andreas A. Pfaffhuber, Craig W. Christensen, Guro H. Skurdal, Jan Steinar Rønning, Helgard Anschütz, Marco Brönner

“…Norway’s rugged terrain and complex post-glacial sedimentary geology have contributed to the later adoption of AEM for widespread mapping compared to neighbouring Nordic countries. We illustrate AEM’s utility by using two detailed case studies, including time-domain and frequency domain AEM. …”
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Sodium – a systematic review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 by Antti Jula

“…According to national dietary surveys, the average sodium intakes in Nordic countries range in adult men from 3.6 to 4.4 g/day and in adult women from 2.6. to 3.2 g/day, and in Baltic countries in men from 2.6 to 5.1 g/day and in women from 1.8 to 3.6 g/day.…”
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High and rising burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis in the Nordic region, 1990–2015: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 by Aliasghar A Kiadaliri, L Stefan Lohmander, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Ingemar F Petersson, Martin Englund

“…Patients and methods — We used the findings from the 2015 Global Burden of Diseases Study to explore prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) of OA in the 6 Nordic countries during 1990–2015 (population of about 27 million in 2015). …”
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Towards a data-driven system for personalized cervical cancer risk stratification by Geir Severin R. E. Langberg, Jan F. Nygård, Vinay Chakravarthi Gogineni, Mari Nygård, Markus Grasmair, Valeriya Naumova

“…Abstract Mass-screening programs for cervical cancer prevention in the Nordic countries have been effective in reducing cancer incidence and mortality at the population level. …”
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Apie trejopą Baltijos šalių žiniasklaidos tapatybę ir jos poveikį žiniasklaidos elgsenai by Auksė Balčytienė

“…In addition, the article focuses on certain aspects of media culture in the countries of the same geographic region (Baltic and Nordic countries) and identifies unique national and “imported” characteristics in the Baltic media systems and assesses their impact on media performance. …”
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Prevalence and genotype diversity of Campylobacter jejuni in hunted reared pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) in Finland by Rauni Kivistö, Mikaela Sauvala, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Johanna Björkroth

“…Abstract Campylobacter spp., especially C. jejuni, is the most common zoonotic pathogen in humans worldwide. In Nordic countries, the prevalence of C. jejuni in broilers, which is an important reservoir of human infections, is generally low. …”
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The Gender Gap in Land Sciences: A Review of Women’s Presence on the Editorial Boards of Peer-Reviewed Journals by Somayeh Mohammadi Hamidi, Mohammad Rezaei-Pandari, Sima Fakheran, Christine Fürst

“…The results of the time series analysis have also shown that the presence of women on editorial boards has increased over the last decade, although this increase has been more in the Nordic countries. The geographical distribution of editorial board members is also quite unequal in the North and South, 83 percent of female editorial board members are from northern countries, while only 12 percent are from the global South. …”
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Interactions between a population of fallow deer (Dama dama), humans and crops in a managed composite temperate landscape in southern Sweden: Conflict or opportunity? by Lorenzo Menichetti, Laura Touzot, Katarina Elofsson, Riitta Hyvönen, Thomas Kätterer, Petter Kjellander

“…Landscapes composed of agricultural land mixed with forest are desirable since they provide a wide range of diversified ecosystem services, unlike specialized agricultural landscapes, but that creates a trade-off between these land uses since wildlife usually feed on crops and reduce yields. In Nordic countries, where human population density is low and game hunting can be a viable economic alternative, mixed landscape systems are particularly interesting. …”
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Roles and responsibilities in substance use prevention in the school setting: views among Finnish school personnel representatives by Johanna Nordmyr, Anna K. Forsman

“…In the Finnish context, the successful implementation of relevant legislation, which some school representatives view as unclear or contravening, could be further supported.Key points Views regarding responsibilities in primary substance use prevention in the school setting have been less researched in the Nordic countries: The importance of inter-sectoral and intra-school collaboration is emphasized among school personnel representatives, including the role of the homes Primary prevention and mental health promotion responsibilities are viewed as less clear than secondary and tertiary prevention responsibilities Structural guidelines concerning e.g. confidentiality aspects and curriculum features can both support and challenge school representatives in their roles…”
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Parental leave policies and continued childbearing in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden by Ann-Zofie Duvander, Trude Lappegård, Synøve N. Andersen, Ólöf Garðarsdóttir, Gerda Neyer, Ida Viklund

“…This phenomenon is often exemplified by the situation in the Nordic countries. These countries have parental leave policies that promote a gender-equal work-care balance for both parents, and these countries have comparatively high fertility levels. …”
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An Analysis of PubMed Abstracts From 1946 to 2021 to Identify Organizational Affiliations in Epidemiological Criminology: Descriptive Study by George Karystianis, Wilson Lukmanjaya, Paul Simpson, Peter Schofield, Natasha Ginnivan, Goran Nenadic, Marina van Leeuwen, Iain Buchan, Tony Butler

“…We also mapped research outputs to the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index to better understand whether there was a relationship between research outputs and the overall standard of a country’s justice system. ResultsNordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark) had the highest research outputs proportional to their incarcerated population, followed by Australia. …”
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Re-emergence of hereditary polyneuropathy in Scandinavian Alaskan malamute dogs—old enemy or new entity? A case series by Karin Hultin Jäderlund, Cecilia Rohdin, Mette Berendt, Øyvind Stigen, Merete Fredholm, Arild Espenes, Inge Bjerkås, Lars Moe

“…Abstract A homozygous mutation has been identified in the N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) in recent cases of polyneuropathy in Alaskan malamute dogs from the Nordic countries and USA. The objective of the present study was to determine if cases diagnosed 30–40 years ago with polyneuropathy in the Alaskan malamute breed in Norway had the same hereditary disease as the recent cases. …”
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Protein intake from 0 to 18 years of age and its relation to health: a systematic literature review for the 5th Nordic Nutrition Recommendations by Agneta Hörnell, Hanna Lagström, Britt Lande, Inga Thorsdottir

“…In conclusion, the intake of protein among children in the Nordic countries is high and may contribute to increased risk of later obesity. …”
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The effects of baroreflex activation therapy on blood pressure and sympathetic function in patients with refractory hypertension: the rationale and design of the Nordic BAT study* by Daniel Gordin, Fadl Elmula M. Fadl Elmula, Bert Andersson, Anders Gottsäter, Johan Elf, Thomas Kahan, Kent Lodberg Christensen, Pirkka Vikatmaa, Leena Vikatmaa, Thomas Bastholm Olesen, Per-Henrik Groop, Michael Hecht Olsen, Ilkka Tikkanen

“…Methods: This investigator-initiated randomized, double-blind, 1:1 parallel-design clinical trial will include 100 patients with refractory hypertension from 6 tertiary referral hypertension centers in the Nordic countries. A Barostim Neo System will be implanted and after 1 month patients will be randomized to either BAT for 16 months or continuous pharmacotherapy (BAT off) for 8 months followed by BAT for 8 months. …”
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Horizontal-to-tilt irradiance conversion for high-latitude regions: a review and meta-analysis by Mattia Manni, Jacowb Krum Thorning, Sami Jouttijärvi, Kati Miettunen, Marisa Di Sabatino, Gabriele Lobaccaro

“…Only a few models (6) have been parameterized using data from Nordic countries. Here, we compare 57 decomposition models in terms of their performance in Nordic climate zones and analyze the geographical distribution of the data used to parametrize these models. …”
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A 150-Year Debate over Surnames vs. Patronymics in Iceland by Kendra Willson

“…Whereas the other Nordic countries introduced legislation requiring citizens to have surnames, Iceland went in the opposite direction, forbidding new surnames starting in 1925. …”
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A Questionnaire Survey on Long-Term Outcomes in Cats Breed-Screened for Feline Cardiomyopathy by Anna Follby, Anna Pettersson, Ingrid Ljungvall, Åsa Ohlsson, Jens Häggström

“…This explorative follow-up questionnaire study was aimed at investigating the long-term outcome in cats breed-screened for FCM (BS-FCM) in three Nordic countries. Records of cats with ≥1 BS-FCM between 2004–2015 were included. …”
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Morphology of Meibomian Glands in a 65-Year-Old Norwegian Population without Dry Eye Disease by Xiangjun Chen, Reza A. Badian, Håvard Hynne, Behzod Tashbayev, Lene Hystad Hove, Janicke Liaaen Jensen, Tor Paaske Utheim

“…However, there is currently a paucity of data regarding meibography analyses in the young elderly populations in the Nordic countries. In the current study, meibography of the upper and lower eyelids of 117 65-year-old residents in Oslo, Norway, who did not fulfil the diagnosis of dry eye disease (DED) were analysed. …”
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Enabling Year-round Cultivation in the Nordics-Agrivoltaics and Adaptive LED Lighting Control of Daily Light Integral by Marco Hernandez Velasco

“…This concept can be especially useful for increasing the production in the Nordic countries of crops like herbaceous perennials, forest seedlings, and other potted plants not native of the region, which are grown more than one season in this harsh climate. …”
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Formation of Local Budgets Revenues in the EU Member States by Karpenko Maksym Yu.

“…The most decentralized in terms of income are the Nordic countries, as well as countries with a three-tier budget system. …”
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