Local Hotspots of Endemism or Artifacts of Incorrect Taxonomy? The Status of Microendemic Pill Millipede Species of the Genus Glomeris in Northern Italy (Diplopoda, Glomerida). by Thomas Wesener, Cathrin Conrad

“…In case of pill millipedes of the genus Glomeris Latreille, 1803, only a single species is found in northern Europe, while 22 country-endemics alone are known from Italy. …”
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Air Change in Low and High-Rise Apartments by Yonghang Lai, Ian A. Ridley, Peter Brimblecombe

“…Hong Kong apartments are often small and typical rented apartments show a median of seven air changes per hour under a 50 Pa pressure difference, similar to Mediterranean houses, though much greater than the airtight buildings of Northern Europe. Extrapolation of blower-door measurements made at 50 Pa to the natural pressure difference measured for individual Hong Kong apartments provides an approximation (within 8%) of the natural air change rate measured with a tracer. …”
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Meta-analysis of climate impacts and uncertainty on crop yields in Europe by Jerry Knox, Andre Daccache, Tim Hess, David Haro

“…There were strong regional differences with crop impacts in northern Europe being higher (+14%) and more variable compared to central (+6%) and southern (+5) Europe. …”
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The Use of the DEA Method for Measuring the Efficiency of Electronic Public Administration as Part of the Digitization of the Economy and Society by Matej Krejnus, Jana Stofkova, Katarina Repkova Stofkova, Vladimira Binasova

“…When comparing the regions within the EU, we can conclude that the countries of Northern Europe are the most efficient in the field of digitalization (e-Government). …”
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Smart Campus Microgrids towards a Sustainable Energy Transition—The Case Study of the Hellenic Mediterranean University in Crete by Alexandros Paspatis, Konstantinos Fiorentzis, Yiannis Katsigiannis, Emmanuel Karapidakis

“…Moreover, it is shown that the location of HMU makes the investment more sustainable compared to other locations in northern Europe, such as Stockholm and London. The methodology and the derived results are expected to motivate such investments, especially in areas with high RES capacity and a high density of university and research campuses.…”
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Development of In Vitro Assays with the Canine Hookworm <i>Uncinaria stenocephala</i> and Assessment of Natural Plant Products for Anti-Parasitic Activity by Heidi A. Geisshirt, Charlotte S. Bonde, Caroline Marcussen, Helena Mejer, Andrew R. Williams

“…Here, we adapted egg hatch, larval migration, and larval motility assays to screen extracts of several natural ingredients against the canine hookworm <i>Uncinaria stenocephala</i>, a prevalent parasite of dogs in northern Europe. Egg hatch and larval migration assays were established showing that the anthelmintic drugs levamisole and albendazole had strong anti-parasitic activity against <i>U. stenocephala</i>, validating the use of these assays for the assessment of novel anti-parasitic substances. …”
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Environmental spaces for palsas and peat plateaus are disappearing at a circumpolar scale by O. Leppiniemi, O. Leppiniemi, O. Karjalainen, J. Aalto, J. Aalto, M. Luoto, J. Hjort

“…Hotspots for palsa and peat plateau environments occurred in northern Europe, western Siberia, and subarctic Canada. …”
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Bronze metallurgy in Iron Age central Europe : a metallurgical study of Early Iron Age bronzes from Stična, Slovenia. by Cooney, Elizabeth Myers

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Preconditioning of Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift Events by Huang, J, Tian, W, Gray, L, Zhang, J, Li, Y, Luo, J, Tian, H

“…An increase in blocking days over northern Europe and a decrease in blocking days over the Bering Strait favor the movement of the vortex toward Eurasia, while the opposite changes in blocking days over those regions favor the movement of the vortex toward North America. …”

Food sources of carbohydrates in a European cohort of adults by Wirfält, E, McTaggart, A, Pala, V, Gullberg, B, Frasca, G, Panico, S, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H, Peeters, P, Engeset, D, Skeie, G, Chirlaque, MD, Amiano, P, Lundin, E, Mulligan, A, Spencer, E, Overvad, K, Tiønneland, A, Clavel-Chapelon, F, Linseisen, J, Nöthlings, U, Polychronopoulos, E, Georga, K, Charrondière, U, Slimani, N

“…Conclusion: The study supports the established idea that carbohydrate-rich foods chosen in northern Europe are different from those in the Mediterranean region. …”

Food sources of carbohydrates in a European cohort of adults. by Wirfält, E, McTaggart, A, Pala, V, Gullberg, B, Frasca, G, Panico, S, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H, Peeters, P, Engeset, D, Skeie, G, Chirlaque, MD, Amiano, P, Lundin, E, Mulligan, A, Spencer, E, Overvad, K, Tjønneland, A, Clavel-Chapelon, F, Linseisen, J, Nöthlings, U, Polychronopoulos, E, Georga, K, Charrondière, U, Slimani, N

“…CONCLUSION: The study supports the established idea that carbohydrate-rich foods chosen in northern Europe are different from those in the Mediterranean region. …”

The outcomes of Perthes’ disease of the hip: A study protocol for the development of a core outcome set by Leo, DG, Leong, WY, Gambling, T, Long, A, Murphy, R, Jones, H, Perry, DC

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong><br /> Perthes’ disease is an idiopathic osteonecrosis of a developmental hip that is most frequent in Northern Europe. Currently, the absence of a common set of standardised outcomes makes comparisons between studies of different interventions challenging. …”

Electrified heat and transport: energy demand futures, their impacts on power networks and what it means for system flexibility by McGarry, C, Dixon, J, Flower, J, Bukhsh, W, Brand, C, Bell, K, Galloway, S

“…A particular case study energy network in Scotland, representative of many networks in the UK and Northern Europe, is selected to demonstrate the method. …”

Eating out of home: energy, macro- and micronutrient intakes in 10 European countries. The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. by Orfanos, P, Naska, A, Trichopoulou, A, Grioni, S, Boer, J, Bakel, v, Ericson, U, Rohrmann, S, Boeing, H, Rodríguez, L, Ardanaz, E, Sacerdote, C, Giurdanella, M, Niekerk, E, Peeters, P, Manjer, J, van Guelpen, B, Deharveng, G, Skeie, G, Engeset, D, Halkjaer, J, Jensen, A, McTaggart, A, Crowe, F, Stratigakou, V

“…The composition of diet at home was different from that consumed out of home in southern countries, but was relatively similar in the north. CONCLUSIONS: In northern Europe, OH and in-home eating are homogeneous, whereas southern Europeans consider OH eating as a distinctive occasion. …”

Reading and imagining family life in later medieval western Europe by Gordon, SR

“…<p>This thesis discusses the ideals of behaviour which sought to govern family life and which were common currency in England and northern Europe, how they were constructed, and how the late medieval gentry and nobility interacted with them. …”

Persistence of stratospheric ozone layers in the troposphere by Bithell, M, Vaughan, G, Gray, L

“…The lower layer spent 10 days over the Atlantic before reaching Northern Europe, and appears to have originated in the break-up of a stratospheric streamer between the 5th and 9th of March. …”

Clay barriers for protecting historic buildings from ground moisture intrusion by Michette, M, Lorenz, R, Ziegert, C

“…The suitability of glacial till may present large areas of Northern Europe with locally available barrier material.…”

Comparative study of archaeological contexts of silver hoards c. 800-1050 in Northern and Central Europe by Gruszczynski, J

“…Its main objective is to investigate the hoards and the context of their deposition to determine how hundreds of thousands of silver artefacts, mainly Oriental dirhams, arrived in Northern Europe, why they were put in the ground and never retrieved.…”

Do biological traits drive geographic patterns in European amphibians? by Whittaker, R, Trakimas, G, Borregaard, M

“…Those present in Northern Europe are exclusively large-ranged species whose distributions extend all the way from Southern Europe. …”

Dietary patterns among older Europeans: the EPIC-Elderly study. by Bamia, C, Orfanos, P, Ferrari, P, Overvad, K, Hundborg, H, Tjønneland, A, Olsen, A, Kesse, E, Boutron-Ruault, M, Clavel-Chapelon, F, Nagel, G, Boffetta, P, Boeing, H, Hoffmann, K, Trichopoulos, D, Baibas, N, Psaltopoulou, T, Norat, T, Slimani, N, Palli, D, Krogh, V, Panico, S, Tumino, R, Sacerdote, C, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H

“…Elderly individuals in southern Europe scored positively on PC1 and about zero on PC2, whereas the elderly in northern Europe scored negatively on PC1 and variably on PC2. …”