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Levkoi, Waschnik, härra Krokus ja teised. Baltisaksa laste mängu- ja kasvamismaailmad [PDF]

Mäetagused
This article focuses on imaginative childhood games and fictional playmates in Baltic German children’s games, as seen in the context of, and in relation to, Baltic German domestic and educational culture. Through reminiscing about these games, a view of
Reet Bender
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Risk Forecasting in Shipping Exchange‐Traded‐Fund (ETF) Markets

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the risk properties of freight‐derivative‐based exchange‐traded funds (ETFs), focusing on the Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY), and evaluates the accuracy of Value‐at‐Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES) forecasts across a range of econometric models.
Christos Katris, Manolis G. Kavussanos, Stergiani (Stella) A. Moysiadou   +2 more
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Food Security Versus Environmental Health: The Nitrogen Dilemma

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and, consequently, crop production. However, the cycling of nitrogen in the environment can have negative effects. Here, we review the historical development of scientific and public awareness of these effects and the influence this has had on political action to control them.
Henrike Mielenz, Norbert Bischoff, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Uwe Häußermann, Kurt‐Christian Kersebaum, Karin Rather, Burkhard Stever‐Schoo, Reinhard Well, Claas Nendel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Baltic German Exodus, 1939-1945: Settlement, Adaption and Disappearance

, 2017
The resettlement of Baltic Germans from Estonia and Latvia to the Polish territories initiated the dissolution of the Baltic German community and its unique identity, largely causing hardship and suffering throughout the occupation in Poland.
Bresinsky, Aiko N
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Literature of Revolution in the Newspaper of the Duchy of Courland: Mitauische Zeitung (1789–1795) [PDF]

Acta Historica Tallinnensia
The break in intelligibility caused by exceptional events encourages interpretation, attempts at explanation, the search for causes, and the projection of consequences, thus creating relevant literature.
Simona Sofija Valke
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3D seismic imagery of a buried glacitectonic thrust complex in the North Sea and the dimensions of composite ridge systems in glaciated landscapes

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sets of sub‐parallel composite ridges in glaciated landscapes have long been regarded as landforms produced by glacitectonism, the brittle and ductile deformation of sediments at and immediately beyond glacier and ice‐sheet margins resulting from stresses produced by ice.
Dag Ottesen, Julian A. Dowdeswell
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges Faced by Latvia in Time of Global Migration

Akadēmiskā Dzīve, 2017
Global migration at present does not directly endanger Latvian culture and traditions, but if we think about sustainable development, then we cannot look at Latvia while ignoring its place in the context of Europe and the whole world.
Ilmārs Latkovskis
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Body Size, Dental Pathology, and Maternal Genetic Diversity of Ancient Horses in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region and Western Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The early evolutionary history of modern domestic horses (Equus caballus/Equus ferus caballus), known as the DOM2 lineage, is well documented due to numerous archaeological and ancient DNA (aDNA) studies. Although many uncertainties remain in the domestication timeline, current evidence suggests that the domestication of modern horses began in
Johanna Honka, Daniela Salazar, Arthur O. Askeyev, Igor V. Askeyev, Oleg V. Askeyev, Jouni Aspi, Gulshat Sh. Asylgaraeva, Markku Niskanen, Kristiina Mannermaa, Suvi Olli, Noora Piipponen, Giedrė Piličiauskienė, Dilyara N. Shaymuratova, Renat R. Valiev, Laura Kvist   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping of sensitivity to oil spills in the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast. [PDF]

, 2010
This research develops an integrated environmental assessment tool for Lithuanian coastal area that takes due account of the major oil spill risks posed by the D-6 oil drilling platform, vessel traffic in the south-eastern Baltic Sea, and operation of ...
Groot, R.S., de, Depellegrin, D., Nerijus, B.   +2 more
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Shaping biodiversity from within: How experts' perceptions of values, rules and knowledges influence biodiversity assessment

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract While biodiversity conservation has had its local success, worldwide biodiversity loss continues rapidly. Despite the push towards more inclusive and equitable approaches, conservation practices often reinforce existing conceptualizations of biodiversity, excluding other ways of knowing and valuing nature.
Heidi Lehtiniemi, Christopher M. Raymond, Viola Hakkarainen, Suvi Huttunen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source