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Economics of the new member states: A post-crisis perspective [PDF]
, 2010 This essay addresses four major issues confronting the Central and Eastern European new members of the European Union in the decade to come. First: what to think of the financial meltdown of 2008-2009.
Csaba, László
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Boreas, EarlyView.We present a 25‐stage reconstruction of the ice‐flow pattern evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet based on mapping and analysis of ~240 000 subglacial lineations and lineation fields across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and parts of NW Russia. Our reconstruction uses a glacial geomorphological inversion approach, in which we generated 611 individual ...
Frances E. G. Butcher +9 more
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Boreas, EarlyView.Understanding the course and dynamics of ancient river systems, such as the pre‐Odra, provides valuable insights into the post‐glacial evolution of landscapes and riverine processes. The northwest‐trending pre‐Odra was an important drainage system of the European mainland into the Baltic Basin during and after the Scandinavian Ice Sheet retreat ...
Maryse C. Schmidt +4 more
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Stabilization, adjustment, and growth prospects in transition economies [PDF]
Political change marked the difference between the approaches of the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU). The Baltics and most Eastern European countries wanted to break away from communism and the FSU domination--so their ...
Denizer, Cevdet
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Palaeowinds and depositional conditions from Holocene loess in Sweden and Finland
Boreas, EarlyView.The nature of deglacial and Holocene wind regimes in Fennoscandia is debated, as is the degree to which wind‐blown loess deposits exist in the region. Loess deposits in Fennoscandia are often relatively thin, discontinuous and less well‐sorted than typical loess, and questions remain over the degree of their post‐depositional reworking and the impact ...
Calum J. Edward +6 more
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CEE telecommunications investment and economic growth [PDF]
The antiquated state of the telecommunications network in the transitional economies of Central and Eastern Europe has been identified by the OECD (1993) and the ITU (1994) as a significant impediment to regional productivity, international ...
Madden, Gary G, Savage, Scott J
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Wikis in elearning and student projects [PDF]
, 2012 The paper presents a study which was based on the hypothesis that wikis that are initiated bottom up by students might be used more deliberately than wikis which are introduced top down by teachers.
Bremer, Claudia
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An integrated approach to balance freshwater connectivity restoration and invasion risk
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Habitat fragmentation negatively affects many native migratory fish populations. However, this fragmentation can also prevent the spread and establishment of invasive species. We modified the dendritic connectivity index (DCI), a commonly used freshwater connectivity metric, to account for multiple invasive dispersal pathways in estimates of ...
Alex Arkilanian +3 more
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Human Poverty in Transition Economies: Regional Overview for HDR 1997 [PDF]
human development, poverty ...
Ewa Ruminska-Zimny
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Contact Dermatitis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Isothiazolinones are employed in the preservation of cosmetic, consumer and industrial products, with the objective of preventing deterioration and spoilage. However, the utilization of isothiazolinones is associated with an elevated risk of developing contact allergy (CA).
Daniel Isufi +6 more
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