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FOCUSING THE BALTIC AGRICULTURAL SECTOR TOWARDS THE NEW CONSUMER: ESTONIA'S CASE [PDF]

This paper analyses some of the current problems emerging in the Baltic economies with special reference to Estonia and the agricultural sector. The prime objectives are to put forward suggestions for improving the agricultural investment, and to improve
Chong, Yen Yee, van der Hoek, M. Peter
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Documented End‐of‐Life Preferences of People With Parkinson's Disease or Parkinsonism Across Europe

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism are characterized by motor and non‐motor symptoms. As the disease advances, planning for end‐of‐life (EoL) care becomes increasingly important. However, consensus‐based European guidelines for advance care planning and documentation of EoL care preferences for parkinsonism are lacking ...
Bauke W. Dijkstra, Catharina Muente, Michela Garon, Kristina Rosqvist, Monica Scharfenort, Katharina M. Lex, Philip Poku, Eirini Nixina, Pille Taba, Ülle Krikmann, Katrin Sikk, Katie Flanagan, Anette E. Schrag, Spyros Konitsiotis, Miltiadis Makrydimas, Stefan Lorenzl, Per Odin, David J. Pedrosa, Kris C.P. Vissers, Marieke M. Groot, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Marjan J. Meinders, Angelo Antonini, the PD_Pal consortium, Argyri Tsakanika, Dhaval Trivedi, Dimitri Gatsios, Dimitrios Fotiadis, K. Ray Chaudhuri, Nikolaos Moschos, Piret Paal   +30 more
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Institutional Change and Gender Inequalities at Labour Market Entry: A Comparison of Estonia, Russia, and East and West Germany

Studies of Transition States and Societies, 2017
Our study investigates how gender inequalities in job opportunities evolved during communist and post-communist times in former state-socialist countries.
Yuliya Kosyakova, Ellu Saar, Johanna Dämmrich   +2 more
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Clinical Outcome Assessments for Functional Performance in Spastic Paresis: Systematic Review, Critique, and Recommendations

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Spastic paresis, resulting from central nervous system lesions, significantly impairs functional performance. In the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, functional performance was defined as functioning at the activity level in relation to the impairment of body functions and ...
Martina Hoskovcova, Marjolaine Baude, Bo Biering‐Sørensen, Ota Gal, Mary P Galea, Jean‐Michel Gracies, Carmen Rodriguez‐Blazquez, Theodore Wein, Michelle Hyczy de Siqueira Tosin, Álvaro Sánchez‐Ferro, Tiago A Mestre, Matej Skorvanek, Robert Jech, The members of the MDS Clinical Outcome Assessments Scientific Evaluation Committee and MDS Spasticity Study Group   +13 more
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Estonian labour market and EMU membership - challenges and policy options [PDF]

With the planned membership in EMU, Estonia will give up every option to pursue a discretionary monetary policy. This demands a very flexible labour market, returning to equilibrium by itself after a negative external shock.
Andreas Freytag
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Digital Phenotyping and Lifestyle Intervention in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis (DIG‐MG): A Randomized Controlled Trial of Feasibility, Adherence, and Effects on Fatigue

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Physical activity and sleep influence fatigue in myasthenia gravis (MG), and digital health technologies (DHT) enable objective monitoring of these behaviors in daily life. Using this approach, we evaluated whether a lifestyle intervention targeting physical activity or sleep hygiene could reduce fatigue in MG.
Maja Norling, Niclas Eriksson, Elisabet Westerberg, Ingela Nygren, Klara Norman, Julia Hedberg, Sui H. Wong, Susanna Jernelöv, Pernilla Åsenlöf, Anna Rostedt Punga   +9 more
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Nomenclatural revision of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) in the Baltic and Nordic countries including their oversea territories and Iceland

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Names in the genus Pinguicula established for taxa from the Baltic and Nordic countries, including their oversea territories and Iceland, were analyzed to provide nomenclatural and taxonomic clarity. Of the 33 names retrieved from the literature and online databases, one is illegitimate, two are invalid and 16 were found to require typification.
Yoannis Domínguez
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Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis Explores Diverse Domestic Goose Management Practices in Medieval and Postmedieval Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka, Clément Massé, Arthur O. Askeyev, Igor V. Askeyev, Oleg V. Askeyev, Jouni Aspi, Dilyara N. Shaymuratova, Laura Kvist   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creative destruction and transition: the effects of firm entry and exit on productivity growth in Estonia [PDF]

, 2004
This paper presents one of the first studies of firm demographics in Estonia, particularly, on the processes of firm entry and exit as well as survival analysis of new firms.
Eamets, R., Masso, J., Philips, K.
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Fostering Women's Political Leadership Through Government Accountability: Evidence From OECD Countries

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. This study examines how different combinations of government accountability mechanisms enhance women's political representation (WPR) as a pathway to leadership in 30 OECD countries.
Samira Nazar, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
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