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Growth of the Archean sialic crust as revealed by zircon in the TTGs in eastern Finland [PDF]

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 2021
U–Pb age determinations on zircon from granitoids in the Archean of eastern Finland were conducted using the SIMS, LA-ICP-MS and TIMS techniques, with an emphasis on low-HREE granitoids.
Pentti Hölttä, Irmeli Mänttäri, Hannu Huhma, Matti Kurhila, Tapio Ruotoistenmäki, Asko Kontinen   +5 more
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Time, institutional support and quality of decision making in child protection:A cross-country analysis [PDF]

, 2016
This paper examines perceptions of time and institutional support for decision making and staff confidence in child welfare staffs ultimate decisions – examining differences and similarities between and within the service-oriented Nordic countries ...
Baginsky M., Bartholet E., Berrick J., Burns K., Butler I., Gilbert N., Hawkins K., Juhasz I., Munro E., Munro E., Mänttäri-van der Kuip M., O’Sullivan T.   +11 more
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Finland: Pension reforms in Finland

, 2022
This chapter provides a review of pension reforms in Finland which were implemented since the early 1990s. The Finnish pension system is rather unique, with a nearly universal coverage and a dominant role of the public mandatory pension provision consisting of the earnings-related and the national pension scheme.
Kuivalainen, Susan, Kuitto, Kati
openaire   +1 more source

Struggling for inclusive education in Japan and Finland: teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education

European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to analyse and compare teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education in two culturally different countries: Finland and Japan. A sample of 362 Finnish and 1518 Japanese teachers participated in this survey.
S. Moberg, E. Muta, K. Korenaga, Matti Kuorelahti, H. Savolainen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Snow cover trends in Finland over 1961–2014 based on gridded snow depth observations

International Journal of Climatology, 2019
Snow conditions in high‐latitude regions are changing in response to climate warming, and these changes are likely to accelerate as the warming proceeds.
A. Luomaranta, J. Aalto, K. Jylhä
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A David and Goliath set-up: a qualitative study of the challenges of ensuring the introduction of cost-effective new cancer medicines in Finland

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background To combat the global challenge of cancer, priority has been placed on the research and development of new cancer medicines (NCMs). NCMs are often approved for marketing in accelerated processes. Despite significant advances in treating cancer,
Eeva Ollila, Vesa Kataja, Liisa Sailas
doaj   +1 more source

“Shakespeare is a Finnish national poet:” Developing Finnish Shakespeare Scholarship from the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century

Multicultural Shakespeare, 2023
In this article, I will take up the idea of “origins” as it pertains to Finnish Shakespeare during Finland’s time as an autonomous Grand Duchy of Russia from 1809-1917.
Laina Southgate
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Spatial Aspect of the Evolution of Local Self-government in the Russian Federation: Possibilities of Taking into Account Foreign Experience

Управленческое консультирование, 2019
The State management is a daunting task. Local self-government is a necessary part of the management system. It is obvious that in Russia local self-government faces a whole complex of objective challenges.
S. V. Kuznetsov, N. M. Mezhevich, V. A. Shamakhov   +2 more
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Countering the Instrumentalization of Migrants as an Element of the External Dimension of EU Immigration Policy [PDF]

Современная Европа
The problem of the instrumentalisation of migrants has a long history, but within the EU it was noticed only after the events on the EU‒Belarus border in 2021.
Vadim V. Voynikov
doaj   +1 more source

Crowdsourcing-based nationwide tick collection reveals the distribution of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus and associated pathogens in Finland

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2017
A national crowdsourcing-based tick collection campaign was organized in 2015 with the objective of producing novel data on tick distribution and tick-borne pathogens in Finland. Nearly 20 000 Ixodes ticks were collected.
Maija Laaksonen, Eeva Sajanti, J. Sormunen, R. Penttinen, J. Hänninen, K. Ruohomäki, I. Sääksjärvi, E. Vesterinen, I. Vuorinen, J. Hytönen, T. Klemola   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source