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Behavioral Response Study on Seismic Airgun and Vessel Exposures in Narwhals

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
One of the last pristine marine soundscapes, the Arctic, is exposed to increasing anthropogenic activities due to climate-induced decrease in sea ice coverage. In this study, we combined movement and behavioral data from animal-borne tags in a controlled
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Susanna B. Blackwell, Outi M. Tervo, Outi M. Tervo, Adeline L. Samson, Eva Garde, Eva Garde, Rikke G. Hansen, Rikke G. Hansen, Manh Cu’ò’ng Ngô, Manh Cu’ò’ng Ngô, Alexander S. Conrad, Per Trinhammer, Hans C. Schmidt, Hans C. Schmidt, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Terrie M. Williams, Susanne Ditlevsen   +18 more
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Prevalence of patients treated with antidepressant medicine in Greenland and Denmark: a cross-sectional study

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
Depression is a mental illness affecting more than 260 million people worldwide. In Greenland, the prevalence of patients treated with antidepressant medicine (antidepressants) has not previously been investigated.
Tukummeq Nykjær Ingemann, Marie Balslev Backe, Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Nils Skovgaard, Michael Lynge Pedersen   +4 more
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Bycatch mitigation in the West Greenland lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) fishery using modified gillnets

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
Bycatch in gillnets is a global issue and mitigation measures that balance target species catch rates, bycatch reduction and fisher support are scarce. In the North Atlantic lumpfish fisheries, bycatch includes marine mammals and seabirds, and there are ...
Søren Post, Flemming Merkel, Zita Bak-Jensen, Christoffer Koch, Rasmus Berg Hedeholm   +4 more
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Trends in cardiovascular disease among Inuit in Greenland from 1994 to 2021

Atherosclerosis Plus
Background and aims: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) poses significant health challenges globally. While substantial data exists for most populations, the Arctic Inuit's CVD incidence rates remain understudied.
Hjalte Erichsen Larsen, Uka Wilhjelm Geisler, Finn Gustafsson, Michael Lynge Pedersen, Marit Eika Jørgensen   +4 more
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Thyroid autoimmunity in Greenlandic Inuit

European Thyroid Journal, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to provide the first data on the occurrence of thyroid autoimmunity among Inuit in Greenland, a distinct ethnic group who is not iodine deficient. Design: This study is a population-based cross-sectional study.
Paneeraq Noahsen, Karsten F Rex, Inge Bülow Pedersen, Gert Mulvad, Hans Christian Florian-Sørensen, Michael Lynge Pedersen, Stig Andersen   +6 more
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Repositioning Power Relations in Indigenous Social Work Education

Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
In this article, we present the history of social work education in Greenland, from a professional training school in 1985 to a university BA-level education in 2008 and onwards to the present day.
Bonnie Jensen, Steven Arnfjord
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Quality of care among patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in Greenland

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
This cross-sectional study sought to assess the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis in Greenland among various age groups and examine the corresponding quality of care.
Marie Tolver Nielsen, Maja Hykkelbjerg Nielsen, Stig Andersen, Sam Riahi, Uka Wilhjelm Geisler, Michael Lynge Pedersen, Nadja Albertsen   +6 more
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The ‘Greenlandization’ of Care: Disability in Postcolonial Greenland, 1950s–1980s

European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health, 2022
Abstract When the former Danish colony Greenland obtained Home Rule in 1979, becoming an autonomous region within the Danish Realm, it faced the challenge of having to establish a comprehensive social welfare system. This article looks at disability care and its interrelations with post-colonialism and national identity formation, as previous practices
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An ontological morphological phylogenetic framework for living and extinct ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The ray‐finned fishes include one out of every two species of living vertebrates on Earth and have an abundant fossil record stretching 380 million years into the past. The division of systematic knowledge of ray‐finned fishes between paleontologists working on extinct animals and neontologists studying extant species has obscured the ...
Jack Stack
wiley   +1 more source

Previously undocumented regional variability in crab‐eating macaque skull sexual dimorphism and its implications for biological and morphometric studies

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract In a large sample of adult crab‐eating macaques, we quantified sexual dimorphism in size, shape, and covariance across the whole skull and among anatomical regions of the cranium and mandible. All regions showed significant mean sex differences, but the magnitude of size and shape dimorphism varied substantially.
Andrea Cardini, Paul O'Higgins
wiley   +1 more source