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No Butterflies in Iceland [PDF]
Nature, 1878 ALLOW me to point out that the lepidopterous insects said by Olafsen (not Olaffson) and N. (not R.) Mohr, to be found in Iceland, are not butterflies at all, but moths, as shown by the generic term Phalaena applied by each of those authors to every one of them—a term whose meaning your correspondent and his informant have failed to see. Those venerable
John Rae
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð +3 more
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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN ICELAND
International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2020 The article analyzes the political and legal features of the organization of renewable energy activities in Iceland. It is designed by the relevance of using renewable energy as one of the safest for the environment, natural resources, health and life of
A. Mikhaylov
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Human papillomavirus genotype-specific risks for cervical intraepithelial lesions
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 Prevalence of different HPV genotypes is changing after HPV vaccination. The associated risks are needed for optimizing cervical cancer screening. To estimate HPV type-specific prevalence, odds ratio (OR), and positive predictive value (PPV) for cervical
Mari Nygård +10 more
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Environments, 2020 Overtourism has emerged as a common concept to describe the perceived negative impacts that large numbers of tourists can have on destinations. Iceland is one of the destinations which has been most associated with the concept of overtourism.
Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir +2 more
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Volcanica, 2022 The Borgarfjörður eystri–Loðmundarfjörður area in Eastern Iceland hosts several volcanic centres in a relatively small area. Large volumes of silicic, as well as an unusual amount of intermediate rocks, occur in this area, alongside other volcanic and ...
Steffi Burchardt +4 more
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EU-COUNTRY AND NON-EU-COUNTRY AT THE TIME OF CRISIS: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2020 The global financial crisis affected the flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). This study focuses on two countries in the midst of the financial crisis: Iceland with IMF backup, and Ireland with ECB backup. The research focus is on the situation from
Helga Kristjánsdóttir +1 more
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Surface-groundwater exchange between a wetland, sandur, and lava field in southeastern Iceland
Hydrology Research, 2023 In May 2019, over 50 springs were identified at a sandur-lava field–wetland complex in Southeast Iceland and a subset was selected for further investigation including monitoring water levels, discharge, and water chemistry. Between May and September 2019,
Aiesha Aggarwal, Kathy L. Young
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Particularities of media systems in the West Nordic countries
Nordicom Review, 2021 This study compares the media systems of the West Nordic countries, namely the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. All three countries are democratic welfare states with considerable institutional transfer from the larger Nordic countries.
Ravn-Højgaard Signe +4 more
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Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 2022 This article explores migrants’ language learning experiences in two small language communities in the West Nordic Region. We provide a comparative perspective based on an online survey and ethnographic interviews conducted in Iceland and qualitative ...
Lara Hoffmann, Anna-Elisabeth Holm
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