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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
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Word of the year 1919

Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications
In Iceland, the word of the year is chosen annually, both by the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service and the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (AMI).
Steinþór Steingrímsson, Einar Freyr Sigurðsson, Starkaður Barkarson, Atli Jasonarson, Ágústa Þorbergsdóttir   +4 more
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Magnús Pétursson: Isländisch. Eine Übersicht über die moderne isländische Sprache mit einem kurzen Abriss der Geschichte und Literatur Islands. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. 1978. Pp. xii, 220 + map.

Linguistica, 1978
Before the book under review, Magnús Pétursson (=MP) had published his doctoral dissertation about the articulatory phonetics of Icelandic (1974, in French) , a book on general and Icelandic phonetics, and another on general and Icelandic phonology ...
Janez Orešnik
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Ontogenetic changes and sexual dimorphism in the cranium and mandible of the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus L.)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx, Oliver Kersten, Youri van den Hurk, Brenna A. Frasier, Richard Sabin, Bastiaan Star, James H. Barrett   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Genomic Regions Related to Litter Size With Divergent Selection between Iranian Indigenous Sheep Breeds and Iceland Sheep Breed using FST Unbiased Statistics [PDF]

پژوهشهای تولیدات دامی
Extended Abstract Background: Due to the increasing demand for animal products, reproductive efficiency considered as one of the main objectives of sheep breeding, even in cases where the main emphasis is on milk or wool production.
Parviz Azizi, Hossein Moradi Shahrbabak, Mohammad Moradi Shahrbabak, Mahdi Mokhber   +3 more
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Words as Visual Objects: Neural and Behavioral Evidence for High-Level Visual Impairments in Dyslexia

Brain Sciences, 2021
Developmental dyslexia is defined by reading impairments that are disproportionate to intelligence, motivation, and the educational opportunities considered necessary for reading.
Heida Maria Sigurdardottir, Inga María Ólafsdóttir, Hélène Devillez   +2 more
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Perception, history, and science: coherence or disparity in the timing of the Little Ice Age maximum in southeast Iceland? [PDF]

, 2005
In Iceland, studies that integrate local perceptions about the landscape with scientific evidence of change have been few. This article presents a case study from southeast Iceland that has two main objectives.
Dugmore, Andrew J., Mckinzey, Krista M., Ólafsdóttir, Rannveig   +2 more
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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg, Girma Berhanu, Lena Fridlund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proteomic associations with forced expiratory volume: a Mendelian randomisation study

Respiratory Research
Background A decline in forced expiratory volume (FEV1) is a hallmark of respiratory diseases that are an important cause of morbidity among the elderly.
Gisli Thor Axelsson, Thorarinn Jonmundsson, Youngjae Woo, Elisabet Alexandra Frick, Thor Aspelund, Joseph J. Loureiro, Anthony P. Orth, Lori L. Jennings, Gunnar Gudmundsson, Valur Emilsson, Valborg Gudmundsdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason   +11 more
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Poetry of Þórarinn Eldjárn [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, 2019
This publication presents Russian translations of poems by Þórarinn Eldjárn, one of the most prominent fi gures in the modern Icelandic poetry. Þórarinn is one of the very few modern Icelandic poets who regularly use fast poetic form, especially certain ...
Olga Markelova
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