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A patriot and a nationalist walk into a bar during the COVID-19 pandemic: Who survives?

Heliyon
This study examined how patriotism and nationalism predicted individuals' compliance with COVID-19 health restrictions, vaccine acceptance, and trust in related information in Latvia.
Ivars Austers, Vineta Silkane
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The Importance of Wooden Biomass in the Transition to a Bioeconomy in Latvia

Bio-based and Applied Economics
The EU Green Deal advocates decarbonizing the EU’s energy sector, largely by transitioning to renewable sources. Latvia aims to increase renewable energy production by 10% by 2030, prioritizing biomass from forests and wood for bioenergy.
Vineta Tetere, Jack Peerlings, Liesbeth Dries   +2 more
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Combining plasma p-tau₂₃₁ and glial fibrillary acidic protein produces higher discriminative accuracy for amyloid positivity than other blood-based biomarker combinations. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract INTRODUCTION Plasma phosphorylated tau231 (p‐tau231) has shown great promise for early identification of amyloid pathology. We tested various plasma biomarker combinations with p‐tau231 in relation to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) amyloid positivity. METHODS One hundred and fifty‐five dementia‐free older adults were included.
Bolton CJ, Khan OA, Liu D, Pechman KR, Gifford KA, Hohman TJ, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Jefferson AL.   +8 more
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Depression of cortical neuronal activity after a low-dose fentanyl in preterm infants. [PDF]

Acta Paediatr
Abstract Aim Opioids might be harmful to the developing brain and dosing accuracy is important. We aimed at investigating fentanyl effects on cortical activity in infants using computational re‐analysis of bedside recorded EEG signals. Methods Fifteen infants born at median 26.4 gestational weeks (range 23.3–34.1), with a birth weight 740 grams (530 ...
Nilsson S, Tokariev A, Vehviläinen T, Fellman V, Vanhatalo S, Norman E.   +5 more
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Increased neuroplastic activity in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract INTRODUCTION We test the hypothesis that high levels of neuroplasticity in the context of Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk factors are involved in AD pathogenesis by investigating interactions between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of growth‐associated protein‐43 (GAP‐43) and AD risk factors (female sex, cerebrovascular risk, mild cognitive ...
Bolton CJ, Zhang P, Wilhoite SR, Moore EE, Houston ML, Pechman KR, Dumitrescu L, Peterson A, Khan OA, Liu D, Gifford KA, Blennow K, Hohman TJ, Zetterberg H, Jefferson AL.   +14 more
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El estudio de viñeta para el análisis de las contrataciones laborales: una perspectiva crítica

Papers, 2022
Un estudio de viñeta es, en esencia, una encuesta diseñada ad hoc consistente en evaluar escenarios ficticios por parte de las personas encuestadas, de tal manera que de dicha evaluación se puedan inferir opiniones o actitudes que en encuestas ...
Juan Ignacio Martínez Pastor, Irina Fernánez Lozano   +1 more
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Global, Not Yet Local: Media Coverage of Climate Change and Environment Related Challenges in Latvia

Information & Media, 2022
Media are essential actors in transmitting, contesting and embedding the attitudes towards climate change, yet media performance in post-communist countries has been relatively little researched. Informed by conceptual frameworks of strategic narratives,
Vineta Kleinberga
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Indagaciones interculturales sobre orígenes y religiones en el humor periodístico

Cuadernos.info, 2011
El humor periodístico -las denominadas viñetas de prensa- constituye uno de los más peculiares géneros periodísticos de opinión. Su componente gráfico, el habitual uso del humor y la apertura a la libre interpretación le proporcionan un carácter ...
ESTRELLA ISRAEL, MARIA JOSE POU
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On its path to become ‘North European’: political climate change narrative in Latvia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 2021
The European Green Deal is the European Union’s latest expression of its ambition to become a world leader in addressing climate change. This study seeks to examine how Latvia – an EU member state – deals with the change brought about by a changing ...
Vineta Kleinberga
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Fashion in a time of pandemic [PDF]

Tekstilna industrija, 2021
The fashion industry has taken a hard hit due to the COVID-19 crisis. From the material to the spiritual. The Pandemic has transformed consumers' relationship with clothes.
Risteski Sanja, Srebrenkoska Vineta
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