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Reemigrācijas attīstība Baltijas valstīs
2016
Migrācija ir nebeidzams pārvietošanās process, gan reģionālā, gan globālā līmenī. Migrācija ietekmē dažādas cilvēku grupas – ekonomiskos migrantus, bez pajumtes palikušās personas, bēgļus (patvēruma meklētājus) un ceļotājus. Migrācija ir daudzslāņains, sarežģīts process, kuru izpētes gaitā nepieciešams skatīt no dažādiem aspektiem, tādēļ, lai gūtu plašāku pārskatu par migrācijas paveida – remigrācijas attīstību Baltijas valstīs, maģistra darbs ir strukturēts divos līmeņos – empīriskais pētījums par trīs Baltijas valstīm – Lietuvu, Latvija un Igauniju un kvalitatīvais pētījums – reemigrācijas attīstība Baltijas valstīs: Latvijas gadījums. Maģistra darba mērķis ir veikt padziļinātu izpēti par…
New records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Latvia, with a list of lichenicolous fungi reported from Latvia
2019
Four species of lichen-forming fungi (Calicium pinastri, Chaenotheca laevigata, Lecania croatica and Pycnora praestabilis) and two lichenicolous fungi (Arthrorhaphis aeruginosa and Chaenothecopsis epithallina) are reported as new for Latvia. The first comprehensive list of lichenicolous fungi in Latvia is also presented, including their hosts and distribution in Latvia (northern Europe).
The Future of National News Agencies in Europe. Case study 2 : The survival challenges for news agencies in a small market : News agencies in the Bal…
2019
This case study provides complementary explanatory information for understanding the current state and future prospects of European national news agencies. It focuses on the Baltic news agencies, BNS (Estonian and Lithuanian branches), LETA (Latvia) and ELTA (Lithuania), as examples of news services in small markets. Our purpose was to investigate how news agencies in small markets respond to the challenges of the internet, digitalisation and the social media era, which has altered their formerly indispensable position in the news ecosystem. All the news agencies in the Baltic countries declare as their primary role the serving of society with reliable and diverse information. In order to s…
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIVIC FACTORS AND THE MIDDLE PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF CIVIC KNOWLEDGE
2021
This study explores the relationship between civic and citizenship factors and the middle proficiency level of students’ civic knowledge in the Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The study uses large scale data from the IEA’s International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016. According to ICCS 2016, 39% of students from the three Baltic countries and only 26% of students from the Nordic countries had a middle proficiency level of civic knowledge. This middle proficiency level is the largest group in comparison to other levels. Therefore, the study aims to recognise the differences between the highest and lowest achievements in the middle proficiency level of civi…
Does Commuting Reduce Wage Disparities?
2004
ABSTRACT This paper shows that in the Baltic countries, commuting reduces urban-rural wage and employment disparities and increases national output. To quantify the effect of commuting on wage differentials, two sets of earnings functions are estimated (based on Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian Labor Force Surveys) with location variables (capital city, rural, etc.) measured at the workplace and at the place of residence. We find that the ceteris paribus wage gap between capital city and rural areas, as well as between capital and other cities is significantly narrowed by commuting in some cases but remains almost unchanged in others. Different outcomes are explained by country-specific s…
Flood pattern changes in the rivers of the Baltic countries
2015
Estimation of both the frequency and variation of spring floods is a key issue for the assessment and management of flood risks. Changes in river floods in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been investigated in few national studies. However, there are no studies of the changes of flood patterns by using a common methodology for the rivers of this region. In this study flood pattern changes in the rivers of the Baltic countries were estimated applying trend and frequency analysis for the periods of 1922–2010, 1922–1960, 1961–2010 and 1991–2010, i.e. for the whole spring flood data sets, periods before and after 1960 (this year was considered as the beginning of the remarkable climate change…
New European Discovery of Splachnum pensylvanicum (Bryophyta, Splachnaceae) in Lithuania, with Taxonomic Notes and a Review of Its World Distribution
2021
Splachnum pensylvanicum (Brid.) Grout ex H.A.Crum is recorded for the first time in Lithuania and it is its fourth discovery at a third locality in Europe. It was found for the first time in 2000 in Kamanos mire, the largest peatland complex in the northern part of this East Baltic country. Targeted investigations at this site in 2017 resulted in the discovery of 14 populations and it is apparently the largest and most abundant locality of the species in Europe. Splachnum pensylvanicum is briefly described and illustrated along with some taxonomic notes and a detailed description of its habitat requirements. The global geographical distribution of S. pensylvanicum is reviewed and mapped. It…
Faktori, kas ietekmē Latvijas piena nozares konkurētspēju Baltijas valstīs
2019
This study presents competitiveness analysis and factors influencing on the competitiveness in Latvian dairy sector among the Baltic states. Gross domestic product, the number of population, demographics, trade balance, labour cost indicators of each country and numbers of manufacturers, the revenue of the sector and its growth rate, volume sold of goods and its growth rate, average volume sold per capita of products, an average price of milk and cream, an average price of yoghurt and curdled milk, an average price of cream cheese and cheese in the dairy sector of every Baltic state are compared between among them and has been commented by three experts: Inga Orlova ( representative of Mini…
Baltia
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Eero ja Erkki Fredriksonin säätiö
Interpolative mapping of mean precipitation in the Baltic countries by using landscape characteristics
2011
Maps of the long-term mean precipitation involving local landscape variables were generated for the Baltic countries, and the effectiveness of seven modelling methods was compared. The precipitation data were recorded in 245 meteorological stations in 1966–2005, and 51 location-related explanatory variables were used. The similarity-based reasoning in the Constud software system outperformed other methods according to the validation fit, except for spring. The multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) was another effective method on average. The inclusion of landscape variables, compared to reverse distance-weighted interpolation, highlights the effect of uplands, larger water bodies …