[Purpose] This study examined Nordic walking as an exercise intervention for the elderly with depression. [Subjects] Twenty-four patients who were diagnosed with depression were randomly selected and divided into two groups, an experimental group which performed Nordic walking, and a control group, which performed normal walking. [Methods] Both groups practiced their respective walking exercise...

North Atlantic sea ice displacements are thought to play an important role in the abrupt Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) cycles of the last glacial period. This model study investigates sea ice variability in glacial climates to help provide constraints on its involvement in D-O cycles. Sea ice variability in a coupled climate model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum (21 ka) is concentrated in the...

Printing emerged more slowly in the Nordic lands than most parts of Europe. The first active printing press modern Latvia appeared 1588; Estonia, Finland and Norway would wait until 1630s 1640s respectively. It was also seventeenth century that a provincial print trade any significance develop Denmark Sweden, two main political powers region. While our knowledge evolution Scandinavian region ha...