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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROEISLANDS
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
<"Genetic studies conceming psychiatric illnesses have for
some years created hope for new insight in mental illness.
Isolated populations may offer a new approach. Here, the
number of different alleles and mutations may be fewer and
therefore more easy to detect. Such models have been de-
veloped for patients in the Faroe Islands. The first illness to
study has been bipolar disorder, or manic-depressive ill-
ness." From abstract>
764: Weber, J.R.: The Structures of the Alpha
Ridge, Arctic Ocean and Iceland-Faeroe Ridge,
North Atlantic: Comparisons and Implications
for the Evolution of the Canada Basin
in: Marine Geology. Amsterdam, vol. 93, 1990, pp.
43-68
<ResuIts of analysis of organic fragments found in a sedi-
ment core retrieved from the eastem Alpha Ridge>
765: Weihe, Pál/Grandjean, Philippe/Debes,
Fróði/White, Roberta: Health implications for
Faroe Islanders of heavy metals and PCBs from
pilot whales
in: The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 186,
1996 (= Special Issue. Marine Mammals and the Ma-
rine Environment. A Collection of papers presented
at the Intemational Conference on Marine Mammals
and the Marine Environment, Lerwick, Shetland, 20-
21 April 1995. Edited by Kate Sanderson), pp. 141-
148, 3 tables, references
<The study reveals a signjficantly increased concentration
of heavy metals (mainly methylmercury) and PCBs in the
blood of Faroe Islanders>
766: Weisglas-Kuperus, Nynke: Neurodevelop-
mental, immunological and endocrinological in-
dices of perinatal exposures to PCBs and dioxins
in: Chemosphere, vol. 37, 1998, pp. 1845-1853
<Quoted from Biological Abstracts, vol.105, 1998, no.
255226>
767: Weisshappel, J.B.F./Svavarsson, J.: Benthic
amphipods (Crustacea: Malacostraca) in Ice-
landic waters: diversity in relation to faunal pat-
terns from shallow to intermediate deep Arctic
and North Atlantic Oceans
in: Marine Biology: Intemational Joumal on Life in
Oceans and Coastal Waters, vol. 131, 1998, pp. 133-
143, 9 figures, 7 tables, references
<"Pattems in diversity, species replacement and species
composition of gammaridean amphipods ... were studied in
two areas on different sides of the Greenland-Iceland-
Faeroe Ridge..." From abstract>
768: Wermuth, Lene/Joensen, Poul/Biinger, Nick/
Jeune, Bernard: High prevalence of Parkinson's
disease in the Faroe Islands
in: Neurology, vol. 49, 1997, pp. 426-432, 2 figures,
1 table, references
<A case study of 122 patients in which 102 patients with
parkinsonism and 82 with PD were found. The results were
compared to those stated in íhe county of Rogaland, Nor-
way and found to be significantly different in that the age-
adjusted prevalence of PD in the Faroes was 183.3 com-
pared to only 110.9 per 100.000 inhabitants in Rogaland>
769: Werner, Otmar: Old Norse in the Faroes
(with special reference to palatalization)
in: Ureland, P. Sture/Clarkson, Iain (eds.): Language
contact across the North Atlantic. Proceedings of the
Working Groups held at University College, Galway
(Ireland), August 29 - September 3, 1992 and the
University of Goteborg (Sweden), August 16-21,
1993. (= Linguistische Arbeiten 359). Tiibingen
(Max Niemeyer Verlag) 1996, pp. 35-59,4 figures, 1
map, references
Reviewed in:
- Nordic Joumal of Linguistics, vol. 21,
1998, pp. 99-101 (Kurt BraunmiiUer)
<A study dealing with the variational splitting up of old
Norse before 1200 A.D.>
770: Weyhe, Eivind: Færøske stednavnesam-
linger - tilblivelse og tilgængelighed
in: Weyhe, Eivind (ed.): NORNA-RAPPORTER 52.
ÚTGÁVA OGATGONGD. Fyrilestrar hildnir á tjú-
gunda [= 20.] NORNA-symposium í Tórshavn 22.-
23. mai 1992. Uppsala 1993, pp. 9-18
<English summary "Faroese name-archives - their forma-
tion and their accessibility" on p. 18>
771: Weyhe, Eivind: Færøske fáreflokke
in: NORNA-RAPPORTER 56. OVRIGA NAMN.
Handlingar frán NORNA:S nittonde [= 19.] sympo-
sium i Goteborg 4-6 december 1991, Uppsala 1994,
pp. 139-155
<English summary "Faroese sheep flocks” on p. 154. An in-
vestigation and description of Faroese naming customs for
sheep flocks>
772: Will the Faeroes flee the nest?
in: The Economist, vol. 348, Sept. 5th 1998, p. 28, 1
cartoon
<On the independence movement in the Faroes>