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Voices from the uncanny valley: How robots and artificial intelligences talk back to us
<p>Voice is a powerful tool of agency – for humans and non-humans<br>alike. In this article, we go through the long history of talking heads<br>and statues to publicly displayed robots and fortune-tellers, as well ... -
An "Ingredients" Approach to Functional Self-Synthesizing Materials: A Metal-Ion-Selective, Multi-Responsive, Self-Assembled Hydrogel
New methodology for making novel materials is highly desirable. Here, an "ingredients" approach to functional self-assembled hydrogels was developed. By designing a building block to contain the right ingredients, a ... -
Sosiaali-, terveys- ja kuntoutusalan opettajien osaaminen ja sen kehittäminen
ACTA Universitatis Ouluensis. F, Scripta academica<p><em>Johdanto:</em> Sosiaali-, terveys- ja kuntoutusalan (soteku) toimintaympäristö on jatkuvasti muuttuva ja kehittyvä. Jotta pätevien opettajien saatavuus turvataan myös tulevaisuudessa, tarvitaan jatkuvaa terveystieteiden ... -
Intimate partner violence among ever-married Afghan women: patterns, associations and attitudinal acceptance
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most prevalent forms of violence that women suffer globally. Women in Afghanistan have been exposed to high levels of IPV which coincided with high levels of conflict during ... -
How Big Is It Really? Assessing the Efficacy of Indirect Estimates of Body Size in Asian Elephants
<p> Information on an organism's body size is pivotal in understanding its life history and fitness, as well as helping inform conservation measures. However, for many species, particularly large-bodied wild animals, ... -
The Impact of Perceived Security on Intention to use E-Learning Among Students
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies<p>The use of online educational systems called E-learning has improved both teaching and learning. While researchers have examined several factors that affect the adoption and acceptance of E-learning among the students, ... -
The Dream Catcher experiment: blinded analyses failed to detect markers of dreaming consciousness in EEG spectral power
The Dream Catcher test defines the criteria for a genuine discovery of the neural constituents of phenomenal consciousness. Passing the test implies that some patterns of purely brain-based data directly correspond to the ... -
Extreme temperature differences in the city of Lahti, southern Finland: Intensity, seasonality and environmental drivers
<p>The extremes of month-specific spatial temperature differences were studied for a first time in the high-latitude city of Lahti and its surroundings in southern Finland. During the 2-year observation period (6/14–5/16), ... -
Ethical issues regarding machine(-assisted) translation of literary texts
<p>This article investigates essential ethical issues that should be taken into consideration when adopting or tailoring technological tools for literary translation. The discussion on ethical issues draws on recent studies ... -
Identification of Motor Symptoms Related to Parkinson Disease Using Motion-Tracking Sensors at Home (KAVELI): Protocol for an Observational Case-Control Study
Background: Clinical characterization of motion in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) is challenging: symptom progression, suitability of medication, and level of independence in the home environment can vary across time ... -
A long-lasting bisphosphonate partially protects periprosthetic bone, but does not enhance initial stability of uncemented femoral stems: A randomized placebo-controlled trial of women undergoing total hip arthroplasty
Low bone quality may compromise the success of cementless total hip arthroplasty in high-risk patients such as elderly women. Zoledronic acid is a long-lasting antiresorptive agent, which is known to reduce short-term ... -
Ellagitannins in Finnish plant species – Characterization, distribution and oxidative activity
<p> Ellagitannins are secondary metabolites that are produced by plants. Among other features, they are assumed to function as plants’ defensive compounds against plant-eating herbivores. This thesis focuses on a ... -
Genome-wide association study of nocturnal blood pressure dipping in hypertensive patients
Background: Reduced nocturnal fall (non-dipping) of blood pressure (BP) is a predictor of cardiovascular target organ damage. No genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on BP dipping have been previously reported.Methods: ... -
Managing cultural specificity and cultural embeddedness when internationalizing: Cultural strategies of Japanese craft firms
<p>When entering international markets, manufacturers of consumer products are expected to adapt their products in order to meet local consumption practices. Doing so is particularly challenging for producers of ... -
Link Between Cause of Paternal Death and Children’s Education Depends on Family Background
Working Papers on Social and Economic Issues<p>Early parental death has been linked to problems in children’s educational paths. We add to the literature by examining children’s education by cause of paternal death and family background. We compare whether a father’s ... -
Finite-time quantum Stirling heat engine
We study the thermodynamic performance of a finite-time non-regenerative quantum Stirling-like cycle used as a heat engine. We consider specifically the case in which the working substance (WS) is a two-level system (TLS). ...
