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Foundations of human consciousness: Imaging the twilight zone
<p>What happens in the brain when conscious awareness of the surrounding world fades? We manipulated consciousness in two experiments in a group of healthy males and measured brain activity with positron emission tomography. ... -
Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities of tea-type infusions processed from sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) leaves
<p>Sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides, SB) leaves contain wide-ranging bioactive compounds. Processing of the leaves into beverages/food presents great potential for supporting human health. The research aimed to investigate ... -
Ultrasound irradiation as an effective tool in synthesis of the slag-based catalysts for carboxymethylation
<p>Waste minimization strategy was applied in the current work for synthesis of the catalysts from industrial solid waste, namely desulfurization slag. The starting slag material comprising CaCO3, Ca(OH)2, SiO2, Al2O3, ... -
Multilevel analysis of the educational use of technology: Quantity and versatility of digital technology usage in Finnish basic education schools
<div>The adoption of technology in teaching has been identified to relate to various factors from attitudes and self-efficacy to subjective norms and digital references. The aim of this study is to broaden the perspective ... -
Latitudinal gradient in the intensity of biotic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems: Sources of variation and differences from the diversity gradient revealed by meta-analysis
The Latitudinal Biotic Interaction Hypothesis (LBIH) states that the intensity of biotic interactions increases from high to low latitudes. This hypothesis, which may partly explain latitudinal gradients in biodiversity, ... -
Floristic composition and across-track reflectance gradient in Landsat images over Amazonian forests
Remotely sensed image interpretation or classification of tropical forests can be severely hampered by the effects of the bidirectional reflection distribution function (BRDF). Even for narrow swath sensors like Landsat ... -
Static cut-points of hypertension and increased arterial stiffness in children and adolescents: The International Childhood Vascular Function Evaluation Consortium
Pediatric elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension are usually defined using traditional BP tables at the 90th and 95th percentiles, respectively, based on sex, age, and height, which are cumbersome to use in clinical ... -
Priority Needs for Conducting Pandemic-Relevant Clinical Research With Children in Europe : A Consensus Study With Pediatric Clinician-Researchers
<p>Background: Infectious disease pandemics (IDP) pose a considerable global threat and can disproportionately affect vulnerable populations including children. Pediatric clinical research in pandemics is essential to ... -
Correlates of social media fatigue and academic performance decrement A large cross-sectional study
Purpose The current study aims to investigate if different measures related to online psychosocial well-being and online behavior correlate with social media fatigue. <div>Design/methodology/approach To understand the ... -
The Nordic model: 25 years of drawing the line between earned and capital income in Finland
<p>In personal income taxation, Finland had used the dualistic income tax model, known as the Nordic model, since 1993. The basic idea is that taxation of earned income is progressive, whereas taxation of capital income ... -
Effectiveness of Self-Help Plus in Preventing Mental Disorders in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Western Europe: A Multinational Randomized Controlled Trial
<p>Introduction<br>Self-Help Plus (SH+) is a group-based psychological intervention developed by the World Health Organization for managing stress.</p><p>Objective<br>To assess the effectiveness of SH+ in preventing mental ... -
Inherited Metabolic Memory of High-Fat Diet Impairs Testicular Fatty Acid Content and Sperm Parameters
Scope Exposure to a high-fat diet (HFD) from early-life is associated with a testicular metabolic signature link to abnormal sperm parameters up to two generations after exposure in mice. Hereby, this study describes a ... -
Magical thinking in individuals with high polygenic risk for schizophrenia but no non-affective psychoses-a general population study
A strong genetic background for psychoses is well-established. Most individuals with a high genetic risk for schizophrenia, however, do not develop the disorder. We investigated whether individuals, who have a high genetic ... -
Surgical techniques for degenerative cervical spine in Finland from 1999 to 2015
<div>Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the trends and regional variations in the operative techniques used for degenerative or rheumatoid cervical spine disease in Finland between 1999 and 2015. <br ... -
Central Themes of the Pokémon Franchise and why they Appeal to Humans
<p>Pokémon has become the most profitable cross-media franchise since its creation 25 years ago. In this conceptual work, we go through the current eight generations of Pokémon games, movies and anime episodes to understand ... -
DICER regulates the expression of major satellite repeat transcripts and meiotic chromosome segregation during spermatogenesis
Constitutive heterochromatin at the pericentric regions of chromosomes undergoes dynamic changes in its epigenetic and spatial organization during spermatogenesis. Accurate control of pericentric heterochromatin is required ...
