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Child's age at parental death and university education
Losing a parent due to premature death is generally associated with negative child outcomes. However, the study of possible (modifying) effects of the child's age and family background has been neglected in previous research. ... -
The relationship of serum vitamins A, D, E and LL-37 levels with allergic status, tonsillar virus detection and immune response
BackgroundTonsils have an active role in immune defence and inducing and maintaining tolerance to allergens. Vitamins A, D, and E, and antimicrobial peptide LL-37 may have immunomodulatory effects. We studied how their ... -
Bystanders’ affect toward bully and victim as predictors of helping and non-helping behaviour.
The current study examined how children’s relationship with the bully and victim impacted their reactions as bystanders. An ethnically diverse sample of2,513 Canadian students in grades 4–7 responded to questions about ... -
Findings from Multipurpose IoT Solution Experimentations in Finnish SMEs: Common Expectations and Challenges
<div><div><div><p>The Finnish SMEs are showing increasing interest in modern digital solutions in hopes of streamlining their work processes. At the same time, the companies are struggling with resourcing issues and find ... -
Uusi hopearahakätkö hellenistiseltä kaudelta?
<p> A new hoard from Hellenistic period?" is an an attempt to reconstruct of Athenian and other Hellenistic tetradrachms which was sold by a German coin dealer in 2013. There were at least 34 silver coins, all with ... -
Vähäpäästöinen liikennejärjestelmä merkitsee monipuolisempaa liikkumista
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Genomic variation and strain-specific functional adaptation in the human gut microbiome during early life
<p>The human gut microbiome matures towards the adult composition during the first years of life and is implicated in early immune development. Here, we investigate the effects of microbial genomic diversity on gut microbiome ... -
A Quantitative Approach to Book-Printing in Sweden and Finland, 1640–1828
<p>Several cities in Sweden have been providing book-printing facilities since the 1640s. In our quantitative and explorative analysis of library catalogs from the National Library of Sweden and the National Library ... -
From professional bureaucracy to competitive bureaucracy – redefining universities’ organization principles, performance measurement criteria, and reason for being
<p>Purpose</p><p>This purpose of this study is to understand how the spread of audit culture and the related public sector reforms have affected Finnish universities’ organization principles, performance measurement (PM) ... -
Sephadex LH-20 fractionation and bioactivities of phenolic compounds from extracts of Finnish berry plants
<p>In order to assist developing a natural, safe food-preservative, aqueous ethanolic extracts of leaves and berries of eight Finnish berry plants were fractionated with Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. For each ... -
Management of asthma in childhood: study protocol of a systematic evidence update by the Paediatric Asthma in Real Life (PeARL) Think Tank
<p>Introduction</p><p>Clinical recommendations for childhood asthma are often based on data extrapolated from studies conducted in adults, despite significant differences in mechanisms and response to treatments. The ... -
Insect Affects. A Study on the Motivations of Amateur Entomologists and Implications for Citizen Science
<p> <span>With increasing interest in citizen science, this paper discusses how amateur naturalism, especially </span><span>amateur entomology, is placed within citizen science discourses. Through a case study of amateur ... -
Application of information and communication technology for internationalization of Nigerian small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises
<p>Information and communication technology (ICT) has fundamentally transformed business transactions. While its uses have become ubiquitous in the advanced economies, emerging and developing economies are still struggling ... -
Lack of androgen receptor SUMOylation results in male infertility due to epididymal dysfunction
Androgen receptor (AR) is regulated by SUMOylation at its transactivation domain. In vitro, the SUMOylation is linked to transcriptional repression and/or target gene-selective regulation. Here, we generated a mouse model ... -
Interactions between Hydrolysable Tannins and Lipid Vesicles from Escherichia coli with Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
<p>Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) was used to study the interactions between hydrolysable tannins (HTs) and lipid vesicles prepared from a phospholipid extract of <em>Escherichia coli</em> (<em>E. coli</em>). A ... -
Dynamism in plastome structure observed across the phylogenetic tree of ferns
The growing number of completely sequenced fern plastomes has revealed a structurally more dynamic genome than previously thought. Among other structural changes in plastid genome organization, in particular, the boundaries ... -
Tuloerojen ja terveyden eriarvoisuuden ikuinen mysteeri
Kirja-arvio: Andreas Bergh, Therese Nilsson & Daniel Waldenström: Sick of Inequality? An Introduction to the Relationship between Inequality and Health<div><br /></div><div><br /></div> -
Genetics of cryptorchidism and testicular regression
<p>Cryptorchidism, i.e., undescended testis, is one of the most common genital malformations in newborn male babies. The birth rate of cryptorchidism varies from 1.6 to 9.0 %. Etiology of disrupted testicular descent is ... -
Shared Vulnerability – Collectivity and Empathy in Media Reflections of a Finnish theater Monologue FAT
<p>This article utilizes the concept of “shared vulnerability” to analyze media reflections of a Finnish fat activist monologue FAT. In texts, pictures, and sounds on FAT, gaps between differently-sized women are stitched ... -
Completing the puzzle of the 2004-2005 outburst in V0332+53: The brightening phase included
Analysis of the data obtained with the RXTE observatory during a powerful outburst of the X-ray pulsar V0332+53 in 2004-2005 is presented. Observational data covering the outburst brightening phase are analysed in detail ...
