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Predicting water permeability of the soil based on open data
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology<p> Water permeability is a key concept when estimating load bearing capacity, mobility and infrastructure potential of a terrain. Northern sub-arctic areas have rather similar dominant soil types and thus prediction ... -
Actinomyces and Related Organisms in Human Infections
<p> Actinomyces israelii has long been recognized as a causative agent of actinomycosis. During the past 3 decades, a large number of novel Actinomyces species have been described. Their detection and identification in ... -
Distributed manufacturing: a new form of localised production?
<div> <h3>Purpose</h3> <p>The emergence of distributed manufacturing ... -
C-reactive protein upregulates the whole blood expression of CD59 - an integrative analysis
<p>Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations in the blood are associated with acute and chronic infections and inflammation. Nevertheless, the functional role of increased CRP in multiple bacterial and viral infections ... -
Postglacial colonization history reflects in the genetic structure of natural populations of Festuca rubra in Europe
We conducted a large-scale population genetic survey of genetic diversity of the host grass Festuca rubra s.l., which fitness can be highly dependent on its symbiotic fungus Epichloe festucae, to evaluate genetic variation ... -
Components of defence strategies in society’s information environment: a case study based on the grounded theory
<p>The goal of this study is to explore the components of defence strategies faced by society in its information environment, and how these strategies are inter-related. This qualitative in-depth case study applied past ... -
Voice of the Psychonauts: Coping, Life Purpose, and Spirituality in Psychedelic Drug Users
Psychoactive drug use shows great diversity, but due to a disproportionate focus on problematic drug use, predominant nonproblematic drug use remains an understudied phenomenon. Historic and anecdotal evidence shows that ... -
Space partitioning of exchange-correlation functionals with the projector augmented-wave method
We implement a Becke fuzzy cells type space partitioning scheme for the purposes of exchange-correlation within the GPAW projector augmented-wave method based density functional theory code. Space partitioning is needed ... -
The obscured X-ray binaries V404 Cyg, Cyg X-3, V4641 Sgr, and GRS 1915+105
Aims. V404 Cyg, Cyg X-3, V4641 Sgr, and GRS 1915+105 are among the brightest X-ray binaries and display complex behavior in their multiwavelength emission. Except for Cyg X-3, the other three sources have large accretion ... -
Evaluating the Use of Internet Search Volumes for Time Series Modeling of Sales in the Video Game Industry
<p>Internet search volumes have been successfully adopted for time series analysis of different phenomena. This empirical paper evaluates the feasibility of search volumes in modeling of weekly video game sales. Building ... -
Mothers with higher twinning propensity had lower fertility in pre-industrial Europe
Historically, mothers producing twins gave birth, on average, more often than non-twinners. This observation has been interpreted as twinners having higher intrinsic fertility - a tendency to conceive easily irrespective ... -
Citizens’ opinions and experiences related to costs and reimbursements for medications in times of retrenchment: cross-sectional population surveys in 2015 and 2017
<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Finland has universal coverage for prescription medications under the National Health Insurance. Eligibility schemes target higher reimbursements to individuals with chronic illness. Nevertheless, ... -
Within-season changes in habitat use of forest-dwelling boreal bats
Bats utilize forests as roosting sites and feeding areas. However, it has not been documented how bats utilize these habitats in the boreal zone with methods afforded by recent technological advances. Forest structure and ... -
Sleep: Dreaming Data and Theories
<p> The first part of this article focuses on summarizing the empirical findings on dream content, such as the universality of dream themes, the specific but general dream elements, and the occurrence and content of bad ... -
Trends in excellent self-rated health among adolescents: A comparative Nordic study
<p>Background: Excellent self-rated health (SRH) can be seen as an important component of positive health among adolescents. The aim of this paper is to examine time trends of excellent health among adolescents in five ... -
Evaluation of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) in Malawi
<p> </p><p>The purpose of this study is to evaluate Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) in Malawi local governments. In 2009, Malawi Government decided to automate public finance management ... -
Intracomplex general acid/base catalyzed cleavage of RNA phosphodiester bonds: the leaving group effect
The general acid/base catalyzed cleavage of a number of alkyl esters of uridine-3'-(and -5'-) phosphate has been studied by utilizing a cleaving agent, in which the catalytic moiety (a substituted 1,3,5-triazine) is tethered ... -
Membrane attachment of Slr0006 in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 is determined by divalent ions
Slr0006 is one of the Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 proteins strongly induced under carbon limiting conditions. Slr0006 has no predicted transmembrane helices or signal peptide sequence, yet it was exclusively recovered in ...