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Real-world clinical diagnostics of heart failure patients with reduced or preserved ejection fraction
Aims The study aimed at investigating the use of guideline-recommended diagnostic tools and medication in patients with heart failure (HF) in specialty care in Southwest Finland. We also compared the characteristics of the ... -
Feasibility of smart wristbands for continuous monitoring during pregnancy and one month after birth
<p>BackgroundSmart wristbands enable the continuous monitoring of health parameters, for example, in maternity care. Understanding the feasibility and acceptability of these devices in an authentic context is essential. ... -
Highlight selection of radiochemistry and radiopharmacy developments by editorial board (January-June 2020)
<p>Background<br></p><p>The Editorial Board of EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry releases a biyearly highlight commentary to describe trends in the field.<br></p><p>Results<br></p><p>This commentary of highlights has ... -
Childhood adversity, adult socioeconomic status and risk of work disability: a prospective cohort study
Objectives To examine the combined effects of childhood adversities and low adult socioeconomic status (SES) on the risk of future work disability.Methods Included were 34 384 employed Finnish Public Sector study participants ... -
Ikaros has a crucial role in regulation of B cell receptor signaling
transcription factor Ikaros, a key regulator of hematopoiesis, has an essential role in lymphocyte development. In mice, fetal lymphoid differentiation is blocked in the absence of Ikaros, and whereas T cells develop ... -
Fracture behavior of short fiber-reinforced direct restorations in large MOD cavities
<p>The aim of this research was to study the impact of using a short fiber-reinforced composite (SFRC) core on the fatigue performance and fracture behavior of direct large posterior composite restorations. Moreover, the ... -
Quantum measurements on finite dimensional systems: relabeling and mixing
Quantum measurements are mathematically described by positive operator valued measures (POVMs). Concentrating on finite dimensional systems, we show that one can limit to extremal rank-1 POVMs if two simple procedures of ... -
Imagined Germany: Richard Wagner's National Utopia. Second edition
German Life and Civilization<p>Richard Wagner (1813–1883) has often been regarded as a symbol of “Germanness.” Despite this view, few studies have been undertaken regarding his nationalistic thinking. Imagined Germany focuses on Wagner’s idea of ... -
Change trajectories and key biotopes - Assessing landscape dynamics and sustainability
<p>This paper presents a methodological synthesis of two congruent approaches into a common landscape change trajectory analysis and the assessment of landscape dynamics and sustainability. The emphasis of the analysis ... -
Amino acid profile in women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated with metformin or insulin
<p>Aims: We compared the effects of metformin and insulin treatments of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on amino acid metabolism.<br /><br />Methods: 217 pregnant women diagnosed with GDM were randomized to receive ... -
A nationwide real-world study on dynamic ustekinumab dosing and concomitant medication use among Crohn's disease patients in Finland
<b>Background</b> Real-world evidence to support optimal ustekinumab dosing for refractory Crohn's disease (CD) patients remains limited. Data from a retrospective nationwide chart review study was utilized to explore ... -
Age Differences in Material Deprivation in Finland: How do Consensus and Prevalence-Based Weighting Approaches Change the Picture?
<p>While material deprivation is often used to measure poverty, analyses focusing on the measurement of material deprivation are scarce. This study provides new information on material deprivation by analyzing how differences ... -
The Criterion Validity, Reliability, and Feasibility of an Instrument for Assessing the Nursing Intensity in Perioperative Settings
Patient classification systems generate information for staff allocation based on a patient's care needs. This study aims to test further the instrument for assessing nursing intensity (NI) in perioperative settings. Nine ... -
Reproducibility-optimized detection of differential DNA methylation
Compared with state-of-the-art methods, ROTS shows competitive sensitivity and specificity in detecting consistently differentially methylated regions. -
Estimating the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD exacerbations: reduction of hospital inpatient days during the following year
Aims: To study the short- and long-term results of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) given in the Helsinki University Heart and Lung Center and to understand the hospital resources used to treat severe COPD exacerbations in ... -
Two weeks of moderate-intensity continuous training, but not high-intensity interval training, increases insulin-stimulated intestinal glucose uptake
<p>Similar to muscles, the intestine is also insulin resistant in obese subjects and subjects with impaired glucose tolerance. Exercise training improves muscle insulin sensitivity, but its effects on intestinal metabolism ... -
Internal phosphorus load estimation during biomanipulation in a large polymictic and mesotrophic lake
We quantified internal phosphorus (P) load for 26 years in the polymictic, large (155 km(2)) and shallow (mean depth 5.5 m) Lake Sakylan Pyhajarvi, which was heavily biomanipulated by fish removal. Internal load was estimated ... -
Differential Cognitive Functioning and Benefit From Surgery in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Carotid Endarterectomy
<p>Background<br></p><p>Stenosing atherosclerosis in both coronary and carotid arteries can adversely affect cognition. Also their surgical treatments, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and carotid endarterectomy ... -
Effect of adherence to treatment guidelines on overall survival in elderly non-small-cell lung cancer patients
<p>Objectives<br>Mean age at diagnosis of lung cancer is increasing with increasing age in Western populations. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of adherence to first-line treatment guidelines on overall ... -
What Really Matters in Creating Mass Mobilization, Classical Organization or New Social Media? – A Comparative Case Study of the Mass Mobilization Process in France and South Korea
<div> This article explores why people adopt different processes to participate in mass mobilizations,</div> <div> using the 2006 Anti-CPE (labor law) Movement in France and the 2008 Candlelight Movement</div> <div ...
