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Everyday discourse as a space of citizenship. The linguistic construction of in-groups and out-groups in online discussion boards
<p>In this paper, we analyze online discussion threads related to national belonging in Finland, Denmark, and France. These discussions are all related to immigration and the definition of ‘legitimate’ citizens. Our approach ... -
Does language switching behavior rely on general executive functions?
<p>The assumption that everyday language switching trains bilinguals’ executive functions (EF) presupposes that language switching engages domain-general EF. This study examined associations between three types of ... -
Childhood physical abuse and emotional neglect are specifically associated with adult mental disorders
<p><b>Background:</b> Childhood adversities and trauma (CAT) are associated with adult mental disorders. Nevertheless, although CAT of different domains mostly co-occurs, and co-morbidity is common, the associations between ... -
Evolutionary Understanding of the Human Mind and Learning -- in Accordance with Transactional Naturalism and Methodological Relationalism
<p>The approach to the evolution of human culture and mind suggested in this article represents transactional naturalism combined with methodological relationalism. In transactions, the organism changes the environment ... -
Deep neck space infections: an upward trend and changing characteristics
<p>Purpose This study reviews our experience with deep neck space infections (DNIs) requiring surgical intervention, includingcervical necrotizing fasciitis. The aim of the study was to identify predisposing and aggravating ... -
Fosfataasien avulla syövän kimppuun
Syöpäsolujen sisäisten viestiverkostojen toiminnan muuttuminen on tärkeä syövän syntymekanismi ja vaikuttaa monien syöpälääkkeiden vasteisiin. Tärkein viestiverkostojen toimintaa säätelevä biokemiallinen mekanismi on ... -
Tyypin 1 diabetesta sairastavien lasten ja nuorten hoitotuloksiin merkittävä parannus diabetesohjausta kehittämällä
JOHDANTO :Turun kaupungin lasten ja nuorten poliklinikan diabetestiimi osallistui vuosina 2014-2016 Ruotsin kansalliseen diabetesrekisteriin perustuvaan laatukoulutukseen. Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin, miten laatukoulutus ... -
Testing different forms of regulation of yolk thyroid hormone transfer in pied flycatchers
Hormones transferred from mothers to their offspring are considered a maternal tool to prepare progeny for expected environmental conditions, increasing maternal and offspring fitness. To flexibly influence offspring, ... -
Stretchable Composite Acoustic Transducer for Wearable Monitoring of Vital Signs
A highly flexible, stretchable, and mechanically robust low-cost soft composite consisting of silicone polymers and water (or hydrogels) is reported. When combined with conventional acoustic transducers, the materials ... -
Women’s Place in Finnish Proverbs from Childhood
<p>The article deals with one type of diverse relationships between proverbs and women in the Finnish folklore<br />tradition. Since 1950's in Finland as well as in vrious cultures the underestimation ofwomen and womanhood<br ... -
The Search for the Health and Social Security: Experiences from Consumers Searching for Healthcare Services
<p>Backgroud and Objective: People use different information services to select their healthcare services. It isimportant to collect and analyze user feedback from such sites to understand needs of the user and to develop ... -
RATS-Kepler - a deep high-cadence survey of the Kepler field
<p> We outline the purpose, strategy and first results of a deep, high-cadence, photometric survey of the Kepler field using the Isaac Newton Telescope on La Palma and the MDM 1.3 m Telescope on Kitt Peak. Our goal was ... -
Pertussis Prevention: Reasons for Resurgence, and Differences in the Current Acellular Pertussis Vaccines
Pertussis is an acute respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. Due to its frequency and severity, prevention of pertussis has been considered an important public health issue for many years. The development of ... -
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Markets for Diagnostic Services: Evidence from the Finnish Private Health Care Sector
Aboa Centre for Economics Discussion papers<p>Health care markets in developed countries have become increasingly concentrated, while at the same time there has been an increasing trend of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in these markets. I study the impact of M&As ... -
Sustainable management of migratory European ducks: finding model species
Eurasian migratory duck species represent a natural resource shared between European countries. As is evident throughout human harvest history, lack of coordinated management and monitoring at appropriate levels often leads ... -
Early overnutrition sensitizes the growth hormone axis to the impact of diet-induced obesity via sex-divergent mechanisms
In addition to its essential role in the physiological control of longitudinal growth, growth-hormone (GH) is endowed with relevant metabolic functions, including anabolic actions in muscle, lipolysis in adipose-tissue and ... -
Learning with multiple pairwise kernels for drug bioactivity prediction
Motivation: Many inference problems in bioinformatics, including drug bioactivity prediction, can be formulated as pairwise learning problems, in which one is interested in making predictions for pairs of objects, e.g. ... -
Foliar element distributions in Guadua bamboo, a major forest dominant in southwestern Amazonia
Silica is the best-known component filling the spaces that form phytoliths in many plants, but phytoliths may also contain other elements. We used scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy ...
