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Small Force, Big Impact: Next Generation Organ-on-a-Chip Systems Incorporating Biomechanical Cues
Mechanobiology-on-a-chip is a growing field focusing on how mechanical inputs modulate physico-chemical output in microphysiological systems. It is well known that biomechanical cues trigger a variety of molecular events ... -
Two independent evolutionary routes to Na+/H+ cotransport function in membrane pyrophosphatases.
<p>Membrane-bound pyrophosphatases (mPPases) hydrolyze pyrophosphate (PPi) to transport H(+), Na(+) or both and help organisms to cope with stress conditions, such as high salinity or limiting nutrients. Recent ... -
Predator manipulation experiments: impacts on populations of terrestrial vertebrate prey
Quantifying the relative impacts of top-down vs. bottom-up control of ecosystems remains a controversial issue, with debate often focusing on the perennial question of how predators affect prey densities. To assess predator ... -
Work-Related Well-Being Profiles among Health Education Teachers
<p>The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the well-being of Finnish health education teachers (<i>n</i> = 108) by examining the latent profiles of work burnout and work engagement by using a person-centered ... -
Nanotechnology-based delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 for cancer treatment
<p>CRISPR/Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-associated protein 9) is a potent technology for gene-editing. Owing to its high specificity and efficiency, CRISPR/Cas9 is extensity used for human ... -
The central role of septa in the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune hyphal morphogenesis
<p>The purpose of the present research was to observe in the filamentous basidiomycete <em>Schizophyllum commune</em>, the connection between the nuclear division and polymerization of the contractile actin ring with ... -
Antimicrobial resistance among bacteria isolated from urinary tract infections in females in Namibia, 2016-2017
<p><strong>Background: </strong>The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among bacterial pathogens demands a local understanding of the epidemiological situation. This information is needed both for clinical treatment ... -
Transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with bicuspid aortic valve
<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To compare the outcomes after surgical (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for severe stenosis of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We evaluated ... -
Collaborative participation in aphasic word searching: comparison between significant others and speech and language therapists
<p> <em>Background</em>: Searching for words is a common phenomenon in conversations of the people with aphasia. When searching for a word the speaker interrupts the emerging conversational turn with a pause, vocalisation ... -
Dystonian patofysiologia ja hoito
<p><em>Dystonia on krooninen neurologinen liikehäiriösairaus, johon liittyy lisääntyneen lihasten aktiivisuuden aiheuttamia tahdosta riippumattomia, vääntäviä tai nykiviä liikkeitä ja pysyviä virheasentoja. Oireet voivat ... -
Impact of type 2 diabetes treated with non-insulin medication and number of diabetes-coexisting diseases on EQ-5D-5L index scores in the Finnish population
<p>Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) causes significant health and economic burden. In addition to comorbidities there are also coexisting diseases linked to obesity, lifestyle and T2D. The aim of this study was to examine ... -
Poster presentations in Translation Studies: State of the art and seven tips for improvement
<p>Poster presentations have established themselves in hard and social sciences, but remain an undervalued asset in Translation Studies (TS). In this paper, we report on a survey (n=104) that we carried out to map TS ... -
Late vertebral side effects in long-term survivors of irradiated childhood brain tumor
<div>Purpose: Long-term side effects of the treatments are common in survivors of irradiated pediatric brain tumors. Ionizing radiation in combination with surgery and chemotherapy during childhood may reduce vertebral ... -
Increased Risk of ADHD at Short and Long Interpregnancy Intervals in a National Birth Cohort
<p><strong>Background</strong><br>Short or long interpregnancy interval (IPI) may adversely impact conditions for foetal development. Whether attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is related to IPI has been largely ... -
Graduating student nurses' and student podiatrists' wound care competence - An integrative literature review
The objective of this literature review is to describe graduating student nurses' and student podiatrists' wound care competence. This integrative literature review has been conducted with a systematic search process. ... -
Heat and mass transfer analysis of nonlinear mixed convective hybrid nanofluid flow with multiple slip boundary conditions
<p>The current study focuses on the 3D nonlinear mixed convective boundary layer flow of micropolar hybrid nanofluid in the presence microorganism and multiple slip conditions across the slendering surface. The concentration ... -
Three Standards of Athletic Superiority
<p> The aim of this paper is to deepen our understanding of the inherent purpose of sports competitions. In ‘On Winning and Athletic Superiority’, Nicholas Dixon states that the central comparative purpose ... -
Prebiotic Xylo-Oligosaccharides Ameliorate High-Fat-Diet-Induced Hepatic Steatosis in Rats
<p>Understanding the importance of the gut microbiota (GM) in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has raised the hope for therapeutic microbes. We have shown that high hepatic fat content associated with low abundance ... -
Hot disc of the Swift J0243.6+6124 revealed by Insight-HXMT
We report on analysis of observations of the bright transient X-ray pulsar (XRP) Swift J0243.6+6124 obtained during its 2017-2018 giant outburst with Insight-HXMT, NuSTAR, and Swift observatories. We focus on the discovery ...
