• Predictors of hospital and one-year mortality in intensive care patients with refractory status epilepticus: a population-based study 

  Kantanen A-M; Kälviäinen R; Parviainen I; Ala-Peijari M; Bäcklund T; Koskenkari J; Laitio R; Reinikainen M (Springer NatureBritannia, 2017)

  Background The aim was to determine predictors of hospital and 1-year mortality in patients with intensive care unit (ICU)-treated refractory status epilepticus (RSE) in a population-based study. Methods This was a ...

• Seizing the opportunity: tackling fossil fuel subsidies under the UNFCCC 

  van Asselt H; Kulovesi K (Springer Nature, 2017)

  Analyses from international and nongovernmental organizations have pointed to the negative environmental, economic and social implications of the sizable subsidies handed out by governments for the production and consumption ...

• Natriuretic peptides and integrated risk assessment for cardiovascular disease: an individual-participant-data meta-analysis 

  Natriuretic Peptides Studies Collaboration; Willeit P; Kaptoge S; Welsh P; Butterworth AS; Chowdhury R; Spackman SA; Pennells L; Gao P; Burgess S; Freitag DF; Sweeting M; Wood AM; Cook NR; Judd S; Trompet S; Nambi V; Olsen MH; Everett BM; Kee F et al. (Elsevier BV, 2016)

  Background Guidelines for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases focus on prediction of coronary heart disease and stroke. We assessed whether or not measurement of N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) ...

• Efficient reversible phase mask for TiO2 submicron gratings directly printed on cylindrical surfaces 

  Berthod L; Bichotte M; Verrier I; Veillas C; Kämpfe T; Vocanson F; Langlet M; Laukkanen J; Parriaux O; Jourlin Y (The Optical SocietyYhdysvallat (USA), 2017)

  In this article we present a radial phase mask specially designed and manufactured for direct micro-structuration under UV photolithography of a cylindrical surface covered by a photoresist TiO2 film. The period of the ...

• Uneasy "homecoming" in Alain Mabanckou's Lumières de Pointe-Noire 

  Toivanen Anna-Leena (Informa UK Limited, 2017)

  Alain Mabanckou’s Lumières de Pointe-Noire (2013) is a travelogue in which the celebrated Los Angeles-based author returns to his native Congo-Brazzaville after 23 years of absence. As is typical in postcolonial travel ...

• Post-Harvest Handling of Freshwater Crayfish: Techniques, Challenges and Opportunities 

  Jussila Japo; Fotedar Ravi; Edsman Lennart (Intech, 2017)

  Development of post-harvest handling practices of crayfish in Fennoscandia has largely been based on their high value and has historical rationale. Crayfish were transported from Finland to St. Petersburg and Central ...

• Career anchors of dentist leaders 

  Tuononen Tiina; Lammintakanen Johanna; Suominen Anna Liisa (Informa UK Limited, 2016)

  Objective: The work of a health care leader is demanding; in order to cope, leaders need motivation and support. The occurrence of intrinsic factors called career anchors (combination of one’s competence, motives and values) ...

• An Internet-based medicine education intervention: Fourth graders' perspectives 

  Kärkkäinen Sirpa; Keinonen Tuula; Hartikainen-Ahia Anu; Vainio Kirsti; Hämeen-Anttila Katri (MDPI AG, 2017)

  Health education, which also includes medicine education, promotes social sustainability in society. Through the context of Internet-based intervention, this study reports on fourth graders’ (N = 51, aged 10–11 years) ...

• Iliac crest histomorphometry and skeletal heterogeneity in men 

  Tong Xiaoyu; Burton Inari S; Jurvelin Jukka S; Isaksson Hanna; Kröger Heikki (Elsevier BV, 2017)

  Purpose The cortical characteristics of the iliac crest in male have rarely been investigated with quantitative histomorphometry. Also it is still unknown how cortical microarchitecture may vary between the iliac crest ...

• Spray drying of poorly soluble drugs from aqueous arginine solution 

  Ojarinta R; Lerminiaux L; Laitinen R (Elsevier BVAlankomaat, 2017)

  Co-amorphous drug-amino acid mixtures have shown potential for improving the solid-state stability and dissolution behavior of amorphous drugs. In previous studies, however these mixtures have been produced mainly with ...

• Mechanised harvesting of short-rotation coppices 

  Vanbeveren SPP; Spinelli R; Eisenbies M; Schweier J; Mola-Yudego B; Magagnotti N; Acuna M; Dimitriou I; Ceulemans R (Elsevier BV, 2017)

  Short-rotation coppice (SRC) is an important source of woody biomass for bioenergy. Despite the research carried out on several aspects of SRC production, many uncertainties create barriers to farmers establishing SRC ...

• Adrenomedullin: a marker of impaired hemodynamics, organ dysfunction, and poor prognosis in cardiogenic shock 

  Tolppanen H; Rivas-Lasarte M; Lassus J; Sans-Roselló J; Hartmann O; Lindholm M; Arrigo M; Tarvasmäki T; Köber L; Thiele H; Pulkki K; Spinar J; Parissis J; Banaszewski M; Silva-Cardoso J; Carubelli V; Sionis A; Harjola V-P; Mebazaa A (Springer Nature, 2017)

  Background The clinical CardShock risk score, including baseline lactate levels, was recently shown to facilitate risk stratification in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS). As based on baseline parameters, however, it ...

• Impact of Chemical Structure on Conjunctival Drug Permeability: Adopting Porcine Conjunctiva and Cassette Dosing for Construction of In Silico Model 

  Ramsay E; Ruponen M; Picardat T; Tengvall U; Tuomainen M; Auriola S; Toropainen E; Urtti A; del Amo EM (Elsevier BV, 2017)

  Conjunctiva occupies most of the ocular surface area, and conjunctival permeability affects ocular and systemic drug absorption of topical ocular medications. Therefore, the aim of this study was to obtain a computational ...

• Molecular endocrinology of vitamin D on the epigenome level 

  Carlberg Carsten (Elsevier BV, 2017)

  The molecular endocrinology of vitamin D is based on the facts that i) its metabolite 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) is the high affinity ligand of the nuclear receptor vitamin D receptor (VDR) and ii) the ...

• Structural aspects of Vitamin D endocrinology 

  Rochel Natacha; Molnár Ferdinand (Elsevier BV, 2017)

  1α,25-Dihydroxvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) is the hormonally active form of vitamin D3. Its synthesis and its metabolites, their transport and elimination as well as action on transcriptional regulation involves the harmonic ...

• Women's perceptions of spousal relevance in childbirth pain relief in four Nigerian hospitals 

  Emelonye Abigail Uchenna; Pitkäaho Taina; Aregbesola Alex; Vehviläinen-Julkunen Katri (Elsevier B.V, 2017)

• Efficient removal of coomassie brilliant blue R-250 dye using starch/poly(alginic acid-cl-acrylamide) nanohydrogel 

  Sharma Gaurav; Naushad Mu; Kumar Amit; Rana Shailja; Sharma Shweta; Bhatnagar Amit; Stadler Florian J; Ghfar Ayman A; Khan Mohammad Rizwan (Elsevier BV, 2017)

  In this study, we have synthesized a starch/poly(alginic acid-cl-acrylamide) nanohydrogel (ST/PL(AA-cl-AAm) NHG) by co-polymerization method which was used as an effective adsorbent for the removal of coomassie brilliant ...

• The Impact of Information Culture on Patient Safety Outcomes 

  Jylhä V; Mikkonen S; Saranto K; Bates DW (Schattauer GmbH, 2017)

  Background: An organization’s information culture and information management practices create conditions for processing patient information in hospitals. Information management incidents are failures that could lead to ...

• Reshaping local borders in Europe today. A critical reflection founded on an analysis of the case of Finland 

  Albacete Xavier; Tort Joan (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2017)

  In Europe, the amalgamation of local authorities is currently used to optimize public resources. Although amalgamation involves several advantages, it needs to fulfil three conditions to be considered successful. First, ...

• Probing University Students' Pre-Knowledge in Quantum Physics with QPCS Survey 

  Asikainen Mervi A (ISER Publications, 2017)

  The study investigated the use of Quantum Physics Conceptual Survey (QPCS) in probing student understanding of quantum physics. Altogether 103 Finnish university students responded to QPCS. The mean scores of the student ...

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