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Subjective health literacy among school-aged children
2018
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore Finnish adolescents’ subjective health literacy (HL) in association to school achievement, learning difficulties, educational aspirations, and family affluence. Design/methodology/approach Nationally representative data were collected in Finland as a part of the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. The respondents consisted in total of 3,833 adolescents (7th and 9th graders) from 359 schools. The Health Literacy for School-aged Children instrument was applied to measure adolescents’ subjective HL, while the Family Affluence Scale was used to measure adolescents’ socioeconomic status. Information was gathered on school…
Targeting the Activin Receptor Signaling to Counteract the Multi-Systemic Complications of Cancer and Its Treatments
2021
Muscle wasting, i.e., cachexia, frequently occurs in cancer and associates with poor prognosis and increased morbidity and mortality. Anticancer treatments have also been shown to contribute to sustainment or exacerbation of cachexia, thus affecting quality of life and overall survival in cancer patients. Pre-clinical studies have shown that blocking activin receptor type 2 (ACVR2) or its ligands and their downstream signaling can preserve muscle mass in rodents bearing experimental cancers, as well as in chemotherapy-treated animals. In tumor-bearing mice, the prevention of skeletal and respiratory muscle wasting was also associated with improved survival. However, the definitive proof tha…
Erosion, screening, and migration of tungsten in the JET divertor
2019
The erosion of tungsten (W), induced by the bombardment of plasma and impurity particles, determines the lifetime of plasma-facing components as well as impacting on plasma performance by the influx of W into the confined region. The screening of W by the divertor and the transport of W in the plasma determines largely the W content in the plasma core, but the W source strength itself has a vital impact on this process. The JET tokamak experiment provides access to a large set of W erosion-determining parameters and permits a detailed description of the W source in the divertor closest to the ITER one: (i) effective sputtering yields and fluxes as function of impact energy of intrinsic (Be,…
Tunnetyön kuormittavuus terveydenhuoltoalalla : palvelumotivaatio ja transformationaalinen johtajuus puskuroivina voimavaroina
2015
Tämän pro gradu -tutkielman tavoitteena oli kartoittaa tunnetyön kuormittavuutta suomalaisella terveydenhuoltoalalla. Työn vaatimusten ja voimavarojen mallia (JD-R) hyödyntäen tutkimme, kuinka tunnetyön kuormittavuus työn vaatimustekijänä ja transformationaalinen johtajuus sekä palvelumotivaatio työn voimavaratekijöinä ovat yhteydessä työuupumukseen. Tutkimusaineistoon valikoitui 1450 hoitotyöntekijää, joiden tunnetyön kuormittavuutta (mitattuna emotionaalisella dissonanssilla), palvelumotivaatioita, koettua transformationaalista johtajuutta ja työuupumusta (mitattuna uupumusasteisena väsymyksenä) kartoitettiin kyselylomakkeen avulla. Tutkimushypoteeseina oli, että tunnetyön kuormittavuus o…
Using FaceReader to recognize emotions during self-assessment relating to dyslexia
2016
FaceReader ohjelman käyttö emootioiden tunnistamiseen lukihäiriöön liittyvän itse-arvioinnin aikana. Tämä pro gradu tutkielma tarkasteli kasvojen tunnistamis-ohjelma FaceReaderin käytettävyyttä tunteiden tunnistamisessa lukivaikeustaustaisilla henkilöillä heidän täyttäessään tietokone-avusteisesti itse-arviointikyselyitä resilienssiin, itsetuntoon, coping-keinoihin, sosiaaliseen kompetenssiin, attribuutioon, välttämiskäyttäytymiseen sekä terveystapoihin liittyen. Osallistujat (N=45, 17 naista / 28 miestä) olivat saaneet lukivaikeus-diagnoosin ja olivat olleet lapsena Niilo Mäki Instituutin asiakkaita. Osallistujat kutsuttiin seurantatutkimuksiin ja haastatteluihin 20 -39 -vuoden ikäisinä. L…
Safety Evaluation of Turbo-Roundabouts with and without Internal Traffic Separations Considering Autonomous Vehicles Operation
2021
The paper presents a microsimulation approach for assessing the safety performance of turbo-roundabouts where Cooperative Autonomous Vehicles “CAVs” have been introduced into the traffic mix alongside conventional vehicles “CVs”. Based on the analysis of vehicle trajectories from VISSIM and subsequent analysis of traffic conflicts through the Surrogate Safety Assessment Model (SSAM), the research aims to evaluate the safety benefits of turbo-roundabouts where the lanes are physically separated by raised curbs, compared to roundabouts without such curbs. The paper will then describe the methodological path followed to build VISSIM models of turbo-roundabouts with and without raised curbs in …
Modello di capacità e valutazione delle prestazioni per le rotatorie a turbina.
2008
L’evoluzione più recente delle intersezioni a rotatoria si è indirizzata verso schemi cosiddetti a turbina (turborotatorie) con l’obiettivo di garantire condizioni di sicurezza più elevate rispetto agli schemi tradizionali. I pochi esempi di realizzazione delle rotatorie a turbina non hanno tuttavia finora consentito di sviluppare metodi di analisi delle condizioni operative e modelli di capacità che possano vantare una validazione attraverso osservazioni di campo. In ogni caso, l’approccio teorico allo studio funzionale delle turborotatorie presenta aspetti decisamente più complessi di quelli delle rotatorie convenzionali sia a causa delle traiettorie dei flussi in ingresso (costretti ad i…
Two-particle transverse momentum correlations in pp and p-Pb collisions at energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
2023
Two-particle transverse momentum differential correlators, recently measured in Pb--Pb collisions at energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), provide an additional tool to gain insights into particle production mechanisms and infer transport properties, such as the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density, of the medium created in Pb-Pb collisions. The longitudinal long-range correlations and the large azimuthal anisotropy measured at low transverse momenta in small collision systems, namely pp and p-Pb, at LHC energies resemble manifestations of collective behaviour. This suggests that locally equilibrated matter may be produced in these small collision systems, simil…
Poliolefiny
2005
W monografii omówiono najważniejszą grupę polimerów - poliolefiny. Podano ich ogólną charakterystykę, opisano syntezę, technologię, kierunki zastosowania, a także ich oddziaływanie na środowisko podczas otrzymywania, użytkowania oraz składowania jako odpadów poużytkowych (w wyniku rozpadu pozostawiają w środowisku jedynie ditlenek węgla i wodę). Przedstawiono perspektywy rozwoju polimerów metalocenowych i postmetalocenowych. Książka jest przeznaczona dla studentów szkół wyższych i słuchaczy studiów podyplomowych specjalizujących się w zakresie chemii i technologii polimerów oraz inżynierii materiałowej, a także dla pracowników zakładów produkujących, przetwarzających i użytkujących tworzywa…
Agency of labour in a flexible pan-European labour market : a qualitative study of migrant practices and trade union strategies in the Netherlands
2015
Regulatory frameworks on intra-EU mobility and flexible cross-border employment relations have stimulated competition on labour costs by recruiting migrants via cheaper labour market regimes. While it allows firms to remunerate migrants under different terms and conditions, blurring regulatory boundaries also generates opportunities for non-compliance, resulting in violations of migrant labour rights across Europe. Against this background, this thesis explores the agency of labour, more specifically of temporary migrant workers and unions, and the ways they cope with and respond to the competitive dynamics of the pan- European labour market. This study draws on 90 qualitative interviews wit…