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Hypovitaminosis D, oral potentially malignant disorders, and oral squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review
2021
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and potentially malignant oral disorders (OPMDs) could be associated with low levels of vitamin D. This systematic review aimed to determine the relationship between serum levels of vitamin D with OPMDs and OSCC. This review was conducted according to Cochrane guidelines (PROSPERO CRD42020207382) on literature retrieved from the PubMed, Cochrane, and Web of Science databases. The antecedents extracted were study design, methodology, sample (country, number of patients, age, and sex), oral manifestations (type of lesion, location, prevalence, and follow-up), serum vitamin D levels or use of vitamin D supplements, results, and conclusions. Twelve articles w…
Casual, Colloquial, Commonsensical: A News Values Stylistic Analysis of a Populist Newsfeed
2021
This study explores a mediated variety of right-wing populist discourse in the digital context, given the populists’ inclination to bypass legacy media to connect directly to the citizens to garner political support. It analyzes a sample of the Tea Party’s newsfeed headlines posted in the spring of 2019. A corpus of 308 headlines collected according to a “constructed week” formula has been coded first according to selected news values parameters (Bednarek and Caple 2017), and then with respect to stylistic devices operationalized in terms of “casual,” “colloquial” and “commonsensical” expressions. Methodologically, the study aims to combine the perspectives of newsworthiness and stylistics …
Double blind randomized clinical trial comparing minimally- invasive envelope flap and conventional envelope flap on impacted lower third molar surge…
2022
The latest trend in surgery is to look for minimally invasive procedures, with fewer complications and a shorter recovery time. This study aims to compare the minimally- invasive envelope flap, with smaller incision and fewer dissection and the conventional envelope flap, with a 20mm incision, on impacted mandibular third molar surgery, focusing on the hypothesis that there were no differences in postoperative outcomes. A double-blind randomized clinical trial was designed to compare both incisions, focused on determining the approach with minor postoperative side-effects and minor impact on quality-of-life. A total of 60 patients were enrolled for the study if their presented impacted mand…
Modulation of salivary inflammatory markers and proteomic analysis in HNC and OSCC patients undergoing radiotherapy
2021
Head and neck cancer (HNC) includes malignant tumours that most commonly arise from the oral mucosa or lining of the head and neck regions. They are characterized according to their primary site of origin as malignancies of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx, salivary glands and oral cavity. The majority of these neoplasms are epithelial tumours, among them the 90% are squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). HNC including the Oral Squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), is the sixth most common neoplasia worldwide with an incidence estimated at 650,000 cases and 330,000 deaths per year. Despite all of the diagnostic and therapeutic advances, the 5-year survival rate remains relatively …
Figurative emotional expression in popular science headlines
2016
This study is devoted to science journalism and it explores how audience engagement is achieved through emotion-laden figurative (e.g., metaphorical and metonymic) expressions used in headlines. It is claimed that figurative expressions foreground emotional investments in science reporting while retaining the semblance of journalistic objectivity. With the use of a multiple open-coding procedure of the sample of 250 most read headlines from the website of the international science magazine gathered between November 2013 and November 2014, the main patterns of figuration are identified, including specific and metaphors and such schemata as conduit, event structure, complex system and force d…
Augstas klases sportistu mācību organizēšanas iespējas vidējās profesionālajās iestādēs
2015
Pētījuma tēma: Augstas klases sportistu mācību organizēšanas iespējas vidējās profesionālajās iestādēs. Pētījuma mērķis: izpētīt kādas ir augstas klases sportistu mācību organizēšanas iespējas vidējās profesionālajās izglītības iestādēs. Pētījuma uzdevumi saistījās ar vidējo profesionālo izglītības iestāžu darba organizēšanas izpēti, lai noskaidrotu vai tās ir piemērotas augstas klases sportistiem. Pētījuma rezultāti parādīja, ka vidējās profesionālās izglītības iestādēs ir labvēlīgāka vide augstas klases sportistiem, kas vēlas apvienot mācības ar sportošanu. Iestādes vadītāja uzdevums ir nodrošināt iespēju saņemt individuālas konsultācijas, tādā veidā veicinot jauniešu vispārējo attīstību …
Dracocephalum ruyschiana L. (Odenpa, Igaunija)
1848
Ruiša pūķgaleve, atradne: Odenpa, Igaunijā. /// Northern Dragon-head, deposit Odenpa, Estonia. [Attēls no LU Muzeja kolekcijas Herbarium Latvicum (RIG II); (BOT1029_16)]
"I felt like a lonely person in the desert" : a case study on factors moderating interunit communication in multinational headquarters-subsidiary rel…
2017
One of the biggest challenges for internationalizing businesses is to develop and maintain efficient internal communication processes across national and cultural borders. This thesis aims to examine what are the most important organizational structures and communicational practices for a successful multinational headquarters-subsidiary relationship, and what do the communicational practices, such as the mechanics of language use and interunit knowledge-transfer, imply about the efficiency of global co-operation. This study considers the experiences of one case company’s Finnish headquarters and Dutch subsidiary on internal communication in a crucial phase of internationalization. The data …
Nostalgia, community and resistance : Counter-cultural politics in a Finnish skinzine
2019
Culture and community building are an essential part of the appeal of the far-right and fascist movements. Studying their cultural products is therefore important for a deeper understanding of the movement and their modus operandi. One elemental part of their culture are the so-called zines, small-scale do-it-yourself magazines intended for scene members. In certain respects, the far-right zines, skinzines, follow the forms and trends of other underground publications, especially punk-zines, with which they also share the resistance identity as stigmatized and marginalized actors. However, the political visions in skinzines are more or less opposite to ‘democratic zines’, creating certain t…