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A computer‐based Pinyin intervention for disadvantaged children in China : Effects on Pinyin skills, phonological awareness, and character reading
2020
Pinyin is an alphabetic script that denotes pronunciations of Chinese characters. Studies have shown that Pinyin instruction enhances both phonological awareness (e.g., Shu et al., Developmental Science, 2008, 11, 171–181) and character reading (e.g., Lin et al., Psychological Science, 2010, 21, 1117–1122) in Chinese children. In the present study, we provided a 3‐week Pinyin intervention with a computer‐based Pinyin GraphoGame to disadvantaged migrant children with poor Pinyin skills. A total of 252 first graders who were children of migrant workers in a large Chinese city were assessed to identify poor Pinyin readers. Fifty‐six 7‐year‐old children with poor Pinyin skills were selected and…
Kotimaisen 2010-luvun lavarunouden kentillä ja laidoilla : havainnointeja lavarunouden teoriasta, arvoista ja keinoista
2014
Kotimainen lavarunous elää 2010-luvulla vahvimmin Poetry slam -kilpailuissa, Helsinki Poetry Connection -runoryhmittymän toiminnassa ja tapahtumissa sekä runoiltojen open mic -osuuksissa. Lavarunous on omien runojen esittämistä esiintymiskonteksti huomioon ottaen ja siihen panostaen, mikä erottaa lavarunouden oleellisesti runonlausunnasta ja -luennasta. Lavarunoudella on erittäin vahvat yhteydet musiikkiin, stand-up–komiikkaan ja rap-lyriikkaan. Tässä kirjallisuuden pro gradu -työssä tarkastelen suomalaisen tämänhetkisen lavarunouden historiaa, estetiikkaa ja poetiikkaa. Pyrin määrittelemään lavarunouden käsitettä Julia Novakin ja Susan B. A. Somers-Willettin teorioihin ja määritelmiin peil…
Caffeine as a Gelator
2016
Caffeine (a stimulant) and ethanol (a depressant) may have opposite effects in our body, but under in vitro conditions they can “gel” together. Caffeine, being one of the widely used stimulants, continued to surprise the scientific community with its unprecedented biological, medicinal and physicochemical properties. Here, we disclose the supramolecular self-assembly of anhydrous caffeine in a series of alcoholic and aromatic solvents, rendering a highly entangled microcrystalline network facilitating the encapsulation of the solvents as illustrated using direct imaging, microscopy analysis and NMR studies. Peer reviewed
Study and construction of the quasi-linear subdivision schemes over bi-regular meshs
2012
Subdivision schemes are commonly used to generate a smooth shape from a much more coarseone. The reverse subdivision is designed to describe a high resolution mesh from a coarse one. Bothof these tools are used in numerous graphical modelisation domains. In this thesis, we focused ontwo distinct aspects: on one hand the construction of quasi-linear subdivision schemes and on theother hand the construction of reverse quad/triangle subdivision schemes. The work, presented inthe context of the subdivision, describes the construction of a new type of subdivision schemes, andtheirs applications to solve some problems coming from the application of linear subdivision schemes.The work presented in…
The impact of liquid-pressurized extracts of Spirulina, Chlorella and Phaedactylum tricornutum on in vitro antioxidant, antiinflammatory and bacteria…
2022
The impact of Spirulina, Chlorella and Phaeodactylum tricornutum (P. tricornutum) microalgal extracts obtained by pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) on antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, microbial growth and in vitro gut microbiota composition was evaluated. PLE, compared to conventional extraction, led to a significant (p < 0.05) increase in proteins, carbohydrates, polyphenols, and antioxidant capacities of the three microalgal extracts. Moreover, Spirulina and P. tricornutum extracts significantly (p < 0.05) reduced the in vitro activation of the inflammatory NF-κB pathway. The microalgal extracts had also an inhibitory effect on the pathogenic bacteria while potential benefi…
La credibilidad del SME en el proceso de desinflación europeo: aspectos teóricos y evidencia empírica
2001
En este trabajo se revisa la literatura empírica que analiza el papel atribuible al SME como mecanismo para facilitar un proceso de desinflación a través de un acuerdo cambiario. La existencia de un efecto credibilidad asociado al SME podría haber facilitado la reducción de los costes en términos de producción y empleo inherentes a la consecución de una menor tasa tendencial de inflación. Pese a que, en general, la evidencia empírica disponible resulta ambigua y poco concluyente por problemas metodológicos y conceptuales, los trabajos más recientes basados en la contrastación directa de la credibilidad y la reputación han permitido obtener mejores resultados empíricos en el análisis de situ…
The effect of thermal drying on the contents of condensed tannins and stilbenes in Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) sawmill bark
2021
Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) bark contains marked amounts of polyphenolic compounds. Condensed tannins (CTs) and stilbenes show commercial potential as antioxidants, antimicrobials, preservatives in food and cosmetic applications, technochemical products, and pharmaceuticals. Storing of bark before the conversion process leads to substantial losses of extractives compounds. In the present study, the potential of thermal drying for maintaining extractives content was assessed based on an experiment in which bark samples were dried in convection kilns at 40, 50, 60, and 70 °C temperatures. The development of CTs and stilbene contents and CT degradation were followed for 28–34 h. CT…
Developing a matrix framework for protein transition towards more sustainable diets
2021
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to propose a matrix framework to understand the interdependencies of domains and scales of protein transition towards diets based on plants and alternative sources of proteins.Design/methodology/approachThe abductive research approach is used in building the framework, and the proposed framework is illustrated using the regional food system in Central Finland as an example. Focus groups and interviews were used to collect qualitative data from 28 respondents.FindingsThis study provides a framework for protein transition, with five domains and five scale levels. Interactions between public and private governance activities at different scales, domains and …
<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>Six new <em>Dinotrema</em> species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Spain, with prescutellar pi…
2013
Descriptions of six new species of the genus Dinotrema from Spain with smooth or only medially sculptured propodeum are provided. The new species described are: D. achterbergi sp. nov., D. broadi sp. nov., D. enanum sp. nov., D. fischerianum sp. nov., D. munki sp. nov. and D. pappi sp. nov.
Potent Inhibitor of Human Trypsins from the Aeruginosin Family of Natural Products
2021
Funding Information: We would like to thank A. Löfhjelm and L. Saari for excellent technical assistance. This work was supported by a Sigrid Jusélius Foundation grant to H.K. and the Academy of Finland funding (321809) to T.S. We would also like to thank the Erkko Foundation and Nordforsk Nordic center of Excellency NordAqua (project number #82845) and University of Helsinki’s Doctoral Programme in Microbiology and Biotechnology funding to M.N.A. D.O.A. was supported by a postdoctoral research fellowship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP #2018/01563-2). We thank Biocenter Kuopio for the use of their facilities for molecular modeling and MD simulations. We thank the DNA Sequenci…