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Prescription opioid use and employment : A nationwide Finnish register study

2021

Background: The secular decline in labor market participation and the concurrent increase in opioid use in many developed countries have sparked a policy debate on the possible connection between these two trends. We examined whether the use of prescription opioids was connected to labor market outcomes relating to participation, employment and unemployment among the Finnish population. Methods: The working-age population (aged 19–64 years) living in Finland during the period 1995–2016 was used in the analyses (consisting of 67 903 701 person-year observations). Lagged values of prescription opioid use per capita were used as the exposure. Instrumental variables (IV) estimation method was u…

Hipofīzes adenomu šūnu raksturojums

2018

Hipofīzes adenoma ir populācijā bieži sastopams labdabīgs smadzeņu audzējs. Šobrīd trūkst informācijas par iespējamiem audzēja veidošanās mehānismiem un tā attīstību veicinošām mutācijām. Šajā pētījumā ir apkopoti 10 hipofīzes adenomu pacientu dati, kas iegūti ar molekulārām un šūnu bioloģijas metodēm. No hipofīzes adenomu operāciju materiāla tika iegūtas heterogēnas šūnu kultūras, kas tika raksturotas pēc audzēja un cilmes šūnu marķieriem, ka arī mutāciju spektra, izmantojot imūnfluorescentās krāsošanas, plūsmas citometrijas, vienas šūnas pilna genoma amplifikācijas un eksonu sekvenēšanas metodes. Rezultāti liecina, ka no hipofīzes adenomas paraugiem ir iespējams iegūt dzīvotspējīgas sfēra…

The wage curve and local monopsony power

2019

AbstractUsing longitudinal micro-data from Finland, a country with a geographically dispersed population and relatively long distances between local labor markets, this paper examines the responsiveness of the pay level to local unemployment conditions. In particular, this study tests the hypothesis that the pay level is more responsive to the unemployment level in less agglomerated and more remote regions as might be expected if employers have a higher degree of monopsony power in such regions. The results consistently suggest that the pay level is lower in localities with a higher unemployment level and, hence, provide strong support for the so-called wage curve hypothesis, which predicts…

Economics of wage differentials and public sector labour markets

2013

Muscle-tendon mechanics and energetics during walking, running and jumping.

2012

In the human lower limb, muscles and tendon tend to interact in an efficient manner during common movements like walking, running and jumping. This pattern of interaction exploits the ability of muscles to produce forces efficiently at low shortening velocities, whilst tendons act as springs that help to store elastic energy during the contact phase, and return a large proportion of the energy in the pushoff phase. This pattern of muscletendon interaction can be disrupted in novel tasks or as a consequence of ageing or disease, resulting in a decrease in movement efficiency. peerReviewed

Statistical sampling of water uses for leakage assessment via water budget

2012

Development of an immunochromatographic assay based on carbon nanoparticles for the determination of the phytoregulator forchlorfenuron

2013

Rapid analytical methods enabling the determination of diverse targets are essential in a number of research areas, from clinical diagnostics to feed and food quality and safety. Herein, the development of a quantitative immunochromatographic assay for the detection of the synthetic phytoregulator forchlorfenuron (CPPU) is described. The competitive lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was based on the immobilization onto a nitrocellulose membrane of an ovalbumin-CPPU conjugate (test line) and on the use of an immunodetection ligand consisting of carbon nanoparticles labeled with an anti-CPPU monoclonal antibody through interaction with a secondary antibody. The presence of CPPU in horticultural…

Levels and Potential Health Hazards of Chlorinated Pesticidesin Surface Water Samples of Charsadda Area of Pakistan Using SPME-GC-ECD Technique

2021

In the present study, we determined the levels of chlorinated pesticide residues in surface water samples collected from the Charsadda district (KPK, Pakistan). SPME-GC-ECD with COMBI PAL CTC autosampler was used for extraction and analysis of 20 organochlorine pesticides in the collected water samples. For maximum efficiency of the SPME procedure, several parameters were studied, including the extraction and desorption time of the fiber, solution pH, agitation of samples, and stirring speed, etc. This method showed good liner response, with R2 values in the range of 0.9887 to 0.9999 for all pesticides. This method also provided good percent recoveries at 1 µg L−1 (87.5 to 106.0%) and at 2 …

On the convergence of zero-point vibrational corrections to nuclear shieldings and shielding anisotropies towards the complete basis set limit in wat…

2016

The method and basis set dependence of zero-point vibrational corrections (ZPVCs) to nuclear magnetic resonance shielding constants and anisotropies has been investigated using water as a test system. A systematic comparison has been made using the Hartree–Fock, second-order Møller–Plesset perturbation theory (MP2), coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD), coupled cluster singles and doubles with perturbative triples corrections (CCSD(T)) and Kohn–Sham density functional theory with the B3LYP exchange-correlation functional methods in combination with the second-order vibrational perturbation theory (VPT2) approach for the vibrational corrections. As basis sets, the correlation consisten…

Due città, un porto, un unico waterfront

2011

Nel mosaico di culture del Mediterraneo (Matvejvich P., 2006), la regione costiera del fronte africano della Sicilia può recuperare una nuova centralità attraverso la riscoperta del milieu storico culturale e l’attivazione di quel milieu creativo (Carta M., 2008) capace di alimentare idee e progetti condivisi. Ripensare ad un unico waterfront della Valle dei Templi, patrimonio dell’Umanità, che parta da Porto Empedocle e giunga fino a San Leone (la borgata marinara di Agrigento), potrebbe rappresentare una preziosa occasione per rigenerare le aree di waterfront, affidando al porto di Porto Empedocle, e alla realtà urbana, un ruolo innovativo in simbiosi con la sua città-madre, Agrigento, re…