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Income and Physical Activity among Adults: Evidence from Self-Reported and Pedometer-Based Physical Activity Measurements

2015

This study examined the relationship between income and physical activity by using three measures to illustrate daily physical activity: the self-reported physical activity index for leisure-time physical activity, pedometer-based total steps for overall daily physical activity, and pedometer-based aerobic steps that reflect continuous steps for more than 10 min at a time. The study population consisted of 753 adults from Finland (mean age 41.7 years; 64% women) who participated in 2011 in the follow-up of the ongoing Young Finns study. Ordinary least squares models were used to evaluate the associations between income and physical activity. The consistency of the results was explored by us…

Alternative measures of body composition and wage premium: New evidence from Indonesia

2019

This paper examines the relationship between body composition and earnings in a developing country setting. We use body mass index, waist circumference and hip circumference. Exploiting the panel structure of our longitudinal survey, we find that along with BMI, waist circumference is related to higher earnings in Indonesia. peerReviewed

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…

In-depth characterization of denitrifier communities across different soil ecosystems in the tundra

2022

Abstract Background In contrast to earlier assumptions, there is now mounting evidence for the role of tundra soils as important sources of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). However, the microorganisms involved in the cycling of N2O in this system remain largely uncharacterized. Since tundra soils are variable sources and sinks of N2O, we aimed at investigating differences in community structure across different soil ecosystems in the tundra. Results We analysed 1.4 Tb of metagenomic data from soils in northern Finland covering a range of ecosystems from dry upland soils to water-logged fens and obtained 796 manually binned and curated metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). We then sear…

Teacher emotional support in relation to social competence in preschool classrooms

2020

The present study aimed to investigate the associations between teachers’ observed emotional support and social competence among Finnish pre-schoolers (6-year-olds). The quality of emotional support was observed using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System Pre-K in 47 preschool classrooms twice across the preschool year. Teachers rated children’s social competence in autumn and again in spring, using the Multisource Assessment of Social Competence Scale (MASCS), which produced sum scores for cooperating skills, empathy, impulsivity, and disruptiveness. Consistent with the transactional model, we specified reciprocal (auto-regressive and cross-lagged) relationships within a Multilevel Struc…

Immigrati e diritti sociali

2016

Il saggio analizza in chiave critica i problemi più attuali della protezione socia¬le degli immigrati. Dopo avere ricostruito il quadro normativo attualmente vigente, l’A. esamina le pronunce giurisprudenziali più significative in materia di parità di trattamento e divieto di discriminazione, valutandone l’impatto con riferimento ai diversi status di immigrato. L’ultima parte è dedicata alla questione della condizionalità delle prestazioni di assistenza sociale a causa dei vincoli di bilancio imposti agli Stati dalla nuova governance europea. The paper proposes a critical view of the most actual problems concerning social protection of migrant people. On the one hand, it presents the in for…

Fallstudie av tidig tvåspråkig utveckling hos två finsk/svenska barn med hjälp av CDI-formulär och inspelningar

2014

Tämä on tapaustutkimus kahden kaksikielisen (suomi ja ruotsi) lapsen varhaisesta kielenkehityksestä. Tutkimusmateriaali koostuu kahdesta 1-3 –vuotiaasta lapsesta (tyttö ja poika), jotka käyvät ruotsinkielistä päiväkotia Keski-Suomessa. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää, kehittyykö suomi ja ruotsi samaa tahtia sekä onko havaittavissa yksilöllisiä eroja kieltenkehityksessä. Näiden lisäksi tutkimuksessa otetaan selville, kumpi kielistä on vahvempi sekä tarkastellaan kuinka paljon lapsi käyttää sekä suomea että ruotsia samassa lauseessa. Metodina on käytetty sekä suomen- että ruotsinkielisiä CDI-kaavakkeita (MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories) sekä nauhoituksia, jotka suor…

Två vägar till tvåspråkighet : en beskrivning av två tvåspråkiga familjer i Pyttis

1998

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…

The OLYMPUS Experiment

2014

Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research / A 741, 1 - 17 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.12.035