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Transformations of the everyday : the social aesthetics of childhood

2015

One of the differences between art and everyday life as generally conceived at least in the West is that while art tends to strive towards novelty, uniqueness and individuality, the aesthetics of the everyday is characterized by familiarity, anonymity, or even the prosaic. In this paper I want to contribute to everyday aesthetics by tentatively exploring an area which bridges art and the everyday in evident, yet under-theorises ways, namely the activity of play. Children play, but they are by no means unique in this, and while my examples will mostly come from childhood I empahsise the broader significance of play as a resource in human life. Play is, like art, an area of active imagination…

Suspected motor problems and low preference for active play in childhood are associated with physical inactivity and low fitness in adolescence

2011

Background - This prospective longitudinal study investigates whether suspected motor problems and low preference for active play in childhood are associated with physical inactivity and low cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence. Methodology/Principal Findings - The study sample consisted of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 (NFBC 1986) composed of 5,767 children whose parents responded to a postal inquiry concerning their children's motor skills at age 8 years and who themselves reported their physical activity at age 16 years. Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured with a cycle ergometer test at age 16 years. Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the lev…

Ken leikkiin ryhtyy : leikki lasten välisenä sosiaalisena ilmiönä

2004

Leikisti pelissä : pohdintaa lasten digitaalisesta leikistä

2015

Artikkelissamme tarkastellaan esikouluikäisten lasten d¡gitaalista pelaamista leik¡n näkökulmasta. Vi¡me vuosina tieto- ja viestintäteknologia on tullut osaksi yhä nuoremp¡en lasten arkea ja herättänyt myös huolta s¡¡tä, m¡ten lisääntynyt pelaaminen vaikuttaa lasten leikkiin ja mahdollisesti he¡kentää leikin laalua. Toistaiseksi pienten lasten digitaalisesta leikistä on kuitenkin vain vähän tutkimustietoa. Tässä artikkelissa pohditaan per¡nteisen leikin määr¡ttelyä ja sen soveltumista dig¡taalisen leikin määrittelyyn. Peilaamme käytännön esimerkkejä lasten digitaalisesta leikistä Burghardtin (2012), Caillois'n (2001)ja van Oersin (2013) perinteisen leikin kriteer¡stö¡hin, joista valitsimme …

Early-Life Factors as Predictors of Age-Associated Deficit Accumulation Across 17 Years From Midlife Into Old Age

2022

Abstract Background Early-life exposures have been associated with the risk of frailty in old age. We investigated whether early-life exposures predict the level and rate of change in a frailty index (FI) from midlife into old age. Methods A linear mixed model analysis was performed using data from 3 measurement occasions over 17 years in participants from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (n = 2 000) aged 57–84 years. A 41-item FI was calculated on each occasion. Information on birth size, maternal body mass index (BMI), growth in infancy and childhood, childhood socioeconomic status (SES), and early-life stress (wartime separation from both parents) was obtained from registers and health ca…

Microencapsulation of Enteric Bacteriophages in a pH-Responsive Solid Oral Dosage Formulation Using a Scalable Membrane Emulsification Process

2019

A scalable low-shear membrane emulsification process was used to produce microencapsulated Escherichia coli-phages in a solid oral dosage form. Uniform pH-responsive composite microparticles (mean size ~100 &micro

Psychiatric Problems in Adolescence Mediate the Association Between Childhood Learning Disabilities and Later Well-Being

2021

This follow-up study investigated the associations of childhood learning disabilities (LDs) with adult-age anxiety, depression, and unemployment. Psychosocial problems in childhood and psychiatric diagnoses and lack of education in adolescence were studied as potential mediators, and gender and mother’s education as potential moderators of these associations. Data on childhood clinical neuropsychological assessments and lifelong register data on individuals with childhood LD (n = 430; 301 [70%] males; 20–39 years of age) and matched controls (n = 2,149) were applied. Mediation analyses were performed using structural equation modeling. Childhood LDs exerted a significant, but relatively sma…

Sotalapsuudesta aikuisuuteen : Eeron tarina Heikki Hietamiehen romaanissa Äideistä parhain

2012

Tutkielmani käsittelee traumaattisten kokemusten ilmenemistä päähenkilössä ja hänen käyttäytymisessään Heikki Hietamiehen romaanissa Äideistä parhain. Tutkin myös, millä tavoin trauma ilmenee itse romaanin kerronnassa; miten trauma siis muuntuu kirjallisuuden kieleksi. Päädyin aiheeseen, koska Hietamiehen romaanista ei ole tehty vastaavaa traumafiktioon liittyvää tutkimusta. Sotalasten traumaattisista kokemuksista ylipäätään on jonkin verran tehty tieteellisiä tutkimuksia ja vuosikymmenten saatossa myös sotalasten omaelämäkerrat ovat nousseet yhä enemmän esille. Aloitan tutkielmani käsittelemällä traumakäsitteen syntyä, oireita ja vaiheita. Tuon luvussa esiin myös traumanarratiivisen tutkim…

Physically active play in the early years

2021

Babies have an inborn drive to be physically active, which serves as a necessary moderator for their development. Young children discover and learn new skills through movement, and this important bond between physical activity and development continues as children grow older. Babies are driven to be physically active, and this innate drive is a key aspect of development. Without this drive, babies would be content simply to have their basic needs met, such as feeding, hygiene, and interaction with another person. Consecutive learning moments create the foundation for overall development, and sensory stimulation and bodily movements combined with cognitive challenges form the basis for react…

Data from: Evolution of bacterial life history traits is sensitive to community structure

2016

Very few studies have experimentally assessed the evolutionary effects of species interactions within the same trophic level. Here we show that when Serratia marcescens evolve in multispecies communities, their growth rate exceeds the growth rate of the bacteria that evolved alone, whereas the biomass yield gets lower. In addition to the community effects per se, we found that few species in the communities caused strong effects on S. marcescens evolution. The results indicate that evolutionary responses (of a focal species) are different in communities, compared to species evolving alone. Moreover, selection can lead to very different outcomes depending on the community structure. Such con…