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Women fighters as agents of change: A Brazilian jiu jitsu case study from Finland
2015
Brazilian jiu jitsu (BJJ), a grappling system of combat, evolved from the teachings of a Japanese judoka who moved to Brazil in the 1920s. Focusing on ground fighting, BJJ is rapidly evolving into a combat sport with competitions taking place worldwide (Hogeveen and Hardes, 2014; Spencer, 2014). Unique to the BJJ culture is the way that the ‘secrets’ of the sport are transferred from expert to novice and from one club to the other. Clubs are organised into international ‘teams’, shaping global communities of practitioners that share techniques and philosophies. Unlike many other martial arts that insist on the traditional way of passing knowledge from one teacher to many students behind the…
Strength training in treatment of chronic neck pain
2022
Background: Chronic non-specific neck pain is common in modern industrialized countries causing suffering, disability and considerable economical losses for individuals and society. Treatment is commonly advice for stretching and strength exercises in primary health care. However, if improvements are not satisfactory, patients may seek specialist care. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of multimodal rehabilitation in treatment of chronic neck pain. Methods: The study group comprised of 56 patients with chronic neck pain, who participated rehabilitation for three weeks and one-week follow-up period after eight months at an inpatient rehabilitation facility. The aim …
Spectroscopic studies of 173Pt and 175Pt
2014
A spectroscopic study of low-lying states in neutron-deficient astatine and francium nuclei
2013
Syyt, seuraukset ja seuraamukset : nuorten suhtautuminen nuorisorikollisuuteen, sen syihin ja uudistuvaan rankaisemisjärjestelmään
1998
Promotion of school engagement through dialogic teaching practices in the context of a teacher professional development programme
2021
This study was conducted in the context of a teacher professional development programme that aimed to improve dialogic teaching in the classroom, and it describes the programme and examines the change in teachers' dialogic teaching practices and pupils' classroom engagement during the programme. Data on pupils' school engagement were collected using classroom video recordings and students' self-ratings at the end of the lesson including dialogic teaching practices. The participants comprised seven in-service teachers and their 140 pupils (10- to 15-year-olds) from two comprehensive schools. The findings indicated positive change in the use of dialogic teaching practices and in observed pupi…
Impacto del tratamiento periodontal en el ratio rnakl/opg
2015
La reabsorción ósea es uno de los procesos con mayor transcendencia en la periodontitis. El descubrimiento del eje RANKL/RANL/0PG (receptor activador de la osteoclastogénesis) supuso un avance en la comprensión del remodelado óseos fisiológico y patológico. Los recientes estudios realizados tanto a nivel histológico como a nivel del fluido crevicular, han comprobado el aumento del ratio RANKL/OPG en los pacientes con periodontitis.Nuevos conocimientos en ésta línea aportarán información sobre la patogenia y por tanto podrían ser utilizados en el diagnóstico y tratamiento periodontal. Objetivo: Determinar el efecto del tratamiento periodontal básico (raspado y alisado radicular, junto con in…
Does openness and open access policy relate to the success of universities?
2013
This study takes a closer look at the Ranking Web of Universities and Ranking Web of Repositories rankings and tries to examine if there is a connection between these two rankings. Study is done by analyzing the success of University of Jyväskylä and the institutional repository JyX of the University in these rankings. Comparison shows that the JyX archive plays an important role in University’s success especially when analyzing the presence and openness of the University. By analyzing the success of eight European countries in these rankings and cross reading these findings with the development of relative citation impact shown in a report by the Finnish Academy, some interesting common tr…
Tieteen avoimuus JY, Suomi, Ruotsi, Norja
2014
Kansallisia open access -linjauksia ja eri maiden julkaisuarkistokäytäntöjä vertaileva esitys. Esitetty 15.5.2014 Julkaisuiltapäivä-tapahtumassa (JY, Agora Aud2). nonPeerReviewed