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Molecular characterization of Italian Candida parapsilosis isolates reveals the cryptic presence of the newly described species Candida orthopsilosis…
2012
The authors report the molecular characterization of Candida parapsilosis isolates recovered from the blood and venous central catheter tips of patients admitted to different care units of the Polyclinic Hospital, University of Messina, Italy. Among 97 presumed C. parapsilosis isolates examined, 94 were identified as C. parapsilosis sensu stricto and the remaining 3 isolates were found to belong to the cryptic species Candida orthopsilosis which was recovered only from blood cultures of neonates (<30 days old) born prematurely. No C. metapsilosis was found in this study. This study emphasizes the role of C. parapsilosis as an important nosocomial pathogen, and it also describes, for the fir…
Microsatellite-based genotyping of Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto isolates reveals dominance and persistence of a particular epidemiological clon…
2012
In this study, using multilocus microsatellite analysis, we report the genetic characterization of 27 Candida parapsilosis isolates recovered in two different periods of time (2007-2009 and 2011-2012) from infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital in Messina, Italy. The results revealed the persistence and dominance of a particular infectious genotype among NICU patients and highlight the power of the used microsatellite markers in clarifying epidemiologic associations, detect micro-evolutionary variations and facilitating the recognition of outbreaks. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Alma Mater: 2014/ rudens
2014
LU rektora M.Auziņa ievadraksts -- Novēlējumi Latvijas Universitātes 95 gadu jubilejā -- Andra Čudare. Indriķis Muižnieks – jauno zinātnieku labais gans -- Annija Petrova. InCell – māka pārvērst zinātnes potenciālu uzņēmējdarbībā -- Iveta Gudakovska. Universitātes skaistākais vēsturiskais nams -- Ivars Šteinbergs. Starp medicīnu un filozofiju -- Laila Kundziņa-Zvejniece. Filantropijas tradīcijas Latvijas Universitātē starpkaru laikā -- LU Preses centrs. LU vēstures laika josla -- Dace Silarāja. Latvijas Universitātes vienaudze – Milda Purīte -- Juris Borzovs. Kādai būt Latvijas Universitātei – 100? -- Aiga Leitholde. Studiju laikā vēlams būt maksimālistam -- Evija Ansonska. Latvijas Univers…
Mindfulness and Emotions in Sport
2020
Mindfulness involves awareness and acceptance of the inner feelings, including thoughts, emotional responses, and bodily sensations. Several mindfulness-based programmes have been developed and implemented in the context of sports. This chapter outlines the main components of mindfulness as well as the relationship with emotion regulation strategies, provides an overview of scientific literature on the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions, and includes guidelines and practical examples for the use of mindfulness-based strategies in a high-performance setting. Research evidence has provided support for the use of mindfulness-based interventions to help athletes self-regulate and …
Drug connectivity mapping and functional analysis reveal therapeutic small molecules that differentially modulate myelination
2022
Disruption or loss of oligodendrocytes (OLs) and myelin has devastating effects on CNS function and integrity, which occur in diverse neurological disorders, including Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s disease and neuropsychiatric disorders. Hence, there is a need to develop new therapies that promote oligodendrocyte regeneration and myelin repair. A promising approach is drug repurposing, but most agents have potentially contrasting biological actions depending on the cellular context and their dose-dependent effects on intracellular pathways. Here, we have used a combined systems biology and neurobiological approach to identify compounds that exert positive and negative effects on olig…
Double pi(0) photoproduction off the proton at threshold
2003
The reaction $\gamma p \to \pi^0 \pi^0 p$ has been measured using the TAPS BaF$_2$ calorimeter at the tagged photon facility of the Mainz Microtron accelerator. Chiral perturbation theory (ChPT) predicts that close to threshold this channel is significantly enhanced compared to double pion final states with charged pions. In contrast to other reaction channels, the lower order tree terms are strongly suppressed in 2$\pi^0$ photoproduction. The consequence is the dominance of pion loops in the 2$\pi^0$ channel close to threshold - a result that opens new prospects for the test of ChPT and in particular its inherent loop terms. The present measurement is the first which is sensitive enough fo…
An action research case study intervention : psychological skills training program in high school
2016
Antti Järvinen, 2016. Toimintatutkimus Psykologisten taitojen opettamisesta lukiossa. Liikuntapsykologian maisteriohjelman pro-gradu tutkielma. Liikuntatieteen laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto. 109 sivua. Psykologisten taitojen vaikutusta on paljon tutkittu ja opetuksen hyödyt näiden taitojen oppimisessa ovat kiistattomat. Tästäkin huolimatta, emme tiedä vielä tarpeeksi opettamisen ja oppimisen mekanismeista prosesseista psykologisten taitojen taustalla. Lähes kaikki alan tutkimukset ovat keskittyneet urheilumaailmaan ja esimerkiksi koulumaailma on lähes tutkimaton alue alalla. Tämä tutkimus keskittyi psykologisten taitojen opettamisen suunnitteluun, käytännön toteutukseen ja arviointiin lukiok…
Cultural sport psychology: a critical review of empirical advances
2016
Despite a long standing assertion that sociocultural domain is one of the factors constituting human psychological phenomena, sport psychological science has only recently begun to examine culture as the principal basis of physical activity and sport participants’ behaviour, wellbeing, engagement, and performance outcomes. Emphasizing the centrality of culture in bringing meaning to athlete careers and life projects, I summarise empirical literature explicitly positioned within cultural sport psychology (CSP). Specifically, I focus on two areas of psychological inquiry – acculturation and athletic career – in which the CSP theoretical tenets and agenda stimulated emergence of novel research…
“Some Women Are Born Fighters”: Discursive Constructions of a Fighter’s Identity by Female Finnish Judo Athletes
2017
Martial arts and combat sports have been traditionally associated with masculinity, and a range of contradictory meanings have been attached to women’s engagement and experiences. The present study draws on cultural praxis and feminist poststructuralist frameworks to explore how female martial artists are subjectified to dominant cultural discourses surrounding fighting and competition. Interviews with nine female judoka (judo athletes) were gathered in Finland and analyzed using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA). The FDA revealed that in female judoka talk, judo was constructed as a sport for all, but also as a male domain and a manly sport with fighting and competition as innate mascul…
Relationship between coaching climates and student-athletes’ symptoms of burnout in school and sports
2020
The purpose of the present study was to investigate (a) what kind of coaching climates experienced by student-athletes can be found in sports high schools in Finland and (b) how these coaching climates are related to student-athletes’ symptoms of burnout in sports and in school. A total of 414 student-athletes, aged 17–18 years, from 7 sports high schools participated in this study. In addition to background information, the participants completed questionnaires concerning the perceived coaching climate and symptoms of burnout in both school and sports environments. By using latent profile analysis, 4 groups of experienced coaching climates were identified: extremely disempowering, disempow…