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Randomized Trial : D-Glyceric Acid Activates Mitochondrial Metabolism in 50–60-Year-Old Healthy Humans
2021
Background: Based on earlier studies, natural metabolite D-glyceric acid (DGA) does not seem to play any role in whole-body metabolism. Nevertheless, one ethanol oxidation-related rat study with controversial results raised our interest. According to preparatory studies for the regulatory approval of DGA, some highly conserved mechanism seems to subtly activate the cellular energy metabolism. Therefore, the present 25-days double-blind human study with placebo control was initiated. Purpose: The main target in the present study with 27 healthy 50–60-year-old human volunteers was to find out whether an “acute” 4-days and a longer 21-days exogenous DGA regimen caused moderate activation of th…
Language teacher identities as socio-politically situated construction : Finnish and Brazilian student teachers’ visualisations of their professional…
2021
The process of envisioning the future is central to teachers’ identity construction, but different environments create distinct sociocultural conditions for the process. This qualitative study drawing on visual-textual methods compares Finnish and Brazilian student teachers’ desired and feared professional futures. Two different perspectives on future identities were detected: a desire for status and a desire for meaningfulness. The results revealed the radically different social status of teaching in the two countries and the role this played in the envisioned identities. The study highlights the importance of awareness of the socio-political nature of identity construction in developing t…
Economic Costs of Obesity in Europe
2022
This chapter summarizes the evidence on the indirect costs of obesity that result from adverse labour market outcomes (i.e., earnings and employment losses) at the individual level. We focus on empirical evidence covering European countries emphasizing the most recent studies in this field. Research has established three key empirical observations. The first fact is that there is a negative link between excess weight and various labour market outcomes. Obesity is linked to significantly lower earnings, lower levels of employment and higher probability of entering sick leave or exiting from paid employment through disability pension. The second fact is that the negative link between excess w…
Career guidance policy and practice in the pandemic : results of a joint international survey
2020
Atskaišu sistēma pašnodarbinātām personām
2022
Kvalifikācijas darba ietvaros ir izstrādāta un aprakstīta tīmekļa lietotne atskaišu veikšanai pašnodarbinātām personām. Sistēma izstrādāta, izmantojot PHP programmēšanas valodas satvaru Laravel un JavaScript programmēšanas valodas satvaru Vue.js. Lietotne ļauj lietotājiem veidot klientu profilus, glabāt informāciju par paveiktajām darbībām un pēc lietotāja izvēlētajiem kritērijiem skatīt kopsavilkumu diagrammas veidā. Tīmekļa lietotnes galvenais mērķis ir sniegt lietotājiem vienkāršotu alternatīvu un draudzīgu lietošanā sistēmu uzskaites veikšanai, apvienojot iespēju glabāt informāciju un veikt pārskatus vienā vietā.
Ekspatriaattien paluusopeutuminen
1999
Yhteisöllisen identiteetin rakentuminen Ristin Voitto -lehden mielipidekirjoituksissa
2010
Tässä pro gradu -työssä tarkastellaan helluntailaisten yhteisöllisen identiteetin rakentumista. Helluntailiike on karismaattisuutta korostava protestanttinen uskonsuuntaus, johon kuuluu Suomessa reilut 45 000 jäsentä. Tutkimusaineisto on koottu helluntailiikkeen viikkolehden Ristin Voiton mielipidekirjoituksista vuodelta 2007. Yhteisöllisellä identiteetillä tarkoitetaan sitä kuvaa, jonka yhteisön jäsenet ovat omaksuneet koskemaan yhteisöään ja siihen kuuluvia. Identiteetti rakentuu samastumisen ja eronteon kautta kielellisissä merkityksenmuodostumisen prosesseissa, kuten representaatioissa ja diskursseissa. Media tarjoaa runsaasti samastumisen ja eronteon kannalta tarpeellista materiaalia j…
Saarnat ja saarnatilanteet helluntaiseurakuntien päiväjumalanpalveluksissa
2002
Enhancing upper secondary students’ engagement and learning through the INTERACT online, video-based teacher coaching intervention : Protocol for a m…
2022
This protocol outlines a mixed-methods cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) in upper secondary schools that will investigate how video-based online coaching can support teachers’ competences in teacher-student interactions (TSIs) and thereby improve student engagement and learning. The intervention will take place over a school year with at least 100 teachers and 2,000 of their students. During the implementation and one-year follow-up, we will conduct an extensive implementation and process evaluation (IPE) to understand the intervention's effects on TSI and student engagement and learning outcomes. This protocol outlines the background, design, intervention, and primary and secondar…
Taking a Break from News : A Five-nation Study of News Avoidance in the Digital Era
2021
This article comparatively examines news avoidance in a rapidly changing media environment. We utilize findings from a large dataset of 488 in-depth interviews with media consumers, conducted in Argentina, Finland, Israel, Japan, and the US. We aim to make a contribution to the study of news avoidance by providing a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the drivers, practices, and patterns of news avoidance as they occur in and are shaped by a variety of national contexts. We argue that news avoidance is shaped not only by individual characteristics, but is also manifested and performed as part of specific time frames and socio-cultural factors. We distinguish two drivers of intentiona…