Erityisopetuksen järjestämisen muutokset kunnissa 2000-luvulla

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Oppimisen ja koulunkäynnin tuki tilastojen valossa : Tuen tarjonta luokka-asteittain, ikäryhmittäin ja sukupuolen mukaan vuosina 2011–2018

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En tolkning – och omtolkning – av ett benföremål med djurhuvud från månberget i Åbo

Hösten 1959 hittades ett märkligt spetsigt benföremål av lokala invånare på Månberget i Åbo. Utgående från paralleller till tre benföremål hittade i Lund, kom föremålet att bli katalogiserat som ett skrivverktyg, och mer precist; en medeltida griffel (stylus). En AMS-datering hösten 2013 av nämnda föremål visade dock att det är betydligt yngre; 150 +-30 före nutid. Det här innebär att föremålet kan dateras till en period från sent 1600-tal till tidigt 1900-tal. Det här resultatet påverkar tolkningen av föremålet och dess antagna funktion betydligt. Den här artikeln tar upp forskningsprocessen kring Månbergsfyndet och analyserar det utgående från nya jämförbara fynd, scanner- och printerteknik samt resultat från C14-dateringar. Med grund i den här analysen presenteras en kritik mot att dessa benföremål tolkats som grifflar. Istället måste nya tolkningar sökas. Det är plausibelt att Månbergsfyndet och dess paralleller var de facto nålliknande verktyg som använts i något numera bortglömt hantverk, möjligen med maskulin och/eller maritim prägel, som fallit utanför vår nuvarande arkeologiska och etnologiska expertis i studiet av materiell kultur

UriSed 3 PRO automated microscope in screening bacteriuria at region-wide laboratory organization

Background and aims: We assessed the possibility to rule out negative urine cultures by counting with UriSed 3 PRO (77 Elektmnika, Hungary) at Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District. Materials and methods: Bacteria counting of the UriSed 3 PRO automated microscope was verified with reference phase contrast microscopy against growth in culture. After acceptance into routine, results of bacteria and leukocyte counting from 56 426 specimens with eight UriSed 3 PRO instruments were compared against results from parallel samples cultured on chromogenic agar. Laboratory data including preanalytical details were accessed through the regional database of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District. Results: A combined sensitivity of 87-92% and a negative predictive value of 90-96% with a specificity of 54-50% was reached, depending on criteria. Preanalytical data (incubation time in bladder) combined with the way of urine collection would improve these figures if reliable. Conclusions: Complex patient populations, regional logistics and data interfases, and economics related to increased costs of additional particle counts against costs of screening cultures of all samples, did not support adaptation of a screening process of urine cultures. This conclusion was made locally, and may not be valid elsewhere.Peer reviewe

Significant increase in azithromycin “resistance” and susceptibility to ceftriaxone and cefixime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in 26 European countries, 2019

Euro-GASP network: Claudia Eder, Sonja Pleininger, Steliana Huhlescu, Irith de Baetselier, Blaženka Hunjak, Tatjana Nemeth Blažić, Panagiota Maikanti-Charalampous, Despo Pieridou, Hana Zákoucká, Helena Žemličková, Steen Hoffmann, Susan Cowan, Rita Peetso, Jelena Viktorova, Ndeindo Ndeikoundam, Beatrice Bercot, Anu Patari Sampo, Vesa Kirjavainen, Susanne Buder, Klaus Jansen, Vivi Miriagou, Eszter Balla, Mária Dudás, Guðrún Sigmundsdóttir, Lena Ros Asmundsdottir, Sinead Saab, Brendan Crowley, Anna Carannante, Paola Stefanelli, Gatis Pakarna, Violeta Mavcutko, Robert Cassar, Christopher Barbara, Francesca Vella, Alje Van Dam, Ineke Linde, Dominique Caugant, Hilde Kløvstad, Beata Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska, Maria-José Borrego, Peter Pavlik, Irena Klavs, Tanja Kustec, Julio Vazquez, Asuncion Diaz, Raquel Abad Torreblanca, Inga Velicko, Magnus Unemo, Helen Fifer, Kate TempletonBackground: The European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP) performs annual sentinel surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility to therapeutically relevant antimicrobials across the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). We present the Euro-GASP results from 2019 (26 countries), linked to patient epidemiological data, and compared with data from previous years. Methods: Agar dilution and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) gradient strip methodologies were used to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility (using EUCAST clinical breakpoints, where available) of 3239 N. gonorrhoeae isolates from 26 countries across the EU/EEA. Significance of differences compared with Euro-GASP results in previous years was analysed using Z-test and the Pearson's χ2 test was used to assess significance of odds ratios for associations between patient epidemiological data and antimicrobial resistance. Results: European N. gonorrhoeae isolates collected between 2016 and 2019 displayed shifting MIC distributions for; ceftriaxone, with highly susceptible isolates increasing over time and occasional resistant isolates each year; cefixime, with highly-susceptible isolates becoming increasingly common; azithromycin, with a shift away from lower MICs towards higher MICs above the EUCAST epidemiological cut-off (ECOFF); and ciprofloxacin which is displaying a similar shift in MICs as observed for azithromycin. In 2019, two isolates displayed ceftriaxone resistance, but both isolates had MICs below the azithromycin ECOFF. Cefixime resistance (0.8%) was associated with patient sex, with resistance higher in females compared with male heterosexuals and men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM). The number of countries reporting isolates with azithromycin MICs above the ECOFF increased from 76.9% (20/26) in 2016 to 92.3% (24/26) in 2019. Isolates with azithromycin MICs above the ECOFF (9.0%) were associated with pharyngeal infection sites. Following multivariable analysis, ciprofloxacin resistance remained associated with isolates from MSM and heterosexual males compared with females, the absence of a concurrent chlamydial infection, pharyngeal infection sites and patients ≥ 25 years of age. Conclusions: Resistance to ceftriaxone and cefixime remained uncommon in EU/EEA countries in 2019 with a significant decrease in cefixime resistance observed between 2016 and 2019. The significant increase in azithromycin "resistance" (azithromycin MICs above the ECOFF) threatens the effectiveness of the dual therapy (ceftriaxone + azithromycin), i.e., for ceftriaxone-resistant cases, currently recommended in many countries internationally and requires close monitoring.The study was funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Framework Contract No. ECDC/2017/004).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Efficiency of Finnish Upper Secondary Schools: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis with Panel Data

In this study the efficiency of Finnish upper secondary schools is evaluated with stochastic frontier analysis. Different stochastic frontier models for panel data are used to estimate education production functions. The results in matriculation examination are explained with comprehensive school grade point average, parents' socioeconomic background, resources, length of studies and decentralization of test taking on matriculation examination. Controls for schools with specialized curriculum are also included. The heterogeneity across schools is allowed by estimating both true random and true fixed effects models. The results show that the effect of teaching resources on examination results is even negative when the heterogeneity across schools is taken into account. Length of studies and decentralization of test taking affected negatively on student achievement. The inefficiency and the rankings of schools based on inefficiency score varied quite considerably depending on the type of stochastic frontier model. The lowest estimates for inefficiency were obtained with true random and true fixed effects models that separate time constant random or fixed effects from inefficiency.Tutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin lukioiden tehokkuutta estimoimalla erilaisia tuotantofunktioita stokastisella rintama-analyysilla käyttäen paneeli-aineistoa. Ylioppilaskirjoitusten pakollisten aineiden puoltoäänten määrää selitettiin peruskoulun päättötodistuksen keskiarvolla, vanhempien sosio-ekonomisella taustalla, resursseilla, opiskelun kestolla ja ylioppilastutkinnon hajauttamisella. Erikoislukiot otettiin huomioon malleissa omilla muuttujillaan. Koulujen välinen ajassa pysyvä heterogeenisuus kontrolloitiin estimoimalla varsinaisia satunnaisten ja kiinteiden vaikutusten malleja. Tulosten mukaan resurssien vaikutus on jopa negatiivinen kun malleissa otetaan huomioon koulujen välinen heterogeenisuus. Opiskelun kestolla ja ylioppilastutkinnon hajauttamisella oli negatiivinen vaikutus suoritustasoon. Tehottomuus ja koulujen tehottomuuden mukainen järjestys vaihteli melko paljon stokastisesta rintamamallista riippuen. Keskimääräinen tehottomuus oli alhaisinta varsinaisten satunnaisten ja kiinteiden vaikutusten malleissa, jotka ottivat huomioon koulujen välisen ajassa pysyvän heterogeenisuuden