Organic mulches compared to black plastic in organic strawberry production: effects on ground beetles

There were no significant differences in the numbers of ground beetle species or in the pooled numbers of beetles between the treatments in either season

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Long-term stability of anterior open bite closure corrected by surgical-orthodontic treatment

In adults, superior repositioning of posterior maxilla with or without mandibular surgery has become the treatment method of choice to close anterior open bite. Study aim was to examine the long-term stability of anterior open bite closure by superior repositioning of maxilla or by combining maxillary impaction with mandibular surgery. The sample comprised 24 patients who underwent anterior open bite closure by superior repositioning of maxilla (maxillary group, n = 12, mean age 29.3 years) or by maxillary impaction and mandibular osteotomy (bimaxillary group, n = 12, mean age 30.8 years). Lateral cephalograms were studied prior to surgery (T1), the first post-operative day (T2) and in the long term (T3, maxillary group mean 3.5 years; bimaxillary group mean 2.0 years). Paired and two-sample t-tests were used to assess differences within and between the groups. The vertical incisal bite relations were −2.6 and −2.2 mm at T1; 1.23 and 0.98 mm at T2; and 1.85 and 0.73 mm at T3 in the maxillary and bimaxillary groups. At T3, all subjects had positive overbite in the maxillary group, but open bite recurred in three subjects with bimaxillary surgery. For both groups, the maxilla relapsed vertically. Significant changes in sagittal and vertical positions of the mandible occurred in both groups. In the bimaxillary group, the changes were larger and statistically significant. In general, the maxilla seems to relapse moderately vertically and the mandible both vertically and sagittally, particularly when both jaws were operated on. Overbite seems to be more stable when only the maxilla has been operated o

Regional health information exchange outside of the centralized national services for public health care in Finland: A national survey

Health information exchange (HIE) is the mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region, community, or hospital system. Nordic countries have been developing their health portals including national HIE services systematically. In Finland HIE begun with various regional health information exchange (RHIE) pilots in since 1998. The Kanta patient data repository component in the national HIE has been adopted in routine use since 2012. The current role of non-Kanta RHIE in relation to Kanta services is somewhat unclear. Our research questions are following: 1) Has the availability of RHIE services changed during 2017-2020? 2) What functional types of RHIE are there in Finland in 2020? 3) From the point of view of healthcare provider organizations, at what level is the availability to combine regional information seamlessly into the same view of local patient record systems? Data used in this study were collected using web-based questionnaires in 2017 and 2020 as part of the surveys for monitoring and assessment of social welfare and health care information system services in Finland. This study reported in this article covers all 21 public hospital districts and nearly all public primary health care centers. The quantitative data provided by the organizations were analyzed using SPSS software (version 25). The availability of a particular service or function was calculated as a percentage of all respondents in each sector. The results of this study show that the overall availability of RHIE services has not markedly changed 2017-2020. Functional types of RHIE meaning the role, use and types of RHIE in hospital districts in Finland varies greatly in 2020. We recognized three different types of non-Kanta RHIE in the non-combination organizations (one-way, symmetrical, full symmetrical). Seamless integration of at least some Kanta data into the same view as the main patient health record system data was more common than seamless integration of at least some non-Kanta regional data

The relationship of genetic susceptibilities for psychosis with physiological fluctuation in functional MRI data

Previously, schizophrenia is found to be related to the variability of the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signal in the white matter. However, evidence about the relationship between genetic vulnerabilities and physiological fluctuation in the brain is lacking. We investigated whether familial risk for psychosis (FR) and polygenic risk score for schizophrenia (PRS) are linked with physiological fluctuation in fMRI data. We used data from the Oulu Brain and Mind study (n. = 140-149, aged 20-24 years) that is a substudy of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. The participants underwent a resting-state fMRI scan. Coefficient of variation (CV) of blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal (CVBOLD) was used as a proxy of physiological fluctuation in the brain. Familial risk was defined to be present if at least one parent had been diagnosed with psychosis previously. PRS was computed based on the results of the prior GWAS by the Schizophrenia Working Group. FR or PRS were not associated with CVBOLD in cerebrospinal fluid, white matter, or grey matter. The findings did not provide evidence for the previous suggestions that genetic vulnerabilities for schizophrenia become apparent in alterations of the variation of the BOLD signal in the brain.Peer reviewe

Carbon dioxide and energy flux measurements in four northern-boreal ecosystems at Pallas

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The effect of audiovisual speech training on the phonological skills of children with specific language impairment (SLI)

We developed a computerized audiovisual training programme for school-aged children with specific language impairment (SLI) to improve their phonological skills. The programme included various tasks requiring phonological decisions. Spoken words, pictures, letters and written syllables were used as training material. Spoken words were presented either as audiovisual speech (together with the talking face), or as auditory speech (voice alone). Two groups (10 children/group) trained for six weeks, five days per week: the audiovisual group trained with audiovisual speech, and the other group received analogically the same training but with auditory speech. Before and after training, language skills and other cognitive skills were assessed. The audiovisual group improved in a non-word-repetition test. Such improvement was not observed with auditory training. This result suggests that audiovisual speech may be helpful in the rehabilitation of children with SLI.Peer reviewe