The Impact of Complement Factor H-Related Protein Gene Deletions on Kidney Transplantation. [PDF]
In this study, we found that rs7542235 allele G tags a deletion of the CFHR1 gene. We also found that rs6677604 allele A tags a deletion of the whole CFHR3–1 locus. The plasma proteomics studies show that both variants are associated with an altered expression of FH/FHR proteins thus revealing a novel level of intricate regulation of the complement ...
Markkinen S +6 more
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Long-term cardiovascular risk in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Insights from polygenic risk scores. [PDF]
FinnGen data of 213 942 women was utilized in order to investigate the risk of cardiovascular disease in women with and without hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and with diverse genetic risks for cardiovascular disease and preeclampsia measured with polygenic risk scores.
Kivioja A +8 more
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‘Bigwig hatred’ and the emergence of the first Scandinavian agrarian‐populist party
Abstract In the genealogy of the Scandinavian populist‐party family, agrarian populism has been largely neglected and, when discussed at all, it is traced back to Finland in the late 1950s. This paper argues: (i) that agrarian populism long predated the 1950s and that it was politically salient from the decade before Finnish independence in 1917; (ii ...
David Arter
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Abstract Adolescents growing up outside their birth homes are at major risk for multiple adversities in early adulthood, including low education and unemployment. The transition from out‐of‐home placement to independent living overlaps with the transition from school to work and higher education. However, the support during this critical phase is often
Tytti P. Pasanen +4 more
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Genetic Loci Associated With Periodontitis: The FinnGen Study Based on National Health Registers. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Aim To perform a genome‐wide association study (GWAS) for periodontitis in the FinnGen cohort, as genetic factors contribute to periodontitis. Materials and Methods We included nearly 250,000 Finnish individuals who had visited a dentist in the public healthcare sector for a clinical oral examination. We designed three periodontitis phenotypes
Salminen A +13 more
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Identification Environment, School Identification and School Burnout: Multilevel Models
ABSTRACT Most research on well‐being in social psychology has focused on individuals. Based on the social identity approach to health, we examined how the average strength of social identification within a group—a measure of the ‘identification environment’—affects group members’ burnout symptoms and moderates the association between their social ...
Eerika Finell +4 more
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Hold Me Tight Group Intervention for Parents of Children With Cancer
ABSTRACT This present article reports on the experiences of parents of children with cancer who participated in an emotionally focused Hold Me Tight (HMT) group intervention. A purposive sample of 24 parents was recruited from 3‐day HMT courses. Focus group conversations were conducted at the end of each course and analysed using Interpretative ...
Krista Koivula +5 more
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Nature facilitates eudaimonic well‐being through promoting connection with self and others
Abstract Urban nature is an important source of cultural ecosystem services (CES), providing well‐being benefits. Currently, well‐being is often conceptualized too narrowly to capture the more intangible benefits of urban nature. The concept of eudaimonic well‐being takes a long‐term, value‐based approach to the well‐being effects of the human–nature ...
Joha Järekari +3 more
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Becoming ‘more like a Finn’: In‐visibility and the struggle for belonging in Finland
Abstract Nationalist practices and visionaries have a profound influence on those who are categorized as ‘foreign’ or ‘non‐belonging’ to the nation. Based on ethnographic explorations among Russian‐speakers and people with diverse Middle Eastern backgrounds in Finland, this article revisits the concept of in‐visibility as one possible avenue to expose ...
Bruno Lefort, Vadim Romashov
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Just chronotopes: Embodiment, social justice, and “the somatopic imagination”
Abstract Drawing on data collected in a global, collaborative ethnography called The Living Justice Project (LJP), this paper investigates how formulations of social justice situate speakers' bodies in relation to one another as well as in relation to dominant interpretations of the past, felt experiences in the present, and visions for the (possible ...
Sonya E. Pritzker +1 more
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