Northern Finland
Animal performance and carcass characteristics of growing Hereford bulls under insulated, uninsulated and outdoor housing conditions in Northern Finland
... in Northern Finland do not necessarily increase the feed or energy intake of growing beef bulls, but the energy expenditure of walking and other exercise increase clearly in outdoor housing compared with ...
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Validity of self-reported number of teeth in middle-aged Finnish adults: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study 1966
... longitudinal Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study 1966 (NFBC1966), which consists of a comprehensive sample of individuals from the two northernmost provinces of Finland (Lapland and Oulu) whose ...
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Structure of the Suasselkä postglacial fault in northern Finland obtained by analysis of local events and ambient seismic noise
... As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, regional seismic networks did not register any earthquakes originating from the SPGF area, neither prior to DAFNE experiment nor during the time pe- riod considered in Sect. 3. In spite of ...
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Changing trends in symptomatology, diagnostics, stage and survival of prostate cancer in Northern Finland during a period of 20 years
... (LUTS) and that PSA testing had been performed by a GP in 60% of these cases; in contrast, 10% had undergone their first PSA test performed by a urologist. Only 18% of the asymptomatic cancers had been diagnosed by PSA ...
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Effect of liming on yield and quality of peppermint and Sachalin mint in fine sand soil of Northern Finland
... The experiment was established in 1998 in Ruuk- ki (Northern Finland) at the North Ostrobothnia Research Station of MTT Agrifood Research Finland, 64 ° 40’N and 25 ° 05’E. It was set up in a ...
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Impact of icing weather conditions on the patients in helicopter emergency medical service: a prospective study from Northern Finland
... This study was performed in Northern Finland (Finnish Lapland) where the northernmost HEMS unit FinnHEMS 51 (FH51) operates. The Finnish Lapland accounts for al- most 30% of the country ’ s area. The region ...
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Comparison of operational satellite SO 2products with ground-based observations in northern Finland during the Icelandic Holuhraun fissure eruption
... served over northern Finland for the first time after the vol- canic eruption (Fig. 1c). The highest hourly mean (about 180 µg m −3 ) was found at Sammaltunturi during the night between 7 and 8 September ...
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Fatal poisonings in Northern Finland: causes, incidence, and rural-urban differences
... in Finland [29]. In Northern Finland, the crude incidence of suicides resulting from mecha- nisms other than poisoning has been reported to be slightly lower in urban areas, indicating higher rates ...
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Association of erosive tooth wear and dental caries in Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 – an epidemiological cross-sectional study
... total Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 ( n = 12,058), a convenience sample ( n = 3181 adults) was invited for an oral health examination of which 1962 ...
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Role of MAPT mutations and haplotype in frontotemporal lobar degeneration in Northern Finland
... to Northern Ostrobothnia in the 16th century created a regional subisolate in the population of some 380000 inhabitants examined here,[29] which may explain the extremely low MAPT mutation ...
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Pupils’ primary school achievements in Northern Finland
... in Northern Finland succeeded in school from 1979 to 1996 by collecting data on the school grades of 66 pupils from elementary school to junior high ...
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Short-term outcome and differences between rural and urban trauma patients treated by mobile intensive care units in Northern Finland: a retrospective analysis
... in Northern Finland, which had 741 135 in- habitants in 2012, covering approximately 50 % of the surface area of ...In Northern Finland, a physician-staffed unit (FinnHEMS 50) operates out of ...
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Presence of foodborne pathogens, extended-spectrum β-lactamase -producing Enterobacteriaceae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in slaughtered reindeer in northern Finland and Norway
... With regard to food-borne diseases, it must be con- sidered that various food-producing animals were rec- ognized in recent years as healthy carriers of important bacterial pathogens causing human illness [3, 4]. Car- ...
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Body mass index is associated with lumbar disc degeneration in young Finnish males: subsample of Northern Finland birth cohort study 1986
... 1986 Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC 1986) whose addresses were known (n = 9215) received a postal questionnaire and 7344 adoles- cents (80%) ...
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The Northern Finland Birth Cohort Eye Study: Design and baseline characteristics
... Background: To describe the rationale and design of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC) Eye Study. Methods: The NFBC Eye Study is a randomised prospective cohort study. The original NFBC study ...
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Residential relocation trajectories and neighborhood density, mixed land use and access networks as predictors of walking and bicycling in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966
... At 46 years, participants´ physical activity was object- ively assessed using a waterproof wrist-worn activity monitor (Polar Active, Polar Electro, Finland). Polar Ac- tive provides a daily step count and a ...
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Clostridium difficile infections in teaching hospital in northern Finland
... The method for CDI detection was a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) -based, nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) on CDI toxin B gene, tcdB , without preceding fecal culture. The samples were analyzed using Geno- mEra ...
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High impact exercise in adulthood and vertebral dimensions in midlife the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study
... Abbreviations BMD: Bone mineral density; BMI: Body mass index; CI: Confidence interval; CSA: Cross-sectional area; effTE: Effective echo time; FOV: Field-of-view; frFSE: Fast-recovery fa[r] ...
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The Marriage Deal Between a Young Finnish Saame Man and a Former Russian Prostitute in Northern Finland
... The Marriage Deal Between and a Former Russian Cette histoire est issue de la recherche sur le terrain sur h prostitution et le traficdesfemmes russesdans la Finland? du Nord Cette narration en forme[.] ...
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Special educational needs in Finland
... In Finland there are six state-owned special basic schools, primarily intended for young people with hearing or visual impairments or with a physical or other ...
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