Partanen, Terhi Interaction and therapeutic interventions in treatment groups for intimately violent men Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2008, 46 p. (Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research ISSN 0075-4625; 332) ISBN 978-951-39-3197-1 (PDF), 978-951-39-3119-3 (nid.) Finnish Summary Diss. This thesis focuses on interaction and therapeutic interventions in treatment grou...

At the beginning of the 21 century, most people are no longer surprised by technological revolutions. The twentieth century brought us information technology and biotechnology: key technologies for pioneering innovations such as the computer, the Internet and genetically modified plants. In the transition to the twenty-first century, two other important developments: nanotechnology (the researc...

BACKGROUND The way software for electronic health records and laboratory tests ordering systems are designed may influence physicians' prescription. A randomised controlled trial was performed to measure the impact of a diagnostic and laboratory tests ordering system software modification. METHODS Participants were family physicians working and prescribing diagnostic and laboratory tests. The...

Puolakanaho, Anne Early Prediction of Reading: Phonological Awareness and Related Language and Cognitive Skills in Children with a Familial Risk for Dyslexia Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2007, 61 p. (Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research, ISSN 0075-4625; 317 ) ISBN 978-951-39-2998-5 (PDF), 978-951-39-2957-2 (nid.) Yhteenveto: Lukemistaitojen varhainen ennustamine...

There is growing evidence that firm-specific pay premiums are an important source of wage inequality. These premiums will contribute to the gender wage gap if women are less likely to work at high-paying firms or if women negotiate (or are offered) worse wage bargains with their employers than men. Using longitudinal data on the hourly wages of Portuguese workers matched with income statement i...

Hätinen, Marja Treating job burnout in employee rehabilitation: Changes in symptoms, antecedents and consequences of burnout Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2008, 85 p. (Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research ISSN 0075-4625; 348) ISBN 978-951-39-3452-1 (PDF), 978-951-39-3407-1 (nid.) Finnish summary: Työuupumuksen hoito työikäisten kuntoutuksessa: muutokset työuupumu...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE The incidence of TSH receptor (TSHR) stimulating autoantibodies (TSAbs) in pediatric Graves' disease (GD) is controversial. This large, multicenter study evaluated the clinical relevance of TSAbs in children with GD both with Graves' orbitopathy (GO) and without orbital disease. DESIGN We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective study. SETTING Sera were collected in s...

Studies of anaerobic interval training can be divided into 2 categories. The first category (the older studies) examined interval training at a fixed work-rate. They measured the time limit or the number of repetitions the individual was able to sustain for different pause durations. The intensities used in these studies were not maximal but were at about 130 to 160% of maximal oxygen uptake (V...

Natale, Katja Parents’ Causal Attributions Concerning Their Children’s Academic Achievement Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2007, 54 p. (Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research ISSN 0075-4625; 309) ISBN 978-951-39-2900-8 (PDF), 978-951-39-2883-4 (nid.) Diss. This thesis investigated how mothers’ and fathers’ causal attributions concerning their children’s academic ach...

BACKGROUND The strongest risk factor for oesophageal adenocarcinoma is reflux disease, and the rising incidence of this coincides with the eradication of Helicobacter pylori, both of which might alter the oesophageal microbiota. We aimed to profile the microbiota at different stages of Barrett's carcinogenesis and investigate the Cytosponge as a minimally invasive tool for sampling the oesophag...