High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and N-terminal b-type natriuretic propeptide are associated with cardiac and all-cause mortality in older adults - A population-based ten-year follow-up study.

Background: Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and N-terminal B-type natriuretic propeptide (proBNP) are mainly used as biomarkers to diagnose specific conditions of the heart, but they also have predictive ability. Our aim was to study their associations with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in an older population in non-acute conditions.

Methods: A population-based study with a ten-year follow-up.

New reference limits for cardiac troponin T and N-terminal b-type natriuretic propeptide in elders.

Background And Aims: Our aim was to define reference limits for cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (proBNP) that would better reflect their concentrations in older people. In addition, the incidence of acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) was studied using these reference limits in an older population with and without previous heart diseases.

Materials And Methods: A population-based study with a ten-year follow-up.

Ethical dilemmas faced by healthcare teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Previous studies have shown that the rapid transition to emergency remote teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic was challenging for healthcare teachers in many ways. This sudden change made them face ethical dilemmas that challenged their values and ethical competence.

Research Aim: This study aimed to explore and gain a deeper understanding of the ethical dilemmas healthcare teachers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A novel easy-to-use index to predict institutionalization and death in older population - a 10-year population-based follow-up study.

Background: Various indexes have been developed to estimate the risk for mortality, institutionalization, and other adverse outcomes for older people. Most indexes are based on a large number of clinical or laboratory parameters. An index based on only a few parameters would be more practical to use in every-day clinical practice.

Single-step genomic BLUP with many metafounders.

Single-step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP) model for routine genomic prediction of breeding values is developed intensively for many dairy cattle populations. Compatibility between the genomic () and the pedigree () relationship matrices remains an important challenge required in ssGBLUP. The compatibility relates to the amount of missing pedigree information.

Ceramides and Phosphatidylcholines Associate with Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly.

Background: The ceramide- and phospholipid-based cardiovascular risk score (CERT2) has been found to predict the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, especially cardiovascular mortality. In the present study, our aim was to estimate the predictive ability of CERT2 for mortality of CVD, coronary artery disease (CAD), and stroke in the elderly and to compare these results with those of conventional lipids.

Methods: We conducted a prospective study with an 18-year follow-up period that included a total of 1260 participants ages ≥64 years.

The functioning of different beetle (Coleoptera) sampling methods across altitudinal gradients in Peninsular Malaysia.

Biodiversity research relies largely on knowledge about species responses to environmental gradients, assessed using some commonly applied sampling method. However, the consistency of detected responses using different sampling methods, and thus the generality of findings, has seldom been assessed in tropical ecosystems. Hence, we studied the response consistency and indicator functioning of beetle assemblages in altitudinal gradients from two mountains in Malaysia, using Malaise, light, and pitfall traps.

A qualitative study of the factors that help the coping of infertile women.

Aim: The study describes the factors that help the coping of infertile women.

Design: A qualitative study.

Methods: Purposive sampling was used in gathering the data from the Finnish Infertility Associations closed discussion forum on Facebook.

Social, health and rehabilitation sector educators' competence in evidence-based practice: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: The purpose of the study was to identify and describe the characteristic profiles of evidence-based practice competence of educators in the social, health and rehabilitation sectors and to establish relevant background factors.

Design: This study was carried out as a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Methods: Data were collected from social, health and rehabilitation sector educators working in the 21 Finnish universities of applied sciences and seven vocational colleges (n = 422; N = 2,330).

An empirical model of social and healthcare educators' continuing professional development in Finland.

The objective of this work was to develop and test an empirical model of social and healthcare educators' continuing professional development. A cross-sectional survey study design was adopted, and a total of 422 part-time and full-time social and healthcare educators from 28 universities of applied sciences and vocational schools in different regions of Finland participated. Data were collected from October to December in 2018.

Practical implementation of genetic groups in single-step genomic evaluations with Woodbury matrix identity-based genomic relationship inverse.

The growing amount of genomic information in dairy cattle has increased computational and modeling challenges in the single-step evaluations. The computational challenges are due to the dense inverses of genomic (G) and pedigree (A) relationship matrices of genotyped animals in the single-step mixed model equations. An equivalent mixed model equation is given by single-step genomic BLUP that are based on the T matrix (ssGTBLUP), where these inverses are avoided by expressing G through a product of 2 rectangular matrices, and (A) through sparse matrix blocks of the inverse of full relationship matrix A.

Social, health care and rehabilitation educators' competence in professional education-Empirical testing of a model.

The social and health care educator's role in educating future professionals need to be stronger emphasised and deserves international recognition. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an empirical model of social and health care educators' competence in higher and professional education. The presented research employed a cross-sectional study design.

A practical laboratory index to predict institutionalization and mortality - an 18-year population-based follow-up study.

Background: Previously, several indexes based on a large number of clinical and laboratory tests to predict mortality and frailty have been produced. However, there is still a need for an easily applicable screening tool for every-day clinical practice.

Methods: A prospective study with 10- and 18-year follow-ups.

Continuing professional development among social- and health-care educators.

Future social- and health-care educators will be required to have versatile competence in educating professionals that reflects both the constantly changing health-care environment and delivery of high-quality patient care. Continuing professional development can be defined as a process that aims to increase educators' competence and well-being, along with the effectiveness of an organisation. This study aimed to describe educators' continuing professional development and clarify the contribution of continuing education.

Development and testing of the Educators' Professional Development scale (EduProDe) for the assessment of social and health care educators' continuing professional development.

Background: Social and health care educators are crucial to educating competent professionals that are prepared to work in a rapidly changing society. Previous studies have primarily assessed educators' continuing professional development from a single perspective. It would be important to gauge educators' perceptions about their professional development from multiple dimensions to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current learning process.

Nursing professionals' experiences of person-centred practices in hospital settings.

Background: Person-centred culture has been studied very little in Scandinavian Countries, yet it significantly affects in the care experiences of patients and staff. Current research indicates there are many factors restricting or enabling person-centred care in the hospital setting.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to describe person-centred practice in hospital settings and the factors associated with it.

Family composition and living arrangements-Cross-sectional study on family involvement to self-managed rehabilitation of people with coronary artery disease.

Aim: To describe the family composition and living arrangements of persons diagnosed with coronary artery disease and those relationships to family involvement in self-managed rehabilitation.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: Data were collected with postal questionnaire from persons diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD) by using the Family Involvement in Rehabilitation (FIRE) scale.

Estimating retention benchmarks for salvage logging to protect biodiversity.

Forests are increasingly affected by natural disturbances. Subsequent salvage logging, a widespread management practice conducted predominantly to recover economic capital, produces further disturbance and impacts biodiversity worldwide. Hence, naturally disturbed forests are among the most threatened habitats in the world, with consequences for their associated biodiversity.

Social and health care educators' perceptions of competence in digital pedagogy: A qualitative descriptive study.

Background: Digitalisation has made digital competence a necessity for those working in social and healthcare. A high degree of competence in digital pedagogy is required of educators to meet the challenge of educating future professionals who are themselves highly digitally competent.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the perceptions of competence in digital pedagogy that educators in social and healthcare have.

Digital Learning Interventions in Higher Education: A Scoping Review.

This scoping review was undertaken to synthesize and describe research related to digital learning interventions in higher education, focusing on technological outcomes. Five electronic databases were searched, and 86 articles were included in the review. The data related to positive and negative technological outcomes and authors' suggestions were analyzed using inductive content analysis.

Health and social care educators' ethical competence.

Background And Purpose: Educators' ethical competence is of crucial importance for developing students' ethical thinking. Previous studies describe educators' ethical codes and principles. This article aims to widen the understanding of health- and social care educators' ethical competence in relation to core values and ethos.

Symposium review: Single-step genomic evaluations in dairy cattle.

During the last decade, genomic selection has revolutionized dairy cattle breeding. For example, Nordic dairy cows (Denmark, Finland, and Sweden) born in 2018 were >90% sired by young genomically tested bulls. Thus, the average age of sires for Red Dairy Cattle cows born in 2018 was only 3.

Identification of runs of homozygosity affecting female fertility and milk production traits in Finnish Ayrshire cattle.

Inbreeding gives rise to continuous lengths of homozygous genotypes called runs of homozygosity (ROH) that occur when identical haplotypes are inherited from both parents. ROHs are enriched for deleterious recessive alleles and can therefore be linked to inbreeding depression, defined as decreased phenotypic performance of the animals. However, not all ROHs within a region are expected to have harmful effects on the trait of interest.

Development and testing of an instrument (HeSoEduCo) for health and social care educators' competence in professional education.

Background: Health and social care education is highly important for preparing future professionals for their future roles in sustainable health and social care. However, previous studies have emphasized that health and social care educators' competence is complex and poorly defined. Thus, there is a clear need for a psychometrically validated instrument to enable clarification and assessment of the required skills.

Health science student teachers' perceptions of teacher competence: A qualitative study.

Background: Health science teacher competence is multifaceted and continuously changing according to national and international healthcare standards. Organizational restructuring and emphasis on cost effectiveness is changing the scope of health science teachers' practical work and their role in healthcare (worldwide).

Aim: This study aimed to describe student teachers' perceptions of the competencies needed to work as an educator in the healthcare field.