Aim: Previously a model identifying children at risk of academic or behavioral limitations after bacterial meningitis (BM) was developed. Risk factors were: male gender, birth weight <3000 grams, lower educational level of the father, Streptococcus pneumoniae, lower cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leukocyte count, delay >6 hours between admission and start of antibiotics, dexa-methasone <2 days, seiz...

The vision of the Grid is to support the dynamic establishment and subsequent management of virtual organizations (VO). To achieve this presents many challenges for the Grid community with perhaps the greatest one being security. Whilst Public Key Infrastructures (PKI) provide a form of single signon through recognition of trusted certification authorities, they have numerous limitations. The I...

Lectio praecursoria kasvatustieteen väitöskirjaan Reason to believe: The prospects and limitations of critical thinking as an educational ideal, Oulun yliopistossa 23.3.2023.

subsea structures such as manifolds, line pipes and flow lines are important investments. also because of the sensitivity of environmental issues, corrosion of these structures is of vital importance. subsea corrosion management is different from on-shore and shallow water off-shore corrosion management in mainly three factors: materials, corrosion management practice and cathodic protection. t...

proteomics refers to the analysis of expression, localization, functions, posttranslational modifications, and interactions of proteins expressed by a genome at a specific condition and at a specific time. current proteomic tools allow large-scale, high-throughput analyses for the detection, identification, and functional investigation of proteome. in this review, we have focused on the proteom...

Education in the United States is becoming increasingly standardized, with the standards being initiated at the national level and then trickling down to the state level and finally the local level. Yet, this top-down approach to educational standards carries with it significant limitations, such as loss of local autonomy and restrictions on the creativity of educational software designers. Thi...

OBJECTIVE To identify the clinical characteristics associated with poor psychosocial functioning among Spanish patients with epilepsy but no other neurological or psychiatric disorder. METHODS Between May and September 2001 a survey among patients with epilepsy was carried out in 32 Spanish health care centres. The selection criteria of patients were attendance to a routine neurologist visit,...