In order to assess the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in reducing cardiovascular
disease risk factors, morbidity and mortality among working-age adults, we undertook a …

Background Electronic health records (EHRs) are an elementary part of the work of registered
nurses (RNs) in healthcare. RNs are the largest group of healthcare workers, and their …

Stem canker and black scurf are diseases of potato caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani.
Spatiotemporal experimentation and empirical modelling were applied for the first time to …

Commercial use of biometric authentication is becoming increasingly popular, which has
sparked the development of EEG-based authentication. To stimulate the brain and capture …

Background: Constantly changing and difficult-to-use information systems have arisen as a
significant source of stress in physicians’ work. Physicians have reported several usability …

Objectives. We aimed to study the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors
among 11 000 inhabitants in Northern Helsinki, and to identify high-risk individuals in the …

Background: Screening tools to identify persons with high cardiovascular risk exist, but less
is known about their validity in different population groups. The aim of this article is to …

BACKGROUND: The multiprofessional teams in Finnish health centres are well placed to
carry out interventions aimed at the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. AIM: To evaluate …

… We read all primary care electronic health records (EHR) of the 172 ‘ever-obese’ children
and manually collected information on the amount and content of annual health checks and …

Objectives—Evaluation of the effect of a quality improvement programme on cardiovascular
disease (CVD) risk factor recording and risk factor levels in a controlled study at two primary …