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Shared Genetic Loci Between Schizophrenia and White Blood Cell Counts Suggest Genetically Determined Systemic Immune Abnormalities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Immune mechanisms are indicated in schizophrenia (SCZ). Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants associated with SCZ and immune-related phenotypes. Here, we use cutting ... -
Recalibrating Seasonal Cultures with Communities
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A comparative analysis of colour–emotion associations in 16–88-year-old adults from 31 countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)As people age, they tend to spend more time indoors, and the colours in their surroundings may significantly impact their mood and overall well-being. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence to provide informed ... -
Risk behaviors and well-being among Egyptian and Roma adolescents in Albania during the COVID-19 pandemic: Vulnerability and resilience in a positive youth development perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: Egyptian and Roma communities represent two of the most deprived and stigmatized ethnic minorities in Albania. However, research investigating vulnerability and well-being in youth from these communities is ... -
Prescribed burning can promote recovery of Atlantic coastal heathlands suffering dieback after extreme drought events
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Questions During the winter of 2014, an intense drought combined with sub-zero temperatures resulted in a massive Calluna dieback in Norwegian heathlands. We studied the initial vegetation recovery under two management ... -
The Importance of the 5Cs of Positive Youth Development to Depressive Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study with University Students from Peru and Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Prior research has documented the protective role of the 5Cs of Positive Youth Development (PYD) on adjustment problems, such as depressive symptoms. Nonetheless, more research is needed, especially in non-US ... -
Body mass index, triglyceride-glucose index, and prostate cancer death: a mediation analysis in eight European cohorts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Insulin resistance is a hypothesised biological mechanism linking obesity with prostate cancer (PCa) death. Data in support of this hypothesis is limited. Methods We included 259,884 men from eight European ... -
A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of household alcohol-based hand rub for the prevention of sepsis, diarrhoea, and pneumonia in Ugandan infants (the BabyGel trial): a study protocol
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Infections are one of the leading causes of death in the neonatal period. This trial aims to evaluate if the provision of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) to pregnant women for postnatal household use prevents ... -
Public political tolerance of the far right in contemporary Western Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Political initiatives promoting a far-right agenda have gained significant political influence in Western European democracies. This has occurred despite apparent broad-based public rejection of Europe’s Nazi past. This ... -
Does policy context matter for citizen engagement in policymaking? Evidence from the European Commission's public consultation regime
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The European Commission has shown efforts to strengthen citizens’ participation in its policy formulation processes through public consultation opportunities. However, we currently lack a systematic analysis of the factors ... -
Wittgenstein on Mathematical Symbolism: A Response to Stenlund’s Historical Interpretation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In recent work, Sören Stenlund (2015) contextualizes Wittgenstein’s philosophy of mathematics as aligned with the tradition of symbolic mathematics. In the early modern era, mathematicians began using purely formal methods ... -
Hardiness and mental health during naval deployment: The relation is mediated by social processes and not by self-regulatory processes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating effects of cohesion and self-efficacy on the relation between hardiness and symptoms of anxiety and depression during naval international ... -
Improvement in self-reported cognitive functioning but not in rumination following online working memory training in a two-year follow-up study of remitted major depressive disorder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Self-reported subjective cognitive difficulties (subjective deficits) and rumination are central residual cognitive symptoms following major depressive disorder (MDD). These are risk factors for more a severe course of ... -
Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic and moderately thermophilic methanotroph belonging to the phylum Verrucomicrobiota
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The thermo-acidophilic aerobic methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia bacterium, designated strain Kam1T was isolated from an acidic geothermal mud spring in Kamchatka, Russia. Kam1T is Gram-stain-negative, with non-motile cells ... -
A Sami land-claims settlement? Assessing Norway's Finnmark Act in a comparative perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The Sami, the Indigenous peoples of Fennoscandia, assert ownership-, use-, and management-rights to their traditional lands. Norway's 2005 Finnmark Act is the only legislation so far to broadly respond to those assertions. ... -
Oral language skills and mental health in female prisoners: pragmatic skills are essential
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: There are strong indications of an elevated incidence of both language problems and problems with mental health among prisoners. We also know that women in prison are a particularly vulnerable group who often ... -
Workplace democracy and democratic legitimacy in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study investigates the political spillover and stealth democracy hypotheses as complementary mechanisms to account for any relationship between workplace democracy and democratic legitimacy in Europe from micro ... -
One More Time? Parties’ Repeated Electoral Entry in Younger Democracies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Why and how parties continue contesting elections (“repeated entry”) is an underresearched question despite its essence for party survival and party-system stability. We study repeated entry in three decades of elections ... -
Resilience to substance use disorder following childhood maltreatment: association with peripheral biomarkers of endocannabinoid function and neural indices of emotion regulation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for substance use disorders (SUD) in adulthood. Understanding the mechanisms by which people are susceptible or resilient to developing SUD after exposure to CM is important for ... -
Premature Death as a Normative Concept
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The practical goal of preventing premature death seems uncontroversial. But the term ‘premature death’ is vague with several, sometimes conflicting definitions. This ambiguity results in several conceptions with which not ...