University of Helsinki

Mapping the social contours of social comparison orientation: Online social identification might make us more susceptible to ability comparisons

Social comparisons, especially ability comparisons, are one of the primary mechanisms through which social media use may harm its users. Yet little is known about what motivates this activity, and how social comparison tendencies are encouraged by the social environment. Furtherm...

Generative AI, Knowledge Authority, and Social Justice in Higher Education: Rethinking the University in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization

This conceptual essay examines how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping knowledge authority and the meaning of social justice in higher education. Drawing on scholarship concerning neoliberal globalization, social justice education, digital datafication, and educa...

Complications and outcomes after operative treatment of low-energy pelvic ring and acetabular fractures

BACKGROUND: Fragility fracture of the pelvis (FFP) with a low-energy mechanism of injury is relatively common among the growing geriatric population. The incidence of postoperative complications after surgically treated FFP is not well documented. The aim of this study was to rep...

Redefining the Purpose of Education: A Policy Analysis of China's 1985 Decision on the Reform of the Education System

This policy-analysis essay examines how the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's 1985 Decision on the Reform of the Education System redefined the purposes of education in post-Mao China. It interprets the policy through three related perspectives: curriculum as a social c...

Sexual dimorphism in root exudation mediates belowground neighbor recognition and shapes rhizosphere soil microbial assembly

Summary Sexual dimorphism in physiological traits is a hallmark of dioecious plants, yet whether these differences extend belowground to mediate neighbor recognition and rhizosphere microbiome assembly remains largely unexplored. Using split‐root experiments, 13 C‐pulse labeling,...

Reducing complications after resection of pelvic bone sarcomas

Aims: Primary pelvic bone sarcomas are rare and their treatment remains complex, with reconstruction after resection remaining controversial due to high complication and revision rates. Both prosthetic and non-prosthetic reconstructions carry risks including infection, implant fa...

Lipids and apolipoproteins affect the risk of ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarctions differently in type 1 diabetes: a nationwide finnish cohort study

Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) has become the main myocardial infarction subtype in type 1 diabetes compared to ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), accounting for nearly 80% of myocardial infarction-related hospitalizations. Yet, prior studies in type 1 d...

Myopia prevalence in Finland doubled from 1930s to 1950s birth cohorts and is linked to educational attainment

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of myopia and factors associated with the increase of myopia prevalence in Finland between two generations and discuss the reasons why myopia has not increased similarly as in many Asian countries. METHODS: A que...