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This narrative case study is an exploration of Mind-Body Bridging (MBB), an emerging mindfulness-based approach, and its impact on university students' professional identities. MBB was used as content and an intervention tool in a psychology course. The study provides an in-depth analysis of two students' narratives to illustrate and discuss the usefulness of MBB in the university setting. The findings demonstrate that MBB helped students develop their professional identity with regard to self-confidence, self-awareness, social relationships, and professional future. Moreover, the link between the development of students' professional identities and their abilities to cope with work-related stress is found.

Authorship conflicts are a common occurrence in academic publishing, and they can have serious implications for the careers and well-being of the involved researchers as well as the collective success of research organizations. In addition to not inviting relevant contributors to co-author a paper, the order of authors as well as honorary, gift, and ghost authors are all widely recognized problems related to authorship. Unfair authorship practices disproportionately affect those lower in the power hierarchies – early career researchers, women, researchers from the Global South, and other minoritized groups. Here we propose an approach to preparing author lists based on clear, transparent, and timely communication. This approach aims to minimize the potential for late-stage authorship conflicts during manuscript preparation by facilitating timely and transparent decisions on potential co-authors and their responsibilities. Furthermore, our approach can help avoid imbalances between contributions and credits in published papers by recording planned and executed responsibilities. We present authorship guidelines which also include a novel authorship form along with the documentation of the formulation process for a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary center with more than 250 researchers. Other research groups, departments, and centers can use or build on this template to design their own authorship guidelines as a practical way to promote fair authorship practices.

To study the relationship between mire vegetation and ecological variables we tested the Finnish hypothesis that the mire margin to expanse gradient in vegetation composition relates to a gradient of solutes (main plant nutrients) in the soil that is separate from the mainly pH related poor–rich gradient. Successional mire basins where mire margin to expanse is the prominent gradient were surveyed. An indirect method (Ellenberg indicator values) and direct measurements (phosphorous concentrations, pH) were used to assess the relationship between the mire margin to expanse and nutrients gradients. Vegetation with indicators of Subtype A mire margin vegetation (assumed to reflect surface water flow) correlated best with Ellenberg nitrogen values, whereas Subtype B (assumed to reflect groundwater influence) correlated best with Ellenberg reaction values. Subtype C (supposed to reflect mineral soil influence) did not correlate with these Ellenberg values. The study provides information about the complexity of the vegetational gradients. In general, water flow seems to be related to the poor–rich gradient, but surface water flow is also related to the nutrients gradient. Subtype C (influence of mineral soil) seems to differ from the other two subtypes of the mire margin to expanse gradient and also from the poor–rich gradient. It is prominent on forested sites, where the water table is comparatively deep.

A high incidence of stress has been observed among university students, leading to a decrease in their well-being. A vast body of research highlights the importance of stress management, and a line of studies has emerged on mindfulness-based interventions. The present study examined university students' well-being in the context of a psychology course based on mind-body bridging (MBB), an evidence-based treatment to reduce stress when the origins of the dysfunctional behavior lie in an overactive biopsychosocial mechanism called the Identity-System (I-System). MBB's objectives in recognizing and resting the I-System are twofold: to enhance present-focused awareness of the body, thoughts, and emotions and to promote metacognitive strategies through awareness and understanding of thought processes. The data set consisted of 35 students' learning diaries, which included reflections on the MBB approach. Thematic analysis identified the key dimensions of students' wellbeing, i.e., stress awareness and active coping; optimistic future-orientation; and self-knowledge and self-compassion. The findings reveal the significant meaning of MBB on all these dimensions of students' well-being. This article concludes by discussing the use and usefulness of the MBB approach in the higher education context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The population is aging globally. Older people living in long-term care facilities have many functional impairments, such as mobility problems and depression. Digital games and so-called exergames can offer a motivating and entertaining way to maintain older people's physical activity and thus their ability to function. However, previous studies have reported conflicting results about the effects of digital gaming and have focused on community-dwelling older people. Objective: To identify, critically appraise, and synthesize evidence about the effectiveness of digital games on older people's physical, psychological, and social functioning and physical and social activity in long-term care facilities. Methods: Five databases were systematically searched, and relevant studies were screened. Fifteen randomized-controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies (total N = 674) were included in meta-analysis. Results: All digital games used in interventions were exergames. Meta-analysis showed that exergame interventions have a statistically significant large effect on physical functioning [number of studies (N) = 6, standardized mean difference (SMD) = 0.97, p = 0.001] measured by Timed Up and Go or Short Physical Performance Battery and self-assessed physical activity (N = 3, SMD = 1.20, p < 0.001) and medium effect on social functioning (N = 5, SMD = 0.74, p = 0.016) compared to alternative intervention or no intervention. Social activity was not measured in any study. Conclusions: The results are encouraging that exergames effectively increase the functioning and activity of older adults living in long-term facilities. Successful implementation of such activities requires the competence of nursing staff and rehabilitation professionals in digitalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) following total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) may decline more in Asian countries due to lifestyle and housing factors compared with patients in Western countries. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of 15D and clarify the characteristics of HRQoL in Japanese patients who underwent THA/TKA compared with Finnish patients. This longitudinal study included 182 patients between 2019 and 2021. Patients' HRQoL was measured using the 15D preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively. Student's t -tests were used to compare lifestyles between Japan and Finland. The Japanese version of the 15D showed good internal consistency, reliability, construct validity, and responsiveness. Patients with many steps inside their house had worse HRQoL in the dimensions of mobility, distress, and vitality in Japan. There were significant differences in mobility, distress, vitality, and sexual activity dimensions between Japan and Finland 3 months postoperatively. The lower HRQoL in Japan in the dimensions of mobility, distress, and vitality is likely due to Japan's traditional housing structure with many steps. Identifying differences in cultural and psychological characteristics, as well as by residential setting, will enable health care providers to help patients improve their HRQoL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, increased attention has been drawn to the greenhouse gas emissions of the Land use, Land use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. In the Finnish LULUCF sector, the soil-originated emissions from the after-use of cutover peatland have become a more relevant question. This is due to the rapid increase in the number of former peat-harvesting sites, caused by the decline in the combustion of energy peat due to its high CO 2 emissions. We conducted a nationally representative survey to study which after-use options of cutover peatlands are preferred by landowners. Based on the preferred after-use options, we estimated their impact on the national greenhouse gas emissions in the Finnish regions in 2035, and what factors influence the landowners' choice of after-use options. We found that the four most popular after-use options for landowners were afforestation (71%), agriculture (24%), production of wind and solar power (22%) and rewetting (18%) when the respondent chose the three most attractive options. However, there were clear regional differences in the preferred after-use options, which might lead, if realized, to different soil-originated emissions at the regional level. The preferred after-use options could produce emissions of 0.35 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year (Mt CO 2 eq y−1) by 2035 in Finland. Most of these emissions (30.1%) would come from South Ostrobothnia in western Finland, mainly due to the indicated high interest in agricultural after-use. Most landowners prefer financially profitable after-use options, such as forestry, agriculture, as well as wind and solar energy production in cutover peatlands. However, environmentally oriented landowners favour many kinds of actions to support biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and water protection in cutover peatlands. It is crucial that economic productivity and the greenhouse gas sinks of cutover peatlands be considered simultaneously to meet the climate targets of the LULUCF sector in Finland. • The landowners' perspective of using cutover peatland was studied. • The landowners prefer financially profitable after-use options. • Forestry, agriculture, and wind and solar energy were the most popular options. • Landowners' choices would increase the soil originated GHG emissions nationally. • Strengthening the dialogue between the landowners and climate policy is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, a growing body of literature has emerged from the intersection of complex systems science and organizational communication. However, due to the incoherence and immaturity of complexity science, this body of research is slightly disorganized. This article explores this research node using a meta-paradigmatic framework to untangle and clarify the different paradigmatic assumptions in the field of organizational communication research that has adopted the complexity science perspective. Our analysis reveals five research clusters that differ from each other in their understanding of what complexity is and in how they define communication. Based on our analysis, we present suggestions for finding common ground and point the way towards a future research agenda in complexity-based research in the areas of organizational communication and human resource development (HRD). In addition, we discuss the implications and possibilities that the complexity perspective can offer for HRD in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the present article is to examine the prevailing model of systematic organizational conflict management from an organizational communicative perspective and to suggest directions for improvement. Particularly the model of conflict management system (CMS) is examined at the macro-level from the novel theoretical perspective of social complexity augmented with an interpretive view of organizational communication. Specifically two models - the dual function of communication and the arena model - are utilized to illustrate weaknesses and points of development in traditional CMS thinking. CMS was found to represent a rather limited vision of contemporary conflict management. It is rooted in a mechanistic view of organizational communication, which, we assert, is problematic from the organizational conflict management perspective, both theoretically and practically. The differences between CMS and social complexity approaches are identified, and a fresh framework for strategic conflict management is introduced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: We studied the responses of soil decomposer animals to clear felling and alternative, green-tree retention harvesting methods (GRT) in Norway spruce forests in Finland. The study plots which were sampled for immediate treatment effects (up to three years) were resampled after 10 years. We hypothesized that responses of decomposers still depends on the level of GTR. The treatments, in addition to untreated controls (100% retained), were: (1) selection felling (70% dispersed tree retention), (2) and (3) gap felling with and without site preparation, respectively (three small gaps were felled in a 1-ha area and 50% of the stand volume was retained), (4) retention felling (10% of the stand volume was retained in three small tree groups) and (5) traditional clear felling (0% retention). Ten years after the treatments the strong increase of enchytraeids immediately after the harvestings was leveled out and the numbers on all treated plots were at the control level. Total numbers or community structure of soil dwelling collembolans were not affected either. The abundance of macroarthropods on the harvested plots, except selection felling, was ca. 50% lower compared to the control forest. Their community structure was also changed due to the harvestings. The most sensitive animal groups were herbivores, microbivores and some detritivores. After 10 years, predators (mainly spiders and certain coleopterans) were decreased only under retention tree groups, while microbidetritivores (dipteran and coleopteran larvae) were unaffected. Our study showed that dispersed tree retention, at least when only 30% of the stand volume was harvested, induced no significant changes in soil decomposer animal community in boreal coniferous forest. On the other hand, decomposer community in clear-felled areas (either large or small) and in small aggregated retention tree groups is still different from that in unfelled forest 10 years after the harvestings. Mesofauna living in the soil organic layer (humus) seem to be better buffered against environmental changes induced by the harvesting compared to animals dwelling close to or on the soil surface. These animals are affected long after harvestings. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

We studied the influence of clear felling and new alternative forest regeneration methods on soil macroarthropods during the first 3 years after the harvesting. We focused on changes in the abundances of functional groups, and community structure at the levels of species (Coleoptera) or higher taxa. The experiment was carried out in central Finland in spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands on 1 ha study plots. The following five treatments were used in addition to the untreated controls: (1) selection felling (70% of the stand volume retained), (2) gap felling (0.1–0.2 ha gaps felled), (3) gap felling with site preparation, (4) retention felling (small groups of trees retained on clear-felled area) and (5) traditional clear felling with site preparation. As expected the changes in macroarthropod community were attributed to harvesting intensity (proportion of living stand volume removed): clear felling and gap fellings induced the clearest changes, while selection felling had hardly any impacts. The treatments had no effects on total numbers of macroarthropods during the 3-year study period. Clear felling and gap felling followed by harrowing had a negative effect on predators, among which spiders decreased the most, and herbivores. Gap felling without harrowing had similar but not as strong effects as the treatments with harrowing. Further, in the unprepared gaps herbivores showed signs to recover in the second growing season after the treatment. Community structure (analysed by the NMDS ordination method) was affected by the treatments both at high taxonomic level and at the species level. At higher taxonomic level, the changes were induced by clear felling and gap fellings; the alterations being, however, no larger than natural temporal variation. At the species level (Coleoptera adults), the effects on community structure were more pronounced: the set of dominant beetle species changed almost completely after clear felling and the gap fellings during the study period, but the number of species or evenness values were not affected by the treatments. Changes in community structure at both resolutions correlated clearly with harvesting intensity and subsequent vegetation change. Our study gave evidence that the total abundance of macroarthropods, species diversity as well as community structure at higher taxonomic level are relatively resistant in the short term to environmental changes caused by forest regeneration practices in boreal coniferous forests. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Discusses the influence of forest management practices on soil-decomposer communities. Evaluation of the concepts of threat and disturbance; Link established among forestry practices, composition of soil, faunal communities and soil processes.

The aim is to describe the currently experienced benefits and obstacles for enhancing FM services with the available technological enablers. This paper presents an integration of several studies conducted to identify the prevalent usefulness and potential of mobile technology as perceived by Finnish FM professionals operating in Northern Europe. The main means of the study were to describe the current technological enablers for the utilisation of mobile technology at FM settings and to interview the FM professionals on how they perceived the utilisation of the available technology. The change of practice to exploit mobile technology is emergent. The paper gives experience-based suggestions for demand and supply sides of the service procurement to gain the feasible benefits and avoid the currently hindering obstacles, as the paper provides insight on present and future tools for the mobile aspects of FM services. The findings are relevant for the service providers and operators too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]