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    • Rapid diagnostic tests for resource-poor areas 

      Salminen, Teppo
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica – Chemica – Physica – Mathematica : 616 (Turun yliopisto, 15.11.2019)
      Rapid diagnostic tests, such as lateral flow immunoassays may enable diagnostics in resource poor areas, thus improving health outcomes by helping to control and eliminate infectious diseases. This thesis focuses on the ...

    • Epidermal growth factor receptor and other tissue biomarkers in gastrointestinal cancers 

      Birkman, Eva-Maria
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D, Medica – Odontologica : 1444 (Turun yliopisto, 01.11.2019)
      Personalised medicine has plays an increasing role in the treatment of cancer. New therapeutic molecules are being developed, but their compatibility for each patient has to be tested before starting the treatment by ...

    • Studies on cationic polythiophenes with hydrogen-bonding donor capabilities 

      Espinosa Domínguez, Sergio Ulises
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica - Chemica - Physica - Mathematica : 619 (Turun yliopisto, 08.11.2019)
      This project focuses on cationic isothiouronium polythiophenes (CITs), a particular type of conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs). In general, CPEs combine a pi-conjugated polymer backbone with pendant ionic groups, which ...

    • Religious insult as a societal concern in the 21st century Finland 

      Äystö, Tuomas
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja B: Humaniora : 489 (Turun yliopisto, 26.10.2019)
      This article-based dissertation examines the criminalization of, and the case law related to religious insult (or breach of the sanctity of religion, here acronymized as BOSR) in Finland between the late 1990s and 2018. ...

    • Socio-digital participation, friendship and academic support among sixth to ninth graders in Finland 

      Li, Shupin
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja B: Humaniora : 484 (Turun yliopisto, 08.11.2019)
      This dissertation examined how Finnish students’ socio-digital participation (i.e.engagement and practices with social media and the Internet on mobile devices and computers) is related to their friendships and academic ...

    • Inhaled xenon neuro- and cardioprotection following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. A randomized, controlled trial 

      Arola, Olli
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D, Medica – Odontologica : 1447 (Turun yliopisto, 27.10.2019)
      Cardiac arrest leads often to death or permanent neurological damage, despite prompt advanced life support and resuscitation. Ischaemia-reperfusion injury persists, although circulation and cardiac function has been restored. ...

    • Cognitive development of very preterm born children at 11 years of age 

      Nyman, Anna
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja B: Humaniora : 491 (Turun yliopisto, 01.11.2019)
      Very preterm birth poses a risk to adverse neurodevelopment. Specific cognitive impairments can be assessed at five years of age. Milder cognitive impairments, however, may only grow into deficits at school age. This thesis ...

    • Pharmacokinetics and effects of extravascularly administered dexmedetomidine : studies on pediatric and adult patients, and healthy adult volunteers 

      Uusalo, Panu
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D, Medica – Odontologica : 1443 (Turun yliopisto, 01.11.2019)
      Patients undergoing surgery and other invasive procedures need sedation and pain relief. Many unpleasant sensations and experiences can be reduced by administration of conventional sedative and analgesic drugs, but most ...

    • Thesis supervision in international master's degree programmes in Finnish universities 

      Filippou, Kalypso
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja B: Humaniora : 488 (Turun yliopisto, 01.11.2019)
      This doctoral thesis focuses on thesis supervision in English-medium international master’s degree programmes (IMDPs) in Finnish universities. The purpose of this project is to explore the master’s thesis supervision process ...

    • Risk factors and prognosis of postpericardiotomy syndrome 

      Lehto, Joonas
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D: Medica, Odontologica : 1446 (Turun yliopisto, 01.11.2019)
      Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is a common complication after cardiac surgery. In most cases it develops within two to three weeks after the surgery and the typical symptoms include dyspnea, chest pain, and fever. An ...

    • Phenolic compounds from Finnish berry species to enhance food safety 

      Tian, Ye
      Doctoral theses in food sciences at the University of Turku : 77 (Turun yliopisto, 25.09.2019)
      Food safety is of worldwide importance and in close relation to human daily life and wellbeing. Preservatives are often necessary to ensure the shelf life of food products. Despite the generally proven safety of synthetic ...

    • PLVAP as the gatekeeper of endothelial cell permeability and leukocyte migration 

      Jäppinen, Norma
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D: Medica, Odontologica : 1445 (Turun yliopisto, 11.10.2019)
      Endothelial cells (EC) line the lymphatic and vascular vessels of the body, forming a barrier between the lumen and surrounding tissue. ECs actively coordinate the exchange of migrating cells, fluids and molecules thus ...

    • Populism in the hybrid media system : populist radical right online counterpublics interacting with journalism, party politics, and citizen activism 

      Hatakka, Niko
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja B: Humaniora : 487 (Turun yliopisto, 05.10.2019)
      Media systems of the 21st century have been described as “hybrid”, referring to flows of information being increasingly disseminated, circulated, consumed, and interacted with in overlapping publics at various times by ...

    • Upconverting nanoparticles in bioaffinity assays : new insights and perspectives 

      Lahtinen, Satu
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica - Chemica - Physica - Mathematica : 615 (Turun yliopisto, 18.10.2019)
      Photon upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are promising reporters for supersensitive bioaffinity assays because they can be detected completely without autofluorescence background. This is enabled by anti-Stokes shifted ...

    • Recognition of double-helical DNA and RNA by modified triplex-forming oligonucleotides and peptide nucleic acids 

      Tähtinen, Ville
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica - Chemica - Physica - Mathematica : 617 (Turun yliopisto, 11.10.2019)
      Triplex-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) have received considerable interest because of their ability to recognize double-helical DNA and RNA sequenceselectively. Sequence-selective binding to double-helical DNA would enable ...

    • Endogenous opioid system and human sociability 

      Manninen, Sandra
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D: Medica, Odontologica : 1442 (Turun yliopisto, 28.09.2019)
      Social bonds have a profound impact on our everyday life. People differ in their capacity for establishing and maintain strong, intimate relationships. These differences are characterized as attachment styles. Particularly ...

    • Super-critical accretion onto black holes and neutron stars 

      Chashkina, Anna
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica – Chemica – Physica – Mathematica : 618 (Turun yliopisto, 27.09.2019)
      Accretion is one of the most important processes in astrophysics. Accretion discs are observed in a very large wavelength range, from infrared to X-rays, and in a very large range of scales: from several kilometers (accretion ...

    • Movement and habitat selection of the Eurasian red squirrel 

      Hämäläinen, Suvi
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A II: Biologica - Geographica – Geologica : 361 (Turun yliopisto, 05.10.2019)
      Movement ability and habitat selection of individuals are highly significant in determining the size of a population and impact the range and survival of the entire species. Thus, the conservation and management of animal ...

    • Cholinergic system in sequelae of traumatic brain injury 

      Östberg, Anna
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D, Medica – Odontologica : 1436 (Turun yliopisto, 11.10.2019)
      Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most significant causes of disability and lowered capacity. TBI cause also a considerable financial burden since the majority of patients are young at the time of ...

    • Controlling dynamics of open quantum systems 

      Lyyra, Henri
      Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica – Chemica – Physica – Mathematica : 614 (Turun yliopisto, 05.10.2019)
      Quantum mechanics has both deepened our understanding of the physical reality and allowed development of quantum technologies beating their classical counterparts in efficiency, security, and sensitivity. As a major downside, ...