Viimeksi syötetyt Väitöskirjat
Aineistot 1-20 / 1821
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Regulation of Schwann cells and osteoclasts with an emphasis on NF1-deficient cells
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D, Medica – Odontologica : 1434 (Turun yliopisto, 08.06.2019)ABSTRACT Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a dominantly inherited cancer predisposition syndrome, which affects one in 2000 individuals worldwide. NF1 exhibits a variety of clinical symptoms. Neurofibromas, the hallmarks ... -
Availability, attitudes and costs of selected dental services in a low-income country
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D, Medica – Odontologica : 1433 (Turun yliopisto, 14.06.2019)ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the availability of selected dental services, attitudes towards such services and economic factors associated with their utilization in a low-income country. Data ... -
Molecular approaches for mycotoxin risk reduction
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I, Chemica - Physica – Mathematica : 359 (Turun yliopisto, 10.06.2019)ABSTRACT Mycotoxin contamination in food is a serious concern for human and animal health. Today, we do not know how to detoxify food materials that are contaminated with mycotoxins in ways that retain their edibility. ... -
Characterization of cytokine binding and its implications in the physiology of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica – Chemica – Physica – Mathematica : 609 (Turun yliopisto, 07.06.2019)Bacterial pathogens cause severe infections in humans. The emergence of multiresistant bacteria requires the development of new antimicrobial strategies. Bacteria utilize various virulence mechanisms to promote their ... -
Radiosynthesis of [18F]F-DPA with various molar activities for the imaging of neuroinflammation
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica – Chemica – Physica – Mathematica : 607 (Turun yliopisto, 14.06.2019)The use of radioisotopes as a means to non-invasively look into living subjects influenced both diagnostic and therapeutic medicine in the past century. Nowadays positron emission tomography (PET), employing short-lived ... -
Interoperating networked embedded systems to compose the web of things
TUCS Dissertations : 238 (Turku Centre for Computer Science, 04.06.2019)Improvements in science and technology have enhanced our quality of life with better healthcare services, comfortable living and transportation among others. Human beings are now able to travel faster, communicate across ... -
Climate-induced variability in northern Baltic Sea zooplankton - Assessing driving forces and effects on higher trophic levels
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A II: Biologica - Geographica – Geologica : 358 (Turun yliopisto, 14.06.2019)During the recent decades, alterations in the northern Atlantic climate conditions have resulted in major modifications in the environmental conditions of the Baltic Sea that allows for a unique opportunity to assess species ... -
New insights into the sedimentological-geophysical research of interlobate glaciofluvial complexes in western Finland
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A II: Biologica - Geographica : 356 (Turun yliopisto, 06.06.2019)Interlobate eskers are the largest esker landforms in Finland. They formed in complex depositional conditions during the deglaciation of the Scandinavian ice sheet ca. 10 000 years ago. Their deposits can be 100 m thick, ... -
Rapakivi-related In-rich mineralisations in southeastern Fennoscandia
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A II: Biologica - Geographica – Geologica : 352 (Turun yliopisto, 14.06.2019)Indium is a critical metal for the world’s electronic industry due to its use in flat panel devices such as liquid crystal displays, plasma display panels and OLED displays. Thus, indium is used in televisions, mobile ... -
Population dynamics and evolutionary genetics of life history variation in Atlantic salmon
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A II: Biologica - Geographica – Geologica : 357 (Turun yliopisto, 01.06.2019)Knowledge about variation in abundance and life-history traits is necessary to manage exploited populations. Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, has high cultural, ecological and economic importance, supporting subsistence, ... -
Cementing science : understanding science through its development
Reports from the Department of Philosophy : 42 (Turun yliopisto, 10.06.2019)In this book, I defend the present-centered approach in historiography of science (i.e. study of the history of science), build an account for causal explanations in historiography of science, and show the fruitfulness of ... -
From Tibet to India and further : transit journeys and onward-migration aspirations of tibetan-born Tibetans in Dharamsala
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A II: Biologica - Geographica – Geologica : 354 (Turun yliopisto, 05.06.2019)In this PhD dissertation, I explore the migratory settings, processes and aspirations of the Tibetans who have migrated from Tibet via Nepal to Dharamsala, a town in the Indian Himalayas. The main overall research questions ... -
Improving the efficiencies of photoautotrophic biofuel production: from biomass to biocatalysts
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica – Chemica – Physica – Mathematica : 608 (Turun yliopisto, 27.05.2019)The rising effects of climate change and global problems of resource scarcity and environmental pollution require a change in paradigm towards sustainable energy and chemicals production. Photosynthetic microbes, including ... -
Evolutionary history of ferns and the use of ferns and lycophytes in ecological studies
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A II: Biologica - Geographica – Geologica : 353 (Turun yliopisto, 20.05.2019)Tropical areas represent the region with the highest diversity in the world. In plants, one major radiation having this high diversity is ferns, the sister lineage of seed plants, which, together with lycophytes, another ... -
Intimately allegorical : the poetics of self-mediation in stand-up comedy
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja B: Humaniora : 478 (Turun yliopisto, 24.05.2019)The dissertation presents stand-up comedy as a genre of embodied verbal art and semiotic interaction. In particular, the study elaborates on how stand-up comics mediate themselves in a public arena and playfully thematize ... -
Tausta, tekijä ja kieli : filologinen tutkimus Aitolahden koodeksin lainsuomennoksesta.
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja C: Scripta lingua Fennica edita : 471 (Turun yliopisto, 14.06.2019)Väitöskirjan tutkimuskohteena on Aitolahden koodeksiin sisältyvä lainsuomennos. Aitolahden koodeksi on 1600-luvulta peräisin oleva käsikirjoitus, joka sisältää kuningas Kristofferin lain suomennoksen lisäksi erilaisia ... -
Ab initio investigations of the durability of iron alloys and titanium
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A I: Astronomica – Chemica – Physica – Mathematica : 605 (Turun yliopisto, 14.06.2019)In this ab initio work the oxidation of Fe-Cr, Fe-Al, Fe-Cr-V and Fe-Cr-Al, and the elasticity of Fe-Cr-Al alloys and titanium were investigated. The computational method used was Exact Muffin-tin Orbitals method (EMTO). ... -
Contemporary music festivals as micronational spaces : articulations of national identity in Serbia’s Exit and Guča trumpet festivals in the post-Milošević era
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja B: Humaniora : 473 (Turun yliopisto, 10.06.2019)In this study, I address issues of national identity articulations in post-Milošević Serbia (i.e. from 2000 onwards) using two major Serbian music festivals as case studies – the Exit and Guča trumpet festivals. The Exit ... -
Behavior of resin composites at the interface between orthodontic bracket and tooth
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja D: Medica, Odontologica : 1426 (Turun yliopisto, 29.05.2019)Adhesive interface between bracket and enamel is based on adhesion of resin-based material to enamel and to bracket, the latter being typically reinforced by mechanical retention of the bracket bonding surface. Bonding ... -
Effects of arsenic on nestling development, survival and physiology of passerines and the protective role of calcium
Turun yliopiston julkaisuja. Sarja A II: Biologica - Geographica – Geologica : 355 (Turun yliopisto, 25.05.2019)Arsenic (As) has been ranked first place in the Substance Priority List of hazardous substances for environmental health by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the USA during the last 20 years. ...
