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In today’s modern dentistry, various synthetic materials are used for the replacement or restoration of the missing teeth or parts of teeth structures. These are primarily either polymers or composite materials. The evolution ...

In this dissertation, I explore the use of participatory geospatial methods in improving local knowledge integration and inclusiveness in formal land use planning in Tanzania. Communities and governments in the Global South ...

Companies are surrounded by stakeholders who are interested in the companies’ environmental performance. One way to answer the stakeholders’ demands for greener production is to publish environmental reports. Environmental ...

This dissertation focuses on the earliest traces of brick use on the mainland of medieval Finland, when and where the brick use and brick building started, the form in which it firstappeared, and how it seems to have ...

Microalgae have been under investigation as alternatives for wastewater treatment for the last 60 years. However, we are yet to see an algal based process to be trusted as a treatment strategy on a large scale. At present, ...

T-helper cells are an important part of the immune system and adaptive immunity. Over the course of the immune response, under the influence of various cytokines, T-helper cells differentiate into various subsets each of ...

In the 1950’s congenital limb deficiencies became well-recognized birth defect because of the use of thalidomide treating morning sickness in pregnant women. Despite of many studies the causation of many congenital limb ...

In this dissertation, I study death and loss as part of queer and trans lives in Finland, focusing on queer kinship, rituals of remembrance and the Finnish culture of death. Theoretically, the study draws on feminist affect ...

With continuing improvement in early detection and treatment of breast cancer, the number of breast cancer survivors is steadily increasing. As breast cancer is becoming more and more a chronic condition rather than a ...

Cyanobacteria are unique prokaryotic microbes performing oxygenic photosynthesis. They have inherent capacity of the direct conversion of solar energy, CO2 and water into carbonbased compounds. Scientists’ increasing ...