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Cardiovascular disease and diabetes are two of the most dangerous diseases as they are the leading causes of death in all ages. Unfortunately, they cannot be completely cured with the current knowledge and existing ...

Plasma membrane receptors play an essential role in cancer by regulating cancer-related processes such as cell proliferation and migration in response to cues from the extracellular ligands. Integrins are cell-matrix ...

Preterm birth complications represent a leading cause of mortality in children under five years old. To mitigate these complications, strategies such as the use of donor human milk, fortification with human milk fortifiers ...

The thesis is divided into two main branches: identifying and locatingdominating codes, and information retrieval. The former topics are motivated by the aim to locate objects in sensor networks (or other similar applications) ...

This dissertation consists of four articles and an introductory essay, the overarching aim of which is to investigate the nature of self-control and its implications. I defend a value-deflationist definition of self-control, ...

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 ...

Several studies have indicated that childhood adversities and trauma (CAT) are not uncommon and that they are often associated with physical illnesses, mental problems and disturbed behaviour in adulthood. We have no ...

Brett Duane Improving oral healthcare in Scotland with special reference to sustainability and caries prevention University of Turku, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, Community Dentistry, Finnish Doctoral ...

The aim of this dissertation was to explore how game-based learning can be used to develop primary school students’ adaptive number knowledge. The dissertation comprises five studies that explore the Number Navigation ...

Decreasing vaccine hesitancy has proven to be difficult, with most vaccine-communication approaches showing modest effects at best. Nevertheless, approaches that focus on identifying subgroups for targeted messages, tailoring ...