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"That in the opinion of this House" : The parliamentary culture of debate in the nineteenth-century Cambridge and Oxford Union Societies
2012
Sivullinen, toinen, muukalainen : Camus toiseuden representoijana
2007
Tutkimukseni lähtökohtana on Albert Camus’n teos Sivullinen (L’Etranger). Tarkoituksena on tarkastella, kuinka Camus esittää sivullisuuden ja mitä viittauksia myöhemmässä tutkimuskirjallisuudessa on Sivulliseen. Aikomuksenani on tarkastella toiseutta tutkimus- ja osin kaunokirjallisuuden valossa ja selvittää siihen liittyviä syntyprosesseja ja politiikkoja, jotka johtavat tuohon ulkopuolisuuden tilaan. Tutkin myös sitä, millainen on sivullisen asema politiikan kentällä ja millaista politiikkaa sivullisen positiosta on mahdollista harjoittaa. Ensisijainen tutkimusmetodini on tulkitseva tekstianalyysi. Laajimmalle ulottuvan teoriapohjan työssäni muodostaa biopolitiikan-käsite, joka ulottuu ka…
Mapping regional cultural policies in Canada
2022
The effect of experimental lead pollution on DNA methylation in a wild bird population
2021
Anthropogenic pollution is known to negatively influence an organism’s physiology, behaviour, and fitness. Epigenetic regulation, such as DNA methylation, has been hypothesized as a potential mechanism to mediate such effects, yet studies in wild species are lacking. We first investigated the effects of early-life exposure to the heavy metal lead (Pb) on DNA methylation levels in a wild population of great tits (Parus major), by experimentally exposing nestlings to Pb at environmentally relevant levels. Secondly, we compared nestling DNA methylation from a population exposed to long-term heavy metal pollution (close to a copper smelter), where birds suffer from pollution-related decrease in…
Spatial cumulant models enable spatially informed treatment strategies and analysis of local interactions in cancer systems
2023
AbstractTheoretical and applied cancer studies that use individual-based models (IBMs) have been limited by the lack of a mathematical formulation that enables rigorous analysis of these models. However, spatial cumulant models (SCMs), which have arisen from theoretical ecology, describe population dynamics generated by a specific family of IBMs, namely spatio-temporal point processes (STPPs). SCMs are spatially resolved population models formulated by a system of differential equations that approximate the dynamics of two STPP-generated summary statistics: first-order spatial cumulants (densities), and second-order spatial cumulants (spatial covariances).We exemplify how SCMs can be used i…
On Science Museums, Science Capital, and the Public Understanding of Mathematical Modelling
2020
Students’ opportunities to learn informally (e.g. by watching documentaries, visiting museums) explain socio-economic inequities in school performances. To explore informal learning about mathematical modelling, I studied two science museums, as these are environments typically visited by middle-class families. I framed the study by using the notions science capital and the public understanding of mathematical modelling (PUMM) and explored how these are mediated in science museums. The research method entailed observations of displays, artefacts, and visitors. One science museum completely detached mathematics from its use value, whereas the other offered histories of how people used mathem…
Queer-luenta etelävaltioiden groteskeista henkilöhahmoista Truman Capoten romaanissa Other Voices, Other Rooms
2014
Tutkielmassa tarkastellaan etelävaltioiden kirjallisuuden groteskia hahmoa eli Southern grotesque -tyyppihahmoa Truman Capoten romaanissa Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). Teoksen neljää eri henkilöhahmoa analysoidaan sekä queer-teorian avulla että suhteessa etelävaltioiden goottilaisen romaanin traditioon. Työ etenee kirjallisen henkilöhahmon määrittelyn kautta Southern grotesque -hahmon erityispiirteisiin ja siitä tehtyihin tulkintoihin. Etelävaltioiden groteskeja hahmoja, joiksi myös Other Voices, Other Roomsin hahmot on luokiteltu, on pidetty perinteisten määritelmien mukaan esimerkiksi epäluonnollisina, rumina ja perversseinä, ja niiden funktioksi on nähty naurun tai pelon herättäminen…
Conversion of furfural to 2-methylfuran over CuNi catalysts supported on biobased carbon foams
2021
In this study, carbon foams prepared from the by-products of the Finnish forest industry, such as tannic acid and pine bark extracts, were examined as supports for 5/5% Cu/Ni catalysts in the hydrotreatment of furfural to 2-methylfuran (MF). Experiments were conducted in a batch reactor at 503 K and 40 bar H2. Prior to metal impregnation, the carbon foam from tannic acid was activated with steam (S1), and the carbon foam from pine bark extracts was activated with ZnCl2 (S2) and washed with acids (HNO3 or H2SO4). For comparison, a spruce-based activated carbon (AC) catalyst and two commercial AC catalysts as references were investigated. Compressive strength of the foam S2 was 30 times great…
‘I changed my life’s course’ : The impact of the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation fellowship on the career path of a journalist
2017
This study focuses on the fellowship program of Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, which has sent a hundred mid-career journalists from Finland to study abroad at prominent universities. Based on two surveys, one on the fellows (n = 45) and one on a control group (n = 52), the article discusses the impact the fellowship education has on the journalists and their careers. The surveys are complemented with in-depth interviews of 10 fellow journalists. The results are discussed in the context of protean career concept, and they indicate that the fellowship period has a notable positive impact on the career of an individual journalist, but a contradictory impact on the journalist’s home organizatio…
Physical Activity Is Related with Cartilage Quality in Women with Knee Osteoarthritis
2017
Purpose To study the relationship between 12-month leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) level and changes in estimated biochemical composition of tibiofemoral cartilage in postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods Originally, 87 volunteer postmenopausal women, age 60 to 68 yr, with mild knee OA (Kellgren Lawrence I/II and knee pain) participated in a randomized controlled, 4-month aquatic training trial (RCT), after which 76 completed the 12-month postintervention follow-up period. Self-reported LTPA was collected along the 12-month period using a diary from which MET task hours per month were calculated. Participants were divided into MET task hour tertiles: 1, lowe…