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Starvation resistance and tissue-specific gene expression of stress-related genes in a naturally inbred ant population
2016
Starvation is one of the most common and severe stressors in nature. Not only does it lead to death if not alleviated, it also forces the starved individual to allocate resources only to the most essential processes. This creates energetic trade-offs which can lead to many secondary challenges for the individual. These energetic trade-offs could be exacerbated in inbred individuals, which have been suggested to have a less efficient metabolism. Here, we studied the effect of inbreeding on starvation resistance in a natural population of Formica exsecta ants, with a focus on survival and tissue-specific expression of stress, metabolism and immunity-related genes. Starvation led to large tis…
Visibility in mediated borderscapes : The hunger strike of asylum seekers as an embodiment of border violence
2018
In 2012, two Afghan asylum seekers camped outside the Parliament building in Helsinki during a hunger strike that lasted for 72 days. Although the protest was very visible in the city space, the mainstream media and most politicians ignored it. This paper analyzes the protest and its mediation through the concepts of borderscape and visibility. Using methods of visual and discourse analysis, we examine the ways in which the hunger strike protest – and its mediation – negotiate the (in)visibility of borders. We show how the city can be a site for both policing and for politicizing asylum issues. In particular, we focus on the ways in which protesting asylum seekers embody borders and border …
Sahelin nälkäkriisin uutisointi : diskurssianalyyttinen tutkimus Helsingin Sanomien ja Ylen uutisoinnista Sahelin ruokakriisistä vuonna 2012
2012
In early 2012 the Sahel area in sub-Saharan Africa was facing shortage in food and millions of people were in risk of hunger. In my Bachelor´s thesis I´m investigating the coverage of the Sahel crisis of 2012 in two Finnish main media; the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and the online news of Finnish broadcasting company Yle (http://yle.fi/uutiset/). My data was collected between January and September in 2012 and it consisted fifteen different articles. My research method was critical discourse analysis through which I hoped to bring out the hidden structures of the texts and also to see what kind of so-called sahelian reality the writer was describing. My main research questions were: How is …
Food Assistance
2018
Food assistance and food charity refer to practices where public, private, or third sector actors provide food (or resources to acquire food) to individuals or households that face hunger or food shortage. The food is provided for free or for a minimal cost and the provision is conducted through varying services like food banks. Domestic food assistance practices are realized in relations between a collective (the provider or donor) and individuals (the recipients of the assistance). For those international practices of food aid that take place between collectives, typically nations or global food aid organizations and recipient countries, see the entry for Food aid. Currently, approximatel…
Income inequality and famine mortality: Evidence from the Finnish famine of the 1860s
2021
This article examines whether economic inequality intensified the adverse effects of harvest, price, and income shocks during a famine. Using a parish-level longitudinal dataset from the Finnish famine of the 1860s, it shows that a substantial proportion of the excess mortality experienced during the famine resulted from a decline in agricultural production, a decline in incomes, and a surge in food prices. The findings indicate that the adverse effects of food output fluctuations were intensified by increasing income inequality and decreasing average income, while the market-transmitted shocks were weakened by a contraction of disposable income. The results are corroborated with multiple a…
A Bayesian spatio‐temporal analysis of markets during the Finnish 1860s famine
2022
We develop a Bayesian spatio-temporal model to study pre-industrial grain market integration during the Finnish famine of the 1860s. Our model takes into account several problematic features often present when analysing multiple spatially interdependent time series. For example, compared with the error correction methodology commonly applied in econometrics, our approach allows simultaneous modelling of multiple interdependent time series avoiding cumbersome statistical testing needed to predetermine the market leader as a point of reference. Furthermore, introducing a flexible spatio-temporal structure enables analysing detailed regional and temporal dynamics of the market mechanisms. Appl…
Pietarin rautatie ja sen rakentajat Nastolan pitäjän paikallisyhteisössä 1868-1870
2012
Tämän pro gradu -tutkielman keskeisimpänä tavoitteena on selvittää mikrohistoriallisen analyysin ja mahdollisimman monipuolisen lähdeaineiston avulla, millaisia vaikutuksia Riihimäen–Pietarin rautatien rakentamisella oli työmaan ympärillä asuneen paikallisväestön elämään ja kuinka rautatie ja radanrakentajat näkyivät ympäristön asukkaiden arjessa. Tutkimuskohteena on pieni hämäläinen maalaispitäjä Nastola, jossa rakentamisen vuosina 1868–1870 törmäsivät radan edistämä modernisaatio, paikallisten perinteiset arvot ja elämäntapa sekä kauempaa tulleet ulkopuoliset, vieraat ”toiset”. Suurin osa työläisistä kautta ratalinjan tuli sen lähiseuduilta. Rakentajien sosiaaliset olot olivat nälkävuosie…