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    • UCLALES-SALSA v1.0: a large-eddy model with interactive sectional microphysics for aerosol, clouds and precipitation 

      Tonttila Juha; Maalick Zubair; Raatikainen Tomi; Kokkola Harri; Kühn Thomas; Romakkaniemi Sami (Copernicus GmbH, 2017)
      Challenges in understanding the aerosol–cloud interactions and their impacts on global climate highlight the need for improved knowledge of the underlying physical processes and feedbacks as well as their interactions with ...

    • UDP-sugar accumulation drives hyaluronan synthesis in breast cancer 

      Oikari, S; Kettunen, T; Tiainen, S; Häyrinen, J; Masarwah, A; Sudah, M; Sutela, A; Vanninen, R; Tammi, M; Auvinen, P (Elsevier BV, 2018)
      Increased uptake of glucose, a general hallmark of malignant tumors, leads to an accumulation of intermediate metabolites of glycolysis. We investigated whether the high supply of these intermediates promotes their flow ...

    • Uganda Malaise trapping 2014–2015 background data 

      Hopkins, Tapani,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku; Roininen, Heikki,Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland; Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku (2019-05-17)
      This dataset contains the background data to the Uganda Malaise trapping 2014 – 2015. We trapped flying insects for a year in tropical forest in Kibale National Park. The sampling itself is described separately, in ...

    • Uganda Malaise trapping 2014–2015 Rhyssinae ecology data 

      Hopkins, Tapani,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku; Roininen, Heikki,Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland; Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku (2019-05-17)
      This dataset contains the data and analyses of our paper on the ecology of Ugandan Rhyssinae. We collected rhyssines by Malaise trapping in tropical forest in Kibale National Park 2014–2015. The dataset contains ...

    • Uganda Malaise trapping 2014–2015 Rhyssinae taxonomy data 

      Hopkins, Tapani,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku; Roininen, Heikki,Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland; van Noort, Simon,Department of Research & Exhibitions, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa; Broad, Gavin,Department of Life Sciences, the Natural History Museum, London; Kaunisto, Kari,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku; Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.,Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku (2019-10-03)
      This dataset contains the data and scripts of our paper on the taxonomy of African Rhyssinae. We collected rhyssines by Malaise trapping and hand-netting in tropical forest in Kibale National Park 2014–2015. The ...

    • Ultra-strong nonlinear optical processes and trigonal warping in MoS2 layers 

      Säynätjoki A; Karvonen L; Rostami H; Autere A; Mehravar S; Lombardo A; Norwood RA; Hasan T; Peyghambarian N; Lipsanen H; Kieu K; Ferrari AC; Polini M; Sun Z (Springer Nature, 2017)
      Nonlinear optical processes, such as harmonic generation, are of great interest for various applications, e.g., microscopy, therapy, and frequency conversion. However, high-order harmonic conversion is typically much less ...

    • Ultra-thin Bloch-surface-wave-based reflector at telecommunication wavelength 

      Dubey R; Vosoughi Lahijani B; Häyrinen M; Roussey M; Kuittinen M; Herzig HP (The Optical Society, 2017)
      We experimentally demonstrate the optical properties of gratings engraved in a single-mode waveguide fabricated on top of a dielectric multilayer platform. The structure can be approached as a reflector for Bloch-surface ...

    • Ultra-Thin Pyrocarbon Films as a Versatile Coating Material 

      Kaplas Tommi; Kuzhir Polina (Springer Nature, 2017)
      The properties and synthesis procedures of the nanometrically thin pyrolyzed photoresist films (PPF) and the pyrolytic carbon films (PCF) were compared, and a number of similarities were found. Closer examination showed ...

    • Ultrafast zero-bias photocurrent and terahertz emission in hybrid perovskites 

      Obraztsov, Petr A; Lyashenko, Dmitry; Chizhov, Pavel A; Konishi, Kuniaki; Nemoto, Natsuki; Kuwata-Gonokami, Makoto; Welch, Eric; Obraztsov, Alexander N; Zakhidov, Alex (Springer Nature, 2018)
      Methylammonium lead iodide is a benchmark hybrid organic perovskite material used for low-cost printed solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of over 20%. Nevertheless, the nature of light–matter interaction in ...

    • Ultrasensitive and recyclable superstructure of AuSiO2@Ag wire for surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection of thiocyanate in urine and human serum 

      Ankudze, Bright; Philip, Anish; Pakkanen, Tuula T (Elsevier BVAlankomaat, 2019)
      Thiocyanate level in the human system can serve as a biomarker to distinguish smokers from non-smokers. Thiocyanate is a potential goitrogen, thus an accurate determination may help to identify lactating mothers with high ...

    • Ultrasound field characterization using synthetic schlieren tomography 

      Pulkkinen Aki; Leskinen Jarkko J; Tiihonen Aimo (Acoustical Society of America (ASA), 2017)
      Synthetic schlieren imaging, also known as background oriented schlieren imaging, is used to determine the acoustical field of a focused ultrasound transducer operating at 1.01 MHz frequency with peak pressure amplitude ...

    • (Un)equal Treatment? Elderly care and disability services for people with dementia in Finland 

      Hoppania Hanna-Kaisa; Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen Anna; Nikumaa Henna (SAGE Publications, 2017)
      The rights of older people to care have become a major political and legal issue with the ageing populations of many European and OECD countries. Finland is an interesting case in this respect because in 2013, extensive ...

    • The Unattainable Mediterranean : Arrested Clandestine Odysseys in Sefi Atta's "Twilight Trek" and Marie NDiaye's Trois femmes puissantes 

      Toivanen Anna-Leena (Indiana University Press, 2016)
      Sub-Saharan African aspiring migrants, pursuing their clandestine odysseys through the Sahara towards the Mediterranean, seem far removed from the figure of the upwardly mobile migrant paradigmatized by postcolonial theory. ...

    • Underlying and immediate causes of death in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 

      Kärkkäinen, M; Nurmi, H; Kettunen, HP; Selander, T; Purokivi, M; Kaarteenaho, R (Springer NatureBritannia, 2018)
      Background The most common cause of death of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been reported to be the lung disease itself and mortality from IPF appears to be increasing. However, the causes of death ...

    • Understanding of anesthesia - why consciousness is essential for life and not based on genes 

      František Baluška; Ken Yokawa; Stefano Mancuso; Keith Baverstock (Informa UK Limited, 2016)
      Anesthesia and consciousness represent 2 mysteries not only for biology but also for physics and philosophy. Although anesthesia was introduced to medicine more than 160 y ago, our understanding of how it works still remains ...

    • Understanding Small Group Dynamics Through Positioning Theory 

      Hirvonen; Pasi (Itävalta, 2019)
      This paper presents positioning theory as an opportunity to approach small group dynamics and small group interaction from a meso-level perspective by considering both the interaction order of small groups and the social ...

    • Understandings of family among wives and husbands: reconciling emotional closeness and cultural expectations 

      Luotonen, Aino; Castrén, Anna-Maija (Informa UK Limited, 2018)
      Family research has highlighted an increasing fluidity in understandings of family with many recent studies focusing on personal relationships and on the relational character of family phenomena in diversifying familial ...

    • Understorey Rhododendron tomentosum and Leaf Trichome Density Affect Mountain Birch VOC Emissions in the Subarctic 

      Mofikoya, AO; Miura, K; Ghimire, RP; Blande, JD; Kivimäenpää, M; Holopainen, T; Holopainen, JK (Springer Nature America, Inc, 2018)
      Subarctic vegetation is composed of mountain birch [Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii (MB)] forests with shrubs and other species growing in the understorey. The effects of the presence and density of one understorey ...

    • Uneasy "homecoming" in Alain Mabanckou's Lumières de Pointe-Noire 

      Toivanen Anna-Leena (Informa UK Limited, 2017)
      Alain Mabanckou’s Lumières de Pointe-Noire (2013) is a travelogue in which the celebrated Los Angeles-based author returns to his native Congo-Brazzaville after 23 years of absence. As is typical in postcolonial travel ...

    • Uniqueness of Meromorphic Functions Sharing Values with Their nth Order Exact Differences 

      Gao, Z; Korhonen, R; Zhang, J; Zhang, Y (Springer Nature America, IncUnkari, 2018)
      Let f(z) be a transcendental meromorphic function in the complex plane of hyper-order strictly less than 1. It is shown that if f(z) and its nth exact difference Δnf(z) (≢ 0) share three distinct periodic functions a,b,c∈S^(f) ...