Browsing Luonnontieteiden, metsätieteiden ja tekniikan tiedekunta by Title
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The importance of nesting cavity and tree reuse in the three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus in dynamic forest landscapes
(Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, 2017)Cavity-nesting birds can save time and energy by reusing old cavities. We studied cavity reuse and its connections to nesting success and timing in the three-toed wood-pecker Picoides tridactylus in a 170 km ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Improved EEG source localization with Bayesian uncertainty modelling of unknown skull conductivity
(Elsevier BV, 2019)Electroencephalography (EEG) source imaging is an ill-posed inverse problem that requires accurate conductivity modelling of the head tissues, especially the skull. Unfortunately, the conductivity values are difficult to ...Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
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Improved Visualization of Cartilage Canals Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015)Purpose Cartilage canal vessels are critical to the normal function of epiphyseal (growth) cartilage and damage to these vessels is demonstrated or suspected in several important developmental orthopaedic diseases. ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Improvements in the thread cutting torque for a 6082-T6 aluminum-based alloy with tapping tools utilizing diamond coating
(Informa UK Limited, 2018)The use of thin film diamond as a hard tool coating offers a significant wear protection in numerous machining operations and increases considerably tool's lifetime. The extreme hardness of the diamond is especially needed ...Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
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Improving Speaker Verification Performance in Presence of Spoofing Attacks Using Out-of-Domain Spoofed Data
(ISCA (the International Speech Communication Association), 2017)Automatic speaker verification (ASV) systems are vulnerable to spoofing attacks using speech generated by voice conversion and speech synthesis techniques. Commonly, a countermeasure (CM) system is integrated with an ASV ...conferenceObject
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Improving the catalytic performance of Proteinase K from Parengyodontium album for use in feather degradation
(Elsevier BV, 2020)Proteinase K (PROK) from Parengyodontium album hydrolyzes keratin, a major protein component of poultry feathers, which are an inexpensive and renewable protein resource. Based on structural studies for analysis of amino ...Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
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In vitro method for 3D morphometry of human articular cartilage chondrons based on micro-computed tomography
(Elsevier BV, 2018)Objective The aims of this study were: to 1) develop a novel sample processing protocol to visualize human articular cartilage (AC) chondrons using micro-computed tomography (μCT), 2) develop and validate an algorithm to ...Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
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In vitro toxicological effects of zinc containing nanoparticles with different physico-chemical properties
(Elsevier BV, 2017)Nanomaterials (NM) exhibit novel physicochemical properties that determine their interaction with biological substrates and processes. Recent nano-technological advances are leading to wide usage of metallic nanoparticles ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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In vivo localised gastrocnemius subtendon representation within the healthy and ruptured human Achilles tendon
(American Physiological Society, 2022)The Achilles tendon (AT) is composed of three distinct in-series elastic subtendons, arising from different muscles in the triceps surae. Independent activation of any of these muscles is thought to induce sliding between ...
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In-cloud measurements highlight the role of aerosol hygroscopicity in cloud droplet formation
(Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union, 2016)The relationship between aerosol hygroscopicity and cloud droplet activation was studied at the Puijo measurement station in Kuopio, Finland, during the autumn 2014. The hygroscopic growth of 80, 120 and 150 nm particles ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Including Learning Analytics in the Loop of Self-Paced Online Course Learning Design
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020)Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
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Incorporating tree- and stand-level information on crown base height into multivariate forest management inventories based on airborne laser scanning
(Finnish Society of Forest Science, 2018)This study examines the alternatives to include crown base height (CBH) predictions in operational forest inventories based on airborne laser scanning (ALS) data. We studied 265 field sample plots in a strongly pine-dominated ...Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
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Increased Inhibition in Non-Primary Motor Areas of String-Instrument Players: A Preliminary Study with Paired-Pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
(IOS Press, 2016)Background: The muscle representations in non-primary motor area (NPMA) are located in the dorsal premotor area (PMd) and in the border region between the premotor area and the supplementary motor area (SMA). Objective: ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Increased nitrous oxide emissions from Arctic peatlands after permafrost thaw
(National Academy of Sciences, 2017)Permafrost in the Arctic is thawing, exposing large carbon and nitrogen stocks for decomposition. Gaseous carbon release from Arctic soils due to permafrost thawing is known to be substantial, but growing evidence suggests ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Increased nocturnal arterial pulsation frequencies of obstructive sleep apnoea patients is associated with an increased number of lapses in a psychomotor vigilance task
(European Respiratory Society (ERS), 2020)Objectives Besides hypoxaemia severity, heart rate variability has been linked to cognitive decline in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients. Thus, our aim was to examine whether the frequency domain features of a ...Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
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Increasing large scale windstorm damage in Western, Central and Northern European forests, 1951-2010
(Springer Nature, 2017)Using reports of forest losses caused directly by large scale windstorms (or primary damage, PD) from the European forest institute database (comprising 276 PD reports from 1951–2010), total growing stock (TGS) statistics ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Indicators and Tools for Assessing Sustainability Impacts of the Forest Bioeconomy.
(Springer Nature, 2017)The sustainable use of renewable resources has become an important issue worldwide in the move towards a less fossil-fuel-intensive future. Mainstream method for fulfilling this aim is to increase the share of renewable ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Individual and environmental factors associated with green exercise in urban and suburban areas
(Elsevier BV, 2019)In this study, we mainly aimed to explore the associations of personal and socio-demographic factors, and the supply of green areas and built sports facilities with green exercise (GE). We also compared the residents of ...Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
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INDO-NORDEN - a consortium for developing holistic processes and land use practices for clean energy
(Elsevier BV, 2017)Intensive forest harvesting techniques are being used in Finland to enhance the share of bioenergy. However, there are no clear indications as to how environmentally safe are these practices. We address this issue in the ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Influence of an Al2O3 surface coating on the response of polymeric waveguide sensors
(The Optical Society, 2017)The responses of a polymer ridge waveguide Young interferometer with and without a bilayer of Al2O3/TiO2, fabricated by atomic layer deposition, are studied and compared when applied as an aqueous chemical sensor. The phase ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article