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The roots of Orthodox theology education in Joensuu don’t date back very far, but thanks to persistent efforts, theology at UEF today is an academic, research-oriented discipline.
MSc Annalaura Jokiniemi shows that cryptic female choice operates also in humans, and also that it is associated with immune genes.
The topic of the doctoral research is related to genetic variants that can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
More than 60% of family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease experienced at least mild depressive symptoms already at the time the diagnosis. In one third of them, depressive symptoms worsened during a five-year follow-up.
Laboratory work in photonics is now being developed in collaboration with photonics industry companies.
62 leaders from the Nordic Universities call for a reflection on what implications of the use of the term “European values” and emphasises the need for a shift of discourse from Academic freedom to values; which are global.
“In radiation research, new technologies come with new challenges,” says Jonne Naarala, Professor of Radiation Biology.
The doctoral dissertation focuses on the segmentation of magnetic resonance images with deep learning. The automatic segmentations were of higher quality than those produced with other methods, and more accurate than those annotated by an expert, which is important for reproducibility.
“Many foot health problems go untreated. Too often, people think that a little pain and discomfort is normal. In reality, they are a sign of the feet not being well,” Professor Minna Stolt says.