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MNSc Emilia Laukkanen's PhD thesis showed that coercive measures are used frequently in psychiatric care, and nursing managers’ attitudes are associated with their use.

The University of Eastern Finland has calculated its carbon footprint. Becoming carbon neutral by 2025 is one of the objectives of the University of Eastern Finland’s Strategy Action Plan for 2021–2030.

Naltrexone, used either alone or together with disulfiram or acamprosate, is associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD) when compared with non-use of AUD drugs.

Saara Koikkalainen from the Karelian Institute was elected to join the Board of Nordic Migration Research (NMR).

Saara Koikkalainen from the Karelian Institute was elected to join the Board of Nordic Migration Research (NMR).

The funding will be used to promote research activities in areas of significance to the university, which pertain to drug development and discovery, neurosciences, the forest-based bioeconomy, and the development of technologies that make use of photonics. 

The next UN Climate Conference will be held in Glasgow in 2021, and all participating countries are asked to increase their ambition in climate change mitigation.

In her dissertation, Marika Lappalainen, MD, evaluated complications of febrile neutropenia in patients, who received intensive chemotherapy for hematological malignancy.

The doctoral dissertation of Aaron Kortteenniemi, Bachelor of Medicine, supports the view of transcranial electrical stimulation as a safe form of treatment.

The aim of MSc Mustafa Munawar’s dissertation is to develop rapid detection means for strawberry Phytophthora pathogens which can assist in halting the spread of the pathogens.

The Science Forum is Finland’s largest science festival. Professor Maria Lähteenmäki of the Karelian Institute chairs the Program Committee for the 2021 edition. The Science Forum 2021 is a five-day event taking place between 13th and 17th January 2021. It will be streamed online. This year’s theme is good and evil science. Read the interview with Maria Lähteenmäki about the festival’s program and theme.