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The study published in Nature Communications shows that the great majority of the cell membrane coated NPs were only partially coated when the traditional coating techniques were applied.

An observational study by Finnish research groups confirms a prevailing theory that volatile organic compounds emitted by vegetation form atmospheric aerosols which make clouds more reflective.

Stephanie Bohlmann, researcher at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, studied in her doctoral dissertation how lidar measurements could be used to detect pollen in the air.

Fuel-powered auxiliary heaters can be significant sources of particulate emissions from vehicles.

MSc Amir Esrafilian’s dissertation developed different multiscale subject-specific knee joint computational modeling approaches to assess mechanical responses of knee load-bearing tissues in different functional activities such as daily activities and rehabilitation exercises.

Wearable sensor technology can be used to reliably assess the occurrence of myoclonic jerks in patients with epilepsy also in the home environment.

SmartSleep Lab is a new research laboratory to be set up in the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Eastern Finland. Relying on the principles of open science, the laboratory will provide a unique setting for sleep research and a versatile testbed for the health technology sector.

The University of Eastern Finland is a partner in a new, six-year project focusing on knee osteoarthritis, which has been granted approximately 6.7 million euros of funding by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. UEF’s share of the funding amounts to 1.4 million euros.

MSc Ville-Veikko Wettenhovi studied the image reconstruction of fMRI and PET. The results showed that the state estimation methods, especially the data driven method for covariance estimation, are feasible methods for the image reconstruction of fMRI data.

Doctoral dissertation of Lic.Phil. Ritva Bly shows that in comparison with 36 European countries frequencies of both x-ray and NM examinations in Finland were less than in average in Europe. This indicates that the level of justification in Finland is at least at the average European level.