University of Eastern Finland

Cancer medicines assessment and funding in Finland: contextual judgement and institutional boundaries in a multi-channel system

In Finland, the health technology assessment (HTA) and healthcare funding model has been described as a multi-channel system, with separate procedures for outpatient and hospital medicines. Recent literature has highlighted the importance of context-sensitive judgement in healthc...

OptiWood-YOLO: A Real-Time Defect Detection Method with a New Industrial Wood Dataset

This study presents OptiWood-YOLO, a YOLOv8n-based pipeline for automated wood-surface defect detection. Defective timber materials were obtained in collaboration with wood-processing companies, and documented image acquisition included controlled laboratory imaging. The dataset...

SOX10 Expression in Primary Salivary Gland Tumors: A Meta-Analysis

Abstract Purpose Primary salivary gland tumors form a heterogeneous group with diagnostic challenges. Sex-determining region Y-related homeobox 10 (SOX10) is a transcription factor studied in primary salivary gland tumors for over a decade. To date, no systematic review or meta-a...

Different prompts – different online learning behavior? Investigating generic, specific, and adaptive specific prompts

Purpose In digital learning environments, learners need to regulate their learning, yet many do not engage in effective self-regulated learning strategies. Prompts can scaffold these processes, but their effectiveness may depend on their specificity and alignment with learners’ o...

STAG-Net: A Spatial–Temporal Attention-Guided Network for Pathological Gait Classification

Human gait is a complex motor process regulated by the nervous system, where even subtle alterations in stride symmetry, stance duration or joint coordination directly reflect underlying motor and neurological impairments. Consequently, gait analysis provides a highly sensitive,...

Identifying drugs associated with Alzheimer's disease risk using machine learning-assisted signal detection

Background Several Alzheimer's disease (AD) clinical trials currently focus on drug repurposing. Machine learning (ML)-based pharmacoepidemiological approaches may help identify candidate drugs for trials. Objective We applied an ML-based signal detection method to identify drugs...

Decoding availability of services: interplay of income inequality and intergovernmental transfers on child protection

This study investigates the effect of income inequality on the availability of child protection services at the municipality level in Finland, by considering the moderating role of intergovernmental transfers. Utilising macro-level panel data from 293 municipalities over the peri...

Fractionation of Extractives and Hemicellulose from Pine Bark via Sequential Aqueous Acetone and Hydrothermal Extraction

Abstract Bark is an abundant lignocellulosic side stream from pulp, paper, and wood-processing industries that has recently attracted increasing interest as a renewable resource to produce sustainable chemicals and fuels. However, its heterogeneous composition and relatively high...

First year student teachers’ perceptions of technology education: The relationship between general teaching, functional learning goals and technical learning

Abstract The aim of this article is to examine first year student teachers’ perceptions of technology education. Being aware of the perceptions needed for teacher education to support their growth in comprehensive technology education teaching and developing the teacher education...

The Effect of Training Exercise on Cartilage Zonal Composition and Structure at Two Differently Loaded Sites in the Juvenile Equine Metacarpophalangeal Joint

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the depth related spatial distribution of biochemical and structural components in articular cartilage at different topographical sites experiencing different loading within the juvenile equine metacarpophalangeal joint in two gr...

Knowledge uprooted: Transimperial forestry and the hiring of foreign experts in the Dutch East Indies, 1920s–1930s

Abstract This article examines the global networks underpinning colonial forestry in the Dutch East Indies in the interwar period. In the aftermath of the First World War, a renewed surge towards the internationalisation of the forest sciences served to open up imperial knowledge...

Shared Remembering and Sensory Memories: Exploring Transgenerational Place Attachment

Place attachment is central to understanding how people come to feel a sense of belonging to places that shape their lives. It is increasingly recognized not merely as an individual emotional experience, but as a multifaceted process grounded in embodied knowledge and collective...

When the doctor believes you, but you’re still not happy: Legitimized contested illness and patients’ negative post-consultation experiences and agency

This article investigates patients’ negative and ambivalent lived post-consultation experiences and the related agencies when a doctor legitimizes their contested illness. The primary data consist of 25 telephone interviews conducted soon after the patients’ consultation with a d...

Dual Role of CACNA1C/CaV1.2 in Cardiac and Neuropsychiatric Disease

The CACNA1C gene encodes the α1C subunit of voltage-gated CaV1.2 calcium channels, serving many pivotal functions throughout the body, including in the heart and brain. Clinical and genetic evidence implicates altered expression and/or function of CACNA1C/CaV1.2 in both cardiac a...

Social representations of intercultural encounters among young people from Finland, the Middle East, and Ukraine

This study examines young people’s social representations of intercultural encounters. The study is based on qualitative material collected in 2023 during researcher-facilitated arts-based workshops with 13- to 19-year-olds. The research was conducted in North Savo, Finland. The...

Evolution expresses the second law of thermodynamics in action

Abstract Evolution through natural selection has long been considered unique to biological systems, yet similar patterns emerge from physical, chemical, technological, economic and social processes. Skewed distributions, often near-lognormal, and sigmoidal courses, often with a p...

Remote sensing and deep learning for standing dead-tree detection and mapping: a review of advances, challenges, and future directions

Standing dead trees are visible indicators of tree mortality and an important transitional component linking forest disturbance to future lying deadwood, habitat availability, and carbon storage. As drought, insect outbreaks, pathogens, and climate extremes intensify tree mortali...

Plasma Protein Association with High Drug-Loaded Polymer Micelles: An Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Study

Abstract Polymeric micelles are widely studied drug delivery platforms whose interactions with plasma proteins influence in vivo performance. However, the combined effects of non-pEG hydrophilic coronas and high drug loading on protein adsorption remain poorly understood. We perf...

Rethinking postcolonial mobilities through literature

Inspired by research that positions literary texts as capable of contributing to theoretical discussions on mobility, this article argues that literature can enable a deeper understanding of postcolonial mobilities than mainstream postcolonial literary scholarship. Although there...

Cesarean delivery is associated with atopic sensitization to inhalants but not food at age 5

Abstract Purpose Intrauterine and early neonatal exposures, including maternal, obstetric, and postnatal factors, may influence the risk of atopic sensitization in offspring. However, their independent associations with inhalant and food sensitization remain underexplored. Method...