Dissertations 2016

Kantola, Tiina: Systemic inflammation in colorectal cancer. The role of cytokines and endostatin

Kerätär, Raija: You’ll see more when you look from a distance – Multidimensional assessment of work ability and needs for rehabilitation among long-term unemployed

Sneck, Sami: Medication competency of nurses and verification of medication competence

Kuoppala, Ritva: Outcome of implant-supported overdenture treatment

Jukuri, Tuomas: Resting state brain networks in young people with familial risk for psychosis

Sakko, Marjut: Antimicrobial activity and suitability of 2-hydroxyisocaproic acid for the treatment of root canal infections

Päkkilä, Fanni: Thyroid function of mother and child and their impact on the child’s neuropsychological development

Kokkonen, Tuomo: Endothelial FasL in lymph nodes and in intestinal lymphatic tissue

Ruotsalainen, Heidi: Elintapaohjausinterventioiden vaikuttavuus ylipainoisten ja lihavien nuorten fyysiseen aktiivisuuteen ja elintapamuutokseen sitoutumiseen

Rytty, Riikka: Resting-state functional MRI in behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia

Löppönen, Pekka: Preceding medication, inflammation, and hematoma evacuation predict outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage. A population based study

Moilanen, Jyri: Functional analysis of collagen XVII in epithelial cancers and a mouse model

Lantto, Iikka: Acute achilles tendon rupture: Epidemiology and treatment

Oikarinen, Anne: Effects of risk factor targeted lifestyle counselling intervention on quality of lifestyle counselling and on adherence to lifestyle change in stroke patients

Hannila, Ilkka: T2 relaxation of articular cartilage: Normal variation, repeatability and detection of patellar cartilage lesions

Räsänen, Päivi: Self-care of home-dwelling elderly. Testing the main structure of a middle-range nursing theory

Rannikko, Irina: Change in cognitive performance and its predictors in general population and schizophrenia in early midlife. The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

Pihlaja, Juha: Treatment outcome of zirconia single crowns and fixed dental prostheses

Moilanen, Jani: The use of antipsychotic medication and its association with outcomes and brain morphometry in schizophrenia – the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

Rubino, Antonino S.: Efficacy of the Perceval sutureless aortic valve bioprosthesis in the treatment of aortic valve stenosis

Heikkilä, Vesa-Pekka: New techniques and methods for decreasing healthy tissue dose in prostate cancer radiotherapy, with special reference to rectal doses

Pohjanen, Vesa-Matti: Toll-like receptor 4 and interleukin 6 gene polymorphisms in Helicobacter pylori related diseases

Hekkala, Anne: Ketoacidosis at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children under 15 years of age

Pelkonen, Sari: Frozen embryo transfer. Early pregnancy, perinatal outcomes, and health of singleton children

Kujanpää, Tero: Generalized anxiety disorder and health care utilization

Hintsala, Hanna-Riikka: Oxidative stress and cell adhesion in skin cancer

Lehtonen, Ville: Dental and otologic problems in cleft lip and palate patients from Northern Finland

Väyrynen, Sara: Histological and molecular features of serrated colorectal adenocarcinoma and its precursor lesions

Koivukangas, Jenni: Brain white matter structure, body mass index and physical activity in individuals at risk for psychosis. The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 Study

Mosorin, Matti-Aleksi: Prognostic impact of preoperative and postoperative critical conditions on the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery

Pinola, Pekka: Hyperandrogenism, menstrual irregularities and polycystic ovary syndrome – impact on female reproductive and metabolic health from early adulthood until menopause

Törmälä, Reeta-Maria: Human zona pellucida abnormalities – a genetic approach to the understanding of fertilization failure

Kujanpää, Kirsi: Mechanisms behind stem cell therapy in acute myocardial infarction

Haghighi Poodeh, Saeid (BCO –DP, MRC Oulu): Novel pathomechanisms of itrauterine growth restriction in fetal alcohol syndrome in a mouse model

Huhta, Heikki: Toll-like receptors in Alimentary tract -special reference to Barrett’s esophagus

Raatiniemi Lasse: Major trauma in Northern Finland

Helminen, Olli: Glucose metabolism in preclinical type 1 diabetes

Kelhälä, Hanna-Leena: The effect of systemic treatment on immune responses and skin microbiota in acne

Casula, Victor: Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging methods for evaluation of articular cartilage in knee osteoarthritis

Alahuhta, Ilkka: The microenvironment is essential for OTSCC progression

Ronkainen, Justiina (BCO- DP, MRC Oulu): Role of Fto in the gene and microRNA expression of mouse adipose tissues in response to high-fat diet

Ronkainen, Eveliina: Early risk factors influencing lung function in schoolchildren born preterm in the era of new bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Lappalainen, Olli-Pekka: Healing of cranial critical sized defects with grafts, stem cells, growth factors and bio-materials

Keinänen, Tuija: Infra-slow fluctuations in simultaneous EEG-fMRI

Määttä, Juhani: The heritability and morphology of lumbar Modic changes and their association with pain

Korhonen, Vesa: Integrating near-infrared spectroscopy to synchronous multimodal neuroimaging. Applications and novel findings

Podlipská, Jana (Infotech Oulu –DP, MRC Oulu): Non-invasive semi-quantitative and quantitative ultrasound imaging for diagnostics of knee osteoarthritis

Koskela, Marjo: Wound healing and skin in severe sepsis

Kubin, Minna: Glucocorticoid receptors in inflammatory skin diseases. The effect of systemic and topical glucocorticoid treatment on the expression of GRα and GRβ

Hagnäs, Maria: Health behavior of young adult men and the association with body composition and physical fitness during military service

Eranti, Antti: The role of electrocardiographic abnormalities, obesity, and diabetes in risk stratification for sudden cardiac death in the general population

Koskela, Antti: Bone as a target for persistent organic pollutants

Hynninen, Nina: Ikääntyvä muistisairas potilas kirurgisella vuodeosastolla

Akural, Ibrahim Ethem: Pain management options after tonsillectomy and third molar extraction