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THULE INSTITUTE IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OULU WHICH FOCUSES ON THE NORTH AND THE ARCTIC.
Director’s preface Professor K ari Laine
n The Thule Institute has promoted the University of Oulu’s strategy on northern and Arctic research and innovations through the research and doctoral programmes, which both focused on climate change, health and well-being, and sustainable resources management. The year 2014 was active in research and doctoral training. The research programme, with 19 research groups, continued to produce fine results as researchers published over 100 scientific articles. The research done in the programme is also supported by the Doctoral Programme in Environment, Society and Technology in the North (Aurora DP), which is coordinated by the Thule Institute. Co-operation with state research institutes, especially in the Environmental Sciences Building research community on the Linnanmaa campus, has increased. There are approximately 60 ongoing joint research projects with the University of Oulu and the state research institutes. One of our goals is to promote the tenure track model of research personnel, according to the University’s strategy. We hold five joint professorships with state research institutes, which strengthen the University’s co-operation with them, as well as Thule Institute’s co-operation with the University faculties. This will be strengthened further, as the University of Oulu graduate school granted Aurora DP five new doctoral student positions for the years 2016–2019. The University of Oulu and the Thule Institute have a remarkable role in the University of the Arctic (UArctic) activities while leading the UArctic’s research area. We host the Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Offices. This has been further strengthened after UArctic established a Vice-President Research post in its research area. These activities also support the Finnish Arctic strategy by strengthening Finland’s role as an expert in international Arctic research and education. UArctic is a co-operative network of universities and colleges concerned with education and research in the north, and the University of Oulu has been a member of this network since its foundation in 2001. We arranged several international research meetings and scientific conferences. The biggest event was the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2014 in April. Over five hundred scientists and research policymakers gathered in Helsinki. The Thule Institute was the main organizer of ASSW2014 together with the Finnish Meteorological Institute. Besides scientific meetings, ASSW2014 was a preparatory event for the Third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARPIII), held in Japan in 2015.
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Arctic Issues at the Core of Research
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n The Thule Institute’s research is focused on questions arising from northern and Arctic issues. The multidisciplinary research programme and the complementary doctoral programme constitute a platform for three main research themes: ‘Climate Change Dynamics, Impacts and Adaptation’, ‘Human Health and Community Wellbeing’ and ‘Sustainable Resources Management’. Aurora DP (the Doctoral Programme in Environment, Society and Technology in the North) is coordinated by the Thule Institute. Doctoral students in the programme date back to the doctoral training carried out at the Thule Institute since 2002. During the programme period 2012–2015, there are 13 operating research groups and consortiums, which all passed high scientific evaluation criteria. In addition, the research programme includes six recognized research groups led by researchers from the Institute. The groups are funded from the research programme and from external funding sources. In total, 21 doctoral students were employed in the research programme in 2014. Nine new doctors graduated, and approximately 100 scientific articles were published by the researchers in the programme. The research groups have been granted a total amount of €3.7 million of additional financial funding from national and international sources.
In Aurora DP, altogether 15 doctoral theses were completed, of which nine were in the research programme. The doctoral training events organized by the DP included e.g. invited lectures, training courses and summer schools, in addition to informal joint student meetings. The annual Thule Research Seminar and Workshop 2014 was organized under the title ‘Global Change and Communicating Science’ together with the research programme. Aurora DP is one of the nine officially recognized doctoral programmes of the University of Oulu Graduate School. In 2015, the University of Oulu granted Aurora DP five new doctoral student positions for 2016–2019, in addition to the seven positions granted in 2013. The research groups in the programme also carry out national and international collaboration with other universities and research institutions, e.g. within the LYNET coalition (the Finnish Partnership for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment). Presently, there are over 40 ongoing projects, which are coordinated and carried out by the professors and researchers at the Institute. These projects are mostly funded by the Academy of Finland, Tekes and the EU, and they form the framework for active collaboration with the Thule Institute and its national and international partners.
Research Professor Kari Strand Programme Director
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research groups in the programme BY multidisciplinary theme (group leader’s name in parentheses) Climate Change dynamics, impacts and adaptation • • • • • • • • •
Unraveling population history, demography and structure for management of northern populations: Molecular ecology meets population biology (Laura Kvist) Rapid environmental changes in the Eurasian Arctic – lessons from the past to the future (Juha-Pekka Lunkka, Kari Strand) Consortium: Streams in the landscape: effects of land use on biodiversity and ecosystem processes in boreal streams (Timo Muotka), Human impact on Northern groundwater resources: Impact of land-use and climate change on future management of aquifers and connected ecosystems (Björn Klöve) Evolutionary approach to trophic interactions under climate change (Markku Orell) Outer space influence on the low and middle polar atmosphere (Ilya Usoskin) Consortium: The effect of climate change on Scots pine seed and seedling development (SEED) (Hely Häggman), Biodiversity and people in the land-use (Anne Tolvanen) Transdisciplinary environmental research (Timo P. Karjalainen) Climate change and boreal rivers (Heikki Mykrä) Sedimentary and geochemical research on climate and environmental change (Kari Strand)
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Circles of violence – Challenges on building a culture on non-violence in family and school (CIRCLE) (Vappu Sunnari) Structural racism and its impact on Indigenous Health – a comparative study of Canada, Finland and Norway (Arja Rautio) Prevention of marginalization in Northern Finland (Juha Veijola, Anja Taanila, Irma Moilanen) Health and well-being (Arja Rautio) Sustainable resources management
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Potentiality of geodiversity information in biodiversity assessments (GEOBIO) (Jan Hjort) Research Group on Environmental Catalysis: Sustainable abatement and use of gaseous emissions in process industry (Riitta Keiski) Waste and energy synergy networks in the context of eco-municipalities – Towards resource efficiency in the North (WE2North) (Eva Pongrácz) Utilization of chemical non-wood resources in local bioeconomies (Jouko Niinimäki) Environmental technology (Jaakko Rämö) Environmental and resource economics (Ilmo Mäenpää)
Coordination Activities and Collaboration Networks n The Thule Institute’s profile as a multidisciplinary expert on northern and Arctic research is complemented by its know-how in coordination, planning research and active networking with other universities, research institutions and business in research, education and research strategy work, as well as innovation activities. The Thule Institute promotes research cooperation between the University of Oulu and state research institutes within the framework of NorNet (the Northern Environmental Research Network). The Thule Institute has two shared professorships with the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), and two with the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke). In the autumn of 2014, Maria KopsakangasSavolainen started as a professor of energy economics in a shared professorship with the Martti Ahtisaari Institute, Oulu Business School and the Finnish Environment Institute. NorNet professors lead collaborative research projects, like Professor Ilmo Mäenpää’s research consortium on the subject ‘Sustainable use of natural resources and the Finnish economy’, funded by the Academy of Finland, and ‘Quantification and valuation of ecosystem services to optimize sustainable re-use for low-productive drained peatlands – (EU LIFEPeatLandUse)’,
led by Professor Anne Tolvanen. The Environmental Sciences Building at the Linnanmaa Campus forms a good platform for research co-operation, research project planning and other meetings of NorNet. NorNet coordinators give information about research funding sources and help research groups with consortium building and project preparation. In 2014, one main task was to deepen innovation collaboration with institutes. The Thule Institute is an important actor at the University of the Arctic (UArctic), as it leads UArctic’s research area. This includes hosting the offices of Thematic Networks and Research Liaison. Both offices are overseen by Kari Laine, UArctic Vice-President Research, who was appointed to the position in 2014. In addition, the Thule Institute leads two Thematic Networks: Health and Well-being in the Arctic (Centre of Arctic Medicine, Arja Rautio) and Communicating Arctic Research (Oulanka Research Station, Riku Paavola). These networks have conducted doctoral training and educational activities; such as PhD summer schools (2014 in Kirkenes) run by the Health and Well-being network, and workshops in communicating Arctic Research at the Oulanka Research Station, with the latter being conducted thanks to funding granted by the Prince Albert Foundation.
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CO-OPER ATION WITH UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESS IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES.
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The Thule Institute is a partner in INTERACT (the International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic), where it has been managing the Transnational Access (TA) work package for the past four years. In summer 2014, 56 user groups used access at 18 sites located in the northernmost parts of Europe and the Russian Federation. Altogether, over 500 researchers used access at 20 stations in 2011–2014. A call for grants to visit two Canadian and two U.S. sites was also arranged in 2014, resulting in the selection of altogether five European projects to visit the stations. Oulanka Research Station is partnering in the INTERACT network by attending the Station Managers’ Forum activities and offering TA; the station hosted three TA user groups in 2014. Oulanka Research Station is a part of the Northern Long-term Socio-ecological Research Platform (Northern LTSER Platform). This is a project of LifeWatch (the European e-Science infrastructure for biodiversity and ecosystem research), which was further promoted in connection with international research infrastructure development. Thule Institute has hosted a national portal for IODP (the International Ocean Discovery Program) and ICDP (the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program) for general
information about these programmes and activities of Finland in 2014. The portal offered information and contact details for Finnish scientists and students applying for participation in the research expeditions and meetings. IODP Expedition 347 for scientific drilling in the Baltic Sea is in progress, and the first scientific results have been delivered. The Academy of Finland supports Finland’s participation in the IODP programme, managed in Europe by the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD). Innovation activities were carried out by the Centre for Environment and Energy (CEE), which is a partner in the Oulu Innovation Alliance. CEE organized several research and business matchmaking meetings and seminars. New innovation projects started e.g. with funding from Tekes. A multidisciplinary research project named ‘Roadmap to a smart Arctic specialization’ (SMARCTIC), which was coordinated by CEE, ended. NorTech Oulu conducted a work package on ‘Natural Resources Management and Economics’, and the Centre for Arctic Medicine conducted a work package ‘People in the North’ in SMARCTIC. The report published as a result of SMARCTIC introduces a vision of the future and a roadmap for maintaining and further developing Finnish arctic expertise.
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n The final seminar of GREENSETTLE Karelia
n Wares Conference – Water asset renewable
ENPI project. 18 February. Oulu, Finland.
energy solutions. 4 June. Oulu, Finland. The conference presented innovative solutions for renewable energy generation within the activities and property of the water sector, and models of water services in the Northern Periphery region. The conference culminated in a panel discussion on the theme: “Does legislation promote or hinder the implementation of renewable energy at water utilities?” Project partners and panellists also had the opportunity to enjoy a tar-boat ride along Oulu River in the evening.
The seminar presented the building blocks of eco-cities, as well as future visions and best practices in resource management in remote border regions. Seminar participants were also invited to play the eco-city game and find out if they had what it takes to build an eco-city.
Main Events
n Arctic Science Summit Week 2014. 8–11 April. Helsinki, Finland.
The Arctic Science Summit Week 2014 and the Arctic Observing Summit brought together over 500 scientists and research policy makers to the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki, Finland in April. Kirsti Kauristie from the Finnish Meteorological Institute and Kari Laine from the Thule Institute represented the main organizers of this conference.
n Ninth European Conference on Ecological Restoration SER 2014. 3–8 August. Oulu, Finland.
Restoration, Ecosystem Services and Land Use Policy were the main themes of the 9 th European Conference on Ecological Restoration. The University of Oulu was a venue for a meeting of almost 400 specialists at August 2014 . The main organizer of the conference was Finnish Forest Research Institute and co-organizers were Thule Institute and Metsähallitus.
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n Barents summer school 2014 – Epidemiology in the High North. 16–20 June. Kirkenes, Norway.
n Multidisciplinary Dialogue – Wellbeing, Technology and Environment. Joint Summer School 2014. 25–29 August. Kuopio, Finland.
n Ninth Conference of the Nordic Benthological Society (NORBS 2014). 8–11 September. Oulanka, Kuusamo, Finland.
Photo by Kaisa Mustonen.
n Animal models with applications in ecology. 4–6 November. Oulu, Finland.
n Health on thin ice? Changing environments to promote health and wellbeing in cold climate. 13–14 October. Oulu, Finland.
Photo by Plugi.
Animal models are used e.g. to study organisms’ ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions. The methods have for long been used in animal and plant breeding, as they can point out individuals with high breeding values. The course attracted participants from several fields around Finland and abroad.
Main Events in 2014
n Thule Seminar 2014. Global Change and Communicating Science. 1–3 October. Oulanka, Finland.
The seminar programme consisted of keynote presentations by Research Professor Hannele Hakola (Finnish Meteorological Institute) and senior researcher Dr. Philipp Schmidt-Thomé (Geological Survey of Finland), and presentations given by AURORA DP doctoral students and supervisors. In addition to the presentations, there was a workshop on scientific communication: how to present your research and scientific expertise, and how to prepare successful funding applications.
n Sustainability Weeks 2014. Finnish–Japanese Joint Symposium. Innovation and Well-being through Multidisciplinary Dialogue. 5–7 November. Rovaniemi, Finland.
Thule Institute in Brief n The Thule Institute is a research centre of the University of Oulu. The focus of the Institute is on research, doctoral training and innovation activities in the fields of environmental, northern and Arctic issues and natural resources. Its research activities are based on a multidisciplinary research programme and groups working within the programme. The Institute coordinates Aurora DP – the Doctoral Programme in Environment, Society and Technology in the North. The multidisciplinary themes of the research and doctoral training are: Climate Change Dynamics, Impacts and Adaptation; Human
Health and Community Well-being, and Sustainable Resources Management. The Thule Institute has three operational units that specialize in the research themes of the Institute: • Centre for Arctic Medicine • Centre of Northern Environmental Technology (NorTech Oulu) • Oulanka Research Station in Kuusamo, north-eastern Finland As well as these units, the Innovation Centre for Environment and Energy (CEE) is located at the Thule Institute.
Key figures Staff •
Staff working at the Thule Institute
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Doctoral students in the PhD programme
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Joint research professorships and research positions
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Research activities
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Articles published in scientific journals
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Doctoral theses in research and doctoral programmes
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Scientific conferences and international courses arranged
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Coordination tasks
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Thule Institute’s staff as representatives in scientific organizations and other co-operative bodies
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Core funding
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Supplementary funding
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Publications in 2014 Scientific publications of the research groups
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Refereed articles in scientific journals
Ala-aho Pertti. Groundwater-surface water interaction in esker aquifers. From field measurements to fully integrated numerical modelling.
Abass K, Reponen P, Mattila S, Rautio A, Pelkonen O (2014). Comparative metabolism of benfuracarb in in vitro mammalian hepatic microsomal model and its implications for chemical risk assessment. Toxicol Letters 224: 290-9.
Immonen Ninna. Glaciations and climate in the Cenozoic Arctic. Evidence from microtextures of ice-rafted quartz grains. Kopatz Aleksander. Genetic structure of the brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Northern Europe. Lankila Tiina. Residential area and health. A study of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. Lisitsyna Olga. Modern Pollen Reference Material and its Potential Application. Mattila Marja-Leena. Autism spectrum disorders: an epidemiological and clinical study. Ponnikas Suvi. Establishing conservation management for avian threatened species. Rossi Pekka. Integrated management of groundwater and groundwater dependent ecosystems in a Finnish esker. Sutela Suvi. Genetically modified silver birch and hybrid aspen – target and non-target effects of introduced traits. Suurkuukka Heli. Spatial and temporal variability of freshwater biodiversity in natural and modified forested landscapes. Suutari-Holma Annina. Harmful agents (PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs) in Finnish reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and moose (Alces alces). Torabi Haghighi Ali. Analysis of lake and river flow regime alteration to assess impacts of hydraulic structures. Vatka Emma. Boreal populations facing climatic and habitat changes. Villanen Heli. Our place, my future and their project: reflecting children’s lifeworld in education for sustainable development. Virtanen Elina. Effects of haulm killing and gibberellic acid on seed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and techniques for micro- and minituber production in northern latitudes.
Abass, K, Reponen P, Mattila S, Rautio A, Pelkonen O (2014). Human variation and CYP enzyme contribution in benfuracarb metabolism in human in vitro hepatic models. Toxicol Letters 224(2):300-9. Alahuhta, J, Johnson LB, Olker J & Heino J (2014). Species sorting determines variation in the community composition of common and rare macrophytes at various spatial extents. Ecological Complexity 20: 61-68. Alahuhta J, Kanninen A, Hellsten S, Vuori K-M, Kuoppala M & Hämäläinen H (2014). Variable response of functional macrophyte groups to lake characteristics, land use and space: implications for bioassessment. Hydrobiologia 737: 201-214. Annala M, Mykrä H, Tolkkinen M, Kauppila T & Muotka T (2014). Are biological communities in naturally unproductive streams resistant to additional anthropogenic stressors? Ecological Applications 24:1887-1897. Apperl B, Andreu J, Karjalainen TP, Pulido-Velazquez M (2014). Contribution of the Multi Attribute Value Theory to conflict resolution in groundwater management. Application to the Mancha Oriental groundwater system, Spain, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. 11:10235-10271. Astorga A, Death R, Paavola R. & Muotka T (2014). Habitat heterogeneity drives the geographical distribution of beta diversity: the case of New Zealand stream invertebrates. Ecology & Evolution 4:2693-2702. Autti O & Hyry-Beihammer EK (2014). School closures in rural Finnish communities. Journal of Research in Rural Education 29 (1): 1-17. Autti O & Hyry-Beihammer EK (2014) Sosiaalinen oppiminen välituntipihoilla kaupunkikoulun ja kyläkoulun oppilaiden kertomana. Kasvatus 45(3): 242-256. Barrientos R, Kvist L, Barbosa A, Valera F, Khoury F, Varela S, Moreno E (2014). Refugia, colonization and diversification of an arid-adapted bird: coincident patterns between genetic data and ecological niche modelling. Molecular Ecology 23: 390-407. Bode MK, Lindholm P, Kiviniemi V, Moilanen I, Ebeling H, Veijola V, Miettunen J, Hurtig T, Nordström T, Starck T, Remes J, Tervonen O, Nikkinen J (2014). DTI abnormalities in adults with past history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a tract-based spatial statistics study. Acta Radiologica. http://acr.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/08/31/0284185114545147.
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Caló A and Pongrácz E (2014). The role of smart energy networks to support the application of waste-to-energy technologies. Pollack Periodica. An International Journal for Engineering and Information Sciences 9(Supplement): 61-73.
Hjort J (2014). Which environmental factors determine recent cryoturbation and solifluction activity in a subarctic landscape? A comparison between active and inactive features. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 25: 136-143.
Dumont E, Jokipii-Lukkari S, Parkash V, Vuosku J, Sundström R, Nymalm Y, Sutela S, Taskinen K, Kallio PT, Salminen TA & Häggman H (2014). Evolution, three dimensional model and localization of truncated hemoglobin PttTrHb of hybrid aspen. PLoS One. E collection:e88573.
Hjort J, Ujanen J, Parviainen M, Tolgensbakk J & Etzelmüller B (2014). Transferability of geomorphological distribution models: evaluation using solifluction features in subarctic and Arctic regions. Geomorphology 204: 165-176.
Edesi J, Kotkas K, Pirttilä AM & Häggman H (2014). Does light spectral quality affect survival and regeneration of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) shoot tips after cryopreservation? Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult (PCTOC): Journal of Plant Biotechnology. Doi 10.1007/s11240-014-0559-4. García-Primo P, Hellendoorn A, Charman T, Roeyers H, Dereu M, Roge B, Baduel S, Muratori F, Narzisi A, Van Daalen E, Moilanen I, de la Paz MP, Canal-Bedia R. Screening for autism spectrum disorders: state of the art in Europe. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. Doi:10.1007/s00787-014-0555-6. Hansson B, Ljungqvist M, Illera J-C, Kvist L (2014). Pronounced Fixation, Strong Population Differentiation and Complex Population History in the Canary Islands Blue Tit Subspecies Complex. PLoS One 9(2): e90186. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0090186. Hawkins CP, Mykrä H, Van der Laan J & Oksanen J (2014). Environmental disturbance can increase beta diversity of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages. Global Ecology and Biogeography. Doi: 10.1111/geb.12254. Heikkinen HI, Lepy E, Sarkki S & Komu T. Challenges in acquiring a social licence to mine in the globalising Arctic. Polar Record. Doi:10.1017/S0032247413000843. Heikkinen M & Sunnari V (2014). Unfulfilled Bodily Rights in Higher Education: Development of Sexual Harassment Policies during the past two decades. In Citizenship Teaching and Learning 9:1:19-33. Heino J & Alahuhta J (2014). Elements of regional beetle faunas: faunal variation and compositional breakpoints along climate, land cover and geographical gradients. Journal of Animal Ecology. Doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12287. Heino J, Tolkkinen M, Pirttilä AM, Aisala H & Mykrä H (2014). Microbial diversity and community-environment relationships in boreal streams. Journal of Biogeography. Doi:10.1111/jbi.12369. Hekkala A-M, Päätalo M-L, Tarvainen O & Tolvanen A (2014). Restoration of young forests in eastern Finland: Benefits for saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera). Restoration Ecology 22(2): 151-159. Hekkala A-M, Tarvainen O & Tolvanen A (2014). Dynamics of understory vegetation after restoration of natural characteristics in the boreal forests in Finland. Forest Ecology and Management 330(15.10.2014): 55-66.
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Huttunen K, Mykrä H, Huusko A, Mäki-Petäys A, Vehanen T & Muotka T (2014). Testing for temporal coherence across spatial extents: the roles of climate and local factors in regulating stream macroinvertebrate community dynamics. Ecography 37:599-608. Häggman H, Sutela S, Walter C & Fladung M (2014). Biosafety considerations in the context of deployment of GE trees. In Fenning, T. (Ed.) Challenges and opportunities for the world’s forests in the 21st century. Forestry Sciences 81: 491-524. Immonen N, Strand K, Huusko A, Lunkka JP (2014). Imprint of late Pleistocene continental processes visible in the central Arctic Ocean ice-rafted grains from the central Arctic Ocean. Quaternary Science Reviews 92: 133-139. Doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.01.008. Juutilainen S, Mille R, Heikkilä L, Rautio A. Structural Racism and Indigenous Health: What Indigenous Perspectives of Residential School and Boarding School Tell Us? A Case Study of Canada and Finland. The International Indigenous Policy Journal 5(3). http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol5/iss3/3. Jyväsjärvi J, Suurkuukka H, Virtanen R, Aroviita J & Muotka T (2014). Does the taxonomic completeness of headwater stream assemblages reflect the conservation status of the riparian forest? Forest Ecology and Management 334: 293-300. Jääskeläinen E, Juola P, Kurtti J, Haapea M, Kyllönen M, Miettunen J, Tanskanen P, Murray GK, Huhtaniska S, Barnes A, Veijola J, Isohanni M (2014). Associations between brain morphology and outcome in schizophrenia in a general population sample. Eur Psychiatry2014 Sep;29(7):456-62. Kløve B, Ala-Aho. P, Bertrand G, Gurdak J J, Kupfersberger H, Kvœrner J, Muotka T, Mykrä H, Preda E, Rossi P, Bertacchi Uvo C, Velasco E, Wachniew P & Pulido-Velázquez M (2014). Climate change impacts on groundwater and dependent ecosystems. Journal of Hydrology 518: 250-266. Kløve B, Balderacchi M, Gemitzi A, Henry S, Kværner J, Muotka T & Preda E (2014). Protection of groundwater resources and dependent ecosystems: current policies and future management options. Water Policy 16(6): 1070-1086. Kobayashi H, Isohanni M, Jääskeläinen E, Miettunen J, Veijola J, Haapea M, Järvelin MR, Jones PB, Murray GK (2014). Linking the Developmental and Degenerative Theories of Schizophrenia: Association Between Infant Development and Adult Cognitive Decline. Schizophr Bull, 2014 Nov; 40(6):1319-27.
Lépy É, Heikkinen HI, Karjalainen TP, Tervo-Kankare K, Kauppila P, Suopajärvi T, Ponnikas J, Siikamäki P and Rautio A (2014). Multidisciplinary and participatory approach for assessing local vulnerability of tourism industry to climate change. Scandinavian Journal of Tourism and Hospitality 14(1):41-59. Lotfipour S, Ferguson E, Leonard G, Miettunen J, Perron M, Pike GB, Richer L, Séguin JR, Veillette S, Jarvelin MR, Moilanen I, Mäki P, Nordström T, Pausova Z, Veijola J, Paus T (2014). Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy predicts drug use via externalizing behavior in two community-based samples of adolescents. Addiction. 2014 Oct;109(10):1718-29. Loukusa S, Mäkinen L, Kuusikko-Gauffin S, Ebeling H, Moilanen I (2014). Theory of mind and emotion recognition skills in children with specific language impairment, autism spectrum disorder and typical development: group differences and connection to knowledge of grammatical morphology, word-finding abilities and verbal working memory. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2014:49(4):498-507. Luntamo T, Sourander A, Gyllenberg D, Sillanmäki L, Aromaa M, Tamminen T, Kumpulainen K, Moilanen I, Piha J (2014). Do Headache and Abdominal Pain in Childhood Predict Suicides and Severe Suicide Attempts? Finnish Nationwide 1981 Birth Cohort Study. Child Psychiatry Human. 45(1):110-8. Luoto T, Heikkinen HI, Rautio A (2014). Globalizing challenges of well-being in the Finnish North. Nordia Geographical Publications 43:1; 45-57. Manninen M, Lindgren M, Therman S, Huttunen M, Ebeling H, Moilanen I, Suvisaari J (2014). Clinical high-risk state does not predict later psychosis in a delinquent adolescent population. Early Interv Psychiatry 8(1):87-90. Miettunen J, Murray G.K, Jones PB, Mäki P, Ebeling E, Taanila A, Joukamaa M, Savolainen J, Törmänen S, Järvelin MR, Veijola J, Moilanen I (2014). Longitudinal associations between childhood and adulthood externalizing and internalizing psychopathology and adolescent substance use. Psychological Medicine 44:1727-1738. Mukkala S, Ilonen T, Koskela J, Nordström T, Loukkola J, Miettunen J, Barnett JH, Murray GK, Jones PB, Heinimaa M, Jääskeläinen E, Mäki P, Moilanen I, Veijola J (2014). Response initiation in young adults at risk for psychosis in the Northern Finland 1986 Birth Cohort. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 19(3):226-240. Mäki P, Koskela S, Murray GK, Nordström T, Miettunen J, Jääskeläinen E, Veijola JM (2014). Difficulty in Making Contact with Others and Social Withdrawal as Early Signs of Psychosis in Adolescents - the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Eur Psychiatry 29:345-51. Mäkinen L, Loukusa S, Leinonen E, Ebeling H, Moilanen I, Kunnari S (2014). Characteristics of narrative language in autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from the Finnish. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 8:987-996.
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