JYU Dissertations
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The role of learning difficulties and brief treatment for student well-being
(2020)The present research examines student well-being, its link to learning difficulties, and the application of a brief depression treatment at school in Finland. Changes in psychosocial functioning at ages 4, 6, and 9 (social ... -
Woman, Artist, Other : Female Folk Singers in the Media
(2020)The aim of this dissertation is to show how the media representation of female folk singers is constructed. To find out what kinds of narratives emerge from it, it is important to understand that this media representation ... -
Help may be a few sessions away : understanding early sudden gains in an acceptance and values-based intervention for depression: occurrence, effect and association with competence
(2020)The aim of this research was to investigate the occurrence and effects of early sudden gains in an acceptance and values-based intervention for depression delivered by novice therapists. The intervention was a semi-structured ... -
Taking the Language of the Past Seriously: The Linguistic Turns in Finnish and Swedish History Dissertations, 1970-2010
(2019)The linguistic turn in historical research has shifted the interest of an increasing number of historians into problematizing the nature of past language. In this study the linguistic turn has been divided into five different ... -
Neural and mechanical function of flexor hallucis longus at different walking speeds and in different footwear
(2019)Ankle plantar flexor muscles make a major contribution to body propulsion in walking. Besides the triceps surae, deep ankle plantar flexors such as flexor hallucis longus (FHL) may also contribute to this. However, FHL ... -
Cyber Security and Energy Efficiency in the Infrastructures of Smart Societies
(2019)This dissertation examines architectures in smart cities and smart societies and also analyses the communications systems security, cyber security and energy efficiency of infrastructures, digital information systems and ... -
The role of CLIL education in individuals’ life courses: Retrospective narratives of pupils from a former CLIL class
(2019)The purpose of the present study is to shed light on the long-term effects of CLIL education on individuals’ lives, which prior research has not sufficiently addressed. More precisely, this dissertation examines former ... -
Effective analytical-numerical methods for the study of regular and chaotic oscillations in dynamical systems
(2019)This dissertation examines the difficulties in analyzing the onset of oscillations in the process of loss of stability in various nonlinear dynamical systems. The study of the onset of oscillations originated with the ... -
Motivation enhanced deep and meaningful learning with social virtual reality
(2019)Current online teaching and learning practices in distance education face limitations in terms of quality and effectiveness. The theories of deep and meaningful learning have the potential to address these challenges by ... -
Random Projections for Matrix Decomposition and Manifold Learning
(2019)The thesis focuses on solving problems that are related to the behavior of random variables in high-dimensional spaces. The main motivation comes from the understanding that many of the scientific challenges involve large ... -
User experience goals in human-centred design of safety-critical systems
(2019)This dissertation studies the usage of user experience (UX) goals in early-stage human-centred design activities regarding safety-critical systems. The purpose of UX goals is to describe the desired user experiences to be ... -
A Context-Specific and Dualistic Examination of Consumer Behaviour in the Context of Digital Products: The Case of Purchasing Digital Music from Music Download Stores in Finland
(2019)Although digital products have become an important part of the lives of many consumers, there are several gaps in our understanding of their consumption behaviour. In particular, there seems to be an urgent call for studies ... -
Chemically Functional 3D Printing : Selective Laser Sintering of Customizable Metal Scavengers
(2019)Growing interest towards making industrial processes and waste management more efficient has created an increasing demand for efficient and easy-to-use metal scavenging methods. Many processes today still operate with the ... -
Study of Water-Soluble p-MBA-Protected Gold Nanoclusters and Their Superstructures
(2019)The development of gold nanoclusters has made remarkable progress enriching the research field of nanomaterial science. The breakthroughs in synthetic chemistry enable the preparation of functional materials using gold ... -
On Technology Integration: Perspective from Nigeria
(2019)Rapid technological advancement continues to influence various sectors and societies. Thus, much discussions have been documented and published on technology integration. In education, evaluations on the impact of Information ... -
Computational methods for hyperspectral imaging using Fabry–Perot interferometers and colour cameras
(2019)Recent research into new technologies for hyperspectral imaging has produced small imagers capable of very fast capture of spectral and spatial information. A design based on an electronically tunable Fabry–Perot interferometer ... -
Extracting Meaningful EEG Features Using Constrained Tensor Decomposition
(2019)Electroencephalography (EEG) is a powerful technique for the study of human brain and cognitive neuroscience. Nowadays, more and more EEG data are organized in high-dimension form, which is called tensor. Tensor decomposition is ... -
Brain connectivity analysis in epilepsy for epileptogenic focus localization
(2019)Abnormal brain neural activities lead to abnormality and complexity of brain network connectivity in patients with epilepsy. The purpose of this research is to investigate the characteristics of brain connectivity and to ... -
“Eihän ne ihmisiä kummempia oo” : etnografinen tutkimus kansalaisopiston yhteisöteatterihankkeista sosiaalisen pääoman vahvistajina
(2019)This ethnographic study in the field of liberal adult education examined the social capital produced by community theater projects at the Järvilakeus Adult Education Center , focusing on the factors that strengthened ... -
Recovery of rubidium from power plant fly ash
(2019)Although valuable rubidium (Rb) is present in large quantities in many natural sources, its concentration is low, and recovery are often uneconomical. Rubidium can concentrate on power plant fly ash when peat and wood ...
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