Recension av: Enges, Pasi 2012. ”Minä melkein uskon.” Yliluonnollinen ja sen kohtaaminen tenonsaamelaisessa uskomusperinteessä. Turun yliopisto, Turku. (Turun yliopiston julkaisusarja C, 338.) 532 s. Ill.

BACKGROUND Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. We aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal Pulian ointment in treating psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrome. METHODS A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted. Participants with psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrom...

background: quality of life (qol) is increasingly recognized as an important outcome measure in dermatology. psoriasis has a great impact on qol of patients, and has a strong effect on social relations, psychological status, and daily activities. this study describe and compare the impact of different grades of severity of psoriasis on qol of patients in north of iran. methods: this cross‑secti...

Background: Psoriasis is a complex, chronic disease with increasing global incidence. Studies on the effectiveness of psoriasis therapy in Indonesia are limited. This study aimed to evaluate patient’s clinical improvement moderate-to-severe vulgaris using Area and Severity Index ≥75% score reduction (PASI75).
 Methods: retrospective involving patients diagnosed who visited Dermatology Vene...

Psoriasis is a widespread skin disease affecting up to 2% population with plaque psoriasis accounting to about 80%. It can be identified as a red lesion and for the higher severity the lesion is usually covered with rough scale. Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) scoring is the gold standard method for measuring psoriasis severity. Scaliness is one of PASI parameter that needs to be quantifie...

BACKGROUND The combination of a Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) bath and narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) improved the efficacy of NB-UVB treatment of psoriasis vulgaris, but bath therapy is inconvenient. Oral CHM plus NB-UVB has been tested in clinical practice. This study aims to evaluate whether adding oral CHM could be beneficial for NB-UVB therapy by a systematic review and meta-analysis. ...

SHUAI CHUFAN: Feasibility of estimation programs for hole expansion test on sheet steels Tampere University of technology Master of Science Thesis, 78 pages, 2 Appendix page December 2015 Master’s Degree Programme in Materials Science Major: Material Research Examiners: Associate Professor Pasi Peura and Dr. Mikko Hokka

The role of vitamin D in psoriasis remains contradictory despite the fact that analogues constitute an established treatment for psoriasis. It has been proposed ability to exert anti-inflammatory effects might not depend solely on concentration serum 25(OH)D but also D-binding protein (DBP). High concentrations DBP diminish D’s biologic action. aims this study were (i) analyze levels DBP, total...

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Noori, Hamed: Modeling and Simulation of Vehicle to Vehicle and Infrastructure Communication in Realistic Large Scale Urban Area Master of Science Thesis, 86 pages, 8 Appendix pages September 2013 Examiners: Professor Yevgeni Koucheryavy, Professor Pasi Kallio, Dr. Alexey Vinel