well known and popular a work as Kinger's " Hand-book of therapeutics," to point out tliat it contains several additions which makes its possession desirable even if previous editions are in hand. One novel feature is a brief sketch of the symptoms of disease from a therapeutic point of view?of the indications for treatment afforded by the tongue, pulse, skin, temperature, &c. This is very well...

GHISLAINE GEELEN,1,2 TOMI LAITINEN,3 JUHA HARTIKAINEN,4 ESKO LÄNSIMIES,3 KIM BERGSTRÖM,3 AND LEO NISKANEN4 Departments of 3Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine and 4Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio FIN-70211, Finland; and 1Laboratoire de Physiologie de l’Environnement, Faculté de Médecine Grange Blanche, Université Claude Bernard, and 2Hospices Civils de...

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 11000, FI-00076 AALTO http://www.aalto.fi Author Tomi Kauppinen Name of the dissertation Manuscript submitted November 24th, 2009 Manuscript revised February 27th, 2010 Date of the defence April 23rd, 2010 Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Monograph Faculty Department Field of research Opponent(...

Land applications of manure from confined animal systems and direct deposit by grazing animals are both major sources of nutrients in streams. The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of P-based manure applications on total suspended solids (TSS) and nutrient losses from dairy manures and poultry litter surface applied to pasturelands and to compare the nutrient losses transpo...

375 Increased cardiac and stroke death risk in the first year after discontinuation of postmenopausal hormone therapy Minttu Venetkoski, MD, Hanna Savolainen-Peltonen, MD, PhD, Päivi Rahkola-Soisalo, MD, PhD, Fabian Hoti, MSc, Pia Vattulainen, MSc, Mika Gissler, PhD, Olavi Ylikorkala, MD, PhD, and Tomi S. Mikkola, MD, PhD Discontinuation of postmenopausal hormone therapy is associated with incr...

Late Preclassic (300 BC-AD 100) turkey remains identified at the archaeological site of El Mirador (Petén, Guatemala) represent the earliest evidence of the Mexican turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in the ancient Maya world. Archaeological, zooarchaeological, and ancient DNA evidence combine to confirm the identification and context. The natural pre-Hispanic range of the Mexican turkey does not ext...

Escherichia coli O157:H7, predominantly originated from beef, is a significant pathogen to the public health and thus, needs to be vigorously surveyed in meat samples. Three (6%) of 50 ground beef samples were found to be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, but it was not detected any of 50 chicken drumsticks. This contamination rate of ground beef samples indicated that unhygienic practices pre...

1 Helsinki University of Technology, Software Business and Engineering Institute, P.O. Box 9210, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland. Email: {Timo.Asikainen, Tomi.Mannisto, Timo.Soininen }@hut.fi Abstract. We study the possibility of applying configuration techniques developed for mechanical and electronics products to software. We analyse and compare the underlying concepts of three feature modelling metho...