State of Affairs and Strategic Communications of Music Therapy : A Finnish Perspective by Takamäki, Anne

“…Music therapy is among the most used therapies in Finland, but there are several challenges concerning the lack of professional recognition. …”
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The role of ICT and high-growth firms : micro-level evidence on job creation and productivity growth by Hurri, Paavo

“…In addition, there’s been public discussion about job creation in Finland. This thesis aims to provide valuable information about the sources of economic growth in Finland based in empirical research. …”
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Sauvakävelijä Iranista : tapaustutkimus iranilaisnaisen elämästä, maahanmuutosta ja liikkumisesta by Pelkonen, Vera

“…Her everyday life in Finland consists mostly of studying and working. …”
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Keskisuomalaisten lasten ja nuorten urheiluseuraharrastamisen kustannukset suosituimmissa joukkuepeleissä by Jarva, Severi, Keronen, Teemu

“…This study`s main purpose was to examine the costs of adolescent`s sport club hobbies in the most popular team sports (football, ice hockey, floorball & basketball) in Central Finland. Also, we examined possible correlation between parent`s socioeconomic status and the amount of money used in children`s sport club hobby. …”
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Expectation horizons of the Finnish top level olympic sport actors at the start of the high performance unit's operational work by Nirkko, Tapio, Päkk, Robert

“…Sport in Finland has gone through a major change process. Re-structuring and re- organizing by governmental researchers and the HUMU (Huippu-urheilun muutos, Top level sport change) have ended with the proposal of a new system and new programmes within Finnish sport. …”
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Virtuaalivaluuttojen tuloverotus vuosina 2013-2019 by Ghezzi, Reetta

“…Secondly this bachelor’s thesis aims to answer what is the cryptocurrencies position in the national legislation. Systematic review is used as a method to accomplish the aims. The income taxation and legal practise changed in 2019 as Finland’s Supreme Administrative Court landmark ruled cryptocurrencies to be considered as property and hence the ruling follows the norm in capitalincome taxation. …”
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Are women included in the private turn? : a case study on how women's empowerment is taken into account in Finnfund's investments to the global south by Seppänen, Jenni

“…The research was conducted as a case study on the private turn in Finland, focusing on the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd, Finnfund. …”
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Physical activity and Lynch syndrome by Chakraborty, Susmita

“…This study is a part of the research project called “Lynch syndrome and lifestyle” by Central Finland Health Care District and the University of Jyväskylä. …”
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Sosiaalisten vaikutusten arvioinnin tehostaminen maakuntakaavoituksessa by Tupala, Anna-Kaisa

“…The experimental part is conduct-ed using written feedbacks from Central Finland third regional phase plan as material. …”
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Customer benefits of demand-side management in the Nordic electricity market by Parkkonen, Olli

“…Monte Carlo simulation method is used to simulate imbalance prices with different volatilities for Finland and Sweden. …”
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Cheerleading as a part of Finnish sports culture : an overview of the development of cheerleading in post-modern Finnish sports culture from 1979 to 2018 by Nykänen, Riikka

“…The qualitative methods were used, however some of the numeric data was used to support and enable the comprehensive analyzation of the data. …”
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Characterization of a self-seeded grating-based Ti:sapphire laser by Giannopoulos, Efstathios

“…The work presented in this master thesis focuses on the upgrade of the grating-based Ti:sapphire laser system, which is located in IGISOL facility in the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The classic grating Ti:sapphire laser is upgraded to the self-seeded grating-based Ti:sapphire laser with the addition of a partially reflecting mirror. …”
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Rakennettujen kosteikkojen sudenkorennot Keski-Suomen maatalousalueilla by Huikkonen, Ida-Maria

“…The biodiversity of these constructed wetlands has not been studied a lot in Finland. The aim of this study was to find out, whether these constructed wetlands are used by dragonflies (Odonata) as new habitats and what environmental variables might affect the number of individuals and the species richness of dragonflies. …”
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International student acculturation at the University of Jyvaskyla by Kruid, Benjamin

“…The implications of this study impact international student acculturation and the confirmation that the International Friendly Campus Scale can be transferrable with a fairly high degree of accuracy between contexts as different as the Midwestern United States and Finland. Use of this scale would be of benefit for universities either with large international student populations or courting international students. …”
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Suomen intendentinkonttorin kirkkoarkkitehtuuri 1810-1824 : kustavilainen perinne ja suuriruhtinaskunnan uusi rakennushallinto by Kydén, Tarja

“…The study examines the church architecture of the Bureau of the Superintendent (intendentinkonttori) of Public Works and Buildings in Finland in 1810-1824, during a period when the agency was led by the ltalian-born Charles Bassi (1772-1840), who had received his training in Sweden. …”
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Figure skating coaching in the contemporary sport culture : Finnish figure skating coaches' perceptions about their work by Mälkki, Kati

“…Coaching as a profession in Finland in perceived as a challenging job. Lack of appreciation and support, scarce resources, and demanding working environment are placing coaches under a lot of pressure. …”
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Key competences : citizens' perspectives by Mannonen, Joonas

“…In all, 70 research participants were interviewed in 10 Finnish municipalities using a combination of convenience and purposive sampling. …”
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The temporal variation in Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) population size by Koskimäki, Jane

“…The endangered Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) has suffered from intensive forestry in Finland. In this thesis I estimated the size and growth rate of a local flying squirrel population living in nest boxes in Alavus using 15-year mark-recapture data. …”
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Assessment of environmental impacts with life cycle methods in nanotechnology industry by Kekäläinen, Janne

“…This thesis inspected how nanotechnology companies in Finland have been assessing the environmental impacts of their products and processes. …”
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Professional Finnish Dancers' Experiences and Perceptions of Their Psychological Well-Being by Asikainen, Pauliina, Niemelä, Sanni

“…The aim of this study consequently was to examine further on psychological well-being of professional dancers currently working in the industry in Finland. We interviewed six dancers with various demographic backgrounds, as well as lengths and descriptions of their careers in the dance field in Finland. …”
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