R2P - a contested concept or a global norm? : a rhetorical analysis of the United Nations General Assembly formal debate on R2P in 2018 by Sorsimo, Janette

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Copenhagen failure : a rhetorical treatise of how speeches unite and divide mankind by Kortetmäki, Teea

“…The analysis will cover five of the main speeches from Copenhagen summit negotiators (the United States, China, Zimbabwe, the African Union and the Climate Group). …”
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Morphological parsing with lexical transducers : a case study of OMorFi by Robertson, Frankie

“…This thesis explores the task of morphological parsing, which is going from a written word to a representation of the units of meaning making up the word. The research objective is to investigate morphological parsing of Finnish with lexical transducers through a case study of OMorFi (Open Morphology for Finnish). …”
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Media representations of asylum seekers : a multimodal analysis of online articles of the Guardian and the Daily Mail by Kanervirta, Anna

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USA Patriot Actin parlamentaarisen käsittelyn retorinen analyysi Yhdysvaltain edustajainhuoneessa by Mäkinen, Teemu

“…If Patriot Act's opponents choose to accept the premise of state-of-war they also accept the interpretation of the reality in which rejecting the legislation would lead to another strike against the United States. …”
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Utilizing content analysis in teaching materials for children with autism spectrum disorder by Malay, Tara

“…The cultural setting of the thesis is the United States. This research helps shed light on the content of education materials for disabled children and how that content can shape the general public's opinion on Autism Spectrum Disorder. …”
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Situation awareness and Cyber Kill Chain when Russian cyber operators hacked Democratic National Committee by Pajala, Erno

“…Thesis examines precisely, did the Committee conduct the correct actions. Russia hacked the United States Democratic National Committee in 2015 and 2016 before the United States presidential election. …”
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"Dogs go and pigs come" : Taiwanin ns. 228-tapauksen käsitteleminen Yhdysvaltojen diplomaattiasiakirjoissa ja sanomalehdissä by Pynttäri, Tatu

“…Kandidaatintutkielmassani tutkin, miten Taiwanissa vuonna 1947 tapahtunut 228-tapaus ilmenee Yhdysvaltojen ulkoministeriön Historian toimiston julkaisemassa Foreign Relations of the United States -asiakirjassa sekä Yhdysvaltalaisissa The Washington Post sekä The New York Times -sanomalehdissä. …”
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The language dance around plastic bags by MacLeod-Puddle, Maija-Liisa

“…This paper focuses its examination on the political discourse of plastic bags in the United States, the State of California and the municipalities of San Francisco and Oakland, to determine how language is used to shape the discourse. …”
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Bridging the Divide : understanding interactions between international and home students in U.S. secondary schools by Huizinga, Rick

“…The increasing numbers of international students have been well-documented in universities around the world—particularly in English-speaking nations such as the United States. Less documented, however, is the similar growth of international student numbers in private secondary schools in the United States. …”
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Information Warfare And Realpolitik : Understanding Information Warfare Through Political Realism by Kytöneva, Santeri

“…I compare different definitions given in the United States’ and Russian research literature on the concept. …”
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Analyzing time-dependent relationships: The impact of unexpected and expected inflation on stock and commodity markets by Roșca, Grigore

“…The research analysis is aimed initially at the stock market returns indices within major global economic regions: United States, Euro Zone19 and OECD countries. This thesis contributes to the academic literature by providing evidence that challenges the traditional inflation – market returns relationship analysis. …”
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The Impact of Cultural Differences on Management of Global ERP Implementation Projects: Case Valmet by Voutilainen, Leevi

“…Additionally, the study revealed the remarkable cultural differences between China and the United States and their impact on ERP implementations. …”
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Gene expression patterns during anhydrobiosis in Hypsibius exemplaris by Nikupaavola, Tiia

“…HSP70-like 1 transcript numbers stayed similar between active and transitional states. AQP10 expression levels were 3 time more in the active state and 5 times more in the preconditioning state, while the dry state had 3 times more transcript copies compared to the transitional state. …”
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Fake news in the real world by Giantzaklidis, Niko

“…The phenomenon of fake news and its role in spreading misinformation has dominated the public discourse in the United States for several years now. This paper examines fake news and finds consistent and predictable patterns that can be used by machine learning algorithms. …”
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Conventional arms control in the post-cold war era and the successful campaign for an arms trade treaty by Khan, Ishtiaq

“…It then goes on to explore how the campaign for an ATT was initiated and how the ATT was achieved through the formal process at the United Nations. The findings of this study support the neoliberal institutionalist propositions with regard to cooperation and the role of international institutions, in that international institutions have a significant influence in shaping state behaviour and facilitating international cooperation. …”
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Disinformed voters : reflexive control and election interference by Dannberg, Juho

“…That same year, Russian state-media and bots on social media generated disinformation about the United Kingdom EU referendum. …”
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