Tsetsenian kriisi EU:n ja Suomen päätöksenteossa

English summary: Chechnya crisis in EU and Finnish decision-making

Suomen ulkopoliittinen johtamisjärjestelmä uuden perustuslain mukaan

Abstract: The Finnish foreign policy leadership in the new constitution

Euroeliitissä vai politiikan sivuraiteilla? : europarlamentaarikoiden asema suomalaisessa valtarakenteessa

Abstract: In the euro-elite or in the wilderness of politics? Position of MEP's in the Finnish power structure

Determinants of maternal sex steroids during the first half of pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of maternal and child characteristics with early pregnancy maternal concentrations of testosterone, androstenedione, progesterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, and estradiol (E2). METHODS: We analyzed these hormones among 1,343 women with singleton pregnancies who donated serum samples to the Finnish Maternity Cohort from 1986 to 2006 during the first half of pregnancy (median 11 weeks). The associations of maternal and child characteristics with hormone concentrations were investigated by correlation and multivariable regression. RESULTS: Women older than age 30 years had lower androgen and E2 but higher progesterone concentrations than women younger than that age. Multiparous women had 14% lower testosterone, 11% lower androstenedione and 17-hydroxyprogesterone, 9% lower progesterone, and 16% lower E2 concentrations compared with nulliparous women (all P<.05). Smoking mothers had 11%, 18%, and 8% higher testosterone, androstenedione, and 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels, respectively, but 10% lower progesterone compared with nonsmoking women (all P<.05). E2 concentrations were 9% higher (P<.05) among women with a female fetus compared with those with a male fetus. CONCLUSION: Parity, smoking, and, to a lesser extent, maternal age and child sex are associated with sex steroid levels during the first half of a singleton pregnancy. The effects of smoking on the maternal hormonal environment and the possible long-term deleterious consequences on the fetus deserve further evaluation. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.

Muutos ja variaatio Suomen romanin verbien taivutustyypeissä

Summary: Change and variation in verb paradigms of Finnish Romani

Suomen romanin nominimorfologiaa

Summary: The nominal morphology of Finnish Romani

Suomalaisten ulkoilukäyttäytymisen alueelliset yhtäläisyydet ja erot

Abstract: Regional similarities and differences in Finnish outdoor recreation behavior