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Eric Heikkila

Professor and Director of International Initiatives, Price School of Public Policy, University of …
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Health, education and employment outcomes in young refugees in the Nordic countries: a systematic review

…, K Gauffin, K Eide, E Heikkilä… - … journal of public …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Since 2000, approximately 500,000 refugees have settled in the Nordic countries,
about a third of them being children and young people. To identify general trends, and to …

[HTML][HTML] Ins1 Cre knock-in mice for beta cell-specific gene recombination

…, D Tarussio, MA Maestro, M Rovira, E Heikkilä… - Diabetologia, 2015 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Pancreatic beta cells play a central role in the control of glucose homeostasis
by secreting insulin to stimulate glucose uptake by peripheral tissues. Understanding the …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges, solution proposals and research directions in safety and risk assessment of autonomous shipping

J Montewka, K Wróbel, E Heikkilä… - … Safety Assessment and …, 2018 - iapsam.org
Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) are becoming reality in the shipping industry.
Besides numerous anticipated advantages this type of ships has there are new potential …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid ontology for safety, security, and dependability risk assessments and Security Threat Analysis (STA) method for industrial control systems

…, N Papakonstantinou, T Ahonen, E Heikkilä… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a model-based methodology for hybrid reliability, availability,
maintainability, safety, and security (RAMSS) risk assessment management, which extends our …

Atomistic Simulations of Functional Au144(SR)60 Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Environment

E Heikkilä, AA Gurtovenko… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Charged monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been studied in aqueous
solution by performing atomistic molecular dynamics simulations at physiological temperature …

Topochemistry of alkaline, alkaline-peroxide and hydrotropic pretreatments of common reed to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency

HY Mou, E Heikkilä, P Fardim - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Common reed was studied as raw material for sugar bioconversion. The low temperature
alkaline, alkaline-peroxide and hydrotropic pretreatments were employed to overcome the …

Mobile vulnerabilities: perspectives on the vulnerabilities of immigrants in the Finnish labour market

E Heikkilä - Population, Space and Place, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the types of vulnerability faced by immigrants in the Finnish labour market are
investigated in relation to differences in their ethnic origin. Labour‐market performance of …

Oncolytic viruses in cancer therapy

MJV Vähä-Koskela, JE Heikkilä, AE Hinkkanen - Cancer letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Oncolytic virotherapy is a promising form of gene therapy for cancer, employing nature’s
own agents to find and destroy malignant cells. The purpose of this review is to provide an …

Cationic Au nanoparticle binding with plasma membrane-like lipid bilayers: potential mechanism for spontaneous permeation to cells revealed by atomistic …

E Heikkila, H Martinez-Seara… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
… The corresponding partial density profiles over the last 150 ns are shown in Figure 4e. …
Most electronic Supporting Information files are available without a subscription to ACS Web …

What happened to the CBD-distance gradient?: land values in a policentric city

E Heikkila, P Gordon, JI Kim… - … and planning A, 1989 - journals.sagepub.com
Hedonic regression methods are used to assess the impact of dwelling and structure
characteristics, neighborhood effects, and multiple locations on a sample of almost 11000 …