The following text is based on the lectio praecursoria presented at defence of doctoral dissertation “The market perspectives wellness tourism: A multiple case study” which was publicly defended June 7, 2023, Joensuu, University Eastern Finland. full version can be found https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/29639.

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 11000, FI-00076 AALTO http://www.aalto.fi Author Prasantha Reddy Mudimela Name of the dissertation CVD synthesis of carbon nanomaterials Manuscript submitted 24.08.2010 Manuscript revised 25.10.2010 Date of the defence 18.11.2010 Monograph Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Faculty Faculty of Inf...

Microdisk lasers, based on whispering gallery optical resonances, have recently attracted considerable attention. The interest in microdisk lasers is driven by, amongst other factors, their potential for low-threshold power, ease of fabrication and in-plane emission characteristics. However, there are a few key challenges that need to be overcome for these devices to become practical, chief amo...

Language acquisition is a ubiquitous, challenging problem involving fundamental cognitive abilities of attention, learning, and memory. From infants to adult travelers, language learners are faced with figuring out which words refer to which referents from situations that contain many words and referents. By remembering the words and referents (e.g., objects) that co-occur most frequently over ...

In this thesis, we develop a cryptographic primitive: a solution to the secure set membership problem. The secure set membership problem is the problem of creating a set representation so that it is possible to verify that a string is a member of the set without being able to learn members of the set from the representation. The secure set membership primitive includes a distributed protocol fo...

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 1000, FI-02015 TKK http://www.tkk.fi Author Juha-Miikka Nurmilaakso Name of the dissertation XML-based E-business Frameworks and Supply Chain Integration Manuscript submitted 12.9.2006 Manuscript revised 17.10.2007 Date of the defence 3.12.2007 Monograph Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Department Department o...

is is a summary of the author’s PhD dissertation defended on September 17, 2007 at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague. e results comprised in the thesis were obtained within the author’s doctoral studies in Mathematical Linguistics during the years 2001–2007. e complete dissertation is available via http://sourceforge.net/projects/elixir-fm/.

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNLOGY P.O. BOX 1000, FI-02015 TKK http://www.tkk.fi Author Andres Arjona Name of the dissertation A Study of Mobile VoIP Performance in Wireless Broadband Networks Manuscript submitted 8.6.2009 Manuscript revised 23.9.2009 Date of the defense 12.10.2009 Monograph Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Faculty Information and Natura...

This paper summarizes the results of a panel discussion offering advice to doctoral students in advancing through their programs and getting a start on their career. The panel was held at the 2003 Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems, and panelists included senior MIS faculty members who, combined, have chaired over 80 dissertations. Topics included choosing a d...