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Students' school‐level symptoms mediate the relationship between a school's observed moisture problems and students’ subjective perceptions of indoor…
2020
Moisture damage can influence the subjective assessment of indoor air quality (subjective IAQ) in various ways. We studied whether the frequency of symptoms reported across students at school level mediates the relationship between observed mold and dampness in a school building and students' subjective IAQ. To answer this research question, we tested a multilevel path model. The analyzed data were created by merging two nationwide data sets: (a) survey data from students, including information on subjective IAQ (N = 24,786 students); (b) data from schools, including information on mold and dampness in a school building (N = 222). After the background variables were adjusted, schools' obser…
Challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and design responses in public space: Towards strategies for resilient post-Covid cities
2022
The Covid-19 pandemic triggered governments and designers to revalue and redesign public spaces. This paper focuses on the various design responses to Covid-19 proposed and implemented in public spaces. In particular, we identify the kinds of challenges that such design responses address and the strategies that they use. We selected 56 design examples, largely collected from internet sources. By analyzing the design examples we identified five Covid-related challenges that were addressed in public space: sustaining amenities, keeping a distance, feeling connected, staying mentally healthy, and expanding health infrastructures. For each challenge, we articulated 2 to 6 design strategies. The…
A propósito de la localización de una pintura sobre tabla de ?La Virgen de la Leche?, del siglo XIV, atribuida a Bernabé de Módena, que perteneció al…
2020
The castle's Hermitage of Yecla (Region of Murcia) constituted during the 13th to 16th centuries the first parish of the population, hosting a triptych-shaped altarpiece presided over by a tempera painting on wood of Our Lady of Humility or "Virgo Lactans", dated around 1370 and attributed to the painter Barnaba da Modena, which was the titular image of the mentioned temple under the title of Our Lady of the Incarnation, until at the end of the 18th century it changed ownership for the Conception of Our Lady. The table at averages of the eight hundred was placed in an a loft, appropriating it at the beginning of the 20th century by the retired military Pascual Spuche y Lacy, who sold it aro…
Estimating regional differences in returns to education when schooling and location are determined endogenously
2010
While the growing supply of university skills is known to have agglomerated towards the large centers in Finland, there is no research knowledge available on the development of regional demands. This paper attempts to fill this gap by analyzing regional variation in the private-sector return to university education in Finland for the period 1970 - 2004. In the analysis, we focus on studying 1) whether there are differences in the return to university between different region types, and 2) to what extent can these differences - if they exist - be explained by differences in regional skill supply and unemployment. For the econometric analysis, we use a large register-based dataset constructed…
An Ethnographic Study of Deaf Refugees Seeking Asylum in Finland
2019
Deaf asylum seekers are a marginalized group of people in refugee and forced migration studies. The aim of this paper is to explore and highlight the experiences of deaf asylum seekers in the asylum procedure in Finland. The data come from linguistic ethnographic methods, interviews, and ethnographic observation with 10 deaf asylum seekers. While living in the reception centers, the study participants have faced a range of linguistic and social challenges. The findings show that language barriers appeared from day one after the participants&rsquo
Academic capitalism challenging democratic governancePsychosocial interpretation of the logics in university work after university reform
2021
Vuonna 2009 uudistetun yliopistolain jälkeen yliopistojen hallintomallit ja työkulttuurit ovat olleet monenlaisten muutosten kohteena. Johtamisjärjestelmien kehittämisen trendinä on ollut ”strategisen johtamisen” ja markkinalogiikan vahvistaminen yliopistodemokratian kustannuksella, toisin sanoen vallan siirtäminen yliopistoyhteisöltä keskusjohdolle ja ulkopuolisille. Työyhteisöihin näillä muutoksilla on tavoiteltu esimerkiksi työn tuottavuuden kasvua, mutta samaan aikaan reformit saavat aikaan odottamattomia seurauksia. Vaikka tietotyön organisointia koskevaa keskustelua on käyty viime vuosina kasvavassa määrin, on etenkin työntekijöiden kokemusten peilaaminen laajempiin organisatorisiin k…
Microbial communities in full-scale woodchip bioreactors treating aquaculture effluents.
2021
Woodchip bioreactors are being successfully applied to remove nitrate from commercial land-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) effluents. In order to understand and optimize the overall function of these bioreactors, knowledge on the microbial communities, especially on the microbes with potential for production or mitigation of harmful substances (e.g. hydrogen sulfide; H2S) is needed. In this study, we quantified and characterized bacterial and fungal communities, including potential H2S producers and consumers, using qPCR and high throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene. We took water samples from bioreactors and their inlet and outlet, and sampled biofilms growing on woodchips a…
Cantidades anticipadas en la construcción y venta de viviendas. Análisis comparado de la Ley 57/1968,de 27 de julio y la Disposición adicional primer…
2015
En el presente trabajo haremos un análisis del tratamiento que hace la legislación española respecto de los adquirentes que realizan entregas a cuenta para la compra de viviendas sin que las mismas les hayan sido entregadas y que tiene como finalidad principal la de garantizar la posición de los mismos que a priori se encuentran en situación de indefensión. Resulta meridiano que se produce una situación de indefensión para los adquirentes que se ven obligados a anticipar cantidades a cuenta sin que la vivienda les haya sido entregada y sin que cuenten (al menos hasta la entrada en vigor de la Ley 57/1968, de 27 de julio, y aun bajo su vigencia, por algunas lagunas de la Ley que comentaremos…
Digital expressionism: the architecture of complex shapes: multi-case analysis, classification and interpretation
2013
The research presented is about digital revolution in architecture, due to the entry of computing in a design development, which has contributed to the birth of a new figurative trend, we can call Digital Expressionism. The work was conducted through the definition of a framework to identify and classify architectural design elements that should be attributed to the methods and techniques of design computing, then applied to sixty prominent recent buildings which are acknowledged products of digital means. The early results suggest that a new era is coming, where the conceptual starting point of designers is often born in the digital space, taking advantage of the augmented representation s…
Digital revolution in current architecture: towards a new architectural expressivity
2013
The triumphal entry of computing in architectural design has produced a real revolution in architectural scenario, but, until now it is unclear how we can identify digital influences in each project and how they have contributed to the birth of new expressive trends. We have developed a framework for identifying and classifying architectural design elements that should be attributed to the methods and techniques of design computing. This framework is then applied to sixty prominent recent buildings which are acknowledged products of digital means. The goals of this are, firstly, to verify the applicability of the descriptive framework and, secondly, to identify combinations of elements that…