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Urheiluseurat seudullisessa liikuntasuunnittelussa : tutkimus liikunta- ja urheiluseurojen toiveista ja tarpeista Jyväskylän seudulla
2010
Kuntoutusasiakkaiden asiakasprofiili ja heidän arvionsa palveluiden laadusta kuntoutuslaitoksessa : case Kylpylähotelli ja kuntoutus Peurunka
2013
Kuntoutus on hyvin ajankohtainen aihe Suomessa, ja sitä tutkitaan ja selvitetään hyvin paljon. Väestön ikääntyminen, ostopalveluihin siirtyminen sekä kuntoutuslaitosten rapistuminen tuovat kuntoutukseen omalta osaltaan uusia järjestelyitä tulevaisuudessa. Kuntoutuslaitoksissa käyvien kuntoutusasiakkaiden asiakasprofiilia ei ole aiemmin selvitetty. Tämän lisäksi on tärkeä selvittää heidän ajatuksiaan ja arviotaan palveluista ja niiden laadusta. Pro gradu - tutkielman tarkoituksena oli selvittää ja kuvata kuntoutusasiakkaiden asiakasprofiilia Kylpylähotelli ja kuntoutus Peurungassa sekä heidän arviotaan palveluiden laadusta. Tutkimus toteutettiin kyselytutkimuksena sekä teemahaastatteluin aik…
Banks’ unfairness and the vulnerability of low-income unbanked consumers
2018
This paper’s objective was to explore low-income unbanked consumers’ perceptions of bank fairness and the way these perceptions were linked to consumer experiences of vulnerability. Qualitative data were used to analyse low-income consumers’ perceptions about banks’ services and communications. The study finds that although consumers’ financial inclusion is partially hindered by their personal circumstances, the perceived unfair treatment by banks has an even more negative impact on their financial inclusion. Low-income unbanked individuals report banks avoiding them, discriminating against them and impeding their financial inclusion. Banks’ perceived unfairness towards low-income consumers…
Kalmbergin kartasto R IV : List 7
1855
Optimization of the preprocessing steps of MEG measurement data in Meggie application
2015
Tutkielma optimoi MEG (magnetoenkefalografia) mittausaineiston esikäsittelyyn, analysointiin ja visualisointiin kehitetyn Meggie-käyttöliittymän esikäsittelyvaiheita pääasiassa lisäämällä mahdollisuuden rinnakkaislaskentaan. Optimointi toimi tutkielman käytännön osuutena ja sen tukena oli kattava lista vaatimuksia. Optimoinnissa suurin osa työstä meni vanhan koodin refaktorointiin, mutta myös käyttöliittymäkomponentteihin tuli pieniä muutoksia ja itse ohjelmaan muutama uusi toiminnallisuus. Teoreettisessa osuudessa keskitytään Meggien nykyiseen tilaan tutkimalla sen arkkitehtuuria, minkä lisäksi tarkastellaan kehitysvaiheita vaatimuslistan pohjalta sekä tuodaan esiin muistinhallinnan ongelm…
Xylo-Oligosaccharides in Prevention of Hepatic Steatosis and Adipose Tissue Inflammation: Associating Taxonomic and Metabolomic Patterns in Fecal Mic…
2021
We have shown that prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) increased beneficial gut microbiota (GM) and prevented high fat diet-induced hepatic steatosis, but the mechanisms associated with these effects are not clear. We studied whether XOS affects adipose tissue inflammation and insulin signaling, and whether the GM and fecal metabolome explain associated patterns. XOS was supplemented or not with high (HFD) or low (LFD) fat diet for 12 weeks in male Wistar rats (n = 10/group). Previously analyzed GM and fecal metabolites were biclustered to reduce data dimensionality and identify interpretable groups of co-occurring genera and metabolites. Based on our findings, biclustering provides a use…
Early-onset tobacco use and suicide-related behavior – A prospective study from adolescence to young adulthood
2018
Abstract Background Developmental relationships between tobacco use and suicide-related behaviors (SRB) remain unclear. Our objective was to investigate the longitudinal associations of tobacco use in adolescence and SRB in adulthood. Methods Using a prospective design, we examined whether tobacco use in adolescence is associated with SRB (intentional self-injury, suicide ideation) in young adulthood in a population-based sample of 1330 twins (626 males, 704 females). The baseline and follow-up data were collected by professionally administered semi-structured poly-diagnostic interviews at ages 14 and 22, respectively. Results After adjusting for multiple potential confounders, those who re…
Prebiotic Xylo-Oligosaccharides Ameliorate High-Fat-Diet-Induced Hepatic Steatosis in Rats
2020
Understanding the importance of the gut microbiota (GM) in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has raised the hope for therapeutic microbes. We have shown that high hepatic fat content associated with low abundance of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in humans and, further, the administration of F. prausnitzii prevented NAFLD in mice. Here, we aimed at targeting F. prausnitzii by prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) to treat NAFLD. First, the effect of XOS on F. prausnitzii growth was assessed in vitro. Then, XOS was supplemented or not with high (HFD, 60% of energy from fat) or low (LFD) fat diet for 12 weeks in Wistar rats (n = 10/group). XOS increased F. prausnitzii growth, having onl…
Identifying the Ideal Types of Online Shoppers : A Qualitative Analysis of Online Shopping
2020
The tremendous increase in online shopping has created a growing demand to understand online shopping behavior. This study contributes to this understanding by identifying ideal types among online shoppers. An ideal type is an analytical construct used to ascertain similarities and deviations to concrete cases in an individual phenomenon. Theoretically, the study draws from different perspectives to create a multifaceted view of online shoppers. The purpose is not to categorize online shoppers under a specific category but rather to help understand different typically occurring online shopping behaviors. Through thematic analysis of the data from 31 participants, this study presents five id…
Creating customer value through industrial services : case: Raute Technology Services
2014
The role of marketing can be seen as to assist the company on creating superior value for its customers, so that they would succeed against their competitors. Creating superior value has not always been essential, as in the past firms could achieve profitability due to regulated markets, controlled distribution channels or scarce resources. An increasing number of industrial manufacturing companies are moving from offering solely products to offering combinations of products and services. Customers benefit from industrial services as they support and enable the value generation of the products they have purchased. To firms, offering services is a matter of competitive advantage since servic…