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Medical masks and Respirators for the Protection of Healthcare Workers from SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses
2020
The use of medical masks and respirators as personal protective equipment is pivotal to reducing the level of biological hazard to which healthcare workers are exposed during the outbreak of highly diffusible pathogens, such as the recent novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Unfortunately, during this pandemic, supplies are rapidly running out worldwide, with potential consequences for the rate of occupational infections. Also, knowledge about specific characteristics of respirators is of utmost importance to select the proper type according to the clinical setting. A wide variety of literature is available on the topic, but mostly based on Influenza viruses infection models. Clinical evidence on …
Error messages in relational database management systems: A comparison of effectiveness, usefulness, and user confidence
2021
Abstract The database and the database management system (DBMS) are two of the main components of any information system. Structured Query Language (SQL) is the most popular query language for retrieving data from the database, as well as for many other data management tasks. During system development and maintenance, software developers use a considerable amount of time to interpret compiler error messages. The quality of these error messages has been demonstrated to affect software development effectiveness, and correctly formulating queries and fixing them when needed is an important task for many software developers. In this study, we set out to investigate how participants ( N = 152 ) …
Lähdekielen vaikutus ja kielitaitotasot: paikallissijojen kehitys oppijansuomessa
2013
Artikkelissa tarkastelemme, millaista funktioltaan konkreettisten ja abstraktien paikallissijojen kaytto on oppijansuomessa. Tutkimuksen lahtokohtana on Eurooppalainen viitekehys: kielten oppiminen, opettaminen, arviointi (2003, tasta lahtien EVK) ja sen kielitaitotasot A1–C2. Tavoitteena on selvittaa, miten eri kielitaitotasoilla olevat oppijat kayttavat suomen paikallissijoja ja millainen on laheisen sukukielen viron mahdollinen vaikutus paikallissijojen kayton kehittymiseen kielitaitotasoittain. Tutkimusaineisto koostuu Oulun Kansainvalisen oppijansuomen korpuksen (ICLFI) vironkielisten oppijoiden osakorpuksen ja YKI-tutkintojen korpuksen kirjallisista teksteista. Aineistoa analysoidaan …
Understanding Estonian phraseological units on the basis of Finnish : contributing and misleading factors
2020
Vironkielistä tekstiä lukevien suomalaisten on havaittu hyödyntävän monenlaisia strategioita selvittääkseen sukukielen sanojen merkityksiä. Yksi niistä on pohjustaminen (priming). Kun kyseessä on fraseologinen yksikkö, yksi osa (prime) pohjustaa toisen osan eli kohdesanan (targetin) esiintymistä, mikäli prime on tunnistettavissa äidinkielen perusteella. Tässä artikkelissa kuvaamme muutamia erityistilanteita. Miten pohjustimen ja kohdesanan välinen etäisyys tai teemanvaihdos vaikuttavat ’petollisen ystävän’ ymmärtämiseen? Lisäksi tutkimme sitä, miten ahdasrajainen semanttinen kategoria ohjaa siitä puuttuvan jäsenen merkityksen löytämistä ja millaisia perusteita käännösratkaisuille on löydett…
Helppoa vai vaikeaa arvioida? : Yleisten kielitutkintojen suomen kielen arvioijien käsityksiä vironkielisten arvioinnista
2016
Finnish raters’ beliefs about assessing Estonian speakers in a Finnish language test: easy or difficult? This paper aims to contribute to our understanding on rater beliefs and views and to promote transparency in rater’s work in the form of reflection. The paper focuses on professional Finnish raters’ beliefs and views of assessing L1 Estonian speakers in the criteria-referenced Finnish language test of the National Certifi- cates of Language Proficiency test system. Finnish raters (N = 27) were asked via email to shortly reflect on what they find easy and what difficult in rating Estonian speakers’ writing and speaking skills in the Finnish language test. The raters reflected on many issu…
Finnish and Estonian in Second-Language Acquisition Research
2011
Against all odds : Problem-solving as a skill critical to virtual exchange
2021
Virtual Exchange (VE) brings together groups of learners from different geographical locations and cultural backgrounds to engage them in online intercultural collaboration and interaction. Although VE projects are designed and implemented by educators as part of the students’ educational programmes, they often go beyond the setting of traditional courses offered by higher education institutions. Because of their innovative nature, VEs require the students to leave their comfort zone and think outside the box to develop new creative strategies of communication and collaboration in order to find solutions to problems that crop up in this new learning environment. This presentation showcases …
“Hopefully nähdään” : North American Finnish language learners building community through virtual conversation hours
2020
In the Finnish Studies Programs at two North-American universities, Finnish language students have collaborated online and participated in informal virtual conversational coffee hour meetings. These meetings are offered to complement students’ collaboration conducted during regular language classes. This article investigates what students talk about when they meet each other virtually and how they build a shared sense of community during these meetings. nonPeerReviewed
Applying Axial Symmetries to Historical Silk Fabrics: SILKNOW’s Virtual Loom
2020
Symmetry is part of textile art in patterns and motifs that decorate fabrics, which are made by the interlacement of warp and wefts. Moreover, the 3D representation of fabrics have already been studied by some authors