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Formation of Professional Ethos of Executive Public Officials in Latvia, Denmark and Finland
2013
Doktora darba priekšmets ir valsts pārvaldes amatpersonu profesionālā ētosa veidošanās Latvijā, Dānijā un Somijā. Valsts pārvaldes amatpersonu ētoss ir definēts kā šai profesionālai lomai specifiskas normatīvas orientācijas, kas tiek brīvprātīgi pieņemtas kā uzvedības imperatīvi. Valsts amatpersonu profesionālā ētosa veidošanās izpēte ir svarīga, jo tādā veidā var izskaidrot valsts sektora pakļautību korupcijas riskam vai imunitāti pret to. Izpētes mērķis ir bijis identificēt profesionālā ētosa veidošanās sociālos mehānismus uz trīs valstu – Latvijas, Dānijas un Somijas – piemēriem. Darbā tiek pielietota vēsturiskās socioloģijas pieeja un kvalitatīvo pētījumu metode. Pētījuma rezultātu anal…
Una vida en imágenes: los daily photo projects y la retórica del instante
2009
Los daily photo projects son una práctica contemporánea que consiste en tomar una fotografía digital diaria de sus protagonistas hasta el día de su muerte. Las imágenes son ensambladas en un video que, de este modo, concentra sus vidas en minutos. Una vida entera es visualizada como si fuera una secuencia de instantes, de instantáneas. Son alegorías de la vida que muestran el proceso de envejecimiento a modo de espejo, lanzando una nueva mirada al tópico de la vanitas y del autorretrato. El montaje en video es lo que convierte a estos proyectos en vanitas en movimiento ya que la secuencia de fotografías muestra el proceso de envejecimiento. Daily photo projects are contemporary photographic…
Beware of the “poverty migrant”: media discourses on EU labour migration and the welfare state in Germany and the UK
2021
Abstract This article examines the role of the media in the EU freedom of movement debate through the lens of high-circulation German and UK newspapers during the first half of 2014. It explores how the media problematised migration from Eastern European member states and its influence on national host country labour markets and welfare systems. It also analyses how different media outlets positioned themselves in relation to relevant policies or policy proposals. The findings show that most articles in our sample present low-skill, low-wage working European Union (EU) migrant class referred to as “poverty migrants” as a problem to be addressed at the policy level in contrast with the econo…
Modelling the effect of ethanol on growth rate of food spoilage moulds
2005
The effect of ethanol (E) on the radial growth rate (mu) of food spoilage moulds (Aspergillus candidus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Eurotium herbariorum, Mucor circinelloides, Mucor racemosus, Paecilomyces variotii, Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium digitatum, Rhizopus oryzae and Trichoderma harzianum) was assessed in Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) medium at a(w) 0.99, 25 degrees C. In order to model this effect, the Monod type equation described previously by Houtsma et al. (Houtsma, P.C., Kusters, B.J.M., de Wit, J.C., Rombouts, F.M., Zwietering, M.H., 1994. Modelling growth rates of Listeria monocytogenes as a function of lactate concentration. Int…
Estudio de variación en el uso de atenuación I: Hacia una descripción de patrones dialectales y sociolectales de la atenuación en español
2020
Resumen La atenuación es un fenómeno pragmático de gran complejidad que se ha convertido en objeto de estudio priorizado en las últimas décadas, en las que se ha abordado, especialmente, desde disciplinas que trabajan con el habla, como la pragmática y el análisis del discurso. Uno de los aspectos menos trabajado en relación con las estrategias de atenuación en español, no obstante, es la variabilidad sociopragmática y geolectal en usos y recursos de atenuación. Este último es el cometido fundamental de este trabajo -que se complementa con la investigación presentada en el artículo de Albelda y Cestero (en este mismo volumen, 2020)-, en el que se pretende dar cuenta del estado actual de la …
Vecāku pašefektivitāte un tās saistība ar bērna tempermentu pirmskolas vecumā
2015
Bakalaura darba mērķis ir noskaidrot, vai atšķiras tēvu un māšu pašefektivitāte un bērna tempermenta vērtējumi, vai pastāv saistība starp vecāku pašefektivitāti un bērna tempermentu, un vai atšķiras pašefektivitāte un bērnu tempermenta saistības tēviem un mātēm. Dati tika ievākti, izmantojot divas aptaujas- “Vecāku kompetences izjūtas skalas” (VKI/Parenting Sense of Competence Scale) apakšskalu “Efektivitāte” un Aptauja par bērnu tempermentu, ļoti īsais variants (Very Short Form of the Children’s Behavior Quetionnaire) (CBQ_VSF)) (Rothbart,Ahadi,Hershey&Fisher,2001)” kura ietver sevī trīs apakškalas: reaktivitāte, reakciju apzināta kontrole un negatīva emocionalitāte. Pētījumā piedalījās 90…
Aspetti igienico-sanitari dei prodotti vegetali di IV gamma
2017
Fresh vegetables are recommended for the daily diet because of their low caloric content, high amount of vitamins, minerals and fiber. Furthermore, these foods are source of various phytochemical compounds such as polyphenols, flavonoids and sterols exerting antioxidant activity. Some epidemiological and clinical studies clearly showed that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables might reduce the risk of some diseases, including some forms of cancer. Modern consumers pay a great attention to the “convenience foods”, foods characterized by ease of consumption. In particular, ready-to-eat products maintain almost all characteristics of fresh harvested products. These products are minimally proce…
Identifying the Sales Patterns of Online Stores with Self-Organising Maps on Time Series Data
2018
Electronic commerce, especially in the business-to-consumer (B2C) context, has for years been a popular research topic in information systems (IS). However, the prior research on the topic has traditionally been dominated by the consumer focus instead of the business focus of online stores. For example, whereas various segmentations exist for online consumers based on their purchase behaviour, no such segmentations have been developed for online stores based on their sales patterns. In this study, our objective is to address this gap in prior research by identifying the most typical sales patterns of online stores operating in the B2C context. By using self-organising maps (SOM) to analyse …
The Effects of General and Mobile Online Shopping Skilfulness and Multichannel Self-Efficacy on Consumer Showrooming Behaviour
2022
Although showrooming behaviour is a characteristic aspect of modern omnichannel retailing, our understanding of its antecedents remains limited. In this study, we aim to address this gap in prior research by examining how showrooming behaviour is affected by three different kinds of perceived consumer capabilities: general online shopping skilfulness, mobile online shopping skilfulness, and multichannel self-efficacy. The examination is done by utilising data from 1,024 Finnish consumers, which was collected with an online survey in 2021 and is analysed with structural equation modelling (SEM). In summary, we find mobile online shopping skilfulness to have a strong positive effect on showro…
Finnish Classroom Teacher Students' Experiences of an Online Music Course During The COVID pandemic
2022
When studying music, skills are often practised with a teacher, face-to-face, in a classroom. What are the experiences of classroom teacher trainees when music teaching becomes asynchronous, i.e., an individually completed online course? This question, among other things, was explored at a Finnish University's Teacher Education Department in autumn 2020, resulting in the production of a two-credit online music course on the Moodle learning environment. It was implemented for the first time during the summer term in 2021. The students’ experiences with the functionality of the e-learning module were analysed through data-driven content analysis. The study represents an intensive case study u…