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Circular Forms in Aleksis Kivi’s Texts

2016

In this paper, I identify and analyse regular geometric forms that appear in nineteenth-century Finnish author Aleksis Kivi’s texts. His characters and his narrators exemplify these forms to the reader. The characters’ environments are geometrically described, mapped and constructed in Seven Brothers, and geometric figures also exist in several of Kivi’s novels, plays and poems. Circles are the most common of these figures. Thus, I concentrate on expanding and converging regular geometric forms that connect to circles. peerReviewed

Ses racines et son développement de 1820 à 1920

2017

The aim of the study is to examine the Saami book history in the context of Finland in order to understand its evolution from 1820 to 1920. The study focuses on books and other printed materials in Saami language(s) (or idioms) and it looks into archival documents to throw light on their intellectual history. The Saami book history has unfolded slowly, and occasionally, it has appeared to fall into decline. The present study follows the French school of book history that uses multidisciplinary methods to examine books as a reflection of ideology in the context of a given culture at a given time. Such an approach allows us to see how a minority can express itself, what possibilities there ar…

Rintamakirjeissä rakentuva sodan maisema

2018

 
  Jatkosota 1941–1944 vei suomalaiset sotilaat kauaksi itään – alueille, jotka monin tavoin erosivat kotiseudun totutusta ympäristöstä. Artikkeli käsittelee sotilaiden kokemuksia maisemasta, sitä mitä ajatuksia ja tunteita se heissä herätti ja kuinka he arjen käytännöissään ottivat vieraan maiseman haltuunsa ja muunsivat sen ”omaksi”. 
 Artikkelin aineisto koostuu viiden sotilaan jatkosodan aikana kirjoitetuista rintamakirjeistä. Mitä kirjeet kotiin kertovat sotilaiden ja maiseman välisestä vuorovaikutuksesta? Millaiseksi maisema rakentui sotilaiden läheisilleen kirjoittamissaan kirjeissä? Miten he kokivat maiseman ja mitä tunteita se heissä herätti? Miten he ottivat vieraan mai…

Customers’ QR Code Usage Barriers in a Brick-and-Mortar Store : A Qualitative Study

2023

The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that hinder customers from utilizing QR codes when they visit brick-and-mortar (B&M) stores. The research was conducted at a Finnish fashion retailer, where three types of QR codes were displayed for customers to use. In order to identify the barriers that customers face, two different sets of data were collected and analyzed: open-ended survey data (n = 101) and interview data (n = 16). The findings showed two main categories of barriers,customer and company related, with seven sub-barriers. The customer-related barriers included lack of interest in QR codes, user-related usage issues, desire for a device-free B&M store, and dislike towar…

The Cross-Channel Effects of In-Store Customer Experience in the Case of Omnichannel Fashion Retailing in Finland

2023

Although omnichannel retailing has emerged as a popular research topic in academic research, there are still gaps in our understanding of this phenomenon. One such gap concerns omnichannel customer experience and particularly the cross-channel or spillover effects of how customer experience in one channel may affect customer behaviour not only in that specific channel but also in the other channels of the same retailer. In this study, we aim to address this gap by examining how customer experience in the offline channel affects customer behaviour in both the offline and the online channel, more specifically how in-store customer experience affects both brick-and-mortar store and online stor…

How physical activity, fitness, and motor skills contribute to math performance: Working memory as a mediating factor

2021

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine whether physical activity, fitness and motor skills have indirect association with math performance via cognitive outcomes and if so, through which aspects of cognition? Methods This study comprised 311 6th–9th grade adolescents (12–17y [M age=14.0y], 59% girls) from seven schools throughout Finland in 2015. Math performance was measured via a teacher-rated math achievement and the Basic Arithmetic test. Cognitive functions were measured by broad cognitive test battery. Physical activity was assessed with a self-reported questionnaire and a hip-worn accelerometer. Aerobic fitness was estimated using a maximal 20-m shuttle run test, muscular f…

The precursors of double dissociation between reading and spelling in a transparent orthography.

2016

Research and clinical practitioners have mixed views whether reading and spelling difficulties should be combined or seen as separate. This study examined the following: (a) if double dissociation between reading and spelling can be identified in a transparent orthography (Finnish) and (b) the cognitive and noncognitive precursors of this phenomenon. Finnish-speaking children (n = 1963) were assessed on reading fluency and spelling in grades 1, 2, 3, and 4. Dissociation groups in reading and spelling were formed based on stable difficulties in grades 1–4. The groups were compared in kindergarten phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, letter knowledge, home literacy environment, a…

The combined effect of lower extremity function and cognitive performance on perceived walking ability among older people : a 2-year follow-up study

2018

Background We studied the combined effects of cognitive performance and lower extremity function on self-reported walking modifications and walking difficulty and on self-reported walking difficulty incidence over a 2-year follow-up. Methods A total of 848 community-dwelling older people aged 75-90 years participated at baseline, 816 at the 1-year follow-up, and 761 at the 2-year follow-up. Baseline lower extremity function was measured with the Short Physical Performance Battery (<10 vs. ≥10) and cognitive performance with the Mini-Mental State Examination (<24 vs. ≥24). Difficulty in walking 2 km was self-reported and categorized into no difficulties, no difficulties but walking modificat…

Vähentäjää vähentämässä : Tehdaspuu Oy puunhankkijana Suomessa

2011

"Hold on! Apua tulossa." : English practices among Finnish Twitter users

2015

Lähes kaikki suomalaiset osaavat englantia ja sitä pidetään suuressa arvossa niin tieteen, tekniikan, kaupan kuin populaarikulttuurin aloilla. Internetissä englanti on ollut aina tärkeä valtakieli, vaikkakin on nähtävissä, että pienemmät kielet saavat enemmän tilaa erityisesti sosiaalisen median suosion ansiosta. Sosiaalinen media on etenevässä määrin tärkeä osa myös suomalaisten jokapäiväistä elämää. Vuonna 2006 Yhdysvalloissa perustettu Twitter on sosiaalisen median sovellus, joka kerää suosiota jatkuvasti ympäri maailmaa. Suomalaisten käyttäjien määrä kasvaa koko ajan ja Twitter on nykyään näkyvä osa niin suomalaisessa mediassa kuin arkipäivän keskusteluissa. Englannin kieleen liittyviä …