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Instrumenttivalintojen syyt ja seuraukset puhallinsoittajilla
2014
Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää tekijöitä, joiden perusteella puhallinsoittajat ovat päätyneet soittamaan pääinstrumenttiaan. Aiempien tutkimusten perusteella useat eri tekijät ohjailevat instrumenttivalintaa, mutta tutkijoiden käsitykset eri soittimiin liitettyjen sukupuolistereotypioiden vaikutuksista ovat yhtenäisimpiä. Näin ollen ne saivat suurehkon painoarvon myös tässä tutkimuksessa. Lisäksi soitinvalinnan taustatekijöitä vertailtiin eri maantieteellisten alueiden näkökulmasta. Tutkimuksessa pyrittiin kartoittamaan myös suomalaisen puhallinmusiikkiharrastuksen ja -ammatin yksityiskohtia erityisesti yksilön näkökulmasta. Tarkastelun alla olivat esimerki…
Explaining local governments' cost efficiency: Controllable and uncontrollable factors
2020
Abstract Efficient and effective management of public resources is essential at all levels of government. This issue has gained momentum due to the strains that affected public sector finances after the onset of the 2007/08 crisis in many countries, particularly in Europe. In this article, we evaluate the influence of environmental variables that affect local government efficiency in one European country, Spain, during the crisis years (2009–2015). To this end, and considering the possible influence of both controllable and uncontrollable factors, we use an approach that is able to analyse their impact across the conditional distribution of performance, and which controls for the (likely) e…
High Bias Voltage CZT Detectors for High-flux Measurements
2017
In this work, we present the performance of new travelling heater method (THM) grown CZT detectors, recently developed at IMEM-CNR Parma, Italy. Thick planar detectors (3 mm thick) with gold electroless contacts on CZT crystals grown by Redlen Technologies (Victoria BC, Canada) were realized, with a planar cathode covering the detector surface (4.1 x 4.1 mm(2)) and a central anode (2 x 2 mm(2)) surrounded by a guard ring electrode. The detectors, characterized by low leakage currents at room temperature (4.7 nA/cm(2) at 1000 V/cm), allow good room temperature operation even at high bias voltages (> 7000 V/cm). At low rates, the detectors exhibit an energy resolution around 4 % FWIEM at 59.5…
Microscale X-ray mapping of CZT arrays: Spatial dependence of amplitude, shape and multiplicity of detector pulses
2018
In this work, we present the results of a microscale X-ray mapping of a 2 mm thick CZT pixel detector, with pixel pitches of 500 μm and 250 μm, using collimated synchrotron X-ray sources at the Diamond Light source (U. K.). The detector is dc coupled to a fast and low noise ASIC (PIXIE ASIC), characterized only by the preamplifier stage. A custom 16-channel digital readout electronics was used, able to perform online fast pulse shape and height analysis (PSHA), with low dead time and reasonable energy resolution at both low and high fluxes. The detector allows high bias voltage operation (> 5000 V/cm) and good energy resolution at room temperature (5.3 %, 2.3 % and 2.1 % FWHM at 22.1, 59…
A GEM-TPC in twin configuration for the Super-FRS tracking of heavy ions at FAIR
2018
The GEM-TPC [1] described herein will be part of the standard beam-diagnostics equipment of the Super-FRS [2] . This chamber will provide tracking information for particle identification at rates up to 1 MHz on an event-by-event basis. The key requirements of operation for these chambers are: close to 100% tracking efficiency under conditions of high counting rate, spatial resolution below 1 mm and a superb large dynamic range covering projectiles from Z=1 up to Z=92. The current prototype consists of two GEM-TPCs inside a single vessel, which are operating independently and have electrical drift fields in opposite directions. The twin configuration is done by flipping one of the GEM-TPCs o…
Transport and extraction of radioactive ions stopped in superfluid helium
2003
A new approach to convert a high energy beam to a low energy one, which is essential for the next generation radioactive ion beam facilities, has been proposed and tested at Jyvaskyla, Finland. An open Ra-223 alpha-decay-recoil source has been used to produce radioactive ions in superfluid helium. The alpha spectra demonstrate that the recoiling Rn-219 ions have been extracted out of liquid helium. This first observation of the extraction of heavy positive ions across the superfluid helium surface was possible thanks to the high sensitivity of radioactivity detection. An efficiency of 36% was obtained for the ion extraction out of liquid helium. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights res…
Use of fragmentation beams at LNS with CHIMERA detector
2012
The recent intensity upgrade of the LNS fragmentation beam is discussed. The available beams, the tagging procedures and details on the beam quality are reported. The experimental program started with the CHIMERA detector using such beams is also discussed with preliminary results and future perspectives. © Owned by the authors, 2012.
Hard Two-Photon Contribution to Elastic Lepton-Proton Scattering Determined by the OLYMPUS Experiment
2017
The OLYMPUS collaboration reports on a precision measurement of the positron-proton to electron-proton elastic cross section ratio, $R_{2\gamma}$, a direct measure of the contribution of hard two-photon exchange to the elastic cross section. In the OLYMPUS measurement, 2.01~GeV electron and positron beams were directed through a hydrogen gas target internal to the DORIS storage ring at DESY. A toroidal magnetic spectrometer instrumented with drift chambers and time-of-flight scintillators detected elastically scattered leptons in coincidence with recoiling protons over a scattering angle range of $\approx 20\degree$ to $80\degree$. The relative luminosity between the two beam species was mo…
Kytkeytyneisyyttä edistävät politiikkakeinot ja vihreä infrastruktuuri : miten luonnon monimuotoisuus saadaan säilytettyä?
2013
Luonnon monimuotoisuuden vähenemistä ei ole saatu pysäytettyä kansainvälisistä sopimuksista huolimatta. Ekologinen kytkeytyneisyys on välttämätöntä, jotta monimuotoisuus voisi säilyä pitkällä aikavälillä. Tämä pro gradu tutkii luonnon monimuotoisuuden ja ekosysteemien prosessien säilyttämistä edistäviä politiikkakeinoja kolmen tutkimuskysymyksen avulla: 1) Kuinka hyvin nykyiset luonnonsuojelupolitiikan keinot edistävät ekologista kytkeytyneisyyttä? 2) Miten luonnonsuojelupolitiikan keinot voisivat edistää ekologista kytkeytyneisyyttä paremmin? 3) Voiko vihreä infrastruktuuri -lähestymistapa auttaa luonnon monimuotoisuuden suojelussa? Ekologinen kytkeytyneisyys vaikuttaa erityisesti lajien l…
Parental Competence in Infant and Primary Education: design and validation of an instrument
2021
Actualmente, la familia se encuentra ante retos que requieren de su eficiencia y eficacia en la crianza, protección y orientación de los hijos, es decir, la parentalidad y la capacidad de los padres de ejercerla de forma competente. Desde este punto de vista, destaca la necesidad de un modelo educativo centrado en el desarrollo de las competencias parentales que proporcione conocimientos, habilidades y actitudes que optimicen el rol parental respecto al desarrollo pleno y sistémico del ser humano. Ante la necesidad de conocer si los padres asumen de forma óptima su papel en la educación de sus hijos, se plantea como objetivo principal de este artículo el diseño de un instrumento para el aná…