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Validation of the Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory (MDSI) in professional drivers: How does it work in transportation workers?
2019
Abstract The Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory or MDSI constitutes, perhaps, the most relevant tool for measuring driving styles. Since its releasing in 2004, it has been applied worldwide to different samples of drivers, showing an important value and utility for road safety. However, empirical studies using the MDSI on professional drivers are scarce and, to the date, there is no validated version of the instrument in this workforce yet. Objectives: This study had two aims. First, to describe in detail the validation of the Taubman-Ben-Ari’s MDSI among professional drivers and, second, to test its convergent validity with other key relevant factors present in the work environment o…
Kolmas merkitys toiseen : kinekfrasis suomalaisessa nykyrunoudessa
2016
In this article I develop the concept of kinekphrasis to designate a particular form of intermediality, speci cally, the verbal representation of cinema or other form of moving image. Kinekphrasis builds upon ekphrasis, the classical rhetorical term that today generally refers to texts about static artworks, such as paintings and statues. Representing the medial complex of cinema, however, sets a distinct sensorial and semiotic challenge to a text and brings about a form of intermediality di erent from the traditional ekphrasis. I exemplify kinekphrasis with a reading of contemporary Finnish poetry, namely, individual poems by Pauliina Haasjoki and V. S. Luoma-aho, and one book-length work,…
Ekfrasis sarjakuvassa : kuvan, sanan ja kuvataiteiden vuorovaikutus Timo Mäkelän sarjakuvanovellissa Kuolematon mestariteos
2010
Pro gradu -tutkielmani käsittelee sarjakuva-ekfrasiksen mahdollisuutta sarjakuvassa. Pyrin löytämään vastauksia seuraaviin kysymyksiin: miten ja millaisista teoreettisista lähtökohdista sarjakuva-ekfrasis rakentuu? Voidaanko sarjakuva-ekfrasiksen löytämiseksi luoda vakaata tulkintakehystä, ja pystyykö käsitteelle antamaan pätevää määritelmää? Hypoteesinani on, että sarjakuvan narratiivilla on erityinen merkitys sarjakuva-ekfrasiksen paikantamisessa. Tutkimuskysymykset ja hypoteesi ohjaavat ensin esittelemään teoreettisen viitekehyksen ja sitten soveltamaan rakentunutta teoriaa Timo Mäkelän Kuolematon mestariteos -sarjakuvanovellin analyysissa. Työn teoreettisena pohjana on pääosin käytetty …
Relationaalinen hyvinvointi kriittisen koulukunnan näkökulmasta
2017
Teoreettinen pro gradu -tutkielmani käsittelee Tuuli Hirvilammen ja Tuula Helneen relationaalisen hyvinvoinnin teoriaa, joka korostaa ihmisen ja luonnon riippuvaisuussuhteen merkitystä ihmisen hyvinvoinnille. Vertaan tätä teoriaa varhaisen kriittisen koulukunnan ja eritoten Valistuksen dialektiikan käsityksiin ihmisen ja luonnon suhteesta. Tutkimuskysymysteni avulla hahmotan, mikä merkitys kriittisen koulukunnan esittämillä ajatuksilla valistuksen dialektiikasta ja valistuksen totaalisuudesta on relationaalisen hyvinvoinnin kannalta ja mikä merkitys kärsimyksellä ja tunteilla on relationaaliselle hyvinvoinnille. Relationaalisen hyvinvoinnin teoriassa tasapainoinen tarpeidentyydytys ja luont…
Aperitiffin perintö : esimerkkinä Jaakko Yli-Juonikkaan Neuromaani
2018
Linking employer branding orientation and firm performance: Testing a dual mediation route of recruitment efficiency and positive affective climate
2019
Faced with competitive labor markets, firms increasingly use employer branding to build a qualified workforce and engage their employees. However, our understanding of the impact of employer branding orientation on firm performance and the theoretical firm‐level mechanisms underlying this potential impact is very limited. To address this gap, we integrate brand marketing theory with human resource management (HRM) research to develop a model explicating how employer branding orientation is linked to firm performance through a dual route by enhancing both recruitment efficiency (i.e., external route: applicants) and positive affective climate (i.e., internal route: incumbent employees). The …
Exploiting Data Analytics and Deep Learning Systems to Support Pavement Maintenance Decisions
2021
Road networks are critical infrastructures within any region and it is imperative to maintain their conditions for safe and effective movement of goods and services. Road Management, therefore, plays a key role to ensure consistent efficient operation. However, significant resources are required to perform necessary maintenance activities to achieve and maintain high levels of service. Pavement maintenance can typically be very expensive and decisions are needed concerning planning and prioritizing interventions. Data are key towards enabling adequate maintenance planning but in many instances, there is limited available information especially in small or under-resourced urban road authorit…
Erich Fromm's Hopeful Humanism
2021
Rockfall hazards of Mount Pellegrino area (Sicily, Southern Italy)
2020
A map derived by rockfall analysis at Mount Pellegrino is presented herein. The study area is affected by several phenomena of rockfall which caused numerous damage and a strong social and economic impact. Official reports and maps that give a general assessment of rockfall hazard are available in this respect, however, it would be advisable to provide a more specific cartographic support useful for land management and planning. The drafting of new maps showing the rockfall runout areas is an additional tool that may be used in conjunction with the existing maps as a means of risk mitigation and reduction. On the basis of geological, geomorphological, and geomechanical analysis and exploiti…
Landslide inventory and rockfall risk assessment of a strategic urban area (Palermo, Sicily)
2019
This study concerns the assessment of the rockfall risk for two strategic sectors of the Mount Pellegrino, one of the most relevant place in the city of Palermo. During the last two decades, several rockfalls affected the study area setting up a serious threat to the people, structures and infrastructures preventing the economic and social development. For these landslides a detailed GIS inventory was realized; the most dangerous rockfalls occurred within the two study sectors. In both areas we have carried out detailed field surveys and the geo-mechanical characterization of the rock slopes. These analyses allowed to define the rock mass parameters, the set of discontinuities and the kinem…