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Teknologian LEGO/Dacta oppimateriaalit ja opettajan oppaat holistisessa tarkastelussa
2002
Gill area explains deviations from body size–metabolic rate relationship in teleost fishes
2022
Whether gill area constrains fish metabolism through oxygen limitation is a debated topic. Here, the authors provide insights into this question by analysing mass-specific metabolic rates across 44 teleost fishes extracted from FishBase. They explore whether species deviations from metabolic rates predicted by body mass can be explained by species gill area. They show that the gill area explains c. 26%–28% of species-level deviations from mass-specific metabolic rates. Their findings suggest that gill area might indeed be one of the factors limiting metabolic rate in fishes.
University Students’ Approaches to Making the Most of Their Study Time
2022
This article explores university students’ approaches to and positions with regard to making the most of their study time. The article discusses how various normative societal expectations around students’ use and management of time feature in their talk about how they organise their everyday lives. The research is based on thematic interviews (n = 28) that focused in detail on students’ day-to-day activities that were generated with students from two sets of generalist study fields in three regional Finnish universities. The results of a discursive analysis of students’ positionings reveal three discursive positions that represent of a variety in students’ approaches to make sense of the t…
Sensory testing in new product development: working with children
2015
Abstract This chapter aims at briefly reviewing applications of sensory descriptive testing methods with children, as well as their limits in relation to the cognitive development of children. Children’s sensory perceptions and preferences may differ from those of adults, which may make working directly with children a must for successful product development, at least at some stages of product development. However, most reported studies with children have characterized their preferences. Some studies have used discrimination tests and ranking tasks to gain knowledge about differences among products, or about sensory abilities development. A much smaller number of studies have involved child…
Passaggi aerei: suggestioni per un progetto
2011
The paper reports some suggestions useful for designing the small footbridge in the Archaeological Park named "Valle dei Templi" in Agrigento. The aim of the collection of different kinds of examples related to the design of bridges, footbridges and "aerial passageways" between buildings is to describe in which way -by using contemporary architectural "languages"- it is possible to solve the problem related to the necessity of climbing over an obstacle like a river, a street, a bunch of railways and so on, without interrupting the continuity of the pedestrians passage. Different kind of structures and materials are shown by underlining their potentialities in order to solve the pro¬b¬lems r…
Pluskvamperfekti, pluperfect or past perfect? : presenting English tenses in upper secondary school books
2014
Aloitettaessa uuden kielen opiskelu opeteltavaa on valtava määrä ja aikamuodot ovat yksi tärkeä opittava asia. Kun opitaan ilmaisemaan tapahtuman aika oikein, monilta väärinkäsityksiltä voidaan välttyä viestin välittämisessä. Todennäköisin lähde aikamuotojen muodostamisohjeille on kirja, jota koulussa käytetään ja siirryttäessä asteelta toiselle, on sillä merkitystä miten aikamuodot on kyseisessä kirjassa esitetty. Tämä tutkimus lähtikin selvittämään juuri tätä yhteyttä aikamuotojen esityksessä siirryttäessä lukiosta ylemmälle tasolle ja se oli luonteeltaan kvalitatiivinen sisällön analyysi. Tutkimuksella haluttiin selvittää kuinka aikamuodot on esitetty lukion oppikirjoissa verrattuna ylem…
Figures du sacré
2013
Dufour-Boutaud (dir.), n°23, Questions de Communication : dossier Figures du sacré; International audience; Figures du sacré « Le sacré est l'archaïque » écrivait Paul Ricoeur (1974 : 71), faisant le constat qu'il relève d'un monde aujourd'hui complètement révolu. Démarche bien téméraire, donc, celle d'engager Questions de communication dans un débat refermé sur le passé, voire dépassé. La discussion serait close et le sujet entendu. Tournons la page. Pourtant le sacré reste d'une étonnante acuité. Il y a quelques années, il trouvait encore à s'exposer dans ce temple de la création moderne et de l'avant-garde qu'est le centre Pompidou à Paris 1 : 1 Une exposition s'est tenue en août 2008 au…
Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Flax-Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Laminates for Industrial Applications
2015
The present work describes the experimental mechanical characterisation of a natural flax fibre reinforced epoxy polymer composite. A commercial plain woven quasi-unidirectional flax fabric with spun-twisted yarns is employed in particular, as well as unidirectional composite panels manufactured with three techniques: hand-lay-up, vacuum bagging and resin infusion. The stiffness and strength behaviours are investigated under both monotonic and low-cycle fatigue loadings. The analysed material has, in particular, shown a typical bilinear behaviour under pure traction, with a knee yield point occurring at a rather low stress value, after which the material tensile stiffness is significantly r…
Effect of NaOH Treatment on Properties of Phoenix Sp. Fiber
2016
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of an alkali treatment on physical, chemical, mechanical, and morphological properties of Phoenix Sp. fibers. The use of natural fibers as reinforcement in polymer composites requires a deep investigation to understand their behavior and which treatment is more appropriate to improve the quality of the untreated material. For this reason, fibers were extracted from the petioles of the Phoenix Sp. plant and they were treated with NaOH solution in different weight concentrations (5%, 10%, and 15%). The mechanical behavior was investigated through tensile test on single fiber at different gauge length (20 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm, 50 mm, and 60 mm). C…
Effect of Core–Shell Rubber Nanoparticles on the Mechanical Properties of Epoxy and Epoxy-Based CFRP
2022
This research was funded by M-Era.Net project MERF “Matrix for carbon reinforced epoxy laminates with reduced flammability” grant No. 1.1.1.5/ERANET/20/04 from the Latvian State Education Development Agency and M-Era.Net project “EPIC—European Partnership for Improved Composites“ funded by grant No. TH06020001. A.S., K.S. and A.Z. are grateful to funding received from the European Union Horizon 2020 Framework program H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-TeamingPhase2 under grant agreement No. 739508, project CAMART2.