Search results for "Vopa"

Grazing and abandonment determine different tree dynamics in wood-pastures

2016

Wood-pastures are threatened biotopes in which trees and livestock grazing maintain high conservation values. However, browsing may threaten tree regeneration, whereas abandonment leads to tree encroachment. We studied the regeneration of trees in a grazed and abandoned boreal wood-pastures. In grazed sites, the density of young spruces (Picea abies) was high, while the density of young birches (Betula spp.) was very low. Sprucification can be prevented only by removing spruces. The number of young birches and pines (Pinus sylvestris) was correlated with the number of junipers (Juniperus communis), probably because thorny junipers protect palatable seedlings from browsing. In abandoned site…

Grazing and soil pH are biodiversity drivers of vascular plants and bryophytes in boreal wood-pastures

2016

Abstract Wood-pastures have been formed by traditional low-intensity livestock grazing in wooded areas. They host high biodiversity values that are now threatened by both management abandonment (ceased grazing) and agricultural intensification, and therefore these habitats are of conservation interest in Europe. In order to explore the effects of grazing on the biodiversity of boreal wood-pastures, we studied the communities of vascular plants and bryophytes in 24 currently grazed and 24 abandoned sites. In addition to the current management situation, we studied the effects of soil pH and moisture, tree density, historical land-use intensity, time since abandonment (in abandoned sites) and…

LR-NIMBUS : an interactive algorithm for uncertain multiobjective optimization with lightly robust efficient solutions

2022

In this paper, we develop an interactive algorithm to support a decision maker to find a most preferred lightly robust efficient solution when solving uncertain multiobjective optimization problems. It extends the interactive NIMBUS method. The main idea underlying the designed algorithm, called LR-NIMBUS, is to ask the decision maker for a most acceptable (typical) scenario, find an efficient solution for this scenario satisfying the decision maker, and then apply the derived efficient solution to generate a lightly robust efficient solution. The preferences of the decision maker are incorporated through classifying the objective functions. A lightly robust efficient solution is generated …

Emerging Market Contagion Under Geopolitical Uncertainty

2019

We find that 10 emerging stock markets have high risk of contagion on the regional level but lower spillover with respect to the global markets, implying a potential for diversification benefits between emerging and global markets. Regional market integration seems to have been caused by trade integration, which has a policy implication for trade agreements’ systemic risk effects. We find that the geopolitical risk has no impact on either the return, or volatility spillovers. However, the general stock market risk (VIX) is connected to individual market volatilities, while the oil market is largely receiving the spillovers from the other markets. peerReviewed

Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence

2010

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S&P 500 -indeksin osinkoperusteinen arvonmääritys pitkällä aikavälillä

2017

Tässä Pro gradu –tutkielmassa selvitettiin, kuinka osinkoperusteinen arvonmääritys toimii S&P 500 indeksiin kuukausittaisella otannalla 1871 – 2016. Tämän lisäksi kartoitettiin, kuinka eri taloudelliset tekijät voivat selittää osaketuottoja. Samalla kartoitettiin miten muuttujien relaatiot ovat muuttuneet pitkällä aikavälillä. Tutkielmassa luotiin eri hintaestimaatteja, joilla pyrittiin arvioimaan tulevaisuuden osakehintaindeksin tasoja ja testattiin, kuinka hyvin estimaatit osuivat. Muuttujien relaatioita tutkittiin yhteisintegraatiotesteillä ja Granger –kausaalisuustesteillä, joiden perusteella voitiin päätellä, miten muuttujat ovat yhteydessä toisiinsa. Tämän lisäksi testattiin, onko pit…

Volatiliteetti ja tuotot pohjoismaisilla osakemarkkinoilla

2014

Tämän työn tarkoituksena on selvittää, onko Pohjoismaissa havaittavissa alhaisen volatiliteetin anomaliaa ja tutkia volatiliteetin ja osaketuottojen suhdetta. Volatiliteettia mitataan osaketuottojen yhtiökohtaisella (idiosynkraattisella) volatiliteetilla, sekä yksinkertaisella volatiliteetilla. Tutkimuskysymystä tarkastellaan muodostamalla portfolioita osaketuotoista volatiliteetin mukaan. Käytettävä aineisto on Pohjoismaisilta osakemarkkinoilta vuosilta 1990–2013. Käytetyt hinnoittelumallit ovat CAPM, Fama & French -malli, sekä neljän faktorin malli. Tutkimuksessa ei havaita koko aineistossa tilastollisesti merkitsevää alphakerrointa käytetyillä hinnoittelumalleilla strategialle, joka otta…

VanB-VanC1 Enterococcus gallinarum, Italy

2005

To the Editor: We report detecting a vanB determinant in Enterococcus gallinarum in poultry in Italy. High-level vanA-mediated glycopeptide resistance has been described for E. gallinarum and E. casseliflavus (1–4), and vanB-mediated vancomycin resistance has been frequently described for E. faecalis and E. faecium. However, vanB-mediated resistance in isolates of E. gallinarum has been described only in sporadic nosocomial cases of infection or colonization (5,6). In January 2005, a study of contamination by foodborne organisms in slaughtered broiler carcasses was conducted in Sicily. To detect glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE), each carcass was placed in a bag with 100 mL sterile b…

Nordic stock market integration

2001

New Interpretative Scales for Lichen Bioaccumulation Data: The Italian Proposal

2019

The interpretation of lichen bioaccumulation data is of paramount importance in environmental forensics and decision-making processes. By implementing basic ideas underlying previous interpretative scales, new dimensionless, species-independent &ldquo