Search results for "korvaus"

Legacy system evolution - A comparative study of modernisation and replacement initiation factors

2007

Decisions regarding information system evolution strategy become topical as the organisation’s information systems age and start to approach the end of their life cycle. An interview study was conducted in order to compare factors influencing modernisation and replacement initiation. System age, obsolete technology and high operation or maintenance costs were identified as triggers for both modernisation and replacement projects. The results show that the most prevalent individual reason for modernisation initiative is business development. Common initiation factors for replacement projects were end of vendor support and system’s inability to respond to organisation’s business needs. peerRe…

Page replacement in operating system memory management

2007

Hyppelyharjoittelun ja estrogeeninkorvaushoidon vaikutus alaraajojen ojennustehoon ja juoksunopeuteen postmenopausaalisilla naisilla : vuoden randomi…

1999

Implementation of Substitution Treatment in Finland: Beyond Rationalisation and Medicalisation

2011

AIMS Finnish treatment of drug abuse has during the last two decades shifted from a predominantly psychosocial approach to a more medical mode. This is especially evident in the rapid implementation of substitution treatments (STs). My aim is to show that labelling this development as ‘medicalisation’ or ‘rationalisation’ as a form of medical progress will not increase our understanding of the change. MATERIAL AND DESIGN I analysed texts from several periodicals with psychosocial, social policy and medical perspectives between 1997 and 2005. Four basic conceptual and argumentative underpinnings emerged which gave credence to the medical and rationalapproach, and the validity of these four e…