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Flying-Related Concerns among Airline Customers in Finland and Sweden during COVID-19
2022
COVID-19 hit the global economy hard in early 2020, and airline industry was among the biggest commercial victims. Governments closed borders, the virus scared off travelers and the aircraft stayed on the ground to a large extent. The forecasted record year turned out to be the worst in the history of aviation. This study focused on the concerns of airline customers and analyzed the differences between the customer behavior in two focus markets, Finland and Sweden. The article is based on a questionnaire and the answers of 2004 airline customers. The results show that even though the overall COVID-19 strategy was very different between the focus markets, the same concerns still arose. The m…
Yksityistaloista maailmanluokan matkailukohteiksi
2019
Learning to Cycle : A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Generational Comparison
2022
BackgroundLearning to cycle is an important milestone for children, but the popularity of cycling and the environmental factors that promote the development and practice of this foundational movement skill vary among cultures and across time. This present study aimed to investigate if country of residence and the generation in which a person was born influence the age at which people learn to cycle.MethodsData were collected through an online survey between November 2019 and December 2020. For this study, a total of 9,589 responses were obtained for adults (self-report) and children (parental report) living in 10 countries (Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Finland, Spain, Belgium, United Kingdom, M…
Jaunākā pirmsskolas vecuma bērnu pamatkustību apguve kustību rotaļās
2020
Bakalaura darba autors: Signe Vecozola Bakalaura darba temats: Jaunākā pirmsskolas vecuma bērnu pamatkustību apguve kustību rotaļās. Darba mērķis: Teorētiski izzināt un praktiski pamatot kustību rotaļu nozīmi bērnu pamatkustību apguvē. Darba teorētiskajā daļā tiek teorētiski izzinātas pedagogu un psihologu atziņas par kustību rotaļu nozīmi bērna veselībā un attīstībā. Tiek vērsta uzmanība uz jaunākā pirmskolas vecuma bērnu attīstības raksturojumu. Tiek apskatīta un izzināta rotaļa, tās veidi un tās ietekme uz pamatkustību apguvi. Kā arī tiek izzināta kustību rotaļa, kā jaunākā pirmsskolas vecuma bērnu pamatkustību apguves sekmētāja. Darba praktiskajā daļā tika veikts empīriskais pētījums, p…
Continuity and changes in commuting mode and influence on physical activity, BMI and waist circumference among Finnish adults
2022
Regular physical activity (PA) has been found to be important for cardiovascular health and longevity. However, notable proportion of adult population does not meet the national PA recommendations. Active transport is one domain of physical activity, that could be a time-efficient way to increase PA and reach the national recommendations. Additionally, it could have a positive effect to body composition. nonPeerReviewed
Telia Crowd Insights -tietojen hyödyntäminen pandemiatietoisuuden parantamiseksi Keski-Suomessa
2021
Telia Crowd Insights -tietojen hyödyntäminen pandemiatietoisuuden parantamiseksi KeskiSuomessa on Keski-Suomen liiton rahoittama hanke, jolla pyritään selvittämään, että pystytäänkö ihmisten ja ihmisvirtojen liikkeitä seuraamalla saavuttamaan parempi tilannekuva pandemia tilanteessa. Hankkeen tarkoituksena on keskittyä erilaisiin liikenteenseurantaratkaisuihin sekä tutkia koronaviruksen aiheuttamia vaikutuksia maakunnassa tapahtuvaan liikenteeseen ja liikkumiseen. Keväällä 2020 tuli voimaan poikkeukselliset olosuhteet, joiden takia liikenne muuttui merkittävästi erilaisten rajoitusten ja yleisen varovaisuuden vuoksi. Tämä on yksi merkittävimmistä ilmiöistä, joita projektissa pyritään tutkim…
Consumers’ acceptance of information and communications technology in tourism: A review
2017
The review provides a conceptual framework on e-tourism research.Research on e-tourism is grouped into three classifications.Research on these three groups are uneven.Synthesis of theories, theories and frameworks provided. The impact of information and communications technology (ICT) in tourism (e-tourism) has altered the ways tourism services are accessed and consumed. Ubiquitous and highly innovative ICTs provide different channels for consumers to use tourism services; thus, studies on e-tourism are numerous and fragmented. Different factors account for how consumers embrace these channels. The purpose of this study is to review studies on consumers acceptance or adoption of e-tourism i…
Reducing Power Consumption of Wireless Networks Through Collaborative DMC Mobile Clusters
2017
Reducing the energy consumption of the wireless network is significantly important to the economic and ecological sustainability of the ICT industry, as high energy consumption may limit the performance of wireless networks and is one of the main network costs. To solve energy consumption problem, especially on the terminal side, a scheme known as distributed mobile cloud (DMC) is considered to be a potential solution. Multiple mobile terminals (MTs) can cooperative to take advantage of good quality links among the MTs to save energy when receiving from the Base Station (BS). In this paper, we aim to find the optimal transmit power to further reduce the energy consumption of DMC. From simul…
Factors influencing tourists’ intention to use COVID-19 contact tracing app
2020
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to develop and test a model that explores the antecedents of tourists’ acceptance of COVID-19 contact tracing app (CTA). Data was obtained from a crowdsourcing platform (Pollfish), in which 400 respondents answered the questionnaire. We used SmartPLS to analyse the data. Results reveal that trust and structural assurance have the strongest relationship. Furthermore, the relationship between trust and destination safety was positive. Finally, self-efficacy moderated the relationship between trust and intention, implying that trust was stronger for tourists who have higher levels of self-efficacy. Recommendations are offered.
Liminality in paradise : a study in utopianism at the Punta Mona community
2009
This Master’s thesis is a study in utopianism at the Punta Mona Sustainable Living and Education Centre, an ecological community of North Americans living on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The mission statement of Punta Mona is to show “sustainability” as a lived reality and to inspire individuals to return to mainstream society to enact change towards a more “eco-conscious” world. The main objective of this thesis is to critically examine the concept of sustainability as it is understood and practiced at Punta Mona and to raise questions over the tensions inherent in Punta Mona’s in-between position as an ecological community and ecotourism venture. What power structures are implicitly…