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Comparing Conservation Value Maps and Mapping Methods in a Rural Landscape in Southern Finland
2015
We tested to what extent conservation value maps are different if the valuation and mapping method is changed. We compared 66 different conservation value and 4 different ecosystem service maps. Using remote sensing and other georeferenced data, we produced 2 different habitat type maps, which were 50 % similar. We valued each mapped habitat type based on rarity corrected potential number of vascular plant species and naturalness using 6 different valuation alternatives. We mapped habitat type connectivity and complementarity using 2 main approaches. The habitat type valuation alternatives were quite similar, but if the habitat type naturalness was taken into account, differences were large…
Hydro-mechanical modelling of MX-80 bentonite: one dimensional study
2016
As a first step towards modelling the coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) behaviour of bentonite, the Barcelona Basic Model (BBM) has been implemented into Numerrin finite element code. This model has been fully coupled with the single phase flow equation for unsaturated soils which models liquid water transport. Suction obtained from solving the flow equation is used as an input for the BBM model and the volumetric deformations from the mechanical analysis are used to update the pore water pressure field. As an alternative, BBM is used alongside the Kröhn’s model which assumes that bentonite re-saturation is mainly driven by water vapour diffusion. The paper simulates one dimen…
Foreign captains in elite hockey markets: mediatized discourses of professionalization between routes and roots
2018
The commercial internationalization of professional ice hockey is shaped by tensions of (re)routing and (up)rooting since it involves (i) crossing geographic, ethnic, and linguistic boundaries to c...
Does corn market uncertainty impact the US ethanol prices?
2018
The growing interest in biofuel as a green energy source has intensified the linkages between corn and ethanol markets, especially in the United States that represents the largest producing and exporting country for ethanol in the world. In this study, we examine the effect of corn market uncertainty on the price changes of US ethanol applying a set of GARCH-jump models. We find that the US ethanol price changes react positively to the corn market volatility shocks after controlling for the effect of oil price uncertainty. In addition, we document that the impact of corn price volatility on the US ethanol prices appears to be asymmetric. Specifically, only the positive corn market volatilit…
Merkityksellistä muotoilua : osallistava muotoilukasvatus Fantasy Design in Community 2009-2011 -hankkeessa
2010
"Se on sitä, mitä se on" : korutaiteilijoiden käsityksiä korutaiteesta
2012
Tutkimuksessa selvitetään sitä, minkälaiseksi ilmiöksi korutaiteilijat käsittävät ja kokevat korutaiteen. Tarkastelun kohteena on kaksi korutaiteilijoiden itsensä tuottamaa videota. Jewellery Talk -videolla 31 Euroopassa korutaiteen parissa ammatikseen työskentelevää ihmistä keskustelee korutaiteesta, sen tekemisestä, myymisestä, koulutuksesta, alan tulevaisuudesta ja haaveista. Toinen video on Korutaideyhdistyksen tuottama ja sillä kahdeksan suomalaista korutaiteilijaa tai sen parissa työskentelevää ihmistä vastaa vapaasti kysymykseen "Mitä korutaide on?". Tutkimus tarkentaa samalla nykykorun käsitettä nostamalla esiin korutaiteilijoiden siihen liittämiä käsityksiä sekä kysymyksiä antaen s…
Design of mobile phones for older adults : An empirical analysis of design guidelines and checklists for feature phones and smartphones
2017
Design guidelines and checklists are suggested as a useful tool in the development and evaluation of interface design of mobile phones for older adults. Given the intense evolution of mobile phone design, understanding how the design guidelines and checklists have taken into account the advances in mobile phone usability for older adults is important for their correct application and future development. Thus, this study explores the usability dimensions of mobile phone design for older adults and the related changes in terms of time and the type of device (feature phones vs. smartphones) based on an expert coding of the eight mobile phone design guidelines and checklists for older adults pu…