Toimintavakuuden antajan ja factoringrahoittajan suhde : kumpi maksaa?

English summary: Relation between guarantor and factoring financier : who pays? (s. 333-334)

Suomalaisen sotilasoikeudenhoidon oikeudellinen profiili

Kirjoitus perustuu kesällä 2005 Turun yliopistossa tarkastettuun lisensiaatintutkimukseen

Asiakaspalveluprosessin mittariston luominen: Case Borealis Polymers Oy

Työn tavoitteena oli luoda asiakaspalveluprosessin mittaristo päivittäisen operatiivisen toiminnan seuraamiseksi ja parantamiseksi. Tarkoituksena oli mitata tilaustoimitusketjun suorituskykyä sekä tutkia mahdollisia kehitys ja parannuskohteita. Työ tehtiin Borealis Polymers Oy:n Fenolin Liiketoimintayksikölle. Yhtiön käytössä on Balanced Scorecard KPI- mittaristo. Asiakaspalveluprosessin mittaristo luotiin BSC asiakasnäkökulman mukaisesti soveltuen yhtiön toimintaympäristöön ja tavoitteisiin. Mittariston tarkoituksena on täydentää KPI- mittareita keskittyen päivittäisen asiakaspalveluprosessin suorituskyvyn ja asiakastyytyväisyyden parantamiseen. Asiakaspalveluprosessia kuvaavia mittareita testattiin suorittamalla asiakastyytyväisyyskysely, joka käytännössä toteutettiin sähköpostitse tehtynä tyytyväisyysmittauksena. Mittauksella haluttiin selvittää asiakastyytyväisyyden taso, palvelun eritekijöiden suhteellinen tärkeys asiakkaille eli mitkä laadun tekijät ovat asiakkaille tärkeimmät sekä miten asiakas kokee Borealiksen asiakaspalvelun suhteessa kilpailijoihin. Asiakaspalvelukysely on osa yhtiön kuluen vuoden aikana tehtävää asiakastyytyväisyysselvitystä. Lisäksi työn tavoitteena oli luoda jatkuvan toiminnan seuraamiseksi tulevaisuutta varten mittarit asiakkaille tärkeimpien laadun tekijöiden seuraamiseksi.

Exploring the strategic impact of technological change - Studies on the role of Internet in magazine publishing

Over the past few decades, turbulent change has characterized the situation in the media industry. It has been noted that digitalization and new media are strongly influencing the industry: it is changing the existing market dynamics and requires new strategies. Prior research on the impact of digitalization and the Internet has emphasized news-focused media such as newspaper publishing and broadcasting, yet magazine publishing is very seldom the focus of the research. This study examines how the Internetimpacts magazine publishing. The work presents a multi-level analysis on the role and impact of the Internet on magazine products, companies and industry. The study is founded on strategic management, technology management and media economics literature. This study consists of two parts. The first part introduces the research topic and discusses the overall results of the study. The second part comprises five research publications. Qualitative research methods are used throughout. The results of the study indicate that the Internet has not had a disruptive effect on magazine publishing, and that its strategic implications could rather be considered complementary to the print magazine and the business as a whole. It seems that the co-specialized assets, together with market-related competencies and unchanged core competence have protected established firms from the disruptive effect of the new technology in magazine publishing. In addition, it seems that the Internet offers a valuable possibility to build and nourish customer relationships. The study contributes tomedia management and economics research by moving from product- or industry-level investigations towards a strategic-management perspective.

Soodakattilan energiatehokkuuden ja -taseen laskenta

Tämä diplomityö on tehty UPM-Kymmene Oy:n Tervasaaren tehtaalle. Työn tavoitteena oli määrittää soodakattilan energiatase. Määritellyn taseen avulla voitiin tutkia kattilan energiatehokkuutta. Soodakattilan savukaasupuolen ja vesihöyrypiirin energiataseet mallinnettiin taulukkolaskentaohjelmaan. Lähtöarvojen selvittämiseksi suoritettiin yksi mittausjakso. Laskettujen savukaasupuolen ja vesihöyrypiirin tasetulosten ero oli vain 0,4 % hyödyksi saatavien lämpöenergioiden suhteen. Savukaasupuolen energiataseessa käytettiin polttoaineiden tehollisia lämpöarvoja. Lisäksi lipeän määritettyä tehollista lämpöarvoa korjattiin erillisellä kertoimella. Kattilan energiatehokkuuden tarkasteluun valittiin muuttujiksi poltettavan lipeän laatu ja lipeän kuiva-aine sekä nuohoushöyrymäärä ja ilmakerroin. Lasketuista tuloksista voitiin havaita, että siirryttäessä nykyisestä polttolipeän poltosta pelkään sulfaattipohjaisen lipeän polttoon, saavutetaan säästöjä 2,33…3,10 milj.€/a. Myös nuohoushöyrymäärän ja ilmakertoimen muutoksilla todettiin saavutettavan säästöjä.

Regressiomenetelmien vertailu männiköiden läpimittajakaumien ennustamiseksi ojitusalueilla

Seloste artikkelista: Siipilehto, J., Sarkkola, S. & Mehtätalo, L. 2007. Comparing regression estimation techniques when predicting diameter distributions of Scots pine on drained peatlands. Silva Fennica 4 (2): 333-349.

Computational Techniques for Spectral Image Analysis

Multispectral images are becoming more common in the field of remote sensing, computer vision, and industrial applications. Due to the high accuracy of the multispectral information, it can be used as an important quality factor in the inspection of industrial products. Recently, the development on multispectral imaging systems and the computational analysis on the multispectral images have been the focus of a growing interest. In this thesis, three areas of multispectral image analysis are considered. First, a method for analyzing multispectral textured images was developed. The method is based on a spectral cooccurrence matrix, which contains information of the joint distribution of spectral classes in a spectral domain. Next, a procedure for estimating the illumination spectrum of the color images was developed. Proposed method can be used, for example, in color constancy, color correction, and in the content based search from color image databases. Finally, color filters for the optical pattern recognition were designed, and a prototype of a spectral vision system was constructed. The spectral vision system can be used to acquire a low dimensional component image set for the two dimensional spectral image reconstruction. The data obtained by the spectral vision system is small and therefore convenient for storing and transmitting a spectral image.

Rederibarometern. Juli 2009

Shortsea Promotion Centre (SPC) Finland som främjar närsjofart publicerar den sjätte rederibarometern i samarbete med den finländska rederinäringen. Utöver hela den finländska rederinäringen finns även de andra transportformerna och parterna i transportkedjan från både den privata och offentliga sektorn representerade i SPC Finland. SPC Finland hör till Sjöfartbranschens utbildnings- och forskningscentral vid Åbo universitet och fungerar i centralens enhet i Björneborg. SPC Finlands verksamhet omfattar utöver närsjöfartsfrämjandet intermodala transporter som binder ihop järn-vägs-, landvägs- och insjötransporter med närsjöfarten. Barometern producerar information om sjöfartens verksamhetsområde för rederibranschen, dess intressentgrupper och de politiska beslutsfattarna. Barometern är framför allt avsedd som ett arbetsredskap för dem som arbetar med sjötransporter. Barometern utvecklades på våren 2006. Då gjordes förfrågan för första gången men den publicerades inte. För att konkretisera nyttan av barometern upprepas den regelbundet med ett halvårs mellanrum. Långa tidsserier möjliggör en mångsidig analysering av resultaten. Nästa förfråga genomförs i november 2009. Resultaten av föreliggande barometer skall publiceras den 17 juli 2009 i samband med Suomi Areena -evenemanget i Björneborg. SPC Finland riktar ett tack till alla rederier som deltagit i förfrågan och hoppas på respons för att kunna vidareutveckla barometern. Mer information om barometern fås av forskaren Pekka Sundberg, tfn. (02) 333 8104 eller e-post pekka.sundberg@shortsea.fi.

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Soitinnus: lauluääni

De commerciis veterum Rossorum

Invocatio: I.N.D.P.F.A.S.S.

Vähempiarvoisen kalan käsittelyketjut ja hiilijalanjälki

The condition of Baltic Sea has weakened considerably because of eutrophication which has caused massive increase of devalued fish. The condition of Baltic Sea can be helped by fishing these fish. This study handles three different ways to approach those fish utilizations and counts carbon footprint for those three chains. Environmental point of views are also examined. There are three different fish processing chains. Every processing chain begins with fishing the fish in Baltic Sea. After that the fishes are prepared by crushing and some formic acid is added to ensure preservation. In the first processing chain the fishes are processed as biodiesel. The waste from the biodiesel process is taken to the anaerobic digestion and the forming methane is used as energy. In the second chain the fishes are taken straight to the anaerobic digestion after preparing. In the third chain, the fish will be first prepared and then taken to fur farms as forage. The carbon footprint has been calculated for 1000 kg fish. The carbon footprint in the first chain is 164-178 kg CO2e, in the second chain 313 – 333 kg CO2e and in the third chain 363 kg CO2e. In the processing chains the bioenergy is produced from the biodiesel, anaerobic digestion and from the glycerol, which is by-product of the biodiesel. The energy produced from the biodiesel is so-called emission neutral, which is not taken into account when calculating emissions. The energy is used to compensate the emissions caused by fossil fuels. The PAS 2050 was used to calculate the carbon footprint. Only carbon dioxide and methane were used when calculating the carbon footprint.

Reading Development During Elementary School Years. Evidence from Eye Movements

The present dissertation examined reading development during elementary school years by means of eye movement tracking. Three different but related issues in this field were assessed. First of all, the development of parafoveal processing skills in reading was investigated. Second, it was assessed whether and to what extent sublexical units such as syllables and morphemes are used in processing Finnish words and whether the use of these sublexical units changes as a function of reading proficiency. Finally, the developmental trend in the speed of visual information extraction during reading was examined. With regard to parafoveal processing skills, it was shown that 2nd graders extract letter identity information approx. 5 characters to the right of fixation, 4th graders approx. 7 characters to the right of fixation, and 6th graders and adults approx. 9 characters to the right of fixation. Furthermore, it was shown that all age groups extract more parafoveal information within compound words than across adjectivenoun pairs of similar length. In compounds, parafoveal word information can be extracted in parallel with foveal word information, if the compound in question is of high frequency. With regard to the use of sublexical units in Finnish word processing, it was shown that less proficient 2nd graders use both syllables and morphemes in the course of lexical access. More proficient 2nd graders as well as older readers seem to process words more holistically. Finally, it was shown that 60 ms is enough for 4th graders and adults to extract visual information from both 4-letter and 8-letter words, whereas 2nd graders clearly needed more than 60 ms to extract all information from 8- letter words for processing to proceed smoothly. The present dissertation demonstrates that Finnish 2nd graders develop their reading skills rapidly and are already at an adult level in some aspects of reading. This is not to say that there are no differences between less proficient (e.g., 2nd graders) and more proficient readers (e.g., adults) but in some respects it seems that the visual system used in extracting information from the text is matured by the 2nd grade. Furthermore, the present dissertation demonstrates that the allocation of attention in reading depends much on textual properties such as word frequency and whether words are spatially unified (as in compounds) or not. This flexibility of the attentional system naturally needs to be captured in word processing models. Finally, individual differences within age groups are quite substantial but it seems that by the end of the 2nd grade practically all Finnish children have reached a reasonable level of reading proficiency.