Program-bladet : tidning för Helsingfors teatrar och konserter

Program-Bladet, joka ilmestyi vuosina 1882 sekä 1892-1916, on kiinnostava aikansa kulttuurielämän tutkimuksen lähde. Lehdessä kerrotaan yksityiskohtaiset tiedot Helsingissä järjestetyistä teatteriesityksistä ja konserteista sekä näissä esiintyneistä taiteilijoista. Helsinkiläisten liikeyritysten ilmoituksia ja mainoksia on runsaasti, ja lehdessä kerrotaan myös teatteri- ja konserttimaailman pieniä uutisia.

Program-blad

Program-Bladet, joka ilmestyi vuosina 1882 sekä 1892-1916, on kiinnostava aikansa kulttuurielämän tutkimuksen lähde. Lehdessä kerrotaan yksityiskohtaiset tiedot Helsingissä järjestetyistä teatteriesityksistä ja konserteista sekä näissä esiintyneistä taiteilijoista. Helsinkiläisten liikeyritysten ilmoituksia ja mainoksia on runsaasti, ja lehdessä kerrotaan myös teatteri- ja konserttimaailman pieniä uutisia.

Program-bladet : tidning för Helsingfors teatrar och konserter

Program-Bladet, joka ilmestyi vuosina 1882 sekä 1892-1916, on kiinnostava aikansa kulttuurielämän tutkimuksen lähde. Lehdessä kerrotaan yksityiskohtaiset tiedot Helsingissä järjestetyistä teatteriesityksistä ja konserteista sekä näissä esiintyneistä taiteilijoista. Helsinkiläisten liikeyritysten ilmoituksia ja mainoksia on runsaasti, ja lehdessä kerrotaan myös teatteri- ja konserttimaailman pieniä uutisia.

Program-bladet : tidning för Helsingfors teatrar och konserter

Program-Bladet, joka ilmestyi vuosina 1882 sekä 1892-1916, on kiinnostava aikansa kulttuurielämän tutkimuksen lähde. Lehdessä kerrotaan yksityiskohtaiset tiedot Helsingissä järjestetyistä teatteriesityksistä ja konserteista sekä näissä esiintyneistä taiteilijoista. Helsinkiläisten liikeyritysten ilmoituksia ja mainoksia on runsaasti, ja lehdessä kerrotaan myös teatteri- ja konserttimaailman pieniä uutisia.

Program-bladet : tidning för Helsingfors teatrar och konserter

Program-Bladet, joka ilmestyi vuosina 1882 sekä 1892-1916, on kiinnostava aikansa kulttuurielämän tutkimuksen lähde. Lehdessä kerrotaan yksityiskohtaiset tiedot Helsingissä järjestetyistä teatteriesityksistä ja konserteista sekä näissä esiintyneistä taiteilijoista. Helsinkiläisten liikeyritysten ilmoituksia ja mainoksia on runsaasti, ja lehdessä kerrotaan myös teatteri- ja konserttimaailman pieniä uutisia.

Developing markets of energy biomass – local and global perspectives

The thesis explores global and national-level issues related to the development of markets for biomass for energy. The thesis consists of five separate papers and provides insights on selected issues. The aim of Paper I was to identify methodological and statistical challenges in assessing international solid and liquid biofuels trade and provide an overview of the Finnish situation with respect to the status of international solid and liquid biofuels trade. We found that, for the Finnish case, it is possible to qualify direct and indirect trade volumes of biofuels. The study showed that indirect trade of biofuels has a highly significant role in Finland and may be a significant sector also in global biofuels trade. The purpose of Paper II was to provide a quantified insight into Finnish prospects for meeting the national 2020 renewable energy targets and concurrently becoming a largescale producer of forest-biomass-based second-generation biofuels for feeding increasing demand in European markets. We found that Finland has good opportunities to realise a scenario to meet 2020 renewable energy targets and for large-scale production of wood-based biofuels. The potential net export of transport biofuels from Finland in 2020 would correspond to 2–3% of European demand. Paper III summarises the global status of international solid and liquid biofuels trade as illuminated by several separate sources. International trade of biofuels was estimated at nearly 1 EJ for 2006. Indirect trade of biofuels through trading of industrial roundwood and material by-products comprises the largest proportion of the trading, with a share of about two thirds. The purpose of Paper IV was to outline a comprehensive picture of the coverage of various certification schemes and sustainability principles relating to the entire value-added chain of biomass and bioenergy. Regardless of the intensive work that has been done in the field of sustainability schemes and principles concerning use of biomass for energy, weaknesses still exist. The objective of Paper V was to clarify the alternative scenarios for the international biomass market until 2020 and identify the underlying steps needed toward a wellfunctioning and sustainable market for biomass for energy purposes. An overall conclusion drawn from this analysis concerns the enormous opportunities related to the utilisation of biomass for energy in the coming decades.

FinELibin Tieto tutkijan työpöydälle –kyselyn tiedotus ja tulokset Oulun yliopiston kirjastossa

Tiina Jounion esitys Käyttäjäkysely ja glögi -iltapäivässä 15.12.

The use of dietary supplements and medication among Finnish elite athletes

Background: Dietary supplements are widely used among elite athletes but the prevalence of dietary supplement use among Finnish elite athletes is largely not known. The use of asthma medication is common among athletes. In 2009, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed the need to document asthma by lung function tests before the use of inhaled β2-agonists. Data about medication use by Paralympic athletes (PA) is limited to a study conducted at the Athens Paralympics. Aims: To investigate the prevalence of the use of self-reported dietary supplements, the use of physician-prescribed medication and the prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma and allergies among Finnish Olympic athletes (OA). In addition, the differences in the selfreported physician-prescribed medication use were compared between the Finnish Olympic and the Paralympic athletes. Subjects and methods: Two cross-sectional studies were conducted in Finnish Olympic athletes receiving financial support from the Finnish Olympic Committee in 2002 (n=446) and in 2009 (n=372) and in Finnish top-level Paralympic athletes (n= 92) receiving financial support from Finnish Paralympic committee in 2006. The results of the Paralympic study were compared with the results of the Olympic study conducted in 2009. Both Olympic and Paralympic athletes filled in a similar semi-structured questionnaires. Results: Dietary supplements were used by 81% of the athletes in 2002 and by 73% of the athletes in 2009. After adjusting for age-, sex- and type of sport, the odds ratio OR (95% confidence interval, CI) for use of any dietary supplement was significantly less in 2009 as compared with the 2002 situation (OR 0.62; 95% CI 0.43-0.90). Vitamin D was used by 0.7% of the athletes in year 2002 but by 2% in 2009 (ns, p = 0.07). The use of asthma medication increased from 10.4 % in 2002 to 13.7% in 2009 (adjusted OR 1.71; 95% CI 1.08-2.69). For example, fixed combinations of inhaled long-acting β2-agonists (LABA) and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) were used three times more commonly in 2009 than in 2002 (OR 3.38; 95% CI 1.26-9.12). The use of any physician-prescribed medicines (48.9% vs. 33.3%, adjusted OR 1.99; 95% CI 1.13-3.51), painkilling medicines (adjusted OR 2.61; 95% CI 1.18-5.78), oral antibiotics (adjusted OR 4.10; 95% CI 1.30-12.87) and anti-epileptic medicines (adjusted OR 37.09; 95% CI 5.92-232.31) was more common among the PA than in the OA during the previous seven days. Conclusions: The use of dietary supplements is on the decline among Finnish Olympic athletes. The intake of some essential micronutrients, such as vitamin D, is suprisingly low and this may even cause harm in those well-trained athletes. The use of asthma medication, especially fixed combinations of LABAs and ICS, is clearly increasing among Finnish Olympic athletes. The use of any physician-prescribed medicine, especially those to treat chronic diseases, seems to be more common among the Paralympians than in the Olympic athletes.

Radio-frequency-based measurement methods for bearing current analysis in induction motors

The most common reason for a low-voltage induction motor breakdown is a bearing failure. Along with the increasing popularity of modern frequency converters, bearing failures have become the most important motor fault type. Conditions in which bearing currents are likely to occur are generated as a side effect of fast du/dt switching transients. Once present, different types of bearing currents can accelerate the mechanical wear of bearings by causing deformation of metal parts in the bearing and degradation of the lubricating oil properties.The bearing current phenomena are well known, and several bearing current measurement and mitigation methods have been proposed. Nevertheless, in order to develop more feasible methods to measure and mitigate bearing currents, better knowledge of the phenomena is required. When mechanical wear is caused by bearing currents, the resulting aging impact has to be monitored and dealt with. Moreover, because of the stepwise aging mechanism, periodically executed condition monitoring measurements have been found ineffective. Thus, there is a need for feasible bearing current measurement methods that can be applied in parallel with the normal operation of series production drive systems. In order to reach the objectives of feasibility and applicability, nonintrusive measurement methods are preferred. In this doctoral dissertation, the characteristics and conditions of bearings that are related to the occurrence of different kinds of bearing currents are studied. Further, the study introduces some nonintrusive radio-frequency-signal-based approaches to detect and measure parameters that are associated with the accelerated bearing wear caused by bearing currents.