Suomen hollanninpaimenkoirien terveyskartoitus

Summary: Health survey of Dutch shepard dogs in Finland

Sähköisen liiketoiminnan vaikutukset suurten energiayhtiöiden myyntitoimintaan

Työn tavoitteena oli selvittää tutkimukseen valittujen energiayhtiöiden TXU Europen, Centrican, RWE:n, Vattenfallin, Royal Dutch/Shellin ja Statoilin sähköisen liiketoiminnan tavoitteita ja tarkoitusta. Ensin käytiin läpi sähköisen liiketoiminnan käsitteitä ja Internetin merkitystä. Seuraavaksi selvitettiin energiamarkkinoilla tapahtuneita muutoksia, joiden puitteissa sähköinen liiketoiminta energiamarkkinoilla tulisi ymmärtää. Lopuksi energiayhtiöiden sähköiset palvelut analysoitiin perusteellisesti tutkimuksessa rakennettua viitekehystä apuna käyttämällä. Tutkimus perustuu täysin julkiseen informaatioon.Tällä hetkellä koko energianmyyntiprosessin suorittaminen alusta loppuun on energiayhtiöiden verkkosivuilla mahdollista. Sivut ovat kehittyneet pelkistä kotisivuista tarjous-, sopimus- ja laskutusprosessitoiminnot sisältäviksi sähköisiksi kauppapaikoiksi. Palveluita on myös vähitellen alettu integroimaan yritysten operatiivisiin järjestelmiin ja räätälöityjen palveluiden kehitys korostuu tulevaisuudessa. Asiakkaan itsepalvelumahdollisuudet lisääntyvät. Lisäarvoa tuovia palveluita kehitetään asiakassuhdetta vähitellen uusilla tuotteilla vahvistaen, laajaan energiayhtiöpohjaan perustuen tai viemällä useita uusia energiaan liittyviä tuotteita ja myös uusia energiatuotteita kerralla markkinoille. Yhteistyön merkitys tuotepakettien kehittämisessä korostuu.

A northern summer; or travels round the Baltic, through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and part of Germany in the year 1804 : by John Carr, esq.

Dedicated to: James Mackintosh.

The history of Lapland : containing a geographical description, and a natural history of that country; with an account of the inhabitants, their original, religion, customs, habits, marriages, conjurations, employments, &c. Written by John Scheffer, ... Translated from the last edition in Latin, and illustrated with many curious copper-cutts. To which are added, the travels of the King of Sweden's mathematicians into Lapland: the history of Livonia, and the wars there: also a journey into Lapland, Finland, &c. Written by Dr. Olof Rudbeck in the year 1701

Added engraved title page: The history of Lapland.

Joannis Schefferi Argentoratensis Lapponia, Id est, Regionis Lapponum et gentis nova et verissima descriptio. In qua multa de origine, superstitione, sacris magicis, victu, cultu, negotiis Lapponum, item animalium, metallorumque indole quae in terris eorum proveniunt, hactenus incognita. Produntur, [et] eiconibus adjectis cum cura illustrantur

Added engraved title page: Joannis Schefferi Argentoratensis Lapponia.

Joannis Schefferi von Strassburg Lappland, das ist: Neue und wahrhafftige Beschreibung von Lappland und dessen Einwohnern, worin viel bisshero unbekante Sachen von der Lappen Ankunfft, Aberglauben, Zauberkünsten, Nahrung, Kleidern, Geschäfften, wie auch von den Thieren und Metallen so es in ihrem Lande giebet, erzählet, und mit unterschiedlichen Figuren fürgestellet worden

Added engraved title page: Ioannis Schefferi Argentoratensis Lapponia.

Waarachtige en aen-merkens-waardige historie van Lapland: ofte een Beschrijving van desselfs oorspronk, landschappen, geberchten, gewassen, gedierten, metalen, steenen, wateren, en voornaemste geschiedenissen. Benessens der inwoonderen zeden, regeering, godtsdiensten, oorlogen, drachten, koophandel, gebouwen, van tenten, schepen, sleden, &c. Als ook van hare tover-trommelen, en wind-koopery. Met noch een kort bericht van den toestand der Finnen. Nieuwelijks uit het frans van den Heer Scheffer vertaalt. Met kurieuse kopere Plaaten

Added engraved title page: Waragtige en aanmerkenswaardige historie van Lapland en Finland.

Histoire de la Laponie, : sa description, lʼorigine, les moeurs, la maniere de vivre de ses habitans, leur religion, leur magie, & les choses rares du païs. Avec plusieurs additions [et] augmentations fort curieuses, qui jusques-icy nʼont pas esté imprimées. Traduites du latin de Monsieur Scheffer. Par L[e] P[ère] A[ugustin] L[ubin] geographe ordinaire de Sa Majesté

Added engraved title page: Histoire de la Laponie traduite du latin de Jean Scheffer.

The history of Lapland : wherein are shewed the original manners, habits, marriages, conjurations, &c. of that people : written by John Scheffer, professor of law and rhetoric at Upsal in Sweden.

Added engraved title page: The history of Lapland.

Treatment of Acute Otitis Media

Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common bacterial infection in young children, but the optimal management of AOM remains controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of antimicrobial treatment, either immediate or delayed, for AOM and to compare parental experiences regarding the management of AOM in two countries with very different treatment guidelines. Methods: Altogether, 322 children participated in a randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled trial. Children 6–35 months of age with AOM received amoxicillin-clavulanate or placebo for 7 days. The primary outcome was the time to treatment failure. In the second study, the delayed antimicrobial treatment group consisted of recipients of placebo who had received rescue treatment. The immediate antimicrobial treatment group consisted of children allocated to amoxicillin-clavulanate group. Parental expectations and opinions were evaluated by questionnaires sent via public day care in Turku, Finland, and Utrecht, the Netherlands. Results: Treatment failure occurred significantly more often in children receiving placebo as compared to antimicrobial treatment (45% vs. 19%, P<0.001). Delayed initiation of antimicrobial treatment did not worsen the recovery from AOM, but it was associated with worsening of the child’s condition, prolongation of symptoms, and absenteeism from day care and parental absenteeism from work. According to the comparative questionnaire, antimicrobial use was more common in Finland than in the Netherlands. Finnish parents believed more often than Dutch parents that antimicrobials are necessary in the treatment of AOM. Conclusions: Children with AOM benefit from antimicrobial treatment. Delayed initiation of antimicrobial does not worsen the overall recovery from AOM, but it might increase the symptom burden and create economic losses. Treatment practices and parental expectations seem to interact with each other. This needs to be considered when AOM treatment guidelines are updated.

The demand for global student talent: Capitalizing on the value of university-industry collaboration

The university sector in Europe has invested money and effort into the internationalization of higher education. The benefits of internationalizing higher education are fuelled by changing global values, choices and practices. However, arguments that serve the internationalization of higher education tend to stress either local organizational or individual interests; seldom do they emphasize the societal benefits. This dissertation investigates how collaboration between university and industry facilitates a shift in thinking about attracting and retaining global student talent, in terms of co-creating solutions to benefit the development of our knowledge society. The macro-structures of the higher education sector have the tendency to overemphasize quantitative goals to improve performance verifiability. Recruitment of international student talent is thereby turned into a mere supply issue. A mind shift is needed to rethink the efficacy of the higher education sector with regard to retaining foreign student talent as a means of contributing to society’s stock of knowledge and through that to economic growth. This thesis argues that academic as well as industrial understanding of the value of university-industry collaboration might then move beyond the current narrow expectations and perceptions of the university’s contribution to society’s innovation systems. This mind shift is needed to encourage and generate creative opportunities for university-industry partnerships to develop sustainable solutions for successful recruitment of foreign student talent, and thereby to maximize the wealth-creating potential of global student talent recruitment. This thesis demonstrates through the use of interpretive and participatory methods, how it is possible to reveal new and important insights into university-industry partnering for enhancing attraction and retention of global student talent. It accomplishes this by expressly pointing out the central role of human collaborative experiencing and learning. The narratives presented take the reader into a Finnish and Dutch universityindustry partnering environment to reflect on the relationship between the local universities of technology and their operational surroundings, a relationship that is set in a context of local and global entanglements and challenges.