Our publication fund - what have we learnt?

Presentation at the Nordic Perspectives on Open Access and Open Science seminar, Helsinki, October 15, 2013

Puolustusvoimien lessons learned -toiminta oppivan organisaation ilmentäjänä suomalaisissa kriisinhallintajoukoissa

Kansainvälinen kriisinhallinta on yksi puolustusvoimien kolmesta päätehtävästä. Suomi on osallistunut kansainvälisiin rauhanturva- ja kriisinhallintaoperaatioihin jo yli puolen vuosisadan ajan. Jokaisessa operaatiossa joukon organisaatio on ollut erilainen, tehtävästä ja mandaatista riippuen. Myös joukkojen koulutuksessa on tapahtunut muutoksia vuosien varrella, lähinnä suoritustasovaatimusten ja edellisistä operaatioista saatujen kokemusten myötä. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan lessons learned -toimintaa ja sen roolia oppivan organisaation ilmentäjänä ja miten puolustusvoimat asiasta käskee liittyen sotilaallisten kriisinhallintajoukkojen toimintaan. Tutkimuksesta on rajattu pois siviilikriisinhallinnan käsittely. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää, miten puolustusvoimat käskee kriisinhallintajoukon toiminnasta liittyen operaatioista saatujen kokemusten raportointiin ja koulutuksen kehittämiseen. Pääkysymykseen, millaisia oppivan organisaation tunnusmerkkejä puolustusvoimien lessons learned -toiminnasta kriisinhallintajoukkojen osalta on löydettävissä, saadaan vastaus selvittämällä seuraavat alakysymykset: 1. Miten lessons learned -toiminta ilmentää oppivan organisaation mallia? 2. Miten lessons learned -toiminta ilmenee puolustusvoimien toiminnassa ja erityisesti kriisinhallintaoperaatioissa? 3. Mitä puolustusvoimat käskee kriisinhallintajoukoille operaatioalueelta saatujen kokemusten keräämisestä ja kuka/ketkä sen suorittaa/-tavat? Tutkimuksen näkökulma on sotilaspedagoginen. Tutkimuksessa keskitytään kriisinhallintajoukon saamien kokemusten jalostamiseen edelleen koulutukseen lessons learned -toiminnan kautta oppivan organisaation ilmentäjänä. Tutkimus toteutetaan käyttämällä sisällönanalyysimenetelmää paneutumalla kirjallisuuslähteisiin ja vertailemalla niitä. Lisäksi perehdytään Puolustusvoimien asiakirjoihin ja asetuksiin/ normeihin.

When Metadata Collides: Lessons on Combining Records from Multiple Repository Systems.

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Metabolite and light regulation of metabolism in plants: lessons from the study of a single biochemical pathway

We are using molecular, biochemical, and genetic approaches to study the structural and regulatory genes controlling the assimilation of inorganic nitrogen into the amino acids glutamine, glutamate, aspartate and asparagine. These amino acids serve as the principal nitrogen-transport amino acids in most crop and higher plants including Arabidopsis thaliana. We have begun to investigate the regulatory mechanisms controlling nitrogen assimilation into these amino acids in plants using molecular and genetic approaches in Arabidopsis. The synthesis of the amide amino acids glutamine and asparagine is subject to tight regulation in response to environmental factors such as light and to metabolic factors such as sucrose and amino acids. For instance, light induces the expression of glutamine synthetase (GLN2) and represses expression of asparagine synthetase (ASN1) genes. This reciprocal regulation of GLN2 and ASN1 genes by light is reflected at the level of transcription and at the level of glutamine and asparagine biosynthesis. Moreover, we have shown that the regulation of these genes is also reciprocally controlled by both organic nitrogen and carbon metabolites. We have recently used a reverse genetic approach to study putative components of such metabolic sensing mechanisms in plants that may be conserved in evolution. These components include an Arabidopsis homolog for a glutamate receptor gene originally found in animal systems and a plant PII gene, which is a homolog of a component of the bacterial Ntr system. Based on our observations on the biology of both structural and regulatory genes of the nitrogen assimilatory pathway, we have developed a model for metabolic control of the genes involved in the nitrogen assimilatory pathway in plants.

Open publishing: lessons from particle physics

Syksy Räsänen's presentation at Kirjastoverkkopäivät, Helsinki 21.10.2015.

Metas de inflação: lições da era Greenspan

This paper approaches the experience of monetary policy in the Greenspan period and suggests what lessons could be learnt. The adoption of inflation targeting would denote a step backward in the policymaking process in the USA, for, since the 1980s, a distinctive feature is flexibility of response to adjust to unexpected events and changing environments. The Fed was able to exercise an informed judgement in critical situations and this opens the case for the importance of not restraining policymakers' actions through the adoption of tight rules. Furthermore, that the various experiences with inflation targeting are indisputably huge successes, and that this framework represents the state of the art (therefore nothing else can alternatively be done), remains to be seen.

The geographic dynamics of industry employment in Brazilian metropolitan areas: lessons for São Paulo

ABSTRACTWe discuss historic trends in large metropolitan areas in Brazil showing that manufacturing has decreased its share in the country but the movement was, in general, more intense in large metropolitan areas and particularly in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA). This movement was more intense in the 1980s and in the first half of the 1990s. From mid 1990s up to the end of the 2000s, the manufacturing share trend became flat. We speculate that the first period reflects the exhaustion of the process of import substitution that took place in the previous three decades (1950 to 1980). The second period, from 1993 to 2009, is representative of a new model of growth and the evidence that manufacturing share became flat is reinforcing the idea of a new period in terms of manufacturing employment. While concentration has risen from 1996 to 2005, it decreased again in the second half of the first decade of the 2000s. The SPMA reinvented itself very quickly from late 1970s to mid-2000s.

Remembering Lessons Learned: knowledge management techniques for building generational memory

A presentation made at the CAUT Librarians Conference in Ottawa, Ontario in October 2005.

A research capacity strengthening project for infectious diseases in Honduras: experience and lessons learned

Background: In Honduras, research capacity strengthening (RCS) has not received sufficient attention, but an increase in research competencies would enable local scientists to advance knowledge and contribute to national priorities, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Objective: This project aimed at strengthening research capacity in infectious diseases in Honduras, focusing on the School of Microbiology of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). The primary objective was the creation of a research-based graduate program for the continued training of researchers. Parallel objectives included institutional strengthening and the facilitation of partnerships and networks. Methods: Based on a multi-stakeholder consultation, an RCS workplan was designed and undertaken from 2007 to 2012. Due to unexpected adverse circumstances, the first 2 years were heavily dedicated to implementing the project's flagship, an MSc program in infectious and zoonotic diseases (MEIZ). In addition, infrastructure improvements and demand-driven continuing education opportunities were facilitated; biosafety and research ethics knowledge and practices were enhanced, and networks fostering collaborative work were created or expanded. Results: The project coincided with the peak of UNAH's radical administrative reform and an unprecedented constitutional crisis. Challenges notwithstanding, in September 2009, MEIZ admitted the first cohort of students, all of whom undertook MDG-related projects graduating successfully by 2012. Importantly, MEIZ has been helpful in expanding the School of Microbiology's traditional etiology-based, disciplinary model to infectious disease teaching and research. By fulfilling its objectives, the project contributed to a stronger research culture upholding safety and ethical values at the university. Conclusions: The resources and strategic vision afforded by the project enhanced UNAH's overall research capacity and its potential contribution to the MDGs. Furthermore, increased research activity and the ensuing improvement in performance indicators at the prime Honduran research institution invoke the need for a national research system in Honduras.

Fair Copyright for Canada: Lessons for Online Social Movements from the First Canadian Facebook Uprising

Despite their growing importance, the political effectiveness of social media remains understudied. Drawing on and updating resource mobilization theory and political process theory, this article considers how social media make “political engagement more probable,” and the determinants of success for online social movements. It does so by examining the mainstreaming of the Canadian “user rights” copyright movement, focusing on the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook page, created in December 2007. This decentralized, grassroots, social media-focused action – the first successful campaign of its kind in Canada and one of the first in the world – changed the terms of the Canadian copyright debate and legitimized Canadian user rights. As this case demonstrates, social media have changed the type and amount of resources needed to create and sustain social movements, creating openings for new groups and interests. Their success, however, remains dependent on the political context within which they operate.

Lessons on political economy

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Lessons in english literature with a short dictionary of bristish, iris, and american autors

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