Morfologia e anatomia da semente de Balfourodendron riedelianum (Engler) Engler - Rutaceae

Foram descritos e ilustrados aspectos morfoanatômicos das sementes de Balfourodendron riedelianum (Engler) Engler, visando a caracterização dos tegumentos, endosperma e embrião. As sementes são elipsóides, pretas, anátropas, endotestais com tégmem reduzido, exariladas e albuminosas. O endosperma possui reserva lipo-protéica. Embrião axial, dominante, branco, com cotilédones carnosos, eixo hipocótilo-radícula curto e plúmula reduzida.

Review of investment strategy, portfolio management, and scorecard based portfolio selection tool for direct property investments in Finland

The lack of research of private real estate is a well-known problem. Earlier studies have mostly concentrated on the USA or the UK. Therefore, this master thesis offers more information about the performance and risk associated with private real estate investments in Nordic countries, but especially in Finland. The structure of this master thesis is divided into two independent sections based on the research questions. In first section, database analysis is performed to assess risk-return ratio of direct real estate investment for Nordic countries. Risk-return ratios are also assessed for different property sectors and economic regions. Finally, review of diversification strategies based on property sectors and economic regions is performed. However, standard deviation itself is not usually sufficient method to evaluate riskiness of private real estate. There is demand for more explicit assessment of property risk. One solution is property risk scoring. In second section risk scorecard based tool is built to make different real estate comparable in terms of risk. In order to do this, nine real estate professionals were interviewed to enhance the structure of theory-based risk scorecard and to assess weights for different risk factors.

Morfologia e anatomia da semente de Esenbeckia grandiflora Mart. (Rutaceae)

Foram descritos e ilustrados aspectos morfo-anatômicos das sementes de Esenbeckia grandiflora Mart., visando o conhecimento dos tegumentos, endosperma e embrião. As sementes são de elipsóides a piramidais, marrom-escuras, anátropas, mesotestais, sem tégmem, exariladas e exalbuminosas. O embrião é axial, reto, total, branco, com cotilédones carnosos de reserva lipo-protéica, eixo hipocótilo-radícula curto e plúmula reduzida.

Morfologia e anatomia da semente de Dictyoloma vandellianum Adr. Juss.(Rutaceae)

Foram descritos e ilustrados aspectos morfo-anatômicos das sementes de Dictyoloma vandellianum Adr. Juss., visando o conhecimento dos tegumentos, endosperma e embrião. As sementes são reniformes, aladas, acobreadas, mesotestais, exariladas e albuminosas (reserva protéica). O embrião é axial, curvo, dominante, com cotilédones carnosos de reserva protéica, eixo hipocótilo-radícula longo e plúmula reduzida.

Pohjanmaan ja Keski-Pohjanmaan vähäliikenteisen tieverkon priorisointi

Selvityksessä priorisoitiin Keski-Pohjanmaan ja Pohjanmaan maakuntien vähäliikenteistä maantietieverkkoa ja sen hoitoa erityisesti elinkeinoelämän ja tuotannollisen toiminnan tarpeiden näkökulmasta, mutta myös muut näkökulmat huomioiden. Merkitsevyysarviointi toteutettiin paikkatietoihin pohjautuvana tarkasteluna eli poikkileikkauksena arviointihetken tilanteesta. Lähtötiedot pyrittiin etsimään mahdollisimman pitkälle ylläpidettävistä tilastoista, rekistereistä ja paikkatietoaineistoista. Merkitsevyyspisteistä ja priorisoinnista on myös laadittu erillinen excel-tietokanta. Sekä Pohjanmaalla että Keski-Pohjanmaalla vähäliikenteisten teiden osuus koko maakuntien alueen maanteiden pi-tuudesta on noin 50 %. Pohjanmaalla vähäliikenteisten teiden tiepituuden mukaan laskettu jakauma merkitsevyysluok-kiin on lähellä koko Etelä-Pohjanmaan ELY-keskuksen alueen jakaumaa. Keski-Pohjanmaalla taas on suhteessa enemmän luokkaan 1 priorisoitua tietä. Vaikka Keski-Pohjanmaan maantieverkon pituus on pienempi kuin Pohjanmaan, luokkaan 1 priorisoitua tiepituutta on suunnilleen yhtä paljon. Luokkaan 1 luokitellut vähäliikenteiset tiet Pohjanmaalla ja Keski-Pohjanmaalla ovat yhtä lukuun ottamatta päällystettyjä. Päällystetyyppi on pääosin pehmeä asfalttibetoni, joillain lyhyillä osuuksilla on käytetty myös kovaa asfalttibetonia. Luokkaan 1 luokitellut tiet ovat talvihoitoluokaltaan joko II (pääosin lumipintainen) tai III lumipintainen, hiekoitus vain pahimmissa olosuhteissa. Hoitoluokka tieosittain on esitetty taulukossa 3. Luokitustuloksia voidaan hyödyntää esimerkiksi hoitoluokkien päivittämisen ja päällystysohjelman laatimisen yhteydessä.

Critical elements underpinning the emergence of the medical game ecosystem: gamifying traumatic brain injury rehabilitation in Finland

The healthcare sector is currently in the verge of a reform and thus, the medical game research provide an interesting area of research. The aim of this study is to explore the critical elements underpinning the emergence of the medical game ecosystem with three sub-objectives: (1) to seek who are the key actors involved in the medical game ecosystem and identify their needs, (2) to scrutinise what types of resources are required in medical game development and what types of relationships are needed to secure those resources, and (3) to identify the existing institutions (‘the rules of the game’) affecting the emergence of the medical game ecosystem. The theoretical background consists of service ecosystems literature. The empirical study conducted is based on the semi-structured theme interviews of 25 experts in three relevant fields: games and technology, health and funding. The data was analysed through a theoretical framework that was designed based upon service ecosystems literature. The study proposes that the key actors are divided into five groups: medical game companies, customers, funders, regulatory parties and complementors. Their needs are linked to improving patient motivation and enhancing the healthcare processes resulting in lower costs. Several types of resources, especially skills and knowledge, are required to create a medical game. To gain access to those resources, medical game companies need to build complex networks of relationships. Proficiency in managing those value networks is crucial. In addition, the company should take into account the underlying institutions in the healthcare sector affecting the medical game ecosystem. Three crucial institutions were identified: validation, lack of innovation supporting structures in healthcare and the rising consumerisation. Based on the findings, medical games cannot be made in isolation. A developmental trajectory model of the emerging medical game ecosystem was created based on the empirical data. The relevancy of relationships and resources is dependent on the trajectory that the medical game company at that time resides. Furthermore, creating an official and documented database for clinically valdated medical games was proposed to establish the medical game market and ensure an adequate status for the effective medical games. Finally, ecosystems approach provides interesting future opportunities for research on medical game ecosystems.

Critical elements underpinning the emergence of the medical game ecosystem:gamifying traumatic brain injury rehabilitation in Finland

The healthcare sector is currently in the verge of a reform and thus, the medical game research provide an interesting area of research. The aim of this study is to explore the critical elements underpinning the emergence of the medical game ecosystem with three sub-objectives: (1) to seek who are the key actors involved in the medical game ecosystem and identify their needs, (2) to scrutinise what types of resources are required in medical game development and what types of relationships are needed to secure those resources, and (3) to identify the existing institutions (‘the rules of the game’) affecting the emergence of the medical game ecosystem. The theoretical background consists of service ecosystems literature. The empirical study conducted is based on the semi-structured theme interviews of 25 experts in three relevant fields: games and technology, health and funding. The data was analysed through a theoretical framework that was designed based upon service ecosystems literature. The study proposes that the key actors are divided into five groups: medical game companies, customers, funders, regulatory parties and complementors. Their needs are linked to improving patient motivation and enhancing the healthcare processes resulting in lower costs. Several types of resources, especially skills and knowledge, are required to create a medical game. To gain access to those resources, medical game companies need to build complex networks of relationships. Proficiency in managing those value networks is crucial. In addition, the company should take into account the underlying institutions in the healthcare sector affecting the medical game ecosystem. Three crucial institutions were identified: validation, lack of innovation supporting structures in healthcare and the rising consumerisation. Based on the findings, medical games cannot be made in isolation. A developmental trajectory model of the emerging medical game ecosystem was created based on the empirical data. The relevancy of relationships and resources is dependent on the trajectory that the medical game company at that time resides. Furthermore, creating an official and documented database for clinically validated medical games was proposed to establish the medical game market and ensure an adequate status for the effective medical games. Finally, ecosystems approach provides interesting future opportunities for research on medical game ecosystems

Uudenmaan vesienhoidon toimenpideohjelma vuosille 2016 – 2021

Uudenmaan vesienhoidon toimenpideohjelma sisältää tiedot vesien tilasta sekä tarvittavat toimenpiteet pinta- ja pohjavesien tilan parantamiseksi ja ylläpitämiseksi vesienhoitokaudella 2016 – 2021. Pintavesien ekologinen tila on heikko erityisesti peltovaltaisilla valuma-alueilla ja Suomenlahden rannikkovesissä. Jokien tilaa heikentää erityisesti hajakuormituksen aiheuttama rehevöityminen, mutta myös jokien rakentaminen, säännöstely ja patoaminen. Uudenmaan pintavesien kemiallinen tila on arvioitu suurelta osin hyväksi. Hyvää huonompi kemiallinen tila johtuu pääasiassa ym-päristölaatunormin ylittävistä elohopeapitoisuuksista ahvenessa. Uudellamaalla on 21 pohjavesialuetta, jotka on määritelty kemiallisesti huonoon tilaan. Yleisimpiä syitä kemiallisen tilan heikkenemiseen ovat pohjaveden kloridipitoisuus, liuottimet, torjunta-aineet sekä bensiinin lisäaine MTBE. Toimenpideohjelmassa esitettyjen toimenpiteiden kokonaiskustannukset ovat 372 milj. euroa vuodessa. Tästä 351 milj. euroa on muun lainsäädännön perusteella toteutettavia perus- ja muita perustoimenpiteitä ja 20 milj. euroa vesienhoidon täydentäviä toimen-piteitä. Toimenpiteiden toteutusta edistämään on esitetty lainsäädännöllisiä, taloudellisia, hallinnollisia ja tiedollisia ohjauskeinoja, joille on määritelty toteutusvastuut ja yhteistyötahot.

Åtgärdsprogram för vattenvården i Nyland för åren 2016 – 2021

Åtgärdsprogrammet för vattenvården i Nyland innehåller uppgifter om vattnens status samt om de åtgärder som krävs för att förbättra och upprätthålla yt- och grundvattnens status under förvaltningsperioden 2016 – 2021. Ytvattnens ekologiska status i är svag i synnerhet på de åkerdominerade avrinningsområdena och i Finska vikens kustvatten. Åarnas och älvarnas status försämras särskilt av eutrofiering till följd av diffus belastning, men också av byggande, reglering och uppdämning. Ytvattnens kemiska status i Nyland har till stor del bedömts vara god. Den sämre än goda kemiska statusen beror i huvudsak på de kvicksilverhalter i abborre som överstiger miljökvalitetsnormen. I Nyland finns 21 grundvattenområden som fastställts ha dålig kemisk status. De vanligaste orsakerna till att den kemiska statu-sen försämrats är grundvattnets kloridhalt, lösningsmedel, bekämpningsmedel samt bensintillsatsen MTBE. De sammanlagda kostnaderna för de åtgärder som föreslås i åtgärdsprogrammet är 372 miljoner euro per år. Härav är 351 mil-joner euro grund- och andra åtgärder som ska vidtas med stöd av annan lagstiftning och 20 miljoner euro åtgärder som kom-pletterar vattenvården. Lagstiftningsbaserade, ekonomiska, förvaltningsmässiga och informationsmässiga styrmetoder har presenterats för att främja genomförandet av åtgärderna. Ansvarsområdena och samarbetsparterna för genomförandet av styr-metoderna har fastställts.

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Brock Women's Volleyball in a March 1977 match. Pictured here are Nancy Barclay (#7), Linda Gause (#14), Gail Cort (#1), and Gladys Zymelka (#2).

Childlessness in a child-centered environment : the experiences of voluntarily childless female teachers /

In the literature on voluntary childlessness there is a lack of research on the types of occupations held by women who choose not to mother and how their fertility choice influences their occupational experiences. At the same time, the experience ofwomen with regard to the childfree choice has not been adequately addressed in contemporary feminist literature. In the field of education, much has been written about the association between mothering and teaching. Thus, childfree teachers become particularly interesting since they made seemingly paradoxical choices in that they chose not to bear and rear children yet they chose an occupation in which they are surrounded by and responsible for the daily care of many children. To gain an understanding of the work-related experiences of childfree women, in-depth interviews were conducted with 7 voluntarily childless female elementary school teachers from Southern Ontario. In addition, a focus group interview in which 3 of the 7 childfree teachers participated was conducted. Findings revealed that these women's "choice" to be childless was the result of complex circumstances and multiple motivations. Also, despite their decision to forgo the traditional female role of mother, these women held surprisingly conventional beliefs with regard to family and gender roles. In addition, these childfree women at times identified themselves as mother-like when teaching, yet at other times distanced themselves as teachers from mothers. Finally, results showed that these women experienced both direct and indirect pronatalist pressures outside as well as inside the workplace as a result of their childfree status.

The nature of bullying among secondary school students /

The purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence and effect of bullying in a secondary school. Six hundred and fifty-nine student volunteers completed a survey which included a quantitative component of 40 questions and 3 questions which required a written response. The results suggest that approximately 1 student in 10 was involved in a bullying situation either as a bully or a victim. As age increased, physical bullying decreased whereas psychological remained high in the senior years of high school. Boys were involved more in bullying than girls, especially in the junior years. The effects of bullying could be devastating to the point of school avoidance or early school leaving. The results also indicate that much of the bullying was not being reported. The implication for the education system is that more needs to be done to prevent bullying, to encourage the reporting of bullying, and to deal with the aftermath of a bullying situation.