Finnish game developers’ perception on public and private funding sources: a survey analysis

The aim of this study is to find out how game companies perceive the three traditional funding sources and how well their opinions and needs are reflected on the choices they make. To accomplish this, 20 game companies were questioned about multiple topics with the help of Tekes and Neogames. The results of this study show that game developers clearly differentiate the three major funding sources and the public sector ends up being the most significant source of external funding. This study also points out that most game companies are indeed facing issues in acquiring funding as well as various other resources.

Kognitiivinen radio sotilaallisessa käyttöympäristössä

Tutkielmassa arvioidaan kognitiivisen radion sotilaalliseen ympäristöön tuomia mahdollisuuksia. Radion kognitiivisuutta käsitellään kongitiivisten ominaisuuksien, kuten adaptiivisuuden tai tilannetietoisuuden, kautta. Painopisteenä on kognitiivisten ominaisuuksien tuomien vaikutusten tarkastelu operatiivisessa viitekehyksessä. Operatiivisia vaikutuksia tutkitaan uhkalähtöisesti eli arvioimalla, miten tietty kognitiivinen ominaisuus vaikuttaa yleisimpiin tiedonsiirtoverkon uhkiin. Tutkimus on kirjallisuustutkimus, jota on täydennetty asiantuntijahaastatteluin sekä -arvioin. Operatiiviset vaikutukset on tiivistetty taulukoimalla eri kognitiivisten ominaisuuksien ja yleisimpien tiedonsiirtojärjestelmien uhkat. Kognitiiviselle radiolle on useita erilaisia määritelmiä. Tutkielman perusteella ITU-R:n määritelmää voidaan pitää kattavana. Kaikkia kriteerejä täyttävää kognitiivista radiota ei ole vielä olemassa, vaikka kognitiivisia ominaisuuksia radioissa on ollut pitkään. Kognitiivinen radio, tai jo pelkästään ohjelmistoradio kehittyneillä kognitiivisilla ominaisuuksilla, tuo huomattavia mahdollisuuksia parantaa langattoman tiedonsiirron toimintakykyä sotilaallisessa käyttöympäristössä. Kognitiiviset ominaisuudet vaikuttavat merkittävästi niin viestitaktiikkaan kuin uhkaankin. Tiedonsiirtojärjestelmien ylläpito ja rakentaminen vaativat aiempaa enemmän suunnittelua ja ammattitaitoa, mutta toisaalta loppukäyttäjän osaamistasovaatimuksia voidaan laskea sitä mukaan, kun lähestytään 0- konfiguraatiojärjestelmiä. Radioiden kognitiivisuuden myötä voidaan myös passiivisiin uhkiin, esimerkiksi elektroniseen tiedusteluun, varautua aiempaa tehokkaammin. Aktiivisiin uhkiin, kuten häirintään, kognitiiviset ominaisuudet vaikuttavat jopa toiminnan fundamentteja muuttavasti: perinteiset häirintätehtävät voivat vaihtua esimerkiksi tiedustelua tukeviksi tehtäviksi. Kognitiivisia ominaisuuksia voi olla myös häirintäjärjestelmissä, mikä toisaalta tasapainottaa mutta toisaalta vaikeuttaa häirinnän vaikutuksen ennakointia ja arviointia. Tiedonsiirtojärjestelmien ohjelmistopohjaisuus nostaa kyberuhkan merkitystä arvioitaessa eri uhkien kokonaismerkityksiä. Onnistunut kyberoperaatio voi tarkoittaa koko järjestelmän lamautumista tai vakavaa tietovuotoa. Merkittävimpänä esteenä kognitiivisen radion kehittymiselle on taajuusregulaation jäykkyys. Paine taajuushallinnan muutokselle nousee erityisesti siviilipuolen kehittyvien mobiililaitteiden datansiirtomäärien kasvaessa. Lainsäädäntö antaa viranomaisille suuret valtuudet säädellä spektrin käyttöä poikkeusoloissa. Tämä mahdollistaa sotilaallisten järjestelmien suunnittelun ja kehittämisen taajuusriippumattomasti ja toisaalta myös edellyttää sitä.

Effects of different ammoniacal nitrogen sources on N-metabolism of the atmospheric bromeliad Tillandsia pohliana Mez

Increasing levels of atmospheric ammonia from anthropogenic sources have become a serious problem for natural vegetation. Short-term effects of different ammoniacal sources on the N metabolism of Tillandsia pohliana, an atmospheric bromeliad, were investigated. One-year-old, aseptically grown plants were transferred to a modified Knudson medium lacking N for three weeks. Plants were subsequently transferred to Knudson media supplemented with 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5 mM of N in the forms of NH3 or NH4+ as the sole N source. The activities of glutamine synthetase (GS) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH-NADH) were determined after 40 h. The GS activity was stimulated significantly by increasing the levels of the gaseous form. The GDH-NADH activity increased significantly under increasing N concentrations with NH3, while no significant differences were observed with NH4+ as a N source. These results may reflect a faster NH3 absorption by T. pohliana compared to NH4+ uptake. The increased activity of GDH-NADH in NH3 treatment may play a role in protecting the cells from the toxic effects of increased endogenous level of free ammonium. A raise in the concentration of N, especially in the form of NH3, greatly increased the content of free amino acids and soluble proteins. A possible utilisation of T. pohliana to evaluate the changes of atmospheric gaseous ammonia is proposed.

The radio frequency identification technology in the supply chain management: a case of a big logistics company

Nowadays global business trends force the adoption of innovative ICTs into the supply chain management (SCM). Particularly, the RFID technology is on high demand among SCM professionals due to its business advantages such as improving of accuracy and veloc-ity of SCM processes which lead to decrease of operational costs. Nevertheless, a question of the RFID technology impact on the efficiency of warehouse processes in the SCM re-mains open. The goal of the present study is to experiment the possibility of improvement order picking velocity in a warehouse of a big logistics company with the use of the RFID technology. In order to achieve this goal the following objectives have been developed: 1) Defining the scope of the RFID technology applications in the SCM; 2) Justification of the RFID technology impact on the SCM processes; 3) Defining a place of the warehouse order picking process in the SCM; 4) Identification and systematization of existing meth-ods of order picking velocity improvement; 5) Choosing of the study object and gathering of the empirical data about number of orders, number of hours spent per each order line daily during 5 months; 6) Processing and analysis of the empirical data; 7) Conclusion about the impact of the RFID technology on the speed of order picking process. As a result of the research it has been found that the speed of the order picking processes has not been changed as time has gone after the RFID adoption. It has been concluded that in order to achieve a positive effect in the speed of order picking process with the use of the RFID technology it is necessary to simultaneously implement changes in logistics and organizational management in 3PL logistics companies. Practical recommendations have been forwarded to the management of the company for further investigation and procedure.

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.

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Kartta kuuluu A. E. Nordenskiöldin kokoelmaan

Map of the sources of Snake River : with its tributaries together with portions of the headwaters of the Madison and Yellowstone from surveys and observations of the Snake River Expedition

Kartta kuuluu A. E. Nordenskiöldin kokoelmaan

Map of the sources of Snake River : with its tributaries together with portions of the headwaters of the Madison and Yellowstone from surveys and observations of the Snake River Expedition

Kartta kuuluu A. E. Nordenskiöldin kokoelmaan

Numerical simulation of two-chamber plasma sources using finite element method

Numerical simulation of plasma sources is very important. Such models allows to vary different plasma parameters with high degree of accuracy. Moreover, they allow to conduct measurements not disturbing system balance.Recently, the scientific and practical interest increased in so-called two-chamber plasma sources. In one of them (small or discharge chamber) an external power source is embedded. In that chamber plasma forms. In another (large or diffusion chamber) plasma exists due to the transport of particles and energy through the boundary between chambers.In this particular work two-chamber plasma sources with argon and oxygen as active mediums were onstructed. This models give interesting results in electric field profiles and, as a consequence, in density profiles of charged particles.

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Variantti B.

De radio aeternitatis seu honestate e suo fonte scilicet jure naturae, emanante

Variantti A.

Carbon sources for Power-to-Gas applications in the Finnish energy system

This thesis is done as a part of the NEOCARBON project. The aim of NEOCARBON project is to study a fully renewable energy system utilizing Power-to-Gas or Power-to-Liquid technology for energy storage. Power-to-Gas consists of two main operations: Hydrogen production via electrolysis and methane production via methanation. Methanation requires carbon dioxide and hydrogen as a raw material. This thesis studies the potential carbon dioxide sources within Finland. The different sources are ranked using the cost and energy penalty of the carbon capture, carbon biogenity and compatibility with Power-to-Gas. It can be concluded that in Finland there exists enough CO2 point sources to provide national PtG system with sufficient amounts of carbon. Pulp and paper industry is single largest producer of biogenic CO2 in Finland. It is possible to obtain single unit capable of grid balancing operations and energy transformations via Power-to-Gas and Gas-to-Power by coupling biogas plants with biomethanation and CHP units.

Brazilian cerrado antioxidant sources: cytotoxicity and phototoxicity in vitro

Annona crassiflora (araticum), Eugenia dysenterica (cagaita), and Caryocar brasiliense (pequi) are tropical fruits of the second biggest Brazilian biome: the cerrado. Nowadays, the cerrado faces two different realities: 1) the great possibility of food production since it is considered as the biggest storehouse of the world; and 2) the rich biodiversity that has been newly discovered and known. Previous studies showed that certain cerrado fruits demonstrate high content of total phenols and excellent antioxidant activity in in vitro models. Moreover, using fingerprinting analysis, important bioactive molecules were identified as probably responsible for their antioxidant activity. In this study, the cytotoxicity and phototocixity of ethanolic extracts from cerrado fruits were evaluated using the in vitro Neutral Red Uptake (NRU). Regarding cytotoxicity, the extracts of araticum peel and cagaita seed did not shown any cytotoxic potential up to 300 µg.mL-1. Ethanolic extracts of araticum seed and pequi peel presented low cytotoxic potential and, according to linear regressions, the estimated LD50 were de 831.6 and 2840.7 mg.kg-1, respectively. In the evaluated conditions, only the araticum peel extract presented a phototoxic potential. This is the first attempt to screen the toxicity of cerrado fruits with high antioxidant activity.