Ispolnitelʻnyĭ chertezh zdanii︠a︡ Larinskogo selʹsko-khozi︠a︡ĭstvennogo tovarishchestva, v poselke imeni Krasina na uchastku "A"

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Tipovoĭ proekt selʻsoveta ili selʹsko-khozi︠a︡ĭstvennogo tovarishchestva

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Proekt vodoemnogo zdanii︠a︡ na pasolku Idendorf, Naĭ-Velʹt, Trot︠s︡koe i Vinievskogo

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Proekt inkubatorii︠a︡ na 25000 i︠a︡ĭt︠s︡emest

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Ispolnitelʻnyĭ chertezh syrovarni s lednikom na 63 uchastke, Krivorogskogo okruga i raĭona

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Skorostʹ i napravlenie vetra v Krymu 3-go i︠u︡li︠a︡ 1926 goda

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Skorostʹ i napravlenie vetra v Krymu 4-go i︠u︡li︠a︡ 1926 goda

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Notice to K. K. S. I. regarding subscription for Lincoln monument

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Viljan visar vägen till identiteten : Berättelsetyper och teman i livsberättelser av kvinnliga teologer i Svenskfinland

Forskningens utgångspunkt var att tillföra information om kvinnliga teologers liv i Svenskfinland under en period då kyrkan hade omdefinierat sin syn på kvinnor som präster. Till forskningens intresseområden hörde frågan om hur situationen hade påverkat kvinnors motivation att välja teologiska studier och yrken samt hur situationen hade inverkat på kvinnliga teologer i arbetslivet. Forskningens uppgift är att ur ett identitetsperspektiv undersöka målgruppens egna skildringar av livet som kvinnlig teolog i Svenskfinland. Forskningsfrågan delades in i två delfrågor: 1)Hur har kvinnliga teologer kommit att välja studier, yrken och arbetsplats? 2)Vad har kvinnliga teologer upplevt i sina studier och arbetsliv? Forskningens material samlades in hösten 2003 genom en förfrågan per brev och genom en tidningsnotis i tidningen Kyrkpressen. Materialet bestod av livsberättelser som kvinnliga teologer i olika yrkesgrupper hade skrivit utgående ifrån rubriken ”Mitt liv som kvinnlig teolog i Svenskfinland”. Cirka 250 kvinnor hade avlagt teologisk examen på svenska i Finland. Antalet personer som deltog i undersökningen med sin livsberättelse var 27. Materialet analyserades kvalitativt och induktivt med en narrativ analys som tog fasta på teman och berättelsetyper i olika livsskeden: val av studier, studietid, val av karriär och erfarenheter från arbetslivet. Analysresultatet var att studievalets beskrivning kunde tolkas som en valsituation där egenskaper jämfördes med yrkesrollen, som en socialisationsprocess, som ett alternativ till tidigare studieinriktning eller som en process där kvinnoprästdiskussioner, intresse för teologi och teologuppgifter fick informanten att välja teologin. Teman från studietiden handlade om studiers fördröjning, om yrkesinriktning, om studier som förberedelse för arbetslivet och om kvinnoprästdiskussionens inverkan på yrkesinriktningen. Val av arbetsplatser och yrken beskrevs utgående ifrån kvinnliga teologers förändrade position, moderskapets inverkan på karriären, en strävan att hitta en arbetsplats som passade informanten, erfarenheter från en enda arbetsplats och karriärsbyte. Lektorer tog fasta på välsignelseaktens betydelse, kyrkoherdens stora inflytande på arbetets karaktär samt hur situationen förändrades då kvinnor tilläts bli präster. För en del präster innebar prästrollen att andra människor betonade att de var kvinnor. Några informanter hade behov av stöd både från Borgå stifts ledning och från andra kvinnliga präster under den första tiden med kvinnliga präster. Till en början upplevdes ledningens stöd inte alltid som tillräckligt men det förbättrades med tiden. Informanterna berättade inte så mycket om läraryrket. Inom forskning verkade teologtiteln vara naturlig, medan informanter med erfarenhet av annat än teologyrken ibland hade stött på reaktioner på sitt yrkesval eller sin arbetsroll. Finlandssvenskheten upplevdes av olika informanter både som tryggt och inskränkt. Eventuella kontakter till finska stift upplevdes positivt även om det egna sammanhanget upplevdes som viktigt. Trivsel på arbetsplatsen orsakades av subjektiva belöningar och i en del fall av att arbetet motsvarade informantens yrkesinriktning. Att vara kvinnlig teolog innebar ibland att informantens yrkesval tolkades av andra som ett ställningstagande för någon ideologi i kvinnoprästfrågan.

Inhibitory action of norepinephrine on the induction of tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase by cortisol: Mediation by the I-receptor

Induction of hepatic tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase in rats by cortisol or corticosterone was inhibited on treatment with norepinephrine. The I-adrenergic blockers showed a small potentiating effect of the norepinephrine-mediated inhibition. The I-adrenergic blockers significantly reversed this inhibition, suggesting that norepinephrine acts Image the I-receptor in inhibition of the cortisol-mediated induction of this enzyme.

Thermal decomposition of titanyl oxalates-I : Barium titanyl oxalate

Thermal decomposition of barium titanyl oxalate tetrahydrate (BTO) has been investigated employing TGA, DTG and DTA techniques and gas and chemical analysis. The decomposition proceeds through five steps and is not affected much by the surrounding gas atmosphere. The first step which is the dehydration of the tetrahydrate is followed by a low-temperature decomposition of the oxalate groups. In the temperature range 190–250°C half a mole of carbon monoxide is evolved with the formation of a transient intermediate containing both oxalate and carbonate groups. The oxalate groups are completely destroyed in the range 250–450°C, resulting in the formation of a carbonate which retains free carbon dioxide in the matrix. The trapped carbon dioxide is released in the temperature range of 460–600°C. The final decomposition of the carbonate takes place between 600–750°C and yields barium titanate. The i.r. spectra, surface area measurements and X-ray, powder diffraction data support entrapment of carbon dioxide in the matrix.

Linkage isomerism in nickel(II) I-isonitroso-imine ligand complexes

I-isonitroso-imine ligand complexes of nickel(II), namely, bis(isonitrosomethylacetoacetate-imino)Ni(II), Ni(IMI)(IMI); bis(isonitrosobenzoylacetoneimino)Ni(II), Ni(IBI)(IBI) and bis(isonitrosoacetoacetanilideimino)Ni(II), Ni(IANI)(IANI), have been prepared and characterized. On the basis of their spectroscopic and magnetic properties, these complexes are suggested to have a square-planar stereochemistry around the metal ion with both nitrogen (ligand denoted without prime) and oxygen (ligand denoted with prime) coordinated isonitroso groups. The i.r. and NMR spectra of these and other similar complexes are discussed.

Elements of Volatility at High Frequency

Volatility is central in options pricing and risk management. It reflects the uncertainty of investors and the inherent instability of the economy. Time series methods are among the most widely applied scientific methods to analyze and predict volatility. Very frequently sampled data contain much valuable information about the different elements of volatility and may ultimately reveal the reasons for time varying volatility. The use of such ultra-high-frequency data is common to all three essays of the dissertation. The dissertation belongs to the field of financial econometrics. The first essay uses wavelet methods to study the time-varying behavior of scaling laws and long-memory in the five-minute volatility series of Nokia on the Helsinki Stock Exchange around the burst of the IT-bubble. The essay is motivated by earlier findings which suggest that different scaling laws may apply to intraday time-scales and to larger time-scales, implying that the so-called annualized volatility depends on the data sampling frequency. The empirical results confirm the appearance of time varying long-memory and different scaling laws that, for a significant part, can be attributed to investor irrationality and to an intraday volatility periodicity called the New York effect. The findings have potentially important consequences for options pricing and risk management that commonly assume constant memory and scaling. The second essay investigates modelling the duration between trades in stock markets. Durations convoy information about investor intentions and provide an alternative view at volatility. Generalizations of standard autoregressive conditional duration (ACD) models are developed to meet needs observed in previous applications of the standard models. According to the empirical results based on data of actively traded stocks on the New York Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange the proposed generalization clearly outperforms the standard models and also performs well in comparison to another recently proposed alternative to the standard models. The distribution used to derive the generalization may also prove valuable in other areas of risk management. The third essay studies empirically the effect of decimalization on volatility and market microstructure noise. Decimalization refers to the change from fractional pricing to decimal pricing and it was carried out on the New York Stock Exchange in January, 2001. The methods used here are more accurate than in the earlier studies and put more weight on market microstructure. The main result is that decimalization decreased observed volatility by reducing noise variance especially for the highly active stocks. The results help risk management and market mechanism designing.

Studies of phosphazenes. Part I. Reactions of octachlorocyclotetraphosphazatetraene with ethylamine

The reaction of octachlorocyclotetraphosphazatetraene, N4P4Cl8, with ethylamine has been investigated. Seven derivatives, N4P4Cl8–n(NHEt)n[n= 1, 2 (two isomers), 3, 4 (two isomers), and 8] have been isolated and their structures established by 1H and 31P n.m.r. spectroscopy. A non-geminal chlorine atom replacement scheme is observed. Attempts to prepare penta- or hexa-ethylamino derivatives were unsuccessful: only sticky, non-crystalline resins were obtained from 1 : 10 or 1 : 12 reactions. The preparation and n.m.r. spectroscopic data of mixed ethylamino(methoxy)-derivatives. N4P4(NHEt)–8-n(OMe)n[n= 6, 4 (two isomers)], and an ethylamino-(dimethylamino)-derivative, N4P4(NHEt)2(NMe2)6, are generally consistent with the proposed structures. The reaction pattern is discussed.

Metal chelates in vinyl polymerization. I. Ferric dipivaloylmethide as an initiator

The behavior of the chelate, ferric dipivaloylmethide, Fe(DPM)3, in vinyl polymerization systems was investigated. The polymerization was found to be of free-radical nature. The rate of polymerization was proportional to the square root of the concentration of the chelate. The monomer exponent was close to 1.5 for the Fe(DPM)3-initiated polymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate. The kinetic and transfer constants and activation energies for these systems have been evaluated. Spectral studies revealed the possibility of a complex formation between the chelate and the monomer. A kinetic scheme for the Fe(DPM)3-initiated polymerization is derived based on this initial complex formation.