Quality of lake waters and sediments and factors affecting these in the Kuusamo uplands, north-east Finland

Järvien veden ja sedimenttien laatu ja niihin vaikuttavat tekijät Kuusamon ylänköalueell

Influence of drainage area factors on the water quality of small lakes in the Koutajoki river basin with special reference to metals

Valuma-aluetekijöiden vaikutus Koutajoen vesistöalueen pienten järvien vedenlaatuun, erityisesti metalleihi

Grain levels in English path curvature descriptions and accompanying iconic gestures

This paper confirms that the English verb system (similar to the Finnish, Dutch and Bulgarian verb systems [22], [17]) represents path curvature at three different grain levels: neutral path curvature, global path curvature and local path curvature. We show that the three-grain-level hypothesis makes it possible to formulate constraints on English sentence structure and makes it possible to define constructions in English that refer to path curvature. We furthermore demonstrate in an experiment that the proposed English lexicalization pattern regarding path curvature in tandem with the spatial information shown to English speakers correctly predicts their packaging of grain levels in iconic gestures. We conclude that the data studied confirm Nikanne and Van der Zee’s *22] three-grain-level hypothesis in relation to English and Kita and Özyürek’s [11] Interface Hypothesis in relation to gesture production

Social Standing and Latin Names in Greek : Case Studies on Name Catalogues of the Early Imperial Period

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Does physical capacity explain the height premium?

The paper examines the role of physical capacity in the determination of the height premium by using the “Health 2000 in Finland” data that contain both self-reported information on the physical strenuousness of work, and information on muscle mass from medical examinations. Our results show that the height premium does not vary according to the physical strenuousness of work. We also find that muscle mass is not related to wages. Furthermore, we observe that the shortest men do physically very demanding work and the tallest do sedentary work, even after controlling for the effects of age and education.Height; Height premium; Body composition; Wages

STRATEGISEN JOHTAMISEN KEHITTÄMINEN MIKRO-YRITYKSESSÄ : Tapaus M-yritys

Opinnäytetyö tutkii strategisen johtamisen kehittämistä mikroyrityksessä, miksi strategisen johtamisen kehittämistä tarvitaan ja mitkä menetelmät soveltuvat strategisen johtamisen kehittämiseen. Lähestymistavaksi valittiin konstruktiivinen tutkimusote. Opinnäytetyön toimeksiantaja on mikroyritys. Tutkimuksesta tuli esiin yhä kasvava strategisen johtamisen merkitys nykypäivän haasteiden kanssa kamppailevan yrityksen toiminnassa. Johtamisen haasteena yrityksessä on mm. osaamisen kehittäminen niin nykyisten kuin tulevaisuudenkin kilpailuetujen luomiseksi talouden ja kysynnän elpyessä. Lisäksi yrityksen toimintaa pitäisi pyrkiä tehostamaan ja etsimään strategisen johtamisen kehittämisen keinoin tapaa, jolla selvitä alueen yritysten keskuudessa yhä kovenevassa kilpailussa. Teoreettisessa viitekehyksessä käsitellään strategiaa ja strategista johtamista ja sen kehittämistä eri teorioiden muodossa. Opinnäytetyötä tehdessä havaittiin, että strategisen johtamisen kehittämisen vaikutus yrityksen toimintaan on suuri.This thesis deals with the development of strategic management in a micro-enterprise, why the development of strategic management is needed and what methods are suita-ble for the development of strategic management. The constructive research method was chosen as the research approach. This thesis is commissioned by a micro-enterprise. The study brought out the growing importance of strategic management in an enterprise dealing with today´s challenges. The managerial challenge in an enterprise includes the development of skills for creating both current and future competitive advantages when economy and demand are recovering. In addition, an attempt should be made to increase the efficiency of the operation of the company by means of the development of strategic management to deal with the ever increasing local competitive market. In a theoretical frame of reference, strategy, strategic management and the development of strategic management are dealt with by means of various theories. During this thesis process it was found out that the effects of the development of strate-gic management on an enterprise were great