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Accessibility in the provinces of Finland
(Geographical society of Finland, 1981)Relative, mean and integral accessibility in the existing provinces of Finland and in the proposed new provinces was studied applying graph theory, through evaluating the shapes of the provinces by reference to polygonal ...article
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Periphery syndrome - a reinterpretation of regional development theory in a resource periphery
(Geographical society of Finland, 1988)A study is made of industrialization and the transition in economic structure as it has affected a remote peripheral region of Finland with a predominantly resource‑based economy over the last twenty years or so. The ...article
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Assessment and optimization of economic restructuring in a small peripheral region
(Geographical society of Finland, 1990)An evaluation model is presented which is suitable for planning methods related to the construction of regional economic scenarios. The model is constructed for assessment and optimization the regional economic structure ...article
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Commuting with on-site accommodation in the mining industry and its effects on spatial structures
(Geographical society of Finland, 1996)An analysis is made of experiences and spatial effects of commuting by air with on-site accommodation for the purposes of resource extraction in sparsely populated areas. The case concerned is that of the Forrestania Nickel ...article
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Potentials for innovative restructuring in industry in Northwestern Russia
(Geographical society of Finland, 1998)This paper examines the innovative restructuring of industry in Northwestern Russia, an area that includes St. Petersburg and its hinterlands and extends to the Barents Sea and the Ural Mountains. Profound restructuring ...article
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Available insect prey in bark patches selected by the Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus prior to reproduction
(Suomen lintutieteellinen yhdistys, 1999)The diet composition of the Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) before the onset of egg laying was investigated in eastern Finland. This was carried out in 1997 and 1998 by collecting bark samples from woodpecker ...article
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Insect prey population changes in habitats with declining vs. stable Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus populations
(Suomen lintutieteellinen yhdistys, 2003)The effect of food supply on the Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus breeding density and productivity was investigated by comparing the pattern of annual changes in prey abundance in habitats with declining vs. ...article
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Reproductive decisions of boreal three-toed woodpeckers (Picoides tridactylus) in a warming world: from local responses to global population dynamics
(Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, 2006)Here, I examine whether both nestling prey abundance and profitability affect the timing of reproduction and hence the number of fledglings of three-toed woodpeck-ers, Picoides tridactylus. Individuals living ...article
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Summer bird survey along the southern shoreline of the Kola Peninsula, between Varzuga and Pulonga
(Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 2006)We present summer bird observations from thesouthern shoreline of the Kola Peninsulain Russia, one of the last wilderness areas of the Palearctic region from which very littlebiological data are available. Bird specieswere ...article
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The Bologna Process and the Economic Impacts of Research and Development within the Context of Europeanization: the case of Finland
(SAGE Publications, 2010)Higher education and public research play an important role in economic development, mainly in industrial research and development (R & D) and innovation through the manufacturing sector. Finland has taken great strides ...article
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Magical expertise: An analysis of Finland’s national magician network
(University of Lancaster, 2010)A social network analysis among 120 Finnish magicians was carried out through assessing several variables: individual attributes; magicians' competence (expertise), various interactions (mentoring, advice seeking, ...article
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Reason and Revelation for an Averroist Pursuit of Convivencia and Intercultural Dialogue
(SAGE Publications, 2011)Throughout medieval thought, a major issue raised was that of the relationship between religion and philosophy. Alternative frameworks see the problem as a conflict between faith and reason, tradition and speculation, ...article
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The Relevance of Measurement Data in Environmental Ontology Learning
(Springer Nature, 2011)Ontology has become increasingly important to software systems. The aim of ontology learning is to ease one of the major problems in ontology engineering, i.e. the cost of ontology construction. Much of the effort within ...
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Averroes Revisited: Intellectualism, Interculturalism and Dialogue in Medieval Spain
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Soil drought increases atmospheric fine particle capture efficiency of Norway spruce
(Finnish Environment Institute, 2012)Atmospheric fine particles from natural and anthropogenic sources reduce air quality and thus cause undesirable health and climate effects. Trees can act as obstacles to dispersal of particle pollution and thus remove a ...info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Making Sense of Sensor Data Using Ontology: A Discussion for Residential Building Monitoring
(Springer Nature, 2012)We illustrate the application of automated representation of knowledge acquired from sensor network data to quality of life services. Specifically, for a sensor network used to monitor a residential building we acquire ...
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Acquisition and Representation of Knowledge for Atmospheric New Particle Formation
(Springer Nature, 2013)Sensors are used in environmental science to monitor an increasingly large multitude of properties of real world phenomena. An important scientific aim of such monitoring is more accurate and more complete understanding ...
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Diasporic romances gone bad : Impossible returns to Africa in Myriam Warner-Vieyra's Juletane, Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde and Véronique Tadjo's Loin de Mon Père
(Informa UK Limited, 2013)This article looks into the thematic of homecoming to the African continent in the novels Juletane by Myriam Warner-Vieyra, Kehinde by Buchi Emecheta and Loin de Mon Père by Véronique Tadjo. This reading sets out to bring ...article
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Personal Social Networks and the Cultivation of Expertise in Magic: An Interview Study
(Springer Nature, 2013)The purpose of the present study was to examine expertise in magic by interviewing 16 prominent Finnish magicians who were identified earlier through a social network analysis of 120 Finnish magicians. A semi-structured ...article
