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Dissertation news https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/dissertation-news/rss-1/rss-legacy-plone 21 August 2015: Alignment and Leadership in ICT strategies of Private and Public Organizations (Hyvönen) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/05/tiedote-2015-07-29-12-14-44-999699
DI Harri Hyvönen defends his doctoral dissertation in Information Technology "Alignment and Leadership in ICT strategies of Private and Public Organizations". Opponent Professor Emeritus Pertti Järvinen (University of Tampere) and custos Professor Pekka Neittaanmäki (University of Jyväskylä).

The doctoral dissertation is held in Finnish.

Alignment and Leadership in ICT strategies of Private and Public Organizations

This research contains case studies of information and communications technology (ICT) in the strategic reference framework of the investigated organizations operates in both private and public sector organizations. The dissertation includes five publications, each associated with information management processes, leadership, strategic frame of reference, or the methods used.

Finnish small and middle-sized municipalities have limitations concerning the utilization of information technology because their limited resources are dedicated on running the existing systems. Smaller municipalities, especially, have worked in relative isolation, and there has not been any wider networked model between their organizations. The dissertation suggests a concrete model about how a small municipality could plan and implement information management and its related architecture. Small municipalities also have the option of joining into larger units or a network, where development projects can be jointly carried out, financed and achieved results with lower investments.

Strategic positioning of ICT has begun to change gradually from the 1990's to the present. Information and communications technology strategies today are well integrated into the overall strategy framework and its implementation, especially in the private sector. Large Finnish companies operate well in a globalized environment and form part of large networks in which information technology is not only enabler for global businesses but also an important competitive factor. Companies in product businesses and related maintenance services have entered the outsourcing business by offering their customers ICT-based services. Traditional support functions such as IT and Human Resources have suddenly become an important part of companies' business enablers.

The role of outsourcing in increasing the efficiency of ICT remains still significant. Whilst outsourcing has been carried out and widely studied during decades, a large number of outsourcing projects fail. In our studies, we found that when outsourcing projects in challenging markets are launched little attention is paid to how work is to be organized and what kind of talent is needed.

Keywords: Information Management, outsourcing, strategy alignment, leadership, municipalities, services.
 () 2015-07-29T09:25:24Z 7 August 2015: Asymptotic behaviors of solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations with Hardy potential (Xiang) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/05/tiedote-2015-07-23-09-18-56-725562

Chang-Lin Xiang

M.Sc. Chang-Lin Xiang defends his doctoral dissertation in Mathematics "Asymptotic behaviors of solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations with Hardy potential". Opponent Professor Emeritus Olli Martio (University of Helsinki) and custos Professor Xiao Zhong (University of Jyväskylä).

The doctoral dissertation is held in English.

Abstract: Asymptotic behaviors of solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations with Hardy potential

The thesis deals with quasilinear elliptic partial differential equations with Hardy potential. As an indispensable part of another problem that comes from critical point theory, we study the asymptotic behaviors of weak solutions to this type of equations. This type of problems also comes from contemporary researches such as classification of positive solutions of p-Laplacian equations. The main results of the thesis consist of sharp estimates for the asymptotic behaviors of weak solutions. We derive these estimates by a combination of comparison principle together with suitable choices of subsolutions and supersolutions. The newly established comparison principle allows a further study on more general equations than the one studied in the thesis. The results of the thesis will also find applications in the study of nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations.

The dissertation is published in University of Jyväskylä, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, number 150, 85p., Jyväskylä 2015, ISSN: 1457-8905, ISBN: 978-951-39-6236-4.
 () 2015-07-23T06:27:00Z 29 May 2015: Effects of mechanical mixing on lake water quality, with special emphasis on under-ice phytoplankton (Salmi) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/04/tiedote-2015-05-19-09-37-10-535431
M.Sc.Pauliina Salmi defends  her doctoral dissertation in Aquatic Sciences "Effects of mechanical mixing on lake water quality, with special emphasis on under-ice phytoplankton". Opponent Kirsten S. Christoffersen (University of Copenhagen) and custos Professor Roger Jones (University of Jyväskylä).

Doctoral dissertation in English.

Effects of mechanical mixing on lake water quality, with special emphasis on under-ice phytoplankton

How do phytoplankton develop under changing circumstances in an ice–covered lake? This was the key question that triggered this study and my interest in the neglected transition period from ice-covered to open-water season. Eight years of data from the Enonselkä basin of Vesijärvi, a eutrophic boreal lake, showed that, even though their mid-winter biomasses were low, phytoplankton grew rapidly under the spring ice and often reached biomasses higher than those recorded during the open-water season. Under-ice light and mixing regimes reflected stochastic weather variations and controlled phytoplankton biomass, composition and distribution.

To relieve oxygen depletion in the deepest water of the Enonselkä basin during winter and summer stratification, large-scale mechanical mixing was applied during 2010–2014. Consequently, oxygen conditions in the basin improved, but nutrient levels were not noticeably affected. Because no causality could be shown between oxygen depletion and leaching of nutrients into the deepest water during winter and summer, the main reasons for high nutrient concentrations in the basin should be re-evaluated. The results suggest that the accumulation of nutrients in the deepest water is controlled by the present lake productivity and sedimentation rather than by internal loading due to nutrient leakage from older sediments. It is proposed that the spring phytoplankton maximum is the most significant single phytoplankton event in the basin and that its effect extends to the oxygen and nutrient dynamics during the following summer.

Keywords: Phytoplankton, diatoms, ice, convection, lake restoration, mechanical mixing, Vesijärvi.
 () 2015-05-19T07:32:00Z 23.5. M.A. Teemu Kauppi (Faculty of Humanities, Speech Communication) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-05-11-09-18-31-778531
M.A. Teemu Kauppi defends his doctoral dissertation in Speech Communication "Opettaja kiusattuna. Peruskoulun opettajien kokemuksia vertaisrajat ylittävästä kiusaamisesta". Opponent Adjunct Professor Anne Konu (University of Tampere) and custos Adjunct Professor Maili Pörhölä (University of Jyväskylä).

The event is in Finnish.
 () 2015-03-04T10:44:00Z 12.May 2015: Calf Muscle Activation Strategies in Healthy and Injured Achilles Tendon Conditions (Masood) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-05-08-14-49-46-614789
M.Sc. Tahir Masood defends his doctoral dissertation in Biomechanics titled "Calf muscle activation strategies in healthy and injured Achilles tendon conditions ". Opponent Professor Toni Arndt (GIH The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Sweden) and custos Professor Taija Juutinen (University of Jyväskylä).

Achilles tendon transmits triceps surae muscle force to the foot and is one of the strongest tendons in human body. Despite its strength, it is not immune to injuries leading to disruption of normal calf muscle activation strategies and leg function.

The objective of this series of studies was to investigate 1) plantarflexor muscle use during submaximal isometric plantarflexion contractions, 2) electrical and metabolic activity patterns of superficial and deep ankle plantarflexors in Achilles tendinopathy and Achilles tendon rupture, and 3) effects of eccentric calf myotendon rehabilitation on skeletal myotendon glucose uptake and myoelectric activity patterns of ankle plantarflexors. Isometric plantarflexion force, surface electromyography and positron emission tomography measurements were performed on 19 - 35 year old subjects and both longitudinal and cross-sectional study designs were used. Myoelectric activity and myotendon glucose uptake during submaximal isometric plantarflexion were quantified at baseline, and after eccentric rehabilitation in Achilles tendon injury patients. Results indicated that in healthy individuals the triceps surae accounted for 70% and 80% of cumulative myoelectric and metabolic activities respectively. Additionally, although muscle glucose uptake was similar to healthy controls, myoelectric activity of soleus was greater in the symptomatic leg of the Achilles tendinopathy patients. Similarly, Achilles tendon glucose uptake in both legs of the tendinopathy patients was higher than that of healthy controls. The significant reduction in the maximal plantarflexion force caused by Achilles tendinopathy was eliminated by 12 weeks of heavy-load eccentric rehabilitation. Furthermore, the rehabilitation caused a greater glucose uptake in both soleus and lateral gastrocnemius of the symptomatic leg, while medial gastrocnemius and flexor hallucis longus had higher uptake in the asymptomatic leg. Conversely, the Achilles tendon glucose uptake was not affected by eccentric rehabilitation. Regarding electro-myography, significant rise in the activity of lateral gastrocnemius was evident after the rehabilitation. Eccentric rehabilitation was also effective in reducing self-reported severity of Achilles tendinopathy. In the Achilles tendon rupture patient, all plantarflexors and Achilles tendon displayed substantially higher glucose uptake than in the control subject followed by considerable reduction due to eccentric rehabilitation.

Keywords: Myoelectric activity, glucose uptake, surface electromyography, positron emission tomography, eccentric rehabilitation, isometric force.
 () 2015-05-08T11:53:35Z 22 May 2015 Rapid automatized naming and reading fluency in children with learning difficulties (Heikkilä) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-05-07-09-45-14-568484
M.A. (Psych.) Riikka Heikkilä defends her dissertation in Psychology titled "Rapid automatized naming and reading fluency in
children with Iearning difficulties". Opponent Associate Professor George K. Georgiou (University of Alberta) and custos Professor Timo Ahonen.

This research evaluated the ability to retrieve and fluently name serially presented familiar items, known as rapid automatized naming (RAN), as an underlying skill in reading disability and its role in a reading fluency intervention. The specificity of RAN on reading was examined in two studies among children with learning difficulties. These two studies showed that RAN was most strongly related to reading disabilities (RD), and less clearly related to math or attention deficits. This was especially true when RD was defined as reading speed or fluency. The association between RAN and RD was also examined within the framework of the double-deficit hypothesis (DDH), in which RAN is assumed to contribute independently to RD along with phonological awareness. The results among children with learning difficulties supported the DDH in that RAN was not related to phonological awareness but had a unique connection with reading fluency and speed. Children with double-deficit performed poorer in reading and spelling skills compared to the groups with a single deficit or controls. The reading fluency intervention, conducted among children with poor reading skill, showed significant effects on the repeated recognition of sublexical units (syllables). Moreover, a wordlevel transfer effect, which was also the strongest syllable-level intervention effect, was found for infrequent syllables. Reading fluency gains were greatest for the children with the lowest pre-intervention reading skills. The results showed that although RAN was associated with initial reading speed, it did not have an effect on the intervention gains. These studies strengthen the role of RAN as an independent skill underlying reading disabilities in a transparent language (Finnish) where reading disabilities are most strongly manifested as dysfluent reading. While comorbid learning problems were common and should be acknowledged in the assessment and intervention of reading, the slow naming speed found here indicated deficits specific to reading fluency. Despite the persistent nature of naming and reading fluency deficits, reading fluency does not seem to be resistant to intervention even when accompanied with naming speed deficits.

Keywords: rapid automatized naming, reading disabilities, reading fluency, reading speed, learning disability, comorbidity, reading intervention.

 () 2015-05-07T06:49:19Z 16.5.2015 M.Sc. Teemu Takalo (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Social Science of Sport) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/02/tiedote-2015-05-06-09-14-55-301620
M.Sc. Teemu Takalo defends his doctoral dissertation in social science of sport "Massaliikuntatapahtuman osallistujaryhmät ja osallistumisen motiivit: Kainuun rastiviikko ja suunnistuksen MM-kilpailut 2013". Opponent Professor Antti Honkanen (University of Eastern Finland) and custos Professor Hannu Itkonen (University of Jyväskylä).
 () 2015-02-24T08:47:00Z 9.5. M.Sc. (Econ) Arja Lerssi-Lahdenvesi (Faculty of Humanities, Journalism) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-05-05-09-34-12-136791
M.Sc. (Econ) Arja Lerssi-Lahdenvesi defends her doctoral dissertation in Journalism "Aina jonkun asialla, vai...? Sitoutumattomat sanomalehdet yhteiskunnallisina vaikuttajina pääkirjoitussivuillaan" Opponent Adjunct Professor Anu Kantola (University of Helsinki) and custos Professor Kaarina Nikunen (University of Jyväskylä).

The event is in Finnish.
 () 2015-03-25T12:48:00Z 8 May 2015: Lotic life stages of the European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis): anthropogenic detriment and rehabilitation (Aronsuu) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-05-04-12-30-23-617647
M.Sc. Kimmo Aronsuu defends his doctoral dissertation in Aquatic Sciences "Lotic life stages of the European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis): anthropogenic detriment and rehabilitation". Dr. Opponent Martyn Lucas (Durham University, UK) and custos Adjunct Professor Timo Marjomäki (University of Jyväskylä).

The goal of this study was to increase knowledge about the migratory behaviour of adult river lampreys and the habitat of riverine life stages of river lamprey. Furthermore, the detrimental effects of various anthropogenic activities on lamprey populations and the efficacy of different rehabilitation measures were evaluated over three decades of monitoring the development of river lamprey populations in two intensively regulated northern rivers. River discharge, illumination by the moon, wind conditions and water temperature all affected the migratory activity of upstream migrating adults, while artificial lighting may create illumination barriers for migration. A natural-like fish ramp was observed to enhance passage over low-head barriers. During the winter holding period, adult lampreys preferred glides, runs and the lowermost parts of riffles with substratum dominated by large boulders (> 256 mm). River lampreys may use a wide variety of gravel sizes for spawning, and flow conditions had an effect on spawning substratum selection. When lamprey larvae reached a total length (TL) of 8 mm they started to select substrata which enabled them to construct a burrow, while the smaller larvae favoured substrata containing holes. Natural gravel with fine material was frequently selected as a burrowing substratum by sub-yearling lampreys with TL > 8 mm. The larvae older than one year rejected clay bottoms. The main results from the monitored field populations suggested that river regulation measures drastically reduced river lamprey habitats and populations. Translocations of adult lampreys did not necessarily compensate for the negative effects of obstructed migration, but insufficient number of translocated adults, habitat degradation or increased predation may lead to reduced population size. Stocking with sub-yearling larvae was an appropriate method for reintroduction of a lamprey population. River restoration may enhance the recovery of river the lamprey population in a short-term regulated river.

 () 2015-05-04T09:33:01Z 9.5. Lic.A. (Psych.) Heli Järnefelt (Faculty of Social Sciences, Psychology) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-04-27-09-58-31-359764
Lic.A. (Psych.) Heli Järnefelt defends her doctoral dissertation in Psychology titled "Työterveyshuollossa toteutetun ryhmämuotoisen kognitiivisen käyttäytymisterapian tuloksellisuus pitkäkestoisen unettomuuden hoidossa". Opponent Professor Timo Partonen (National Institute of Health and Welfare) and custos Professor Raimo Lappalainen.
 () 2015-03-16T10:56:49Z 25.4. Lic.Ph. Jorma Mikola (Faculty of Humanities, Art History) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-04-17-13-35-46-963573
Lic.Ph. Jorma Mikola defends his doctoral dissertation in Art History" Alttarilta alttarille. Alttaritaulumaalaus Suomessa autonomia-ajan loppupuolella" Opponent Professor Markus Hiekkanen (University of Helsinki) and custos Professor Annika Waenerberg (University of Jyväskylä).

The event is in Finnish.
 () 2015-03-04T10:06:00Z 24 Apr 2015: Associations of physical activity and physical fitness with cardiovascular risk factors in young men (Vaara) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-04-17-10-11-04-549744
M.Sc. Jani Vaara defends his doctoral dissertation in Science of Sport Coaching and Fitness Testing titled "Associations of physical activity and physical fitness with cardiovascular risk factors in young men ". Opponent Professor Marie H. Murphy (University of Ulster, UK) and custos Professor Heikki Kyröläinen (University of Jyväskylä).

Since the 1950s, an accumulative body of research has shown the health benefits of physical activity for many health outcomes. In particular, cardiorespiratory fitness is closely linked to health indices and mortality. However, muscular fitness, an important dimension of physical fitness, has been less studied regarding health outcomes. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate how muscular endurance and maximal strength are associated with cardiovascular and inflammatory risk factors independent of cardiorespiratory fitness. In addition, the associations between different physical activity dimensions and cardiovascular risk factors and physical fitness variables were studied. The present study showed an inverse association between muscular endurance and both single and clustered cardiovascular risk factors, as well as with inflammatory biomarkers independent of cardiorespiratory fitness. Although maximal strength was not associated with any of the single or clustered cardiovascular risk factors, it was inversely associated with some of the inflammatory biomarkers. In addition, commuting physical activity was inversely associated with clustered cardiovascular risk factor, however, leisure-time and occupational physical activities showed no significant associations. Leisure-time physical activity was positively associated with many of the fitness variables, whereas commuting physical activity was associated with cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular endurance, and occupational physical activity only with grip strength. The findings from the present cross-sectional study design may indicate that muscular endurance is associated with health benefits of cardiovascular risk factors and inflammatory biomarkers, whereas maximal strength may be associated with some of the inflammatory biomarkers independent of cardiorespiratory fitness. Therefore, it is conluded that aerobic type physical activity, such as active travel to work, may elicit cardioprotective health benefits. In addition, different modalities of physical fitness, especially cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular endurance, may induce cardioprotective and anti-inflammatory effects and thereby decrease the risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases.
 () 2015-04-17T07:14:42Z 24.4. M.Sc. Anna-Liisa Ojala (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Social Science of Sport) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/02/tiedote-2015-04-13-09-58-33-635276
M.Sc. Anna-Liisa Ojala defends her doctoral dissertation in Social Science of sport "Vaihtoehtoisuutta ja valtavirtaisuutta: tutkimus suomalaisten lumilautailijoiden uria raamittavista asenteista, olosuhteista ja resursseista". Opponent Professor Vesa Puuronen (University of Oulu) and custos Professor Hannu Itkonen (University of Jyväskylä).

The event is in Finnish.
 () 2015-02-23T09:46:00Z 24 Apr 2015 A novel virus family from extreme environments (Pawlowski) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-04-08-09-51-03-704918
M.Sc. Alice Pawlowski defends her dissertation in Cell and Molecular Biology titled "Thermus bacteriophage P23-77: key member of a novel, but ancient family of viruses from extreme environments". Opponent Associate Professor Kenneth Stedman (Portland State University) and custos Professor Jaana Bamford.

Extreme environments, especially hot ones, harbour a plethora of novel virus types. They provide a valuable source for the study of ancient virus types and early viral evolution.

Pawlwoski used a combined approach of genetic and structural analysis to determine the evolutionary relatedness of some bacteria-infecting viruses (bacteriophages) from hot environments – represented by Thermus phage P23-77 – to a group of archaeal viruses from very saline environments. These bacterial and archaeal viruses were unified within a novel family called Sphaerolipoviridae. Sphaerolipoviridae represents the first family of tailless viruses amongst the 104 viral families recognized by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) that comprises viruses from two domains of life (Archaea and Bacteria). Moreover, it is the first assigned family of viruses infecting bacteria for over 30 years. An astronomical number of 1031 viruses is supposed to fill the biosphere, making viruses the most abundant biological entity on Earth. With a systematic classification we can bring some order to this vast continuum of viruses. Classification simplifies the daily work of all people dealing with viruses.

Viruses from extremely hot environments need to develop special strategies to stabilize the capsid – the protein shell that protects the viral genome. Some viruses – such as P23-77 – have an additional lipid layer between the capsid and the genome. By using biophysical methods, Pawlowski found out that a minor capsid protein is required to link the outer protein shell to the internal membrane. The protein is supposed to reinforce the capsid stability and to facilitate the correct assembly of the viral capsid. The results provide interesting insights into the stabilization and assembly of protein-lipid systems at high temperatures.

Alice Pawlowski holds an M. Sc. from Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, 2000. After working three years as researcher in the Department of Microbiology at the Ruhr-University Bochum, she switched to the private sector and worked from 2003 – 2008 as Senior Researcher in the development and production of enzymes for the synthesis of chemical and pharmaceutical products at X-Zyme GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany. After moving to Finland, she worked in the group of Prof. Jaana Bamford, first as project researcher (2008 – 2012), then as PhD-student (2013 – 2015) within the Finnish Centre of Excellence (CoE) Program in Virus Research (2006–2011) and CoE in Biological Interactions (2012–2017).

The dissertation is published in the series of Jyväskylä Studies in Biological and Environmental Science, number 300, 70 p., Jyväskylä 2015, ISSN 1456-9701, ISBN 978-951-39-6153-4 (nid.) and ISBN 978-951-39-6154-1 (PDF). It is available at the University Library's Publications Unit, tel. +358 40 805 3825, firstname.lastname@example.com.
 () 2015-04-08T06:55:00Z 17.4. M.A. Leena Selkivuori (Faculty of Education, Special Education) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-04-09-09-46-55-280542
M.A. Leena Selkivuori defends her doctoral dissertation in Special Education titled  "Ei näihin vaikeuksiin työelämässä törmää". Oppimisen tuki ja erityiselle tuelle annetut merkitykset ammatillisessa aikuiskoulutuksessa opiskelijan näkökulmasta. Opponent Adjunct Professor Jaakko Helander (Häme University of Applied Sciences) and custos Professor Raija Pirttimaa.
 () 2015-03-16T10:13:00Z 24 Apr 2015 Responsible fatherhood: A narrative approach (Eerola) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/02/tiedote-2015-04-08-09-28-45-165031
M.A., M.Soc.Sc. Petteri Eerola defends his doctoral dissertation in Education "Responsible fatherhood: A narrative approach". Opponent Professor Vilma Hänninen (University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio) and custos Professor Anna Rönkä (University of Jyväskylä).

The event is in Finnish.

Over the last three decades in Finland, men's share in child care has broadened notably. At the same, the cultural expectations of fathers and understanding of men as parents have also changed and become more care- and nurture-oriented. In this thesis, situated at the intersection of the family and gender research traditions in education and sociology, my aim is to study the narratives of responsible fatherhood produced by Finnish men in their early fatherhood years. In more detail, I analyze in what terms responsible fatherhood is conceptualized, and what gendering of responsibility men's narratives reveal. The thesis draws on narrative methodology, that is, fathers' accounts are analyzed as narratives, and the data were gathered using narrative interviews. In total, the empirical data comprises 60 interviews conducted with 44 fathers during the first three years of their fatherhood. The data analyses are described in the three peer-reviewed articles appended to the thesis.

In the men's narratives, the comprehensive engagement of fathers in caregiving from the very beginning of parenthood emerged as a major feature of responsible fatherhood. That is, nurture and hands-on care by fathers were seen as self-evident and performed on the father's initiative. In many ways, differences between fathering and mothering were not emphasized, as the narratives were close to or parallel with the cultural portrayals of "good" motherhood. Also, traditional paternal responsibilities such as breadwinning were narrated as shared parental duties in principle, though the fathers' accounts highlighted how these ideals were not always realized in everyday life. However, it seems that fathers have moved closer towards the intimate and emotional core of the family, and fatherhood has become a life domain in which men are allowed, even required, to show their emotions and act in many ways that run counter to what has traditionally been understood as masculine. Conceptually, the narratives highlighted issues such as taking a comprehensive share in nurture and care that have not previously been seen as part of responsible and involved fatherhood.

Keywords: first-time fatherhood, early fatherhood, gendered parenting, parental responsibility, men's studies, narrativity, narrative analysis
 () 2015-04-08T06:32:55Z Dissertation: 17 Apr 2015 (In)Significant Others: The Role of the Spouse in Women and Men Managers' Careers in Finland (Heikkinen) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-04-07-12-11-49-030405

Suvi Heikkinen.

M.Sc. (Econ) Suvi Heikkinen defends her doctoral dissertation in Management "(In) Significant Others: The Role of the Spouse in Women and Men Managers` Careers in Finland". Opponent Professor Päivi Eriksson (University of Eastern Finland) and custos Professor Anna-Maija Lämsä (University of Jyväskylä). The event is in Finnish.

This thesis examines work-family integration for women and men managers by focusing on the constructions of career-spouse dynamics in the Finnish socio-cultural context. There are two research objectives in the study. First, the study focuses on the role of a spouse in women and men managers' careers as well as spousal support during their careers as constructed in their narratives. Second, the study focuses on how women and men managers portray and produce gender relations in their narratives. The study follows a narrative approach and the research material consists of 58 (29 women/29 men) managers' narratives. This thesis consists of an introductory essay and four empirical studies.

The study is based on the premise that work and family domains are not separate for managers but rather are associated and interrelated in many ways. The question of what is meant by family is often ignored in organization and management studies, and family is often considered to be a static unit, which fails to acknowledge that it has different members and that they may have different roles at different times. From the perspective of managers' careers, the family is seen more often as a hindrance for women and as an advancement for men.

To expand this one-sided view in a socio-cultural context of relatively high gender equality as Finland, I have two propositions based on my results. Firstly, work-family integration is a phenomenon in which the interdependencies of work and family are shifting, and should not be understood as the same throughout career and life; therefore a career is embedded in both women and men managers' broader context of life. My results showed that spouse is understood as a prominent but not a static component of a manager's career by both women and men. Secondly, family works as an important site of doing gender, and how gender is done in the family has an influence on the career construction. More specific, it is understood as bearing an influence on how gender relations flow within the family. This can be seen then having implications for careers and how work-family integration is organized by managers. More attempts are needed to understand the family and its different members as intertwined with managers' careers.

Keywords: manager, career, family, spouse, work-family integration, gender, doing gender, narratives, Finland

The dissertation is published in the series of Jyväskylä Studies in Business and Economics, number 158, 91 p., Jyväskylä 2015, ISBN 978-951-39-6150-3, ISBN 978-951-39-6151-0 (PDF). It is available at the University Library's Publications Unit, tel. +358 40 805 3825,firstname.lastname@example.com.

 () 2015-04-07T09:25:00Z Dissertation: 10 Apr 2015 The development over time of students' brand relationships with JAMK University of Applied Sciences (Pyykkönen) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/02/tiedote-2015-03-30-10-29-53-183917

Ritva Pyykkönen.

Lic.Sc. (Econ) Ritva Pyykkönen defends her doctoral dissertation in Marketing "Opiskelijan brändisuhteen kehittyminen Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakouluun". Opponent Professor Tore Strandvik (Hanken) and custos Professor Outi Uusitalo (University of Jyväskylä). The event is in Finnish.

The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding of how customer brand relationships are built over time within the educational environment from the student's viewpoint; it will use concepts derived from service marketing, relationship marketing, and consumer-based brand marketing as its theoretical framework. A customer brand relationship is defined as the customer's dynamic, over time changing, and holistic experience of the brand. It is formed before, during, and after the customer relationship and is linked with the customer's commitment, trust, feelings, and value experiences that are acquired during the brand relationship.

The study's data consist of 124 narratives written by BBA and MBA students taking two successive degrees or by students at different stages of their studies. The students described their perceptions and experiences of the brand relationship with their place of study. The chosen research approach was abductive, and the research made use of both empirical findings and the theoretical framework. The theoretical framework, which concerned brand relationships, relationship interaction levels, and brand relationship experiences, offered a base for the qualitative analysis.

The findings describe in great detail the perceptions and experiences that students have of the institutional brand before, during, and after their studies. The school brand relationship starts from the first contact with the school at any stage of the student's life. The findings even propose the existence of a lifelong brand relationship with the place of study. Factors affecting the students' brand relationships were brand image heritage, service offering, and the school brand. The student also plays an independent role in the development of his or her personal brand relationship with the school. The students' positive and negative commitment, trust, feeling, and value experiences have an impact on the shape taken by their brand life cycles. The experiences that caused changes in students' brand relationships were individual incidents (e.g., with other students or teachers), episodes consisting of separate incidents (e.g., an academic year or a course) and sequences of several episodes (e.g., a bachelor's or master's degree).

The study attempts to contribute both theoretically and empirically to brand relationship research by increasing knowledge of the development of customer-based brand relationships over time. The development of a brand relationship is closely related to the customer's perceptions and experiences of the brand. The study can also offer new insights based on empirical findings regarding brand relationship typologies, brand relationship experiences, and brand relationship life cycles. Some practical uses of the results are also suggested. Further information on the building of a brand relationship can be acquired through a better and wider understanding of the customer's way of thinking and knowledge of his or her life.

Key words: brand, brand relationship, development of a customer-based brand relationship

The dissertation is published in the series of Jyväskylä Studies in Business and Economics, number 157, Jyväskylä 2015, ISBN:978-951-39-6131-2 ISBN 978-951-39-6131-2 (PDF), ISBN 978-951-39-6130-5, ISSN 1457-1986. It is available at the University Library's Publications Unit, tel. +358 40 805 3825, firstname.lastname@example.com.
 () 2015-03-30T07:36:00Z 11 Apr 2015: The Human Question in Science Fiction Television: (Re)Imagining Humanity in Battlestar Galactica, Bionic Woman and V https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/03/tiedote-2015-03-30-09-51-39-241553
M.A. Aino-Kaisa Koistinen defends her doctoral dissertation in Contemporary Culture Studies "The Human Question in Science Fiction Television: (Re)Imagining Humanity in Battlestar Galactica, Bionic Woman and V". Opponent Associate Professor Cecilia Åsberg (Linköpings Universitet) and custos Professor Sanna Karkulehto (University of Jyväskylä).

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This doctoral dissertation investigates 'the human question' in science fiction television. More specifically, it examines how 'humanity' is represented and (re)imagined in the original and remade (or re-imagined) versions of three North American science fiction television series: Battlestar Galactica, Bionic Woman and V. As the re-imagined series have previously not been compared to their original versions in detail, the dissertation produces new information about the series and their complex cultural, ethical and political implications. I discuss, firstly, how the understandings or boundaries of humanity are drawn in these series. Secondly, I examine what connections can be found between the series, the cultural and historical discussions and contexts surrounding their production and reception, and feminist and posthumanist theory. The contexts found particularly relevant are: science fiction television, the Cold War, the War on Terror, and certain discussions on the definition of humanity in the Euro-American humanist tradition. All the series include some sort of non-human characters in their narratives. The dissertation therefore focuses on how humanity is constructed alongside with the representation of the non-human. The questions asked are: What kind of bodies are represented as human and non-human and do these representations participate in the construction of the cultural-historical, political and ethical understandings of humanity? What kinds of developments or changes, considering the norms and conditions of humanity, are found when comparing the re-imagined series to their original versions? Special attention is paid on the problematic, strange or queer occasions inherent in the definitions of humanity. Key concepts are performativity, passing for human, grievable/ungrievable life, livable life, the cyborg figuration and feminist posthumanism. The dissertation suggests that all the studied series pose, in one way or another, 'the human question' and that this question is connected to complex cultural, political and ethical debates considering 'livable' lives and human–non-human relations. These debates are also deeply intertwined with, questions of, for instance, ethnicity and gender.

Keywords: science fiction television, feminist theory, gender, ethnicity, posthumanist ethics, feminist posthumanism, passing for human, performativity, livable lives

 () 2015-03-30T07:00:00Z 10 Apr 2015: Understanding change management through the psychological ownership framework (Luoma) https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2015/02/tiedote-2015-03-24-10-00-26-999250
Lic.Sc. (Econ) Jenni Luoma defends her doctoral dissertation in Enterprise "Understanding Change Management through the Psychological Ownership Framework. Examination of Antecedents of Successful Change". Opponent Professor Frank Lambrechts (University of Hasselt, Belgia) and custos Adjunct Professor Iiro Jussila (University of Jyväskylä).

Understanding change management through the psychological ownership framework – Examination of antecedents of successful change

Organizational change management is defined as a structured approach to transitioning a particular organizational entity from its current state to a desired future state. The purpose of this study is to elaborate theoretical and practical knowledge of change management in organizations in terms of antecedents of successful change by employing the theory of psychological ownership. The identified common antecedents of a successful transition are a clear vision, active participation, effective and credible communication, readiness for change, and demonstration of achievable progress in change. Also, top management support and commitment are crucial for success in organizational change. However, there is a gap in explaining why these particular antecedents contribute to successful change. Thus, the objective in this doctoral research is to advance understanding of the antecedents of successful organizational transition toward the desired state and simultaneously to bring forth the positive effects of change management within planned change. The theory of psychological ownership in organizations facilitates this contribution. As a state of mind, psychological ownership is that state in which an individual feels as if the target of ownership (material or immaterial in nature) or a piece of it is "his/her" (i.e., "It is mine!"). The core of psychological ownership is the feeling of possessiveness and being psychologically tied to an object. Empirically, the study examines the change planned, implemented, and completed within a global manufacturing company. Research material was collected as an action research project from 2004 through 2007 and analyzed later as a case study. A tool for positive change management, appreciative inquiry, was used for planning and implementing the change. The findings of the study indicate that understanding the psychological ownership framework adds understanding of change management, particularly antecedents of successful change within the context of planned change. Also, positive organizational behavior, in this study AI as a positive approach to change, conceives psychological ownership. Based on both theoretical and empirical examination, psychological ownership explains why particular antecedents are critical to successful change and thus adds knowledge regarding the capability for successful change. Antecedents of successful change (communication, clear vision, participation, demonstration of progress) create the opportunity for satisfaction of the motives of psychological ownership and also affect the extent to which employees have psychological ownership feelings toward the desired state of the organization. Thus, to conclude, the study carries theoretical and practical advantages relevant for planning, implementing, and managing change successfully.

Keywords: psychological ownership, organizational change, change management, appreciative inquiry
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DAKAR, Senegal, January 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
What strategies can we adopt to put youth to work?
Answers from researchers, experts and decision-makers
An international conference on Putting youth to work in sub-Saharan Africa will be held from January 28 to 30, 2014, at the Pullman Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. This event, designed as a forum for reflection, exchange, and experience-sharing, is being organized by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), in collaboration with the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).
The conference organizers consider youth unemployment as one of the major issues faced by African countries. A unique opportunity presented itself in Senegal in 2013 following the government decision to recruit 5,000 new civil servants after the 2012 presidential election. The vast number of applications received - 150,000 - attests to the country's shortage of jobs for this age group. In fact, youth aged 15 to 35 comprise approximately 37% of the workforce in Africa. Existing statistics show that youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults. Youth comprise 83% of the unemployed in Uganda, 68% in Zimbabwe and 56% in Burkina Faso and Senegal.
This is clearly an opportune time to assess the gaps in knowledge of Africa's labour market dynamics, and to conduct a critical study of current practices and strategies for youth employment.
The conference will bring together national and regional public policy actors, multilateral partners, researchers and other African think tank and research centre experts. The event will give speakers the opportunity to compare the scientific research results with programs and initiatives for youth employment in order to define the possibilities and challenges and identify the best potential policy options and strategies and their perspectives. This meeting will also inform the development of a relevant policy-oriented research agenda that takes into account local realities.
Prelude to the special session of the African Union's Conference of Labour Ministers
The discussions at this conference will feed into the debate that will take place during the special session of the African Union's Conference of Labour Ministers to be held in Windhoek in April 2014. During this meeting, a new declaration and action plan for promoting jobs for youth in Africa will be adopted. In turn, the Ministers' meeting will feed into a special summit of the AU Heads of State to mark the 10th anniversary of the Ouagadougou Declaration in September 2014.
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1. Re: Floating point literals843789 Sep 30, 2009 2:23 AM (in response to 795672)
If all floating point literals in java are automatically a double typeNo, the f postfix makes a literal of the float (and not double) type.
float a = 1.9f;
2. Re: Floating point literals795672 Sep 30, 2009 2:39 AM (in response to 843789)Ok thanks for the answer, it was pretty obvious really! Its still early...
Can this question be marked as answered?
3. Re: Floating point literals800268 Sep 30, 2009 8:06 AM (in response to 795672)You should be able to mark the correct answer yourself, but you need to have mark the thread as question when you created it (I think you didn't).
Also note that if you assign a float to a double, it gets automatically widened to a double. This can be done because no precision is lost, but it doesn't mean a float-is-actually-a-double.
float f = 1.0f; double d = f; // valid automatically converts float value to double value f = d; // error: not allowed since precision would be lost f = (float) d; // but can cast explicitly to say that we don't mind the loss
4. Re: Floating point literals3004 Sep 30, 2009 9:58 AM (in response to 795672)Also, those aren't references.


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