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Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone App for Adults That Uses Physical Activity as a Tool to Manage Cigarette Craving After Smoking Cessation: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
(JMIR Publications Inc, 2015)Background: Results from studies on the effects of exercise on smoking-related variables have provided strong evidence that physical activity acutely reduces cigarette cravings. Mobile technology may provide some valuable ... -
Sustainable Innovation: A Competitive Advantage for Innovation Ecosystems
(Carleton University, 2015)In this article, we elaborate the emerging concept of sustainable innovation and analyze the relevance of innovation as a means to solve wicked problems and enhancing sustainable well-being. We also examine the changing ... -
"Let's do this together and see what we can come up with!" : Teachers' Views on Applying Game-based Pedagogy in Meaningful Ways
(Open Education Europa, 2015)Game-based pedagogy offers a promising approach to renewing school education and making it more engaging. However, teachers’ ways of using game-based pedagogy have been rather traditional, not making use of its full ... -
Why Do Teachers Use Game-Based Learning Technologies? The Role of Individual and Institutional ICT Readiness
(IEEE, 2015)This paper investigates how different individual and institutional factors pertaining to ICT readiness influence teachers’ adoption of game-based learning technologies. The data were gathered from Finnish primary, lower ... -
Communication Health Check : Measuring Corporate Communication Performance
(Belal A.Kaifi, Ed. & Pub., 2015)A Communication Health Check, based on an existing tool for measuring communication quality, was customized for Finnish companies and supporting software was developed to create an online tool. A pilot measurement procedure ... -
Patient Education as an Information System, Healthcare Tool and Interaction
(Journal of Information Systems Education, 2014)Patient education (PE) has a crucial role in the function of a healthcare organisation. For the care process of a patient, it is essential to get the right information at the right moment and in the right form. This paper ... -
Effectuation and foreign market entry of entrepreneurial firms
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015)Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the decision-making process for entrepreneurial firms when entering foreign markets and how and why they entered those markets. Design/methodology/approach – A nascent ... -
Ei, bii, sii – vai jotain ihan muuta? Lukutaidon alkeet vientituotteeksi
(Soveltavan kielentutkimuksen keskus, Jyväskylän yliopisto; Kielikoulutuspolitiikan verkosto, 2015)Jo yli 200 000 suomalaislasta on saanut tukea lukemaan oppimiseen Ekapelistä, tutkimustietoon pohjautuvasta lukutaidon alkeiden teknologia-avusteisesta oppimisympäristöstä. Ajatus lukutaitoon johdattelevasta tietokonepelistä ... -
Interaction and eEducation: What kind of support is needed to develop university teaching?
(IATED Academy, 2014)Higher education institutions are facing an on-going pressure to develop pedagogy which promotes high-quality learning, supports studying in various learning circumstances, and integrates technology. Flexible and meaningful ... -
Literacy Skill Development of Children With Familial Risk for Dyslexia Through Grades 2, 3, and 8
(American Psychological Association, 2015)This study followed the development of reading speed, reading accuracy, and spelling in transparent Finnish orthography through Grades 2, 3, and 8. We compared two groups of children with familial risk for dyslexia, with ... -
Identity Formation, Personal Control Over Development, and Well-Being
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)Individuals' conceptions of their personal goals have been studied in the psychology literature from different perspectives. In this chapter, the processes and implications of one's orientations and self-definitions were ... -
Digital game-based training of early reading skills : overview of the GraphoGame method in a highly transparent orthography / Entrenamiento de habilidades de lectura tempranas basado en un juego digital : vision general del metodo GraphoGame en una ortografia altamente transparente
(Taylor & Francis; Fundacion Infancia y Aprendizaje, 2014)Learning to read in a language with a transparent orthography is generally quick and easy. To be able to read any words, learners need to know how to connect the smallest spoken language units, phonemes, into the written ... -
Implications of timing of entering adulthood for identity achievement
(Sage Publications, 2007)Five external markers of adulthood, self-perceived adulthood at age 27, and identity achievement at ages 27, 36, and 42 were explored for 95 women and 94 men in a cohort of Finns born in 1959. Earlier transition to ... -
Changing Economic Conditions and Identity Formation in Adulthood
(2010)Identity formation in political and occupational domains was examined from young to middle adulthood based on an ongoing longitudinal study. In addition to the participants’ identity status (diffused, moratorium, foreclosed, ... -
Teachers’ attitudes, competencies, and readiness to adopt mobile learning approaches
(IEEE, 2014)This study explores how teachers' attitudes and competencies influence their willingness to adopt mobile learning approaches. By mobile learning we mean teaching approaches that use mobile devices to enliven and extend ... -
Generic data models for Semantic e-Government interoperability : Literature Review
(IOS Press, 2014)Interoperability of e-government systems is suggested to increase transparency, efficiency, effectiveness, and customer service in the public sector. Generic data models are often seen as a way for achieving especially ... -
Video-assisted surgery : suggestions for failure prevention in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
(Springer UK, 2015)Background: Surgery differs from other medical specialties in its execution. It is often complex and includes considerable individual variations. Observing problems in operating theatres (OT) allows for the identification of ... -
Reconciliation of Pedagogical Objectives, Technical Opportunities and Stereotypes of Educational Application : Case Perioperative Nursing
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2014)In the design of educational applications, expertise in several fields is needed: pedagogy, technology and interaction design, among others. Since the aim of an educational application is to promote learning, there should ... -
Lifestyle counseling to reduce body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors among truck and bus drivers – a randomized controlled trial
(Työterveyslaitos, 2015)Objectives We conducted a randomized trial among overweight long-distance drivers to study the effects of structured lifestyle counseling on body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors. Methods Men with waist circumference ... -
Gaze position reveals impaired attentional shift during visual word recognition in dysfluent readers
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Effects reflecting serial within-word processing are frequently found in pseudo- and non-word recognition tasks not only among fluent, but especially among dyslexic readers. However, the time course and locus of these ...