Event Planning for a South Korean Pop Music Event in Finland

The purpose of this thesis was to research and evaluate the potential for organizing a South Korean pop music event in Finland. The aim of the thesis was given to the author by the commissioning organization for this thesis, a Finnish organization JrockSuomi, dedicated to promoting Japanese and South Korean music in Finland. In order to achieve the aim of this thesis the author researched theories and practices of event planning, management and marketing. With the conduction of a questionnaire aimed at a potential target market as well as interviews with the president of the associa-tion, the author was able to find out in depth details that helped to form conclusions and a preliminary event and marketing plan for the potential event. The event plan consists of details on event elements as well as the event’s vision and objectives. The marketing plan includes details on the target market as well as a preliminary advertising plan. The data collected was analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative analysis meth-ods, but as quantitative data acted as the primary data of this thesis, it was more concen-trated on. Event planning, management and marketing theories were used in order to analyze the data and results so that the preliminary event plan could be designed. The main results of this thesis as well as the event plan are not published due to privacy reasons and they can be found in the appendices of this thesis. The results and the event plan will be used by the commissioning association JrockSuomi for the future South Korean pop music events

Tiltaksrettet overvåking av Årdalsfjorden i henhold til vannforskriften. Overvåking for Hydro Aluminium Årdal Karbon, Hydro Aluminium Årdal Metallverk og Norsun

Alle de fem sedimentstasjonene klassifiseres til «moderat økologisk tilstand» og «ikke god kjemisk tilstand». Bunnfauna gir god tilstand, men overskridelser av EQS-verdien for flere vannregionspesifikke stoffer (hovedsakelig PAH-forbindelser) trekker tilstandsklassen ned til «moderat». Det var avtagende konsentrasjoner av disse stoffene i sedimentet med økende avstand fra utslippet. Samtlige sedimentstasjoner klassifiseres til å være i «ikke god kjemisk tilstand» pga. overskridelse av EQS-verdiene for EUs prioriterte miljøgifter, deriblant en rekke PAH-forbindelser, samt nikkel på den innerste stasjonen AR4. Alle biotastasjonene får også «ikke god kjemisk tilstand». Konsentrasjonen av kadmium i o-skjell overskrider EQS på alle stasjonene, samt PAH-forbindelser på G2 og G4. På biotastasjonene er det ikke gjort noen undersøkelser av biologiske kvalitetselementer, og økologisk tilstand kan ikke klassifiseres. Det er imidlertid overskridelser av flere vannregionspesifikke stoffer på alle stasjonene, bl.a. sink i o-skjell. Det var også overskridelser for kobber og arsen på flere stasjoner. Det var store overskridelser av EQS-verdien for PAH16 på de tre innerste stasjonene. For PAH-forbindelsene er det en tydelig konsentrasjonsgradient, med lavere konsentrasjoner med økende avstand fra utslippspunktet. Bunnfauna viste «god tilstand» på alle stasjoner. Faunaen var moderat til middels artsrik, og med normale individmengder. Faunasammensetningen besto bl.a. av flere tallrike sensitive arter. På stasjon R10 og ÅB11 var det noe større innslag av tolerante og opportunistiske arter enn på de tre øvrige. Totalt sett virker ikke bunnfaunaen å være påvirket av utslippene av suspendert stoff.Hydro Aluminium Årdal Karbon, Hydro Aluminium Årdal Metallverk og Norsu

Inflation in Latvia: how real is it?

This paper applies and extends the Scandinavian Model of Inflation for analysing determinants of inflation in Latvia. In recent years high inflation has been a persistent problem for advocates of Latvian participation in the euro collaboration. However, by allowing for transitional effects and separating the impact of nominal and real factors to inflation, where real factors are related to the structural shifts at the heart of transition economies, the recent inflation history becomes more understandable. The equilibrium effects accompanying real factors are shown to be the key component of overall inflation over the last 12 years, keeping non-structural inflation below the Maastricht criteria for most of the period. The real contribution to inflation provides Latvia with better prospects for future growth and higher standards of living, and should hence be less worrisome than the nominal contribution. Still, when it comes to compliance with the Maastricht criteria, no distinction is made between the two, complicating convergence for transition economie

Pris- og belåningsgevinster i husholdningenes boligformue

Siden 1992 har prisutviklingen i det norske boligmarkedet gitt betydelige formuesgevinster for boligeierne. Ettersom boliginvesteringer ofte lånefinansieres inkluderer formuesgevinsten potensielt også en belåningsgevinst. Belåningsgevinsten påvirkes både av boliginvesteringenes finansieringsstruktur og av boligmarkedets meravkastning. Høy meravkastning kan igjen påvirke valg av finansieringsstruktur ved boligkjøp. Slik kan kombinasjonen av høy boligprisvekst og lave boliglånsrenter som norsk økonomi har vært karakterisert av de siste årene være en viktig årsak til observerte endringer i boliglånsmarkede

Professional mathematics teacher identity: analysis of reflective narratives from discourses and activities

This article focuses on the methodological use of reflective narratives from discourses and activities of an experienced primary teacher as evidence of her professional identity. The teacher’s reflective narratives emerge from her participation in a 3-year developmental and research project, Learning Communities in Mathematics, conducted at the University of Agder (UiA) in Norway. As background for our study, we firstly present the teacher in action with her sixth-grade pupils in a mathematics lesson, and then analyse selected clusters of reflective narratives from different empirical situations in the project. We have identified four identity indicators, which have been elaborated and organised thematically, related to the teacher’s engagement and critical alignment in the community of participants: (1) Positioning in relation to pupils, (2) Reflecting on developing a workshop model in teaching, (3) Integrating and expanding models of teaching and (4) Challenging positioning in relation to didacticians. These indicators provide evidence of the teacher’s professional identity. We suggest that the emergence of these indicators also gives empirical evidence of professional teacher identity development

Custom Design and Analysis of Modular High Voltage DC Generator

Denne masteroppgaven er skrevet som en del av den første fasen til ModHVDC-generator prosjektet, som er planlagt å utgjøre et EU-finansiert prosjekt med deltakere fra flere ulike land og institusjoner. Målet med ModHVDC teknologien er å matche det fremtidige strømnettet som skal baseres på likestrøm for langdistanse energitransport. Arbeidet som ligger til grunn for denne oppgaven er et bidrag til en iterasjonsbasert designprosess av generatorkjernen, der et enkelt Engineer-to-Order-system har blitt utviklet i Siemens NX. To generatorkonsept har blitt valgt, basert på kravene som foreligger i prosjektforslaget til ModHVDC og en studie av tradisjonelle elektriske maskiner. De to konseptene har deretter blitt parametrisk modellert og presentert i en skreddersydd brukermeny, basert på verktøyet ”Product Template Studio” i Siemens NX. En løsning for automatisk genering av produksjonsunderlag har også blitt implementert, basert på parametriske tegnings-maler som har blitt laget for hver generatorkomponent. Tegningene kan eksporteres direkte fra brukermenyen til PDF-format ved hjelp av et program som er skrevet basert på NX sitt API, NX Open. Videre har også maler for automatiske modalanalyser blitt laget og implementert for begge konsepter. Disse gjør det mulig å utføre modalanalyser på innfestningsmekanismen til statoren, uten behov for manuell pre-prosessering av modellen. For å håndtere den automatiske pre-prosesseringsprosessen har et NX Open-script blitt skrevet for hvert av de to konseptene, som påsetter materialer og mesh-egenskaper for de ulike komponentene, basert på enkel input i brukermenyen. Til slutt har systemet blitt validert ved å teste en rekke ulike generatorkonfigurasjoner. Metodene som er brukt i denne løsningen presenteres i oppgaven.This thesis is written as part of the first phase for the ModHVDC generator project, which is planned to constitute an EC funded project with stakeholders from several countries and institutions. The ModHVDC generator technology aims to match the future power grids that will operate with direct current (DC) for long-distance energy transportation. The work is a contribution towards an iteration-based design process of the generator core, by creating a simple Engineer-to-Order system within Siemens NX. Two generator concepts have been chosen, based on the requirements from the ModHVDC project proposal and a study of traditional electrical machines. Furthermore, the selected concepts have been parametrically modelled and presented in a tailor-made user menu, based on Product Template Studio within Siemens NX. Automatic generation of manufacturing drawings has been implemented to the product template, by creating parametrically controlled drawing templates for each generator component. The drawings can be exported directly to PDF from the product template menu, using an executable program that is written based on the NX Open API. Modal analysis templates have also been created for both concepts, making it possible to run modal analyses on the stator fastening mechanism without having to manually pre-process the FE-model. To deal with the automatic pre-processing, a NX Open script has been written for each concept, which applies the desired materials and mesh parameters based on simple user input in the template menu. Finally, the system has been validated by testing several different generator configurations. The methods used in this solution will be presented in the thesis

Numerical Modelling of Arctic Coastal Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport

Coastal areas are experiencing an increase in human population and activities, both in temperate and in Arctic areas. This change in the coastal areas requires that the areas are safe and reliable in order to not put human lives and economical values in danger. To be about to protect the coastal areas it is important to know the hydrodynamics and sediment transport and their effect on coastal areas. Numerical modeling of coastal hydrodynamics and sediment transport is a normal approach to evaluate coastal engineering problems. Many numerical modeling tools are developed for temperate areas but there are not so many programs developed to investigate the Arctic coastal erosion. This thesis written at Norwegian University of Science and Technology(NTNU) is researching Bjørndalen at Svalbard and the coastal erosion that took place because of the storm in 2015. This study investigates the possibility to model the hydrodynamics in an Arctic area and further to be able to use a numerical modeling tool to investigate the Arctic coastal erosion. The numerical tool used in this thesis is MIKE21 developed by Danish Hydraulic Institute(DHI). MIKE21 is a coastal modelling program developed to be used in coastal and marine environments. The results of modelling the coastal hydrodynamics in Isfjorden where Bjørndalen is located is not perfect and they have some unrealistically errors in the results. Bjørndalen is located at a site where the lack of measured data makes it difficult to calibrate the model. In this case the model was not calibrated as it should have been. This study will be a beginning to be able to predict the evolution of out coastal zones in the Arctic. Hopefully it will be found ways to predict coastal erosion in the Arctic, which in turn will make it possible to protect the coast from damage