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The Ministry of Education and Culture funds Arcada’s new research programme

15.12.2020 Research

Arcada is very delighted over the funding decisions made at the Ministry of Education and Culture. Arcada has been granted strategic research funding for the research program “AI driven Nordic Health and Welfare“. The research program will start in late 2020 and go on til summer 2023. The total amount of funding is 625 000 euros. Artifical Intelligence and transdisciplinarity in focus Arcada’s successful application was drawn up by a transdisciplinary…

The Ministry of Education and Culture funds Arcada’s new research programme

Instagram Brand Awareness among fitness minded female millennials. Do values behind the company increase follower base more efficiently than mere advertising? by Polina Kantola

15.12.2020 Education, Entrepreneurship

The subject of my research was consumer brand awareness on Instagram – fitness industry and millennials. I chose this subject as I am a runner myself and I have seen many fitness companies trying to catch the attention of followers. I started to wonder how they make them aware of what their brand stands for, and how they differentiate themselves on the market. I was also interested how it affects…

Instagram Brand Awareness among fitness minded female millennials. Do values behind the company increase follower base more efficiently than mere advertising? by Polina Kantola
Fitness

Can We Destigmatize Healthcare Cultures Through Fostering Psychological Safety in Undergraduate Studies?

03.12.2020 Research

Author: Christoffer Ericsson, PhD Student, MSc, MHc, Director – Arcada Patient Safety and Learning Center, christoffer.ericsson@arcada.fi On the beautiful morning of February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was reentering Earth’s atmosphere when it unexpectedly exploded into parts, killing the entire crew of seven and effectively putting a hold on all funding for space programs and the ISS constriction for a foreseeable future. The underlying reasons for this fatal incident,…

Can We Destigmatize Healthcare Cultures Through Fostering Psychological Safety in Undergraduate Studies?

European Paramedic Curriculum (EPaCur) –A Nordic Unification in Paramedic Education?

26.11.2020 Education, Research

Author: Christoffer Ericsson, PhD Student, MSc, MHc, Degree Programme Director – Emergency Care, christoffer.ericsson@arcada.fi Flashing blue lights, traumatic accidents, life-saving acute procedures and time-critical action are elements that identify the innately rough and gritty out-of hospital environment or prehospital emergency care still today, even if mostly through vivid imagery of dramatically staged television scenes. Although these elements still do constitute a significant part of the ambulance work, paramedics today are…

European Paramedic Curriculum (EPaCur) –A Nordic Unification in Paramedic Education?

Arcada’s researchers are contributing to the development of an ethical assessment of Artificial Intelligence

25.11.2020 Research

What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how should we handle the use of AI? These are issues that are being pondered in most EU institutions and large companies today. AI is a loose term that includes most methods (self-learning algorithms) that are used primarily to process collected data and to create decisions based on patterns found in data. In fact, even today, most people use and are controlled by an…

Arcada’s researchers are contributing to the development of an ethical assessment of Artificial Intelligence

Alumni Portrait: Michael Ringlein is motivated by freedom

05.10.2020 Alumni

This story is part of Arcada’s Alumni Week 2020. In a series of portraits, we want to highlight some of our amazing Arcada alumni and showcase their career paths, insights and experiences. Arcada alumnus Michael Ringlein, originally from Germany, is the founder of a company in Estonia which he now runs full remote, doing web-development for clients from all over the world. – This gives me the freedom to travel…

Alumni Portrait: Michael Ringlein is motivated by freedom
Michael Ringlein standing on a beach holding a surf board

A set of functional lower limb tests for physiotherapists working with athletes

15.09.2020 Research

Tanja Hinkkanen, PT-student, Arcada UAS, tanja.hinkkanen@arcada.fi Alice Vidjeskog, PT-student, Arcada UAS Joachim Ring, PT., Master of Health Care, Degree Programme Director, Arcada UAS. joachim.ring@arcada.fi The aim of this text is to introduce a set of functional lower limb tests that can be used in physiotherapy with clients that are athletes or otherwise in good physical condition. It is important to find tests that are sufficiently challenging for that target group…

A set of functional lower limb tests for physiotherapists working with athletes

Our new research project ‘’ALL-IN for Plastics Recycling’’ at its start phase

17.07.2020 Cooperation, Projects, Research

The PLASTin research project is established for next 2 years to together with wider consortium to develop systemic, and environmentally optimized recycling concepts. The project is focusing on the new knowledge gained about recycling processes and technologies such as sorting, pretreatment, mechanical and chemical treatment and reject handling, and about system level understanding, allowing improved business opportunities based on recycling. The project will focus on certain challenging plastic waste fractions,…

Our new research project ‘’ALL-IN for Plastics Recycling’’ at its start phase

Virtual Reality Training for Dialysis Patients – The Future of Exercise Therapy Programs?

11.05.2020 Research

Maari Lehtoviita, PT-student, Arcada UAS, maari.lehtoviita@arcada.fi Joachim Ring, PT., Master of Health Care, Degree Programme Director, Arcada UAS. joachim.ring@arcada.fi Introduction Patients in hemodialysis seem to have a restricted physical function, low physical activity level and poor Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and therapeutic exercise seems to have a positive effect on these areas (Segura-Ortí et al 2018). However, therapeutic exercise is still not used as a regular part of the…

Virtual Reality Training for Dialysis Patients – The Future of Exercise Therapy Programs?

New Tech Project Managers’ Media Relations Improve through Transparency

03.04.2020 Education, Research

Milla Åman Kyyrö, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Tomas Träskman     Examiner: Dr Nathalie Hyde-Clarke   New technologies are invented, designed and experimented by start-ups and RDI (research, development and innovation) projects. Once the products are ready to be tested, the projects’ managers need to disseminate information to reach the public. Introducing new technologies to the public requires media presence; hence the industry must evolve…

New Tech Project Managers’ Media Relations Improve through Transparency
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