Supply chains have become increasingly global, complex, and multi-tiered. Consequently, companies have been gradually losing visibility of their supply network topology, that is, the structure formed by supply chain participants and their inter-dependencies across multi...

This work focuses on three late Greek epic poems: the Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna, The Sack of Troy by Triphiodorus and the Abduction of Helen by Colluthus (ca. 3rd-5th centuries CE). These are reworkings of the Trojan myth and relate the events which either follo...

Osoitan väitöskirjassani nykyään seurattavien kotieläinten jalostusperiaatteiden synnyn suomalaisen hevosrodun perustamisvaiheiden kautta. Puhtaan rodun jalostusteorialla oli käänteentekevä merkitys kotieläinten jalostukseen Euroopassa 1800­-luvulla. Eläinten jalostus e...

This thesis examines human-sea interaction based on embodied and embedded action in the littoral and island regions of the Aegean from Late Neolithic (4800 BCE) to the end of Late Bronze Age I (1600 BCE). Fundamental to this approach is the concept of seascapes, defined...

La aparición de la industria lítica es un momento crucial en el linaje humano. La arqueología experimental, objecto de esta tesis, cuenta entre sus objetivos el conocer el posible uso y función de las herramientas de piedra. Los experimentos se basan en reproducir las c...

An interdisciplinary study of an aesthetic particularism: the ‘Split representation in the Art of Asia and America’. This thesis consists of an interdisciplinary research on an aesthetic particularism mentioned by anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss as “The split represe...

Since the early nineteenth century, United States colonialism has transformed the Hawaiian Islands from an independent sovereign nation into an American controlled state. In Hawai’i, colonialism is largely represented through the appropriation of culture, people, and la...

In modern populations, adolescence is recognized as a pivotal part of the life course, but bioarchaeologists have not yet widely considered the experiences of adolescents in the past. This research investigates the biological and social changes during Roman adulescentia...

Tesis por compendio [ES] La RA consiste en la superposición de elementos virtuales sobre el entorno real, de manera que el usuario percibe estos elementos como si formaran parte de la realidad que está visualizando. Las aplicaciones de RA en dispositivos móviles permite...

In this work, long standing challenges in the research on amorphous materials have been identified. In particular, the lack of reliable data repositories for properties and structures of amorphous materials significantly limits the possibilities for research. As a conse...