The doctoral thesis focuses on the influence of long-term local weather variation on Scots pine growth on a temporal and spatial scale. Dendrochronological methods were used to determine the most influential climatic factors ...

Because of their excellent mechanical, physical and chemical properties even at elevated temperature, titanium and nickel-base alloys are the materials suitable for the production of several parts and components in ...

Doktoritöö käsitleb metsanduslike püsikatsealade andmestikel metsa pikaajalise dünaamika modelleerimise kontseptuaalseid ja metodoloogilisi aspekte. Metsa kasvukeskkonna ja inimühiskonna vajaduste pidev globaalne muutumine ...

Uurimistöö eesmärgiks oli sigalate töökeskkonna mitmepara-meetrilise uurimise kaudu täiendada andmeid, mis võimaldavad hinnata ja valida sisekliima, tööajakulu ja töö raskusastme tegurite kaudu otstarbekamaid loomapidamisviise ...

Taastuvenergia osatahtsus Eestis peab erinevate arengukavade alusel kasvama. Erinevatest taastuvenergia liikidest on koige kiiremini kasvanud tuule osatahtsus ja toodetud energia hulk. Tuulegeneraatorite valjundvoimsus ...

Every year a considerable amount of gross domestic product in several countries is lost due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Thus, one of the goals of ergonomics is to prevent WMSDs. A body of knowledge ...

Boreal forest, being a widely distributed vegetation type as well being a substantial part of the global carbon (C) cycle, must be addressed to understand the consequences of climate change. Forest ecosystems are part of ...

Levelling is a branch of surveying which is used to determine height differences with respect to benchmarks with known heights. Precise heights are important in many applications, e.g. in geodesy, engineering and oceanography. ...

Assessing the condition of load-bearing structures of any building, especially the old one, is an essential action to assure the safety of habitants. Timber, as a construction material, has been used for centuries and there ...

The aims of the thesis are to analyse how the innovation is included in the Estonian forest policy documents, to describe and analyse the main policy driven innovations in Estonian forestry governance, management of ...