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Urban Knowledge Arena

Urban Knowledge Arena

Author(s): Milena Ledvinkova-Simpson,Karel Schmeidler / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2008

Keywords: spatial planning; urban planning; urban design; land use; urban architecture

COST Action C20 – Urban Knowledge Arena is research programme supported by European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research. It is co-ordinated by COST Office and European Science Foundation. The main objective of this Action is to explore and develop a European Arena for cross boundary, integrated knowledge and Know-how on complex urban problems, which is termed Urban Knowledge Arena. The COST Domain Transport and Urban Development aims at fostering international research networking activities of scientist and experts dealing with transport systems and infrastructures, spatial planning, urban land use and development, urban design, architecture and design and civil engineering issues. The focus is on multi and interdisciplinary approaches and the aim is to cover both basic and applied research activities and their changeovers that are relevant to policy and decision making processes. A significant concern is devoted to activities exploring new research needs and developments.

Interactive Planning – The Interpretive Systems Approach To Strategic Management

Interaktivno planiranje - interpretativni sistemski pristup strategijskom menadžmentu

Author(s): Slavica P. Petrović / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2014

Keywords: strategic management problems; interpretive paradigm; systems methodology; interactive planning; creativity

Complexity and plurality of perceptions and interpretations of management problems that are important for organizations' survival and development are the key features of strategic management problems. Creative dealing with the holistically reconceptualized complex-pluralist contexts of strategic management implies a corresponding philosophical-theoretical framework of the interpretive paradigm and use of an appropriate systems methodology. As a specific expression of the soft systems approaches to management, interactive planning is based on the ideas that effective and efficient planning process in organizations should be participatory, continuous, and holistic, and the main phases of this process ought to be focused on designing a desirable future and finding the ways, means, and resources to achieve it. Pursuant to its own theoretical foundations and methodological development, interactive planning can – with the support of the scientific instrumentarium of critical systems thinking – creatively contribute to improving the strategic management process in enterprises.

MANAGEMENT CHANGE AND MODELING QUALITY IN TQM

MANAGEMENT CHANGE AND MODELING QUALITY IN TQM

Author(s): Gratiela Dana Boca ,Arron Alie Singhe Tchouka / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2010

Keywords: management change; green industry; modeling quality; internal triggers of change; external triggers of change; proactive change.

A new concept of the future: management change appears as a result of the green sustainable industry. These developments has involved changes, changing is taking place too slowly, the rate of technological innovation in our industry will need to increase its products and manufacturing processes .We have no options but to attempt to match the productivity and quality on those industries where we have most change of success and to adopt as fast as possible technical innovation and implemented a new trend in our economical activity, a management change. Rapid change is common place, complexity, disorganization and frustration are all natural aspects of our daily lives and normal features of organizational life. Organizations are in a constant state of change, also organizations are not able to adjust to change, having difficulty in surviving, and this is why the management of change has become such a serious managerial problem. The problem is to create organizational forms that are stable enough to persist, but flexible enough to be adapted to pressures for change.

LEARNING TO MICROBLOG AND MICROBLOGGING TO LEARN. A CASE STUDY ON LEARNING SCENARIOS IN A MICROBLOGGING CONTEXT

LEARNING TO MICROBLOG AND MICROBLOGGING TO LEARN. A CASE STUDY ON LEARNING SCENARIOS IN A MICROBLOGGING CONTEXT

Author(s): Carmen Holotescu,Gabriela Grosseck / Language(s): English / Issue: 01/2010

Keywords: microblogging; higher education; learning design; cirip

Microblogging is the Web2.0 technology of the moment, having applications in many domains, including education. This paper will focus on Cirip.eu, but the conclusions can be extended to other microblogging platforms. Cirip.eu is an environment specially designed for education, having many uses such as: information and knowledge management, courses enhancement, delivering entire online courses (or in a blended manner), collaborative projects, communities of practice, hosting different workshops/scientifical events, building e-portfolios etc. The main aspects the paper will focus on are the following: • the facilities offered by Cirip.eu to use it as a modern and flexible Learning Management System (LMS), integrating participants' Personal Learning Environments; • how microblogging can be integrated with other Web2.0 technologies, and into the Open Educational Resources movement; • how the experience and the new pedagogical approach in using microblogging can be captured and formally represented as learning design objects; • how learning design objects can be shared, discussed, improved, reused on the microblogging platform.

Fractional factorial designand its implementation in CONJOINT package R program

Cząstkowy układ czynnikowy i jego implementacja w module CONJOINT programu R

Author(s): Tomasz Bartłomowicz,Andrzej Bąk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 40/2013

Keywords: fractional factorial design; conjoint analysis; R program

The paper presents the development of R package for conjoint features: caFactorialDesign() function which allows to generate a complete or fractional factorial design and caEncodedDesign() function which allows to encode obtained experiments. The basis of both functions is the implementation of AlgDesign package functions in conjoint package. In the proposed solution, it is assumed that to obtain a relevant factorial design the number of variables and their levels with the names of variables should be enough.

THE USE OF THE CMS APPLICATIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

THE USE OF THE CMS APPLICATIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Author(s): Lucian Luca / Language(s): English / Issue: 16/2010

Keywords: e-business; swot; CMS

This paper aims to inform the web users and the companies on the aspects that should be taken into account when starting an online business of e-business type. Although at first sight, it seems easy to make a website accessible to anyone who wants to buy, rent or bid for a particular product or service, creating a website is a difficult thing to achieve and maintain. Firstly, a market analyses should be carried on to see if you can survive on the market for a long term. Then the costs of creating and maintaining a website must be also considered. The CMS applications can be very useful, yet only to experienced users

Scott Menard: Longitudinal Research

Scott Menard: Longitudinal Research

Author(s): Josef Basl / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2007

Keywords: Longitudinal design;

Book review. Scott Menard: Longitudinal Research London 2002: Sage, 94 pp.

THE LIFE CYCLE OF PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMPANIES IN THE RUSSIAN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

THE LIFE CYCLE OF PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMPANIES IN THE RUSSIAN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

Author(s): Nataliya Kulikova / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

Keywords: life cycle;joint activity;partnership;interdependence;professional players on the Russian market in microelectronics

Professional players on the Russian market in microelectronics form temporary partnerships so that they can design and develop microelectronic devices with a certain life cycle. This paper proves that the capacity of such partnerships to develop successfully and to achieve the goals they have set depends on the stages of their development, i.e. the stages of a partnership life cycle. The materialisation of these partnerships refers to all stages of the technological value chain of microelectronic devices, which allows each professional player on the Russian market in microelectronics to perform their functions. Each stage of the partnership life cycle relates to specific features and key success factors. By analysing the stages of partnerships life cycles, it is possible to predict and identify potential problems in terms of the materialisation and development of interorganisational relationships.

A first Attempt to Determine the Partial Factors According to Eurocodes for the Verification of ULS of Steel Elements for Conditions of the Republic of Belarus

A first Attempt to Determine the Partial Factors According to Eurocodes for the Verification of ULS of Steel Elements for Conditions of the Republic of Belarus

Author(s): Vitali Nadolski,Viktar Tur / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

Keywords: basic variable; partial factor; probabilistic models; limit state; target reliability level; structural reliability

The aim of the study is to develop science-based methodology for estimation the values of the partialfactors for design of steel structures for the conditions of the Republic of Belarus, taking into account the specified values of reliability levels. The object of the study is steel structural elements. Methods:mathematical modeling, numerical and analytical methods, parametric and graphic analysis. In January 2010 European standards (EN standards, Eurocodes) for the design, fabrication and erection of building structures were introduced in the Republic of Belarus. The system of European standards (EN 1990) recognise the responsibility of regulatory authorities in each country and guarantee their right to determine values related to regulatory safety matters at national level. According to the reliability concept of building structures adopted in the standard ISO 2394, EN 1990 the target reliability levels for designed structures are set. It caused a necessity to calibrate the partial factors of steel structures for Belarusian National Annex to Eurocode 3 based on the target reliability level using probabilistic methods.

Application of Agent Methodology in Healthcare Information Systems

Application of Agent Methodology in Healthcare Information Systems

Author(s): Reem Abdalla,Alok Mishra / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Keywords: Agent Methodlogies;GA:PCHIS; Gaia; Tropos;

This paper presents a case study to describe the features and the phases of the two agent methodologies. The Gaia methodology for agent oriented analysis and design, Tropos is a detailed agent oriented software engineering methodology to explore each methodology's ability to present solutions for small problems. Also we provide an attempt to discover whether the methodology is in fact understandable and usable. In addition we were collecting and taking notes of the advantages and weaknesses of these methodologies during the study analysis for each methodology and the relationships among their models. The Guardian Angle: Patient-Centered Health Information System (GA: PCHIS) is the personal system to help track, manage, and interpret the subject's health history, and give advice to both patient and provider is used as the case study throughout the paper.

Enactment of the vet curricula in the work process

Enactment of the vet curricula in the work process

Author(s): Laimutė Anužienė,Vidmantas Tūtlys / Language(s): English / Issue: 27/2016

Keywords: Competence; Competence-based curriculum; Enactment; Practical training; Value education Work process;

The main goal of this article is to explore the contents of the concept of enactment of the VET curriculum in the work process and to disclose the current methodological and methodical approaches of it’s implementation in practice. The article starts with the discussing the theoretical aspects of the enactment of the VET curricula referring to the insights of psychology, sociology of education and work, as well as vocational didactics research. It is followed by the case study of the enactment of VET curriculum in the education and work processes in one initial VET centre of Lithuania aimed to disclose applied methodological approaches and their implications for the professional and personal development of students. Research provides evidence that effective and sustainble enactment of the initial VET curricula requires to apply the integrated and holistic approach to competence development and implementation of VET curriculum.

On Accuracy of Calibration Estimators Supported by Auxiliary Variables from Past Periods Based on Simulation Analyses

O estymacji kalibrowanej wspomaganej informacjami o zmiennych dodatkowych z okresów przeszłych

Author(s): Tomasz Stachurski,Tomasz Żądło / Language(s): English / Issue: 330/2017

Keywords: calibration estimators; small area estimation; longitudinal surveys; estymatory kalibrowane; statystyka małych obszarów; badania wielookresowe

In sample surveys there is often a need to estimate not only population characteristics, but subpopulation characteristics as well. We consider the problem of estimating the total value in domains (subpopulations). In this case, the Horvitz Thompson estimator could be used. Nevertheless, it does not use any additional information about population units, which are usually known. To increase estimation accuracy we propose to use calibration estimators with auxiliary variables from the current and past periods. In the simulation studies based on real and generated data, we show the influence of using auxiliary information from past periods on the accuracy, and compare properties of two calibration estimators of domain totals in longitudinal surveys. / W badaniach reprezentacyjnych nierzadko zachodzi potrzeba szacowania nie tylko parametrów populacji, ale także parametrów podpopulacji (domen). W artykule rozważany jest pro-blem estymacji wartości globalnej w domenach. W takim przypadku może być stosowany estymator Horvitza Thompsona. Niemniej jednak nie uwzględnia on informacji dodatkowych o elementach populacji, które zazwyczaj są dostępne. Dlatego podjęto próbę zbadania własności estymatorów kalibrowanych, w których będą wykorzystywane informacje o zmiennych dodatkowych z bieżącego oraz przeszłych okresów.

AN AUTOMATIC AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR ACCESSIBLE WEB APPLICATIONS

AN AUTOMATIC AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR ACCESSIBLE WEB APPLICATIONS

Author(s): Lourdes Moreno,Elena Castro,Paloma Martinez / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2007

Keywords: semantic web; usability; accessibility; WAI; Universal Design paradigm; semantic conceptual model;

Semantic Web approaches try to get the interoperability and communication among technologies and organizations. Nevertheless, sometimes it is forgotten that the Web must be useful for every user, consequently it is necessary to include tools and techniques doing Semantic Web be accessible. Accessibility and usability are two usually joined concepts widely used in web application development, however their meaning are different. Usability means the way to make easy the use but accessibility is referred to the access possibility. For the first one, there are many well proved approaches in real cases. However, accessibility field requires a deeper research that will make feasible the access to disable people and also the access to novel non-disable people due to the cost to automate and maintain accessible applications. In this paper, we propose one architecture to achieve the accessibility in web-environments dealing with the WAI accessibility standard and the Universal Design paradigm. This architecture tries to control the accessibility in web applications development life-cycle following a methodology starting from a semantic conceptual model and leans on description languages and controlled vocabularies.

Informatics System for Workpiece Clamping Scheme Generation in Machining Fixtures

Informatics System for Workpiece Clamping Scheme Generation in Machining Fixtures

Author(s): Neculai Eugen SEGHEDIN,Dragoş-Florin CHITARIU / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2019

Keywords: fixtures; informatics application; clamping; clamping surfaces; clamping precision;

Clamping is the technological stage where the orientation and positioning scheme is conserved during machining, by applying a force system. The optimal clamping scheme is determined from a multitude of technical possible clamping schemes. There is a double process of selection, first a technical selection is made and second and economical selection, based on solution cost. More technical-possible clamping/ tightening schemes can be generated due to the following: various surfaces of the part can be used to apply one or more clamping forces, on various directions, sense, and point of application, if multiple clamping forces are applied, they may be parallel, convergent or divergent; the clamping forces can be applied in various successions. The informatics system proposed, in this paper, allows the generation, systematically and scientifically, of technical-possible clamping/ tightening schemes in machining fixtures. It starts from the optimal orientation-positioning scheme, which essentially indicates the orientation-positioning surfaces and the degrees of freedom to be removed. Next, an identification of the types of surfaces that delimitate the workpiece is made. On each type of surface, the program offers several solutions for the location of the main clamping forces and, eventually, of the pre-clamping or initial clamping forces. Finally, the various clamping possibilities are combined for each surface, thus, resulting several clamping schemes for the entire workpiece. The informatics system allows ranking of the generated clamping, based on the number of clamping forces.

Costs and Procurement for Cross-Laminated Timber in Mid-Rise Buildings

Costs and Procurement for Cross-Laminated Timber in Mid-Rise Buildings

Author(s): Anne Gunnarshaug Lien,Nicola Lolli / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Keywords: CLT; cross-laminated timber; nZEB, procurement; GHG emissions; Architecture competition;

The objective of this paper is to report on and analyse strategies for cost reduction, design processes and procurement models of a wooden nearly zero energy building (nZEB) in Norway. This publication is part of the dissemination activities of the EU Horizon 2020 project NERO, whose scope is to demonstrate the feasibility of cost reduction of nZEBs built in wood in the Nordic countries. Case buildings from Estonia, Finland, Norway and Sweden are studied with respect to their technological solutions, energy use and construction cost. The Norwegian building investigated in this paper is the Moholt Allmenning, a newly built student accommodation located in Moholt, Trondheim. Interviews with the building’s owner and the contractor were carried out to obtain information on the decision-making process during the procurement phase, the planning phase and the execution phase. The results show that the environmental goal and the requirement for the use of wood set out in the tender announcement were decisive driving forces for the selection of cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the final design. The results also show that the cost of using CLT in student residences is competitive when compared to using concrete and steel. Given the requirement for minimal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from materials production in nZEBs, the use of CLT is, however, a better choice.

Human-Computer Interaction Considerations When Developing Cyber Ranges

Human-Computer Interaction Considerations When Developing Cyber Ranges

Author(s): Lynsay A. Shepherd,Stefano de Paoli,Jim Conacher / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2020

Keywords: cybersecurity; security awareness; cyber range; human-computer interaction; cybersecurity education;

Cyber-attacks are continuing to rise globally. It is therefore vital for organisations to develop the necessary skills to secure their assets and to protect critical national infrastructure. In this short paper, we outline human-computer interaction elements which should be considered when developing a cybersecurity training platform, in an effort to maintain levels of user engagement. We provide an overview of existing training platforms before covering specialist cyber ranges. Aspects of human-computer interaction are explored with regards to their relevance in the context of cyber ranges. We conclude with design suggestions when developing a cyber range platform.

THE EFFECTS OF STEM ACTIVITIES ON 6TH GRADE STUDENTS' CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOUND

THE EFFECTS OF STEM ACTIVITIES ON 6TH GRADE STUDENTS' CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOUND

Author(s): Ayşegül Dedetürk,Aslı Saylan Kırmızıgül,Hasan Kaya / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: case study; conceptual development; engineering design; STEM;

Engineering design process-oriented STEM activities are activities that involve solving a real-world problem with teamwork by using integrative engineering design and engineering applications using scientific and mathematical concepts and 21st century skills. The research aimed to examine the effects of engineering design process-oriented STEM activities, which were developed for sound concept, on the conceptual development of 6th grade students. In the research, comparative case study design was used. The study group consisted of 40 students attending a middle school in Kayseri, Turkey. The teaching was carried out by the activities in science curriculum in the control group, while it was carried out by engineering design process-oriented STEM activities in the experimental group. Each student was individually interviewed using 11 open-ended questions in a verbal format. The mean of Kappa coefficients of the questions was 0.93. As a result of content analysis, 11 categories, including 21 themes and 81 codes, were obtained. When the differences between pre- and post-interviews were examined, it was seen that conceptual understanding levels of the students in experimental group were more positive than the students in control group. This shows that engineering design process-oriented integrated STEM activities have positive effects on students’ conceptual understanding of sound.

Mariusz Kruk, Mark Peterson (2020). New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching (Hershey, PA: IGI Global) — by Caterina Hauser

Mariusz Kruk and Mark Peterson (Eds.), New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020, ISBN 9781799825937, 388 pages

Author(s): Caterina Hauser / Language(s): English / Issue: 8/2022

Designing of Zone Tariff in Integrated Transport Systems

Designing of Zone Tariff in Integrated Transport Systems

Author(s): Michal Koháni / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2013

Keywords: Tariff planning; tariff zones design; IP solver; location problem; p-median problem;

When designing a tariff system, there are several possibilities how to design the tariff. One of them is dividing the region into the zones. These zones are usually created by stops in one or more municipalities and the price of travelling between arrival and destination stops is determined by the number of travelled tariff zones by the passenger. There are various approaches how to design prices in such a system. In this article we introduce a mathematical model of the tariff zones design based on counting zones and introducing two approaches for designing prices within this system. We will focus on solving this problem using a universal optimisation tool Xpress, on data set of the selected region. We will compare both approaches in terms of solution quality and computational time.

Experimental and mathematical analysis of a multi-layer system of railway track

Experimental and mathematical analysis of a multi-layer system of railway track

Author(s): Hana Krejčiříková,Martin Lidmila / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2004

Keywords: railway; track; experimental; mathematical analysis;

Based on experimental measurement of a model of a multi-layer non-linear system with inserted geosynthetic layers of the permanent way structure, a new design method will be designed for dimensioning the sleeper subgrade structure using classical and geosynthetic materials or sub-ballast vibration-damping matting. The results of measurements on a track structure model in a 1:1 scale performed in a testing box will be verified by means of a numerical model. A two-dimensional solution will be subsequently verified by means of a spatial model. Numerical modelling will serve for transferring the values measured on the experimental model into a current railway track structure.