scholarly journals Adaptation And Resilience From A Maintenance Perspective For Swing Bridge. Lessons Learned In Recent Retrofitting Project Experiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 1202 (1) ◽  
pp. 012027
Author(s):  
Felipe Collazos-Arias ◽  
David García-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Structural Condition ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
Steel Bridge ◽  
Safety Level ◽  
The North ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Level ◽  
North Of Spain

Abstract This paper collects all the existing swing bridges around the world to emphasize the high-level technology performed in the earliest 20th century and analyzes the recent experience in the rehabilitation and retrofitting of a singular swing steel bridge. The bridge over the Asón estuary at Treto, in the North of Spain, showed significant problems and the structural condition level was critical previously to its intervention in 2015. The rehabilitation project including the restoration of the structural and functional safety level of the structure was deled after material studies and tests were performed. The new updated of the structure from the old nineteenth centuries to the new standard codes was also performed. A part from the historical value of the bridges and the "green" and safe-security aspects, the intervention took into account all the social requirements of the population in the area who recovered the pride in this emblematic and centenarian infrastructure and it is, itself, a successful intervention from the resilient point of view.

Der Raum der Vorlesung: Vom Auditorium zum „multi media hub“

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-701
Author(s):  
Heiko Hausendorf ◽  
Kenan Hochuli ◽  
Johanna Jud ◽  
Alexandra Zoller
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Lecture Hall ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multi Media ◽  
High Level

Abstract The present paper is concerned with the lecture hall as the natural home of lecturing. We will focus on constructed, designed and equipped space as a material and communicative manifestation of science which fundamentally contributes to the multimodal practice of lecturing. Taking an interactionist point of view, we start off with introducing our concept of architecture-for-interaction which aims at spatial built-in features as a resource for social interaction, namely for situational anchoring among those present. In a second step, we identify key architectural elements of the lecture hall as material sediments of communicative problems connected with the social practice of lecturing. In doing so, we will also give a high-level overview of the historical development of the lecture hall (and its precursors) since the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age. Turning to current data from lecturing in times of the pandemic, we will then deal with so called „ghost lectures“ behind closed doors. This current development brings out a refiguration process due to which the lecture hall undergoes a change from the classical auditorium with copresent participants to a multi-media hub allowing for tele-present participants.

scholarly journals Multiple Resolution Modeling: A Particular Case of Distributed Simulation

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 469
Author(s):  
Mario Marin ◽  
Gene Lee ◽  
Jaeho Kim
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Simulation ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Simulation System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
High Level Architecture ◽  
Unique Form ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Research ◽  
High Level

Multiple resolution modeling (MRM) is the future of distributed simulation. This article describes different definitions and notions related to MRM. MRM is a relatively new research area, and there is a demand for simulator integration from a modeling complexity point of view. This article also analyzes a taxonomy based on the experience of the researchers in detail. Finally, an example that uses the high-level architecture (HLA) is explained to illustrate the above definitions and, in particular, to look at the problems that are common to these distributed simulation configurations. The steps required to build an MRM distributed simulation system are introduced. The conclusions describe the lessons learned for this unique form of distributed simulation.

scholarly journals Public Danger of Corruption Crimes in the Sphere of Housing and Communal Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-484
Author(s):  
S. I. Kel'm
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Group ◽  
Natural Monopoly ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
State Control ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Administrative Functions ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Systemic Nature ◽  
High Level

Currently, housing and communal services as a specific form of socio-economic relations are most susceptible to criminal influence. The Author of the article examines corruption crimes in the field of housing and communal services (HCS) from the point of view of public danger. Corruption as a social and legal phenomenon continues to be a dangerous factor in the development of the housing and utilities sector. The article draws attention to the systemic nature of corruption crimes in the housing sector. It is noted that the majority of crimes in the housing and communal sector are stable corruption and are committed by officials, as well as by persons performing organizational, administrative and administrative functions at the enterprises of housing and communal services. The criminals have adapted to the new system of functioning of the housing and communal services and forms of control over its activities. They began to more often involve enterprise accountants, relatives and other close persons in their criminal schemes, thereby forming a stable criminal group in which all roles are carefully distributed and thought out. The Author analyzes judicial practice in corruption-related cases in the field of housing and communal services. The most typical ways of committing crimes in this area are shown. Attention is paid to violations related to the resettlement of citizens from hazardous housing. The issue of the organization of natural monopoly in our country, which reduce the effectiveness of the existing measures of state control and which directly affect the growth of corruption crimes, is investigated. Attention is focused on the deliberate obfuscation of the property rights of resource-supplying organizations and the withdrawal of income to offshore zones. The factors that contribute to the growth of corruption crimes in this industry are noted. On the basis of the study, the author concludes that the social danger of corruption crimes in the sphere of housing and communal services is conditioned by a high level of organization, selfish involvement of officials in the redistribution of funds in their favor, as well as the intricacy of schemes and methods of withdrawing funds from enterprises of housing and communal services.

HIV Education: Reflections on the Past, Priorities for the Future

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Aggleton ◽  
Deevia Bhana ◽  
David J. Clarke ◽  
Mary Crewe ◽  
Kane Race ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Hiv Education ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Information Giving ◽  
International Commitments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sex And Sexuality ◽  
High Level

From early in the epidemic, education has been central to HIV prevention, treatment, and care. This paper reflects on lessons learned over the last 30 years. It signals the limits of high level international commitments to education and HIV and the strategies of information-giving and life skills development adopted in their wake. It argues for the adoption of a more genuinely educational approach to HIV, sex, and sexuality education in which difficult questions are raised, diversity is recognized, and options are provided for a differentiated yet effective response. The lead currently offered by community organizations and the social media should be built upon in developing forms of HIV education that are more honest and contextually relevant than previously.

scholarly journals Challenges of SMR Licensing Practices

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Söderholm
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Small Modular Reactor ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Serial Construction ◽  
The Uk ◽  
High Level

This paper aims to increase the understanding of high level Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) licensing processes in Finland, France, the UK, Canada and the USA. These countries have been selected for this study because of their different licensing processes and recent actions in new NPP construction. After discussing their similarities and differences, suitable features for Small Modular Reactor licensing can be emphasized and suggested. Some of the studied licensing processes have elements that are already quite well suited for application to SMRs, but all of these different national processes can benefit from studying and implementing lessons learned from SMR specific licensing needs. The main SMR features to take into account in licensing are standardization of the design, modularity, mass production and serial construction. Modularity can be divided into two different categories: the first category is simply a single unit facility constructed of independently engineered modules (e.g., construction process for Westinghouse AP-1000 NPP) and the second is a facility structure composed of many reactor modules where modules are manufactured in factories and installed into the facility as needed (e.g., NuScale Power SMR design). Short construction schedules will not be fully benefitted from if the long licensing process prolongs the commissioning and approach to full-power operation. The focus area of this study is to better understand the possibility of SMR deployment in small nuclear countries, such as Finland, which currently has four operating NPPs. The licensing process needs to be simple and clear to make SMR deployment feasible from an economical point of view. This paper uses public information and interviews with experts to establish the overview of the different licensing processes and their main steps. A high-level comparison of the licensing steps has been carried out. Certain aspects of the aviation industry licensing process have also been studied and certain practices have been investigated as possibly suitable for use in nuclear licensing. All of the current licensing processes were found to be quite heavy and time-consuming and further streamlining could be possible without compromising safety or the need for public participation in the licensing process. Some examples of the modification possibilities for SMR applications are discussed. A profound discussion on SMR-specific licensing models, and on ways to simplify and harmonize them, will be needed in the near future in Europe too. This would be a natural continuation to the harmonization efforts underway for existing and new large reactors.

scholarly journals Exploring the Social and Emotional Representations Used by the Elderly to Deal With the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaia Eiguren ◽  
Nahia Idoiaga ◽  
Naiara Berasategi ◽  
Maitane Picaza
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Free Association ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The North ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Emotional Representations ◽  
Age Range ◽  
North Of Spain

Spain has become one of the European epicenters of coronavirus (COVID-19), a virus that particularly affects the elderly, since this group accounts for the majority of hospitalized cases and has the highest mortality rates. Therefore, the aim of this research is to understand how elderly people represent and emotionally cope with COVID-19 during the days when the pandemic emerged in Spain. Using a qualitative methodology, a free association exercise elicited by the word “COVID-19” was completed by 115 participants (age range: 60–85 years) from the North of Spain. Lexical analysis was used to analyze the content. The results revealed that the government and the mass media are criticized for failing to communicate a clear message, and for giving out information that is both insufficient and contradictory. However, participants are clear that it is essential to follow the guidelines of the scientists and doctors, which are represented as credible sources. However, when the state of alarm and the lockdown of all citizens was declared, most of the participants represented the risk as being associated with the elderly and the pandemic became something that might also affect their families. Due to these circumstances, negative emotions appear such as fear, nervousness, uncertainty, restlessness, and insecurity. Feelings of solitude and loneliness also emerged, and these are represented as being linked to death. These results indicate the need for governments to manage the current situation with the elderly by placing greater emphasis on social and inclusive policies to help alleviate the possible effects of the pandemic and the lockdown.

scholarly journals THE NEED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A TIGHT MONETARY POLICY AS A CONDITION FOR ACHIEVING LONG-TERM ECONOMIC GOALS

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-454
Author(s):  
V.G. Kostenkova
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Classical Liberalism ◽  
Inflation Rates ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Inflation ◽  
Von Mises ◽  
High Level

The article discusses the causes and consequences of inflation. In countries with a high level of development, prices remain stable at zero rates of economic growth. The rate of inflation in the economy of modern Russia remains quite high. Only in the last two or three years, their value has decreased to 5-5.5 % per year. It is well known that stable prices create conditions for the growth of investment and, ultimately, for sustainable economic development. High inflation rates negatively affect the amount of consumption, the dynamics of production volumes, investments, which extremely negatively affect the development of the national economy. There are many interpretations of the causes and consequences of inflation. It is quite interesting to consider the inflation of the well-known Austrian economist, a supporter of classical liberalism L. von Mises. He is a consistent proponent of a tight monetary policy and gold standard. He argues that the state regularly tries to use monetary policy to achieve its own political and economic goals, which often do not correspond to the goals of its citizens. Therefore, inflation from the point of view of citizens of society is a direct violation of the social contract. The situation of inflation can be defined as a “betrayal of public trust.” Inflation as a form of economic policy cannot be recognized as effective, since the state can not expect to achieve any long-term socio-economic goals. Tight monetary policy makes it more likely to expect to obtain necessary results.

scholarly journals Dados sensíveis no contexto dos dados de pesquisa: um olhar na perspectiva da Ciência da Informação

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richele Grenge Vignoli ◽  
Fernando Luiz Vechiato
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Science And Literature ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
High Level

Research data has been presented with a high level of research in the academic-scientific sphere in Europe, the USA and Brazil. However, sensitive data in this context are still little discussed in the scientific literature. The way in which they are presented, sensitive data are considered classified and highly confidential, with legal and ethical concerns about leakage, preservation, and safety. From this point of view, the research aimed to present initial discussions about sensitive data in research in the context of Information Science, in addition to demonstrating the secrecy, ethics and security care that researchers and information professionals need to have in order to deal with these types of data. The concern with the social issues that involve confidentiality of sensitive data of a subject when collecting scientific research data were also objects of discussion in this work. In order to reach the proposed objectives, a bibliographical research was carried out in the Capes Portal and mainly encompassed the Web of Science and LISA databases. As criteria for conceptual refinement, filters were used to insert the English, Spanish and Portuguese languages, with no pre-stipulated period for the consultation since it is a recent issue in Information Science and literature as a whole. The results of the research in which the keywords Data Research, Sensitive Data and Sensitive Research Data were used, did not cover sensitive data specifically in scientific research, demonstrating that the literature is more focused on discussions about privacy, ethical handling and ways through which such data can be preserved and secured by specific techniques. The research showed initial discussions about the concept of sensitive data from the point of view of Information Science and in scientific research. The awareness and commitment of the researchers and professionals of the area with the confidentiality, ethics and security of the data collected in research and which are sensitive, are fundamental points to be clarified in the management of these data. It should also be pointed out that the responsibility of the Sensitive Data of a research should involve the researcher and the manager (librarian) who will manipulate and organize the data so that they can be reused and / or shared without any legal and / or social damages involved in the process.

What Can We Learn From Factorial Surveys About Human Behavior?

Methodology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Petzold ◽  
Tobias Wolbring
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Actual Behavior ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Factorial Survey ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Intended Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Experiments ◽  
High Level

Abstract. Factorial survey experiments are increasingly used in the social sciences to investigate behavioral intentions. The measurement of self-reported behavioral intentions with factorial survey experiments frequently assumes that the determinants of intended behavior affect actual behavior in a similar way. We critically investigate this fundamental assumption using the misdirected email technique. Student participants of a survey were randomly assigned to a field experiment or a survey experiment. The email informs the recipient about the reception of a scholarship with varying stakes (full-time vs. book) and recipient’s names (German vs. Arabic). In the survey experiment, respondents saw an image of the same email. This validation design ensured a high level of correspondence between units, settings, and treatments across both studies. Results reveal that while the frequencies of self-reported intentions and actual behavior deviate, treatments show similar relative effects. Hence, although further research on this topic is needed, this study suggests that determinants of behavior might be inferred from behavioral intentions measured with survey experiments.

ПРАГМАТИЧНИЙ ПОТЕНЦІАЛ НАТИВНОЇ РЕКЛАМИ: ФОРМИ, ТРЕНДИ (НА ПРИКЛАДІ НАТИВНОГО КОНТЕНТУ В СОЦІАЛЬНІЙ МЕРЕЖІ FACEBOOK ЩОДО БРЕНДА ФАКУЛЬТЕТУ ЖУРНАЛІСТИКИ ЗНУ)

2020 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
V. Kovpak ◽  
N. Trotsenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
The Social ◽  
National University ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

<div><p><em>The article analyzes the peculiarities of the format of native advertising in the media space, its pragmatic potential (in particular, on the example of native content in the social network Facebook by the brand of the journalism department of ZNU), highlights the types and trends of native advertising. The following research methods were used to achieve the purpose of intelligence: descriptive (content content, including various examples), comparative (content presentation options) and typological (types, trends of native advertising, in particular, cross-media as an opportunity to submit content in different formats (video, audio, photos, text, infographics, etc.)), content analysis method using Internet services (using Popsters service). And the native code for analytics was the page of the journalism department of Zaporizhzhya National University on the social network Facebook. After all, the brand of the journalism department of Zaporozhye National University in 2019 celebrates its 15th anniversary. The brand vector is its value component and professional training with balanced distribution of theoretical and practical blocks (seven practices), student-centered (democratic interaction and high-level teacher-student dialogue) and integration into Ukrainian and world educational process (participation in grant programs).</em></p></div><p><em>And advertising on social networks is also a kind of native content, which does not appear in special blocks, and is organically inscribed on one page or another and unobtrusively offers, just remembering the product as if «to the word». Popsters service functionality, which evaluates an account (or linked accounts of one person) for 35 parameters, but the main three areas: reach or influence, or how many users evaluate, comment on the recording; true reach – the number of people affected; network score – an assessment of the audience’s response to the impact, or how far the network information diverges (how many share information on this page).</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> nativeness, native advertising, branded content, special project, communication strategy.</em></p>

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