Analysis of movement of persons with disabilities during evacuation by lift

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-220
Author(s):  
Martin Szénay ◽  
Martin Lopušniak
Keyword(s):  
Computational Models ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Entire Process ◽  
Injured Person ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Movement Parameters ◽  
The Times ◽  
Mobility Impaired

Abstract Lifts are indispensable for the evacuation of mobility-impaired people from buildings in case of emergency. It is necessary to quantify the movement parameters of these people and describe the entire process using a suitable algorithm. The aim of the research was to quantify the times and speeds of movement for a person using a wheelchair and for an injured person. An experiment in situ was used. During the experiment, arrivals at the lift, cabin entries, and exits were monitored. The results include the times and speeds of a mobility-impaired person's movement. The experiments showed that a person using a wheelchair was slower than an injured person. The results can be used to expand computational models to account for the possibility of using lifts for evacuation.

Estudio del proceso de lavado de contenedores para eliminar tiempos y movimientos innecesarios, caso: Wash Containers S.A de C.V.

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Juan Alfredo Lino-Gamiño ◽  
Carlos Méndez-González ◽  
Eduardo José Salazar-Araujo ◽  
Pablo Adrián Magaña-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Core Business ◽  
The Core ◽  
Washing Process ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
The Times

In the value chain it is important to keep in mind the core business of the company, since it depends largely on the competitiveness of the company and its overall performance, bearing in mind that all business indicators depend on it. In this work we will study the washing process within the company WASH CONTAINERS SA DE CV, to improve the washing processes and in this way reduce times and movements in the process leading the company to reduce costs considerably within the operations company daily, having a more competitive operation and with greater profit margin in its business process. Goals: It Improve the logistics of the movement of containers for washing and with it the core business of the company. Methodology: The action research will be applied applying Business Process Management for the improvement of processes in situ, it will be developed in a certain period of time and with that it will establish an improvement projection. Contribution: The improvement of the times for the disposal of the containers and their subsequent use, allows a better competitiveness and with it the income of the company, on the other hand, the transport companies improve in performance in quantity, quality of disposition and with it their income.

scholarly journals Movement parameters of persons with disabilities on evacuation by lifts

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Szénay ◽  
Martin Lopušniak
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Entry And Exit ◽  
In Situ Experiment ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Bounded Area ◽  
Movement Parameters ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Leg Fracture

In 2010 it was defined five challenges for the solution of evacuation of persons in buildings to 2020. One of the challenges is to implement helpfull technologies during evacuations from buildings – lifts. Needed steps for fulfilling this challenge are also quantification of missing data which are dealing with evacuation of persons with disabilities. From 2002 all public buildings in Slovak Republic have to be also accessible to persons with disabilities, but it is also a global problem. In present exists just small number of informations of movement parameters of persons with disabilities during evacuation by lift. There for, this work was focused on collecting these informations. The data collection was realized by using an in-situ experiment. The aim of the work was to quantify the phase stages of evacuation by elevators for persons with disabilities (speed, time, movement and capacity parameters). Person's movements were monitored during the measurements, arrival to lift, cabin entry and exit from the cabin, including leaving the bounded area. Arrival to lift included movement in the bounded area in front of the lift, until the moment of pushing the button was pressed to call the lift. The time of cabin entering includes the time from the beginning of opening the lift doors to the beginning of closing of the lift doors. The exit from the cabin includes the time from opening the lift doors, passing through the lift doors to leaving the bounded area. In total, ten participating persons in the experiments imitated wheelchair movement and movement with leg fracture. Measurements were made on two lifts, where person evacuating himself or with the help of another person. Everyone performed each measurement three times. A total of 720 measurements were performed in the work. According to the results of the experiment it can be stated that cabin entry is longer for a person on the wheelchair than for a person with a leg fracture, but the difference is even bigger during exit from the cabin, including leaving the bounded area. During the experiment, various movement techniques have been observed that may affect their overall the time of cabin entry and exit from the cabin. Obtained results can extend existing evacuation model to the possibility of using the lift. The obtained results quantify the individual phase stages of entering to the lift and exiting of the lift for persons with limited movement.

Electromigration of Electroplated Gold Interconnects

2005 ◽  
Vol 863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Kilgore ◽  
Craig Gaw ◽  
Haldane Henry ◽  
Darrell Hill ◽  
Dieter Schroder
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Diffusion Mechanism ◽  
Time To Failure ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Temperature Coefficients ◽  
Current Stressing ◽  
Monitoring Technique ◽  
The Times ◽  
A Current

AbstractElectromigration tests were performed on passivated electroplated Au four terminal Kelvin line structures using the conventional in situ resistance monitoring technique. The stress conditions were a current density of 2.0 MA/cm2 with ambient temperatures ranging from 325°C to 375°C. The temperature coefficients of resistance (TCR) values were measured prior to current stressing to calculate the Joule heated film temperatures. The times to failure (lifetimes) for the Au line structures were considered as a 50% ΔR/R0 change. The median time to failure (t50%) was plotted against the inverse film temperature to determine the activation energy value as 0.59 ± 0.09 eV. Failure analysis of void location and suggested diffusion mechanism will be discussed.

scholarly journals In situ caecal degradation of roughages in horses

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinícius Pimentel Silva ◽  
Fernando Queiroz de Almeida ◽  
Eliane da Silva Morgado ◽  
Liziana Maria Rodrigues ◽  
Tiago Marques dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cynodon Dactylon ◽  
Pigeon Pea ◽  
Neutral Detergent Fiber ◽  
Desmodium Ovalifolium ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Digestion Technique ◽  
In Situ Degradation ◽  
The Times

The present study was carried out to evaluate the in situ degradation of dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and crude protein (CP) in roughages by the in situ caecal digestion technique in horses. The roughages evaluated were: Lucerne hay (Medicago sativa), peanut (Arachis pintoi cv. Amarillo), desmodio(Desmodium ovalifolium), stylo (Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Mineirão), pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), lime-yellow pea (Macrotyloma axillare) and coastcross hay (Cynodon dactylon cv. coastcross). The assay was conducted in a complete randomized design with seven roughages and three replications. One mare with a cannula fitted in the caecum was used, fed diet consisting of coastcross hay (80%) and concentrate (20%) at 2.0% BW, four times a day. Nylon 6.5 × 20 cm bags were used with 45 μ/pore, containing 5.2 g DM/bag, inserting 3 or 4 bags in the caecum at the times of 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 and 48 hours incubation. The caecum in situ degradability parameters of nutrients were obtained by Ørskov model. The DM degradability parameters of all the roughages were significant. There was no fit to the model for pigeon pea for CP and NDF and desmodio. Peanut, stylo and lime-yellow pea presented larger potentially degradable DM with values of 53, 46.5 and 40%, respectively, and higher values for the soluble fraction of 20, 21, 28.6%, with high degradability rates of 10.36, 20.26 and 14.8% h-1. Higher NDF degradation rates were observed in these foodstuffs with values of 9.1 and 11.3, 11.2% h-1, high potentially degradable fraction with values of 55, 51.8 and 47.2%, and greater CP degradation at 48 hours with values of 87, 95, and 94.8%. Peanut, stylo and lime-yellow pea presented potential for use in horses diets.

scholarly journals On-Site Participation for Proto-Architectural Assemblies Encompassing Technology and Human Improvisation: “Fish Trap” and “Orchid” Architectural Interventions

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Peter Buš ◽  
Shi-Yen Wu ◽  
Ayça Tartar
Keyword(s):  
Computational Models ◽  
Design Strategy ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Fish Trap ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Qualitative Observation ◽  
Building System ◽  
Collaborative Improvisation

This research investigates the notion of builders’ on-site engagement to physically build architectural interventions based on their demands, spatial requirements, and collaborative improvisation enhanced with the principles of uniqueness and bespoke solutions which are previously explored in computational models. The paper compares and discusses two physical installations as proto-architectural assemblies testing two different designs and building approaches: the top-down predefined designers’ scenario contrary to bottom-up unpredictable improvisation. It encompasses a building strategy based on the discrete precut components assembled by builders themselves in situ. The paper evaluates both strategies in a qualitative observation and comparison defining advantages and limitations of the top-down design strategy in comparison with the decentralised bottom-up building system built by the builders themselves. As such, it outlines the position of a designer within the bottom-up building processes on-site. The paper argues that improvisation and builders’ direct engagement on-site lead to solutions that better reflect human needs and low-tech building principles incorporated can deliver unpredictable but convenient spatial scenarios.

scholarly journals A kinetic model for in situ coking denitrification of heavy oil with high nitrogen content based on starch using a structure-oriented lumping method

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (57) ◽  
pp. 32707-32718
Author(s):  
Zhongwen He ◽  
Hui Xu ◽  
Changlu Zhou ◽  
Zhong Xin ◽  
Jichang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
High Nitrogen Content ◽  
High Nitrogen ◽  
Delayed Coking ◽  
Entire Process ◽  
Denitrification Process

In this study, in situ coking denitrification technology was utilized to simplify the entire process by adding an appropriate quantity of denitrification agents to the delayed-coking tower without any further follow-up denitrification process.

scholarly journals Can Green Walls Reduce Outdoor Ambient Particulate Matter, Noise Pollution and Temperature?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 5084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Paull ◽  
Daniel Krix ◽  
Fraser Torpy ◽  
Peter Irga
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Urban Centre ◽  
Green Wall ◽  
Green Walls ◽  
Reduction Capacity

Green walls have previously demonstrated the capacity to reduce particulate matter (PM), noise pollution, and temperature conditions in manipulative experiments and computational models. There is, however, minimal evidence that green walls can influence ambient environmental conditions, especially taking into account the variable environmental conditions encountered in situ. The aim of this paper was to determine if green walls have a quantitative effect on ambient air quality in an urban environment. Ambient PM, noise, and temperature were recorded at 12 green wall and adjacent reference wall locations across a dense urban centre, over a 6-month period. The results indicated that PM levels and temperature did not significantly differ between the green wall and reference wall sites. Ambient noise at the green wall sites, however, was significantly lower than at the reference wall locations. It is suggested that mechanically assisted, or ‘active’ green wall systems may have a higher PM and temperature reduction capacity, and if so, they will be more valuable for installation in situ compared to standard passive systems, although this will require further research.

scholarly journals Schedule of Spermatogenesis in the Pulmonate Snail Helix aspersa, with Special Reference to Histone Transition

1960 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Bloch ◽  
Howard Y. C. Hew
Keyword(s):  
Dna Synthesis ◽  
Thymidine Incorporation ◽  
Chromosome Duplication ◽  
Staining Methods ◽  
Histone Synthesis ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
The Times ◽  
Snail Helix Aspersa ◽  
New Protein

The schedule of spermatogenesis is determined from the times necessary for cells labeled with tritium thymidine during premeiotic DNA synthesis to pass through the successive spermatogenic stages. A transition from a typically somatic histone rich in lysine, to a histone rich in arginine is shown to occur during spermatid stages. A later shift to a protamine is observed in the maturing sperm. These changes are characterized by the use of in situ staining methods. The transition to an arginine-rich histone is accompanied by incorporation of tritium-labeled arginine, hence reflects synthesis of new protein. Comparison of the timing of arginine and thymidine incorporation, and independent measurements of DNA, show that in contrast to the case of premitotic chromosome duplication, the histone synthesis in the spermatid is unaccompanied by DNA synthesis. During the initial histone change, fine filaments are formed within the nucleus, which aggregate to form lamellae. This fine structure is lost during maturation of the sperm.

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