Infrastructural Breaks on the Road from Birth to Death in Contemporary Russia

This paper addresses the problem of infrastructural breaks in two systems—the funeral market and maternity care. The authors analytically problematize how dysfunctions in the operation of these infrastructures shape the experiences of funeral and childbirth in contemporary Russia. The authors propose the conceptual model of the ‘rite of passage’, supplemented with the sociology of repair joint with the anthropology of infrastructures. Based on the ethnographic studies of the funeral market and maternity care (2015–2019), the authors uncover multiple infrastructural gaps and challenges that Russian families face while preparing for childbirth and funeral, especially in remote areas of the country. Empirical data of participant observations, in-depth and expert interviews demonstrated that continuous infrastructural failures can be considered to be an integral part of these life-cycle rituals, as both burial and maternity care arrangements never happen smoothly and unproblematically. In conclusion, the authors argue that necessity of “repairing” or patching the infrastructural gaps obtains self-sufficient symbolic meanings that possess ontological features.

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The Mobile Workplace

The Interaction Society ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-530-6.ch010 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 251-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Daniel Normark ◽

Mattias Esbjornsson

Keyword(s):

Empirical Data ◽

Mutual Understanding ◽

Gps Receiver ◽

Occupational Groups ◽

Detailed Understanding ◽

The Road ◽

Ethnographic Studies ◽

On The Road ◽

Mobile Professionals ◽

Visual Clues

This chapter discusses how truly mobile occupational groups relate to locations in a vast working area when collaborating with each other. It brings forth two ethnographic studies on mobile professionals working on the road. Their work setting has predominantly been described from a perspective where they are isolated in the driver’s seat. However, seeing that the environment in which they drive through constitutes their workplace, the chapter examines their relation to the surroundings when performing their tasks. The empirical data illustrates the importance of mutual understanding of locations to successfully perform collaborative tasks. For example, coordinates supplied by a GPS receiver are not sufficient in the performance of their tasks. It is rather the mutual understanding of locations, being in proximity or other visual clues that are of importance. We argue the need for a detailed understanding regarding the use of locations to succeed in the development of future mobile position-based services.

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Mobile Batch Tracking

Strategic Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-677-8.ch063 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 978-983

Author(s):

Walter Huerster ◽

Hartmut Feuchtmueller ◽

Thomas Fischer

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Mobile Communication ◽

Synergy Effect ◽

Automated Systems ◽

Chain Management ◽

The Road ◽

Information Gap ◽

System Solution ◽

Service Offering ◽

On The Road

Globalization and expanding markets has invariably led to increasingly higher loads of goods traffic. This has resulted, amongst other things, in challenges to supply chain management in terms of cost pressure and demands for short-term availability of the goods. Considering that an increasing number of goods will be “on the road” (on rails, on ship, in the air) for an appreciable percentage of the life-cycle, there is an urgent need to bridge the information gap between the automated systems at the factory sites and the storage control systems at the destination sites. This chapter reports on a system solution that has been developed by T-Systems’ Solution and Service Center Ulm / Germany, within the Service Offering Portfolio “Embedded Functions”. The system solution has been gained as a synergy effect of connecting mobile communication solutions with Auto ID Services. It is presented here and discussed in the context of online surveillance during transportation, providing both downstream batch tracking, as well as upstream traceability.

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Paper 2: The Effects on Body Structures of Present and Possible Future Safety Legislation, and the Mathematical Simulation of Barrier Impact

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Conference Proceedings ◽

10.1243/pime_conf_1969_184_398_02 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 184 (13) ◽

pp. 19-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. Curtis

Keyword(s):

Computer Simulation ◽

Mathematical Simulation ◽

Empirical Data ◽

Equations Of Motion ◽

Safety Requirements ◽

The Road ◽

Impact Tests ◽

Current Design ◽

On The Road

The wise body designer looks ahead to the type of statutory safety requirements that might be in existence by the time his current design has been on the road for some years. But the necessary testing of prototypes is expensive. The author describer a computer simulation of impact tests, based on empirical data from static crush tests and the equations of motion.

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Visualization and Interaction with Multiple Devices. A Case Study on Reachability of Remote Areas for Emergency Management

i-com ◽

10.1515/icom-2017-0027 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 223-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jordi Tost ◽

Frank Heidmann

Keyword(s):

Road Network ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Operations Planning ◽

Remote Areas ◽

The Road ◽

Multiple Devices ◽

Relief Operations ◽

On The Road ◽

Evacuation Routes

AbstractWhen a hazard event strikes, the reachability of affected areas is a significant factor that can determine if the situation becomes a disaster. Decision makers have to react quickly while under stress to tasks that depend on the road network, such as management of relief operations, planning of evacuation routes, or food and first aid distribution. In this paper we present an approach for exploring and validating reachability of remote areas through visualization with an interactive tabletop and tablets. We propose a simple way to combine and visualize data from scientists and communities to provide insights into area reachability, as well as the likely impacts of future hazard events on access routes. Moreover, our interface introduces an approach to assess alternative accessibility options to isolated settlements by helicopter or off-road routes that builds on satellite data and interactive collaborative mapping. This set of visualization and interaction techniques facilitates the formation of risk scenarios for better planning, preparedness and response activities. We developed our research with a case study of landslide threat for an area in Colombia.

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Scientific objectives of research on road machines life cycle in modern conditions

The Russian Automobile and Highway Industry Journal ◽

10.26518/2071-7296-2020-17-4-442-451 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 442-451

Author(s):

S. A. Evtiukov ◽

S. V. Repin ◽

S. M. Grushetskii ◽

G. A. Kаrro

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Scientific Research ◽

Road Construction ◽

Road Maintenance ◽

Repair Work ◽

The Road ◽

Cycle System ◽

On The Road ◽

Life Cycle System

Introduction. Many tasks in the field of operation of road machines in modern conditions have become irrelevant from a scientific point of view. This is due to the emergence of new regulatory documents that contribute to the solution of many problems, for example, the tasks of forming fleets of road machines for road maintenance. In addition, the active implementation of CALS-technologies; modern monitoring systems for road machines; the commitment to automate and robotic work processes; change in the volume and pace of road construction; increasing requirements for the quality of work performed; extension of the warranty period of road service; the existence of mega road organizations; the absence to date of generally accepted criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of one form or another of organizing maintenance and repair work (unscheduled repairs) of road machines; active development of a network of toll roads, etc. they require a radical review and systematization of issues related to the formulation of scientific problems in the study of the life cycle system of road vehicles in modern conditions.Materials and methods. The well-known methods of mathematical, factor analysis and expert estimates of parameters were used that determine the main differences that affect mainly on the rational operation of road machines. 218.2.018-2012 ‘Methodological recommendations for determining the necessary fleet of road maintenance equipment for the maintenance of roads in the development of road maintenance projects’ industry road methodology (IRM) contributes to the integrated solution of the main tasks of forming parks with vehicles for road maintenance. Today, the ERA-GLONASS system and similar systems are actively used in all areas of the road economy and allow tracking the position and other technical parameters of road machines over a long period of time. In addition, automation and robotization of production processes are actively used.Results. The factor analysis and the method of expert assessments made it possible to identify the main differences between the modern life cycle system of road machines used for the construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of highways than a similar life cycle system of road machines 10-20 years ago. Some features have been identified in the study of the life cycle system of road machines in modern conditions. The main tasks of modern research on the road machines life cycle system are outlined. It has been established that the basis of the industry road guidance documents that have been published at present, as well as those preparing to be published in the nearest future, are largely based on the scientific research conducted 10-20 years ago by Russian scientists. The current industry documents are advisory in modern conditions, which is not always applicable to specific construction objects and sets of road machines, and the installation of tracking systems on road machines only contributes to the scientific research.Discussion and conclusions. In the course of the study, a vector was determined for the further development of such a scientific direction as the study of the life cycle system of the road machines in modern conditions. Some ways are proposed for solving scientific problems, taking into account the modern features of the road machines operations for the construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of roads, which allows scientists, especially the young ones, to more accurately and correctly formulate their scientific problems when setting them at the beginning of the research in this area.

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PEMANFAATAN LIMBAH BOTOL PLASTIK MENJADI PLASTICNET SEBAGAI BAHAN SEPARASI DAN PERKUATAN PADA LAPISAN PERKERASAN JALAN RAYA DI DAERAH TERPENCIL

Jurnal TAMBORA ◽

10.36761/jt.v3i2.237 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Dedy Dharmawansyah ◽

Eti Kurniati

Keyword(s):

Tensile Strength ◽

Plastic Material ◽

Central Element ◽

Field Testing ◽

Soil Improvement ◽

Remote Areas ◽

The Road ◽

The People ◽

Access Road ◽

On The Road

Road infrastructure is one of the important tools in the civil engineering participation in developing the transportation system in Indonesia. It is a central element in the development of the region and the improvement of the economy community. Development of a good road network will have an impact on inter-regional connectivity which is getting easier and it can improve the economy of the people in the region. Nowdays, damage on remote areas had not been optimizing hadling. The Generally soil improvement on the road was using methods such as road packer, Prevabricated Vertical Drain (PVD) or geosynthetic material. But the materials are still relatively expensive to be applied to remote areas which have a bad access road. The research is related to plasticnet aims to obtain alternatives in soil improvement, especially as separators and reinforcement. This research was preceded by did the simulation of tensile strength in plastic material to determine the maximum tensile strength of this material. The next stage is the plastic rope from used bottles that have been cut by using a simple cutting tool, then the net is made with the distance between nets is 5 cm to 20 cm and the overall dimensions produced are about 2 x 3 m. Field testing is carried out by installing a plasticnet on the pavement layer plan on the condition of the layer in dry and wet conditions (saturated with water). Of this condition then it will be able to simulated by giving a vehicle load that is carried out repeatedly. The expected target of this research is to obtain alternative new materials that can be used to separate material and also as pavement layer reinforcement on highway construction that is cheap and efficient, especially for application in remote areas that are difficult to get geosynthetic material.

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Poverty Dynamics in Europe

International Sociology ◽

10.1177/0268580909102913 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 368-396 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Marc Callens ◽

Christophe Croux

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Hazard Analysis ◽

Structural Factors ◽

Poverty Dynamics ◽

European Regions ◽

The Road ◽

Poverty Transitions ◽

On The Road ◽

Household Panel Data ◽

The Impact

This article uses multilevel recurrent discrete-time hazard analysis to simultaneously model the impact of life cycle events and structural processes on poverty entry and exit across European Regions. Research questions are, (1) what is the importance of life cycle events on the road to entry into and exit from poverty, (2) are there any differences in poverty dynamics between European Regions and if so, how can we explain these differences? The analysis is based on individual and household panel data of the European Community Household Panel linked with a regional time series database. Main findings are that men's poverty dynamics is dominated by employment-related events, while for women demographic events also play a role. Regional structural factors only have a slight or no influence on poverty transitions, but the welfare regime turns out to be highly significant for poverty entry.

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