Product Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry

2010 ◽  
pp. 104-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Dado ◽  
Reza Beheshti ◽  
Martinus van de Ruitenbeek
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Web Standards ◽  
Product Modelling ◽  
The Subject ◽  
High Level

This chapter provides an overview of product modelling in the Building and Construction (BC) industry based on authors’ experiences gained from various conducted research projects and also taking into account results of other research projects. This chapter starts with an introduction and background of the subject area in terms of motivation, industrial needs and requirements. This is followed by an overview of a historical background of the subject area. In this historical background we distinguish five generations of product modelling developments. The first generation of product modelling developments is characterized by the influence of previous expert and database developments and by the constituting high-level constructs (e.g. EDM, BSM, RATAS and GARM). The second generation of product modelling developments can be characterized by the development of detailed aspect systems and supporting frameworks for data exchange and integration (e.g. IRMA, ATLAS, COMBINE, PISA and IMPPACT). The third generation product modelling developments can be characterized by its focus on collaborative engineering support by means of the application of middleware and client/server technology (e.g. SPACE, CONCUR, BCCM, VEGA and ToCEE) and the development of the IFC. The fourth generation of product modelling developments is heavily influenced by the Internet and Web Services standards such as XML, SOAP and UDDI and related business models such as eBusiness and eWork (e.g. bcXML, ifcXML and eConstruct). The next (fifth) generation of product modelling developments will be based on the emerging semantic web standards such as OWL and RDF, and based on the concepts of ontology internationmodelling as experienced in ongoing (European) projects such as SWOP. After this historical overview, an analysis of the characteristics of interesting conceptual product approaches is presented. Here we discuss the Standardisation, Minimal Model, Core Model, NOT, Vocabulary and Ontology product modelling approaches. Followed by an analysis of a number of specific conceptual product models and how the basic product modelling constructs (i.e. semantics, lifecycle modifiers and multiple project views) are implemented. This chapter ends with a discussion about some ongoing projects (COINS, CHEOPS and SWOP) in the context of future trends.

Philosophical and Cultural Aspects of Medical Profession: Philosophical and Conceptual Peculiarities

Cultura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Iryna MELNYCHUK ◽  
Nadiya FEDCHYSHYN ◽  
Oleg PYLYPYSHYN ◽  
Anatolii VYKHRUSHCH
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Cultural Proximity ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ecological Culture ◽  
High Level

The article analyzes the philosophical and cultural view of “doctor’s professional culture” as a result of centuries-old practice of human relations, which is characterized by constancy and passed from generation to generation. Medicine is a complex system in which an important role is played by: philosophical outlook of a doctor, philosophical culture, ecological culture, moral culture, aesthetic culture, artistic culture. We have found that within the system “doctor-patient” the degree of cultural proximity becomes a factor that influences the health or life of a patient. Thus, the following factors are important here: 1) communication that suppresses a sick person; 2) the balance of cultural and intellectual levels; 3) the cultural environment of a patient which has much more powerful impact on a patient than the medical one.At the present stage, the interdependence of professional and humanitarian training of future specialists is predominant, as a highly skilled specialist can not but become a subject of philosophizing. We outlined the sphere where the doctors present a genre variety of philosophizing (philosophical novels, apologies, dialogues, diaries, aphorisms, confessions, essays, etc.). This tradition represents the original variations in the formation of future doctor’s communicative competences, which are formed in the process of medical students’ professional training.A survey conducted among medical students made it possible to establish their professional values, which are indicators of the formation of philosophical and culturological competence. It was found out that 92% of respondents believed that a doctor should demonstrate a high level of health culture (avoid drinking and smoking habits, etc.)99% of respondents favoured a high level of personal qualities of a doctor which would allow methods and forms of medical practice to assert higher human ideals of truth, goodness and beauty that are the subject area of cultural studies and philosophy.

Information Systems and Small Business

2010 ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
M. Gordon Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Economic Output ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Effective Use

The subject area of the application of information systems to small business is a thoroughly interesting, yet relatively under-researched topic. Small business is an important part of any economy. In the United Kingdom, 25% of the gross domestic product is produced by small business, which employs 65% of the nation’s workers (Ballantine et al., 1998). In Canada, 43% of economic output is accounted for by small business, employing 50% of private sector employees (Industry Canada, 1997). Further, governments view the small business sector as that component of the economy that can best contribute to economic growth (Balderson, 2000). Given the importance of this sector of the economy, it is incumbent upon researchers and managers of small business to develop a better understanding of how information systems may contribute to the operation and growth of individual businesses as well as the overall sector. The objective of this article is to provide an overview of information systems used by small business. Research projects are presented that describe the current situation. Recommendations are then proffered for various stakeholders who should contribute to a more effective use of information systems by small business.

scholarly journals LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Irina Kalabikhina
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Population Economics ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Interdisciplinary Journal

Dear Readers and Authors!This is the first issue of the new scientific digital journal "Population and Economics".Continuing the traditions of Professor Dmitry Ignatievich Valentey's university demographic school, we have planned to make an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the discussion of issues related to population. The subject area of the research, the results of which we plan to present on the pages of the journal, covers the research interests of disciplines such as demography, population economics, labor economics, social policy, behavioral economics, institutional economics, macroeconomics, marketing research, socio-economic geography, economic sociology and other disciplines. It seems that it is at interdisciplinary crossroads of different sciences that the discoveries in the coming decades will be made. The Journal welcomes the use of various research methods – methods of demographic analysis and forecasting, econometric and other mathematical methods, quantitative and qualitative sociological methods, as well as ones from other sciences. An interdisciplinary approach involves the mutual usage of methods from different sciences.An important feature of the modern scientific reality is an unprecedented increase in the volume of information and data on population. This broadens the possibilities of analysis and simultaneously requires the creation of a culture of data exchange. I mean data formed by the authors for the research purpose, to continue dialogue on the issue raised and to involve young researchers in this dialogue. Therefore, we encourage authors to place their working databases and author codes in open access on the pages of our journal.The journal opens various sections. Apart original articles, we will publish a methodical section for teachers "The Teacher's Podium". And "Demographic calendar" on the most important events and people in the world of population sciences. In the "Reviews" section we plan to present the most discussed scientific works. There will be a "Discussions" section on the pages of which we invite scientists to argue about unresolved theoretical issues and new methods, and other sections.The first issue of the magazine offers to your attention, dear readers, theoretical and empirical research on relevant subjects, performed by authors with the usage of various methods. The "Teacher's Podium" and "Demographic calendar" are open.We invite researchers from different regions of Russia and other countries to argue, publish their scientific results, share created databases, methods of teaching sciences on the population. We invite readers interested in the issues raised on the pages of our journal to attentive reading and cooperation with editors and authors.I would like to wish all of us a valuable journal and the pleasure of creating and reading the materials in the journal's section "Population and Economics".

Information Systems and Small Business

2010 ◽  
pp. 1994-1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gordon Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Economic Output ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Effective Use

The subject area of the application of information systems to small business is a thoroughly interesting, yet relatively under-researched topic. Small business is an important part of any economy. In the United Kingdom, 25% of the gross domestic product is produced by small business, which employs 65% of the nation’s workers (Ballantine et al., 1998). In Canada, 43% of economic output is accounted for by small business, employing 50% of private sector employees (Industry Canada, 1997). Further, governments view the small business sector as that component of the economy that can best contribute to economic growth (Balderson, 2000). Given the importance of this sector of the economy, it is incumbent upon researchers and managers of small business to develop a better understanding of how information systems may contribute to the operation and growth of individual businesses as well as the overall sector. The objective of this article is to provide an overview of information systems used by small business. Research projects are presented that describe the current situation. Recommendations are then proffered for various stakeholders who should contribute to a more effective use of information systems by small business.

scholarly journals Modification of the Pre-Processing Stage of a Traffi Sign Recognition System Taking into Account the Characteristics of the Subject Area

Vestnik NSUEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 235-249
Author(s):  
S. Yu. Pchelintsev
Keyword(s):  
Processing Speed ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Traffic Sign Recognition ◽  
Traffic Sign ◽  
Road Signs ◽  
Sign Recognition ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Recognition Systems ◽  
High Level

Traffic sign recognition systems require a high level of responsiveness and accuracy with limited use of computing resources. The process of image pre-processing precedes the process of directly recognizing images, therefore, the recognition results depend on its effectiveness. When conducting pre-processing, it is important to take into account the features of the subject area, within which recognition is performed. The article discusses the process of pre-processing and preparing images in the context of creating a system for recognizing road signs. The main problems that arise during the operation of such a system are identified. Their solutions are proposed. Own combination of these solutions allowed us to create a new system for recognizing road signs, which gives a gain in processing speed by cutting off images of no interest before entering the classifier, and also taking into account the peculiarities of operation in an urban environment – more difficult conditions compared with recognition of road signs on tracks or on artificially created training grounds.

scholarly journals Article processing charges: Mirroring the citation impact or legacy of the subscription-based model?

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-27
Author(s):  
Nina Schönfelder
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Article Processing Charges ◽  
The Relationship

With the ongoing open-access transformation, article processing charges (APCs) are gaining importance as one of the main business models for open-access publishing in scientific journals. This paper analyzes how much of APC pricing can be attributed to journal-related factors. With UK data from OpenAPC (which aggregates fees paid for open-access articles by universities, funders, and research institutions), APCs are explained by the following variables: (a) the “source normalized impact per paper” (SNIP), (b) whether the journal is open access or hybrid, (c) the publisher of the journal, (d) the subject area of the journal, and (e) the year. The results of the multivariate linear regression show that the journal’s impact and hybrid status are the most important factors for the level of APCs. However, the relationship between APC and SNIP is different for open-access journals and hybrid journals. APCs paid to open-access journals were found to be strongly increasing in conjunction with higher journal citation impact, whereas this relationship was observed to be much looser for articles in hybrid journals. This paper goes beyond simple statistics, which have been discussed so far in the literature, by using control variables and applying statistical inference.

SPECIAL ASPECTS OF USING FICTION IN BIOLOGY CLASSES

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
A. N. Timofeev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Popular Science ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
General Training ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
High Level

Despite the significant achievements in various areas of pedagogy, the issue of developing students’ interest in the studied material continues to be acute. One of the instructional techniques contributing to solving this problem is related to the use of fiction and popular science literature in the natural sciences lessons. The study aims to identify special aspects of using fiction in biology lessons. The author determined and considered the fiction’s main uses in the sciences subject area. The author surveyed subject teachers to identify the number of integrated classes (biology-literature) developed and conducted by these teachers and the number of biology lessons using fiction and popular science literature. Two hundred thirty-two teachers took part in the survey. The study identified that 96.6 % of teachers surveyed do not integrate biology and literature lessons, and 96.1 % of teachers do not use additional fiction and popular science literature in their lessons, replacing it with videos from the Internet. On the example of biology and geography lessons, the author shows a variety of methodological approaches to the use of literary texts and related tasks. The study shows that the largest number of guidelines on the use of literary texts since the beginning of the XX century has been published for geographers, as the guidance papers for biologists, predominantly, began to appear much later. According to the survey, when choosing fiction, the biology teachers give preference to classical texts written in the XIX–XX centuries. The fiction of modern authors is practically not considered in biology lessons. Teachers use literary texts in biology lessons both to influence the emotional sphere of students to increase their interest in the subject and to check the level of educational material digestion. Today, the activity of teachers in the use of fiction in biology lessons has noticeably decreased, giving way to videos. One of the reasons for rear use of literary texts in the science lessons, the author considers the insufficiently high level of general training of teachers and the general reduction in the quality of education.

FEATURES OF PREPARING 3D OBJECTS MODELED IN BLENDER FOR IMPORT INTO UNITY 3D

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
ENZHE R. GARAYEVA ◽  
◽  
ILSIYAR I. BIKMULLINA ◽  
IGOR A. BARKOV ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
3D Modeling ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Software Products ◽  
3D Objects ◽  
Unity 3D ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Professional Tool

When developing a game in Unity using 3D models, it became necessary to create your own 3D models, so Unity's own capabilities were analyzed for creating 3D models. Since Unity's capabilities as a 3D modeling environment are limited, third-party software products designed to model 3D objects were considered. As a result of the analysis, the 3D blender editor was chosen for the development of objects, and therefore there was a need to study the features of importing finished objects from Blender to Unity. Unity's decision to use 3D models created in Blender is based on Unity's limited 3D modeling capabilities. Because of this, a guide was formulated, which describes what you need to pay attention to in order to prepare objects from Blender to Unity. This article provides a brief description of the professional tool for developing 3D models and game engine, which is supposed to export the resulting 3D models, including a brief historical background about them, their main features, features, thanks to which they win among other software products designed for 3D modeling and game creation, as well as information about what areas and how widely these products are used. The main errors that occur when importing ready-made objects are considered, as well as the features of preparing ready-made models from Blender to Unity are described. In addition, the reasons why it is necessary to use several software products to create a full-fledged product are considered. The description of the export process in the considered tool is presented. The step-by-step process of preparing an object for export to Blender is analyzed in detail. The order and features of preparation for exporting objects from Blender to Unity are considered on the example of preparation and export of a model of a toy bear modeled in Blender. For this purpose, a detailed analysis of the subject area was carried out, the results of which are presented in this article in the form of a step-by-step description of the process of preparing the object for export.

Disability, sexual and reproductive health: a scoping review of healthcare professionals’ views on their confidence and competence in care provision

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjsrh-2020-200967
Author(s):  
Lucy Emma Craig ◽  
Zhong Eric Chen ◽  
Joanne Barrie
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
High Level ◽  
Reproductive Healthcare ◽  
Views Of Healthcare Professionals

BackgroundThe sexual and reproductive needs of people with disabilities are often unmet. Healthcare professionals play an important role in meeting these needs.ObjectiveTo explore the views of healthcare professionals on their confidence and competence in providing sexual and reproductive healthcare to people with disabilities.MethodologyTwo databases were searched yielding 14 studies included in the review. Studies detailing healthcare professionals’ experiences working in the subject area were included alongside results and evaluations of staff training/workshops within the area. Search results were screened for eligibility by the first and second authors and any discrepancies were resolved by the third author. All subsequent stages were carried out by the first author and reviewed by the second and third authors.ResultsThe study's findings indicate that there is a lack of training, guidelines, patient contact, time, teamwork and collaboration between staff, and a lack of awareness/access to resources within this area. Evaluations of training programmes/workshops showed an increase in knowledge, comfort and skills surrounding the subject. Continuous training would be beneficial to ensure these are maintained at a high level.ConclusionsOverall healthcare professionals felt they lack confidence and competence in providing sexual and reproductive healthcare to people with disabilities. Further research in this area is recommended to assess this in more depth. Development of guidelines, multidisciplinary training programmes and further resources for both staff and patients are recommended.

scholarly journals Opportunities for development of dynamic web interfaces in an information system for research projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 02009
Author(s):  
Plamen Milev
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Web Interfaces ◽  
Server Side ◽  
Dynamic Web ◽  
The Subject

The article examines issues, related to the development of software solutions for project management. In this sense, the paper presents features of an information system for research projects. The realization of a dynamism of some of the user interfaces is a relevant issue for these software solutions. The main purpose of the article is to explore the opportunities for realization of such behavior and to present the relevant models for development of dynamic web interfaces in the information system through server-side implementation. To achieve its goal, the article uses various scientific methods, including study, analysis, research, modeling and experimentation. The results support the main hypothesis of the study, namely defining the benefits of development of dynamic web interfaces using server-side implementation. The conclusion highlights the opportunities for improvement of user experience in the information systems in the subject area through the application of the researched approach.

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