Background to the necessity of continuous ranking of fire safety requirements

The article is devoted to the problem of ensuring fire safety in conditions of a large number of requirements, the assessment of the results of the joint implementation of which turns out to be a difficult-to-predict task. As a result, this does not allow drawing up an action plan to meet the requirements, taking into account the required effectiveness, efficiency and resource efficiency. For a deeper study of this problem, a review of scientific publications was made, which reflects these requirements, the effects of their joint implementation, the difficulties that arise that affect these external factors. At the end, a number of conclusions are drawn, one of which speaks of the need to create a method for ranking requirements, the application of which should take place in a continuous mode, thereby updating measures to ensure fire safety, depending on the current situation and the process of the development of the incident.

Determining Residual Stresses in Weld Joints of DN 850 Pipes by Spot Drilling Combined with Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry

Residual welding stresses affect significantly the strength, durability, and performance of structures. Therefore, there is an urgent need for developing and implementing techniques and equipment that allow reliably estimating stresses in experiments. This paper considers some aspects of the joint implementation of electronic speckle pattern interferometry and the spot drilling technique to determine these characteristics under the field conditions. The results of determining the distribution of residual stresses in the weld joint areas of DN 850 pipes are given for various welding modes. The study results are of independent significance and herewith, demonstrate the efficiency of the equipment developed to solve similar problems.

Understanding the Collaborative Process and Its Effects on Perceived Outcomes during Emergency Response in China: From Perspectives of Local Government Sectors

In contemporary China, the rapidly urbanized cities are exposed to a broad range of natural and human-made emergencies, such as COVID-19. Responding to emergencies successfully requires widespread participation of local government sectors that engages in diversified collaboration behaviors across organizational boundaries for achieving sustainability. However, the multi-organizational collaborative process is highly dynamic and complex, as well as its outcomes are uncertain underlying the emergency response network. Examining characteristics of the collaborative process and exploring how collaborative behaviors local governmental sectors engaging in the impact their perceived outcomes is essential to understand how disastrous situations are addressed by collaborative efforts in emergency management. This research investigates diversified collaborative behaviors in emergency response and then examines this using a multi-dimensional model consisting of joint decision making, joint implementation, compromised autonomy, resource sharing, and trust building. We surveyed 148 local governments and their affiliated sectors in China in-depth understanding how collaborative processes contribute to perceived outcomes from perspectives of participating sectors in the context of a centralized political-administrative system. A structural equation model (SEM) is employed to encode multiple dimensions of the collaborative process, perceived outcomes, as well as their relationships. The empirical finding indicates that joint decision making and implementation positively affect the perceived outcomes significantly. The empirical results indicate that joint decision making and joint implementation affect perceived outcomes significantly. Instead, resource sharing and trust building do not affect the outcomes positively as expected. Additionally, compromised autonomy negatively affects the collaborative outcomes. We also discuss the institutional advantages for achieving successful outcomes in emergency management in China by reducing the degree of compromised autonomy. Our findings provide insight that can improve efforts to build and maintain a collaborative process to respond to emergencies.

Internal environmental management and green human resource management: significant catalysts for improved corporate reputation and performance

PurposeThis paper investigates the combined effect of internal environmental management (IEM) and green human resource management (GHRM) on corporate reputation (CR), environmental performance (EP) and financial performance (FP). The paper further explores the indirect effects of CR and EP between the direct paths.Design/methodology/approachData are garnered from 164 firms from three industries in Ghana. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is the methodological technique used to test the hypothesized relationships.FindingsThe result demonstrates that unlike IEM which has a significant effect on FP when implemented in isolation, GHRM does not have a significant effect on FP. However, the joint implementation of IEM and GHRM can provide better results in terms of improved CR, enhanced EP and significant FP improvement. CR and EP were further found to mediate the relationship between the direct paths.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that the joint implementation of IEM and GHRM is critical for firms that seek to enjoy superior reputation, enhance their environmental sustainability and achieve financial gains. Consequently, managers are strongly encouraged to create a sustainable and vibrant company via significant and rational investment in green initiatives like IEM and GHRM.Originality/valueThis study happens to be one of the first to develop a research model that investigates the joint effect of IEM and GHRM within the context of CR, environmental sustainability and FP.

AGREEMENT OF SIMPLE COMPANY AND ITS TYPES: RUSSIAN LAW IN A COMPARATIVE LEGAL ASPECT

This article is devoted to the construction of a simple partnership agreement under Russian law. As a basis for the study, we took such key features of a simple partnership agreement as (1) association of persons, (2) making contributions and forming common property, (3) joint implementation of activities and (4) focus of activities on achieving a common goal. As a result of the analysis of these signs, it is possible to identify the shortcomings of the legal regulation of relations associated with a simple partnership agreement. Comparison of the legal regulation of a simple partnership agreement and its types: an investment partnership agreement, an agreement between participants in a syndicate of creditors, a mining partnership agreement shows that the use of the economic criterion in the construction of legislative material leads to various collisions.

Cooperative messages to enhance the performance of L3 vehicles approaching roadworks

Introduction In the near future, automated vehicles will drive on public roads together with traditional vehicles. Even though almost the whole academia agrees on that statement, the possible interferences between the two different kinds of driver are still to be analyzed and the real impacts on the traffic flow to be under-stood. Objectives Aim of this paper is to study one of the most likely L3 automated system to be deployed on public roads in the short term: Highway Chauffeur. The analysis of this system is carried out on a roadwork scenario to assess the positive impacts arising from a joint implementation of the automated system and the C-ITS Use Case signaling the closure of a lane. In fact, the main contribution of this paper is the assessment of the possible benefits in travel times and driving regime arising from the joint implementation of the Highway Chauffeur system and of C-ITS messages, both for the vehicles equipped with both technologies and for the surrounding traffic. Methods The assessment is achieved through traffic simulations carried out with the VISSIM software and a Python script developed by the authors. The overall process is described and the obtained results are provided, commented and compared to define the implementation of the C-ITS Use Case that could maximize the benefits of L3 driving. Results These results showed how triggering the take-over maneuver in ad-vance fosters the bottleneck efficiency (the same speed values reached between 80 and 100% Market Penetration for around 700 m range of the C-ITS message are reached at 50% Market Penetration with a 1500 m range). Besides, an in-creased speed up to 30 km/h at the bottleneck is recorded, depending on the mar-ket penetration and the message range. Finally, the delay upstream the roadworks entrance is reduced by 6% and arises at around 700 m, without the need to deploy the message up to 1500 m. Conclusions The paper investigates the impacts of take-over maneuvers and of automated driving while considering different operational parameters such as the message range. The results suggest all the potentialities of the Use Case while providing interesting figures that frame the trends related to the different imple-mentations. Finally, the tool developed to carry out the presented analysis is re-ported and made available so that hopefully the Use Case may be explored further and a precise impact assessment may be carried out with different prototypes of AVs and on different infrastructures.

Budgetary control in Ukraine: current state and changes

Today it is necessary to improve the legislation of Ukraine in the sphere of budgetary control, namely: it is expedient by joint implementation of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the State Tax Service and the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine common standards of control over the use of budgetary funds and objects of state (municipal) property. An important requirement to build a modern system of state financial control at all levels of management is to exercise control on the basis of ensuring clear interaction and coordination of efforts of all participants of financial and budgetary relations to solve the problems of budgetary control of Ukraine. The current system of budgetary control of Ukraine must be designed in such a way that it can be quickly and effectively adjusted to meet new challenges and challenges.

AESTHETICS INFLUENCE ON THE SHAPING IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

In environmental design, great importance is attached to the function, ergonomics and economy of the object, but aesthetic parameters are extremely important to fully meet the modern requirements of environmental design. This article is devoted to the aesthetic comprehension of the material basis of the environment, on the basis of which the aesthetics forms in design. Within environmental creativity, there is the possibility of an unhindered transition of one form of aesthetic activity into another. Their joint implementation is due to their development on the same material basis of the environment. A complete solution to aesthetic problems can only be found if their solution can be relevant to the solution of functional, economic and technical problems. Environmental design is a specific area of activity for the development of a subject-spatial environment, in order to give the design results high consumer properties and aesthetic qualities. Aesthetic activity in environmental design is a generator of expressive forms of any sphere of human activity, given as an independent and sensually expressed value. A positive aesthetic assessment of the subject-spatial environment takes place only by means of a sense of harmony between the appropriate organization and the beautiful image of the form.

Assessing sectoral heterogeneity and leadership in urban water management networks

Many urban systems worldwide face increasing complexity and uncertainty in water governance. As a result, integrated urban water management (IUWM) has become increasingly common. The IUWM paradigm conceptualizes water supply, conveyance, and treatment as an integrated system to improve water management efficiency and sustainability. This approach often presents new responsibilities that require coordinated efforts and leadership, but factors such as professional protocols, limited time, legal mandates, and budgetary constraints may limit joint implementation. To understand how policy stakeholders translate goals into action, we ask: How do sectoral affiliation of governance stakeholder organizations and leadership influence patterns of joint implementation of programs and policies over time? Using inferential social network analysis, this paper examines how coordination and leadership play a role in the implementation of IUWM. We find that the presence of leaders has a significant effect on joint implementation of integrated programs and policies over time. Counter to our expectations, however, organizations from the same sector (e.g., local government, non-profit, private, etc.) tend to implement IUWM policies and programs together.