PROBLEM-SOLVING EXPERIENCE WHEN OPENING NOBLE GYMNASIUMS’ BOARDING HOUSES IN THE KYIV EDUCATIONAL DISCTRICT CURATOR’S COUNCIL ACTIVITIES

based on regulatory and archival documents analysis, the article considers the problem-solving experience when opening noble gymnasiums’ boarding schools in the Kiev educational district curator’s council activities. The Council’s position on this issue, the procedure for making and executing its decisions are clarified on the example of opening the second boarding school at the first Kiev gymnasium in 1836. Thoroughly analysing the state of affairs of the already-performing noble boarding school at the first Kiev gymnasium, Kiev educational district curator’s council members came to the conclusion that one more boarding school opening was necessary. They either approved of the staff developed by the educational district curator, and made proposals on sources of its initial arrangement funding. It is established that the opinion of Kiev educational district curator’s council regarding the second noble boarding school opening at the first Kyiv gymnasium was taken into account by the Ministry of public education when making the final decision.

Firefighting Equipment Arrangement Optimization for an Offshore Platform Considering Travel Distances

The offshore plant, due to its characteristics, is subject to many restrictions on the material and design of the pipes. Because the design of the firefighting piping depends on the pre-set fire protection design, it is possible to reduce the cost of the piping design by optimizing the arrangement of the firefighting equipment. Existing studies have low accuracy in obtaining service areas under these conditions. In addition, the arrangement optimization problem is generally modeled as a set cover problem (SCP). However, except for the traditional greedy approximation, this problem is not well researched for general solutions. In this paper, first, a modified iterative-deepening search (MIDS), which accurately obtains a service area according to the travel distance in the grid space, is proposed before optimization. Additionally, this paper seeks to define a set cover problem by combining the subsets obtained by MIDS. Second, by using the traditional greedy algorithm, we obtained the initial arrangement of the firefighting equipment. Then, we proposed a method to obtain an approximate optimization solution using a modified greedy method including rearrangement. The validity of the proposed coverage area acquisition and arrangement optimization method is verified by comparing the performance with other algorithms. Finally, this study was applied to the drawings of an actual offshore platform.

Flashed Müller-Lyer and Poggendorff Virtual Illusions

A moving frame can dramatically displace the perceived location of stimuli flashed before and after the motion. Here, we use a moving frame to rearrange flashed elements into the form of classic illusions. Without the moving frame, the initial arrangement of the flashed elements has no illusory effect. The question is whether the frame-induced displacement of position precedes or follows the processes underlying the illusions. This illusory offset of flashed chevrons does generate a Müller-Lyer illusion and the illusory offset of two line segments does create a Poggendorff illusion. We conclude that the site where the frame-induced position shift emerges must precede the site at which the Müller-Lyer and Poggendorf illusions arise.

Initial designing a dual-band antenna baced on end-fed dipole-like radiators for digital antenna arrays

The paper deals with the designing of the initial arrangement for dual-band antennas comprising two parallel dipole-like radiators as the drivers for the mentioned antenna. The excitation of the drivers is provided by the source of the induced electromotive forces (EMF), whose outputs are attached to the remote terminals of the radiators. The paper also provides the key electrodynamic characteristics of the structure under research for the following procedure of multi-parametric nonlinear optimization. In addition, on the basis of the induced EMF method, has been obtained the expressions for the far-field zone (Fraunhofer zone) characteristics with taking into account the parasitic currents on the radiating bodies of the dipole, which allows more accurate design of the initial topology of the antenna.

Simulation and characterization of circular hexagonal braiding fabricstructure

Hexagonal braiding technology is a kind of state-of-the-art braiding method, which uses hexagonal horngears to driveyarn carriers and make yarns intertwined into fabrics. In terms of hexagonal braiding principles, the braiding parameterslike initial arrangement of yarn carriers, yarn number and horngears sequence were defined, and then the movementpaths of yarn carriers in hexagonal braiding process and stitch length were obtained, which could be converted intocoordinates on the xoy plane and the coordinates along z-axis. In that case, a group of spatial coordinates were got tocreate the yarn trajectories and fabric structures in Matlab. And then, B-spline curve was utilized to fit the yarntrajectories. Considering the compactness of hexagonal fabric, the coordinates conversion algorithm and conversionmatrix were utilized to optimize the fabric structure, so a more compact fabric structure was established. The braidingangle variation and volume fraction of fabric showed that after coordinates conversion the braiding angles became morestable than original fabric model, and the fiber volume fraction of fabric was improved too. So the fabric structure modelwas available to describe hexagonal fabric structure, which can offer the reference for the further study on properties ofhexagonal braiding technology and application of hexagonal braided fabric

Classical Solution and Edge Effect in the Problem of Stability of an Axially Compressed Cylindrical Shell

The classical solution for critical stresses in the problem of stability of a circular longitudinally compressed cylindrical shell consists of two terms, reflecting the ability of the shell to resist buckling due to bending and membrane deformations. However, with usual boundary conditions the classical solution appears only with the absence of the Poisson expansion of a shell. With a non-zero Poisson's ratio, an axisymmetric edge effect presents. It reduces the critical load and causes the initial arrangement of its own forms to change as the load increases.

Quantitative Analysis of the Corneal Collagen Distribution after In Vivo Cross-Linking with Second Harmonic Microscopy

Corneal cross-linking (CXL) is a surgical procedure able to modify corneal biomechanics and stabilize keratoconus progression. Although it is known that CXL produces changes in corneal collagen distribution, these are still a topic of discussion. Here we quantitatively compare the corneal stroma architecture between two animal models four weeks after in vivo conventional CXL treatment, with second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging microscopy and the structure tensor (ST). The healing stage and the stroma recovery were also analyzed by means of histological sections. Results show that the CXL effects depend on the initial arrangement of the corneal collagen. While the treatment increases the order in corneas with a low level of initial organization, corneas presenting a fairly regular pattern are hardly affected. Histological samples showed active keratocytes in anterior and middle stroma, what means that the recovery is still in progress. The combination of SHG imaging and the ST is able to objectively discriminate the changes suffered by the collagen arrangement after the CXL treatment, whose effectiveness depends on the initial organization of the collagen fibers within the corneal stroma.

Impact of bed surface arrangement on bedload rate: comparisons between loose, armored and water-worked beds

Existing formulas for predicting bedload rate may be not adapted for mountain rivers with poorly sorted sediments, partly because they were often established using laboratory data with conditions far from those found in such rivers. Natural bed arrangement is particularly difficult to reproduce in flumes, although recent studies highlighted its importance on bedload dynamics. This study aims to quantify bed arrangement impact on bedload rate using original laboratory tests and to improve existing bedload formulas. Three types of bed composed with the same material but having different bed arrangements were studied: loose beds were installed manually in the flume and the others, packed and water-worked beds, were created using water power. Packed beds were assimilated to flat beds composed of a static armor layer whereas water-worked beds exhibited stronger bed organization, including large-scale bed forms. Laser-scanner surveys were used to characterize differences in bed morphology. Similar unsteady hydraulic conditions were applied over these beds. Results showed that bedload dynamics varies significantly depending on the initial arrangement. Compared to loose bed, bedload was enhanced over water-worked bed and reduced over packed bed. Bed surface indicators are thus important parameters to take into account when predicting gravel transport.

Gallia Est Omnis Divisa In Partes Quattuor

This chapter presents a single unified proof for a certain move that could be performed on packets of cards which, when repeated four times, brought the cards back to their initial arrangement. That is, the move was “of period four.” The move gave rise to some interesting card effects, especially when applied just three times. At that time, the easiest known method for explaining how the move worked involved a decomposition of the packet into three parts. A decade later, a family of generalizations was stumbled upon, also of period four, with interesting consequences when applied only twice. This chapter arrives at proof which covers the whole spectrum of cases of period four, and it divides packets into four parts.