Analysis of Structure Displacement Formed as a Result of Torsion in Case of Using Rubber-Metal Seismic Isolators

The study of a building with a complex planning solution, rubber-metal laminated seismic isolation supports (hereinafter referred to a RMLSIS) placed at the foundation level and with a reinforced concrete frame-braced system is presented, taking into account the displacement of the structure formed as a result of torsion. The analyses were conducted with the finite element method. The calculation schemes were modeled using the "Lira-SAPR" software. The displacement of the structure formed as a result of torsion of buildings having the same planning solution, different number of floors as well as with and without RMLSIS is estimated. The results obtained show that the displacement values of the structure formed as a result of torsion increased about 40% in buildings without RMLSIS and 25% in buildings with RMLSIS.

Changing Focuses Through the Progression of Hungarian Water Management

Hungary is one of the best examples to represent the manifestation of hydrological extremes. Studying the history of Hungarian water management and examining our present show how water management has developed. As time passes, changing job scopes and the expansion of available tools are recognisable. During the development, water management experts have been heading from ad hoc interventions to coordinated complex planning and in the meanwhile the process shows in which direction the focus points have changed. The aim of this paper is to explore the way Hungarian water management is heading under the changing circumstances. It examines the place and role of Hungary in the development of water management. The author researches the correctness of the direction of development and the change of focus points in comparison with other countries. Building on past experiences, this paper seeks the answer for the question how water management will be in the future. Research results provide guidance on how Hungarian water management can be at the forefront of future modern water management.

Adolescent Language Therapy: Syntax and Semantics for Reasoning and Planning

Purpose Adolescent students face increased expectations to successfully navigate academic, social, and vocational transitions. As demands increase and support systems fade, adolescents with developmental language disorder and concomitant deficits in executive functions are particularly vulnerable to these high-stakes transitional moments. Limited language systems are not well suited for navigating the subtleties of social nuance, the abstraction of academic and vocational language, and the unfamiliarity of complex planning necessary for self-regulation. Conclusions This clinical focus article proposes a clinical model of language therapy for adolescents with developmental language disorder and concomitant deficits in executive functions. Therapy emphasizes eliciting the most complex syntactic and semantic skills available to the student as they work to formulate specific, reasoned, predictive, strategic plans. Therapy takes place in small group contexts where pairs of students collaborate to use their language and reasoning to solve unfamiliar, challenging, scientific-like problems.

Carrier delay-based method for development of the tracks for the transitions between patterns on 3D braiding machines with continuous rotating horn gears

The pattern changes on the 3D rotary braiding machines (maypole principle with horn gears with full and empty slots) require complex planning of the carrier positions and timing and allow for production of bifurcated and other complex braids with variable cross sections for medical and technical applications. Another common application of pattern changes is to make a visually different pattern for marking of the remaining length of rope when used in a climbing context or for generally lengthened pieces for medical sutures. The development of such samples has previously been done using the trial-and-error method. This paper presents one rule for supporting a more systematic and purposeful trial, which significantly speeds up the development process. After a short review of the related literature, the main theoretical background is given and two practical cases for pattern change are demonstrated. The patterns were developed using numerical simulation before being tested on a real braiding machine. With this paper the authors hope to give some motivation for the remaining braiders in the world to continue working on the development of systematic rules for this complex process.

CONSTRUCTION OF COMPLEX SCHEDULES FOR EXECUTION OF TASK PACKAGES AT FORMING SETS IN SPECIFIED DIRECTIVE TERMS

The current state with the solution of the problem complex planning of the execution of task packets in multistage system is characterized by the absence of universal methods of forming decisions on the composition of packets, the presence of restrictions on the dimension of the problem and the impossibility of guaranteed obtaining effective solutions for various values of its input parameters, as well the impossibility of registration the condition of the formation of sets from the results. The solution of the task of planning the execution of task packets in multistage systems with the formation of sets of results within the specified deadlines has been realized of authors in article. To solve the planning problem, the generalized function of the system was decomposed into a set of hierarchically interrelated subfunctions. The use of decomposition made it possible to use a hierarchical approach for planning the execution of task packets in multistage systems, which involves defining solutions based on the composition of packets at the top level of the hierarchy and scheduling the execution of packages at the bottom level of the hierarchy. The theory of hierarchical games is used to optimize solutions for the compositions of task packets and schedules for their execution is built, which is a system of criteria at the decision-making levels. Evaluation of the effectiveness of decisions by the composition of packets at the top level of the hierarchy is ensured by the distribution of the results of task execution by packets in accordance with the formed schedule. To evaluate the effectiveness of decisions on the composition of packets, method for ordering the identifiers of the types of sets with registration of the deadlines and a method for distributing the results of the tasks performed by packets has been formulated, which calculates the moments of completion of the formation of sets and delays with their formation relative to the specified deadlines. The studies of planning the process of the executing task packages in multistage systems have been carried out, provided that the sets are formed within specified deadlines. On their basis, conclusions, regarding the dependence of the planning efficiency from the input parameters of the problem, were formulated.

Tactical Audit Planning

Audit scheduling – determining the audit timetable of a firm by assigning auditors to tasks over a planning horizon – is a crucial yet complex planning activity. Audit information is vital to guarantee operational efficiency and ensure the conformity of firm practices with the legal panorama. Nevertheless, audit departments are expensive, hence frequently under-dimensioned. Depending on the size of a firm and how constrained resources are, even finding a feasible audit schedule can be challenging. This paper reviews and systematizes mathematical programming models for tactical audit scheduling. Research directions are devised, considering the gaps that the systematization allows to reveal. Findings suggest that modelling and solving problems from real organizations and accounting for travel times and auditor eligibility, for a given audit activity, are the most appropriate directions for researchers to channel their efforts.

An Integrated Approach to Local Development Planning

The article examines the normative and methodological framework of regional and spatial planning in Bulgaria after the 1990s. The problems and challenges facing complex planning in Bulgarian municipalities are outlined. Alternatives for integrated planning are proposed in order to achieve sustainable local development.

Town-planning Organization of the Baku Industrial Region: 19th – 20th Centuries

The article considers the emergence in the modern town-planning practice of Azerbaijan complex planning systems require comprehends to historical experience, especially the end of the nineteenth beginning of the twentieth centuries. The industrial revolution started in the middle of the 19th century in connection with the development of the oil industry accelerated the process of urbanization in Absheron also in Baku the centre of population concentration and various types of labour activity. The purpose of the study is to present Baku oil district at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries to reveal communications and interactions between social, demographic and other processes as a complex organism with all contradictions inherent in the epoch of rapid development of capitalism which has received the material expression in the form of the newly developed planning system.