On the taxonomy of smart city indicators and their alignment with sustainability and resilience

As interest in smart city initiatives continues to grow rapidly, various involved actors and stakeholders increasingly rely on assessment frameworks or indicator sets for different purposes such as monitoring and benchmarking performance, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and determining priority intervention areas. Accordingly, many smart city assessment frameworks and/or indicator sets have been developed in the last decade. To guide actors and stakeholders in their selection of the most suitable frameworks, several studies have examined contents and structure of smart city assessment frameworks or indicator sets. Such studies have significantly improved our understanding of the thematic focus of assessment tools and their methodological approaches. However, there is still a lack of knowledge on the taxonomy of smart city indicators. In addition, since other concepts such as sustainability and resilience are increasingly recognized to be connected to the smart city concept, more clarity on how different assessment frameworks or indicator sets are aligned with sustainability and resilience dimensions and characteristics is needed. To fill these gaps, we developed a taxonomy and examined 33 assessment frameworks or indicator sets in terms of indicator type, sectoral linkages, and alignment with sustainability and resilience dimensions and characteristics. In terms of indicator type, results show that output indicators are dominant but limited attention has been paid to impact indicators. In terms of sectoral focus, existing indicators are mainly related to information and communication technologies, economy, and governance. Regarding resilience abilities, indicators are mainly related to planning abilities and limited attention has been paid to recovery and adaptation. As for resilience characteristics, reasonable levels of alignment with resourcefulness and efficiency were observed, but indicators are not well-aligned with other important characteristics such as redundancy and diversity. Finally, in terms of sustainability, limited alignment with the environmental dimension was found, which raises concerns regarding the suitability of smart city indicators for guiding environmental sustainability and informing efforts aimed at addressing climate change issues. Results of this study can support interested stakeholders in their efforts to select the most suitable assessment frameworks or indicator sets for promoting resilient, smart, and sustainable communities.

Indicator type device for aligning of pump shafts

An indicator centering device based on neodymium magnets is developed, which makes it possible to control the axial and radial clearances. The general methods of alignment used in production are considered. Keywords: shaft alignment, dial indicator, electric motor, pump, half-coupling [email protected]

DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS TYPE SELECTION OF ARMAMENT AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT STANDARDIZATION AND COMMONALITY

The national standard of Ukraine DSTU V–P 15.111: 2019 “System of development and launching into manufacture of аrmament and military equipment. Standardization and commonality of armament and military equipment. Rules of work” which was put into effect on the 1st of January 2021 requires analysis of innovations and identification of problematic issues regarding its application, which is definitely relevant. The problematic issue remained in the national standard inherited from the repealed interstate standards is the admittance of calculation of quantitative indicators of standardization and commonality level by several types, but there are no recommendations pertaining to indicator type selection. The purpose of this paper is to develop recommendations for the quantitative indicators type selection of armament and military equipment standardization and commonality. The article analyzes the calculation procedure and types of quantitative indicators of standardization and commonality established by the national standard and identifies the main factors influencing the indicators of different types. During further analysis, the types of indicators which have one–factor influence, personal factors of influence along with others, as well as a certain correlation are defined. Possibilities of increasing the values of quantitative indicators by types and analysis of the interaction of indicators that have a certain correlation are considered. Based on the results of the analysis, the preferred type of quantitative indicator for assessing the level of standardization and commonality is defined. It can be recommended for the requirements identification in technical development requirements (statement of requirement) for the development of armament and military equipment, as well as areas for further research on this issue.

PRECISE LAND RECLAMATION AS A MEANS OF PRESERVING SOIL FERTILITY

The purpose of the work is to assess the probabilities of the need for irrigation, taking into account the requirements of plants and soils for different agro hydrological areas of the Samara region, in which fi ve agro hydrological areas are allocated. The issues of substantiation of irrigation taking into account both the requirements of plants and soils in the conditions of heterogeneity of the distribution of moisture reserves in the soil at the macro level (in agro hydrological areas) are considered. This allows you to choose the most favorable conditions for growing plants and preserving soil fertility, allows you to reflect the requirements of the soil biota community. Soil requirements (optimal moisture reserves for soil formation) are proposed to be defined as the most probable in specific natural and climatic conditions, which makes it possible to reflect the requirements of the soil biota community, since it is difficult to use the indicator type of soil organisms. Calculations are carried out on the example of a moisture-loving plant (cabbage) and a cereal grass mixture little demanding for water. The requirements of plants to soil moisture reserves represent the function of dependence of their productivity on moisture reserves in a layer 0… 50 cm. Soil requirements are determined using the space-time function of the distribution of moisture reserves in the conditions of natural vegetation (grass). The need for hydro-reclamation measures is determined by comparing the requirements of plants and environmental conditions. The probability of the need to irrigate a moisture-loving crop in different agro hydrological areas is 18%, for crops that are not demanding water – 12%. At the same time, soil formation conditions improve up to 60%.

Cancer incidence over the last decade in Omsk and Orenburg regions: a descriptive study

Aim. To assess the incidence of malignancies in Omsk and Orenburg Regions.Materials and Methods. We analyzed statistical reports (form # 7) from health authorities of Omsk and Orenburg Regions which contain the data on cancer incidence in the population during the last decade (2009-2018).Results. The incidence of malignancies in Omsk and Orenburg Regions had a moderate upward trend. Cancer incidence in the urban population of Orenburg region was higher than in the corresponding rural population, with the opposite ratio in the Omsk region. Average long-term standardized incidence rate of malignancies in Omsk and Orenburg regions was 276,5 0/0000 and 273,0 0/0000, respectively. Cancer incidence prevailed among the male population regardless of the indicator type. The prevalence of males across all patients was 46.0% and 46.8% in Omsk and Orenburg Region, respectively.Conclusion. Average long-term indicators of cancer incidence in Orenburg and Omsk Regions do not differ; however, different incidence pattern was detected in urban and rural populations in these regions over the decade.

Understanding Heterogeneity in the Performance Feedback – Organizational Responsiveness Relationship: A Meta-Analysis

Organizational performance feedback theory (PFT), which is derived from the Behavioral Theory of the Firm, has emerged as a key perspective guiding studies investigating how performance relative to aspiration levels (i.e., performance feedback) influences organizational responsiveness. While the PFT literature refers to a core prediction - performance below aspirations induces more responsiveness than performance above aspirations does - empirical evidence reveals considerable conflicting findings. In line with contested issues in the current PFT literature, we propose a series of research questions and more refined predictions, which we elated to specific dimensions of performance feedback (valence, type of aspiration level and performance indicator), type of responsiveness (search versus change), and organizational characteristics (age, form of ownership, and industry). We test these refinements with various meta-analytic approaches, based on 263 effect sizes extracted from 156 studies. Our results demonstrate that the way in which performance feedback influences organizational responsiveness is sensitive to the factors we based our predictions on, with meta-analyzed effect sizes ranging from -0.106 to 0.055. Our findings help to systematically distinguish patterns in the heterogeneity associated with the performance feedback-responsiveness relationship. These results support our contention that more refined explanations, measures, and models of organizational performance feedback are needed.