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Stochastic Tension-Stiffening Approach for the Solution of Serviceability Problems in Reinforced Concrete: Constitutive Modeling

2015

A number of studies have indicated that the tension-stiffening law is an important input parameter in a numerical analysis of serviceability (deformations and cracking) problems of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. The stochastic nature of concrete cracking, which results in a large scatter of experimental results, renders the constitutive modeling a very difficult task. Even data obtained from short-term tests are to some degree uncertain due to time-dependent processes occurring in concrete, such as shrinkage and creep relaxation. This article provides statistical analysis tools that can be readily applied to engineering practice. Stochastic principles are applied to modeling of tensio…

Innovations and ecosystems : a characterization of Smart Tampere innovation ecosystem

2019

Master's thesis Innovative governance and public management ME523 - University of Agder 2019 The following thesis focuses on innovation ecosystem. As described in thefirst section, innovations are of great importance for tackling global challenges such as climate change andthus,of relevancy for the regional economic development. The growing importance of innovationshas motivated numerous new approaches to innovation management, especiallyin the last years the approach ofinnovation ecosystem.In the secondsection, the concept of innovation ecosystem is introduced and the most relevantconcepts from the literature are discussed. It thereby compares innovation ecosystem to other concepts such as…

Jobbspesialister i NAV : En institusjonell etnografi av jobbspesialister i NAV sitt arbeid med arbeidsinkludering

2021

Master's thesis in Sociology and social work (ME522) The thesis research how work inclusion is created, organized and maintained from the job specialists point of view. More precisely, the aim is to show what kind of work it entails to be a job specialist in NAV. The thesis investigate how job specialists’ organize follow-up activities and coordinate with other actors in the follow-up regime by concentrating on what they do as a result of Supported Employment and NAV standards. The purpose of this research is to show how job specialists work and how job specialist operations are linked to broader types of institutional management. Additionally, the thesis investigates how the job specialist…

Il Centro Tau nella Comunità Educante

2022

L’Associazione “Inventare Insieme (onlus)”, anche grazie all’attivazione dell’officina di promozione socio-culturale “Centro Tau”, ha agito nel passato e nel presente e continua ad agire in un’area della città nella quale il cambia- mento innescato attraverso la concatenazione tra diverse azioni portate avanti da esperti, collaboratori, dipendenti, volontari, comincia ad essere visibile. È pur vero che parlare di cambiamento senza incorrere nei rischi di una sovra-rappresentazione della realtà o di una sua strumentalizzazione è sempre difficile. Pertanto, fermo restando che il cambiamento necessita non soltanto di tempi, ma anche di cornici, si farà riferimento, in questo contesto, alla com…

Necessity of Protecting Religious Feelings under Criminal Law in a Democratic State

2021

Offending religious feelings, as referred to in Article 196 of the Polish Penal Code, was criminalized as follows: ‘Any person who offends the religious feelings of others by publicly insulting an object of religious worship or a place dedicated to the public celebration of religious rites shall be liable to a fine, restriction of freedom or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.’ This study highlights some doubts concerning the protection of freedom of conscience and religion using the example of the crime of offending religious feelings and attempts to prove the necessity of such protection in the Republic of Poland, a democratic state ruled by the law. The study first examines wh…

Entrevista a José Vidal-Beneyto

2002

Initiation of deep convection at marginal instability in an ensemble of mesoscale models: a case-study from COPS

2011

The present study investigates the initiation of precipitating deep convection in an ensemble of convection-resolving mesoscale models. Results of eight different model runs from five non-hydrostatic models are compared for a case of the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS). An isolated convective cell initiated east of the Black Forest crest in southwest Germany, although convective available potential energy was only moderate and convective inhibition was high. Measurements revealed that, due to the absence of synoptic forcing, convection was initiated by local processes related to the orography. In particular, the lifting by low-level convergence in the planet…

Modeling of biomass smoke injection into the lower stratosphere by a large forest fire (Part I): reference simulation

2006

Abstract. Wildland fires in boreal regions have the potential to initiate deep convection, so-called pyro-convection, due to their release of sensible heat. Under favorable atmospheric conditions, large fires can result in pyro-convection that transports the emissions into the upper troposphere and the lower stratosphere. Here, we present three-dimensional model simulations of the injection of fire emissions into the lower stratosphere by pyro-convection. These model simulations are constrained and evaluated with observations obtained from the Chisholm fire in Alberta, Canada, in 2001. The active tracer high resolution atmospheric model (ATHAM) is initialized with observations obtained by r…

The 1-way on-line coupled atmospheric chemistry model system MECO(n) – Part 3: Meteorological evaluation of the on-line coupled system

2012

Abstract. Three detailed meteorological case studies are conducted with the global and regional atmospheric chemistry model system ECHAM5/MESSy(→COSMO/MESSy)n, shortly named MECO(n), in order to assess the general performance of the on-line coupling of the regional model COSMO to the global model ECHAM5. The cases are characterised by intense weather systems in Central Europe: an intense cold frontal passage in March 2010, a convective frontal event in July 2007, and the high impact winter storm "Kyrill" in January 2007. Simulations are performed with the new on-line-coupled model system and compared to classical, off-line COSMO hindcast simulations driven by ECMWF analyses. Precipitation o…

A Phenomenographic Research Study of Students’ Conceptions of Mobile Learning: An Example From Higher Education

2019

This article aims to identify different ways of using mobile devices in students’ learning in higher education. This qualitative research presents the findings from a phenomenographic research of students’ conceptions of mobile learning (m-learning) in higher education. A cohort of 16 students from four universities of Bangladesh took part in semi-structured interviews to explore their in-depth understandings and experiences of m-learning. The findings indicate that university students perceived five qualitatively different ways of using mobile devices in their learning: a medium for communication; a medium for management of learning materials; a tool for effective learning; a means for co…