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Mohamadzadeh, Milad. "Analysis of Metal Plate Connected Wood Truss Assemblies under Out-of-Plane Loads." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50271.
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In 2012, falls from elevation in construction industry represented 36% of the total fatalities. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires workers to use fall protection systems where workers are 6 feet or more above a lower level. Anchors for fall protection systems attached to roof trusses may cause out-of-plane loading on these structures. Metal plate connected wood trusses (MPCWT) are not designed to carry out-of-plane loads and MPCWT performance under these loads are not evaluated in the design process.
The goal of this research is to model and analyze MPCWT assemblies under out-of-plane loads. The rotational stiffness of truss-wall connections, and truss bracing elements are included in the structural component model. Previous experimental data of fall arrest anchor loading were used for model validation. A parametric study considering loading location, joint stiffness and dimension of trusses was conducted.
The structural analog of the MPCWT assemblies were found to have first truss deflections within 4% difference, thereby the models were validated. From parametric study results, the load location was not changed the ultimate deflection in the truss assembly by maximum value of 9%. Out-of-plane joint stiffness was the parameter that caused a large difference in the deflection results, when the joists were assumed as either rigid or simple connections. The rotational stiffness of lateral and diagonal bracing should be included as model inputs for the accurate representation of experimental behavior. Truss lengths increased the deflection at the top chord of the first truss in the assembly as truss width increased.Master of Science
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Lu, Ya Nan. "Static and forced vibration analysis of plane truss structure with geometrical nonlinearity." Thesis, University of Macau, 2015. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3335487.
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Vieira, Rosilene de Fátima 1968. "Um estudo sobre ligações do tipo YT de barras afastadas de seções tubulares circulares laminadas de aço." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257808.
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Orientadores: João Alberto Venegas Requena, Arlene Maria Sarmanho FreitasTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo
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Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de uma análise teórica, experimental e numérica, de uma ligação YT utilizada em estruturas metálicas planas, tendo como ponto de partida a verificação do comportamento global da ligação. Será avaliada uma ligação de treliça do tipo YT com diferentes afastamentos entre as barras "gap". As barras que compõem a ligação, aqui apresentada, possuem seções transversais tubulares circulares, vazadas de parede fina, soldadas entre si. O modo de colapso da ligação foi devido à plastificação da parede do banzo (uma diagonal tracionando a parede do banzo e o montante comprimindo). Um efeito de abaulamento da seção transversal do banzo na região do afastamento foi observado. O dimensionamento da ligação segue o Método dos Estados Limites, no qual as resistências de cálculo são verificadas. As barras envolvidas nesta ligação também sofrem a influência de momentos fletores. O estudo foi realizado através de uma análise comparativa entre uma solução analítica fornecida por normas técnicas internacionais, uma análise experimental e uma modelagem numérica utilizando-se o programa Ansys. A modelagem numérica, tendo como referência a análise experimental, foi realizada utilizando os elementos SHELL 181 e SHELL63, com 4 nós por elemento. Foram realizadas análises paramétricas com variação do afastamento, "gap"J entre os eixos do montante e da diagonal, observando-se que a resistência da ligação cresce com a redução do "gap". A finalidade deste estudo foi o entendimento do comportamento desta ligação, possibilitando assim, a disseminação desta concepção estrutural ainda pouco explorada_no Brasil para viabilizar a execução de projetos otimizados
Abstract: This work presents the theoretical, experimental and numerical analyses using of a YT joint used in plane trusses steel, having as the beginning point the verification of the global behavior of the connection. A connection of truss of YT type with gap members was evaluated. The members that compose the connection, presented here, have circular tubular cross sections welded among themselves. The failure mode of the connection was due to the plastic failure of the chord face (one web member pushing its face whereas the brace is pulling it out). An cambered effect of the chord cross section on the gap region was noted. The connection design follows the Limit State Design, in which the calculated resistance is verified. The involved members in this connection are also subjected the influence from add bendings. The study was developed by through a comparative analysis considering an analytical. solution supplied by intemational technical codes, an experimental analysis and a numerical modeling using with Ansys software. In the numerical study, the 4-node SHELL 181 and SHELL63 element was used to model the connection. The purpose of this study is to understand this connection mechanical behavior, thus contributing to possible the dissemination of this structural. conception still not explored so much in Brazil yet and to to be feasible the execution of optimized projects
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O'Regan, Philip J. "Combined Tension and Bending Loading in Bottom Chord Splice Joints of Metal-Plate-Connected Wood Trusses." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36508.
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Metal-plate-connected (MPC) splice joints were tested in combined tension and bending to generate data that were used in the development of a design procedure for determining the steel net-section strength of bottom chord splice joints of MPC wood trusses. Several common wood truss splice joint configurations were tested at varying levels of combined tension and bending loading. The joint configurations were 2x4 lumber with 20-gauge truss plates, 2x6 lumber with 20-gauge truss plates, and 2x6 lumber with 16-gauge truss plates. All the joints tested failed in the steel net-section of the truss plates. The combined loading was achieved by applying an eccentric axial tension load to the ends of each splice joint specimen.
Three structural models were developed to predict the ultimate strength of the steel net-section of the splice joints tested under combined tension and bending loading. The test data were fitted to each model, and the most accurate model was selected. Data from other published tests of splice joints were used to validate the accuracy of the selected model. A design procedure for determining the allowable design strength of the steel net-section of a splice joint subjected to combined tension and bending was developed based on the selected model. The new design procedure was compared with two existing design methods. The proposed design procedure is recommended for checking the safe capacity of the steel net-section of bottom chord splice joints of MPC wood trusses subjected to combined tension and bending.Master of Science
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Liu, Xiaoqin. "Three-dimensional modeling of metal plate connected wood truss joints." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44604.
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This thesis presents theoretical and experimental studies of metal-plate-connected (MPC) wood truss joints under uni-directional tension or out-of-plane bending.
A theoretical computer program, SAMPC, was developed based on finite element method (FEM). MPC joint models were constructed using SAMPC, to evaluate the three-dimensional nonlinear performance of the joints.
Experimental studies were carried out on MPC truss joints under tension. The joint failure modes were discussed, and the potential reasons for the failure were explored. Data processing techniques were applied to obtain the specific load-displacement relationships, which were in turn used as reference for model calibration and verification. Based on the experimental results, optimized model parameter calibration and model verification were discussed.
The program application of MPC joints subjected to out-of-plane bending was investigated. Comparisons of the results from the joint bending test and model verified the applicability of the program for evaluating the out-of-plane rotational stiffness of MPC joints.
A reliability analysis was conducted to evaluate the critical buckling load and lateral bracing force of single- and double-braced wood truss web systems. The probability characteristics of a number of variables that affect the performance of braced truss web system were investigated. Based on the results, a factor relating the ratio of the lateral restraining force and axial load was established. This factor with adequate reliability was recommended as a web/bracing design amendment to Canadian Code on Engineering Design of Wood.
For the investigated truss joints, SAMPC appears to be superior in terms of its ability to simulate MPC joints in elaborate detail. This detailed model can aid in developing a better understanding of joint behavior under realistic joint configurations and loading conditions. The ability of the model to accurately predict the behavior of the designed MPC joints brings up the potential of modeling joints composed of different wood species and truss plate types featuring more complex joint configurations and loading conditions. The body of information from modeling results can be used to evaluate the adequacy of a given structural design, to facilitate truss plate, truss joint and overall truss design.
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Mentes, Yavuz. "Analytical and experimental assessment of steel truss bridge gusset plate connections." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42767.
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The I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, MN had a catastrophic failure in the main span of the deck truss in 2007. This collapse has brought significant attention on the gusset plate connections in steel truss bridges throughout the U.S. Steel truss bridge gusset plate design has not received much focus in the past 40 years, and there is a lack of consensus within the design profession on the procedures to evaluate, design, and rate these critical elements. In the short term, based on the best available information on the gusset plate design, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued preliminary guidance. Although some experimental research has been conducted on the ultimate strength of gusset plates, much of this work has been directed toward the performance of tension members and their connections. There has been limited experimental work on the compression capacity and stability of gusset plates, but most of this work is relevant primarily to bracing connections common in building structures. This research focuses on comprehensive experimental and analytical studies on steel truss bridge gusset plate behavior. The studies include comparisons of advanced analytical models with the responses from large-scale experimental tests using discrete and innovative full-field measurements. The calibrated finite element analysis models are then utilized to study a variety of gusset plate configurations. Improved mechanistic idealizations that better capture the observed behavior in the experiments and analytical studies are proposed as the result of this work. The design checks recommended in this thesis present a comprehensive methodology for determining the ultimate gusset plate resistance. This research provides a large database of original results that will be useful for future similar studies. In addition, this research provides modeling procedures that permit the study of steel truss bridge connections and their adjacent framing members using truss bridge sub-assemblies. Based on the comprehensive analytical studies, simple and accurate design calculation procedures to assess the nominal ultimate strength of steel truss gusset plate connections are recommended for steel truss bridge gusset plate connections.
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Song, Xiaobin. "Stability and reliability analysis of metal plate connected wood truss assemblies." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7721.
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This thesis describes a study on the stability capacity and lateral bracing force of wood
beam-columns and metal plate connected (MPC) wood truss assemblies.
A user-friendly computer program, SATA, was developed based on the finite element
method (FEM). The program can be used to perform three-dimensional nonlinear structural
analyses by using the Newton-Raphson and arc-length methods. The Monte Carlo simulation
and response surface methods have also been incorporated into the program for the purpose of
reliability analyses.
Experimental studies were conducted to provide input parameters and verification for
the developed software. Material property tests were performed to consider a variety of
materials. Biaxial eccentric compression tests of wood beam-columns and full-scale tests of
MPC wood truss assemblies were also carried out to study the critical buckling load and lateral
bracing force. The program predictions were in good agreement with the test results.
A reliability analysis was conducted for a simplified MPC wood truss assembly using
the developed program. The effect of the variation of the structural behaviour and external
loads on the critical buckling load of the truss assembly was studied. The adequacy of the 2%
rule-of-thumb was also studied.
This research bridges the knowledge gap that currently exists in the understanding and
design of MPC wood truss assemblies and their lateral bracing systems. The test database and
the output of the developed program contributes to the development of more efficient design
methods for MPC wood truss assemblies and other structures where buckling failure is of
concern.
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Harman, Kelly. "Structural integrity of lightweight wood truss assemblies exposed to fire : an insight to the behavior of metal truss plate connectors /." Available to subscribers only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1136091331&sid=23&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Via, Brian Kipling. "Relationship between Tooth Withdrawal Strength and Specific Gravity for Metal Plate Truss Connections." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46497.
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The objectives of this research were twofold: a) to define the relationship between tooth withdrawal and specific gravity for southern pine lumber and four different plate-to-wood load orientations, and b) to demonstrate how these relationships could be applied to new lumber grades to predict tooth withdrawal performance so that additional testing would not be necessary. The four orientations investigated were: a.)LRAA - plate axis parallel to load and wood grain parallel to load. b.) LREA - plate axis perpendicular to load and wood grain parallel to load. c.) LRAE - plate axis parallel to load and wood grain perpendicular to load. d.)LREE - plate axis perpendicular to load and wood grain perpendicular to load. For the LRAA, LREA, LRAE, LREE orientations, the following sample sizes were respectively: 27, 22, 27, and 29. Results showed specific gravity and embedment gap were excellent predictors of ultimate tooth withdrawal stress for the LRAA orientation. However, neither specific gravity nor percentage of latewood significantly influenced the location of tooth withdrawal. For the LREA orientation, specific gravity alone was a good predictor of ultimate tooth withdrawal stress. Furthermore, the side of the joint test specimen where tooth withdrawal initiated was dependent on the wood piece with the lowest mean specific gravity. For the LRAE orientation, specific gravity was a marginal predictor of ultimate tooth withdrawal stress. For the LREE orientation, specific gravity was a decent predictor of ultimate tooth-withdrawal stress.
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McShane, Brian. "The place of trust : young masculinities, relationality and everyday violence." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2018. http://research.gold.ac.uk/24396/.
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This thesis argues for a re-thinking around young men, masculinities and urban cultures. It asks how are young masculinities practiced and what are the tensions that arise for young men in maintaining their gender identity? As a five-year ethnographic study of young men conducted through youth work spaces in South London, it gives a detailed account of the ways young men do gender and the relational practices through which vernacular cultures are made, maintained and (re)produced. Young masculinities are over-determined in the urban imagination readily explained through crime, gangs and violence and stereotypical representations of cultural productions and resistance. Bringing together literatures on urban cultures and space, young men in urban contexts, and masculinities it offers an understanding of how young men and masculinities can be better understood in relation to urban cultures and spaces. Moving across four youth work projects it examines the inter-personal and group relationships amongst young men giving an account of their emotional life, to show how belongings are practiced and re-made in the active production of urban multiculture. Young men carry their bodies in certain ways and embody distrust operating an instrumental relationship to language. But these practices are also active in building relationships and are used as ways to address uncertainties and develop knowledge in gendered ways. The thesis shows how young men navigate their peer relationships and the complex belongings of urban life through navigating exclusions and threats and remaking local identities linked to place whilst focusing on their futures, by maintaining codes of humour, respect and trust.
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Skaggs, Thomas D. "Metal-plate-connected joint and lumber safety factors and their influence on wood truss safety factors." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-155513/.
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Alvarado, Terreros Victor Miguel Ángel, Morales Yovana Edith Barron, Cardozo Maricielo Geraldine Osorio, Dávila Luis Arturo Vega, and García Gabriela Margarita Grijalva. "Customer satisfaction Brand trust Web platforms." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655652.
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En la actualidad, las personas disponen de menos tiempo para preparar sus alimentos; así mismo, existe un incremento considerable en el consumo de productos orgánicos.
A raíz de ello, nace el emprendimiento COF – Café (Café Orgánico Filtrante), mediante nuestro plan de negocio, se propone la idea de producción y comercialización de bolsas de café orgánico donde nuestro mercado objetivo son las personas, cuyas edades están comprendidas entre 20 y 55 años, las cuales pertenezcan a los niveles socioeconómico A y B, que radiquen en distritos de Surco, Miraflores, San Isidro y San Borja y que sean consumidores de café.
Esta idea de negocio, establece la producción y comercialización de café orgánico en bolsitas filtrantes; cuya propuesta de valor, radica en ofrecer un producto saludable de alta calidad, rapidez y practicidad al momento de tomar una taza de café pasado. De esta manera, estimular el consumo de alimentos orgánicos y contribuir a un estilo de vida saludable
En el presente trabajo, se establecerán las pautas o lineamientos necesarios para la ejecución del proyecto, el cual abarca en un inicio desde la validación de mercado, determinación de los factores internos y externos que influyen en el sector, estrategias y planes de marketing a seguir y/o implementar, hasta un adecuado plan de operaciones.
Por otro lado, se establecerá un adecuado plan financiero, en el que se determinará los recursos necesarios para la implementación del proyecto; así mismo, se dará a conocer los diversos indicadores que determinan la viabilidad del negocio.Nowadays, people provide less time to make their own food; also, there is a considerable increase in the consumption of organic food. As a result, the COF – Café (Filtering Organic Coffee) venture was born, through our business plan, the idea of production and commercialization of organic coffee bags where our target market is people, whose age are between 20 and 55 years old, who belong to socioeconomic level A and B and lives in Surco, Miraflores ,San Isidro and San Borja, and who are coffee consumers. This business idea establishes the production and commercialization of organic coffee in filters bags; whose value proposition lies in offering a healthy product of high quality, quick and practicality when having a cup of old coffee. In this way, stimulate the consumption of organic food and contribute a healthy lifestyle. In this work, the necessary guidelines for the execution of the project will be established, which initially covers from market validation, determination of the internal and external factors that influence the sector, strategies and marketing plans to follow and / or implement, up to an adequate plan of operations. In other way, an adequate financial plan will be established, in which the necessary resources for the implementation of the project will be determinate; likewise, the various indicators that determinate the viability of the business will be announced.
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Tong, Chao. "The Effectiveness of Splicing Notched Pallet Stringer Segments With Metal Connector Plates." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36623.
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Notched stringer segments spliced with metal connector plates (MCPs) and pallets with spliced stringer(s) were tested in static bending in order to determine the relative effectiveness of different stringer splicing methods and under what conditions the process is or is not effective. The species tested were oak, southern yellow pine, yellow-poplar, and two combined species - oak and yellow-poplar, and oak and southern yellow pine. The metal connector plates used were 3 x 4-inch, 3 x 6-inch truss plates, and a 3 x 4-inch plug plate.
The splice methods tested were a vertical splice (VS), a 45° angle splice (AS), and a vertical splice with -inch gap between segments (VSG). The results of bending tests of these specimens were compared to non-spliced whole stringers and pallets containing whole stringers. Multiple comparison, statistical methods were used to analyze all test data. An analysis of the failure locations and types of specimens was also used to analyze test results.
Vertical spliced stringers with 3 x 4 and 3 x 6 inch truss plates were the best designs of those tested. Spliced stringers were an average of 112% and 74% bending strength and stiffness of new non-spliced stringer. These plates were an average of 26% stronger and 13% stiffer than the 3 x 4 inch plug plate splice stringer. There was no difference between the performance stringers spliced with 3 x 6 and 3 x 4 inch truss plate. An angle splice design and the addition of 1.25 x 6 inch truss plate on the tension side of spliced stringer did not appear to improve the strength and stiffness. A gap between segments significantly reduces splice strength and stiffness by an average of 35% and 16% respectively. When mixing stringer segment species, the performance is determined by the weaker segment.
The average strength and stiffness of pallets containing spliced stringers were similar to that of pallets with whole stringers, however the variation in performance was greater when notched stringer pallets contain splices.Master of Science
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Krey, Kathy W. Tolbert Charles M. "The significance of place a multilevel analysis situating trust in a community context /." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5160.
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Mashruwala, Shamin D. "The impact of accounting smoothing on asset allocation in corporate pension plans : evidence from the U.K. /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8835.
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Shetty, Shekar T. "The Information Content of Pension Fund Asset Reversion." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279197/.
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Prior studies on the impact of the termination of overfunded defined benefit pension plans on shareholders' wealth have produced conflicting findings. The first study on the stock market reaction to pension plan termination was conducted by Alderson and Chen (1986); this study claimed that shareholders realize significant positive abnormal returns around the termination announcement date. A more recent study, by Moore and Pruitt (1990), disclaimed the findings of Alderson and Chen. Reexamination of these two studies with additional evidence and the use of the appropriate announcement date suggests that termination of pension plans is associated with significant wealth gain to shareholders. This study also analyzes samples from periods prior to and after the imposition in 1986 of a 10 percent excise tax on recaptured excess pension assets. The empirical results suggest that shareholders experience significant positive wealth effects for the pre-tax (1980-85) period and no wealth effects for the post-tax (1986-88) period. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the impact of stock market reaction upon shareholders' wealth under the partial anticipation hypothesis. The pre-tax sample is analyzed by isolating the expected terminators using the multiple discriminant analysis model. This study finds significant positive abnormal returns only for firms that are not anticipated by the investors as potential terminators. The results of this study do not lend support to either the "separation" or the "integration" hypothesis as proposed by Alderson and Chen (1986). Instead, the results are consistent with the information hypothesis that the market reacts to unanticipated events that provide new information. Cross-sectional regression analysis of unexpected terminators suggests that the abnormal performance of stocks of pension terminating firms is explained by the firms' debt ratio and the amount of surplus pension assets. It can be inferred that firms may resort to recapturing excess pension assets as a way of financing investments internally when faced with unfavorable credit markets.
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Wilson, Robin M. "Influence of demographic variables on the likelihood of management plans for land trust properties." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/678.
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Wyman, Oliver, and Bannink Alexander. "Trust in financial transaction providers : A qualitative study of Swedish Millennials and the trust they place in banks and alternative financial transaction providers." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-35045.
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Purpose: Firstly, to investigate if the decline of trust in traditional financial transaction providers, namely banks, has resulted in an increase of trust in Alternate Financial Transaction Providers (AFTP). Secondly, to identify antecedents to building trust in AFTP held by Swedish Millennials. Methodology: Qualitative research consisting of focus groups were used to collect primary data. A total of three focus group were held, excluding a trial session. Participants in the focus groups were Swedes between 22 and 30 years of age (Swedish Millennials). Findings: That trust in banks amongst Swedish Millennials is decreasing. Concurrently, there is a general willingness of Swedish Millennials to trust AFTP given the presence of certain antecedents (human, technological and organisational).
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van, den Bergh-Mehner Stefanie. "Anlagestrategien für Pensionsvermögen im Rahmen von Contractual Trust Arrangements." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-81815.
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Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Anlage von Pensionsvermögen im Rahmen von Contractual Trust Arrangements. Es wird untersucht, welche Anlagestrategien sich unter Berücksichtigung bilanzieller, verpflichtungs- und vermögensseitiger Rahmenbedingungen zur Anlage von Pensionsvermögen eignen. Anhand eines geeigneten Anlagemodells für Pensionsvermögen und der Durchführung einer stochastischen Simulation wird analysiert, welchen Einfluss unterschiedliche Anlagestrategien auf die Entwicklung des Pensionsvermögens haben. Die Arbeit geht zunächst auf den Hintergrund der betrieblichen Altersversorgung und Contractual Trust Arrangements in Deutschland ein. Zur Abbildung der Verpflichtungsseite und der Mitarbeiterstruktur des Unternehmens wird unter Einbezug aktuarischer Ansätze ein Mitarbeitermodell entwickelt. Das in der Arbeit entwickelte Portfoliomodell integriert die Verpflichtungs- und Vermögensseite und zeigt, wie das Vermögen zur Deckung leistungsorientierter Zusagen zur betrieblichen Altersversorgung unter Einbezug der Unternehmensperspektive mit Hilfe dynamischer Risikonebenbedingungen geeignet angelegt werden kann.
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van, den Bergh-Mehner Stefanie. "Anlagestrategien für Pensionsvermögen im Rahmen von Contractual Trust Arrangements." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-79062.
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Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Anlage von Pensionsvermögen im Rahmen von Contractual Trust Arrangements. Es wird untersucht, welche Anlagestrategien sich unter Berücksichtigung bilanzieller, verpflichtungs- und vermögensseitiger Rahmenbedingungen zur Anlage von Pensionsvermögen eignen. Anhand eines geeigneten Anlagemodells für Pensionsvermögen und der Durchführung einer stochastischen Simulation wird analysiert, welchen Einfluss unterschiedliche Anlagestrategien auf die Entwicklung des Pensionsvermögens haben. Die Arbeit geht zunächst den Hintergrund der betrieblichen Altersversorgung und Contractual Trust Arrangements in Deutschland ein. Zur Abbildung der Verpflichtungsseite und der Mitarbeiterstruktur des Unternehmens wird unter Einbezug aktuarischer Ansätze ein Mitarbeitermodell entwickelt. Das in der Arbeit entwickelte Portfoliomodell integriert die Verpflichtungs- und Vermögensseite und zeigt, wie das Vermögen zur Deckung leistungsorientierter Zusagen zur betrieblichen Altersversorgung unter Einbezug der Unternehmensperspektive mit Hilfe dynamischer Risikonebenbedingungen geeignet angelegt werden kann.
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Vijay, Nishanth. "Detection of plant diseases in tomato leaves : With focus on providing explainability and evaluating user trust." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20568.
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The transmission of diseases from unhealthy to healthy plants is one of the most disastrous threats to the agriculture industry. Diseases transferred spread like wild fire and have the potential to infest the whole farm if not detected early. Plant disease detection methods aid in identifying infected plants in their very early stages and also help the user in scaling the identification of plant diseases to a variety of plants in a cost-effective manner. The aim of this thesis is to implement two different machine learning models, namely, Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) and K-nearest Neighbors (KNN) for the application of plant disease detection in tomato leaves.The two machine learning models were evaluated on four different metrics in order to find the best performing model among the two. The four different metrics were, Accuracy, Precision, Recall and F1-Score. Other than identifying the diseases using the aforementioned machine learning models, this study also focused on providing explainability to the predictions made by the respective models using the Explainable Artificial Intelligence technique, Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations (LIME). In vein of collecting domain specific expertise, a user study was implemented in which the user trust of the AI and XAI models were evaluated and feedback from farmers were collected in order to provide recommendations for future research.The results on implementing the machine learning models showed that the CNN model performed better than the KNN model in all of the four evaluation metrics and the results from the user study signify that the farmers do not trust the AI and XAI models, however, the user study through the feedback collected from the farmers helps identify areas in which the trust of the farmers can be grown and strengthened.
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Zhang, Ting. "Three essays on corporate pension underfunding , securities valuation and market efficiency /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2009. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3368009.
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Cozort, Larry A. "The effect of accrued pension benefit preservation on worker mobility in muliemployer plans." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54746.
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The relationship between mobility of vested plan participants and the use of reciprocity agreements in multiemployer plans was investigated. The assumption that pension benefit forfeiture retards worker mobility was considered. The assumption that worker mobility is enhanced by benefit preservation is one of the justifications for tax incentives provided retirement plans.
Several variables were considered in addition to the use or nonuse of reciprocity agreements; however, none of the variables were found to be significantly related to the turnover rate for vested plan participants in multiemployer plans. The primary conclusion of the research was that the hypothesis that benefit preservation through the use of reciprocity agreements in multiemployer plans is ineffective in increasing turnover for vested plan participants could not be rejected.Ph. D.
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Azzam, Abdelhadi. "Le plan d’épargne d’entreprise." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011LYO22010.
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C’est au milieu du XXème siècle que la participation des salariés reprend un nouveau souffle sous l’impulsion du général de Gaulle. Ainsi dès 1947, celui-ci prône l’idée d’une troisième voix entre capitalisme et communisme. Malgré l’attachement du général de Gaulle à la nécessité de mettre en œuvre cette association du capital et du travail, il peine à élaborer, de façon pratique, son projet de réforme participative. Un consultant, polytechnicien, Marcel Loichot, essaye alors de proposer un modèle opérationnel de participation qui permettra tout à la fois un autofinancement des entreprises et une redistribution du capital au salarié. Il s’agit de permettre aux salariés d’accéder à l’outil de production et ainsi d’accéder au pouvoir dans l’entreprise. Le schéma proposé par Loichot est soutenu par Louis Vallon et René Capitant. Le projet ainsi décrit s’inscrit dans un mouvement appelé « pancapitaliste ».Les projets avancés par le mouvement « pancapitaliste » sont alors soumis à l’analyse de la commission Mathey qui émet de nombreuses réserves. Par ailleurs de nombreuses réticences se forment tant du côté patronal que salarial. Finalement, le 17 août 1967 deux ordonnances mettent en œuvre un dispositif de participation des salariés et qui donne naissance au PEE. Face aux résistances rencontrées, l’ordonnance n° 67-694 met en place un dispositif qui est loin des attentes du projet pancapitaliste. Même si elle comporte déjà quelques écueils, elle constitue toutefois une trame qui peut servir de support à la construction d’un nouveau projet de société. Au fur et à mesure des différentes évolutions législatives, l’ordonnance de 1967 a été très largement revisitée et s’est principalement orientée vers un dispositif de démultiplication du financement des entreprises. L’accès au capital des salariés même s’il demeure potentiellement massif et collectif n’entraîne aucun exercice effectif de pouvoir des salariés. Le PEE contient aujourd’hui toute une série de filtre et d’écran à cet éventuel pouvoir. Par ailleurs, si l’accès demeure massif et collectif, il permet surtout aux salariés aux plus haute rémunérations d’être investis de titres de leur entreprise. On assiste à une bipolarisation du PEE. Ce dispositif rapproche ainsi les cadres des préoccupations des actionnaires mais sans jamais leur conférer aucun pouvoir. Les salariés aux plus faibles rémunérations subissent alors de plein fouet ces rapports de subordination. Le PEE, loin d’avoir construit un nouveau projet de société, a progressivement glissé vers un pur outil de financement de l’entreprise. De même, loin de redonner du pouvoir aux salariés, il répercute avec plus d’intensité les rapports hiérarchiques et aboutit à une sorte de renforcement du lien de subordination juridiqueIn the middle of the 20th century, the participation of the employees takes a new breath with the help of general de Gaulle. In 1947, he proposed the idea of a third way between communism and capitalism. In despite of this will of general de Gaulle, it was difficult for him to develop this project into practice. So a polytechnician consultant called Marcel Loichot, then tries to propose an operational model of participation which is at the same time a self-financing companies and a redistribution of capital to the employees The aim is mainly to allow the employees to accede to the production tools and at the same time to accede to the power in the firm.The schema proposed by Loichot is supported by Rene Capitant and Louis Vallon. The project is called the “pancapitalism” movement. This project was subjected to Mathey’s commission which expressed many disagreements with the movement. Besides, a lot of reservations were expressed by the labor unions and the employers. Finally, on 17 august 1967, two ordinances instaure a system of employee participation. Because of the resistances encoutered, the act n° 67-694 adopted is far from the expectations of the project pancapitalism. Even if the act contains some pittfalls, however it is a frame that can be used to support the construction of a new social project.As to the various legislative changes, the act of 1967 was revisited and focused to a scaling system of corporate finance. The acces to the capital by employees, even if it is still potentially massive and collective, does not allow to get an effective exercise power for the employees. Today, the schema authorizes principaly the hight classes of employees to access to the capital of their firm. This last element can be analyse as a polarization of the PEE. The device brings closer those hight classes of employees to the interest of the shareholders but never give them any power. The lower wages will undergo the full force of these relations of subordinationThe PEE, far from building a new social project has gradually shifted to a pure tool of corporate finance. Far from restoring power to the employees, it affects more intensely the reporting relationship and culminates in a kind of strengthening of the legal subordination link
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Venables, Daniel. "Risk, trust and place : a mixed methods investigation into community perceptions of a nearby nuclear power station." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2011. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/8523/.
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Recent UK government policy advocates the expansion of nuclear power, and indicated that any new nuclear power stations will be built mostly at existing 'nuclear' sites where it is apparently assumed that broad community acceptance will be encountered. This thesis investigated community perceptions of an existing nearby nuclear power station at three locations, through a mixed-methods design incorporating a Q-Method study (n=84) and a household study (n=1,327), and with additional reference to an existing qualitative dataset. The thesis aimed to provide a detailed description of how such communities live with nuclear power. Specifically, it investigated (a) the main community points of view on the nearby nuclear power station; (b) the dimensionality of trust between communities and the power station; (c) the associations between risk perceptions, trust, sense of place, and residential proximity to the power station, and (d) the factors associated with community support for new nuclear build in the nearby area. Four points of view were identified. These were broadly consistent across study locations but also reflected some site-specific concerns. The dimensionality of trust between the nuclear power station and nearby communities was found to comprise separate Affective and Cognitive components. It was concluded, however, that the primary influences, both on public perceptions of the risks associated with the existing nuclear power station, and on community attitudes towards the building of a new one, were related to perceptions of place. This thesis provides a contemporary insight into some of the ways that communities live in close proximity to a nuclear power station. Its theoretical and applied implications are discussed in the context of psychological theory and recent UK energy policy.
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Cope, G. "Towards understandings of visitor experiences and practices that shape new meanings of place at National Trust sites." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2014. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/24471/.
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The National Trust face a new set of challenges in recent years; as one of the most influential heritage bodies in the UK, it is responsible for the preservation and protection of a large number of diverse sites from historic buildings to woodland. Yet this is set against a backdrop of complex set of challenges: creating an active dialogue with those who visit its sites and other stakeholders, such as the local community; ensuring their sites are preserved while, at the same time, encouraging access; on-going climate change and environmental risks; changing cultural, social and economic frameworks. The aim for the National Trust is to better understand how places might be managed differently in the light of these challenges. This research builds on existing quantitative research conducted by the National Trust by examining how the engagement, embodiment and practice of visitors, staff and volunteers at National Trust sites informs a sense of place. The research employs a mixed method approach using qualitative ethnographic techniques. The methods of video and audio capture were used to explore and engage with the highly complex processes practiced at the sites and capture the non-verbal, pre cognitive and emotive ways in which people engage with site. From this insight, the research makes a conceptual contribution to knowledge by examining how site based practice informs emotional engagement and affect of place and how this experience produces a sense of place for people within National Trust sites. Traditionally, the National Trust has put the physical aspects of a site at the heart of the visitor experience, whereas my research serves to demonstrate how an individual makes sense of a place through their own experiences, memories, cultural identity and uses these lenses to understand the world and their own identity. Furthermore, the research demonstrates that places are not fixed concepts but formed in an on-going, iterative way where multiple, sometimes competing, memories, emotions and affects are produced and that a place making is messy, interwoven with multiple, sometimes competing rhythms, emotions, affects and how this sense of place gets carried over time and space. The contribution that this research makes, therefore, is in extending the insights into how place can change people to how people change place within the context of National Trust sites.
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Stephens, Anthea Louise. "1. When to cry, "Sham!" 2. Residence of a trust as defined by its place of effective management." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4561.
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Lintilhac, Louise Sopher. "Management By Crisis: Land Trust Conservation Engagement And Methods In Vermont." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2015. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/309.
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Planning a future for the landscapes we live in can be a daunting challenge for many communities in Vermont. Conservation initiatives affect the quality of life for all community members and can be difficult if not impossible to change in the event of poor planning. Through examining stakeholder relationships with land trusts I have explored the complexities of planning processes used by land trusts in Vermont for conservation initiatives
The study involved one statewide land trust, the Vermont Land Trust, and two community land trusts, the Stowe Land Trust and the Duxbury Land Trust. I used qualitative methods including document review, observation and interviews to gather data on land trust planning. My study shows how stakeholder relationships shape conservation initiatives, what strategies land trusts use to aid stakeholder involvement, and finally, how stakeholder input affects conservation easements and stewardship.
Interviews with multiple internal and external stakeholders for the three land trusts indicate a negative feedback loop within the organizational structure of each land trust I call "management by crisis." My case study examples suggest that stakeholders do not get involved in conservation until there is a threat to the landscape. This makes strategic planning difficult and limits a land trust's ability to link important parcels together for environmental and social benefit.
I suggest that management by crisis can be replaced with positive feedback using Community Based Participatory Research. This approach relies on communities initiating projects and being an integral part of the planning process from the beginning of a conservation initiative. By involving stakeholders from the conception of a conservation project, a land trust can better evaluate community needs in relation to social and environmental wellbeing.
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Janssen, Limor. "Can I sleep at your place tonight? : A case study on the shared economy and practices of trust assessment." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-257213.
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This thesis discusses the increased amount of information available online, and how we use it in our daily lives to make decisions. It aims to open a discussion on the complexity of accessing and evaluating digital information. As the Internet has grown, the amount of information available to the public has exploded. Not only have we gained access to what seems to be an unlimited amount of sources, but also the number of producers has grown. By means of a case study, this thesis explores practices of trust assessment within the shared economy. Through the lens of Actor-Network-Theory as well as Modern Social Imaginaries, media practices are studied by using the example of Airbnb, an online, shared economy platform for accommodation. Airbnb users as well as other travelers are asked about their media practices through an online survey with 229 respondents as well as in-depth interviews with 7 users of Airbnb. Results show that practices of trust assessment differ within and outside of the platform. There is a strong dependency on social information, produced by fellow platform users, especially in the form of reviews. In addition the study finds support for a social imaginary, in which the platform defines the accepted behavior for the users of the platform, who within the economic constraint comply with the social norm set by the organization, in order to be able to use the services of Airbnb.
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Starenvik, Curman Gabriella. ""Music provided a place of intimacy and trust. It goes where words alone cannot." : en litteraturstudie om sorgeprocesser och musikterapi." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för musik, pedagogik och samhälle, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-2200.
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Uppsatsens syfte har varit att genom litteraturstudier undersöka hur man som musikterapeut möter människor som drabbats av förlust och sorg. Frågeställningarna har fokuserat på hur musikterapeuter arbetar med människor i sorg, på vilket sätt musikterapi kan hjälpa till i sorgearbetet och vad som är hjälpsamt i den musikterapeutiska processen. Med ett hermeneutiskt synsätt har litteratur, till övervägande del i form av studier och fallbeskrivningar, studerats. Flera begrepp förklaras så som förlust, sorg, sorgprocess, komplicerad och kollektiv sorg samt trauma. Hur en sorgbearbetning vanligtvis ser ut skildras även. Till olika sorgbegrepp kopplas musikterapi och i själva litteraturstudien ges exempel på hur man arbetar musikterapeutiskt. Studien visar på att musikterapeuter arbetar med människor i sorg på en rad olika sätt. Man vänder sig till både barn, ungdomar och vuxna och musikterapi ges både individuellt och i grupp. Såväl receptiva som expressiva musikterapeutiska metoder används. I verbala och skriftliga utvärderingar har klienter skattat musikterapi som verksamt i ett sorgearbete. Klienter har upplevt att de i musik kan uttrycka de känslor de har kring en sorg på ett kreativt sätt och att det fungerar väl då det ibland är svårt att sätta ord på dessa känslor. Att arbeta med songwriting med ungdomar i gruppterapi har visat sig ge särskilt goda resultat. Musikterapi har ett brett användningsområde inom sorgbearbetning för människor i alla åldrar, då alla studier visar på minskade sorgreaktioner efter genomgångna musikterapeutiska interventioner.
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Alonso-Garbayo, Alvaro. "Expectations, experiences and plans of internationally recruited nurses in the UK : a case study in a NHS Acute Trust in London." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2007. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/682369/.
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In the UK, international recruitment is one of the strategies adopted to tackle the shortage of nurses. It is predicted that the UK will continue relying on internationally recruited nurses (IRNs) in the future. There is high attrition among both national and overseas nurses. While factors determining the turnover of British nurses are generally understood there is not much evidence about overseas staff. Literature suggests that factors involved in the decision to emigrate and experiences during recruitment are essential in the development of professional and personal expectations. The extent to which expectations are met is related to job satisfaction and retention. This research aims to improve understanding about the interface between IRNs' expectations, initial experiences and turnover. The study uses a qualitative approach, asking IRNs from India and the Philippines and using analysis of their narratives to generate data about their expectations and experiences. The first group comprised 6 Indian nurses, who were interviewed three times over eight months since their arrival in the UK, and someo f their managersa nd mentors. The second and third groups comprised Filipina nurses recruited from two cohorts, 6 nurses recruited one and a half years before and 9 nurses recruited four years before. Findings validate results from other studies about the motivation to emigrate. Motives are often, but not exclusively, economic. Indian nurses come with their families to improve their lives in the UK while Filipino nurses come to help their families back home. Professional and economic expectations arc often not met. There are important professional disparities between their countries and the UK. Nurses perceived that there was not enough institutional support for professional and cultural adaptation. Often their experience and skills are neither recognized nor valued. Isolation, frustration and consequently low satisfaction were identified in most of the nurses what is known to be related to turnover.
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Silva, Ferreira Demetryus. "Understanding the genetic and morphological basis of bushy root and bifuricate, two mutations affecting plant architecture in Solanum lycopersicum L." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2017. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12322.
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The classical ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) tomato mutant bushy root (brt) was studied using a homozygous near isogenic line (brtNIL) in the Micro-Tom (MT) genetic background. The mutation has a pleiotropic phenotype comprising slow seedling development, which may be a consequence of a maternally-inherited small seed phenotype, and a more compact, smaller but not bushier, root phenotype. The number of lateral roots, total root length and taproot size are all smaller in brtNIL than the WT. The BRT locus was mapped to a 137 kbp region containing 9 candidate genes on chr 12; an InDel in the promoter region of Solyc12g014590 – containing two highly conserved pirin domains (Pirin_C and Pirin), was detected. Different expression patterns were confirmed by transcriptomic results, supporting Solyc12g014590 as the gene responsible for the brt phenotype. A naturally occurring recessive mutant named bifuricate (bif) shows an increase in inflorescence (truss) branching in comparison to the wild type (WT) control line, LAM183. In addition, the number of flowers per truss was 235% higher in bif plants than WT. Low temperature is known to increase truss branching, and so a four day low temperature treatment was applied and it was demonstrated that flowering increased significantly more in bif than in LAM183. The BIF locus was mapped to a 2.01 Mbp interval of chromosome 12 containing 53 genes. All coding region polymorphisms in the interval were surveyed, and two genes Solyc12g019420 (a BTB/TAZ transcription factor) and Solyc12g019460 (a MAP kinase) contained one stop codon predicted to disrupt gene function; both genes are excellent candidates for inflorescence branching control based on literature evidence. A newly developed introgression browser was used to demonstrate that the origin of the bif mutant haplotype is Solanum galapagense.
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Valero, Carreras Diego. "Análisis económico actuarial del desarrollo de planes de pensiones complementarios en las empresas latinoamericanas y de países emergentes." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/52153.
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La tesis pretende demostrar que el desarrollo de pensiones complementarias en países emergentes puede ser una fórmula posible de reducción de la pobreza en la vejez, entendida esta como la provisión de elementos suficientes para que el ingreso tras el retiro permita mantenimientos dignos del nivel de vida. Para ello se analiza la viabilidad económica para las empresas y el Estado, y la suficiencia económica para las personas. Concretamente esta tesis investiga acerca del nivel adicional de coste que pueden tener las empresas en el desarrollo de pensiones complementarias que sean suficientes para mantener el nivel de vida. Se determina el incremento en sus costes laborales, también la incidencia que un marco impositivo ad-hoc puede tener para ellas.The doctoral thesis demonstrates that occupational pension plan development in emerging countries can be a way to prevent poverty in old age, understood as income under retirement would be enough to maintain a minimum standard of living. Thus, the economic feasibility for companies and governments is analyzed. This thesis also deals with level of coverage for population as well. More specifically, research is focused on additional cost for companies to set up occupational pension plans, after designing several models. Labour cost increasing is calculated and put on place comparing among different countries with the benchmarked case study, the Dominican Republic. A tax framework for the country and its companies is proposed and validated, foreseeing the economic flows during the next following 25 years.
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Sadler-Moore, Della. "The role of the Registered [Surgical] Nurse in the 21st century NHS acute trust hospital : an ethnographic study." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/88795.
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This study focused on Registered Nurses (RNs) working in Acute Trust surgical wards in the context of their role development, role expansion and role extension. The study originated from concerns raised by RNs undertaking the surgical pathway of the BSc Hons in clinical nursing practice, who alerted me to their dissatisfaction with their working conditions and their role. This revelation was made at a time when modernization was cascading into Acute Trusts as a result of the NHS plan (DOH 2000); simultaneously the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) was being implemented, sequentially reducing Junior Doctor’s hours of work. NHS modernization and the EWTD were the two initiatives which led the researcher to the assumption that RNs working in surgical wards were the labour force who would be absorbing the additional workload brought about by these changes, because RNs are the only health professionals in acute surgical wards with twenty-four hour contact with, and responsibility for, ward-based surgical patient care. The study was conducted in one clinical directorate of an Acute Trust hospital, comprising six in-patient surgical wards and five specialist nursing services. The methodology was ethnography, where the researcher worked as an RN for fifteen months, collecting data through Spradley’s (1980) descriptive, selective and focused phases of fieldwork. Data was analysed using what Miles and Huberman (1994) refer to as a set of ‘choreographed / custom built’ techniques. The descriptive phase of fieldwork revealed an apparent ‘staffing illusion’ on the surgical wards and RNs were found to be under tremendous pressure to manage ‘patient throughput’, and an ever increasingly dependent case mix of surgical patients, within the existing, or if possible diminishing Senior / experienced RN labour force due to the emergent evidence of a ‘cycle of staff change’ with non-clinical managers backfilling Senior RN posts with Junior RNs. For Senior RNs this backdrop meant additional support and supervision demands on their role. To get through the workload many RNs held ‘dual roles’ to enable maintenance of the surgical services within the directorate. The selective phase of fieldwork re-focused the ethnographic lens on the RNs in the context of their role development, role expansion and role extension, from which six perspectives were found: 1) role development from Junior to Senior RN, 2) role expansion dependent on shift of the day, day of the week – the co-ordinator role, 3) role extension confusion and boundary disputes, 4) hidden [role expansion and extension] talents of surgical nurses, 5) role contraction – a feeling Nursing is going backwards, and finally, 6) ‘if only I could’ – role expansion aspirations of surgical RNs. The third phase of fieldwork, described by Spradley (1980) as the focused phase, was spent validating the findings and conducting the ethnographic interviews. The findings are interpreted locally [from the perspective of RN’s working within Rodin] as ‘working to full capacity’ through ‘doing more for more with less’, as a result of the RN with the surgical directorate being sandwiched between two agendas, that of Junior Doctors EWTD and NHS modernisation. Braverman’s skill substitution / degradation of skilled work thesis is then used as an interpretative framework to conclude the thesis, the outcome of which reports a ‘triple substitution’ agenda.
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Balázs, Ivan. "Nosná konstrukce objektu kulturního centra." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225529.
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The aim of the master´s thesis is to design a load bearing steel structure of a community centre in accordance with architectural requirements. The structure consists of a main aisle and two extensions beside. The length of the structure is 62 m, the width 42 m and maximum height 15 m. The main load bearing elements of the structure are transversal restrained columns and truss roof beams. The roof beam for the main aisle is made up of tubes and arched. The lower and upper beams of roof beams for the extensions are straight. The distance between the main columns in 12 m. The purlins for the main aisle are truss structures with arched lower beam, the purlins for the extensions have straight lower beams of truss. There is a storey in the extensions. The structure of ceiling consists of girders and interlocked concrete plate in trapezoid metal plate. The structure is designed for the district of Brno. It is designed in accordance with the ČSN EN 1993 standard.
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Buisine, Olivier. "Le sort des garanties réelles en cas de plan de cession." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO30063.
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La cession est une solution incontournable du droit des entreprises en difficulté.Déterminer les droits des créanciers dans le cadre d’un plan de cession s’avère pourtant une tâche délicate.Le droit des entreprises en difficulté a fait l’objet de réformes importantes (loi du 26 juillet 2005, ordonnance du 18 décembre 2008 et ordonnance du 12 mars 2014 dans une moindre mesure).Dans le même temps, le droit des sûretés subissait des évolutions nombreuses (ordonnance du 23 mars 2006, loi du 19 février 2007, loi du 04 août 2008, ordonnance du 30 janvier 2009) mais parcellaires, preuve du manque de cohérence du législateur en la matière.Les réformes du droit des entreprises en difficulté et du droit des sûretés ont révélé l’absence de ligne directrice claire en ce qui concerne l’articulation de ces deux droits. Les réformes du droit des entreprises en difficulté et du droit des sûretés aboutissent à un enchevêtrement des textes, rendant leur application particulièrement complexe.Les nombreuses interrogations tant théoriques que pratiques créent une insécurité juridique.Dès lors, en me basant notamment sur les difficultés rencontrées dans le cadre de mon activité professionnelle ou sur celles pointées du doigt par la doctrine et les commentateurs de textes, consécutives aux évolutions législatives récentes, l’objectif de ce travail de recherche est de procéder à des recommandations à l’endroit des professionnels ainsi que de réaliser des propositions visant à un meilleur équilibre des intérêts en présenceThe sale of a business is one of the most important insolvency solutions.However it’s a hard task to determinate creditor’s rights under these circumstances.Insolvency law has deeply changed consequently to main reforms (Act of July 26, 2005 called the “Safeguard Act”, Order of December 18, 2008 and to a lesser extent Order of March 12, 2014).At the same time, guarantee law has been modified by lots of reforms too (Order of March 23, 2006, Act of February 19, 2007, Act of August 4, 2008, Order of January 30, 2009).These reforms were fragmented. Furthermore they have been built without guideline. As a result, the articulation between insolvency law and guarantee law is very difficult.The theoretical and practical questions generate a real legal insecurity.The goal of this research work is to make insolvency practitioners propositions based on, amongst others, doctrine’s comments and criticism. The objective of these propositions is to establish a better balance between the pluralities of interests involved
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Sokol, David. "Bytový dům v Blansku - stavebně technologický projekt." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-372184.
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The content of this work is the elaboration of a technology-oriented project for the construction of an apartment building with four above-ground floors in Blansko. This project includes a technical report, road mapping solutions, technological regulations, a drawing and technical report of the building site equipment, a timetable, a design of the machine assembly, control and test plans, a material resource assurance plan, and a technical report on health and safety at the building site.
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Ševčíková, Lenka. "Bazénová hala v Ostravě." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226066.
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The goal of Master´s thesis is design and assessment of the swimming pool hall in Ostrava. Tha hall has two parts – swimming pool and other places for facility and free time activities.The hall has rectangle plan of dimension 30x47,4 and 15x45m. Three construction will be design. The steel truss girder wil be elaborate.
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Štelcl, Jan. "Lávka pro chodce." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226044.
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Master thesis is focused to design the timber pedestrian bridge over the track. The load-bearing construction is composed from the truss girder and cross laminated tiber plates. Bridge is coveder. Layout dimensions of the bridge are 49.0 m x 4.8 m
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Nel, Johannes Hendrik. "An investigation of mine closure : gold mine case studies on the East Rand in South Africa / J.H. Nel." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4088.
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This research is on mines that struggle to obtain closure from the state departments. The closure process at the footprints of five Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs) of a South African gold mine was investigated. They are situated in the Germiston, Brakpan, Springs and Nigel suburbs of the East Rand region of Johannesburg.
Very limited scientific research has been done in South Africa on the management of mine closure. The most recent performed research was completed at Coal mines and only one was at an underground gold mine. The history of the case studies at a surface gold mine revealed similar problems, as confirmed in previous research, during the interviews with mine management and the review of operational documents.
There is a whole array of causes giving rise to the struggle to obtain closure by a mine, that will be subsequently discussed. Major causes are the lack of estimation of closure costs and the lack of a proper Project Life Cycle (PLC) process for closure by mine management. Previous investigations indicated a general shortfall in estimated closure costs, mining operations that are not planned with closure in mind, closure objectives that are not set at all management levels, final land use after mine closure that is not defined properly, residual and latent impacts that are not dealt with, the post-closure period when the final impact will occur that is not defined and a proper risk assessment based on detailed information that is not properly done and communicated. Another cause is that the integrated process of making closure part of the Environmental Management Programme Report (EMPR) process is not followed. The result of not following the correct process is that mines do not obtain closure. Another reason why mines do not obtain closure is because of an underdeveloped mine infrastructure, e.g. tailings facilities, waste rock dumps, shafts and plants that are not constructed in an environmentally friendly way during the operational phases to facilitate closure. Therefore, these structures need to be changed in terms of their topography and growth medium to ensure an improvement in environmental parameters. This will assist in obtaining sustainability and final closure. Significantly more trust fund money than initially estimated during operations needs to be spent to ensure the above change.
Specific issues defined from the case studies were the adaptation of the administration of the closure process, the management of risks, especially the differences in opinions, the management of the mine life cycle for closure and involvement of the land owners and Interested and Affected Parties (l&APs).
This research was necessary because companies are uncertain and lack the competency to estimate and to correctly spend trust fund money in order to be sure of obtaining closure. This situation threatens the long-term survival of mining-companies by holding assets and profits back until closure is attained. The state departments also have to address the risks and have to rehabilitate the polluted mine sites if companies do not obtain closure.
A proper PLC to facilitate closure was compiled from the above-mentioned data. An important fact to bear in mind is that the activities within the life cycle depend on one another. Therefore, when one activity is disregarded or not properly performed, it will influence the outcome of the remaining activities.
The methodology of the research was as follows: Categories to evaluate the closure process of the selected case studies were determined from the project life cycle and the management principles of the literature review. Thereafter a questionnaire was developed from these categories. The questionnaire was subsequently used to guide interviews. After the interviews these categories and findings from the questionnaire were combined and summarised into key findings.
The key findings of the research were:
• The driving force behind obtaining closure must shift from the State Departments to the mining companies. They must realise there is an opportunity during the closure process to make money and to minimise their long-term liability. The mining company must thus drive the closure process to obtain environmental sustainability.
• The gold mines do have problems in terms of cost estimation and trust fund expenditure at their TSF footprints during the closure process. The reasons were a mismanagement of the closure process and making use of a limited information system to make decisions.
• A proper closure process does exist, but it can be improved to ensure all interested and affected parties have the same expectations from closure.
• There are many activities in the closure process flow diagram which were not properly attended to according to the case studies.
• A conceptual closure plan and a draft rehabilitation plan with broad objectives, policies and strategies with detailed descriptions were not compiled during the operational phase, because limited scientific monitoring information was gathered to do a proper risk assessment and some l&APs consultation was done mainly with the material and land owners on a one on one basis.
From these key findings the following recommendations could be formulated:
• Any mining operation should conduct a closure audit at least every second year and before mining activities change.
• A searchable record keeping system must be established to keep track of the closure life cycle development.
• Detailed conceptual and final closure plans need to capture the data from the audits and record keeping system.
• A communication forum with company management and environmental specialists needs to be established.Thesis (M. Environmental Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.
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Morcinková, Eliška. "Výstavní galerie v Olomouci." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240078.
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The aim of this diploma thesis is the design of bearing construction of the Exhibition gallery in Olomouc. The building is of irregular shape with the biggest span of 50 m. The bearing structure in the highest point goes up to 14,6 m. The main design material is the glue-laminated timber GL24h and GL32h. The optimization of chosen parts of the structure has been made and the best option was then used in the detailed structural calculation. The bearing structure consists of circular columns to which the floor beams and roof trusses are connected. The irregular structure of the gallery comprises of three different roof types – flat trafficable roof, double-pitched glass roof formed by pitched cambered trusses and single-pitch roof spanning over the central part of a 20,7 m span. Within the thesis the design and check of the main structure members and connections has been made. The entire structure is pinned and its stiffness is secured by the system of tension rods and rigid floor and roof construction respectively.
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Olbert, Jan. "Železniční most přes místní silnici." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240335.
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The thesis deals with the variant design of the steel structure of single-track railway bridge on the line Tišnov – Nové Město na Moravě. The task is bridging the local road by a bridge structure with one field. Length of the bridge is 40 m.
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Shih, Hoi Wai. "Damage assessment in structures using vibration characteristics." Queensland University of Technology, 2009. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/30319/.
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Changes in load characteristics, deterioration with age, environmental influences and random actions may cause local or global damage in structures, especially in bridges, which are designed for long life spans. Continuous health monitoring of structures will enable the early identification of distress and allow appropriate retrofitting in order to avoid failure or collapse of the structures. In recent times, structural health monitoring (SHM) has attracted much attention in both research and development. Local and global methods of damage assessment using the monitored information are an integral part of SHM techniques. In the local case, the assessment of the state of a structure is done either by direct visual inspection or using experimental techniques such as acoustic emission, ultrasonic, magnetic particle inspection, radiography and eddy current. A characteristic of all these techniques is that their application requires a prior localization of the damaged zones. The limitations of the local methodologies can be overcome by using vibration-based methods, which give a global damage assessment. The vibration-based damage detection methods use measured changes in dynamic characteristics to evaluate changes in physical properties that may indicate structural damage or degradation. The basic idea is that modal parameters (notably frequencies, mode shapes, and modal damping) are functions of the physical properties of the structure (mass, damping, and stiffness). Changes in the physical properties will therefore cause changes in the modal properties. Any reduction in structural stiffness and increase in damping in the structure may indicate structural damage. This research uses the variations in vibration parameters to develop a multi-criteria method for damage assessment. It incorporates the changes in natural frequencies, modal flexibility and modal strain energy to locate damage in the main load bearing elements in bridge structures such as beams, slabs and trusses and simple bridges involving these elements. Dynamic computer simulation techniques are used to develop and apply the multi-criteria procedure under different damage scenarios. The effectiveness of the procedure is demonstrated through numerical examples. Results show that the proposed method incorporating modal flexibility and modal strain energy changes is competent in damage assessment in the structures treated herein.
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Ganglbauer, Tereza. "Nosná ocelová konstrukce železničního mostu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-371925.
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The master thesis focuses on the design of a Load-carrying steel structure of railway bridge with bottom steel deck of the span of 28 + 45 + 23 m. The bridge is situated in the municipality of Třebestovice. Four variants of solution have been calculated. Two variants are made by plate main beams of variable profile, the next alternative was made by truss structure and the fourth variant consist of a combination of plate main beams with truss stiffener in the middle span. The most optimal solution was processed in detail. The calculations were done in compliance with valid ČSN EN norms.
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Navrátil, Petr. "Objekt pro sportovní účely." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226045.
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The theme of this diploma thesis is design and check load-carrying steel structure of building for sport purposes in two variants. Building is situated in Holešov town. Primary emphasis is placed on purpose of this building and on her integration to the given locality. The steel structure is created by two objels, main (hall) and side part (admin. part). Both of this building have common east wall. Plan dimension of hall part is 40 on 40m and the highest point of this part is 15,9m height above ground. Admin. part is greated like frame with columns in 8x8m grid and 8m height. Overall height of this part is 8m. For analisys of internal forces was constructed spatial bar model which was used for an optimization of partial bars for both limit states. The cladding will be made by system of Kingspan panels.
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Lupač, Zbyněk. "Obchodní a administrativní centrum." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226057.
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The diploma thesis deals with the structure design of steel frame of a storeyed building housing a shopping and administration centre in the area near Rokycany. The building consists of a truss cylinder tower structure with 11.165 m in diameter, nine storeys and the height of 33.3 m, connected to a rectangle part by means of a steel bridge structure 3.6 m long. The frame of the rectangular part, 26.8 m wide and 45 metres long, has three altitude levels with flat roofs, suitable and non-suitable for walking. The interior of the building is divided into two parts, connected at the outskirts, by a covered atrium. The design height is 3.7 m. The structure is designed of steel S235. The thesis contains the technical report, static calculation, outputs of a program, the record of the material and design documentation. Two versions were considered; the more convenient one is further processed.
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Patočka, Bronislav. "Penzion Skalka-stavebně technologický projekt." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227061.
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This master´s thesis solves the building and technological project of a new guest house building in the village Skalka u Prostějova. It is a detached building made of brick masonry. The project contains the building of guest house and gabion retaining wall with parking place. Thesis is comprised of, inter alia, technological sketch of the main phases of building, time and financial plan, site facilities project, machinery proposal, budgets, technological rules and inspection and test plan.
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Machač, Matěj. "Sportovní centrum." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-239982.
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The objective of this thesis is to create the documentation for building construction.Designed building is a sports center, which is used for playing tennis. The project is located in the cadastral Holostřevy, a small village near the town of Plzen. Construction will be visible from the highway D5, which is widely used by German, Austrian and Czech drivers and her attendance and payback will be more effectiv. And the architectural appearance shoud be also contribute. Project documentation has been prepared in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards. The building is functionally, operationally and structurally divided into two parts. The first part is called "zázemí" (background). It is the skeleton construction of reinforced concrete with cross reinforced the plate. Packing construction is only between the base and the ceiling and itsn't supporting. In the "zázemí" there are dressing rooms, sanitary facilities, but also a café. The second part is a "hala" (hall). It only serves to playing tennis. The supporting construction is a lamellar wood trusses and central column in "zázemí" supporting it. It is interesting that on the 2nd floor which serves as a grandstand, are formed two parts, one of which serves as an auditorium for interior court and the other as an auditorium for exterior court.
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Adamec, Jan. "Penzion Pastvina." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-391919.
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The aim of the final thesis is design of boarding house and horse stables. The boarding house has two floors, partial basement and exploited attic. The building is designed as rectangle and will serve as support area for guests´accommodation. The building has saddle roof. The main material of vertical and horizontal structures is cast-in-place concrete using formwok VELOX. The second building is horse stables. The building has two floors, partial basement and partial exploited attic for storing fodder. The L-shaped building will serve as stable for eleven horses, storage of fodder and garage for agricultural equipment. The building has saddle roof with truss girders. The main material of vertical and horizontal structures is cast-in-place concrete using formwok VELOX. These buildings are designed on slightly sloping terrain from east to west.
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Habartová, Lucie. "Multifunkční objekt." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-371914.
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The diploma thesis deals with design documentation multifuncional object in Uherský Brod. The building consists of two parts. First part has five floors and saddle roof with an angle of 12°, second part has three floors and green roof. In the basement are car parking and storages. In the first floor is a pharmacy, restaurant, shop and hairdresser´s. In the second floor is located fitness center and four flats. In the third and fourth floors are nine flats. The structural system of building is reinforced concrete frame. The project was processed by a computer program ArchiCAD.