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Lufinka, Aleš, and Jaroslav Votoček. "Measuring Device for the Cutting Parameters Monitoring during Drilling." Applied Mechanics and Materials 827 (February 2016): 15–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.827.15.
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A drilling process quality and a drill life depend on the cutting conditions optimal setting. Research in the area of cutting fluid composition and drilling tools parameters for nonstandard material setting is performed at Technical university of Liberec. Real drilling parameters monitoring is essential during this research. Axial force and torque are two basic parameters describing this process. The measuring device for these parameters monitoring which was built at Technical university of Liberec is described in this paper.
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Dubová, Markéta, and Miloš Hernych. "Children’s university - a way to convince children to study science and technologies / Uniwersytet dziecięcy - droga przekonywania dzieci do studiowania nauk ścisłych i technologii." Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology 18, no. 1-2 (December 1, 2013): 7–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2013-0013.
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Abstract Technical University of Liberec implemented programs to attract pupils, high school students and first-year university students for study of technical and scientific disciplines. The first program is called “Children’s university” with the aim to convince elementary school pupils and secondary schools student. Children attend practical lectures and solve basic scientific tasks including work with real scientific equipment. They got exams for their activities and when passing all prescribed “lectures” they got a “diploma”. In addition to university examinations the Children’s University offers many different leisure activities, eg Open University, Walk for science and technology, Scientific cafes, Saturdays with technology. The main objective of the Children’s University is to catch talented individuals early and awaken their interest in university studies of technical and scientific disciplines in order to better direct their future professional orientation towards sectors with high added value, which the labour market has a long-term interest in. The second program, entitled “Scientific incubator”, is a follow-up programme to catch talented first-years university students for technical and scientific disciplines.
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Dubová, Markéta, and Miloš Hernych. "Raising Interest in the Study of Science and Technology at the Technical University of Liberec." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 106 (December 2013): 2189–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.249.
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Bĕhálek, Luboš. "Differential Scanning Calorimetry as a Tool for Quality Testing of Plastics." Key Engineering Materials 669 (October 2015): 485–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.669.485.
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Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is the most frequently used method from thermal analysis to characterize plastics and which can be applied not only in the R&D but also in the industrial praxis as input and output control. This paper deals with the most important DSC application which arises from results of applied and contractual research at Technical university of Liberec. In the paper are introduced examples of its utilization for plastics identification and characterization, for analysis influence of plastics processing process parameters on their quality, to describe crystallization kinetics and so on.
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Jandura, Pavel, and Martin Bukvic. "Lightweight Battery Electric Vehicle for Educational Purposes." Applied Mechanics and Materials 390 (August 2013): 281–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.390.281.
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Introducing the concept of Battery Electric Vehicle developed at the Technical University of Liberec, intended for test and educational purposes. It is a lightweight four wheeled vehicle with an open frame primarily designed for ease of access to all major vehicle components. For the main structural elements of the vehicle frame was chosen modular system of extruded aluminum profiles. The vehicle power unit consists of BLDC motor paired with multi-speed manual transmission. Traction battery with regard for the electrical safety consists of 17s LFP cells only, resulting in a nominal voltage of 55 VDC (63 VDC fully charged). Total amount of energy stored in the traction battery is 10.8 kWh.
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Vlčková, Irena. "Profit in profession – the joint project of the Technical university of Liberec and Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau for the development of intercultural competences in teaching german language." ACC Journal 23, no. 3 (December 31, 2017): 255–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.15240/tul/004/2017-3-023.
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Klicmanová, Iveta, and Michal Havrlík. "The Influence of Technology on the Quality Nanotextile." Key Engineering Materials 714 (September 2016): 152–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.714.152.
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Polymer-based nanotextiles are produced by electrostatic spinning. Nanospider technology developed by Prof. Jirsák at Technical University in Liberec also uses electrospinning. This technology has been modified over time. The aim of this paper is to compare two modifications of this technology and determine which one is more suitable for the production of nanotextiles for civil engineering applications. The comparison was performed using images from scanning electron microscope and measurements of weight per square meter of the fabrics. For the civil engineering applications it is important for the fabric to be as homogeneous at macroscale as possible, so that properties of different parts of the fabric are approximately equal. We have found that modification of Nanospider technology using rotating roller provides better results than a modification which involves a movable slider.
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Simon, S. Prof, S. Wichmann, and A. Brill. "Energieeffizienz beim Spanen/Energy efficiency at machining - Investigations about the influence of minimun quantity lubrication (MQL) at final cutting." wt Werkstattstechnik online 107, no. 05 (2017): 352–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.37544/1436-4980-2017-05-48.
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Von der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität (BTU) sind in Zusammenarbeit mit der TU Liberec Untersuchungen zur Verbesserung der Energieeffizienz an spanenden Werkzeugmaschinen durchgeführt worden. Im Gegensatz zu bereits durchgeführten Untersuchungen wurde der Fokus hier auf das Belastungsverhalten im Teillastbereich gerichtet. Die durchgeführten Untersuchungen beschränkten sich auf das Längsdrehen mit geringen Schnitttiefen. Als Werkstoffe kamen ein Baustahl und ein Vergütungsstahl zum Einsatz. Durch die Bestimmung der Leerlaufleistung der verwendeten Drehmaschine waren tatsächliche Aussagen über die Schnittleistung möglich. Für das Ermitteln des Wirkungsgrades wurden auch die Schnittleistungen bei verschiedenen Drehzahlen aufgenommen. Alle weiteren Spanungsbedingungen blieben für die Untersuchungen konstant. Im Ergebnis der Untersuchung bestätigte sich das Potenzial der Minimalmengenschmierung. Der Wirkungsgrad verbesserte sich durchschnittlich um 5 %. Beachtenswert ist der Einfluss des Einstellwinkels. Hier liegt das Optimierungspotenzial der Energieeffizienz in Summe bei 14 %. Die Untersuchungen ergaben weiterhin eine hohe Korrelation von Spanungsbedingungen, Werkstückwerkstoff und verwendetem Schmiermittel. The Brandenburg University of Technology has carried out investigations in cooperation with the technical University of Liberec to improve the energy efficiency of cutting machine tools. In contrast to investigations already carried out, the focus here was on the loading behavior in the partial load range. The investigations carried out were limited to longitudinal turning with low cutting depths. A structural steel and a tempering steel were used as materials. By determining the no-load power of the used lathe, actual statements about the cutting performance were possible. For the determination of the efficiency, the cutting performance was recorded at different speeds. All further stress conditions remained constant for the investigations. As a result of the investigation, the potential of minimum quantity lubrication was confirmed. The efficiency improved by an average of 5 %. The influence of the angle of setting was remarkable. The optimization potential of energy efficiency was at 14 %. The investigations also revealed a high correlation between stress conditions, workpiece material and lubricant used.
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Jersák, J., and S. Simon. "Influence of Cooling Lubricants on the Surface Roughness and Energy Efficiency of the Cutting Machine Tools." International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering 22, no. 3 (August 1, 2017): 779–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijame-2017-0050.
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Abstract The Technical University of Liberec and Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg investigated the influence of cooling lubricants on the surface roughness and energy efficiency of cutting machine tools. After summarizing the achieved experimental results, the authors conclude that cooling lubricants extensively influence the cutting temperature, cutting forces and energy consumption. Also, it is recognizable that cooling lubricants affect the cutting tools lifetime and the workpiece surface quality as well. Furthermore, costs of these cooling lubricants and the related environmental burden need to be considered. A current trend is to reduce the amount of lubricants that are used, e.g., when the Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) technique is applied. The lubricant or process liquid is thereby transported by the compressed air in the form of an aerosol to the contact area between the tool and workpiece. The cutting process was monitored during testing by the three following techniques: lubricant-free cutting, cutting with the use of a lubricant with the MQL technique, and only utilizing finish-turning and finish-face milling. The research allowed the authors to monitor the cutting power and mark the achieved surface quality in relation to the electrical power consumption of the cutting machine. In conclusions, the coherence between energy efficiency of the cutting machine and the workpiece surface quality regarding the used cooling lubricant is described.
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Havrlík, Michal, and Iveta Klicmanová. "Structural Studies of Nanofiber Membranes." Key Engineering Materials 714 (September 2016): 137–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.714.137.
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Recently, the modeling of physical properties of nanofiber textiles has attracted a lot of attention. Since standard macroscopic models cannot satisfactorily explain the observed properties of such materials, it is necessary to develop models based on the knowledge of exact microscopic structure of nanotextiles. In this paper, we study the microscopic structure of two types of polymer membranes, made of PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) and PUR (polyurethane). The membranes were bought from Technical University of Liberec, where they have been were produced on NanospiderTM - NS 4S1000U setup. The samples were produced at various speeds of substrate (10, 25 and 50 mm/min). By the gravimetric analysis we have found the linear dependence of grammage (mass per square meter) on inversed speed of substrate. The nanofiber structure was observed by electron scanning microscope (SEM) Tescan Maia 3. Subsequently cross sections of the sample were obtained by various methods. The thickness and internal structure of the membrane was determined from these cross sections. It was found that the internal structure is very similar to the surface structure. Based on these observations we have determined parameters important for development of a 3D model of the nanofiber network.
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Čížek, Jan, Petr Cvejn, Jaromír Marek, and David Tvrzník. "Desalination Performance Assessment of Scalable, Multi-Stack Ready Shock Electrodialysis Unit Utilizing Anion-Exchange Membranes." Membranes 10, no. 11 (November 17, 2020): 347. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes10110347.
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Incumbent electromembrane separation processes, including electrodialysis (ED) and electrodeionization (EDI), provide competitive techniques for desalination, selective separation, and unique solutions for ultra-pure water production. However, most of these common electrochemical systems are limited by concentration polarization and the necessity for multistep raw water pre-treatment. Shock electrodialysis (SED) utilizes overlimiting current to produce fresh, deionized water in a single step process by extending ion depleted zones that propagate through a porous medium as a sharp concentration gradient or a shock wave. So far, SED has been demonstrated on small scale laboratory units using cation-exchange membranes. In this work, we present a scalable and multi-stack ready unit with a large, 5000 mm2 membrane active area designed and constructed at the Technical University of Liberec in cooperation with MemBrain s.r.o. and Mega a.s. companies (Czechia). We report more than 99% salt rejection using anion-exchange membranes, depending on a dimensionless parameter that scales the constant applied current by the limiting current. It is shown that these parameters are most probably associated with pore size and porous media chemistry. Further design changes need to be done to the separator, the porous medium, and other functional elements to improve the functionality and energy efficiency.
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Havelka, Antonin, Viera Glombikova, Zdenek Kus, and Michal Chotebor. "The thermal insulation properties of hightech sportswear fillings." International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology 27, no. 4 (August 3, 2015): 549–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcst-03-2014-0038.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to deal with performance verification of thermal insulation fillings that are used for outer clothes into cold environments. Thermal properties of filling materials (down and three sophisticated fillings) were tested under condition approaching real weather conditions in Middle Europe. Design/methodology/approach – In the paper, modern method of thermal resistance Rct measurement, by Sweating Guarded-Hotplate system, was compared with method of Technical University of Liberec (TUL method). The TUL method shows good results and it is applicable even at ambient temperatures below zero, which fully corresponds to real application of the insulation filling. Findings – Evaluation of fibre battings were carried out even at temperatures below the freezing point, which is important for simulation of actual application of these filling structures. The highest thermal resistance of goose down confirm that natural materials have their irreplaceable position, especially in application into clothes for extreme conditions. Research limitations/implications – There does not include effect of the humidity change on thermal insulation properties. It will be subject of further research of authors. Originality/value – The investigation of thermal insulation properties were carried out under conditions approaching real application of tested materials, namely, at low ambient temperature.
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Svermova, Pavla, Alena Kabova, Olha Starostina, and Marketa Pankova. "Human Resources and R&D at the Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation (TUL)." Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology 25, no. 1-2 (December 1, 2020): 57–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2020-0003.
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Abstract Within the next few years, Europe’s economic paradigm will change fundamentally. Its manufacturing base will continue to shrink, and therefore future growth and social welfare will rely increasingly on knowledge-intensive industries and services, and ever more jobs will require a higher education qualification. Human resources are a core determinant of quality in higher education and research. Universities must therefore work to enhance their human potential, both qualitatively and quantitatively, by attracting, developing and keeping talent in teaching/research careers. Excellence may only emerge from a favourable professional environment based in particular on open, transparent and competitive procedures. Research and development (R&D) has proven to be a crucial factor in shifting the world’s technological frontiers, while at the same time facilitating new technological and scientific innovations. This paper will focus on R&D at the Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation at the Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic. After a description of a literary search in the introduction, the specific real situation at this institute is mentioned, i.e. the number of submitted and solved national and international projects, statistics on research and development sources, and of course human resources at the institute. In the conclusion, the reader will be able to get a picture of how to increase the institute competitiveness in international collaboration.
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Militky, Jiri, Ondrej Novak, Dana Kremenakova, Jakub Wiener, Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Guocheng Zhu, Juming Yao, and Arun Aneja. "A Review of Impact of Textile Research on Protective Face Masks." Materials 14, no. 8 (April 13, 2021): 1937. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14081937.
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COVID-19, classified as SARS-CoV-2, is causing an ongoing global pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in the loss of lives and has caused economic hardships. Most of the devices used to protect against the transmission of the novel COVID-19 disease are related to textile structures. Hence, the challenge for textile professionals is to design and develop suitable textile structures with multiple functionalities for capturing viruses, passivating them, and, at the same time, having no adverse effects on humans during the complete period of use. In addition to manufacturing efficient, biocompatible, and cost-effective protective face masks, it is also necessary to inform the public about the benefits and risks of protective face mask materials. The purpose of this article is to address the concerns of efficiency and efficacy of face masks by primarily reviewing the literature of research conducted at the Technical University of Liberec. The main focus is on the presentation of problems related to the specification of aims of face mask applications, mechanisms of capture, durability, and modes of sterilization. The recommendations, instead of conclusions, are addressed to the whole textile society because they should be leading players in the design, creation, and proper treatment of face masks due to their familiarity with the complex behavior of textile structures and targeted changes of structural hierarchy starting from polymeric chains (nano-level) and ending in planar textile structures (millimeter level) due to action by mechanical, physical and chemical fields. This becomes extremely critical to saving hundreds of thousands of lives from COVID-19.
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Dohnálek, Pavel, Jaromír Jirkovský, Tereza Sázavská, Jan Šubrt, Václav Pumpr, Hana Bíbová, Michaela Jakubíčková, and Martin Puzstai. "Development of Innovative Photoactive Admixtures for Concrete and Cement-Based Plaster Finishes, to Create Self-Cleaning Surfaces." Solid State Phenomena 309 (August 2020): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ssp.309.14.
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This article presents research and development on innovative photoactive admixtures for concrete and cement-based plasters for the finishing of concrete surfaces. The goal is to provide the resulting surfaces of these newly developed materials with a self-cleaning ability stemming from photocatalytic reaction during exposure to UV radiation. This research and development is currently underway as part of a project supported by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the TRIO programme; and in cooperation with BETOSAN s.r.o., the Technical University of Liberec, the Institute of Inorganic chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The first type of material under development is a photocatalytically active admixture in powder form, allowing the preparation of concrete surfaces with photocatalytic properties. The second type of material under development is a photocatalytically active cement-based plaster, intended primarily for application to a concrete substrate. The preparation of two or more final versions is to be expected for both types of materials. In the case of the plaster this includes the preparation of two colour variants, specifically white and grey. For the powdered cement admixture we expect the preparation of various types based on their application. This could mean different types of admixtures mixed throughout the entire volume of the concrete or only in the surface layer of the concrete. We envisage exterior applications on the self-cleaning outer shell of buildings, as well as treatment of the surface layer of various structures such as bridges, noise barriers, traffic barriers and tunnels. The materials created could also be used in interiors under specific conditions, with anticipated uses in the health care and food processing industries.
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Maltsev, Konstantin, Artem Alaverdyan, and Anni Maltseva. "National and State Classical University in a Globalizing Modernity." E3S Web of Conferences 295 (2021): 05004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202129505004.
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The classical “university of reason”, the idea of which is defined in German classical philosophy and German romanticism as “preparation for knowledge”, and “mission” - as “the formation of goodwill”, i.e. the education of a citizen, has lost its foundation in modernity: the essential unity of culture, the nation, the state, and the university is removed and the named “elements” of this unity in modern reality, presented in the liberal version of the economic paradigm, mean something else: the article indicates their new meaning, and as such are no longer connected. The thing that has replaced the “university of reason” in modernity has other tasks: to guarantee globalization by producing technical, i.e. directly useful and standardized knowledge, and to participate in the formation of human capital. The products produced by the university are offered on the global market as a competitively priced commodity; the name “university” is still kept as a “technical term” to denote a “bureaucratically and commercially oriented corporation”. (B. Ridings). At the same time, a unified educational space as one of the areas of the global order needs the formation of a cosmopolitan worldview - the structure, the content of educational programs, the form of organization of the modern university-corporation (as now - “multicultural reality”) are aimed at fulfilling such a definite task. The concept of “sustainable development” and its stated agenda, by defining educational goals, represents a way of ’politicizing’ (W. Beck), which aims to limit total market logic and balance necessary inequalities to ensure the unity of the global order; the article asks what this means for a university that has lost its essential identity and is embedded in a global network.
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Frank, Kristyn, and David Walters. "Exploring the alignment between postsecondary education programs and earnings: An examination of 2005 Ontario graduates." Canadian Journal of Higher Education 42, no. 3 (December 31, 2012): 93–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v42i3.1866.
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This study examines the influence that field of study and level of post-secondary education have on the earnings of recent graduates in Ontario. Graduates of trades, community college, and university programs are compared. Results suggest that graduates of applied and technical programs obtain higher earnings within two years of graduation than graduates of liberal arts programs. University graduates also fare better than college and trades graduates, whereas male graduates of trades programs are found to obtain higher earnings than college graduates. This study provides updated information for policy officials involved with allocating government funding to post-secondary education in Ontario.
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Murphy, John M. "The language of the liberal consensus: John F. Kennedy, technical reason, and the “new economics” at Yale University." Quarterly Journal of Speech 90, no. 2 (May 2004): 133–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0033563042000227418.
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Sjursen, Harold P. "The Integration Of Engineering And Business Education In A Global-Network University." Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education 1, no. 1 (August 15, 2014): 149–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cplbu-2014-0032.
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AbstractNew York University characterizes itself as a global-network university. It currently offers (or soon will) engineering and business/management curricula leading to baccalaureate degrees on campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi and Shanghai. The programs are designed to be interoperable, i.e., students (and faculty) can move from campus to campus while staying on track in their particular course of study. This objective of interoperability raises interesting issues regarding the internationalization of engineering and technical education. Additionally, at Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, the engineering and business management programs are tightly integrated with classical, western liberal arts education. This paper will explore the variety of educational and philosophical issues of this approach. The paper will offer a favourable assessment of the approach while acknowledging the profound challenges it entails.
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Duke, Chris. "Trapped in a Local History: Why Did Extramural Fail to Engage in the Era of Engagement?" Journal of Adult and Continuing Education 14, no. 2 (November 2008): 213–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.7227/jace.14.2.8.
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Extramural liberal adult education (LAE), as conceived in the particular UK tradition, was doomed by its high-minded origins and its privileged status, and contributed little to the new concepts of éducation permanente, lifelong learning, the knowledge society, the learning society and region, or to the new understandings of university engagement and regional development becoming prominent with the new millennium. The recent introduction of equivalent or lower qualifications (ELQs) is likely to bring about the complete demise of the tradition. Meanwhile ‘the university’ grows and changes in diverse and important ways and directions little informed by the commendable and abiding purposes for which extramural LAE was founded, although this might benefit from the socially informed liberal perspectives of and the facilitation skills honed in extra-mural departments (EMDs). University engagement in regional development has become unbalanced towards the (neo) liberal economic and the technical/skills agenda. Universities as well as regions are the poorer as a result. As the world experiences new forms and intensities of economic, environmental, geopolitical and cultural crisis, rebalancing in favour of a wider civic mission becomes the more urgent.
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Vojtisek-Lom, Michal, Alessandro A. Zardini, Martin Pechout, Lubos Dittrich, Fausto Forni, François Montigny, Massimo Carriero, Barouch Giechaskiel, and Giorgio Martini. "A miniature Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS) for real-driving monitoring of motorcycles." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13, no. 11 (November 4, 2020): 5827–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5827-2020.
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Abstract. We present an exploratory study carried out with a new miniature portable emission measurement system (Mini-PEMS) specifically designed at the Technical University of Liberec (CZ) for applications on two-wheeler vehicles owing to its reduced size (45cm×30×20cm) and weight (≈15 kg). It measures the exhaust gas concentrations of hydrocarbons and carbon mono- and dioxide with a nondispersive infrared method and nitrogen mono- and dioxides and oxygen using an electrochemical cell. In addition, the instrument acquires the engine speed, manifold absolute pressure, inlet and exhaust gas temperature, geo-localization, and vehicle speed. The exhaust mass flow rate is calculated from engine and emission data. The Mini-PEMS was validated on three two-wheelers (one moped and two motorcycles) against laboratory-grade instrumentation in the Vehicle Emissions Laboratory of the European Commission in terms of measured concentrations, exhaust flow, fuel consumption, and mass emission of pollutants. The mean absolute deviations of gas concentrations were 8 % for HC, 8 % for CO, 13 % for NOx, and 2 % for CO2, while the mass emissions (which include the exhaust flow determination uncertainty) were 7 % for HC, 7 % for CO, 9 % for NOx, and 5 % for CO2. An agreement of 2 % was achieved between the fuel consumption measured in the laboratory and calculated by the Mini-PEMS. As an application, the instrument was tested on board the vehicles during on-road trips. The emissions measured on the road were consistent among repeated runs, with differences between laboratory and on-road tests much larger than those between the Mini-PEMS and laboratory. We found similar or larger HC and NOx real-driving emissions and larger CO emissions from motorcycles and smaller ones for the moped. Considering its size and weight, the Mini-PEMS proved to be an efficient tool for vehicle monitoring, research and development and could be tested for in-service monitoring applications related to carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides emissions. A tentative approach to characterize particulate mass and particle number was presented and compared to the existing filter method and nonvolatile particle number protocol.
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Dohnálek, Pavel, Jaromír Jirkovský, Tereza Sázavská, Jan Šubrt, Václav Pumpr, Hana Bíbová, Michaela Jakubičková, and Martin Pusztai. "The Development of Photoactive Admixtures for Concrete and Cement-Based Plaster Finishes, to Create Self-Cleaning Surfaces." Advances in Science and Technology 108 (July 27, 2021): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ast.108.1.
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This article presents research and development on innovative photoactive admixtures for concrete and cement-based plasters for the finishing of concrete surfaces finished this year. The goal of the development was to provide the resulting surfaces of these newly developed materials with a self-cleaning ability stemming from photocatalytic reaction during exposure to UV radiation. The specific function of all these products is based on the photocatalytic oxidative mineralization of all organic structures present on the surface, i.e., their gradual transformation into the final simple inorganic compounds, which are carbon dioxide, water and the corresponding mineral acids. This research and development was carried out as part of a project supported by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the TRIO programme; and in cooperation of BETOSAN s.r.o., the Technical University of Liberec, the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The first type of developed material is a photocatalytically active admixture in powder form, allowing the preparation of concrete surfaces with photocatalytic properties. The second type of developed material is a photocatalytically active cement-based plaster, intended primarily for application to a concrete substrate. Two final versions of both materials were developed. In the case of the plaster this means preparation of two colour variants, specifically white and grey. For the powder concrete admixture two types with different application procedures were developed. This means one version of admixture mixed throughout the entire volume of the concrete and second variant applied only in the surface layer of the concrete. We anticipate mainly exterior applications on the self-cleaning outer shell of buildings, as well as treatment of the surface layer of various structures such as bridges, noise barriers, traffic barriers and tunnels. The developed materials can also be used in interiors under specific conditions, with anticipated uses in the health care and food processing industries.
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Albański, Łukasz. "HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE GROWTH OF MENIAL JOBS." Problems of Education in the 21st Century 70, no. 1 (April 25, 2016): 8–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/pec/16.70.08.
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Young people are confronting a world in which they may not achieve economic strides their parents did. Almost all will have been awarded university degree, worth far less (in the terms and conditions of their employment) than that of their parents, if they themselves graduated from university. In the article the author discusses the relationship between higher education and stratification. The concepts of meritocracy and credentialism are considered and a particular attention is paid to an equal/unequal access to education dilemma. Discussed is why a liberal arts education is losing ground and why it is being made a scapegoat for graduate unemployment. Does the nightmare of Weber’s “iron cage of rationalization” come true and is the contemporary university in the service of an economic order with all the related technical requirements of machine production? In the second part of the article the role of meritocratic discourse and educational credential inflation is considered as well as the growth of menial jobs for young people as a case in Poland. Key words: education at post-secondary level, liberal arts, youth unemployment, inequality, Poland.
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Maltsev, Konstantin, Larisa Binkovskaya, and Anni Maltseva. "Representing “University Education” in the Horizon of the Concept of Sustainable Development and Security Discourse." E3S Web of Conferences 295 (2021): 05003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202129505003.
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The relevance of linking the concept of sustainable development and the security discourse reveals the possibility of believing that education is a prerequisite for ensuring that “sustainable development” goals become a reality. The university has a twofold task: first, to produce knowledge that meets the demands of our time, i.e. technical knowledge, and second, to form human capital, to train specialists capable of the practical application of instrumental knowledge. The initial orientation of the concept of “sustainable development” towards a global perspective: the representation of reality in an economic paradigm, i.e., totally determined by the “logic of capital”, “monocausal economic logic”, determines the criteria by which the quality of human capital, its price, and efficiency of production of a standardized product are evaluated, the production of which is undertaken by the university-corporation that has replaced the classical “university of reason”, whose ontic foundations - the “Hegelian science”, the romantic “education of humanity” - are no longer valid in what is called modernity. The article demonstrates how modernity, constituted concerning a certain self-representation of the New European subject and presented in the liberal economic paradigm, predetermines both the goal-setting in determined by its representation of the development and the content and methods of the reform of the university. It is concluded that “sustainable development”, “security” and “university-corporation” are essentially connected with the representation of reality in the liberal version of the economic paradigm.
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Jeffers, James S. "Envisioning a Christian Liberal Arts Education." Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 14, no. 1 (2002): 141–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jis2002141/27.
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Increasing specialization and the fragmentation of knowledge have become the hallmarks of contemporary higher education. The general education or core curriculum at American colleges and universities has gradually also lost its useful original purpose to help each student become an educated person with a clear set of beliefs and values, a citizen capable of leading a moral, compassionate, and committed life. Christian hitter education has followed this general trend, despite the fact that most Christian colleges and universities have a core identity which they want to pass on to their students. The Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University offers a way for Protestant Christian colleges to revitalize their liberal arts education. Its curriculum uses the Great Books of the West to combine the study of theology and the Bible with the study of the humanities and social sciences. Its pedagogy uses elements of active learning as well as mentoring and technical innovations, to enhance the classroom experience.
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Thirgood, J. V. "Present Realities and Future Possibilities for Forestry Education." Forestry Chronicle 64, no. 5 (October 1, 1988): 434–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc64434-5.
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At present, forestry education at Canadian universities concentrates heavily on the technical, industrial and scientific aspects of forestry. If the profession is to retain its permanent position in managing Canada's forest lands, it must be able to communicate with the public and politicians and respond to their demands. This means providing a broader education to enable foresters to plan for human needs. One approach would be to offer a blend of professional, scientific and liberal education, at the upper division and graduate levels of university along the lines of those at the forestry schools at Yale and Syracuse
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Wiek, James L. "The Business Leadership Program at Puget Sound, USA." Industry and Higher Education 6, no. 2 (June 1992): 93–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229200600206.
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The Business Leadership Program at the University of Puget Sound aims for excellence both in the technical areas of business and in the analytical skills gained through broad exposure to the liberal arts. Designed to provide high-quality business managers for the future workforce, the Program ensures that students learn about and experience the world of business in a number of ways. Guest speakers appear on campus to discuss topics related to leadership and business management. Each student is involved with a business executive who acts as a corporate mentor. The student also completes an internship which is designed to round out the classroom education through experience of the daily workings of an organization. James Wiek describes the establishment and development of the Business Leadership Program and details the ways in which the university is able to interact with business organizations in achieving the Program's objectives.
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Robbins, R. Robert. "Teaching 7000 Students Per Year." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 105 (1990): 76–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100086450.
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The undergraduate program at the University of Texas has grown into the largest astronomy teaching program in the world, with some 7000 students per year (almost 20,000 credit hours). The department has 22.5 Ph.D.-level teaching faculty, about 45 graduate students, and about 40 pre-professional undergraduate majors. But most of the enrollment is in courses that satisfy the science requirements of students in liberal arts and non-technical majors. In 1985–86, 96.4 per cent of our undergraduate credit hours taught were in such classes. It is instructive to examine the historical reasons for our growth and its educational consequences, and to draw some conclusions from both for other programs.
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ČERVOVÁ, LENKA, and KAROLINA PAVLŮ. "CUSTOMER-BASED BRAND EQUITY OF A TOURISM DESTINATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE LIBEREC REGION." AD ALTA: 08/02 8, no. 2 (December 31, 2018): 32–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.33543/08023236.
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The aim of this contribution is to explore the demand-side of the tourism destination and to investigate whether the destination brand could be evaluated by the model of customer-based brand equity for a tourism destination (CBBETD). The presented study is focused on the Liberec Region as a destination. The data was gathered by the means of the structured questionnaire and exploratory factor analyses were run to test and reduce the items within the sub-dimensions of CBBETD. It was found that CBBETD for the Liberec Region consists of four sub-dimensions - awareness, image that includes four factors (outdoor, technical attractions, entertainment and non-traditional recreation), perceived quality including two factors (cleanliness and services) and loyalty.
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Piyanuch Sawatyothin, Montchatry Ketmuni,. "Entrepreneurs’ Attitude toward English Proficiency of Interns of Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi." Psychology and Education Journal 58, no. 1 (January 29, 2021): 1478–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i1.932.
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This research was funded by Faculty of Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT). The purposes of this research were to 1) determine entrepreneurs’ attitude toward English proficiency of RMUTT interns in the second semester in academic year 2016, and 2) to study the entrepreneurs’ opinions for improving the content of English language courses. The 400 entrepreneurs participating RMUTT internship were selected by multi-stage sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire (α = 0.94). The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and f-test. Findings of the research revealed that the organizations moderately used English language in workplace and using English in a workplace had no significant difference among types of the organizations. Most organizations did not require English language on recruitment process. According to the entrepreneurs’ opinions, all English skills of RMUTT interns were at a moderate level. The highest of each skill was listening to the supervisors’ instructions with technical terms, speaking English for everyday use, reading emails or business letters, and filling in forms. The entrepreneurs recommended writing email correspondence, filling in forms, and note-taking in English. Speaking with confidence was also suggested as well as more listening and reading practice.
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Abrossimova, Larisa, Marina Bogdanova, and Galina Snezhko. "Classical University Crisis: New Challenges and Prospects of Russian Higher Education." International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education 8, no. 3 (December 20, 2020): 135–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.23947/2334-8496-2020-8-3-135-144.
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The objective of the paper is to discuss the most crucial problem, related to “winding down” of the Russian Liberal Arts education due to its economic inefficiency. The methodology includes the descriptive scientific-research method, which involves the analysis of scientific sources, official provisions, mass-media publications and the students’ questionnaire. The authors came to the following conclusions: 1. The model of education, which is guided by the logic of economic growth, and not by the logic of human development, leads to a general dehumanization of education and society. 2. The process of education “dehumanizing” is manifested in the following destructive trends: pragmatic utility and convenience of gaining knowledge; the dominance of technical knowledge and the transfer of humanitarian disciplines into optional courses; the advance of online education; the imperfection of university lecturers’ ratings and their transformation into a bureaucratic evaluation system; new types of inequality in education. 3. In Russia, the above-mentioned trends are aggravated by the abnormal establishment of market economy; the verticalization of power and the lack of professionalism in university management; social sphere underfunding; the aggressive implementation of the Bologna system. 4. The current crisis in education is accompanied by the large-scale emigration of gifted students and lecturers. The authors recommend to consider the University as a classical “home” of formation, preservation and transfer of culture; online courses should be seen as a new format of teaching aids, as well as a technological tool for retraining and for people with disabilities.
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Fabian, Carole Ann. "Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library." Art Libraries Journal 36, no. 1 (2011): 28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s030747220001676x.
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The Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the world’s great architectural research libraries. In addition to its commitment to maintaining a comprehensive collection of bibliographic and archival materials for architecture, the library, its staff and services directly support academic programs in architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, art history and archaeology, as well as the liberal arts education of undergraduates. The Avery is also home to the Avery index to architectural periodicals. As publisher of this leading abstracting and indexing resource for research in architecture and related topics, the Avery is solely responsible for all editorial, business and technical operations and serves as an authoritative source for the terminology and literature of the field.
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Anderson, Robert. "The Efficient Organisation of Public Intellect: Lyon Playfair and Scottish Education." Scottish Historical Review 98, no. 2 (October 2019): 266–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/shr.2019.0403.
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Lyon Playfair was a champion of scientific and technical education who was professor of chemistry at Edinburgh University before serving as a Liberal M.P., initially for a Scottish university seat, from 1868 to 1892. This article looks mainly at his role in debates on the Education Act of 1872 and the bills which preceded it. Playfair sought to define the democratic traditions of Scottish education, especially emphasising the legacy of John Knox, and to adapt them to the new national system. He idealised the direct connection between parish schools and universities, and the opportunities available to talented boys, using newly available statistics to support his case. He also contributed to the shaping of Scottish secondary education, and to establishing the modern idea of social mobility through educational merit. When the Scottish Office was established in 1885, Playfair opposed the devolution of education and this dissent led him to move to an English seat. His career has a wider interest for the history of Scottish politics in the age of Gladstone.
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Cameron, Fiona, and Conal McCarthy. "Two anthropological assemblages: New Zealand museums, Native policy, and Māori ‘culture areas’ and ‘adaptation’." Museum and Society 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 88–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.29311/mas.v13i1.319.
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In this paper we investigate two anthropological assemblages in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 1920s and 1930s and how each were used in the adjudication of forms of governmental regulation of Māori populations. We explore the radically different agencements and socio-technical arrangements of people, things and ideas that were formulated within these contexts. Henry Devenish Skinner, curator of the Otago Museum and Anthropology lecturer at the University of Otago, Dunedin, formulated his assemblages based on archaeological fieldwork, ethnology and Wissler’s culture area concept. Indigenous anthropologist Peter Buck and his associates the politicians Āpirana Ngata and Māui Pōmare formulated their distinct assemblages for operating on the Māori social according to living performative culture and anthropological fieldwork. Through these contrasting collecting, fieldwork and ordering regimes, different views of Māori as liberal subjects emerged to articulate ways the Indigenous population could enter into the cultural life of the emerging nation. Indigenous agency was ultimately to become of paramount importance in liberal governance.
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Barnes, Michael C., and Michael Keleher. "Ethics in Conflict." Business Communication Quarterly 69, no. 2 (June 2006): 144–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1080569906287958.
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The past two decades have seen an increased emphasis placed on the relationship between communication and ethics, a subject that philosophers have debated for centuries. An analysis of textbooks as disciplinary artifacts reveals that students enrolled in communication courses across the university are often presented with conflicting or contradictory ethics instruction. Commonly, business and technical communication textbooks advocate a foundational approach toward the subject, whereas interpersonal communication textbooks, as taught within the liberal arts, support a nonfoundational view. Rather than bolstering students’ understanding of the importance of ethical communication, such broad-based contradictions might lead to an overall ambivalence toward the subject. A critical pedagogy—one that acknowledges and explores this tacit disciplinary debate on ethics—would provide students a more comprehensive philosophical and historical basis for determining their own perspectives on ethical communication.
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Gipson, Kyle G., and Robert J. Prins. "Semester-Long Team Project Integrating Materials and Mechanics Concepts." International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education 4, no. 3 (July 2015): 56–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijqaete.2015070104.
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The Madison Engineering Department is an undergraduate non-discipline specific engineering program. The program maintains the university-wide liberal arts core and blends engineering science fundamentals with sustainable design to integrate environmental, social, economic, and technical contexts plus systems thinking within the academic experience. Madison Engineering is dedicated to the development of engineering versatilists who can readily integrate knowledge from historically different fields of engineering. In support of this development, several courses within the curriculum integrate topics to provide space for future engineers to not be constrained by disciplinary boundaries but demonstrate the ability to adapt and work across disciplines within team atmospheres. The focus of this paper is on a course project that integrates concepts from the traditional content of stand-alone courses (materials science and mechanics of materials) via a semester long design project in which students must incorporate knowledge of both sets of content.
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Qaisrani, Nasim, Shahid Hussain Mughal, Ghulam Mohuyuddin Solangi, Sumaira Faiz, and Abdul Qadeer Soomro. "Understanding Role of Private Sector in the Development of School Education in Pakistan." International Journal of Learning and Development 1, no. 2 (December 19, 2011): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijld.v1i2.1189.
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AbstractSuccessive governments in Pakistan responded differently to the role of private sector in the educational development of this country. From 1947 till 1971, private sector was very much active in the promotion of education in the country. But it was also criticized on several grounds, some of these allegations include:Low status of TeachersLow academic standardsUnequal distribution of educational facilities among various sections of the society i.e. between male and female and urban and rural areas;More emphasis on liberal arts subjects as compared to scientific and technical programsKeeping in view of these factors, Educational Policy of 1972 recommended the nationalization of private schools and a complete ban was imposed on the establishment of new schools in the private sector. After a period of seven years, the educational policy of 1979 again recommended the establishment of new schools in the private sector. At present, a large number of institutions from primary to university level are working in this country in the private sector.
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Zelený, Petr, Přemysl Pokorný, and Martin Lachman. "Prototype CNC Machine for Laser Cutting of Sheet Metal." Applied Mechanics and Materials 693 (December 2014): 195–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.693.195.
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The research activities of the Department of Manufacturing Systems at TU of Liberec are related to projecting, designing and construction of prototype CNC machines for laser cutting. The result is a prototype device assembled of standard aluminium profiles using the motion control linear actuator with ball screw.The paper presents the design and construction of the prototype machine. The components and their assembly are described below. The implementation of technical parameters and other options outlined the continued development and application of the equipment is also listed below.
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Clauss-Ehlers, Caroline S., and Lynn Pasquerella. "Application of campus instructional support: two case studies." International Journal of Information and Learning Technology 34, no. 4 (August 7, 2017): 338–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijilt-11-2016-0053.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how instructional support is a critical tool to promote the use of technology in research and teaching. A Campus-Wide Collaborative Model of Technological Instructional Support (CCMTIS) is presented that incorporates: integration of technology across campus; technical assistance; allocation of funding for technical assistance; support of faculty teaching style; and teaching that enhances learning through the use of technology. Design/methodology/approach The approach presents two case studies, one a large state research university, and the other a small liberal arts college. Findings Four overlapping themes emerge across the two case studies that demonstrate how: technology can connect classroom learning to career considerations and opportunities; develop writing and communication skills; promote career development through access to job search skills; and encourage professional development among faculty and staff. Research limitations/implications The limitations are that only two specific campus environments are examined. That these are differing environments, however, have implications for the model’s application to diverse campus settings. Practical implications A practical application is that the study demonstrates how the CCMTIS model can be applied to both classroom and campus. This has implications for other universities that may seek to replicate the model on their own campuses. Social implications The social implications indicate how learning occurs through an instructional support model that promotes collaboration. At the same time, ethical considerations related to instructional support are presented. Originality/value The manuscript reflects original work based on case studies that reflect the authors’ experiences.
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Hong, Heekyung. "Development of a Basic Liberal Arts Curriculum Related to Coding to Strengthen Core Competencies －Focusing on Python programming basics." Korean Association of General Education 15, no. 4 (August 31, 2021): 187–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.46392/kjge.2021.15.4.187.
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Today's university education derives the core competencies of future talent. In addition, in order to strengthen these targeted core competencies, teaching and learning methods and educational evaluation methods are being studied through various approaches. Within this trend, the need for performance evaluation is being emphasized more in a curriculum that requires technical, procedural, and experiential knowledge in order that it might be evaluated in connection with core competencies, such as coding education. Also, the need to develop a rubric that can guarantee the reliability of the results as an objective standard to evaluate performance is growing. This study develops a core competency convergence rubric to strengthen the core competency targeted in the coding-related basic liberal arts curriculum. Furthermore, by actually applying this rubric, we hope to closely examine the appropriateness and effectiveness of this developmental tool. The subjects of this study were 59 students who responded to the questionnaire after taking coding-related courses in the first semester of 2021. The questionnaire prepared, distributed, and obtained in the Google questionnaire environment was used as analysis data. As a result of the quantitative questionnaire analysis, we found that the positive perception among the students was high in terms of their improvement of creativity and convergence thinking, which was achieved by linking the curriculum and the core competencies, along with the effectiveness and suitability of the developed rubric. In the qualitative analysis, we found such effects as: “direction guidance”, “performance standard(standard)”, “improvement of task completion”, “excellence of approach”, “self-inspection tool” and “providing psychological satisfaction”.
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ČERNÍK, Jakub, Josef KUNC, and Stanislav MARTINÁT. "TERRITORIAL-TECHNICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF SUCCESSFUL BROWNFIELD REGENERATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE LIBEREC REGION (CZECH REPUBLIC)." Geographia Technica 11, no. 2 (2016): 22–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.21163/gt_2016.112.03.
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Lapčík, Vladimír, and Marta Lapčíková. "Possibilities of energy recovery from municipal waste." GeoScience Engineering 58, no. 4 (December 1, 2012): 49–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10205-011-0023-1.
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Abstract The article summarizes possibilities of energy recovery from municipal waste. It describes the history of incineration and energy recovery from municipal waste in Czechoslovakia and then in the Czech Republic. The attention is paid to the three currently operated plants for energy recovery from municipal waste in the Czech Republic (ZEVO Malešice, SAKO Brno and TERMIZO Liberec). The following are the characteristics of the planned plants for energy recovery from municipal waste in the Czech Republic. All these plants operate essentially based on grate boilers with flue gas treatment at the highest technical level. The article also lists other technologies which can be used for energy recovery from municipal waste - these are gasification and pyrolysis units and plasma technology. The conclusion of this contribution is devoted to the current and future situation in the area of energy recovery from municipal waste in the Czech Republic with regard to the applicable legal standards
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ACM SIGCHI Bulletin staff. "STANFORD UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL REPORTS." ACM SIGCHI Bulletin 23, no. 3 (July 1991): 76–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/126505.1047913.
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McCarthy, Minako. "Does an Upcycling Kimono Practice Support Recycle-Oriented Cultural Sustainability? Japanese College Students’ Perspectives." IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies 6, no. 1 (July 14, 2021): 45–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.6.1.03.
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Kimono (a traditional Japanese garment worn by women) has played an important role in Japanese indigenous cultural origins. Ecological and sustainable ideas have inherently existed in kimono culture within this lifestyle. Since the United Nations announced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the Japanese government has focused on creating healthy spaces with a sustainable direction in mind. However, textile-related product recycling rates were relatively low in Japan at the time. This empirical study used SDGs as a conceptual framework to examine Japanese college students’ perceptions of kimono upcycling practices and challenges. A mixed method was used to analyze the data. An open-ended questionnaire was distributed to college students in June 2019 in Liberal Arts at a national women’s university (n=155). The findings showed that interest in kimono upcycling moderately correlated to those and an interest in western garments upcycling (.578; p<.01). The relationship between these variables was significant (Chi-square: 48.471; p <.001). In the qualitative analysis, a coding method was used to explore common themes of students’ awareness and knowledge of upcycling kimono practices and found four strong themes to be present. The students perceived that upcycled kimono items connected to preserving family memories, whereas others noted upcycled items were used for sustainable resources. Also, three common challenges were found: practicality, technical issues, and people’s awareness. Some students also associated items with Japanese cultural preservation. College students’ attitudes and perceptions towards cultural sustainability engagement could therefore be a crucial mediator during sustainable development drives.
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Kratochwil, Friedrich. "How (Il)liberal is the Liberal Theory of Law? Some Critical Remarks on Slaughter’s Approach." Comparative Sociology 9, no. 1 (2010): 120–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156913210x12535202814478-2.
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This article explores the limits of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s liberal theory of (international) law. Despite her admirable interdisciplinary work, Slaughter falls prey to proposing largely technical solutions based on best practices and buttressed by universal norms. She thereby misses the purpose of law as a source of meaning, not to mention the historicity and content-independent authority of law that can be legitimized only politically. Despite all universality, a closer look reveals that the practices of the US are taken to be best practices which then make them part of an imperial project. They are not a means of mediating between the inevitable cultural, political, and historical tensions that are part of our predicament.
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Jacquerioz Bausch, Frederique A., Olivia Heller, Loséni Bengaly, Béatrice Matthey-Khouity, Pascal Bonnabry, Yakaria Touré, Garrison J. Kervillain, Elhadj Ibrahima Bah, François Chappuis, and Olivier Hagon. "Building Local Capacity in Hand-Rub Solution Production during the 2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak Disaster: The Case of Liberia and Guinea." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 33, no. 6 (November 5, 2018): 660–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x18000985.
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AbstractBackgroundDuring the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the lack of infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in health care facilities amplified human-to-human transmission and contributed to the magnitude of this humanitarian disaster.Case ReportIn the summer of 2014, the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG; Geneva, Switzerland) conducted an IPC assessment and developed a project based on the local needs and their expertise with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Humanitarian Aid Unit (SDC/HA; Bern, Switzerland). The project consisted of building local capacity in the production of alcohol-based hand-rub solution (ABHRS) based on the World Health Organization (WHO; Geneva, Switzerland) formula in non-Ebola health facilities at the peak of the outbreak in Liberia (Fall 2014) and during recovery in Guinea (September 2015) to promote safer care. Twenty-one pharmacists in Liberia and 22 in Guinea were trained and one years’ worth of laboratory equipment, chemical products, containers for personal use, and bioethanol were delivered to 10 hospitals per country with more than 8,000 100 ml bottles of solution produced at the end of the project.DiscussionHand hygiene using hand-rub solution is a critical component of safer care, especially in health care settings lacking runnable water. Throughout the Ebola outbreak, it was a timely moment to promote hand-rub solution and to reinforce IPC measures in non-Ebola health facilities. During the project implementation, a substantial challenge was the unavailability of bioethanol in Liberia and Guinea. In the long run, sustainability of the production can become an issue as it depends heavily on the local government’s financial and political commitment, the capacity to create an on-going demand for hand-rub solution in health facilities, the local purchase and replacement of the materials and chemical products, as well as the availability of continuous local partners’ support.Conclusion:The project demonstrated that it was feasible to build local capacity in ABHRS production during an emergency and in limited-resource settings when materials and training are provided. Future programs in similar contexts should identify and address the factors of sustainability during the implementation phase and provide regular, long-term technical support.Jacquerioz BauschFA, HellerO, BengalyL, Matthey-KhouityB, BonnabryP, TouréY, KervillainGJ, BahEI, ChappuisF, HagonO. Building local capacity in hand-rub solution production during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak disaster: the case of Liberia and Guinea.. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(6):660–667.
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Iacob, Cristina, and Oksana Matsiyevska. "Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia." Revista Romana de Inginerie Civila/Romanian Journal of Civil Engineering 11, no. 3 (August 4, 2020): 328–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37789/rjce.2020.11.3.5.
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Romanovskіy, Olexandr, Svitlana Reznik, and Yulia Chebakova. "TEACHER LEADERSHIP AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY." Advanced Education 6, no. 13 (November 16, 2019): 63–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.148316.
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Bougnol, Marie-Laure, and Jose H. Dulá. "Technical pitfalls in university rankings." Higher Education 69, no. 5 (September 10, 2014): 859–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-014-9809-y.
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Pisareva, S., and Aleksandr Chernih. "Electronic student portfolio technical university." Актуальные направления научных исследований XXI века: теория и практика 3, no. 5 (November 6, 2015): 341–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/14518.
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