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Hermansson, Denise, and Olivia Nilsson. "Capacity and lifetime analysis of pre-stressed slatted floors." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53205.
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This study investigates the mechanical differences between old and newly produced slatted floors through a four-point bending test. To understand to what extent the actual environment has affected the slatted floors, the carbonation depth and corrosion will be examined. The tests showed no mechanical differences between slatted floors which had been in service for a certain amount of years and newly produces ones. Corrosion could be observed on some of the samples but it was not because of the carbonation process. When comparing the calculations of reinforced and pre-stressed concrete slatted floors, the result showed that the pre-stressed floor could carry up to double the load of what the reinforced slatted floor could. The conclusion of this study is, that the pre-stressed slatted floors will certainly hold for at least thirty years and will most likely hold for many years to come.
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Dohnalová, Zdeňka. "Středisko volného času pro děti a mládež v Havířově." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-265353.
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Dissertation is project of four-floor free-time center with basement, situated in Havířov-Město. Building is used for art lessons, drama class, ceramic class and natural science class. In basement are situated four parking places, utility room, mechanical room, boiler room, furniture storage room, workshop with sanitary facilities for maintenance man and bicycle room. In ground floor is situated administrative facility of building- headmaster’s office, headmaster’s assistant’s office, guidance counsellor’s office, conference room and kitchen. Then there are sanitary facilities for employees and visitors, reception and waiting room for children and parents. In first floor are classrooms for art and ceramic lessons with storage room, sanitary facilities and office for teachers. Second floor consists of halls for drama classes with storage rooms, office for teachers, dressing rooms and sanitary facilities. In third floor are classrooms for natural science lessons, storage rooms, office for teachers and terrace. Floors are connected through two stairways, one with three stair flights and elevator, second with two stair flights. Building has flat roof. Project was completed using ArchiCAD software. The emphasis was put on correct disposition and architectural resolution and safe using of building.
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Studený, Tomáš. "Bytový dům." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227494.
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The aim of the diploma thesis is to elaborate the design documentation of an apartment building.The building is situated in the town of Hustopeče, on the Generála Peřiny street. There are three floors and one underground floor in the house. The upper floors serve as residental units and the underground floor accommodates cellars and garages. The building is roofed by a warm flat roof.
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Reif, Tomáš. "Polyfunkční dům." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240131.
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The thesis is a project of a multifunctional building in Olomouc. That is the detached house with a rectangular ground plan, one underground floor and four above-ground floors. In the basement there are public parking garages, an technical room and an engine room of the ventilation. On the first floor there is a cafe and a copy center and the separate entrance for owners of the residential units. There are nine separate residential units on the second to the fourth floor. The house is based on the monolithic footings. The vertical supporting structure are formed by the basement walls in a combination with the monolithic reinforced concrete columns. Horizontal supporting structure is designed from the ceiling panels SPIROLL. The building is covered with flat single-roof construction with a drainage inward disposition.
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Mikuška, Tomáš. "Hotel Apollo v Tatranské Lomnici." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227538.
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The diploma thesis deals with project design documentation of a hotel situated in Tatranská Lomnica. The object is designed as a four-story detached building. Object´s ground plan is T-shaped. First floor contains a lobby, a restaurant, a kitchen and a hotel administration part. The other three floors are meant for accommodation. A construction system is based on iron-concrete body shell. Coping consists of a double sloping roof made out of wooden roof trusses.
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Nejedlý, Petr. "Polyfunkční dům." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-410058.
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The subject of this thesis is a new mixed-use building in Brno in the part of Pisárky. The building will have one basement and four aboveground floors. In the basement will be a collective garage and apartment accessories. In the ground floor are designed offices for rent. On the first to fourth floor are designed eight flats. The main entrance to the building and the entrance to the property is situated on the northeast side of Vinařská street. The mixed-use house is designed from a wall structural system. The basement basement, first floor and staircase space is designed of lime-sand blocks, with a ceiling construction of monolithic iron concrete slabs. The bearing structure of the second to fourth floors is designed as a timber structure building. The roof structure will be double-skinned, flat with a vegetation layer with extensive greenery.
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Groh, Ondřej. "Bytový dům." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227744.
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The master’s thesis deals with the project documentation of a flat building with sweet-shop in Brno - Štýřice. The object is designed as a detached building without basement with four floors. Floor plan of the building is L-shaped, fitted into the equal terrain. In the first floor is a sweet-shop, cellar, stroller storage, waste storage and two flat units. In the other floors are flat units. The structural system is bricks, two-way. The building is covered with a flat roof.
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Ben, Hamad Alexander. "Polyfunkční dům ve Střelicích." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-239972.
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Diploma thesis is focused on design and elaboration of detailed design of polyfunctional building by Střelice, Brno-venkov the parcel number5804/4 and 5804/5. Proposition of the object respects both commune plan and current street buildings. It‘s not supposed to create stress with its shape and size, but complete actual buildings. It has four elevated floors, one basement and flat roof. Building has commercial space, mass garage and flats, it‘s determinate for study purpose.
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Pícha, Libor. "Novostavba bytového domu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-371968.
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Diploma thesis „ Newly bulit apartment house“ deals with a proposal of block of flats in Veselí nad Lužnicí. The block of flats has got four storeys with no celler, and is in a rectangle shape. It is independently built house on a flat terrain. Bricked construction consists of ceramic constructuion blocks Heluz and reinforced concrete ceilings. The building is based on foundation belts and is roofed by a single-coat flat roof. There are 29 housing units designed in the building.
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Wawreczka, Stefan. "Hotel." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-265404.
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Diploma thesis deals with the design documentation hotel building in the village of Vendryně. The building is designed in accordance with the existing this area and the slope of the terrain. This is a two-tier four-storey building. Above the 1st floor is designed flat vegetation roof and above the 4th floor is gabled roof. The building contains part of the accommodation, dining area and facilities for staff. Work includes architectural and layout design, preparation of construction drawings, design of fire safety design of buildings, basic thermal technical assessment and calculation of a selected wooden truss and a draft air exchange for restaurants and kitchens. The entire work will be complemented by a text part.
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Telezhenko, Evgenij. "Measurements of trackways as a method for assessing locomotion in dairy cows /." Skara : Department of Animal Environment and Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2005. http://epsilon.slu.se/9981450.pdf.
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Dokulil, Martin. "Administrativní budova Brno-Bystrc." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226695.
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The master´s thesis deals with a project documentation of a office building with fitness center in Brno-Bystrc. The object is designed as a detached building with four floors and with one basement. Floor plan of the building is regular, staffed by sloping terrain. In basement is situated underground garage and technical rooms of building. In the first floor is fitness center and garage for a customers. In other floors are office spaces for private company. Above the roof is a engine rooms of ventilation. The structural system is reinforced concrete skeleton, facade is designed as a curtain walling. The object is covered with a flat roof.
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Nárožný, Jakub. "Hotel Rákosníček." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226763.
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The fivefloor building connected with the indoor staircase and the lift. The underground floor is composed of the storage spaces for the restaurant and the hotel, the engine rooms for the lifts and the air-conditioning system. On the first floor there is a restaurant with the kitchen, a reception office and sanitary facilities for the visitors and the staff. The second above-ground floor is composed of the offices, the conference room and the sanitary facilities for the staff and the public. The third floor is intended for accommodation. There are eight rooms. On the fourth floor you can find two suites. One two-room suite with the living room and the kitchenette. The second one one-room with the living room and the kitchenette. From the suites there is an entry to the terraces.
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Malcharková, Veronika. "Domov pro seniory, domov se zvláštním režimem." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-392141.
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The subject of my diploma thesis is the design of a home for the elderly, a home with a special regime in the form of project documentation for the construction. The house is designed as stand-alone and wheelchair accessible. The building is partly basement, with four above-ground floors. On the first floor there are social and operational spaces of the home for seniors and there is also commercial use. The other above-ground floors include individual client rooms and operational background. The construction system of the whole building is a transverse wall. The building is based on concrete foundation. The external wall is made of clay block and the floor structure is made of cast-in-place reinforced slab. Basement loadbearing masonry is monolithic reinforced concrete. The staircase is a monolithic reinforced concrete and a lift is in the mirror of the staircase. The object is roofed with warm flat roof. Other part of this thesis is an assessment of building physics and fire safety requirements.
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Krejsa, Jan. "Bytový dům." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227600.
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Diploma thesis "Block of flats" is processed in the form of project documentation for the construction, according to valid standards and regulations. Residential house is designed as a four-storey building with warm flat roof. It is a detached house on flat terrain. There is a workshop, storage and technical facilities of the building on the first floor, in the other floors are located 8 dwelling units. The whole building is made of the sand-lime brick blocks and reinforced concrete ceilings. The building is based on reinforced concrete strip foundations. Material and structural solutions were chosen so that the object is approaching to the passive standard. The project also includes specialization of the diploma thesis processing at the Institute of building services
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Blaha, Jan. "Hotel v Přerově." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227522.
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The diploma thesis deals with a project documentation of hotel building in Přerov. The object is designed as a detached building with one basement and four floors. There is an underground garage and technical rooms of the hotel situated in the basement. In the first floor, there are entrance hall, administrative part, restaurant and its hinterland. Another ground floors are designed to accommodate guests. The structural system is reinforced concrete skeleton. The perimeter wall is building from clay bricks. The object is covered with two flat roofs.
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Nutt, Oliver (Oliver Dominic). "Uncovering the premium for higher floors in office space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103450.
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Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2016.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>How do commercial office rents vary across different floors within the same building? This question seeks to understand the heterogeneity of real estate by considering the location in three dimensions. This thesis aims to answer that question by analyzing office suite listings across geographies. The asking rents from 55,907 commercial office suite listings, in 2,567 buildings across 25 cities were analyzed for price differentials between floors. The asking rent level across each building for the last six months was used instead of hedonic analysis to allow for the underlying factors affecting price other than the floor number of the listed suite. The analysis showed a statistically significant positive rent premium for suites on higher floors in twenty three of the twenty-five cities. The rent premiums varied across the cities, with those cities with a larger market for commercial offices typically enjoying higher rent premiums. There was no relationship found between physical characteristics of the city (including population, density, average building height) and the rent premium for additional floors.<br>by Oliver Nutt.<br>S.M. in Real Estate Development
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Večeřa, Lukáš. "Víceúčelový objekt Brno." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240308.
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This thesis solves new building multifunctional building in Brno in the form of documentation for construction. The work contains text, drawings and calculation part. The building is designed as a detached and located in a slightly sloping terrain. The new building is designed as a four-storey with basement and three floors. The facility is designed sixteen and four residential rental units. The structural system is a cross- walled ceramic fittings. Horizontal structures ceilings are made of precast filigree ceiling tiles with nadbetonovanou distribution plates. The roof is designed as a single-layer flat. Part of the main road in the building is designed passenger elevator. The work process basic assessment of building in terms of building physics and approximate calculation of the base area.
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Haddad, Khaled. "Design flood estimation for ungauged catchments in Victoria ordinary & generalised least squares methods compared /." View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/30369.
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Thesis (M.Eng. (Hons.)) -- University of Western Sydney, 2008.<br>A thesis submitted towards the degree of Master of Engineering (Honours) in the University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, School of Engineering. Includes bibliographical references.
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Cresswell, Wade. "Break-even volatility for caps, floors and swaptions." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31435.
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This dissertation investigates break-even volatility in the context of the South African interest rate market. Introduced by Dupire (2006), break-even volatility is a retrospective measure defined as the volatility that ensures the profit or loss from a delta hedged option position is zero. Break-even volatility sheds light on the inner structure of the market and is a promising investigatory tool. Insurance houses in South Africa are interested in modelling long-dated interest rate derivatives embedded within their liabilities. In pursuit of this goal, some are currently calibrating the Lognormal Forward-LIBOR Market Model to market prices. They rarely directly trade in said derivatives, but merely delta hedge their risk daily. In this case, break-even volatility surfaces become more relevant than recovering market prices (which incorporate the banks risk premium and profit margin) as it should better represent the historical cost of replicating the option under consideration. This dissertation ultimately assesses the use of the Lognormal Forward-LIBOR Market Model in the South African interest rate market using break-even volatility. It is found that several caps and swaptions are trading at volatilities that differ significantly from their break-even volatility estimates. Furthermore, through an investigation into the calibration of the Lognormal Forward-LIBOR Market Model to break-even volatilities, an argument that the underlying dynamics of the model are incompatible with that of the South African interest rate market is developed.
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Bouček, Václav. "Bytový dům." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227794.
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The aim of my master’s thesis is a project of a new apartment building at a level of the documentation for the structure realization. The thesis contains text, drawings and calculation part. The house is designed as a detached house. Residential house is situated in flat terrain. The building is full basement with four above-ground floor. The house has 16 housing units. The construction system is a combined brick. The structural system of the basement part is made up of permanent shuttering. The floors are of brick blocks HELUZ. In the middle of the building is constructed elevator. The ceiling structure is made of prefabricated prestressed panels Spiroll. The roof consists of single-layer flat roof. The thesis also includes thermal and technical expertise and the calculation of the foundation structure.
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Makakole, Billy T. J. "Revision of the regional maximum flood calculation method for Lesotho." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95935.
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Thesis (MEng) -- Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Francou and Rodier (1967) empirical approach uses the original concept of envelope curves for the definition of the regional maximum flood (RMF).
Kovacs (1980) adopted the Francou and Rodier empirical flood calculation method and applied it to 355 catchments in South Africa. He revised his study in 1988 to also include the southern portions of the Southern Africa subcontinent.
No method other than the Francou and Rodier empirical flood approach in the reviewed literature was found to be suitable for the purpose of this study. Therefore the Francou and Rodier empirical approach, as applied by Kovacs in 1988, was reapplied and used in this study to update the RMF for Lesotho.
Maximum recorded flood peaks were derived from annual maximum time series and an up to date catalogue of flood peaks for 29 catchments was compiled for Lesotho. The maximum recorded flood peaks were then plotted on the logarithmic scale against their corresponding catchment areas.
There are 3 major river systems that divide Lesotho into hydrologically homogenous basins. Envelope curves were drawn on the upper bound of the cloud of plotted points for these 3 river basins. These envelope curves represent the maximum flood peaks that can reasonably be expected to occur within the respective river basins in Lesotho.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Francou en Rodier (1967) se empiriese benadering maak gebruik van die oorspronklike konsep van boonste limiet kurwes vir die definisie van die streeks maksimum vloed (SMV).
Kovacs (1980) het die Francou en Rodier empiriese vloed berekening metode toegepas op 355 opvanggebiede in Suid-Afrika. Hy hersien sy studie in 1988 om ook die suidelike gedeeltes van die Suider-Afrikaanse subkontinent in te sluit.
Geen ander metode as die Francou en Rodier empiriese vloed benadering is in die literatuur gevind wat as geskik aanvaar kan word vir die doel van hierdie studie nie. Daarom is die Francou en Rodier empiriese benadering, soos toegepas deur Kovacs in 1988, weer in hierdie studie toegepas en gebruik om die SMV metode vir Lesotho op te dateer.
Maksimum aangetekende vloedpieke is verkry vanuit jaarlikse maksimum tyd-reekse en ʼn opgedateerde katalogus van vloedpieke vir 29 opvanggebiede saamgestel vir Lesotho. Die maksimum aangetekende vloedpieke is grafies aangetoon op logaritmiese skaal teenoor hul opvanggebiede.
Daar is 3 groot rivierstelsels wat Lesotho in hidrologiese homogene gebiede verdeel. Boonste limiet kurwes is opgestel om die boonste grens van die gestipte punte vir hierdie 3 gebiede aan te toon. Hierdie krommes verteenwoordig die maksimum vloedpieke wat redelikerwys verwag kan word om binne die onderskeie rivierstelsels in Lesotho voor te kan kom.
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Goehring, Alicia L. "Upper floor housing in downtown Burlington, Iowa." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/835837.
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This thesis has evaluated if housing is a feasible alternative for vacant upper floor space in the central business district of small towns in general and in downtown Burlington, Iowa, specifically. The study required discussing the issue of housing in vacant upper floor spaces in general, establishing if there was a need for additional multi-use housing in the Burlington, Iowa housing market, and finally determining if there was vacant upper floor space that would fulfill this need.The analysis determined that housing was indeed a feasible and practical use for vacant upper floor space in downtown areas in general and in Burlington, Iowa specifically. The study provided a method that could be used to ascertain the feasibility of this type of housing in other towns as well.<br>Department of Urban Planning
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Lawler, Maureen E. (Maureen Elizabeth). "Improving shop floor visualization and metrics." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59163.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2010.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-57).<br>Within the Technical Operations division of Novartis Pharmaceuticals, there is an aggressive vision to be the "Toyota" of the Pharma Industry by 2010. To accomplish this, PharmOps Switzerland has embraced operational excellence, IQP (Innovation, Quality, and Productivity). Still, there is more that the site, and more specifically manufacturing, can do to fully realize the benefits of adopting all aspects of IQP. Currently, there is a lack of adequate visualization on the shop floor. The current status and schedule of production cannot be quickly seen at the tools where the work is being performed. This thesis focuses is on improving the visualization and creating a set of KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and visual displays that will improve performance Change, especially cultural, is difficult and takes considerable time and effort. Even when changes are implemented slowly with small iterations, it might not be well received. Without a strong culture of continuous improvement, teams may not perceive that there are things that can be improved. Historical metrics are comfortable and useful to the shop floor. Visual metrics have improved communication.<br>by Maureen E. Lawler.<br>S.M.<br>M.B.A.
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Tay, Um Leong. "Improved design methods for reinforced concrete wide beam floors." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433208.
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Hogue, Terri Sue, and Terri Sue Hogue. "Analysis of the National Weather Service soil moisture accounting models for flood prediction in the northeast floods of January 1996." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626876.
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Extensive flooding occurred throughout the northeastern United States during
January of 1996. The flood event cost the lives of 33 people and over a billion dollars in
flood damage. Following the "Blizzard of '96", a warm front moved into the Mid
Atlantic region bringing extensive rainfall and causing significant melting and flooding to
occur. Flood forecasting is a vital part of the National Weather Service (NWS)
hydrologic responsibilities. Currently, the NWS River Forecast Centers use either the
Antecedent Precipitation Index (API) or the Sacramento Soil-Moisture Accounting
Model (SAC-SMA). This study evaluates the API and SAC-SMA models for their
effectiveness in flood forecasting during this rain-on-snow event. The SAC-SMA, in
conjunction with the SNOW-17 model, is calibrated for five basins in the Mid-Atlantic
region using the Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE-UA) automatic algorithm developed
at the University of Arizona. Nash-Sutcliffe forecasting efficiencies (Er) for the
calibration period range from 0. 79 to 0.87, with verification values from 0.42 to 0.95.
Flood simulations were performed on the five basins using the API and calibrated SAC
SMA model. The SAC-SMA model does a better job of estimating observed flood
discharge on three of the five study basins, while two of the basins experience flood
simulation problems with both models. Study results indicate the SAC-SMA has the
potential for better flood forecasting during complex rain-on-snow events such as during
the January 1996 floods in the Northeast.
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Hogue, Terri S., and Soroosh Sorooshian. "Investigation of the national weather service soil moisture accounting models for flood prediction in the northeast floods of january 1996." Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/615796.
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Extensive flooding occurred throughout the northeastern United States during
January of 1996. The flood event cost the lives of 33 people and over a billion dollars in
flood damage. Following the `Blizzard of `96 ", a warm front moved into the Mid-Atlantic region bringing extensive rainfall and causing significant melting and flooding to
occur. Flood forecasting is a vital part of the National Weather Service (NWS)
hydrologic responsibilities. Currently, the NWS River Forecast Centers use either the
Antecedent Precipitation Index (API) or the Sacramento Soil -Moisture Accounting
Model (SAC-SMA). This study evaluates the API and SAC -SMA models for their
effectiveness in flood forecasting during this rain -on -snow event. The SAC -SMA, in
conjunction with the SNOW-17 model, is calibrated for five basins in the Mid -Atlantic
region using the Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE-UA) automatic algorithm developed
at the University of Arizona. Nash-Sutcliffe forecasting efficiencies (Ef) for the
calibration period range from 0.79 to 0.87, with verification values from 0.42 to 0.95.
Flood simulations were performed on the five basins using the API and calibrated SAC-SMA model. The SAC-SMA model does a better job of estimating observed flood
discharge on three of the five study basins, while two of the basins experience flood
simulation problems with both models. Study results indicate the SAC-SMA has the
potential for better flood forecasting during complex rain-on-snow events such as during
the January 1996 floods in the Northeast.
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Das, Durgesh. "Assessing sales floor capacity and replenishment strategy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126994.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, May, 2020<br>Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2020<br>Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. "May 2020."<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-69).<br>Target stores (and the upstream supply chain) have been traditionally designed for a predominantly brick and mortar business, fed by a push supply chain model. With the growing need for omnichannel sales fulαllment, supply chain engineering has become signiαcantly more complex. Based on the traditional model, ideal inventory levels in the store, as well as the upstream replenishment logic are derived with a focus on the in-store customer experience. Two pain points of this design are: 1. The long tail, in the product assortment distribution, of low-velocity items carried in all stores. 2. Inβexibility to use dynamic unit of measure (deαned as the type of packaging an item is transported in - can be an each, case pack, pallet), because merchants set the unit of measure system-wide thus overpack items are overpack in all stores regardless of sales volume. Both are backroom space and labor intensive. In anticipation of stores becoming shipping hubs in the future and the need to fulαll Target's long-term planning, we will take a data driven approach to determine optimal sales βoor item capacity in order to αnd eciencies in upstream sortation leading to cost reductions in downstream, without impacting critical functions including customer reception and experience in store and demand signal fulαllment.<br>by Durgesh Das.<br>M.B.A.<br>S.M.<br>M.B.A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management<br>S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Kraus, Cynthia A. "Floor Vibration Design Criterion For Cold-Formed C-Shaped Supported Residential Floor Systems." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36612.
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Annoying floor vibration due to normal human activity was investigated for cold-formed C-shaped residential floors systems. Dynamic impact and static loading tests were performed on twelve full size laboratory floors and five two-joist line laboratory floors to determine the influencing characteristics of annoying vibrations in metal framed floors. Similar tests were conducted on eleven floors located in existing houses. Subjective evaluation, in terms of annoying vibration levels, of all floors was recorded. Four existing floor vibration criteria were investigated: 1) Australian Standard. Domestic Metal Framing Code, 2) Swedish Building Technology Design Guide developed by Professor Sven Ohlsson, 3) United States Proposed Timber Floor Vibration Criterion developed by James Johnson, and 4) Canadian Timber Floor Criterion developed by Donald Onysko. Data collected from testing was used to determine which of the four existing criteria best classified the perceived vibration level of the floors. One criterion is suggested as the most suitable for predicting the perceived vibration level of metal framed residential floors.
Three methods to predict the vertical deflection of a floor subject to a concentrated load at mid-bay were examined. The results of applying these methods to the laboratory floors were compared to the actual measured values. The method which correlated the best with the measured values was selected for use in the proposed criterion.<br>Master of Science
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Sahney, Vikram Neal. "Scheduling and shop floor control in commercial airplane manufacturing." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34861.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2005.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75).<br>Boeing is the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners and a leader in defense and space systems. Competition in commercial aircraft production is increasing and in order to retain their competitive position, Boeing must strive to improve their operations by reducing costs. Boeing factories today still schedule and monitor the shop floor much as they have for the past 100 years. This thesis compares and contrasts several different methods for shop floor control and scheduling including Boeing's barcharts, Toyota production system, critical chain, and dynamic scheduling. Each system is will be analyzed with respect to how it handles variability in labor output required and how that affects which products are typically made under each system. In additional to qualitative comparisons, discrete event simulations comparing the various strategies will be presented. Areas for future simulation study are also discussed. The recommended approach for commercial airplane assembly is critical chain. A suggested implementation plan is presented along with methods to ease acceptance.<br>by Vikram Neal Sahney.<br>S.M.<br>M.B.A.
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Barnett, Robert W. "Paraplegic standing and reciprocal gait using a floor reaction hybrid F.E.S. orthosis." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1990. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21284.
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The work presented in this thesis has two main themes. Firstly, it follows the development and initial evaluation of a new, hybrid FES orthosis for paraplegics. Secondly, it describes investigations which were intended to optimize the stimulus parameters used with the orthosis. One of the major limitations with pure FES standing and walking systems is rapid muscle fatigue. During quiet stance, chronic stimulation of support muscles is required which induces fatigue and significantly reduces their useful contraction time. Mechanical bracing provides safety, strength and protection of delicate joints but it lacks some of the features of FES. The "hybrid" orthosis, considered in this thesis, combines these two techniques so that the disadvantages of either technique alone are reduced. In the following chapters, the development of the mechanical braces, the sensors, the electrical stimulator and the controlling software are considered. Several preliminary investigations are reported which demonstrate the feasibility of the orthosis with regard to fatigue reduction and stability. In addition, tests are described which were designed to improve the characteristics of muscle and reflex activity for use with the system. The results of these tests showed that muscle dynamics could be improved by the addition of a single pulse to a regular stimulus pattern. Improvements were also obtained in reflex activity but to a less significant degree.
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Černá, Hana. "Bytový dům." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227727.
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Abstract This diploma thesis deals with the design documentation of a block of flats. The block of flats is supposed to be situated in South Moravia, Znojmo district, in Olbramovice village, cadastral area no. 709930 – Olbramovice u Moravskeho Krumlova. The building is designed as a brick building with a contact thermal insulation system. Vertical constructions are designed from the Porotherm structural system. Horizontal constructions are designed as reinforced concrete structure. Foundation structures are designed from concrete. The object is roofed with a warm flat roof. The object has four floors. On the ground floor is technical hinterland and also one flat is designed to be barrier-free. The other floors are individual flats. There are ten flats in the building. Five flats have their own loggia and two flats have terrace. The building is newly built and it has a L-shaped plan.
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Yesilcimen, Halil. "A rule-based system for automated spatial layout planning." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.284083.
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Amlani, Ankur. "Floor entry task prioritization for highly automated fulfillment centers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126943.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, May, 2020<br>Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, May, 2020 7102 Sloan School of Management.<br>Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106).<br>As automation continues to gain prevalence within the retail industry, informed decision-making by users of robotic systems is critical for management of throughput and operating expenditures. On robotic fulfillment floors, obstructions such as fallen product and deactivated robots can degrade robotic floor throughput by blocking access to product, forcing robots to re-route, and increasing worker idle time. Workers can walk onto the floor to address obstructions during operation, but such entry affects robot movement and can undermine the original intention of restoring throughput. This project aims to provide insight into the cost-benefit tradeoff of resolving obstructions to enable task prioritization and reduce unnecessary floor entry during operation, thereby improving system performance and reducing operating costs. We introduce a novel framework for modeling floor entry to determine the "value" of resolving an obstruction and apply an agile approach to rapidly develop and pilot a software tool for delivery of model recommendations in the field. During the treatment shifts, z-scores of measured pick work unavailability (our chosen performance metric, for which a reduction is indicative of improved throughput), were -0.72, -1.04, and -0.16 as compared with a control sample of similar shifts. The approximate fraction of obstructions resolved during non-operation increased by a factor of three, with recommendation adherence measurements indicating that the increase was driven by elimination of unnecessary (as determined by the model) floor entries during operation. While the sample size was not large enough to achieve a statistically significant outcome, these results offer useful insights regarding future analytical work, testing, and associated organizational changes.<br>by Ankur Amlani.<br>M.B.A.<br>S.M.<br>M.B.A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management<br>S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Tithi, Tasnuva Tarannum. "Error-Floors of the 802.3an LDPC Code for Noise Assisted Decoding." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7465.
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In digital communication, information is sent as bits, which is corrupted by the noise present in wired/wireless medium known as the channel. The Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes are a family of error correction codes used in communication systems to detect and correct erroneous data at the receiver. Data is encoded with error correction coding at the transmitter and decoded at the receiver. The Noisy Gradient Descent BitFlip (NGDBF) decoding algorithm is a new algorithm with excellent decoding performance with relatively low implementation requirements. This dissertation aims to characterize the performance of the NGDBF algorithm. A simple improvement over NGDBF called the Re-decoded NGDBF (R-NGDBF) is proposed to enhance the performance of NGDBF decoding algorithm. A general method to estimate the decoding parameters of NGDBF is presented. The estimated parameters are then verified in a hardware implementation of the decoder to validate the accuracy of the estimation technique.
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Abdulkarim, Abrahim, and Outa Nima Nova Al. "Conceptualizing an automated sorting system for the recycling of plastic-floors." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för maskinteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-19713.
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Background Tarkett AB Ronneby (Sweden) is a flooring solutions company, recognized for the manufacturing and recycling of homogeneous plastic flooring. Tarkett AB recycles mainly installation spill and manufacturing defects. However, Tarkett AB is considering widening its recycling capabilities to include old and torn plastic floors which may contain impurities and banned substances or plastic floors of competing brands. To accomplish this, Tarkett is considering a completely new recycling line with an automated sorting process instead of the current manual process. Thus, Tarkett proposes a dissertation to conceptualize a new automated sorting system with added capacity and increased functionality. Purpose This work aims to investigate the current sorting process and introduce conceptual solutions for a new automated sorting process capable of identifying and separating plastic floors according to the manufacturer, type, condition, and external waste by using existing technology. Method The methods and tools used in this work are mainly based on a modified product development process. Starting with data collection of the current sorting process, performing a need-finding, and extracting requirements for an automated sorting process, investigating relevant technology, evaluating technology based on scientific literature and tests. The testing was conducted in collaboration with two companies. Near-infrared scanners were tested with Holger AB, while pattern recognition systems were tested with Vision-Geek. Finally, three concepts for the automated sorting process were developed and shown through flow charts and 2D-3D illustrations. Results The results of this work showed that it was possible to use near-infrared and pattern recognition for the separation of plastic floors. Besides, three conceptual solutions for an automated sorting process were generated and showcased with schematic graphs and 2D-3D illustrations. The concepts describe how the sorting process functions and what technology is used for each step of the process. Concept 1 and Concept 2 used both pattern recognition and spectroscopy methods. While Concept 3 only used spectroscopy methods. Moreover, spectroscopy methods were used to sort plastic floors by content while pattern recognition by appearance. Conclusions Recycling of torn and old plastic flooring can be beneficial for both the environment and the recycling industry. Yet, it presents some challenges relating to reliable, fast, and nondestructive identification for sorting and separation purposes. New and proven technology such as near-infrared hyperspectral imaging and pattern recognition can be used. However, high-quality pattern and spectrum libraries of multiple plastic floors have to be created for optimal and reliable reference models. Furthermore, pattern recognition and near-infrared methods need to be tested further at an industrial scale.<br>Bakgrund Tarkett AB Ronneby (Sverige) är ett golvlösning företag, erkänt för tillverkning och återvinning av homogent plastgolv. Tarkett AB återvinner huvudsakligen installations spill och tillverkningsfel. Tarkett AB överväger dock att utvidga sina återvinnings förmågor till att omfatta gamla och sönderrivna plastgolv som kan innehålla föroreningar och förbjudna ämnen eller plastgolv från konkurrerande varumärken. För att åstadkomma detta överväger Tarkett en helt ny återvinnings linje med en automatiserad sorteringsprocess istället för den aktuella manuella processen. Således föreslår Tarkett ett examensarbete för att konceptualisera ett nytt automatiserat sorteringssystem med ökad kapacitet och ökad funktionalitet. Syfte Detta arbete syftar till att undersöka den nuvarande sorterings processen och introducera konceptuella lösningar för en ny automatiserad sorteringsprocess som kan identifiera och separera plastgolv efter tillverkare, typ, skick och externt avfall med befintlig teknik. Metod De metoder och verktyg som används i detta arbete är huvudsakligen baserade på en modifierad produktutvecklingsprocess. Vilket börja med datainsamling av den aktuella sorterings processen, hitta behov och extrahera krav för en automatiserad sorteringsprocess, undersöka relevant teknik, utvärdera tekniken baserad på vetenskaplig litteratur och tester. Testningen genomfördes i samarbete med två företag. Nära-infraröda skannrar testades med Holger AB, medan mönsterigenkänning system testades med Vision-Geek. Slutligen utvecklades tre koncept för den automatiserade sorterings processen och visades genom flödesscheman och 2D-3D-illustrationer. Resultat Resultaten av detta arbete visade att det var möjligt att använda nära-infraröd och mönsterigenkänning för separering av plastgolv. Dessutom genererades tre konceptuella lösningar för en automatiserad sorteringsprocess och visades med schematiska grafer och 2D-3D-illustrationer. Begreppen beskriver hur sorterings processen fungerar och vilken teknik som används för varje steg i processen. Koncept 1 och Koncept 2 använde både mönsterigenkänning och spektroskopi metoder. Medan Koncept 3 bara använde spektroskopi metoder. Spektroskopi metoderna användes för att sortera plastgolv efter innehåll medan mönsterigenkänning efter utseende. Slutsats Återvinning av sönderrivna plastgolv kan vara fördelaktigt för både miljön och återvinningsindustrin. Dock finns det några utmaningar med anknytning till pålitlig, snabb och icke-förstörande identifiering för sorterings- och separation ändamål. Ny och beprövad teknik som nästan infraröd hyperspektral avbildning och mönsterigenkänning kan användas. Emellertid måste mönster- och spektrum bibliotek av hög kvalitet av flera plastgolv skapas för optimala och pålitliga referens-modeller. Dessutom måste mönsterigenkänning och nära-infraröda metoder testas vidare i industriell skala.
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Mobasherfar, Mir Kamran. "Disturbance management for shop floor scheduling." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359944.
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Stinson, Emily(Emily Anne Matsushino). "Floor health predictive support for highly automated distribution centers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122448.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2019<br>Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2019<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (page 53).<br>While automated mobile inventory systems have greatly increased productivity, it has also created a new set of operational challenges. Floor health events, such as fallen product, spills, disabled robots, and floor access can degrade overall floor performance by obstructing access to product, forcing robots to re-route to less efficient paths, exacerbating congestion, increasing idle time, and potentially reducing throughput. Floor health issues are interdependent and have cascading effects, making their impacts difficult to track, visualize, and address. Reactive support and reliance on training and adoption of best practices is not scalable. As the network continues to grow, there is a need to improve real-time visibility and preventative measures into floor conditions. This project consisted of five main phases: research, hypothesis, testing, evaluation, and implementation.<br>The research phase was dedicated to developing an understanding of the current processes and problem statement. Then a testable hypothesis was constructed based on observations and data exploration. The hypothesis was tested via simulations and statistical analysis. The evaluation phase included analyzing the implications and use-cases of the results. The last phase of the project included developing and implementing selected applications. The model development phase of the project included simulation experiments where the dependent variable collected was the percentage change in average throughput rate and a multitude of potential explanatory features were tracked. Analysis of this data revealed that some of the best predictors of degradation of throughput rate were the types of floor cells being blocked.<br>There is wide range of impactful applications of these findings, including diagnostic checks to help root cause issues, automated notifications that highlight deteriorating floor conditions, automated user path planning, actionable floor metrics, and prioritization of work. Automated notifications to proactively identify deteriorating floor conditions, real-time prioritization of tasks, and a diagnostic tool were the implementations focused on during this project.<br>by Emily Stinson.<br>S.M.<br>M.B.A.<br>S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<br>M.B.A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
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Zukal, Zdeněk. "Bytový dům - Brno." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240116.
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The subject of the diploma thesis is to elaborate the design documentation of an apartment house with restaurant. The building is designed in the village of Lipůvka, South-Moravian region, on plot No.: 544/1 and 545/1 – cadastral region Lipůvka. The bulit-up area is 443,3 m2. There are four floors. There is restaurant, one housing unit (for persons with reduced mobility) and utility room in first above-ground floor. Second, third and fourth above-ground floor is for housing. Each of these three floors has three apartments – two apartments 3+k, one apartment 3+1. Entrance to every apartment is from main staircase. The building is based on the foundation walls of concrete C20/25, all vertical walls are from Porotherm System. Celings are composed of ceramic-conrete beams POT, ceramic insertion Miako and concrete. The staircase is monolithic reinforced concrete. The building is without basement, roofed by a warm flat roof.
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deMatos, Richard Bernard. "Floor limits and credit card fraud in the South African credit card industry." Thesis, University of South Africa, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/48.
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Credit card fraud losses within the South African credit card market in 2006 exceeded
R257M. A portion of these losses (R179M) are within the borders of South Africa and its
common monetary area partners. This represents a startling 70% of credit card fraud on
magnetic stripe cards used within the borders of South Africa.
The South African credit card industry adopts floor limits at certain merchants and
merchant categories. South Africa is one of a few countries in the world that still adopt
floor limits on credit cards within its payment card industry. Credit card transactions on
magnetic-stripe cards conducted below the merchant’s designated floor limit do not go to
the issuing bank for authorization. The first time the issuing bank acknowledges these
transactions is when they are settled on average two days later. The rationale for not
adopting zero floor limits within the South African credit card market is the supposed
inability of the existing telecommunications infrastructure to handle the volume and
frequency of data submitted by merchants for authorization. The impact of reduced fraud
and bad debt losses through adopting a zero floor limit in relation to merchant
operational costs is the basis of the research. The research also aims to examine the
Proposition that the existing telecommunications infrastructure is unable to support a
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Písařík, Jan. "Polyfunkční dům v Brně Medlánkách." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226195.
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Master´s thesis “Multifunctional building in Brno Medlánky“ is processed in the form of project documentation. Multifunctional building is designed as a detached house with a flat roof. The object has four above-ground floors with no basement. In the object there are twelve flats and three shops altogether. The object is made of building system Porotherm.
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Zhang, Zhi Long. "Temperature control strategies for radiant floor heating systems." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ59301.pdf.
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Hillman, John R. "Innovative lightweight floor systems for steel framed buildings." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06082009-170953/.
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Huang, You Sen. "A control strategy for promoting shop-floor stability." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1996. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2615/.
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This research aimed to study real-time shop floor control problem in a manufacturing environment with dual resource (machine and labour), under impact of machine breakdowns. In this study, a multiperspective (order and resource perspectives) control strategy is proposed to improve effectiveness of dispatching procedure for promoting shop floor stability. In this control strategy, both order and resource related factors have been taken into account according to information on direct upstream and succeeding workcentres. A simulated manufacturing environment has been developed as a platform for testing and analysing performances of the proposed control strategy. A series of experiments have been carried out in a variety of system settings and conditions in the simulated manufacturing environment. The experiments have shown that the proposed control strategy outperformed the ODD (Earliest Operation Due Date) rule in hostile environments, which have been described by high level of shop load and/or high intensity of machine breakdowns. In hostile environments, the proposed control strategy has given best performance when overtime was not used, and given promising results in reduction of overtime cost when overtime was used to compensate for capacity loss. Further direction of research is also suggested.
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Bengtsson, Daniel, and Johan Melin. "Constrained procedural floor plan generation for game environments." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för kreativa teknologier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-13006.
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Background: Procedural content generation (PCG) has become an important subject as the demand for content in modern games has increased. Paradox Arctic is a game development studio that aims to be at the forefront of technological solutions and is therefore interested in furthering their knowledge in PCG. To this end, Paradox Arctic has expressed their interest in a collaborative effort to further explore the subject of procedural floor plan generation. Objective: The main goal of this work is to test whether a solution based on growth, subdivision or a combination thereof, can be used to procedurally generate believable and varied floor plans for game environments, while also conforming to predefined constraints. Method: A solution capable of generating floor plans with the use of growth, subdivision and a combination of both has been implemented and a survey testing the believability and variation of the generated layouts has been conducted. Results & Conclusions: While the results of the subdivision and combined solutions show that more work is necessary before the generated content can be considered believable, the growth based solution presents promising results in terms of believability when generating smaller to medium sized layouts. This believability does however come at the cost of variation.<br>Bakgrund: Procedural content generation (PCG) har blivit ett alltmer viktigt ämne allteftersom kravet på mängden innehåll i moderna spel har ökat. Paradox Arctic är en spelutvecklingsstudio vars målsättning är att ligga i teknologins framkant och de är därför intresserade av att vidareutveckla sin kompetens inom PCG. Av denna anledning har de uttryckt intresse för ett samarbete inom området “procedurell generering av planlösningar”. Syfte: Det huvudsakliga syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka huruvida lösningar baserade på att växa ytor, fördela ytor i mindre delar eller en kombination av dessa, kan användas för att skapa trovärdiga och varierade planlösningar för spelmiljöer, utan att bryta förutbestämda krav. Metod: En lösning som procedurellt genererar planlösningar genom att växa och/eller fördela dem har implementerats och en undersökning, med syftet att utvärdera trovärdigheten och variationen i de genererade planlösningarna, har utförts. Resultat & Slutsatser: Lösningen som baseras på fördelning av ytor och den kombinerade lösningen, visades av resultaten kräva ytterliggare arbete för att anses generera trovärdiga resultat. Lösningen som baseras på att växa ytor däremot, visade positiva trovärdighetsresultat när små och medelstora planlösningar genererades. Detta goda resultat uppstod dock på bekostnaden av variation mellan de genererade planlösningarna.
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Pandey, Ganesh Raj. "Regional estimation of floods and rainfalls for ungauged sites." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=40219.
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This research deals with the estimation of rainfalls and floods for locations at which the corresponding data are unavailable (ungauged sites). The overall study can be divided into three different parts. The first part explores the validity of the distributional similarity of the rainfall time series aggregated at different time scales. Based on the theory of multiplicative cascade process, a scale independent mathematical model has been proposed to describe the probability distributions of rainfall time series aggregated at different time scales. It has been demonstrated that the multifractal formalism can be used to estimate the probability distribution of rainfalls for a wide range of space and time scales.<br>The second part of the research deals with the estimation of floods at an ungauged site using regional physiographic and climatic variables. To this end, a detailed study was carried out to determine the best technique for estimating the parameters of the commonly used power-form flood regionalization model, and to identify the minimum number of physiographic and hydrometeorological variables which should be included in the model. The study was further elaborated by applying the linear and nonlinear covariance structural models. Results of a numerical example using hydrologic data from Quebec and Ontario have indicated the superior performance of the nonlinear optimization method. Further, it was found that the significant variables which should be considered in the estimation of floods, are the area of the basin, the basin slope and the total precipitation five days before the flood for Quebec, and the area of the basin, the area of forests, lakes, and marses and the slope of the main channel for Ontario.<br>The third part of the study proposed a new method of flood estimation based on the scaling of the statistical moments of the regional flood series with the basin area. Analysis of the physiographic and hydrologic data from Quebec and Ontario showed that the non-central moments of order from one to six are scaling with the basin area. This empirical evidence was used in defining the hydrologically similar basins (i.e., homogeneous flood regions), and in selecting a suitable regional distribution function for the estimation of flood quantiles. It was observed that the grouping of homogeneous basins as proposed in this study formed well-defined geographical regions with distinct climatic characteristics. Further, it was recommended that the selection of regional probability distribution and the corresponding parameter estimation method should be made such that the scaling properties of the flood series were preserved. The improved estimates of the statistical moments and flood quantiles for unguaged sites have indicated the superiority of the proposed approach as compared to those values given by existing methods.
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Thomas, Sara. "Experimental design and scale-up methods for micellar floods." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.420520.
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Gowdy, Robert Douglas. "Eudora Welty's "Flowers for Marjorie" : Toward the Caesura of the Unconscious." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279000/.
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Eudora Welty's short story "Flowers for Marjorie" appears in A Curtain of Green and Other Stories, her first volume of collected stories published in 1941. Since the story's publication, literary scholars have interpreted the protagonist's murder of his wife, and the unusual events that follow, in terms of somatic realities that inform the text. This thesis is a psychoanalytic rereading/rewriting of "Flowers for Maijorie" that attempts to analyze its text as a possible dream narrative. By psychoanalytically rereading/rewriting the narrative in this story as a possible dream narrative, this thesis will attempt to demonstrate how the
reader might experientially break through its previous resistance to interpretation, which should encourage a better understanding of the story's narrative ambiguities. The originality of this examination lies in its detailed analysis of the story's text from a psychoanalytic economy, thus providing perhaps the most detailed analysis of its text to date.
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Kelley, Donald M. "The integration of nonstructural methods into flood loss reduction programs : an evaluation of a remaining obstacle /." This resource online, 1986. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08222008-063409/.
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Collins, Adrian Loric. "The use of composite fingerprints for tracing the source of suspended sediment in river basins." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307312.
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