32 research outputs found
A Method for Considering Privacy in the 21st Century
No full textFull text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only.Through a contemporary design method this thesis observes the emergence of a Traffic Junction at a Kingsland site. The element of privacy in its fabric is developed through the lenses of intersubjectivity. There is a significant element in Edmund Husserl’s early work on phenomenology, which attempts to make sense of the gaps through which we engage in subjective interpersonal relationships. Subsequent work in this field has produced volumes of work on Intersubjectivity. Jordan Zlatev and Nick Crossley create a multitude of subjective explorations on the topic of the interpersonal space and the emerging shared mind as a tangible phenomenon attained through a process of tuning in between private experiential worlds. Architecturally this discourse can produce an all inclusive approach to design which capitalizes on the shared authorship, serendipity and emergence of unforeseen meanings and physical manifestations through collaboration. The traffic of the smart phone data and the passenger trains can supplement each other in a world of intertwined personal connections and engagements. The digital and physical aspects of the experiences associated with this amalgamation is focused on the inter-personal connectedness, which can go beyond the exchange of virtual data and superficial niceties. The engagement with another person can take a number of forms. The different depths are explored through the disciplines of psychology, sociology, philosophy and correspondingly architecture. In the testing of the intersubjective design method a number of physical manifestations were arrived at. The resulting Traffic Junction is found in the shared meaning and built form of the intersubjective drawings. Ultimately this shared work was interpreted by the architect. The work was further subjected to the multiple readings and reinvestigation as a collection of connected elements around the subject. The design emerged as a landscape populated with embedded objects for personal engagement; embedded folly objects for personal interactions; the corresponding interstitial spaces within the fabric of interacting entities; reflections as serendipitous occurrences; and accidental findings which happened as a subjectively noticed and appreciated by-product of the making process. This design process is based on the negotiation of the private and public space of evolving interactions between the participants
N-[(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)methyl]-2-(2,2,2-trichloroacetamido)benzamide
No full textThe structure of N-[(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)methyl]-2-(2,2,2-trichloroacetamido)benzamide was verified by using a combination of 1D and 2D NMR techniques. Fully assigned data from 1D NMR (1H, 13C and DEPT 135) and 2D NMR (COSY, HMQC, HMBC) spectra was presented for the compound. The 1H NMR spectrum of the ABX spin system in the benzodioxol moiety was simulated to predict the corresponding nJHH coupling constants. The spectral assignments for the structure were supported by interpretive library search and HOSE predictions
Negotiation with the help of a negotiation agent: How the agent’s negotiation style affects trust
No full textNegotiation is a challenging process for people, which often results in suboptimal agreements between the negotiating parties. This issue leads to lost benefits that one of the negotiating parties could have obtained. To counteract this drawback artificially intelligent negotiation agents are developed. Their goal is to help negotiating parties increase the overall benefits from a negotiation. However, the main drawback of such agents is that people need to trust the agents in order to use them. In this research paper we investigate whether a negotiating agent with a hardliner negotiating style would be trusted more than a negotiating agent with a conceder negotiation style. We answer this question by conducting an user study, where we measure participants' trust in the two negotiation agents and compare the results. From the results we concluded that the assumption is correct for the sample group that participated in the user study.CSE3000 Research ProjectComputer Science and Engineerin
GIS Application for Economic Assessment of Direct Disaster Losses
No full textInternational audienceThe article is aimed at presenting the proof-of-concept system for automated direct disaster losses, developed within a scientific project of University of National and World Economy, Sofia. The idea behind the project was to create a system that can be used by customers without expert knowledge on physical or economic modeling of disaster effects. Thus alleviating the initial phases of disaster planning in administration, providing raw picture of disaster threats. The article describes in general conceptual and physical schemes of the system and gives main requirements for data and GIS applications that can be used. The process of developing such system shows that it is a complicated, but possible task. The system is not production ready and it is implemented with one physical model for floods. Nevertheless, the possibility to use and reuse the physical model by automation of main model estimation phases gives opportunity for creation and assessment of different alternatives for disaster prevention and relief
Briquetting of Metal Chips by Controlled Impact: Experimental Study
No full textFor briquetting of metal chips are used hydraulic and
mechanical presses. The density of the briquettes in this case is about
60% - 70 % on the density of solid metal. In this work are presented
the results of experimental studies for briquetting of metal chips, by
using a new technology for impact briquetting. The used chips are by
Armco iron, steel, cast iron, copper, aluminum and brass. It has been
found that: (i) in a controlled impact the density of the briquettes can
be increases up to 30%; (ii) at the same specific impact energy Es
(J/sm3) the density of the briquettes increases with increasing of the
impact velocity; (iii), realization of the repeated impact leads to
decrease of chips density, which can be explained by distribution of
elastic waves in the briquette
Briquetting of Metal Chips by Controlled Impact: Experimental Study
No full textFor briquetting of metal chips are used hydraulic and
mechanical presses. The density of the briquettes in this case is about
60% - 70 % on the density of solid metal. In this work are presented
the results of experimental studies for briquetting of metal chips, by
using a new technology for impact briquetting. The used chips are by
Armco iron, steel, cast iron, copper, aluminum and brass. It has been
found that: (i) in a controlled impact the density of the briquettes can
be increases up to 30%; (ii) at the same specific impact energy Es
(J/sm3) the density of the briquettes increases with increasing of the
impact velocity; (iii), realization of the repeated impact leads to
decrease of chips density, which can be explained by distribution of
elastic waves in the briquette
Принципът на самоорганизацията в теориите на Рудолф Щайнер и Джеймс Лавлок
No full textThis article discusses the principle of self-organization as an important philosophical and scientific problem in the views of Rudolf Steiner and James Lovelock. The Gaia hypothesis, raised by Lovelock, assumes that the Earth is a living organism and its author argues that in a scientific manner. Steiner has defended the same idea years before that and has been developing it by means of philosophical metaphysics. His conceptions are used in a number of international organizations and cultural movements, showing in practice the relevance of theory
Sources of Environmental Law in the Republic of Bulgaria
No full textThis article is dedicated to one actual theoretical problem of the Bulgarian environmental law. There are evaluated in it the different kinds of sources of the environmental law of the Republic of Bulgaria, and especially: constitution, laws, regulations, international treaties and the Law of the European Union. The author divides in structural meaning the environmental laws in Bulgaria to three groups: general, special and those, which are in the scope of different branches of legislation, but including environmental provisions. The social policy could not be developed without efficient implementation of environmental legislation.?nvironmental law, Sources of Environmental Law, Structure of Legislation, Environment, Environment and Social Policy, International Environmental Law, European Environmental Law
Владимир Соловьов и Свами Вивекананда: Религиозно-философските възгледи на двама братя по дух
No full textThe conceptions of the philosophers Vladimir Solovyov and Swami Vivekananda are presented together for the first time. The author uses the comparative method in order to present their views on fundamental religious-philosophical questions relevant to the role and meaning of the religious, the essence and the manifestation of God, the nature of the human spirit, the limits of knowledge, and the moral meaning of love. The two thinkers were contemporaries, and apart from some understandable differences, their conceptions are closely related in their most fundamental principles. This philosophical agreement between apparently different thinkers makes the theme of the article topical. The text may contribute to a fuller knowledge of world philosophy as well as to interreligious dialogue. The paper also implicitly sheds light on some basic problems confronting philosophical and religious theories, for example, the possibility of unity of concepts among thinkers of different nations and beliefs and the need for a knowledge of metaphysical truths that is deeper and more adequate to our time
Владимир Соловьов и Свами Вивекананда: Религиозно-философските възгледи на двама братя по дух
No full textThe conceptions of the philosophers Vladimir Solovyov and Swami Vivekananda are presented together for the first time. The author uses the comparative method in order to present their views on fundamental religious-philosophical questions relevant to the role and meaning of the religious, the essence and the manifestation of God, the nature of the human spirit, the limits of knowledge, and the moral meaning of love. The two thinkers were contemporaries, and apart from some understandable differences, their conceptions are closely related in their most fundamental principles. This philosophical agreement between apparently different thinkers makes the theme of the article topical. The text may contribute to a fuller knowledge of world philosophy as well as to interreligious dialogue. The paper also implicitly sheds light on some basic problems confronting philosophical and religious theories, for example, the possibility of unity of concepts among thinkers of different nations and beliefs and the need for a knowledge of metaphysical truths that is deeper and more adequate to our time
