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Market research and business plan for the establishment of a private preschool with a bilingual program
No full textTowards automated knowledge-based mapping between individual conceptualisations to empower personalisation of Geospatial Semantic Web
No full textGeospatial domain is characterised by vagueness, especially in the semantic disambiguation of the concepts in the domain, which makes defining universally accepted geo- ontology an onerous task. This is compounded by the lack of appropriate methods and techniques where the individual semantic conceptualisations can be captured and compared to each other. With multiple user conceptualisations, efforts towards a reliable Geospatial Semantic Web, therefore, require personalisation where user diversity can be incorporated. The work presented in this paper is part of our ongoing research on applying commonsense reasoning to elicit and maintain models that represent users' conceptualisations. Such user models will enable taking into account the users' perspective of the real world and will empower personalisation algorithms for the Semantic Web. Intelligent information processing over the Semantic Web can be achieved if different conceptualisations can be integrated in a semantic environment and mismatches between different conceptualisations can be outlined. In this paper, a formal approach for detecting mismatches between a user's and an expert's conceptual model is outlined. The formalisation is used as the basis to develop algorithms to compare models defined in OWL. The algorithms are illustrated in a geographical domain using concepts from the SPACE ontology developed as part of the SWEET suite of ontologies for the Semantic Web by NASA, and are evaluated by comparing test cases of possible user misconceptions
Institutionalization of Imported Rules in the European Union's New Member States: Bringing Politics Back in the Research Agenda
Full text linkThis paper sets out to explore the puzzle of possible institutionalization or reversal of rules 'imported' by new member states from Central and Eastern Europe during their preparation for accession to the EU. It argues that the institutionalization of formal rules adopted as part of enlargement requirements is not automatic post accession. New formal rules can be reversed, supported by secondary rules and institutionalized or ignored and not implemented. The paper proposes a politics framework that suggests that these different outcomes will be influenced by the environment of weak post communist states and will depend on the area specific configuration of formal and informal veto players and on the EU's ability to impose sanctions. In the case of non acquis imported rules, reversal of formal rules would be possible without sanctions whereas in the case of acquis rules, the likely outcomes are institutionalization or 'empty shells'. Another outcome, 'capture' of the new rules is likely in areas with distributive implications.enlargement; East-Central Europe; acquis communautaire; institutionalisation; administrative adaptation
Letter, [Author unclear] to Paulina T. Merritt
No full textHandwritten letter to Paulina Merritt from an unknown author, October 1, 1876.
Eleonora Dimitrova appointed Director of the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) Program
No full textEleonora Dimitrova has been appointed Director of the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) Program, Mya Rimon (Assistant Dean, Students) announced July 27 to the Osgoode community. LAWS is an innovative partnership between the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Toronto District School Board designed to deliver an education program aimed at supporting, guiding and motivating high school students.
A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2010, Dimitrova has been involved with the LAWS Program since almost the beginning, as a volunteer in 2007-08 and a summer student in 2009 and 2010. Since 2013, she has been the full-time LAWS Program Coordinator at Osgoode where she works with our partner high schools in the Jane-Finch community. Last year, Dimitrova very ably served as the Acting Director of LAWS for several months.
“We are thrilled that Eleonora’s experience, talent and energy will continue to benefit the law schools at U of T and Osgoode and the 1000+ youth in our communities who are involved in LAWS each year, ” Rimon said. She added that recruiting is underway for the Osgoode LAWS Program Coordinator
Modelling functionally graded materials in heat transfer and thermal stress analysis by means of graded finite elements
Full text linkFor better understanding of the behaviour of functionally graded materials (FGM) in high temperature environment, a reliable and efficient numerical tool is required for predictions of heat transfer behaviour and thermally-induced stresses in them. This study presents a finite element formulation of a coupled thermo-mechanical problem in functionally graded metal/ceramic plates. The theoretical framework considers the finite element method (FEM) which is applied to the development of a functionally graded two-dimensional plane strain finite element. The plane strain graded finite element is incorporated within the ABAQUS tm code via the combination of user-defined subroutines. The subroutines enable us to program graded mechanical and thermal properties of the FGM as continuous position-dependent functions and, then, to sample them directly at the Gauss integration points of the element. The performance of the developed graded finite element is verified by comparisons with results known in the literature and with calculated using conventional homogeneous elements in a layered model. The solutions of thermo-mechanical problems of functionally graded plates referring to pure mechanical and thermal tasks, and uncoupled and coupled analyses of thermoelasticity are carried out and discussed in the paper
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN BULGARIAN TOURISM
No full textTourism is one of the main sectors in Bulgaria with a total share of 12% of the GDP of the country. In 2016 the tourism budget is about 6 mln euros, which is 0.5% of the whole budget. Tourism, like every human activity, affects the environment. Tourism influences and is influenced by it. So, the interrelationship between tourism and the environment is complex and constantly transformed. In light of these considerations, a research study has been
conducted in order to calculate the carbon footprint of typical 4-star hotels in the region of Varna. The choice of the calculation of the carbon footprint has been made because it represents an important environmental certificate useful for green marketing strategies
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