124,785 research outputs found
CALCULATING RISK ASSESSMENT, DESIGNING SAFETY CONCEPT, AND RISK VALIDATION FOR A POLISHING MACHINE
No full textV diplomskem delu je predstavljen standard »EN ISO 12100 – Varnost strojev – Splošna načela načrtovanja – Ocena tveganja in zmanjšanje tveganja«. Opisani sta izdelava ocene tveganja in varnostnega koncepta ter validacija tveganja na primeru polirnega stroja. Vsi dokumenti so bili izdelani s pomočjo standardov »EN ISO 12100 – Varnost strojev – Splošna načela načrtovanja – Ocena tveganja in zmanjšanje tveganja« in »EN ISO 13849 – 1 – Varnost strojev – Z varnostjo povezani deli krmilnih sistemov – 1. del: Splošna načela za načrtovanje«.The graduation thesis presents EN ISO 12100 standard (Safety of machinery – General principles for design – Risk assessment and risk reduction). Design of risk assessment and safety concept is described, as well as risk validation in a case of a polishing machine. All documents were prepared using the following standards: EN ISO 12100 standard (Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction), and EN ISO 13849 – 1 (Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems — Part 1: General principles for design)
THE USE OF THE INTERNET FOR MARKETING COMMUNICATION IN MICRO AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CASE OF SLOVENIAN CATERERS
No full textRazvoj tehnologije in njena splošna dostopnost sta vedno spreminjala navade potrošnikov. Še nikoli do sedaj nismo bili priča tako hitremu razvoju kot ga doživljamo danes. Internet in družbeni mediji so spremenili navade ljudi, v poslovno okolje podjetij pa prinesli veliko sprememb in nove marketinške priložnosti. V času, ko internet dnevno uporablja velika večina prebivalcev, ni več vprašanje biti ali ne biti prisoten, temveč kako in na kakšen način kar najbolje izkoristiti sodobne digitalne medije.
V diplomskem delu sem proučeval vpliv sodobnih medijev na marketinško komuniciranje podjetij. Sodobne tehnologije omogočajo malim podjetjem, da tekmujejo z velikimi. A praksa kaže, da pogosto ni tako. Čeprav veljajo mala podjetja za bolj prilagodljiva se zdi, da ne izkoriščajo dovolj vseh priložnosti, ki jih informacijsko-komunikacijska tehnologija prinaša
Raziskava je pokazala, da se podjetja še kako dobro zavedajo pomena, ki ga ima za njihovo poslovanje internet. Pri tem je bilo ugotovljeno, da se ga aktivno poslužuje več kot tri četrtine v raziskavo zajetij podjetij. Namen raziskave ni bil ugotavljanje uspešnosti in učinkovitosti uporabe, a na podlagi nekaterih odgovorov in ugotovitev iz drugih primerljivih raziskav ocenjujem, da obstaja resen dvom v učinkovito marketinško izkoriščanje vseh priložnosti, ki jih internet po 25 letih ponuja.The development of technology and its general accessibility usually change consumers\u27 behaviour. Never before have we witnessed such a rapid development, as we can experience today. Internet and social media have changed people\u27s habits and brought a lot of changes into business environments and new marketing opportunities. By the daily web use of the great majority of the population, the question of being or not being present, no longer exists. However, the concern how to take advantage of modern digital media in the best possible way, remains.
In my diploma paper I have studied the effects of the modern media on marketing communication in the companies. Modern technologies allow small businesses to compete with large ones. Practice shows that this is often not the case. Although small businesses are more flexible, it seems that they are not making a sufficient use of the opportunities, offered by the information and communication technology.
The survey shows that companies are well aware of the importance of the internet use in order to improve their business. More than three-quarters of the respondents have actively been using internet for business. The purpose of the study was not to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of its use, but based on some of the responses and findings from other comparable researches, we can estimate, that there are some serious doubts about the effective marketing use of all the opportunities, offered by the internet in the last 25 years
Reliability and validity of the Slovenian translation of the gait assessment and intervention tool in patients after stroke
No full textUvod: Lestvica G.A.I.T. je bila razvita z namenom ovrednotenja hoje in prepoznave odstopanja od normalne hoje po možganski kapi. Namen: Namen raziskave je bil za slovenski prevod lestvice G.A.I.T. preveriti zanesljivost posameznega preiskovalca in med preiskovalci ter sočasno veljavnost s testom hitrosti hoje. Poleg tega smo preverili notranjo skladnost in veljavnost lestvice ter kriterijsko veljavnost lestvice. Izračunali smo tudi najmanjšo zaznavno spremembo. Metode dela: V raziskavo smo vključili 30 preiskovancev v kronični fazi po možganski kapi. Prevod je bil izveden po smernicah med-kulturološkega prilagajanja. Pri zanesljivosti posameznega preiskovalca je bil razmak med ocenjevanjema sedem dni. Zanesljivost med preiskovalci smo preverili med dvema fizioterapevtoma. Ugotavljali smo sočasno veljavnost lestvice G.A.I.T. s testom hoje na 10 metrov pri hitrosti sproščene in hitre hoje. Notranjo skladnost smo izračunali za celotno lestvico in za njene podsklope. Kriterijsko veljavnost smo izračunali za postavke lestvice, ki imajo v točkovanju navedene stopinje giba. Za objektivno izmero obsegov gibljivosti smo uporabili program Kinovea. Rezultati: Zanesljivost posameznega preiskovalca za celotno lestvico je bila odlična (ICC = 0,974), po postavkah lestvice pa nizka do odlična (ICC = 0,279 – 1,00). Zanesljivost med preiskovalcema za celotno lestvico je bila visoka (ICC = 0,850), po postavkah lestvice pa nizka do odlična (ICC = -0,147 – 0,935). Izidi lestvice G.A.I.T. so zelo visoko pozitivno povezani s testom hoje na 10 metrov pri hitrosti sproščene (? = 0,867) in hitre hoje (? = 0,765). Notranja skladnost celotne lestvice je bila zmerna (? = 0,897), medtem ko je skladnost podsklopov lestvice nizka do visoka (? = 0,243 – 0,816). Nizka za podsklop faza opore in zamaha ter visoka za fazo zamaha. Kriterijska veljavnost postavk 2, 5, 6, 11 – 14, 19, 20, 26 in 27 je zmerna do odlična (? = 0,554 – 1,00). Najmanjša zaznavna sprememba lestvice je 8,78 točke. Zaključek: Naša raziskava je za izid lestvice G.A.I.T. pokazala odlično zanesljivost posameznega preiskovalca in visoko zanesljivost med preiskovalci, kar potrjuje uporabnost lestvice v klinični praksi. Zanesljivost po postavkah je nizka do odlična za posameznega preiskovalca in med preiskovalci. Poleg tega smo ugotovili zelo visoko sočasno veljavnost lestvice s testom hitrosti hoje. Kriterijska veljavnost za obsege gibljivosti je zmerna do odlično. Notranja skladnost celotne lestvice je zmerna, pri podsklopih pa nizka do zmerna. V nadaljnje raziskave bi bilo smiselno vključiti paciente s kategorijo FAC ? 4 in v različnih fazah po možganski kapi.Introduction: The G.A.I.T. scale was developed to evaluate gait and identify deviations from normal gait post-stroke. Purpose: The aim was to assess the reliability of the Slovenian translation of the G.A.I.T. scale for intra-rater and inter-rater reliability, as well as concurrent validity with the walking speed test. Additionally, internal consistency and criterion validity of the scale were evaluated. The minimal detectable change was also calculated. Methods: The study included 30 subjects in the chronic phase post-stroke. The translation followed guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation. The interval between assessments for intra-rater reliability was seven days. Inter-rater reliability was assessed between two raters. Concurrent validity of the G.A.I.T. scale was determined using the 10-meter walk test at a comfortable and fast walking speed. Internal consistency was calculated for the entire scale and its subscales. Criterion validity was calculated for scale items that include degrees of movement in their scoring. Kinovea software was used for the objective measurement of range of motion. Results: The reliability of intra-rater for the entire scale was excellent (ICC = 0.974), while item reliability ranged from low to excellent (ICC = 0.279 – 1.00). Inter-rater reliability for the entire scale was high (ICC = 0.850) and ranged from low to excellent (ICC = -0.147 – 0.935) for individual items. The G.A.I.T. scale outcomes were highly positively correlated with the 10-meter walk test at a comfortable (ρ = 0.867) and fast walking speed (ρ = 0.765). Internal consistency for the entire scale was moderate (α = 0.897), while consistency of subscales ranged from low to high (α = 0.243 – 0.816), low for the stance and swing phase subscale, and high for the swing phase. Criterion validity for items 2, 5, 6, 11 – 14, 19, 20, 26, and 27 was moderate to excellent (ρ = 0.554 – 1.00). The minimal detectable change for the scale was 8.78 points. Discussion and conclusion: Our study demonstrated excellent intra-rater reliability and high inter-rater reliability for the G.A.I.T. scale, confirming its utility in clinical practice. Item reliability was low to excellent for both intra-rater and inter-rater assessments. Additionally, very high concurrent validity with walking speed was found. Criterion validity ranged from moderate to excellent. Internal consistency for the entire scale was moderate, while subscale consistency ranged from low to moderate. Future research should include patients with lower FAC scores and those in various stages post-stroke
Shortening manufactering time of constant velocity joint
No full textZaradi konkurenčnosti v avtomobilski industriji se nenehno iščejo rešitve za skrajšanje časa obdelave in s tem pocenitvijo proizvodnje. tako sem v okviru diplomske naloge v podjetju GKN Driveline Slovenija d.o.o. poskušal skrajšati čas obdelave na čepu polgredi.Due to competitivness in automotive industry, solutions are constantly being sought to reduce the processing time and thereby make production cheaper. Thus, as part of my diploma, I tried to reduce the manefacturing time of the constant velocity joint in company GKN Driveline Slovenija d.o.o
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Registry non-proprietary lien on movable property as an effective institute of real legal security of claims
No full textMagistrska naloga strukturirano in celostno obravnava institut registrske neposestne zastavne pravice na premičninah. Avtorica želi s pomočjo aktualne zakonodaje, njenih sprememb, sodne prakse in pravne literature predstaviti institut registrske neposestne zastavne pravice kot učinkovit institut stvarnopravnega zavarovanja terjatve kljub morebitnim pomislekom nekaterih pravnih teoretikov in nekaterih zakonodajnih pomanjkljivostih. Neposestna zavarovanja na splošno spadajo med najmanj učinkovite oblike zavarovanj, vendar se z uvedbo registra pri registrski neposestni zastavni pravici, kot dodatni varovalki za upnike, lahko izboljša učinkovitost takšnega zavarovanja. Prav tako uvedba registra spominja na zavarovanje terjatev s hipoteko, vendar instituta ne moremo v popolnosti izenačiti. Glavni namen instituta je zavarovanje upnikovih terjatev, s katerim ti pridobijo prednostno poplačilno upravičenje. Hkrati pa registrska neposestna zastavna pravica omogoča, da zastavitelj zastavljeno premičnino še naprej uporablja in ekonomsko izkorišča. Novela SPZ-B in Uredba RZPP sta prinesli številne spremembe in odpravile nekatere nedoslednosti pri registrski neposestni zastavni pravici. Prenova registra je omogočila enostavnejše, tehnično bolj dovršeno in hitrejše vpisovanje neposestnih zastavnih pravic na premičnini v register, prav tako je omogočen tudi enostavnejši dostop do podatkov, ki so vanj pisani. Registrska neposestna zastavna pravica s konstitutivnim oziroma oblikovalnim učinkom nastane z vpisom v register. Sporazum o ustanovitvi v obliki notarskega zapisa predstavlja zgolj razpolagalni pravni posel. Del teorije zavrača konstitutivni učinek vpisa v register, vendar je sodna praksa to stališče zavrnila. Predmet registrske neposestne zastavne pravice je omejen zgolj na taksativno določene premičnine z Uredbo RZPP, in sicer so to: zaloge, oprema in motorna vozila. Namreč le-tem premičninam je mogoče določiti učinkovit enoličen identifikacijski znak, ki je potreben za vpis zastavne pravice v register. Publicitetno načelo registra je najpomembnejše ter se močno zgleduje po publicitetnem načelu zemljiške knjige, vendar ju povsem ne moremo izenačiti, saj je zemljiška knjiga lastniški register, medtem ko register to ni. Publicitetno načelo zagotavlja dodatno varstvo upnikom predvsem proti tretjim, saj izključuje možnost dobroverne pridobitve lastninske pravice na zastavljeni premičnini. Ponovno se del teorije pri registrski neposestni zastavni pravici ne strinja s takšnim učinkom publicitetnega načela, vendar tudi to stališče sodna praksa zavrača. Realizacija poplačila iz zavarovanja z registrsko neposestno zastavno pravico je odvisna od sodelovanja zastavitelja, zato lahko ločimo prostovoljno in neprostovoljno uresničitev zastavne pravice. Registrska neposestna zastavna pravica formalno preneha šele z izbrisom iz registra, četudi je z materialnopravnega vidika razlog prenehanja nastopil že prej.The Master\u27s thesis deals in a structured and comprehensive way with the institute of a registered non-possessory lien on movable property. The author aims to present, with the help of current legislation, its amendments, case law and legal literature, the institute of the registered non-possessory lien as an effective institute of security in rem of a claim, despite the possible concerns of some legal theoreticians and some legislative shortcomings. Non-possessory security interests are generally among the least effective forms of security, but the introduction of a register for registered non-possessory liens, as an additional safeguard for creditors, may improve the effectiveness of such security interests. The introduction of a registry is also reminiscent of mortgage securitisation, but the two cannot be fully equated. The main purpose of the institute is to secure creditors\u27 claims in order to give them a preferential right of repayment. At the same time, a registered non-possessory lien allows the pledgor to continue to use and economically exploit the lined movable property. The SPZ-B amendment and the RZPP Regulation brought many changes and eliminated some inconsistencies in the registered non-proprietary lien. The recast of the Register has made it easier, more technically sophisticated and faster to enter non-possessory liens on movable property in the Register, and it has also made it easier to access the data entered in the Register. A registered non-possessory lien with constitutive or formative effect is created by registration in the register. The notarial deed of establishment constitutes a purely dispositive transaction. Part of the theory rejects the constitutive effect of registration in the register, but case law has rejected this view The subject-matter of the registered pledge is limited to the movable property specified by the RZPP Regulation, namely: stock, equipment and motor vehicles. This is because these movable objects can be assigned an effective unique identifier, which is necessary for the registration of the lien in the register. The publicity principle of the Register is the most important and is strongly inspired by the publicity principle of the Land Registry, but they cannot be completely equated, as the Land Register is a property register, while the Registry is not. The publicity principle provides additional protection to creditors, in particular against third parties, as it excludes the possibility of a bona fide acquisition of title to the pledged movable. Again, a part of the theory disagrees with such an effect of the publicity principle in the case of a registrable non-possessory lien, but this view has also been rejected by case law. The realisation of the repayment under a security interest secured by a registrable non-possessory lien depends on the participation of the pledgee, so a distinction can be made between voluntary and involuntary realisation of the pledge. A registered non-possessory lien formally terminates only upon deletion from the register, even if the substantive legal ground for termination has already occurred earlier
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
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