361 research outputs found
The Theory of Towns
No full textExtract of the book Theory of Towns by Jiri Hruza. Publisher: Czechoslovac Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1965.Citations of sources, conclusions, or opinions expressed in this
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the policies or views of staff or others affiliated with the
Institute for Policy Studies or Johns Hopkins University
1.Jiri Barta - author's profile and work interpretation 2.The Kingdom of Cutlery
No full textBakalářská práce se zaměřuje na současného předního českého tvůrce animovaných filmů Jiřího Bartu. V teoretické části shrnuje život a dílo Jiřího Barty, jeho filmografii a získaná ocenění. V praktické části se věnuje podrobnému rozboru jednotlivých snímků. Jde o krát-ké animované filmy i celovečerní projekty realizované režisérem od ukončení studia do současnosti.My Bacherol Work focuses on contemporary prominent Czech author of animated films Jiri Barta. At the theoretical part summarizes Jiri Barta's life and work, his filmography and acquired awards. At the practical part engages in constiuent film analysis. Among his films belong short animated films and also featured films which the director realized from early 70's to this day.Vyšší odborná škola filmová Zlínobhájen
Czech Social Reform/Non-reform: Routes, Actors and Problems
No full textIn this contribution, the author first considers the characteristics of the Czechoslovak communist welfare state and its theoretical alternatives. Throughout the reform process, dependency on both corporatist and socialist regimes won out, while residualist efforts were promoted in the beginning, but were later held back. The author then considers the possible actors involved in social reforms. In this respect, when proceeding from a general to a more concrete level, thought should first be devoted to the social classes and their ideologies, and second to political parties and their leaders. The author goes on to summarise the particular problems and traps in individual sections of the Czech social system. While no objection to decent standards of social protection and health care could be raised, the poor efficiency of their achievement should evoke concern. The author concludes by reflecting on the possible specificities of Czech social reform in comparison with the other countries undergoing reform and the EU. The current lethargy of the Czech welfare system corresponds to a “frozen edifice”, just as in most Western countries. However, such stagnation is apparently acceptable to both the politicians (who mask it in reformist rhetoric) and the population (which learned to master taking advantage of the generous welfare state) and thus is basically sustainable in the long run.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40037/3/wp651.pd
A Crazy Meeting of the minds of Freud and Dalí
No full textA review and summary of the play, Hysteria, which is about Sigmund Freud's meeting with Salvador Dali. The author of this review seems to be more inclined to criticize that to praise director Jiri Zizka for the directorial choices made
Measurement of Air Pollution by Measurement of Traffic Density
No full textThe areas of many cities in the Netherlands are covered by a network of stationary sensors, measuring special components of air pollution such as CO2, NO2, PM2.5 and PM10. The pollution with fine dust along roads, surrounding and crossing the city is primarily related to traffic density. To measure traffic density, we used a license plate recognizer based on a special Neural Network Neocognitron, analyzing the video footage of surveillance cameras along the roads. We also studied the onset and offset of traffic density to predict traffic density, using the first recorded sparse traffic data. In cooperation with MIT Senseable City Lab the Technical University of Delft has developed special mobile, low cost sensors to measure air pollution. These mobile sensors are integrated with stationary sensors to a heterogeneous sensor network and enable measurement of air pollution out of the reach of the stationary sensor network.. Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Interactive Intelligenc
Resilience of Incident Management in Smart Cities
No full textThe grow of urban environments caused many problems in traffic networks. On the roads in and around an urban environment many traffic incidents happen all the time, especially during rush hours or bad weather conditions. To minimize the negative impacts, an incident scene has to be cleared as soon as possible. Additional delay has been caused by bad communication and missing information. In this paper we present a new IT system based on the framework JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment). The system offers a blackboard like functionality for communication of first responders at the incident scene and control rooms. The system has been implemented and tested in laboratory settings and shows a significant reduction of incident process time. As a consequence, the resilience of traffic network in urban areas has been improved by better incident management and communication.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Interactive Intelligenc
Utilizing Knowledge of Physics in Safety Engineering
No full textAny technician working in safety engineering needs certain knowledge of physics. This knowledge includes physical quantities and units of measurement, physical properties of substances, various formulae and equations, etc. It is also very important to possess knowledge enabling general - and often highly complex - processes to be simplified. This paper discusses two such possibilities for simplification
Impact of Financial Crisis on the Profitability of Capital Structure Arbitrage in Australia
No full textWe evaluate the performance of a convergence style capital structure arbitrage trading strategy using Australian CDS spreads estimated by the Credit Grades model. By comparing a number of volatility inputs, we find that although option-implied volatility inputs produce biased spreads compared to historical measures, their correlation with medium-term changes in market spreads generate significantly more profitable trades during the financial crisis, even after the inclusion of transaction costs. While the strategy is risky at both the individual obligor and the iTraxx Index level, combining positions into an equally-weighted index of arbitrage trades reduces risk.
 
Formal Specification in “Z” Language by Software Z/EVES
No full textThe paper shows a short overview of representation formalisms, which can be used for specification of technical system functional requirements. Some basic model schemas of function called User Identification of ITS are presented by formal specification “Z” language and software Z/EVES
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