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Glued-in steel plate and screwed connections in Timber–Concrete Composites systems: Mechanical performance and design implications
No full textThis paper presents a comparative study between Timber–Concrete Composite (TCC) systems with glued-in steel plates and screwed connections. The research focuses on evaluating the structural performance of these connections, with a particular focus on the innovative glued-in steel plate through full-scale four-point bending tests on floor subassemblies with a 7.5 m span, complemented by push-out tests for assessing the behaviour of the slab-beam connection. The study aims to determine if the glued-in steel plate, a more economical option, can replace screws without significantly compromising the TCC system's stiffness or strength. The findings reveal that while the glued-in steel plate connections exhibited lower stiffness and ductility compared to screwed connections, they demonstrated a significantly higher load-bearing capacity. Specifically, the glued-in connections achieved capacities ranging from 670-720 kN, markedly exceeding the 300-350 kN and 480-520 kN capacities of specimens with fewer and more screws, respectively. These results suggest that glued-in steel plate connections can effectively replace screws in TCC systems, offering a cost-effective alternative without significantly reducing structural integrity. Moreover, the paper evaluates how to design TCC floors by estimating the effective number of connectors and the effective length of the glued-in steel plate using an iterative γ-method. This is done to account for changes in stiffness, as determined from push-out tests and observed in bending tests. The iterative γ-method's findings have been validated against the predictions of a Finite Element model
1. Theoretical Part: Documentation of the Preparation and Realization of the Master's Thesis and Research (Zeman Michal, doc. ak. mal) 2. Practical Part: Dad, You Are My Albatross - Computer Animated Film (Slivka Ondrej, prof. ArtD.)
No full textDobrodružný příběh o chlapci a cestě za jeho tátou, který na něj nemá čas. Táta jako fotograf zvířat cestuje po celém světě. A tak chlapec poznává tátův život mimo domov, ale i svět zvířat.Adventure story about a boy and his way to his dad, who has no time for him. Dad travels as a photographer of animals around the world. And so the boy explores his dad´s life outside home, but also animal world.Ateliér Animovaná tvorb
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Business process automation by the implementation of ITS HR Hub
No full textThe thesis focuses on the automation of in-house enterprise processes. The author presents reasons and benefits of process automation in enterprises using internal resources and software. The main goal is to analyze the design and implementation of ITS HR Hub information system at DHL IT Services for the human resources department. The system design concept includes specification of architectural, procedural and technological aspects. The author begins with the research of sources, which form the theoretical basis of the thesis and defines basic concepts of process automation. Furthermore, the author introduces the company DHL IT Services and its HR department, where the business process automation project was introduced. The project includes a definition of the project itself, based on the analysis of selected processes of the chosen department, analysis and design of a new web portal and reward processes, which is concluded by the implementation of the proposed solution. The success of the project and goals of the diploma thesis are demonstrated by the implementation of the solution against its design which the author additionally supports by quantitative and qualitative research together with the data analysis upon the implemented solution.Táto diplomová práca sa zameriava na automatizáciu vnútropodnikových procesov. Autor predstavuje dôvody a prínosy automatizácie procesov v podnikoch s využitím interných zdrojov a softwarového vybavenia.Hlavným cieľom diplomovej práce je analýza, návrh a implementácia informačného systému ITS HR Hub v spoločnosti DHL IT Services pre oddelenie ľudských zdrojov. Návrh systému zahŕňa špecifikáciu informačného systému po jeho architektonickej, procesnej a technologickej stránke.Autor v úvode rozoberá rešerše informačných zdrojov, ktoré tvoria predpoklad a teoreticky základ práce a vymedzuje základne pojmy a oblasť automatizácie procesov. Ďalej je predstavená spoločnosť DHL IT Services a jej oddelenie HR, pre ktorú autor spracováva projekt automatizácie podnikových procesov. Projekt zahrňuje jeho definíciu na základe analýzy vybraných procesov oddelenia, analýzu a návrh webového portálu a odmeňovacích procesov spoločnosti, ktorú uzatvára implementáciou navrhnutého riešenia.Úspešnosť projektu a cieľov diplomovej práce autor demonštruje na prevedení implementácie riešenia oproti jeho návrhu a svoje tvrdenia podkladá kvantitatívnym a kvalitatívnym výskumom spolu s dátovou analýzou nad implementovaným riešením.Tato diplomová práce se zaměřuje na automatizaci vnitropodnikových procesů. Autor představuje důvody a přínosy automatizace procesů v podnicích s využitím interních zdrojů a softwarového vybavení. Hlavním cílem diplomové práce je analýza, návrh a implementace informačního systému ITS HR Hub ve společnosti DHL IT Services pro oddělení lidských zdrojů. Pod pojmem návrh informačního systému se rozumí specifikace informačního systému po jeho architektonické, procesní a technologické stránce. Autor v úvodu rozebírá rešerše informačních zdrojů, které tvoří předpoklad a teoretický základ práce a vymezuje základní pojmy a oblast automatizace procesů. Dále je představena společnost DHL IT Services a její HR oddělení, pro které autor zpracovává projekt automatizace podnikových procesů. Projekt zahrnuje jeho definici na základě analýzy vybraných procesů v oddělení, analýzu a návrh webového portálu a odměňovacích procesů společnosti, kterou uzavírá implementací navrženého řešení. Úspěšnost projektu a cíle diplomové práce autor dokazuje na provedení implementace představeného řešení dle jeho návrhu a svoje tvrzení podkládá kvantitativním a kvalitativním výzkumem spolu s datovou analýzou implementovaného řešení
1. Theoretical Part: Documentation of the Preparation and Realization of the Master's Thesis and Research 2. Practical Part: Conviction - Stop-motion Puppet Animated Film
No full textTato teoretická část diplomové práce se zabývá přípravou, realizací a finálními úpravami praktické práce. Jedná se o krátký animovaný loutkový film "Přesvědčení", ve kterém se objevují také další animační a postprodukční techniky. Jsou do ní vloženy myš-lenky a poznámky autora a lidí, kteří na filmu spolupracovali.This theoretical part of the master thesis deals with the preparation, implementa-tion and final modifications of practical thesis. It is a short animated puppet film "Con-viction", in which other animation and postproduction techniques are also appearing. It incorporates the ideas and notes of the author and the people who collaborated on the film.Ateliér Animovaná tvorb
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
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