Šiuolaikinės organizacijos informacinėse sistemose gausu įvairių ataskaitų kurios reikalingos darbuotojams. Problema yra didelės laiko sąnaudos šių ataskaitų kūrimui ir atnaujinimui. Ji kyla iš to, kad egzistuoja funkcinė atskirtis tarp profesionalių ataskaitų dizainerių ir galinių vartotojų. Magistrinio darbo tikslas yra panaikinti funkcinę atskirtį tarp galinių vartotojų ir profesionalių ataskaitų dizainerių sukuriant internetinėje aplinkoje veikiantį įrankį ataskaitų kūrimui automatizuoti. Toks sprendimas turėtų ženkliai sutrumpinti ataskaitų kūrimo–spausdinimo ciklo trukmę. Įrankio vartotojo sąsaja bus stengiamasi kiek galima priartinti prie panašaus funkcionalumo kaip lokalių ataskaitų kūrimo įrankių. Šiame darbe yra analizuojama organizacijos aplinka ir ataskaitų kūrimo–spausdinimo ciklas, pateikiama jau sukurtų įrankių ir sprendimų analizė panašioms problemoms spręsti. Taip pat yra pateikiami išnagrinėti sistemos archietktūros variantai bei įvertintos rizikos susijusios su būsimo projekto vykdymu ir pasiūlytos priemonės rizikai mažinti. Projektinėje dalyje yra pateikiamas kuriamo įrankio projektas pagal RUP metodiką. Įrankis realizuotas naudojant AJAX technologiją prezentacijos lygmeniui ir ASP.NET platformą taikomųjų uždavinių lygmeniui. Sukurto produkto įvertinimui buvo atliktas Internetinio įrankio ataskaitų kūrimui automatizuoti efektyvumo tyrimo ekspermentas, kuris parodė, kad sukurtas įrankis nepanaikino funkcinės atskirties, bet ją sumažino. Ateityje... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In modern organizations information systems there are a lot of reporting functions to help users to work efficiently. The problem is the high amount of time that is used for creating and editing these reports. The roots of this problem is the functional separation between professional report designers and end-users. The goal of this work is to eliminate functional separation between professional report designers and end-users by creating online tool for report development . This solution should have significant impact on reducing development time of report creating-printing cycle. The user interface of this tool should be similar to local report development tools. During the analysis there were analyzed report creating-printing cycle and existing tools for solving similar problems, several software architecture types for realization of the tool, risks related to the development of this tool and means to lower them. The designing of the tool was done following RUP process using MagicDraw UML software. The presentation layer of this tool was realized with bleeding edge AJAX technology and the application layer is realized with ASP.NET platform. To evaluate the product there was performed an effectiveness research on the newly created „Tool for online report development“. The research showed, that tool did not completely removed the functional separation, but decreased it. In the future this tool will be developed further to completely remove functional separation between... [to full text]

In this interactive presentation attendees will learn about processes used to mobilize research into practical applications. Attendees will learn about the five processes used by the Military REACH team to accomplish this goal, which extends beyond the realms of military research (e.g., social science research). The Military REACH team will discuss how research is identified, evaluated, translated, archived, and distributed to families, helping professionals, and policy makers through various avenues. The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate a systematic approach for making research visible and available to those outside of higher education. Foundational to the process utilized is an emphasis on connecting research to intended audiences (families, helping professionals, and policy makers) in a manner that is inviting, easily understood, and meaningful for their everyday context. This emphasis is demonstrated in our processes through the importance placed on identifying and highlighting implications of the research for specific target audiences.

Das Online-Werkzeug „Projekt-Check“ gibt Kommunen, Planungsbüros und interessierten Bürger/-innen die Möglichkeit, eine erste Einschätzung der Standort- und Flächeneignung von potenziellen Entwicklungsflächen für Wohn-, Gewerbe- und Einzelhandelsprojekte vorzunehmen. Projekt-Check zielt auf eine sehr frühe Planungsphase, in der noch eine große Gestaltungsfreiheit in der Planung (Standort, Nutzungskonzepte) besteht. Entsprechend grob gehalten sind die Eingabemöglichkeiten und die Bewertungsergebnisse. Grundgedanke ist eine „Vorprüfung“ zur Einschätzung der Eignung bzw. der Identifikation möglicher Konflikt- und Optimierungsbereiche. Aufbauend auf den Ergebnissen können anschließend zielgerichtet Klärungsbedarfe und ggf. vertiefende Gutachten definiert werden. Projekt-Check umfasst neben der in diesem Beitrag im Vordergrund stehenden Web-Variante auch eine Profi-Version zur Offline-Nutzung. Diese wird als Add-In für ArcGIS ab Version 10.4 zur Verfügung gestellt. Download und Nutzung von der Web- und Profi-Variante von Projekt-Check sind kostenlos. Beide stehen Interessierten ab Herbst 2017 unter www.projekt-check.de zur Verfügung.

<p>Drainage water recycling (DWR) is the practice of capturing, storing, and reusing subsurface drained agricultural water to support supplemental irrigation and has recently been proposed as a practice for improving the crop production and water quality performance in the tile-drained landscape of the U.S. Midwest. This study describes the development of a modeling framework to quantify the potential irrigation and water quality benefits of DWR systems in tile-drained landscapes and the application of the model using ten years of measured weather, tile drain flow and nutrient concentrations, water table, and soil data from two sites in the U.S. Midwest. From this modeling framework, the development and testing of an open-source online tool is also presented.</p><p></p><p>A spreadsheet model was developed to track water flows between a reservoir and drained and irrigated field area at each site. The amount of tile drain flow and associated nutrient loads that could be captured from the field and stored in the reservoir was estimated to calculate the potential water quality benefits of the system. Irrigation benefits were quantified based on the amount of applied irrigation annually. A reservoir size representing 6% to 8% of the field area with an average depth of 3.05 m was sufficient in meeting the annual irrigation requirements during the 10-year period at each site. At this reservoir size, average annual nitrate-N loads were reduced by 20% to 40% and soluble reactive phosphorus loads by 17% to 41%. Variability in precipitation within and across years, and differences in soil water characteristics, resulted in a wide range of potential benefits at the two sites.</p><p>An online tool was developed from the model, and a variance-based global sensitivity analysis was conducted to determine influential and low-sensitivity input parameters. The input parameter, depth of root zone, was the most influential input parameter suggesting that the estimation of total available water for the field water balance is a critical component of the model. Input settings describing the irrigation management and crop coefficients for the initial establishment and mid-season crop growth periods were also influential in impacting the field water balance. Reservoir seepage rate was influential in regard to the reservoir water balance, particularly at larger reservoir sizes. Sensitivity analysis results were used to develop a user-interface for the tool, Evaluating Drainage Water Recycling Decisions (EDWRD).</p><p>This study shows that DWR is capable of providing both irrigation and water quality benefits in the tile-drained landscape of the U.S. Midwest. The developed modeling framework supports future research on the development of strategies to implement and manage DWR systems, and the online tool serves as a resource for users to increase their awareness and understanding of the potential benefits of this novel practice.</p><p></p>

This project is a master’s thesis in Industrial Design that has been conducted in the spring of 2022 at Luleå University of Technology. The project is a cooperation with the company Neava and is about improving their online tool Design Studio. The goal of the project is to improve the online tool from an environmentally friendly perspective, i.e., how information is presented regarding material’s impact on the environment and how energy efficient the house will be when all the choices have been made.  Today, there are two different interfaces of Design Studio. One that is based on specific requirements from a customer, and another that is designed for sellers. None of these interfaces provides the user with information about how the materials are affecting the environment. Today it is important to think about the materials and energy efficiency when new houses are being built to create a sustainable future.  The work has been conducted by the process Design Thinking, which is an iterative process that is performed in five different phases: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. In the first phase, an understanding of the user was created, this was conducted through interviews and a survey. In the second phase, the user was identified, and user needs were established. In the third phase, different ideas and concepts were generated and then evaluated by users. In the fourth phase, a clickable prototype was created in the program Adobe XD. In the fifth phase, the prototype was tested on users and later improved based on the results.  The final result is a clickable prototype that informs the user about the available materials and how they are affecting the environment. The materials are categorized into three different groups: red, yellow, and green. If a material is in the red category, it indicates that the material is the worst for the environment. If a material is in the yellow category, it indicates that the material is okay for the environment. If a material is in the green category, it indicates that the material is the best for the environment. These three colors are connected to the environmental meter, the indicator shows the user how environmentally friendly materials the user has selected and how energy efficient the house will be.

I Sverige har byggsektorn en stor påverkan på miljön och nya metoder samt materialen behöver tas fram för att förbättra situationen. Ett online-verktyg kan användas som ett hjälpmedel vid inlärning och även öka kunskapen. Arbetet gick ut på att skapa ett online-verktyg men även att kontrollera hur andra befintliga verktyg fungerar och hur de är utformade.Syftet och målet med arbetet var att skapa ett online-verktyg för träkonstruktioner som kan användas i kursen Stål- och träkonstruktioner samt som kan hjälpa studenter vid inlärning och kontroller av beräkningar.Online-verktyget som tagits fram erbjuder möjligheten att beräkna bärförmågan hos träkonstruktioner i form av balkar, pelare och förband. Online-verktyget befinner sig i ett tidigt stadie och kräver mer utveckling, enkätundersökningar och intervjuer gav inblick till vad som behöver implementeras i framtiden. / The building sector in Sweden has a big impact on the environment and new methods as well as new technology need to be developed in order to improve the situation. An online tool can be used as an aid in learning and to improve the knowledge. The thesis work comprises the development of an online tool and furthermore an investigation of how other online tools work and how they are designed.The goal and the purpose of the thesis was to create an online tool that can be implemented in the course Steel and Timber Structural Engineering at Linnaeus University. In order to help students with learning and to check calculations.The program that has been developed offers the ability to calculate the load bearing capacity of beams, pillars and connections with metal fasteners. The online tool is in an early stage and needs further. The surveys and interviews gave an insight to what functions need to be implemented in the future.