Ride-pooling (or ride-sharing) services combine trips of multiple customers along similar routes into a single vehicle. The collective dynamics of the fleet of ride-pooling vehicles fundamentally underlies the efficiency of these services. In simplified models, the common features of these dynamics give rise to scaling laws of the efficiency that are valid across a wide range of street networks and demand settings. However, it is unclear how constraints of the vehicle fleet impact such scaling laws. Here, we map the collective dynamics of capacity-constrained ride-pooling fleets to services with unlimited passenger capacity and identify an effective fleet size of available vehicles as the relevant scaling parameter characterizing the dynamics. Exploiting this mapping, we generalize the scaling laws of ride-pooling efficiency to capacity-constrained fleets. We approximate the scaling function with a queueing theoretical analysis of the dynamics in a minimal model system, thereby enabling mean-field predictions of required fleet sizes in more complex settings. These results may help to transfer insights from existing ride-pooling services to new settings or service locations.

This paper explores the issues underlying the Scott v. Canada veteran class action lawsuit. In particular it seeks to provide context to these issues by examining the cultural and legal structure of the Canadian military, the historic developments of veteran benefits in Canada, and the difficulties veterans face navigating the institutions that disseminate these benefits. The Scott v. Canada veteran class action lawsuit was launched against the Federal Government in 2012, in response to the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (the “New Veterans Charter”), which replaced the disability pension regime for many Canadian Forces Members and veterans under the Pension Act. / Graduate

Šiame magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjami juridinio asmens dalyvio atsakomybės pagal juridinio asmens prievoles taikymo ypatumai Lietuvos teismų praktikoje. Pirmoje darbo dalyje yra aptariamos juridinio asmens kilmės teorijos bei jų įtaka juridinio asmens dalyvio atsakomybei, analizuojamas dalyvio atsakomybės pagal juridinio asmens prievoles institutas, aptariami juridinio asmens dalyvio atsakomybės modeliai, remiantis teismų, doktrinos išaiškinimais bei teisės normų analize nustatinėjama dalyvio atsakomybės pagal juridinio asmens prievoles kilmė. Antroje darbo dalyje aptariama ribotos ir neribotos atsakomybės juridinių asmenų dalyvių teisinio statuso ypatumai, analizuojami juridinio asmens dalyvių sampratos išaiškinimai Lietuvos teismų praktikoje bei teisės doktrinoje, taip pat aptariami teisės aktų prieštaravimai bei teismų praktikos probleminiai aspektai, susiję su ribotos ir neribotos atsakomybės juridinių asmenų dalyvių teisinio statuso ypatumais. Trečioje darbo dalyje aptariama ribotos atsakomybės juridinio asmens dalyvio atsakomybės pagal juridinio asmens prievoles atsiradimo pagrindai ir jų taikymas Lietuvos teismų praktikoje. Nagrinėjami dalyvio atsakomybės pagal juridinio asmens prievoles atvejai įstatymo ir steigiamųjų dokumentų pagrindu, analizuojamos dalyvio atsakomybės pagal juridinio asmens prievoles dėl nesąžiningų dalyvio veiksmų taikymo sąlygos, apžvelgiami šių sąlygų taikymo atvejai Lietuvos teismų praktikoje, aptariami jų praktinio taikymo probleminiai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This Master’s thesis analyzes peculiarities of application of the liability of a legal entity’s member under the legal entity’s obligations in Lithuanian case-law. The first part deals with theories on the origin of a legal entity and their impact on the liability of a legal entity’s member, analyzes the institution of a member’s liability under the legal entity’s obligations, discusses models of the liability of a legal entity’s member and determines the origin of the liability of a legal entity’s member under the legal entity’s obligations based on interpretations of courts and the doctrine as well as on an analysis of legal norms. The second part discusses peculiarities of a legal status of members of legal entities with limited and unlimited liabilities, analyzes interpretations of the conception of a legal entity’s member in Lithuanian case-law and legal doctrine and also deals with contradictions in legislation and problematic aspects of the case-law related to peculiarities of a legal status of members of legal entities with limited and unlimited liabilities. The third part of the thesis discusses grounds for the liability of a legal entity’s member under the legal entity’s obligations and their application in Lithuanian case-law. The part deals with cases of a member’s liability under the legal entity’s obligations on the basis of laws and incorporation documents, analyzes conditions for application of a member’s liability under the legal entity’s obligations as a... [to full text]

Master‘s thesis deals with pavement management system applied on roads of 2nd and 3rd class in region of Hradec Králové. Its task is to collect failures of pavement, evaluate pavement condition and make plans of pavement maintenance and rehabilitation in variants. One of tasks is also to evaluate attitude of pavement management system in regional level, but also to evaluate the contributions and weaknesses of systematic steps and attitude of access of stakeholders.

The aim of this diploma thesis is the design of automatic tensioning device for regulating forces in driving belts of high-pressure pumps under long-term testing, in collaboration with Bosch Diesel s.r.o. in Jihlava. The paper describes the development of the mechatronic device, from the selection of components, going through the design phase of the automatic electronic device, up to mechanical design and prototype execution. An assessment is made of custom device based on the test in real operations and economic benefits for the client are evaluated in the conslusion.

Le travail de recherche que nous présentons porte sur une médiation particulière, l’exposition culturelle, dans un contexte particulier, celui de l’hybridation des lieux commerciaux (par l’affichage d’une prétention culturelle) et des lieux culturels (par la montée en puissance d’activités et de logiques commerciales). L’ambition culturelle est, de fait, de plus en plus souvent revendiquée par des acteurs commerciaux et cette revendication dessine, à notre sens, les lignes d’un nouveau partage dont il convient d’étudier les modalités, d’une part, et la portée socio-symbolique, d’autre part. Les exemples de ce mélange des genres, entre relation commerciale et relation culturelle, sont légion. Celui-ci caractérise des lieux physiquement situés et intentionnellement aménagés qui composent une part non négligeable de nos environnements quotidiens. Deux types de lieux retiennent ici notre attention : le centre commercial et le musée. Pour articuler au mieux les différents niveaux de notre analyse, nous envisageons ces lieux hybrides à trois échelles distinctes qui, partant de l’observable le plus circonscrit, s’ouvrent sur l’espace social de la réception et structurent notre développement : le dispositif d’exposition est au cœur de la première partie de notre étude ; le lieu, en l’occurrence muséal (la Cité des sciences), fournit la matière et le terrain d’enquête sur lesquels se fonde la seconde partie ; le territoire du Nord-Est parisien, dans lequel deux lieux hybrides de culture et de commerce se trouvent situés (la Cité des sciences et le centre commercial du Millénaire), ouvre enfin l’étude aux phénomènes de transformation et de circulation. / The research presented here focuses on a specific form of media, the cultural exhibition, considered in the specific context of the hybridisation of commercial venues (showing a growing cultural aspiration) and cultural venues (showing a growing number of commercial activities and commercial strategies). Commercial players are more frequently demonstrating cultural ambitions with the results that the line between business and culture needs to be redefined both in terms of procedures and socio-symbolic implications. Examples of the mixture of genres between the commercial and cultural are numerous and are to be found in places often encountered in our daily lives, places with an actual physical existence and established with the intention of blurring the lines. Two types of place will be under scrutiny: the shopping center and the museum. In order to articulate the different levels of this analysis, these hybrid venues will be considered on three distinct levels, starting with pure observation and moving to the social impact of these transformations: the study of the layout of the exhibition is at the heart of the first part of this study; the place which happens to be a museum (La Cité des Sciences) provides the subject and the basis of the second part of the study; the area made up of the north-eastern part of Paris, in which two of these hybrid venues of culture and commerce are located (la Cité des Sciences and the Millénaire shopping center) will finally open up the study to show the phenomena of transformation and circulation.