Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

Searching study for by-pass of villages Myslotín, Ondřejov, Ústrašín which is part of relocation of I/34 (international road E551). Comunnication is situated in exravilan and it will connect to planned bypass of Pelhřimov. Content of work is three variants processing with detail analysis of advantageous one.

The field programmable gate array (FPGA) is an attractive computational platform for many applications because of its customizable nature and modest development cost, in terms of both time and money. As FPGAs scale to increased logical capacities, designers have increased flexibility. However, the FPGA placement problem becomes more difficult at increased sizes. Increasingly, designers are encouraged to structure designs hierarchically and floor-plan. Floor planning is a manual process which maps specified design submodules to selected physical regions of the FPGA device fabric. This thesis explores several of the effects that floor-planning has on submodules and the designs they comprise. A method is developed to explore the floor-planning impact on submodules independent of a full design. Six different submodules are independently subjected to varying timing constraints and to area constraints of varying aspect ratios and area allocations. The resulting submodule minimum clock periods, routing overflows, and relocatabilities are assembled from millions of submodule implementations. The aggregate results suggest that EDA placement and routing tools can meet design constraints even with extreme combinations of submodule aspect ratio and area allocations; however, the probability of implementations meeting constraints may be low at those extremes. Separate sets of submodule floor-planning guidelines are developed to optimize for meeting minimum clock period constraints, minimizing routing overflow, and maximize relocatability. The submodule floor planning guidelines for meeting minimum clock period are verified in full design implementations.

Foreign-trained healthcare professionals consist of a sizable and important portion of the United States healthcare workforce (Chen et al., 2013; Farkas, 2003; Lowell, 2012). Foreign-trained healthcare workers often encounter various challenges in acclimating and integrating into the American society and workforce. Even though foreign-trained occupational therapists are considered essential, and their difficulties in adjusting are well-recognized, there are very limited bridging and training programs designated solely for this population that incorporate a comprehensive approach and meets their unique needs. Therefore, this doctoral project aimed to understand the barriers to integrating into the local workforce and proposed ways for supporting these highly- educated and experienced professionals in their new country. The resulting solution is A Bright Future Ahead, an online educational and vocational program designed for new foreign occupational therapists. The program’s content and structure are based on existing programs for adjacent health professionals while customizing the program’s layout and content to target occupational therapists. A Bright Future Ahead suggests a multi-layered solution that requires an enormous investment in the program’s development and implementation; however, this program can be expanded in the future to other professions that share similar professional credentialing processes and experience akin barriers.

Bygg- och fastighetssektorn orsakar en femtedel av Sveriges växthusgasutsläpp. Användningsskedet, ett av fyra skeden i en byggnads livscykel, utgjorde tidigare den största påverkan på klimatet. Idag sker de största utsläppen i byggskedet. Flertalet undersökningar har gjorts för att minska miljöpåverkan från nyproduktion däremot saknas motsvarande mängd data för ombyggnationer och renoveringar.För att öka förståelsen för miljöpåverkan från resursanvändningen inom bygg- och fastighetssektorn har det i denna studie gjorts en jämförelse av växthusgasutsläppen från att flytta och renovera ett småhus med att riva ett småhus och ersätta det med en nybyggnation. I studien undersöktes byggnader som flyttats i Kiruna där en samhällsomvandling pågår till följd av LKAB:s järnmalmsbrytning. Livscykelanalyser genomfördes för byggskedet och slutskedet för två objekt; Arbetarbostaden B5 samt en nyproduktion från Älvsbyhus. Enheten kg CO2e/m2 BTA (bruttoarea) användes i klimatberäkningarna. Energianvändningen i gamla och nya hus undersöktes och användes för att jämföra växthusgasutsläppen från materialen i ett nytt hus med en högre energianvändning i ett äldre hus. Resultatet visar att mängden material korrelerar till mängden växthusgasutsläpp vilket indikerar att renoveringen av ett småhus skapar ett lägre klimatavtryck än vad en nybyggnation gör. Resultatet visar också att det kan ta många år innan energibesparingen som ett nytt hus medför jämfört med ett gammalt hus väger upp för utsläppen från materialåtgången för nybyggnationen. Om ett hus ska flyttas och renoveras eller rivas och ersättas med en nybyggnation bör bedömas individuellt då renoveringsbehovet kan skilja sig åt från objekt till objekt / The construction and real estate sector is responsible for one fifth of Sweden's greenhouse gas emissions. The use phase, one of four stages in a building's life cycle, previously had the greatest impact on the climate. Today, the largest emissions occur in the construction phase. Several studies have been carried out to reduce the environmental impact of new construction, but there is no corresponding amount of data for conversions and renovations. To increase understanding of the environmental impact of resource use in the construction and real estate sector, this study compares the greenhousegas emissions from moving and renovating a small house with demolishing a small house and replacing it with a new building. The study examined relocated buildings in Kiruna where a societal transformation is taking place because of LKAB´s iron ore mining operations. Life cycleanalyses were conducted for the construction phase and the final phase for two objects: Arbetarbostaden B5 and a new production from Älvsbyhus.The unit kg CO2e/m2 BTA (gross area) was used in the climate calculations. The energy use in old and new houses was investigated and used to compare the greenhouse gas emissions from the materials in a new house with a higher energy use in an older house.The results show that the amount of material correlates to the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, indicating that the renovation of a small house creates a lower carbon footprint than a new construction. The results also show that it can take many years for the energy savings of a new house compared to an old house to compensate for the emissions from the material consumption of the new construction. Whether a house should be moved and renovated or demolished and replaced with a new building should be assessed individually as the need for renovation can differ from object to object. / <p>2023-06-02</p>

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Industrier världen över idag arbetar mer kundorderstyrt än tidigare när massproduktion mot lager var mer vanligt. Genom att industrin blir kundorderstyrd ökar konkurrensenoch tiden blir en viktig faktor för att kunna vara konkurrenskraftig. De företag som oftast blir drabbade är mindre tillverkande företag då resurserna och kompetensen inte är lika bred som hos större företag. Det blir därför viktigt för mindre tillverkande företag att hitta effektiva sätt att minimera sina slöserier för att spendera så mycket tid som möjligt åt att producera.Studien framhåller olika lean-metoder och verktyg som kan tillämpas vilket kan bidra till ökad effektivitet och minimering av slöserier. Delar från Toyota Production System (TPS) presenteras i studien såsom muda, mura, muri och även principer som jidoka, just-in-time (JIT), kultur och stabila processer. Lean-metoderna som redovisas i studien är bland annat 5S, kanban, heijunka, PDCA-cykeln och värdeflödesanalys. De Humanlean-aspekter som lyfts fram är KASAM, respekt för människan och personalutvecklingsmetoder för ledningen.Denna studie omfattar en undersökning av förbättringspotential inom produktionen hos ett mindre företag, som i teorin benämns ”small and medium sized enterprises” (SME). Företaget har dessutom omlokaliserats. Studien påvisar generella slöserier samt slöserier som kan uppstå för SME.Denna studie är en kvalitativ studie, och utförd med ett abduktivt angreppssätt.Datainsamlingen skedde genom observationen av produktion och två olika intervjuermed ledningen och fyra intervjuer med produktionspersonal.Via intervjuer och observationer hos företaget har studien visat på hur lean och Human lean aspekter kan tillämpas i SME för att förbättra effektiviteten och reducera slöserier.Slutsatsen visar även på vikten av att införa lean som en del av organisationskulturenför att tillämpningen ska lyckas. Vidare studier av lean inom mindre tillverkande företag som omlokaliserats kan göras för att för att skapa en högre generaliserbarhet av slutsatserna. / Industries worldwide are increasingly shifting towards a demand chain-based working compared to before when mass production for stock was more common. As industries become more demand chain-based working, competitiveness grows, and time becomes a crucial factor to remain competitive. The companies that often gets affected are the smaller manufacturing companies as their resources and expertise may not be as extensive as those of larger companies. Therefore, it becomes essential for smaller manufacturing companies to find effective ways to minimize its waste in order to spend as much time as possible to producing.This study contains different lean methods and tools that can be applied to increase efficiency and minimize waste. Parts from Toyota Production System (TPS) gets presented in this study such as muda, mura, muri as well as principles like jidoka, just-in-time (JIT), culture and stable processes. The lean methods that get presented includes 5S, kanban, heijunka, PDCA cycle and value stream mapping. The human lean aspects highlighted include KASAM, respect for people and leadership development methods. This study encompasses and investigation of improvement potential within the production of a smaller enterprise, in theory classified as “small and medium sized enterprises” (SME). The company has also been relocated. The study identifies general waste and waste that might occur for SMEs.The study is a qualitative case study that is conducted with an abductive approach. The data collection accrued through observations of the production and two different interviews with the management and four with the production staff.Through interviews and observations of the company, the study demonstrates how lean and human lean aspects can be applied to SME to further improv efficiency and reduce waste. The conclusion also emphasizes the importance of incorporating lean as part of the organizational culture for successful implementation. Further studies on lean within smaller sized manufacturing companies that have been relocated can be conducted to create higher generalizability of the conclusions.

Concern has been raised that herbicides recently registered for use in warm-season turf to control perennial ryegrass could be dislodged from treated areas and deposited on neighboring cool-season grasses. In a field study, rimsulfuron was applied at 17.5 or 35 g ai/ha to perennial ryegrass in the afternoon; the following morning while dew was still present, a greens mower was driven through the perennial ryegrass and across adjacent creeping bentgrass. Irrigation had no effect on perennial ryegrass control but reduced visible track length and injury of neighboring creeping bentgrass. When treated perennial ryegrass was not irrigated prior to simulated mowing, tire tracks were evident on adjacent creeping bentgrass for up to 30 days. Gibberellic acid at 0.12 kg ai/ha and foliar iron at 1.3 kg ai/ha, applied to creeping bentgrass when tracks first appeared, did not enhance recovery of injured creeping bentgrass. Persistence and stability of [2-pyridine 14C] rimsulfuron on turf foliage was also assessed. Rimsulfuron was absorbed by annual bluegrass and perennial ryegrass equivalently and persisted equally on turf foliage. Water extractable rimsulfuron decreased from 60% at 10 minutes after treatment to 40% at 96 hours after treatment. A substantial amount of stable rimsulfuron persists on turf foliage for up to four days. Results from both studies suggest that when applying rimsulfuron near susceptible bentgrass the lowest effective rate should be used, and irrigation should follow two hours after treatment to prevent nontarget injury. / Master of Science