bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
L’imaginaire érotique en séance
Authors: Fabre Nicole
Published: March 2017

Nous définirons en premier lieu l’imaginaire en nous référant à Gaston Bachelard ; et l’érotique comme ce qui, plutôt que de chercher à assouvir le désir, vise à créer le désir chez l’autre et l’excitation en soi-même. Puis nous aborderons l’imaginaire érotique tel qu’il s’est développé dans deux cures. Dans un premier fragment nous assistons à l’émergence du refoulé et au renouvellement de la vie grâce à un rêve-éveillé en séance où l’imaginaire érotique a joué un rôle essentiel. Dans un deuxième fragment nous verrons comment le jeu du transfert pris en charge par le rêve-éveillé sur un mode fortement érotisé a restitué au patient sa capacité de désir.
Evolution du couple et de sa sexualité
Authors: Brenot Philippe
Published: March 2017

La notion de couple est extrêmement récente, elle date des 50 dernières années. Auparavant, on parlait d’un mariage ou d’un jeune ménage lorsqu’il venait de se former. Le couple est aujourd’hui l’association de deux sujets désirants, cela implique donc que chaque membre du couple soit déjà un sujet. Notre formation psychothérapique nous permet d’estimer cette première étape – chaque membre est-il un sujet - avant que ne puisse se constituer la dyade « couple » qui nécessite encore une habileté, sinon une expérience, dans sa construction. Cela va à l’encontre de la conception traditionnelle du mariage instauré pour la vie entière. L’impératif actuel de la dimension sexuelle, sinon érotique, complique encore cette construction psycho-sociale qu’est le couple.
La projection en macro-syntaxe et en linguistique interactionnelle : dimensions théoriques et empiriques
Authors: Corminboeuf Gilles , Horlacher Anne-Sylvie
Published: March 2017

La projection est ce qui permet aux locuteurs d'anticiper une action et aux interlocuteurs de prévoir la suite (et la complétude possible) d'un énoncé. Ainsi, elle opère essentiellement aux niveaux actionnel et syntaxique, mais aussi aux niveaux sémantique et prosodique. Sur la base de plusieurs exemples empiriques, nous proposons une comparaison des concepts d' attente dans l'approche macro-syntaxique et de projection dans les travaux menés en linguistique interactionnelle. Pour le cadre macro-syntaxique, nous évoquons le rôle joué par l'état courant de la mémoire discursive, en distinguant différents paliers de projection. Pour la linguistique interactionnelle, nous soulignons l'importance de la séquentialité et de la temporalité de l'interaction en analysant différents cas de complétions collaboratives.
Les segments averbaux résomptifs antéposés
Authors: Lefeuvre Florence
Published: March 2017

Les segments averbaux résomptifs antéposés établissent un lien attributif avec la phrase qu’ils commentent ou classifient. Leur portée sémantique peut s’étendre à plus d’une phrase en cas notamment de reformulation ou de précision. Ils correspondent à des unités syntaxiques dont la valeur prédicative est problématique. Lorsque celle-ci est suffisamment forte, l’unité résomptive constitue, jointe à une unité phrastique (verbale le plus souvent), une période discursive. Ces segments averbaux jouent un rôle particulier dans l’élaboration du discours qui peut s’expliquer par une relation d’attente entre le segment averbal et les assertions venant saturer sa portée. Ils sont ainsi dévolus à l’organisation du discours, notifiant sa progression et se distinguant par un rôle méta-énonciatif.
« Se faire recenser ? Oui, mais voter ? » Le cens caché du matériel du vote au cours des élections de 2014 au Mozambique
Authors: do Rosário Domingos Manuel , Muendane Elísio Emanuel
Published: March 2017

En partant d’un dispositif (le recensement électoral) et d’un objet concret (la carte d’électeur), cet article porte sur le matériel de vote distribué lors des élections nationales de 2014 au Mozambique. Basé sur trente entretiens et une observation participante dans les provinces de Nampula, Zambézie, Manica et Maputo, il propose une lecture du cens caché des techniques d’identification électorale et met l’accent sur les diverses manières dont la carte d’électeur est appropriée et détournée par les acteurs. Ainsi, l’article analyse le marché des matériaux de vote et les controverses politiques qui lui sont associées afin de souligner les différentes modalités de détournement des objets du vote qui circulent sur le marché électoral.
L’affiche électorale : art, stratégie et matière à politique. La Révolution, l’opposition et les élections de 2015 à Zanzibar
Authors: Fouéré Marie-Aude
Published: March 2017

L’efficacité politique des affiches électorales ne résulte pas simplement du pouvoir de l’image. Cet article montre que l’adhésion et l’action politiques sont aussi le produit d’un engagement avec les objets électoraux qui mobilise les corps. Prenant appui sur une ethnographie fine des élections de 2015 dans l’archipel tanzanien de Zanzibar, il associe une biographie des affiches électorales – se focalisant tout particulièrement sur la vie sociale d’une affiche de l’opposition – et une approche praxéologique des usages des affiches dans l’espace public. Affichage et enlèvement mais aussi appropriation, recomposition et singularisation des affiches éclairent la production ordinaire des subjectivités politiques. Une telle approche offre un nouvel angle d’attaque pour étudier les cultures politiques et la mobilisation partisane.
Les animaux dans les villes de l’Égypte lagide
Authors: Gerardin François
Published: March 2017

Prenant pour point de départ l’anecdote, relatée par Diodore, du meurtre d’un chat par un Romain à Alexandrie et du lynchage de celui-ci par la foule, cet article évalue la place de l’animal dans les villes de l’Egypte lagide (cités grecques, capitales des régions administratives appelés nomes et bourgs du Fayoum). Chaque catégorie animale – animaux sacrés, animaux voués à la production, animaux de prestige et d’agrément – occupe l’espace urbain à sa façon propre, en vertu de dynamiques religieuses, économiques, ou sociales. L’animal était omniprésent dans le milieu urbain égyptien pharaonique (c’est la « symbiose » entre le monde animal et égyptien propre à cette civilisation). Sa présence a été encore renforcée, et selon de modalités nouvelles, par l’implantation du régime monarchique lagide, qui fait de l’animal un élément d’affirmation symbolique de son pouvoir ainsi que d’accroissement de la richesse agricole de l’Egypte.
Bouchers et boucherie à Paris
Authors: Piette Christine
Published: March 2017

Le commerce de la boucherie à Paris subit, au cours de la première moitié du XIX e siècle, une mutation majeure qui voit son statut passer de celui d’un monopole étroitement réglementé à celui d’un commerce libre, en accord avec le mouvement général de l’économie. Ce changement ne s’est pas fait sans douleur du côté des bouchers, ni dans sans débats du côté de leurs opposants. Cet article examine d’abord l’argumentation des bouchers ; il passe ensuite en revue les arguments des adversaires du monopole. Nous croyons, et c’est là l’objet de la dernière partie de l’article, qu’aucune de ces parties ne pose le véritable problème auquel le commerce de la boucherie était confronté. En effet, le problème majeur qui affecte ce commerce est celui de la transformation complète qui s ’ opère dans la pratique du métier de boucher et dans les tensions intrinsèques qui s ’ en suivent.
Esquisse d’une métapsychologie de l’identité
Authors: Drweski Philippe
Published: March 2017

Dans cet article, l’auteur part du constat que malgré la multiplication des échanges qu’implique notre modernité, certains conflits demeurent. Pour comprendre ce phénomène, l’auteur s’intéresse à la dimension identitaire chez des sujets expatriés. Cette analyse permet de souligner que ce processus identitaire concerne plusieurs niveaux psychiques : celui du narcissisme, des enveloppes psychiques et enfin des liens identificatoires. Chacun de ces niveaux est ainsi touché lors des différentes étapes de l’expatriation. Nous observons que l’identité oscille entre deux axes antagonistes. D’une part un repli identitaire dont le but est la préservation narcissique ou bien, à l’opposé une renonciation identitaire comme tentative d’intégration à l’environnement au risque d’un anéantissement de l’identité du sujet. Cette étude permet ainsi de mieux comprendre les enjeux et les crises psychiques que révèlent les nouvelles formes de mondialisation.
A comparison of Croatian and Slovenian exonyms
Authors: Kladnik Drago , Crljenko Ivana , Čilaš Šimpraga Ankica , Geršič Matjaž
Published: March 2017

Croatian and Slovenian are very closely related South Slavic languages, but during their historical development they came under the influence of various other languages and various language policies determined by the broader framework of Hungary and Austria. This fact makes the comparative study of exonymization in both languages very interesting. Croatian and Slovenian exonyms are not only part of the cultural heritage of both nations, but also part of global cultural heritage. The article presents a comparative analysis of exonyms in both languages carried out as part of a bilateral project lasting a year and a half. The analysis is based on an improved typology, which was adjusted to the manner of exonymization for borrowed foreign geographical names in both of these related languages.
Air temperature trends at Mount Śnieżka (Polish Sudetes) and solar activity, 1881–2012
Authors: Urban Grzegorz , Tomczyński Karol
Published: March 2017

This article discusses air temperature variability at Mount Śnieżka in the Sudetes from 1881 to 2012. It analyzes the relationship between changing trends in mean annual air temperature (Tavg) and solar activity, expressed by the mean annual Wolf number. The characteristic feature of changes in annual mean extremes (Tmax, Tmin) and Tavg at Mount Śnieżka is an upward trend. The increase of Tmin (0.148 °C /10 years) has been twice as fast as that for Tmax (0.069 °C / 10 years). A strong correlation (almost 1.0) was found between the mean annual Wolf number for twenty-two-year cycles of magnetic changes in the Sun and 1988. During the 1989–2012 cycle, there was a strong increase in Tavg and, at the same time, a decrease in the mean annual Wolf number.
Detection of olive oil adulteration by low-field NMR relaxometry and UV-Vis spectroscopy upon mixing olive oil with various edible oils
Authors: Ok S.
Published: March 2017

Adulteration of olive oil using unhealthy substitutes is considered a threat for public health. Low-field (LF) proton (1H) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry and ultra-violet (UV) visible spectroscopy are used to detect adulteration of olive oil. Three different olive oil with different oleoyl acyl contents were mixed with almond, castor, corn, and sesame oils with three volumetric ratios, respectively. In addition, Arbequina olive oil was mixed with canola, flax, grape seed, peanut, soybean, and sunflower seed oils with three volumetric ratios. Transverse magnetization relaxation time (T2) curves were fitted with bi-exponential decaying functions. T2 times of each mixture of olive oils and castor oils, and olive oils and corn oils changed systematically as a function of volumetric ratio. To detect the adulteration in the mixtures with almond and sesame oils, both LF 1H NMR relaxometry and UV-Vis spectroscopy were needed, where UV-Vis-spectroscopy detected the adulteration qualitatively. In the mixtures of Arbequina olive oil and flax, peanut, soybean, and sunflower seed oils, both T21 and T22 values became longer systematically as the content of the olive oil was decreased. The unique UV-Vis maximum absorbance of flax oil at 320.0 nm shows the adulteration of olive oil qualitatively.
Effects of microwave roasting on the yield and composition of cold pressed orange seed oils
Authors: Aydeniz Güneşer B. , Yilmaz E.
Published: March 2017

The aim of this study was to valorize orange (Citrus sinensis) seeds, which are generated as waste. This study presents data about raw orange seed, the meal gained after cold pressing, and characterization data of the cold pressed seed oils. Furthermore, the effects of microwave roasting of the seds compared to regular roasting (control) were determined. The oil yield of orange seed cold pressing was around 52.93–62.99%. After cold pressing, 13.57–17.97% oil remained in the meal together with 20.68–25.61% protein. Hence, pressed meals could be valorized for different purposes. Except for turbidity, the color b* value, free acidity, the p-anisidine value and antioxidant capacity, there was no significant difference between the two oil samples for the measured physicochemical properties. Six different fatty acids were quantified and the major fatty acids were linoleic, palmitic and oleic acids. The fatty acid composition of the orange seed oil can be accepted as nutritionally balanced. Among the fifteen sterols quantified, ß-sitosterol was dominant (around 77–78%). Likewise, the α-tocopherol content of the samples was not significantly different. The thermal onset and peak temperatures, and enthalpies for crystallization and melting were also reported. This study showed that good quality orange seed oils can be produced by cold pressing, and the oils could be used in food and non-food applications.
Predicting the drying shrinkage behavior of high strength portland cement mortar under the combined influence of fine aggregate and steel micro fiber
Authors: Li Zhengqi
Published: March 2017

The workability, 28-day compressive strength and free drying shrinkage of a very high strength (121-142 MPa) steel micro fiber reinforced portland cement mortar were studied under a combined influence of fine aggregate content and fiber content. The test results showed that an increase in the fine aggregate content resulted in decreases in the workability, 28-day compressive strength and drying shrinkage of mortar at a fixed fiber content. An increase in the fiber content resulted in decreases in the workability and drying shrinkage of mortar, but an increase in the 28-day compressive strength of mortar at a fixed fine aggregate content. The modified Gardner model most accurately predicted the drying shrinkage development of the high strength mortars, followed by the Ross model and the ACI 209R-92 model. The Gardner model gave the least accurate prediction for it was developed based on a database of normal strength concrete.
Fashion Technology and the Development of New Business Models
Authors: Schluep Raphayela Belém
Published: March 2017

This chapter explores the concept and components of business models and particularly, the technological innovation of predominant business models in the fashion industry associated with the phenomenon of convergence. The main inquiry revolves around how business models in the fashion industry are handling the ongoing challenges and changes of new technologies. This multiple-case study validates that technological convergence is the key to accomplishing business model innovation in the fashion industry. Limitations and further research are considered relevant because of the dynamic and complex extension of this topic and the current lack of published material.
The Happy Feet Fashion Wearable Project
Authors: Buckley Chitra H. , Sabreen Thushara
Published: March 2017

This case study explores the challenges encountered in collaboration and iterative prototyping by a UK design entrepreneur during the co-creation of a fashion wearable product: an interactive massaging shoe that combines artisanal handloom materials with conductive thread. The collaborative process and stages of co-creation are documented and constituted part of a Masters project in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at London College of Fashion. The collaboration between a fashion student and an electrical engineer, resulted in cross-disciplinary thinking to generate ‘workable' ideas and product prototypes. Drawing on the co-design model, the case study maps the design evolution in fashion wearables, records the stages of ideation and documents the collaboration between artisans and engineers to develop the prototypes for this project. At each stage of the process, the challenges and barriers to concept and prototype realization are explained.
The Effects of Online Consumer Reviews on Fashion Clothing Purchase Intention
Authors: Dennison Julie A. , Montecchi Matteo
Published: March 2017

This chapter examines a particular type of electronic word-of mouth; that of online consumer reviews featured on fashion retailer websites, and studies the effects they have on female fashion consumers in terms of subsequent purchase intention decisions. Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model as the theoretical framework, this study has focused on examining the effects of three peripheral cues; source credibility, review volume and valance on purchase intention, and also investigated how fashion clothing involvement moderates these relationships. The results suggest that reviews that are perceived to be credible, featured in high numbers and predominantly positive all had a significant effect in increasing the purchase intention of female fashion consumers. The level of fashion clothing involvement did not appear to be a significant moderator of cue effects with the notable exception of negative reviews, which were more likely to deter purchase intention from low involvement consumers compared to high involvement consumers.
Infrastructure, Education, and Economic Development in India
Authors: Jana Sebak K. , Karmakar Asim K.
Published: March 2017

A large number of studies reveal that regions with larger stocks of physical infrastructure and human capital often are associated higher level of economic development. The present chapter attempts to find whether this is valid for India. Factor Analysis has been used to find the index of scores of infrastructure of the selected 20 major states of India. We have then used regression analysis to find the impact of infrastructure and education on economic development of the states. The results indicate that there is huge variation of infrastructure development across the states in India. The findings also indicate the significant impact of infrastructure development and education on economic development of the state, measured in terms of Per Capita Net State Domestic Product (PCNSDP).
Health Infrastructure and Economic Development in India
Authors: Ghosh Dibyendu , Dinda Soumyananda
Published: March 2017

The chapter examines different aspects of health care service facilities and health infrastructure available in India. Major health outcomes like Life expectancy at birth and infant mortality rate depend on available health facilities like hospitals, beds and health trained personnel. Life expectancy in India has increased and IMR declines over the years, except few states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh. India has achieved a considerable progress in providing health infrastructure and its access to health care services to the mass population. However, less developed states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar need more attention to improve health infrastructure and distribution of health facilities. In this context, we also highlight the department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, abbreviated as AYUSH which is a Governmental body in India purposed with developing, education and research in Ayurveda, which mostly prevails in under-developed state like Bihar. Our empirical results provide the evidence of strong association between health infrastructure and economic development in India.
An Assessment of Infrastructural Facilities in the Dryland Areas of West Bengal
Authors: Chatterjee Nilendu
Published: March 2017

The present chapter focuses on the importance of infrastructure in the dryland areas of West Bengal, India, covering four districts, namely, Purulia, Bankura, West Midnapore and Birbhum. The importance and necessity of having good infrastructure is a well-known phenomenon but it carries a special significance for the drylands, where good infrastructure can open various avenues of earning, communication, better life standard as well as management and nourishment of all types of natural resources in these areas. Sustainable use of natural resources occur utmost importance because it is the only source of livelihood for the people of these areas. Through this study, we have tried to make an assessment of the existing infrastructure scenarios in these four districts for the period 2003-04 to 2012-13. Doing the SWOT analysis amongst the districts, the results show that West Midnapur and Bankura are in a better position than Purulia and Birbhum, although, Birbhum is in a good position in few indicators.
Traditional vs. Machine-Learning Techniques for OSM Quality Assessment
Authors: Jilani Musfira , Bertolotto Michela , Corcoran Padraig , Alghanim Amerah
Published: March 2017

Nowadays an ever-increasing number of applications require complete and up-to-date spatial data, in particular maps. However, mapping is an expensive process and the vastness and dynamics of our world usually render centralized and authoritative maps outdated and incomplete. In this context crowd-sourced maps have the potential to provide a complete, up-to-date, and free representation of our world. However, the proliferation of such maps largely remains limited due to concerns about their data quality. While most of the current data quality assessment mechanisms for such maps require referencing to authoritative maps, we argue that such referencing of a crowd-sourced spatial database is ineffective. Instead we focus on the use of machine learning techniques that we believe have the potential to not only allow the assessment but also to recommend the improvement of the quality of crowd-sourced maps without referencing to external databases. This chapter gives an overview of these approaches.
Emotional and Subjective Volunteered Geographical Information
Authors: Panek Jiri
Published: March 2017

Crowdsroucing of emotional information can take many forms, from social networks data mining to large-scale surveys. The author presents the case-study of emotional mapping in Ostrava´s district Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic. Together with the local administration, the author crowdsourced the emotional perceptions of the location from almost 400 citizens, who created 4,051 spatial features. Additional to the spatial data there were 1,244 comments and suggestions for improvements in the district. Furthermore, the author is looking for patterns and hot-spots within the city and if there are any relevant linkages between certain emotions and spatial locations within the city.
Using OpenStreetMap to Create Land Use and Land Cover Maps
Authors: Fonte Cidália Costa , Patriarca Joaquim António , Minghini Marco , Antoniou Vyron , See Linda , Brovelli Maria Antonia
Published: March 2017

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a bottom up community-driven initiative to create a global map of the world. Yet the application of OSM to land use and land cover (LULC) mapping is still largely unexploited due to problems with inconsistencies in the data and harmonization of LULC nomenclatures with OSM. This chapter outlines an automated methodology for creating LULC maps using the nomenclature of two European LULC products: the Urban Atlas (UA) and CORINE Land Cover (CLC). The method is applied to two regions in London and Paris. The results show that LULC maps with a level of detail similar to UA can be obtained for the urban regions, but that OSM has limitations for conversion into the more detailed non-urban classes of the CLC nomenclature. Future work will concentrate on developing additional rules to improve the accuracy of the transformation and building an online system for processing the data.
Quality of Urban Life Index From Location-Based Social Networks Data
Authors: Smarzaro Rodrigo , Melo de Lima Tiago França , Davis Jr. Clodoveu Augusto
Published: March 2017

Several indicators are developed to support the decision-making processes in public policy for urban planning. Some of them seek to measure the quality of urban life. For example, the city of Belo Horizonte developed and uses an index called Quality of Urban Life Index, which identifies inequalities within the city, and therefore, those areas that need more investment. This index is calculated by measuring the availability of various kinds of services (e.g. education, infrastructure) and their accessibility (based on travel time and mobility data). For that, data from several government sources must be collected and used, which can delay updates of index values. In this chapter, the authors describe how data from Location-Based Social Networks (LBSN) can be used to calculate urban indicators, and hence, how they could be used as an alternative data source for estimating quality of urban life with faster results to support urban planning policies.
Organisation Culture From Systems Theory of Organisation Perspective
Authors: Piekarczyk Anna
Published: March 2017

The article deals with organisation culture from the viewpoint of systems theory of organisation. Organisations are presented as autopoietic systems, relations between organisation and individual are discussed as well. The author attempts to define to what extent values and rules characteristic for a given culture can and should be changed.
Role of Masculinity and Uncertainty Avoidance Orientation in the Relationship Between Team Learning Behavior and Self-Efficacy
Authors: Mustafa Ghulam , Glavee-Geo Richard
Published: March 2017

This chapter examines the relationship between team learning behavior and employee work related self- efficacy beliefs and further explores the moderating role of individual difference variables, such as masculinity–femininity and uncertainty avoidance values. The study tested three hypotheses using a sample of employees from a large public organization in Pakistan. The results indicated a significant positive relationship between team learning behavior and employee perceptions of their self-efficacy. Regarding the moderating role of individual differences, the data showed that the link between team learning and self-efficacy was stronger for individuals scoring high (versus low) on masculinity orientation. However, the results revealed no empirical evidence to confirm the hypothesis that employees scoring low on uncertainty avoidance will perceive a stronger relationship between team learning and self-efficacy.
The Flexibility of the Workplace and Working Time
Authors: Skowron-Mielnik Beata , Wojtkowiak Grzegorz
Published: March 2017

Organisations are more and more interested in ensuring flexibility of working time and space for their employees. This approach is enforced both by labour market volatility and company strategic plans, e.g. relocation. However, employers begin to realise that employees' flexibility is limited. While the reasons behind it might be objective (lack of legal regulations, commuting expenses), in some cases it is the employees' personal views that stand in the way. In such situation the company is much more limited in its attempts to offer a greater flexibility to its workforce. The research problem that arises here is as follows: is it possible to define the characteristics and situations in which employees are willing to accept flexible conditions of working time and space? Therefore, the aim of the study is to indicate how to increase work flexibility on the side of employees. The study focuses on four areas, i.e. changing the place of residence due to work, frequent business trips, long commuting and flexible work arrangements.
Interface Between Stress and Labour Productivity
Authors: Skačkauskienė Ilona , Pališkienė Rasa
Published: March 2017

The main purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between the stress and labour productivity. It is recognized that high stress levels make a negative impact on the job productivity results – the incidents or errors occur because of stressful situations in the working environment. After performing the analysis of stress models, it can be stated, that stress could be assessed as a process, i.e. researches are oriented more on the person, or as the situation, i.e. researches are oriented on the causes of stress in the working environment. The metaanalysis of stress factors allow us to identificate the main causes of stress at work, whose at least partial elimination is essential for every organization to increase the productivity of employee. Analysis of the content of factors that cause stress showed that these factors can be classified into the individual and situational. The labour productivity of employees can be seen as a result of stress management, and interface among stress and job productivity are modelling.
Case Study on Modeling Fire Action Complexity in Fire Safety Engineering of Structures
Authors: Scutarasu Constantin Sorin , Diaconu-Şotropa Dan , Barbuta Marinela
Published: March 2017

Important goals in the fire safety design, such as preventing loss of life and goods damage, are achieved by maintaining the stability of structures exposed to fire for a period of time established by norms and standards. Real fire scenarios confirm that the specific technical regulations which actually have a prescriptive character (both national and international) do not deal with sufficient possibilities regarding the assessment of structural fire safety. The new approach on structural safety, based on engineering notions, gives us additional prospects on it and it is included in the issues of the fire safety design of structures. A relatively new field of study, known by a few professionals focused on fire safety (but well acknowledged in the research area), fire safety design met with lots of changes and restructuring of the governing concepts and procedures and of the information with which they operate, due to the fast accumulation of experience in this area of engineering activity. Consequently, after countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zeeland or USA provided towards professionals specific technical regulations for fire safety design, groups of experts in these aforementioned countries have joined their forces to try to diminish the differences that exists between those regulations and to give a unitary character to them, a better conceptualized engineering approach of the fire safety design. The result: occurrence of the publication International Fire Engineering Guidelines (last edition from 2005). The systematic approach of fire safety design in constructions pointed, once again, the possibility of modular organization of this field of study, the relations between modules being established according to the objective or objectives in the fire safety design for a specified building. This article aims to put forward, from this modularized perspective, the study of the fire safety design of a building exposed to fire; hence, the practical part of the article exhibits the numerical simulation of initialization and development of the fire process for a large scale religious building. The main features of the building represent the amount of space that facilitates the spreading of smoke and warm gases and which increases the risk of damaging the structural reinforced concrete elements. Application calls to specific numerical simulation with a higher degree of credibility, such as those realized by the FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulation) software.
A Study Regarding Smoke Exhaust from an Atrium Type Building in a Fire Situation
Authors: Grigoraş Zeno Cosmin , Diaconu-Şotropa Dan
Published: March 2017

This paper presents the analysis of the effect of smoke exhaust and hot gases from an atrium type building using techniques for numerical simulation of a fire situation. Several scenarios regarding smoke exhaust are considered for that purpose and the variation of the following parameters is monitored: minimum and maximum temperature of hot gases as well as the smoke layer height inside the atrium. Using engineering techniques, the development of fire, in compliance with the European legislation has been modelled, by means of a specialized computer program in order to simulate the phenomena of both the fluid flow and the heat transfer manifested in a fire situation.
Fiber-Reinforced Mortar Incorporating Pig Hair
Authors: Araya-Letelier Gerardo , Antico Federico C. , Parra Pablo Fernado , Carrasco Miguel
Published: March 2017

Recycled fibers from food-industry could be added as reinforcement to cement-based materials. Cement-based materials perform well under compression, but tensile strength and post-cracking ductility in tension are poor. Fibers produced from steel, glass and synthetic materials, have been successfully used to overcome some of these shortcomings. Fiber-reinforced mortar has shown an increased post-cracking ductility and improved long-term serviceability due to the crack control provided by fibers. Food-industry waste disposal is globally a major concern because of its environmental impacts. For these reasons, the use of recycled materials in construction applications has been investigated over the last decades.
This investigation deals with the incorporation of pig hair, which is a waste produced by the food-industry worldwide, in fiber-reinforced mortars. This composite material is intended to reduce the environmental impacts by valuing waste materials in construction applications while improving mechanical properties. To determine compressive, flexural and impact strength, bulk density, porosity and dynamic modulus of elasticity laboratory tests were conducted in mortar specimens with 0%, and 2% of pig-hair content in weight of cement. The results of this research show that the impact strength can increase up to five times when compared to plain mortar. Moreover, the compressive and flexural strengths, bulk density, porosity and the dynamic modulus of elasticity of fiber-reinforced mortar, with the aforementioned pig-hair content, are not significantly affected.
Hygrothermal Behavior of Clay - Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and Rape Straw (Brassica napus) Plaster Bio-Composites for Building Insulation
Authors: Brouard Yoann , Belayachi Naima , Hoxha Dashnor , Méo Stéphane , Abdallah Wajih
Published: March 2017

The aim of this experimental investigation is to study and compare hygrothermal properties of different materials based on vegetable aggregates and clay in order to prove the performance of the developed composite in the framework of BIOCOMP project. Crude earth is known to have very high capacities to regulate indoor humidity. Vegetable aggregate is characterized by high porosity leading also to very effective natural indoor climate regulators. Then, we expect the mix of these two material will to produce an insulation bio-composite with enhanced thermal and hygroscopic performance. Sunflower stem, rape straw and clay used in this investigation are considered as a very low carbon footprint because they are real local agricultural byproducts. Clay-sunflower and rape bio-composites seem to be appropriate and effective biobased insulating plasters, further investigations must be performed in order to characterize more accurately their interesting hygrothermal properties as long as the acoustical and mechanical aspects. Samples have been manufactured with four different vegetable aggregates (rape straw, sunflower bark, sunflower pith and a mix of sunflower pith and bark) at a same binder/aggregate ratio. The same clay soil is used as a binder for the four bio-composites. The thermal properties for the different bio-composites were obtained from the thermal conductivity measurements after various relative humidity, in order to evaluate the impact of the water content on the thermal parameters. For the hydraulic properties, the sorption-desorption isotherms for the four composites are obtained. The results show a significant effect of the different aggregates on the hygrothermal behavior of the bio-composite based on clay.
Self Compacting Concrete Properties of Medium Characteristic Strength
Authors: Bradu Aurelia , Cazacu Nicolae , Florea Nicolae
Published: March 2017

Self-compacting concrete is a relatively new material in building industry, able to flow into place under its own weight, filling perfectly the formwork without vibration, avoiding segregation between cement paste and aggregate. The new technology allows to obtain a balance between deformability and stability with similar components of the conventionally vibrated concrete. The use of mineral admixtures provides savings and environmental benefits due to the consumption of by-products. Since its development SCC was widely used in precast industry due to higher powder content necessary to keep the self-compactibility. The use of SCC in situ application remains to be occasionally due to the lack in field research. In this paper are investigated 6 mixtures of SCC with different factorial design w/c ratio, limestone filler content, aggregate skeleton. The fluidity of concrete is attained by adjusted powder content and superplasticiser, no viscosity-modifying admixtures was used. Concrete properties in fresh state are evaluated according to EFNARC, from mechanical characteristic are examined compressive strength on the cube and cylinder specimen at 28 days and tensile strength
Stability Analysis of the Earth Embankments Subjected to Natural Cyclic Processes
Authors: Tung Smita , Bhattacharya Kaustuv , Bhandari Gupinath , Mukherjee Sibapriya , Rotaru Ancuţa , Boboc Vasile
Published: March 2017

The paper brings out the stability analysis of the earth embankments subjected to specific natural cyclic processes such as tides in India and freeze-thaw in Romania.
The Sundarban, along the Bay of Bengal, is a low tide-dominated deltaic plain of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin (GBM) spreading over India and Bangladesh around 25,500 sq.km. The 3520km of riverside embankments had been erected to protect the deltaic plain from tidal flooding. The tidal cycle in this region is twice high tide and low tide daily. Presently, the Indian Sundarban Delta is under the threat to embankment failure. The study analyses the stability of an 8 m height embankment in the Gosaba region of Sundarban considering a 2m wide earth filled berm at 6m from the bottom of varying clay core thickness under the transient groundwater flow. Pore pressure, Flow net and Phreatic surface have been obtained by numerical models using FLAC 2D software, thus the factor of safety being analysed.
In Romania, built on the of the highway A1 Orăştie-Sibiu section crossing the clayey hills from Aciliu and Apoldu known for their instability, the embankment around the abutment pier from Apoldu broke up at the entry to the Aciliu Viaduct. The layers of permeable soil soaked with water become heavy instead the waterproof layers keep the water above them creating sliding surfaces. The water is channelled to dozens of springs that appear or disappear depending on each micro-slip or fallen water amount. By freezing the water expands on the ground determining additional efforts, the cycle iterating with each rain and freeze-thaw.
Aspects Regarding Geometrical Representation of Quadrics of Rotation
Authors: Anghel Alina Angelica
Published: March 2017

The present paper shows the geometrical representation of the ellipsoid of rotation and hyperboloid of rotation and solves certain geometrical problems of them, with applications in technique.The contribution brought by this paper represents the synthesis and comparison between the solving through analytical and descriptive methods of building tangent planes and the intersections of these categories of quadrics with lines.
Monitoring a Group of Hydraulic Pumps Connected to the Water Feeding System of a Civil Building
Authors: Baroiu Nicuşor , Teodor Virgil Gabriel , Iftode Florin
Published: March 2017

The paper describes the method that can be used to monitoring of a water feeding system of a civil building and its subsystems, using a graphic interface of a soft-ware pack – SCADA (Supervisory Control and data Acquisition), WinCC Flexible. The effective adjustment of the pressure of the water feeding system implies using specific elements: sensors, execution elements, programmable automatons and monitoring devices. In the paper, also is analysed the situation in which three centrifugal pumps are utilized as execution elements, a pressure sensor – to measure the pressure of the water feeding system of the consumer, three sensors that detect the presence of water in each well and a Siemens programmable automaton, from the SIMATIC S7-300 series, which controls the process and a PC for the acquisition of data and for monitoring. Thus, it presents a schematic system operating water supply, logic operation sequence control, protection, signage and display alarms
The Surface Temperature Factor - An Assessment Criterion of Superficial Condensation Risk
Authors: Baran Irina , Georgescu Mihaela Stela , Dumitrescu Laura , Bliuc Irina , Pescaru Radu Aurel
Published: March 2017

The emergence of condense phenomenon, generally associated with the mould, on the inner surface of the closing elements affects not only the finishing works quality, but also the comfort conditions and, not least, the occupants’ health. The phenomenon is caused by the simultaneous action of several categories of factors. If factors related to the design and structure of closing elements can be controlled by proper design and execution respecting the quality requirements, those related to users’ behaviour and to indoor and outdoor climate conditions, have a variable and random character. Hence there is the possibility that all or most of parameters, that reflect the action of these factors simultaneously, reach values ​​that can cause mould and condensation on the surface. In these circumstances we can speak of a risk level defined as the possibility of producing an undesirable event. The risk assessment involves the precise definition of it and finding a way to calculate how often such an event may occur under particular conditions. One of the criteria to be taken into account to estimate the risk of superficial condensation is the temperature factor. The effective value of this criterion is influenced by several categories of factors that refer to the indoor climate conditions influenced by users’ behaviour, constructive and architectural features and outdoor climate. The objective of this paper is to integrate a phenomenological approach of producing the surface condensation and mould in a complex analysis, through this global criterion, using the concept of "risk”.
A Probabilistic Model to Estimate Cost of Drinking Water Projects in Rural Areas
Authors: Cuevas Victor , Gatica Loreto , Palacios Jaime H. Garcia
Published: March 2017

In Chile there are numerous drinking water projects in rural areas, from which it is possible to extract relevant information that could be incorporated into a learning model based on cases to estimate a particular variable. Among the learning models based on cases are Bayesian networks, which have the particularity to predict a variable and quantify its uncertainty. In this paper, a methodology to build a model based on Bayesian networks to estimate the likely investment cost of a new drinking water project in rural areas is proposed. It has a database of 32 projects built between 2009 and 2014, in the region of Los Rios, Chile. Two Bayesian networks structures were created, each with eight common variables to both. The proposed networks were trained with data extracted from 26 randomly selected projects. The remaining 6 projects were used as a control group to evaluate Bayesian networks and compare their results. When each network was evaluated with the control group, it was observed that in general the predicted results were consistent with those observed in 83% of cases. Finally, it was concluded that the constructed model can estimate the likely investment cost of a new drinking water project in rural areas, quantifying prediction uncertainty, expressing the results in probabilistic terms. This model could become a useful management tool, both companies and government agencies whose mission is to assess, allocate resources, and define projects approval and implementation.
An Assessment of the Noise Level in a Residential Area Crossed by an Intensive Traffic Road - Comparative Analysis between on Site Measurements and Legal Standards
Authors: Stefan Irina , Budescu Mihai
Published: March 2017

Nowadays the noise level increased due to the expanding of the urbanization and the extended number of vehicles. The aim of the study is to assess the level noise in the area of an urban intensive traffic road. The selected road has residential buildings on both sides and it makes the link between two major areas in the town. Last year, along with the rehabilitation of the bridge on this road and of the street’s pavement, a protection barrier has been mounted on the sidewalk.Measurements of the noise levels were taken during a workday, within rush-hours and low-traffic hours, using a sound level measuring instrument. The measurements were taken along the road, in three characteristic spots of the ramp input on the bridge: 1 – close to the traffic light (with the vehicles at rest), 2 - mid ramp (area of maximum acceleration) and 3 - at the end of the ramp, thus determining the noise level in the area. Measurements were also made perpendicular to the road: at the border of the sidewalk, behind the protective barrier and near the facade of the building, to determine the effectiveness of the protection barrier.Maximum, minimum and the mean value of the urban noise level in the area have been determined and compared to the legal standards for urban residential roads.By analyzing measured data it can be concluded that the mean values exceed the maximum permitted levels.
Space-Time Prism Vertices for Morning and Evening Commuters in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Authors: Tosa Cristian , Miwa Tomio , Morikawa Takayuki
Published: March 2017

This paper investigates socio-demographic characteristics in the origin and terminal vertices of the time-space prism, by using the stochastic frontier method for morning and evening full time workers in the metropolitan area of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Observed trip starting and ending times are used as dependent variables, while trip distance and time, as well as spatial characteristics to distinguish among commuters are independent variables. The results discuss spatial and temporal patterns of the commuting trips in estimating the temporal vertices of time-space prisms in a former socialist, developing country context.
Structural Simplicity vs. Robustness in the Progressive Collapse Risk Assessment of a 13-Story RC Framed Structure
Authors: Besoiu Teodora S. , Ioani Adrian M.
Published: March 2017

In the present study, the effect of the structural simplicity on the progressive collapse resistance of a 13-story RC framed building is assessed. The existing structure from Brăila (a zone with high seismic risk from Romania) designed in 1972 according to the former seismic code P13-70, was re-designed in accordance to the provisions of the current seismic code P100-1/2013. The original building consists of beams and columns with different cross-sections along the height of the structure. To achieve the objective of this study, a new model with constant cross-sections was designed according to the current seismic and structural concrete codes. Following the provisions of the GSA (2003) Guidelines, nonlinear dynamic analyses are performed using the Applied Element Method incorporated in the ELS® computer software. It was shown that, under the standard GSA loading (DL+0.25LL) the both two numerical models of the 13-story building are not expected to fail when a first-story corner column is suddenly removed. To estimate the ultimate load-bearing capacity of the structural models, a series of nineteen nonlinear dynamic analyses are carried out. The robustness analyses indicate that, the model with different cross-sections can sustain a maximum load 16% larger than the model with constant cross-sections along its height.