Competitiveness of the CEE Region in the Global Economy. Book of Abstracts

It gives an overview of the papers of the Competitiveness of the CEE Region in the Global Economy conference. This is a document of the 1st AIB-CEE Chapter Conference and the 2nd Working Conference on Competitiveness. AIB-CEE Chapter and CRC joined to organize an international conference. Actually three organizations supported and influenced the academic content of the conference with their missions, commitments and communities.

uAdventure : desarrollo del intérprete y de un emulador de videojuegos de eAdventure sobre Unity3D

Los videojuegos educativos, también conocidos como juegos serios, son una herramienta educacional muy poderosa, cuya utilización no está muy extendida en la educación. Estos Serious Games son costosos de producir, y son muy dependientes de los cambios tecnológicos, tanto en el Software como en el Hardware. Por ejemplo, multitud de Serious Games estaban producidos en Adobe Flash o Java, y hoy en día no pueden ser ejecutados en algunos de los dispositivos más nuevos. Uno de los pioneros de los videojuegos serios "Science Pirates: The Curse of Brownbeard", actualmente no está disponible porque no ha sido adaptado a los nuevos sistemas operativos. Por lo tanto, el ciclo de vida de los juegos serios debe ser simpli- ficado para hacerlos una herramienta de confianza. En el equipo de desarrollo e-UCM se ha creado una herramienta de autoría de juegos serios basada en Java llamada eAdventure, así como multitud de juegos serios en colaboración con multitud de instituciones. Para lidiar con los problemas anteriormente identificados, y simplificar el proceso de creación y mantenimiento de juegos serios, y reutilizando la experiencia previa, se ha creado uAdventure. Este proyecto es un editor e intérprete construido sobre Unity3D, que permite la creación de videojuegos educativos sin requisitos de conocimientos de programación. Como uAdventure está construido sobre Unity3D, permite la exportación de videojuegos, de forma sencilla para múltiples plataformas, y los hace más resistentes a los cambios tecnológicos. A lo largo de esta memoria, se explica el proceso de generación del intérprete de videojuegos, así como la integración con el editor desarrollado por Piotr Marszal, en el que se realizan aportaciones, generando editores. Además, para realizar una labor de innovación, y dar soporte a los juegos cuyos desarrolladores no puedan invertir tiempo en transformar sus videojuegos al nuevo sistema de uAdventure, se ha desarrollado un emulador independiente capaz de importar y ejecutar juegos producidos con eAdventure en cualquier plataforma. Finalmente, para dar soporte y mejorar la parte de evaluación de los alumnos, se ha integrado RAGE en la infraestructura del proyecto, permitiendo el acceso a herramientas de Learning Analitics.

Updating of an instrumented building model considering amplitude dependence of dynamic resonant properties extracted from seismic response records

The authors would like to express their gratitude to their supporters. Drs Jim Cousins, S.R. Uma and Ken Gledhill facilitated this research by providing access to GeoNet seismic data and structural building information. Piotr Omenzetter’s work within the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Centre for Safety and Reliability Engineering at the University of Aberdeen is supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The Foundation helps to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research.

Optimal selection of autoregressive model coefficients for early damage detectability with an application to wind turbine blades

Piotr Omenzetter and Simon Hoell's work within the Lloyd's Register Foundation Centre for Safety and Reliability Engineering at the University of Aberdeen is supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The Foundation helps to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research.

Updating of an instrumented building model considering amplitude dependence of dynamic resonant properties extracted from seismic response records

The authors would like to express their gratitude to their supporters. Drs Jim Cousins, S.R. Uma and Ken Gledhill facilitated this research by providing access to GeoNet seismic data and structural building information. Piotr Omenzetter’s work within the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Centre for Safety and Reliability Engineering at the University of Aberdeen is supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The Foundation helps to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research.

Optimal selection of autoregressive model coefficients for early damage detectability with an application to wind turbine blades

Piotr Omenzetter and Simon Hoell's work within the Lloyd's Register Foundation Centre for Safety and Reliability Engineering at the University of Aberdeen is supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The Foundation helps to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research.

Experimental investigation into amplitude-dependent modal properties of an eleven-span motorway bridge

The authors would like to thank their supporters. New Zealand Earthquake Commission (EQC) Research Foundation provided financial support for experimental work (Grant No. UNI/578). New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) provided access to the bridge. Piotr Omenzetter’s work within the LRF Centre for Safety and Reliability Engineering at the University of Aberdeen is supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The Foundation helps to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research. Ge-Wei Chen’s doctoral study is supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC) (Grant No. 2011637065).

Tourism and sustainable development on the Isle of Eigg, Scotland

Acknowledgements Although this paper is not linked to any of the research carried out by, or on behalf of, the James Hutton Institute, some parts of it were written during the first author’s allocated work time. Rachel Creaney is grateful to the James Hutton Institute for giving her this opportunity. The authors would also like to thank Dr Tavis Potts (University of Aberdeen) for proofreading the first draft of the paper and providing valuable comments on its flow, structure and contents. Finally, the authors are grateful to Emily Hastings and Doug Wardell-Johnson from the James Hutton Institute for their assistance with obtaining some of the data used in this paper.

Model updating using genetic algorithms with sequential niche technique

The authors would like to express their gratitude to organizations and people that supported this research. Piotr Omenzetter’s work within the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Centre for Safety and Reliability Engineering at the University of Aberdeen is supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The Foundation helps to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research. Ben Ryder of Aurecon and Graeme Cummings of HEB Construction assisted in obtaining access to the bridge and information for modelling. Luke Williams and Graham Bougen, undergraduate research students, assisted with testing.

Structural damage estimation using dynamic data and multi-objective optimization

Peer reviewed

Modal identification of a twelve span viaduct in two different construction stages via ambient dynamic testing

Peer reviewed

A simple and rapid approach to post-earthquake assessment of bridge condition and damage

Peer reviewed

Assessment of a multiple-span bridge by dynamic testing, in-situ monitoring and numerical modeling

Peer reviewed

Comparison of output-only methods for modal identification of a twelve-span viaduct

Peer reviewed