Dr. Bruce Voeller with partner at protest for passage of civil rights bill Intro 475

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane. Digital reproduction

Gays protest outside of NY City Hall for passage of civil rights bill Intro 475

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Vibration based health monitoring of civil infrastructure using energy harvesting techniques

The use of structural health monitoring of civil structures is ever expanding and by assessing the dynamical condition of structures, informed maintenance management can be conducted at both individual and network levels. With the continued growth of information age technology, the potential arises for smart monitoring systems to be integrated with civil infrastructure to provide efficient information on the condition of a structure. The focus of this thesis is the integration of smart technology with civil infrastructure for the purposes of structural health monitoring. The technology considered in this regard are devices based on energy harvesting materials. While there has been considerable focus on the development and optimisation of such devices using steady state loading conditions, their applications for civil infrastructure are less known. Although research is still in initial stages, studies into the uses associated with such applications are very promising. Through the use of the dynamical response of structures to a variety of loading conditions, the energy harvesting outputs from such devices is established and the potential power output determined. Through a power variance output approach, damage detection of deteriorating structures using the energy harvesting devices is investigated. Further applications of the integration of energy harvesting devices with civil infrastructure investigated by this research includes the use of the power output as a indicator for control. Four approaches are undertaken to determine the potential applications arising from integrating smart technology with civil infrastructure, namely • Theoretical analysis to determine the applications of energy harvesting devices for vibration based health monitoring of civil infrastructure. • Laboratory experimentation to verify the performance of different energy harvesting configurations for civil infrastructure applications. • Scaled model testing as a method to experimentally validate the integration of the energy harvesting devices with civil infrastructure. • Full scale deployment of energy harvesting device with a bridge structure. These four approaches validate the application of energy harvesting technology with civil infrastructure from a theoretical, experimental and practical perspective.

Policy Solutions and International Perspectives on the Funding of Public Service Media Content for Children: A Report for Stakeholders

This project on Policy Solutions and International Perspectives on the Funding of Public Service Media Content for Children began on 8 February 2016 and concludes on 31 May 2016. Its outcomes contribute to the policy-making process around BBC Charter Review, which has raised concerns about the financial sustainability of UK-produced children’s screen content. The aim of this project is to evaluate different funding possibilities for public service children’s content in a more challenging and competitive multiplatform media environment, drawing on experiences outside the UK. The project addresses the following questions: • What forms of alternative funding exist to support public service content for children in a transforming multiplatform media environment? • What can we learn from the types of funding and support for children’s screen content that are available elsewhere in the world – in terms of regulatory foundations, administration, accountability, levels of funding, amounts and types of content supported? • How effective are these funding systems and funding sources for supporting domestically produced content (range and numbers of projects supported; audience reach)? This stakeholder report constitutes the main outcome of the project and provides an overview and analysis of alternatives for supporting and funding home-grown children’s screen content across both traditional broadcasting outlets and emerging digital platforms. The report has been made publicly available, so that it can inform policy work and responses to the UK Government White Paper, A BBC for the Future, published by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in May 2016.

A legal study of the work of Vargas Llosa from the perspective of civil law

Lectura jurídico-civil de la novela "La tía Julia y el escribidor", de Mario Vargas Llosa. Esta novela se presta a una lectura desde la óptica del Derecho civil que puede ser muy sugerente, prestándose a un repaso de diversas instituciones jurídico-privadas y de su reflejo en la novela.

Building an Ontology of Product/Service-Systems: Using a Maritime Case Study to Elicit Classifications and Characteristics

Part 4: Transition Towards Product-Service Systems

Unlocking the Potential of Women in the Rural Development Process of Republic of Srpska: The Role of Extension Service

In Bosnia Herzegovina the development of clear policy objectives and endorsement of a long-term, coherent and mutual agricultural and rural development policy have also been affected by structural problems: a lack of reliable information on population and other relevant issues, the absence of an adequate land registry system and cadastre. Moreover in BiH the agricultural and rural sectors are characterized by many factors that have typically affected transition countries such as land fragmentation, lack of agricultural mechanization and outdated production technologies, and rural aging, high unemployment and out-migration. In such a framework the condition and role of women in rural areas suffered for the lack of gender disaggregated data and a consequent poor information that lead to the exclusion of gender related questions in the agenda of public institutions and to the absence of targeted policy interventions. The aim of the research is to investigate the role and condition of women in the rural development process of Republic of Srpska and to analyze the capacity of extension services to stimulate their empowerment. Specific research questions include the status of women in the rural areas of Republic of Srpska, the role of government in fostering the empowerment of rural women, and the role of the extension service in supporting rural women. The methodology - inspired by the case study method developed by R. Yin - is designed along the three specific research questions that are used as building blocks. Each of the three research questions is investigated with a combination of methodological tools - including surveys, experts interviews and focus groups - aimed to overcome the lack of data and knowledge that characterize the research objectives.

Budjettitaloudesta ansaintatalouteen – muutosjohtamisen haasteet Tieliikelaitoksessa

Tutkielman tavoite: Tutkielman tavoitteena on kuvata ja arvioida erään organisaation muutosprosessia, jonka seurauksena virastomallista organisaatiota ollaan muuttamassa paremmin kilpailuille markkinoille sopivaan liikelaitosmuotoon. Tutkielmassa selvitetään, miten siirtyminen budjettitaloudesta ansaintatalouteen vaikuttaa tutkittavan organisaation johtamiseen, henkilöstön asenteisiin ja työtapoihin sekä koko organisaation toimivuuteen. Tutkielman ongelma on muotoiltu seuraavasti: Mikä motivoi ja sitouttaa virastoaikana työssä ollutta henkilöstöä muutokseen, jossa ”turvallisesta” virastomallista ollaan siirtymässä asteittain kilpailtujen markkinoiden epävarmuuteen? Tutkimusmenetelmä: Tutkielman tutkimusstrategiaksi valittiin kvantitatiivinen survey –tutkimus ja aineistonkeruumenetelmäksi lomakekysely. Tutkielman teoreettinen viitekehys muodostuu aikaisemmista tutkimuksista, jotka käsittelevät: muutoksen vaikutuksia liiketoimintaan, muutokseen sitoutumisista, muutoksen johtamista, yksilön asemaa muutoksessa sekä muutosta julkisella sektorilla. Tutkielman tulokset ja johtopäätökset: Tutkittavan organisaation virastoaikainen henkilöstö on tämän tutkielman perusteella erittäin sitoutunut organisaatioonsa ja erittäin motivoitunut tekemään työtä organisaation menestyksen eteen myös tulevaisuudessa. Eniten virastoaikaista henkilöstöä motivoi tekemään työtä uusissa olosuhteissa mahdollisuus oppia uusia asioita sekä onnistuneesti tehdyn työn tuottama hyvän olon tunne. Tutkielmassa myös selvisi, että organisaatioon sitoutumisen aste sekä suhtautuminen muutokseen ovat suoraan verrannollisia organisaatioasemaan. Mitä korkeammassa asemassa henkilö organisaatiossa on, sitä sitoutuneempi hän organisaatioon on ja sitä positiivisemmin hän muutokseen suhtautuu. Organisaatiomuutos on tutkittavassa organisaatiossa ollut vaikea prosessi ja se on vaikuttanut jokaiseen organisaation yksilöön. Henkilöstön työmäärä, vaatimukset työtä kohtaan, sisäinen kilpailu, kiire ja näistä kaikista johtuen myös stressi ovat lisääntyneet virastoajasta. Myös henkilöstöresursseja on muutoksen seurauksena jouduttu karsimaan. Kokonaisuudessaan organisaatiomuutos on henkilöstön mielestä ollut melko positiivinen asia ja sen on nähty parantaneen organisaation toiminnan tehokkuutta.