Irregular Situations Research Articles

Design of Parallel Self-Timed Adder with Recursive Research

This speedy suggests a parallel single-rail selfcoordinated snake. It relies upon on a algorithmic description for showing multibit twofold growth. The hobby is parallel for the ones bits that require now not trouble with any supply chain unfold. in the course of this way, the arrange achieves power execution over irregular quantity situations and not using a excellent dashing hardware or appearance-ahead sample. A proper all of the way right down to earth usage is given on a give up discovery unit. The execution is fashionable and doesn't have any pragmatic rules of excessive fanouts. A high fan-in door is wanted however nonetheless it really is ineluctable for kinky reason and is overseen by way of manner of associating the transistors in parallel. Recreations were finished creating use of AN commercial enterprise commonplace tool cabinet that ensure the common sense and prevalence of the projectedmethod over current nonconcurrent adders

Applications of Manpower Levels for Business with various Recruitment Rates in the System Through Stochastic Models

Aim of the present study is to find the crisis in the steady state and steady state of probabilities with various circumstances which might be manpower, in irregular situations of complete accessibility and zero accessibility in the system of business, manpower along with recruitment. The various state has been conversed under the various assumptions that the transition from one state to another with different parameters.

Regime-switching diffusion processes: strong solutions and strong Feller property

We investigate the existence and uniqueness of strong solutions for state-dependent regime-switching diffusion processes in an infinite state space with singular coefficients. Non-explosion conditions are given by using the Zvonkin’s transformation. The strong Feller property is proved by further assuming that the diffusion in each fixed environment generates a strong Feller semigroup, and our results can also be applied to irregular or degenerate situations.

Solidarity against healthcare access restrictions on undocumented immigrants in Spain: the REDER case study

BackgroundIn the context of public expenditure reduction and cuts, in 2012, the Spanish government approved the RDL 16/2012, which significantly affected the core values of the national health system. The measure particularly affected undocumented immigrants over 18 years of age, excluding them from accessing the full range of healthcare services in Spain, except for emergency care. In 2014, Red de Denuncia y Resistencia al RDL 16/2012 (REDER) was created as a public awareness and resistance network to defend universal access to healthcare and to stop its infringement. This study aims to analyse the social impact of REDER as a solidarity movement in response to the exclusion of undocumented immigrants from their universal right to health.MethodsQualitative research methodologies were used for the research. Data were collected between November 2017 and December 2017, using eight semi-structured interviews with key informants from the main REDER stakeholders. Additionally, key publications, documents, and presentations of researchers and experts in the field were analysed. For data analysis, a framework extracted from the literature on exclusionary and transformative dimensions of solidarity was used to identify barriers and drivers in REDER’s intervention.ResultsFrom its creation to the present, REDER has been able to achieve many of its objectives to defend the right to medical care of groups in irregular situations, contributing to the identification of 4,755 cases of discrimination in healthcare access and helping solve over 90% of these cases by delivering either healthcare assistance or administrative support. REDER has also played an important role in: stimulating social activation and empowering citizens to claim their fundamental rights, organising actions against restrictions on accessibility and creating synergies to restore universal healthcare coverage.ConclusionsREDER has been shown to be effective in leading the defence of universal healthcare rights, and some achievements in the years following 2012 could be directly attributed to the work done by the network, such as the elimination of legal requirements to obtain health cards or the reduction of the minimum time required to access healthcare. Despite context particularities, the initiatives and main actions of this network may be implemented in other settings that are facing similar limitations to healthcare access, in order to address injustices and promote solidarity.

Włączanie wiernych w sytuacjach nieregularnych w życie wspólnoty Kościoła

Adhortacja Amoris laetitia daje zdecydowany impuls do działań na rzecz pełniejszego włączenia w życie Kościoła wiernych, którzy znajdują się w sytuacjach nieregularnych. Ma się to dokonać dzięki procesowi towarzyszenia i rozeznania, który po uwzględnieniu złożoności i różnorodności sytuacji, okoliczności łagodzących, i innych czynników wskaże konkretne możliwości ich szerszej integracji. Powinna się ona wyrażać w podejmowaniu różnych posług i form aktywności w dziedzinie liturgicznej, duszpasterskiej, edukacyjnej, instytucjonalnej i dobroczynnej. Przykładem wdrażania nauczania Franciszka w tej materii jest dokument Pastoral guidelines for implementing Amoris laetitia wypracowany przez archidiecezję w Filadelfii. Łączy on w swoich rozwiązaniach wskazania zawarte w Amoris laetitia z wcześniejszym nauczaniem Kościoła, zwłaszcza tym wyrażonym w Familiaris consortio. Normy tego dokumentu z jednej strony promują włączanie wiernych w sytuacjach nieregularnych w życie Kościoła, a z drugiej określają zadania, które nie mogą przez nich być podjęte. Jest to uzasadnione koniecznością kierowania się nie tylko miłością i miłosierdziem, ale też prawdą o nierozerwalności małżeństwa.

Biclustering of Smart Building Electric Energy Consumption Data

Nowadays, smart buildings can collect data regarding the electric energy consumption, which can then be analyzed to gain insights or to predict or identify abnormal energy consumption. Numerous models are applied to face this problem but they are based on a global point of view and cannot detect local patterns of abnormal consumption. This work lies in the former option, as we propose a way to analyze energy consumption data from smart buildings. In particular, we use energy consumption data collected by various buildings over a five-year period. These data were analyzed to gain insight into the functioning of the considered buildings, with the aim of detecting anomalous situations, which could indicate that some energy usage policy should be changed or that there is a fault in the sensor network. In particular, we propose an approach based on biclustering, which allows obtaining subgroups of buildings that show a similar behaviour over a specific period of time. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first application of biclustering to energy consumption data analysis. Results confirm that the proposed approach can help policy makers in detecting irregular situations, which can provide hints on how to improve the efficiency of buildings.

GUÍA UCO PARA LA ELABORACIÓN Y EVALUACIÓN DE UN TFG: ANÁLISIS DE PROBLEMAS Y PROPUESTA SINCRÉTICA DE SOLUCIONES

El presente proyecto surge para dar respuesta a una serie de problemas que se dan durante el proceso de elaboración y defensa de los Trabajos Fin de Grado en el marco de la Universidad de Córdoba. A pesar de que actualmente existen esfuerzos por mejorar los criterios aplicados en los distintos centros de la UCO, se ha podido comprobar una falta de uniformidad en las guías y en las recomendaciones ligadas a la realización de los TFG, algo que, salvando la comprensible adecuación a las características de cada área, puede suponer un riesgo para la consecución de un sistema de evaluación justo. Además, algunas facultades carecen de criterios públicos de evaluación, lo que puede dar lugar a situaciones arbitrarias o irregulares. Para ello, en primer lugar, se ha analizado la opinión de profesorado y alumnado con respecto al TFG. Con el fin de resolver las deficiencias encontradas, se ha propuesto una solución que englobe todos los centros que forman la UCO: una herramienta que contemple las competencias básicas reconocidas por la legislación actual, comunes a todos los grados, y que tengan naturaleza transdisciplinar, para, a partir de ahí, poder construir un sistema de evaluación más razonable, coherente y uniforme para toda la Universidad de Córdoba.

Między ograniczonością ludzką a prawem Bożym. Duszpasterstwo miłosierdzia w sytuacjach nieregularnych

Adhortacja apostolska papieża Franciszka Amoris laetitia formułuje szereg wskazań dotyczących duszpasterstwa rodzin. Dotyczą one także tak zwanych małżeńskich sytuacji nieregularnych. Jedną z głównych zasad duszpasterstwa w takich sytuacjach jest odpowiedzialność za człowieka, za jego duchowy rozwój. Ta odpowiedzialność wymaga dobrego rozeznania duszpasterskiego różnorodnych sytuacji oraz towarzyszenia na drogach duchowego rozwoju. Niniejszy artykuł postuluje przyjęcie paradygmatu miłosierdzia jako zasady właściwej dla tego rodzaju duszpasterstwa.

Modern Learning and Training Tools which can be Properly Adapted and Designed to Reinforce Specialized Courses on Effective Crisis Management

Abstract This paper highlights the effectiveness of several modern training tools that could be applied within the context of training organizations, aiming towards the introduction of theoretical and practical fields, like the assessment of critical risks, the impact of time pressure and the importance of situational awareness, into the contents of a training course. The first part deals with present training tendencies and tools like distance and technology-based learning, while it is highlighted that knowledge management has gone through a deep and wide re-orientation. Quality assurance issues regarding education are also of great significance. The second part then studies the psychology of serving in combat or irregular crisis situations. It is about the particularities that compose the military, business or civil protection reality, resulting in new approaches of training courses that pursue excellent performance, particularly in dynamic and changing with high-velocity environments. Concepts like shared-ness of information, maturity in leadership decision making and cognitive task analysis can all determine a new domain of acceptable measures for crisis management training at professional level. The scope ranges from a routine organizational context to rapid response in a larger-scale emergency under pressure, requiring respective training adjustments.

Automated Mapping of a Plane Curvilinear Contour by a Smooth Set of Arcs in Rotary and Deep Extrusion

The use of smooth continuous approximating curves consisting of arcs of circles to solve production problems is considered. A relatively simple and efficient recurrent algorithm is developed for use with Kompas-3D, MS Excel, and other software. The algorithm is based on the property of the bisector of a triangle. An analytical form of the approximating curve is determined. A real-time graphic interactive interface in Kompas-3D software is derived. Some irregular mapping situations are described. Practical results are outlined.

7.5-O5Healthcare for migrants in irregular situations: descriptive study on diagnoses, service use and costs at a voluntary clinic in Helsinki, Finland

7.5-O5Healthcare for migrants in irregular situations: descriptive study on diagnoses, service use and costs at a voluntary clinic in Helsinki, Finland

The European Union Never got Rid of Its Internal Controls

Abstract The police station in Irun, a border town between the Spanish and French states, has the highest inter-annual data of arrests of foreigners in irregular situations when compared to other police stations in the Basque Country. This pattern, of which many are unaware, is due to police identity checks in the border surroundings. The place where the border barrier was once, was occupied by a car toll booth constructed with a very particular structure: as a border, with cabins for police officers. In addition, the data for border readmission between these two states, under an agreement signed in 2002, requires special attention: 300,000 people were deported across the Northern border. 70% of the people detained in the French Detention Centre at Hendaia in 2015 were caught at the border. This case study on the Spanish-French border will shed some light on a disregarded topic: internal borders. Regulation in these areas is diverse. Many exceptions and specificities apply, in parallel or alternatively to the ordinary immigration rules, as a matter of exception to the law. In considering this, we need to rethink the image of a borderless Europe as stated by the Schengen agreement. Since the publication of Balibar’s essay ‘What is a border?’ (2005), the controls have multiplied all along the territory as a kaleidoscopic vision. The eu internal borders have never disappeared, but have mutated into a police managed model of internal borders.

Smart-Spider: Autonomous Self-driven In-line Robot for Versatile Pipeline Inspection

This paper presents the design and development of a conceptual prototype of an autonomous self-driven inline inspection robot, called Smart-Spider. The primary objective is to use this type of robot for offshore oil and gas pipeline inspection, especially for those pipelines where the conventional intelligent pigging systems could not or be difficult to be deployed. The Smart-Spider, which is real-time controlled by its own on-board MCU core and power supplied by a hugged-up battery, is expected to execute pipeline inspection in an autonomous manner. A flexible mechanism structure is applied to realize the spider’s flexibility to adapt to different diameters of pipelines as well as to handle some irregular situations, such as to pass through an obstacled areas or to maneuver at a corner or junction. This adaption is automatically controlled by the MCU controller based on pressure sensors’ feedback. The equipped devices, such as the selected motors and battery package, as well as the human-and-machine interface are also discussed in detail. Some preliminary laboratory testing results illustrated the feasibility and cost-effective of this design and development in a very promising manner.

Medication management strategies used by older adults with heart failure: A systems-based analysis.

Older adults with heart failure use strategies to cope with the constraining barriers impeding medication management. Strategies are behavioral adaptations that allow goal achievement despite these constraining conditions. When strategies do not exist, are ineffective or maladaptive, medication performance and health outcomes are at risk. While constraints to medication adherence are described in literature, strategies used by patients to manage medications are less well-described or understood. Guided by cognitive engineering concepts, the aim of this study was to describe and analyze the strategies used by older adults with heart failure to achieve their medication management goals. This mixed methods study employed an empirical strategies analysis method to elicit medication management strategies used by older adults with heart failure. Observation and interview data collected from 61 older adults with heart failure and 31 caregivers were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to derive categories, patterns and themes within and across cases. Data derived thematic sub-categories described planned and ad hoc methods of strategic adaptations. Stable strategies proactively adjusted the medication management process, environment, or the patients themselves. Patients applied situational strategies (planned or ad hoc) to irregular or unexpected situations. Medication non-adherence was a strategy employed when life goals conflicted with medication adherence. The health system was a source of constraints without providing commensurate strategies. Patients strived to control their medication system and achieve goals using adaptive strategies. Future patient self-mangement research can benefit from methods and theories used to study professional work, such as strategies analysis.

Evaluating the robustness effects of infrastructure projects based on their topological and geometrical roadway designs

When infrastructures projects are evaluated, it is not only important to evaluate them with models that represent the average daily situation, but also to evaluate them in case of irregular situations like incidents. This becomes especially relevant when various project alternatives are expected to show significantly different scores in case of incidents. Project alternatives and their road sections have different topological and geometrical characteristics. The focus of this paper is on the following characteristics: hard shoulders, the number of lanes, parallel road structures and weaving sections. The main question that this paper addresses is how these network characteristics affect both the risk of different types of incidents occurring and the effects of those incidents on the network performance (robustness). In order to answer this question, analytical examples are presented for small theoretical networks that give insight into how the selected characteristics affect the total delay caused by incidents and its dependence on the traffic volume, capacity, severity and duration of incidents. A marginal simulation based method is presented that can be used to compute the robustness effects of project alternatives, given their geometrical and topological characteristics, on a network level. A case study for an infrastructure project in the Netherlands is presented that illustrates how the robustness effects of infrastructure projects can be computed given their topological and geometrical characteristics.

Receiving Amoris Laetitia

The papal exhortation Amoris Laetitia has prompted questions about the way it develops doctrine, prioritizes the Gospel value of mercy, and calls for an accompaniment of and a respect for the discerning consciences of those in “irregular situations.” In their response to these questions, bishops and theologians in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Belgium, South Africa, and Argentina offer positive and imaginative policies to embrace not only divorced and remarried couples, but all those looking for greater communion with the church.

The Renewal of Pastoral Care of the Family in the Light of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia

The aspirations of Pope Francis for the renewal of pastoral care of the family are based on the deeply theologically rooted principles of the Church’s proper role. In the exhortation Amoris Laetitia , the principle of God’s grace, the principle of pastoral love, the paschal principle of sacrifice and the principle of the Church’s missionary activity are all clearly visible. In the document, we can also find a few directions for the renewal of the pastoral care of the family. The strengthening of the focus of the parish as well as the strengthening of the focus of spouses and the domestic Church on pastoral care of the family are crucial. Further on, we find encouragement for the renewal of the preparation for marriage within the ecclesial community, and for the development and strengthening of the pastoral care of married couples. The Pope sees the care for those in irregular situations as an extension of the pastoral care of engaged and married couples. Consequently, for the realization of the desired directions in the development and renewal of pastoral care of the family, it is necessary to expand and deepen the formation of seminarians and priests for their pastoral work with engaged persons, married couples and families.

Dulcor Misericordiae. Justicia y misericordia en el ejercicio de la autoridad canónica. II. El capítulo octavo de Amoris Laetitia

Chapter 8 of Ap. Ex. Amoris Laetitia has given rise to different, sometimes contradictory readings. However, it cannot be said that the papal document extends Eucharistic communion to divorced people who have entered into new unions. Chapter 8 requires careful interpretation in altum (in full and in depth). The object of mercy is not only suffering, but first of all situation of sin; and the subject of mercy is not only the one currently experiencing misery, but anyone who may experience such fragility and misery in the future. Mercy implies that moral and legal norms be applied without any sense of cruelty, not that such norms be ignored. Marriage does not admit of indiscriminate analogical varieties, because it is not merely an ideal model. In the case of so-called irregular situations, reception of the Eucharist always requires the provision of a change in life.

International Standards on Business and Human Rights: Is Drafting a New Treaty Worth it?

In 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to establish a Working Group to draft a treaty on business and human rights. In the aftermath of this resolution, much is being written on what such a treaty would cover. And in light of the very close vote approving the resolution — and the likelihood that few developed countries would ratify the treaty — a question may arise as to whether the effort to draft the treaty would be worth it. To answer this question, this paper examines the International Convention for the Protection of All Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Families — which has only been ratified by a small number of states (and primarily by sending countries).This paper first summarizes the history of the efforts to address corporate accountability, and examines the current voluntary and mandatory international standards relevant to the human rights obligations of businesses.The paper then reviews the Convention on Migrant Workers and the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) Concluding Observations on reports of the States Parties. These reports indicate that states have adopted legislation to both educate their own citizens who might emigrate to other countries as well as to provide some benefits to migrant workers in their own countries. Despite the small number of States Parties to the Convention, this legislation demonstrates what can be done to protect the rights of migrant workers both in sending and receiving countries, and it helps develop best practices to promote their rights. And while the CMW has raised concerns regarding the adequacy of this legislation, the laws have helped to develop the legal standards regarding the definition of migrant workers, and regarding the rights of those in irregular situations. The paper asserts that these benefits will clearly have an effect on the evolution of the law protecting migrant workers and their families. The Convention on Migrant Workers thus provides a good model for the possible benefits of a treaty on human rights, even if such a treaty is not widely ratified. First, the drafting of a binding document has helped develop the law on migrant workers. Second, the treaty has helped to promote and protect the rights of workers from sending states as well as migrants who live in the States Parties. The paper concludes that the drafting of a treaty on business and human rights could have a similar effect. Such a treaty could promote the development of international standards to address the topic at the international level, as well as the development of procedures at the national level. It could also provide a forum for addressing redress at the international level when the domestic procedures are not sufficient.

The duality of children’s political agency in deportability

Drawing on in-depth ethnographic observations among irregularised migrant families in Birmingham, UK, this article discusses how children’s political agency manifests in everyday life. It shows how children who become aware of their legal status as ‘deportable’ reject this subject position and offer their own definitions of who they are and where they belong. Simultaneously, it is argued that children with varying degrees of knowledge about their legal status also express political agency through their struggle to sustain the inclusion they experience. Such expressions highlight the duality of children’s political agency in irregular situations.