Placement Of Facilities Research Articles

PENGARUH PENEMPATAN PEGAWAI, FASILITAS DAN KOMITMEN TERHADAP MOTIVASI KERJA PEGAWAI BADAN PENGELOLA KEUANGAN, PENDAPATAN DAN ASET DAERAH KOTA TANJUNGBALAI

The formulation of the problem in this study is whether the placement of employees, facilities, and commitment simultaneously has a positive and significant effect on the work motivation at Regional Financial Management, Income and Assets Agency, Kota Tanjungbalai. This study aims to determine the effect of employee placement, facilities and commitment to work motivation at Regional Financial Management, Income and Assets Agency, Kota Tanjungbalai. The sample in this study were all employees at Regional Financial Management, Income and Assets Agency, Kota Tanjungbalai, which numbered 46 people. The data analysis technique in this research is Multiple Linear Regression. The results of this study indicate; Employee placement partially has a positive and significant effect on employee motivation; Facilities partially have a positive and significant effect on employee motivation; Commitment partially has a positive and significant effect on employee motivation; Employee placement, facilities and commitment simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on employee motivation.

Transition for System-Involved Youth with Disabilities: Law, Compliance, and Support

For youth with disabilities within the juvenile justice system, transition is multifaceted and can constitute movement from facility to facility or education placement to placement. However, within a juvenile justice context, transition is also a legal term of art that derives from a set of interrelated laws, policies, and procedures that guide juvenile justice system professionals’ transition practices and serves as a foundation for service delivery and associated youth outcomes. For youth with emotional disturbance (ED) or related conditions, transition also incorporates the process of migrating mental or behavioral health treatment or supports upon reentry. However, youth support during all facets of transition (e.g., compliance with legal transition mandates, placement, service continuity) is often insufficient to help youth transition successfully. Related to this, juvenile justice system professionals often struggle to use law and policy to guide their pre- and postrelease transition planning across education, mental and behavioral health, employment, and mentoring supports. Using a legal compliance focal point theoretical perspective, this article first explores the relevant legal provisions that address prerelease transition supports for youth with disabilities within the juvenile justice system. It then offers suggestions for building a framework to bridge the gap between legal compliance and transition support across the pre- and postrelease transition spectrum.

The “As If” Business Internship: An Instructional Response to Extenuating Circumstances

An internship, especially in applied business disciplines, is an important experiential learning bridge from the academy to further training and/or a career threshold. The Covid-19 outbreak frustrated student placement opportunities in settings with a high exposure risk. The pandemic also disrupted degree progress and graduation targets for many. A case example of an alternative to an on-site internship is described that is a response to Covid-19 limitations. This alternative is defined as the “As-If” internship because it captures several learning outcomes of a facility placement. On-site internship success factors and benefits are discussed as a benchmark for demonstrating how the “As-If” experience fulfills on-site learning objectives. The alternative is further discussed as an approach for other extenuating circumstances.

Women have similar mortality but higher morbidity than men after elective endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

ObjectiveSex disparities regarding outcomes for women after open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair have been well-documented. The purpose of this study was to review whether these disparities were also present at our institution for elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and whether specific factors predispose female patients to negative outcomes. MethodsAll elective EVARs were identified from our three sites (Florida, Minnesota, and Arizona) from 2000 to 2018. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality and three-year mortality. Secondary outcomes included complications requiring return to the operating room, length of hospitalization (LOH), intensive care unit (ICU) days, and location of discharge after hospitalization. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess for the risk of complications. ResultsThere were 1986 EVARs; 1754 (88.3%) were performed in male and 232 (11.7%) in female patients. Female patients were older (79 years [interquartile range (IQR), 72-83 years] vs 76 years [IQR, 70-81 years]; P < .001), had a lower body mass index (median, 26.1 kg/m2 [IQR, 22.1-31.0 kg/m2] vs 28.3 kg/m2 [IQR, 25.3-31.6 kg/m2]; P < .001 and hematocrit (median, 37.6% [IQR, 33.4%-40.6%] vs 39.4% [IQR, 35.6%-42.6%]; P < .001) and had higher glomerular filtration rate (median, 84.4 mL/min per 1.73m2 [IQR, 62.3-103 mL/min/1.73 m2] vs 51.1 mL/min/1.73 m2 [IQR, 41.8-60.8 mL/min/1.73 m2]; P < .001. Female patients were also more likely to be active smokers (15.3% vs 13.1%; P < .001) and have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (24.7% vs 15.3%; P = .001). They were less likely to have coronary artery disease (31.6% vs 45.6%; P < .001). Aneurysms in women were slightly smaller in size (median, 54 mm [IQR, 50.0-58.0 mm] vs 55 mm [IQR, 51.0-60.0 mm]; P = .004). In-hospital mortality and mortality at the 3-year follow-up was not significant between female and male patients (0.86% vs 0.17%; P = .11 and 38.4% vs 36.2%; P = .57). However, female patients returned to the operating room with a greater frequency than male patients (3.9% vs 1.4%; P = .011). LOH (mean, 3.4 ± 3.8 days vs 2.5 ± 2.4 days; P < .001) and ICU days (mean, 0.3 ± 2.0 days vs 0.1 ± 0.5 days; P < .001) were longer for female patients. After hospitalization, female patients were discharged to rehabilitation facilities in greater proportion (12.7% vs 3.1%; P < .001) than their male counterparts. On multivariable analysis, female sex was associated with a return to the operating room (odds ratio, 6.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4-3.5; P = .02), longer LOH (Coef 4.0; 95% CI, 1.0-2.5; P = .00007), more ICU days (Coef 2.8; 95% CI, 1.1-3.0; P = .005), and a greater likelihood of posthospitalization rehabilitation facility placement (odds ratio, 5.8; 95% CI, 1.5-2.4; P = .0001). ConclusionsOur three-site, single-institution data support sex disparities to the detriment of female patients regarding return to the operating room after EVAR, LOH, ICU days, and discharge to rehabilitation facility. However, we found no differences for in-hospital or 3-year mortality.

Potential for the regional energy supply system optimization through recycling waste into energy

The use of renewable energy sources is becoming a general trend for optimizing energy supply and achieving low-carbon development goals in various regions of the world. In Russia, in connection with the introduction and implementation of government support measures for solar, wind, bioenergy, starting in 2013, a large-scale introduction of energy-generating facilities began. This factor, as well as the need to solve the problem of recycling waste from the municipal sector, agriculture and forestry, makes it necessary to use local renewable energy resources, including waste. This approach helps to optimize the regional energy system, even if they are grid connected. The paper discusses the methods and potential for optimizing energy supply in the regions of southern Russia, which has a high population density, a significant deficit in energy balance, and problems in the field of solid waste processing. The basis for this work is the use of municipal sector waste as an energy resource, with an assessment of the economic and environmental efficiency of this process. The use of geoinformation technologies provides a spatial analysis of the resource potential, a comparative analysis of the distribution of energy production and consumption within the region, as well as helps to assess the availability of territories for the optimal placement of solid municipal waste processing facilities.

Numerical research of placement problem on lines with forbidden zones and routing communications

This paper discusses of placement problem of connected equipment (facilities) on parallel lines with forbidden zones. You can’t place equipment inside of forbidden zones. The facilities are connected among themselves and with zones by some kind of communications. The communications (routing of communications) between the facilities and between facilities and zones located on adjacent lines pass through the vertical equipment (viaduct). The target is to find the facilities placement on lines outside zones. Facilities do not must intersect among themselves. It is necessary to minimize the total cost of communications facilities among themselves and with zones. Practical usage of this problem is found, for example, in technology in the design of engineering devices. We consider cases when the viaduct placement is fixed and when its optimal placement is found. The goal function’s value for a fixed viaduct with a specified placement step is compared with the goal function for optimal placement of the viaduct. The results of numerical experiments are presented.

Meniscal Repair Techniques for Middle- and Posterior-Third Tears

Technical advancements in meniscal repairs have greatly contributed to the ability to repair a variety of meniscal tears that were once thought untreatable. The gold-standard treatment for arthroscopic meniscal body repair remains an inside-out technique. The advantages of this technique are innate to the low-profile nature of the suture-passing construct, which allows for perpendicular access to tears with the benefit of multiple fixation points, in contrast to often bulkier all-inside repair devices. This technique requires a posteromedial or posterolateral incision for safe suture passing and needle retrieval and necessitates a surgical team experienced in this method of repair. However, the newest generation of all-inside devices has allowed for more facile placement of a variety of suture types. The all-inside repair technique includes both capsular-based and meniscal-based fixation, is not limited by a need for additional experienced surgical personnel to pass and retrieve needles, and does not require additional incisions. Regardless of fixation type, meniscal repair has been shown to improve long-term functional scores when compared with meniscectomy. Additionally, biological adjuncts have been introduced into the repair algorithm to improve healing rates when performing isolated meniscal repairs. Preparing the healing site with abrasion or trephination creates vascular channels that can facilitate repair. Intercondylar-notch marrow venting attempts to replicate the environment created by anterior cruciate ligament drilling for which healing rates are notably higher than those with isolated meniscal repairs. The use of fibrin clots in inside-out meniscal repairs with suturing of the clot to the area of the tear has also shown promising early healing rates on both magnetic resonance imaging and second-look arthroscopy. Finally, biological adjuncts such as platelet-rich plasma and concentrated bone marrow aspirate have shown both early clinical and radiographic improvements in Level IV case series, but further research is needed to more definitively measure their utility in the setting of meniscal repair.

Model of the functioning of the optoelectronic information system for detecting space debris

To determine the characteristics of optoelectronic devices, as a rule, models are used that do not take into account the peculiarities of the functioning of information tools, the conditions of visibility and observability, which does not allow to reliably assess their capabilities to obtain coordinate and non-coordinate information. Goal of the work is to investigate the model of an optical-electronic information tool in order to evaluate the characteristics and determine the possibility of obtaining coordinate and non-coordinate information in various conditions. A block model of a system for monitoring space debris in near-earth space by means of optical-electronic information means is considered. A structural diagram of the model's constituent parts is proposed. It is shown that the position of an object in the composition of space debris is determined based on the solution of the above differential equations. The interrelation of the influence of various conditions on the capabilities of optoelectronic information facilities, on the processes of detection and tracking is described. The equations and relationships underlying the model of operation of the optoelectronic information facility are described. The results of modeling are presented, which allow planning the rational placement of optoelectronic information facilities. The presented model makes it possible to obtain initial data for planning the rational placement of optoelectronic information facilities and to substantiate the requirements for their technical characteristics.

Установление особого правового режима использования территории в общей системе территориального планирования

One of the directions in the management of land resources of territorial formations is the establishment of a special legal regime for their use. The purpose of the study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the legal and social conditions for the formation of such zones. Deductive, inductive, analytical, comparative-legal and other scientific methods were used for the most complete coverage of the problem. The multisectoral nature of the regulation of the process of establishing the zones under consideration, as well as the specifics of their parameters and imposed restrictions, were revealed. The documentation fixing such parameters for each established zone was studied, the relationship between the features of objects requiring the establishment of a special regime and the configuration of their security zones was determined. Special attention was paid to the differentiation of conditions for the formation of zones with a special regime of use in two directions: in the process of integrated development of territories and in the creation of protection conditions for already functioning objects. As a result, it was revealed how the establishment of zones with special conditions for the use of the territory (ZOUIT) affects the content of urban planning documentation, including territorial planning and urban zoning. In the first case, such a procedure is carried out at the stage of planning the placement of engineering and transport infrastructure facilities, that is, in advance, in the second case, the establishment of zones is carried out in order to bring into compliance with the current legislative norms of the legal regime of previously commissioned infrastructure elements or natural and historical and cultural objects. In both cases, there is an indissoluble link with the territorial planning system.

Methodology for Justification of the Location of Railcar Repair Complex Enterprises

Railway transport plays an important role in ensuring the functioning of the country. Without railways, it would be simply impossible to link a large-scale territory into a single economic space. In order to improve the quality of cargo servicing and safety on the railway network, JSC “Russian Railways” is tightening requirements for the technical condition of freight railcars, which is why special attention is paid to the tasks of improving the railcar repair complex efficiency. Despite of railcars number decrease the number of railcar detachments due to their technical non-compliance with regulatory requirements is constantly increasing. The analysis of the placement of production facilities allowed establishing that the railcar repair capacity is located very unevenly with localization in the central part of Russia. It was revealed that currently, there is a shortage of enterprises in the country that perform a full list of demanded repair services with freight railcars, so the formed topic of work has a significant relevance. In this paper methods of railcar repair industry objects placing were systematized and a grouping of factors that influence the decision on the attractiveness of the territory for the placement of a railcar repair company was performed. The paper presents the mechanism of practical application of the analytical hierarchy method when choosing locations for railcar repair companies; algorithms for evaluating factors that affect the placement of railcar repair companies are developed, which allow practical implementation of the developed analytical and mathematical model for choosing the location of a railcar repair company.

ADAPTATION OF THE OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT MODEL TO THE SEA OF AZOV FOR THE PURPOSES OF MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING

The development of alternative energy is increasingly associated with offshore wind energy, as stronger offshore winds and the proximity of high-voltage onshore power plants produce highly profitable clean energy, making the sector attractive for long-term investment. Therefore, for the purposes of marine spatial planning, a model was chosen that allows assessing the potential for energy production and its cost under various design scenarios for offshore wind farms in the coastal zone, as well as assessing avoided carbon emissions (since wind turbines do not generate greenhouse gases). The model was tested and adapted to the conditions of the Sea of Azov. The technique of selection and preparation of the localized data necessary for the operation of the model, visualization and interpretation of the modeling results using the capabilities of the R programming language and the ArcGIS software environment has been worked out. The calculation of the input data on the distribution of wind speed was carried out on the basis of the ERA-Interim reanalysis data (the Weibull distribution function parameters values used to describe the distribution of wind speeds over a long period of time were calculated at the nodes of the regular grid). The application of the model will allow estimating the density of wind energy in various parts of the Azov Sea coastal zone and to identify the potential sites for the placement of coastal wind energy facilities with the highest productivity and the lowest energy cost based on wind speed data using various economic and technical parameters of the facilities being placed.

Investigation of Preferences in Working Environment of Students for Maintaining Uniform Geographical Distribution of Radiological Technologists

This study was designed to assess working environment preferences of students in the Department of Radiological Technology using conjoint analysis for establishing an efficient medical system. We carried a questionnaire survey on working environment preferences for 196 students in the Department of Radiological Technology in Japan. We defined eight characteristics for virtual medical facilities as follows: presence of colleagues who can be consulted, employment status, number of night shift per month, academic meeting participation, number of hospital beds, possession of nuclear medicine imaging systems and radiation therapy systems, location of medical facilities, and change rate in annual income. A total of 18 virtual medical facilities were selected by an orthogonal array table using above-mentioned characteristics. The acquired data by the pairwise comparison method were analyzed by conjoint analysis. Marginal rates of substitution that represent students' preferences were also calculated. The factors that influenced their preferences were the following: placement of medical facilities in great city, presence of colleagues who can be consulted, employment status is not non-regular employment, set up of nuclear medicine imaging systems and radiation therapy systems, the number of night shift is twice per month, and attendances at academic meetings. In summary, students in the Department of Radiological Technology tend to prefer the facilities with regular employment, great city, presence of colleagues who can be consulted, and possession of nuclear medicine imaging systems and/or radiation therapy systems.

Analyzing the Factors that Effect Maximum Time to Repair Thermal Energy Systems in Cold/Arctic Climates

Resilient energy systems are those that can prepare for and adapt to changing conditions, and recover rapidly from disruptions including deliberate attacks, accidents, and naturally occurring threats. This makes thermal energy systems resilience especially important in extreme climates such as arctic or tropical environments. While metrics and requirements for availability, reliability, and quality of power systems have been established (DoD 2020), similar metrics and requirements for thermal energy systems are not well understood. In one of the first attempts to address this deficiency, a study was conducted to better understand the factors that affect maximum time to repair thermal energy systems. Maximum time to repair of thermal systems can be defined in terms of how long the process can be maintained or the building remains habitable or protected against damage from freezing of water pipes, sewer, fire suppression system, protect sensitive content, or start growing mold during extended loss of energy supply with extreme weather events. The purpose of this paper is to present the methodology and results of a novel temperature decay test conducted during the winter, along with blower door tests on five representative military buildings in Alaska. The results from the field tests described in this paper show that the distribution of temperature decay is not uniform throughout the building and that it will vary depending on solar position, building features and wind direction. This demonstrates that strategic placement of personnel, equipment and facilities that are critical to building operations, can extend operation time during a thermal energy disruption.

Поиск путей оптимального пространственного размещения объектов инфраструктуры здравоохранения: обзор методического инструментария

Поиск путей оптимального пространственного размещения объектов инфраструктуры здравоохранения: обзор методического инструментария

Zones with special conditions for the use of territories and their impact on the analysis of the site of the placement of renewable energy facilities

Zones with special conditions for the use of territories and their impact on the analysis of the site of the placement of renewable energy facilities

ОТДЕЛЬНЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ПРОКУРОРСКОГО НАДЗОРА ЗА ИСПОЛНЕНИЕМ ЗАКОНОВ О НЕСОВЕРШЕННОЛЕТНИХ В СФЕРЕ ГРАДОСТРОИТЕЛЬНОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ

The article deals with topical issues of assessing the legality of the Prosecutor's office documents of territorial planning, planning and placement of facilities for minors, taking into account the practice of land and urban planning legislation. As, undoubtedly, in the existing rates of design and construction works the measure of responsibility for observance not only the town-planning legislation, but its compliance to requirements of ecological standards also increases. The necessity of more thorough implementation of Prosecutor's supervision over the quality of planning, construction and reconstruction of infrastructure facilities for minors, as well as compliance with the requirements defined by the state in the field of urban plan-ning, up to bringing the perpetrators to the statutory responsibility. The authors also considered the issues of information and analytical activities of the Prosecutor's office, assessment of the legality of urban planning activities of local governments. The authors used the methods of analysis of documents and official materials, the establishment of features in the field of land use, urban planning, taking into account the legislation of territorial planning docu-ments and special technical standards. The conclusion about the need for interaction of the Prosecutor's office with the public and the scientific community, as well as the possibility of their involvement in interdepartmental meetings, working groups, and other assistance to the Prosecutor's office. As a result of the study, the need for prosecutors to take into account the shortcomings allowed by local authorities in the implementation of their functions for the development of territorial planning documents is justified, recommendations are proposed to prosecutors, which can be used in assessing the legality of territorial planning documents. The recommendations that can be applied in assessing the legality of the implementation of urban legislation and the implementation of prosecutorial supervision in this area. On the basis of the rules of law, a General approach to the use of special expertise and the production of expertise is presented.

SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF PLACING MEDICAL FACILITIES IN CITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Context. The problem of rational allocation of medical facilities of inhabited locality was considered. Methods of evaluating the effectiveness of using the existing medical network and finding ways to improve it when implementing urban development projects were proposed. Objective. The goal of the work is to build and study the procedure for solving the problem of placing medical facilities, considering the existing infrastructure of the city to fulfill the accessibility requirements.Method. A set of factors that affect the placement of a medical facilities and allow a systematic and reasonable decision to be made in choosing a location has been formed. A method for solving the problem of the location of medical facilities, providing an increase in their accessibility level considering the population, its spatial distribution, existing in the settlement of road junction and traffic congestion is proposed. The procedure for solving the problem is presented in the form of an IDEF0 model. The method is based on geoinformation analysis of data, the results of which by spatial clustering are presented in the form of a set of cartographic models, the aggregate of which allows to form a decision about the location. The method allows to assess the accessibility level of existing medical facilities in the inhabited locality, create a list of places for their possible location, find areas of the locality that are not in the access zone.Results. The method of choosing the location of the medical center has been improved, which makes it possible to make decisions based not only on the shortest distance from the center to the patient, but also on the level of its accessibility. For the first time, the structure of information technology for multivariate analysis of a network of city medical centers for decision support systems using GIS technologies is proposed.Conclusions. The medical facilities location problem, which is in increasing the level of accessibility by expanding the area of medical coverage of the territory in which the city population lives by using GIS was practically fulfilled as an IDEF0 model that defines the procedure for solving the problem and choosing the location of the medical center. The practical significance of obtained results has been proven on a practical example – an analysis of the existing hospital system for the provision of emergency medical care in Kharkiv.

Teaching strategies and activities to enhance students' clinical placement in residential aged care facilities: a scoping review.

The purpose of this scoping review was to examine teaching strategies and activities used in nursing students' clinical placement in residential aged care facilities. Population aging necessitates that nursing curricula ensure student interest and commitment to working with older adults. While searching for suitable clinical placements that provide students with opportunities to care for older adults, nursing programs have turned to residential aged care facilities. Studies show that carefully planned placement in these environments supports students' needs and offers rich learning possibilities. This review examined intentional teaching strategies and activities used during student placement in residential aged care facilities, and considered research and textual papers on the subject. The strategies and activities included those that took place prior to, during, or after the experience. The review included qualitative and quantitative research reports as well as text and opinion papers. Only research reports and papers published in English from 1992 to August 2019 were included. The databases searched were: CINAHL (EBSCO), MEDLINE (Ovid), Academic Search Premier (EBSCO), Embase (Elsevier), ERIC (EBSCO), ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, and Google (with advanced search strategies). Two independent reviewers screened citations for inclusion while a third reviewer resolved discrepancies. A table was developed for data extraction to record data relating to the review objective. Specific data extracted included the details on research design, geographical location, year of publication, description of the teaching strategy or activity. Of the 84 research reports and papers that were eligible for full-text review, only 25 (30%) were included in the final set. Sixteen papers were research reports including a variety of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method designs. The remaining nine were textual papers and included frameworks, descriptions, and evaluations of a teaching strategy or activity. Most research reports and papers identified more than one strategy and/or activity used concurrently. The use of care staff as student mentors and facility orientation for students were the two most common strategies and activities reported. A range of teaching approaches during clinical placements in residential aged care facilities was revealed. These approaches targeted students, staff of aged care facilities, and nursing faculty. Collaborative efforts between aged care facilities and educational institutions allowed for the pooling of resources and the delivery of teaching approaches to students and the engagement of care staff. Many of the approaches were co-designed by educational programs and residential aged care facilities. The number of approaches that used more than one teaching strategy and/or activity reflects an appreciation for the importance of student placements and the complexities of aged care facilities. A lack of longitudinal or evaluative research highlights a gap in the literature. There is a need for further work to understand and evaluate the long-term effects and benefits of teaching strategies and activities used to enhance students' clinical placements in resident aged care facilities.

Algorithm for assessing effectiveness of renewable energy facilities placement

Criteria affecting the choice of an optimal option for placing renewable energy facilities with regards to the methodology for calculating the capacity and amount of generated energy have been selected. The features of calculating a spatial data matrix are shown. An algorithm for creating a spatial data matrix for renewable energy resources applicable to the Krasnodar Territory is presented. An algorithm for choosing the best option for placing renewable energy facilities is presented.

Multiple perspective centrality measures based on facility location problem under inter-group competitive environment

In this study, we propose novel centrality measures considering multiple perspectives of nodes or node groups based on the facility location problem on a spatial network. The conventional centrality exclusively quantifies the global properties of each node in a network such as closeness and betweenness, and extracts nodes with high scores as important nodes. In the context of facility placement on a network, it is desirable to place facilities at nodes with high accessibility from residents, that is, nodes with a high score in closeness centrality. It is natural to think that such a property of a node changes when the situation changes. For example, in a situation where there are no existing facilities, it is expected that the demand of residents will be satisfied by opening a new facility at the node with the highest accessibility, however, in a situation where there exist some facilities, it is necessary to open a new facility some distance from the existing facilities. Furthermore, it is natural to consider that the concept of closeness differs depending on the relationship with existing facilities, cooperative relationships and competitive relationships. Therefore, we extend a concept of centrality so as to considers the situation where one or more nodes have already been selected belonging to one of some groups. In this study, we propose two measures based on closeness centrality and betweenness centrality as behavior models of people on a spatial network. From our experimental evaluations using actual urban street network data, we confirm that the proposed method, which introduces the viewpoints of each group, shows that there is a difference in the important nodes of each group viewpoint, and that the new store location can be predicted more accurately.