Designing interoperable museum information systems

Museum collections are characterized by heterogeneity, since they usually host a plethora of objects of categories, while each of them requires different description policies and metadata standards. Moreover the museum records, which keep the history and evolution of the hosted collections, request proactive curation in order to preserve this rich and diverse information. In this paper, the architecture of an innovative museum information system, as well as its implementation details is presented. In particular the requirements and the system architecture are presented along with the problems that were encountered. The main directions of the system design are (a) to increase interoperability levels and therefore assist proactive curation and (b) to enhance navigation by the usage of handheld devices. The first direction is satisfied by the design of a rich metadata schema based on the CIDOC/CRM standard. The second direction is fulfilled by the implementation of a module, which integrates the museum database with a subsystem appropriate to support user navigation into the museum floors and rooms. The module is expressed as a navigation functionality, which is accessed through handheld devices and peripherals, such as PDAs and RFID tags. The proposed system is functional and operates into the Solomos Museum, situated in Zakynthos island, Greece

PERANCANGAN PERBAIKAN PELAYANAN RESTORAN RESTO KITA DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT

This research aims to identify weaknesses in restaurant service which are then corrected by designing recommendations for service improvement using Quality Function Deployment. The method in this research uses the Quality Function Deployment method. The Quality Function Deployment method is used through two iterations, namely House of Quality (iteration one) which aims to translate customer needs into technical characteristics by considering the restaurant's capabilities and Part Deployment (iteration two) which aims to identify prioritized critical parts. Service improvements were carried out based on 10 true customer needs obtained from restaurant customers who had dined in. The first iteration produced 15 technical characteristics and the second iteration produced 31 critical parts which were prioritized for improvements to restaurant services. This research can be concluded that there are 15 prioritized technical characteristics and 31 prioritized critical parts. The results of the technical characteristics and critical parts are the basis for making recommendations for improving restaurant services whose targets need to be met in accordance with the decisions of the owner of Resto Kita

Elderly day care centers: Recommendations for improvement

Indexación: Scopus.Introduction: Chile has become a country that continues to grow at an accelerated pace. One of the key pieces of the Comprehensive Policy for Positive Aging for Chile is the development of Day Centers for the Elderly (CDPM) directed elderly at the foot of the dependency. Objective: To know the perception of a group of PMs, their caregivers and professionals of their participation in the CDPM with the purpose of designing recommendations to improve this new type of geriatric service established in the country. Methodology: Qualitative descriptive study performed in 30 participants through 4 focus groups: 2 in elderly (n=12), 1 with caregivers (n=8) and 1 with center professionals (n=10). Results: Two main comprehensive categories were identified: 1) Perception of benefits for elderly: improvement of functionality, increase of well-being and insertion of the social mayor, 2) Recommendations for improvement of CDPM: Criteria for inclusive income, flexibility and diversity in activities stipulated and Improvements in egress. Conclusions: The elderly, their caregivers and the professionals who attend them are consistent in pointing out that elderly assistance to this type of service reports benefits in its functionality, well-being and social insertion. This study contributes to broadening the understanding of results in the uses of CDPM by reporting an experience in a particular social context. © 2018 Spanish Publishers Associate. All rights reserved.Introduction: Chile has become a country that continues to grow at an accelerated pace. One of the key pieces of the Comprehensive Policy for Positive Aging for Chile is the development of Day Centers for the Elderly (CDPM) directed elderly at the foot of the dependency. Objective: To know the perception of a group of PMs, their caregivers and professionals of their participation in the CDPM with the purpose of designing recommendations to improve this new type of geriatric service established in the country. Methodology: Qualitative descriptive study performed in 30 participants through 4 focus groups: 2 in elderly (n=12), 1 with caregivers (n=8) and 1 with center professionals (n=10). Results: Two main comprehensive categories were identified: 1) Perception of benefits for elderly: improvement of functionality, increase of well-being and insertion of the social mayor, 2) Recommendations for improvement of CDPM: Criteria for inclusive income, flexibility and diversity in activities stipulated and Improvements in egress. Conclusions: The elderly, their caregivers and the professionals who attend them are consistent in pointing out that elderly assistance to this type of service reports benefits in its functionality, well-being and social insertion. This study contributes to broadening the understanding of results in the uses of CDPM by reporting an experience in a particular social context.http://www.gerokomos.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/29-1-2018-009.pd

Agricultural Market Integration in the Commonwealth of Independent States: What Are the Main Driving Forces and Challenges?

Utilizing a price transmission approach, we focus on price relationships between the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and how price changes on the world agricultural market are transmitted to the domestic CIS markets. In this study, we establish a unique price data set on five different agricultural products (i.e. wheat, pork, beef, poultry and whole milk powder) observed in eight different CIS countries. The results of the price transmission analysis indicate that regional integration within the CIS is strongest for pork and beef, followed by poultry and whole milk powder. The integration of CIS markets in world agricultural markets is strongest for wheat and beef, whereas it is relatively low for pork and poultry. Furthermore, beef markets in the CIS countries are the strongest integrated within the region, with the EU and the world market. Overall, our results indicate that domestic market support and trade policies, physical trade flows between countries, infrastructure, and bilateral or multilateral trade agreements play a key role in market integration of the CIS countries. These determinants should be particularly considered when designing recommendations for improving agri-food supply chain competitiveness in the CIS countries

USPOREDBA VARIJANTNIH RJEŠENJA HELIDROMA ZA KLINIČKI BOLNIČKI CENTAR OSIJEK

Complexity in takeoff and landing operations of helicopters require careful planning and designing of heliport infrastructure. The world's biggest aviation organization, namely Federal Aviation Administration and International Civil Aviation Organization, published their standards and designing recommendations for heliport designers to implement that are analyzed and compared in this paper. In the Republic of Croatia, helicopters are designed according to the recommendations of National heliport regulations which are based on recommendations of International Civil Aviation Organization (Annex 14). The practical part of the paper deals with the implementation of national heliport standard recommendations in two variants of heliport designs for emergency medical service for the clinical hospital center in Osijek. As a potential location of the new heliport for emergency medical transportation a transit port is analyzed because it is close to the clinical hospital center in Osijek and is well connected with the existing road infrastructure, and it is also possible to make a direct access to the hospital complex from the north side. Two solutions were analyzed and compared upon the criteria of accessibility, security of operations and possibility for instrument flight conditions, size of heliport and necessary areas, costs of building and maintenance and helicopter noise. There is an intention that regional capital cities that have clinical hospital centers need to have infrastructure for emergency helicopter transportation near the hospital.Kompleksnost operacija polijetanja i slijetanja helikoptera te potrebna raspoloživost slobodnog prostora u urbanom području zahtijevaju pažljivo planiranje i projektiranje građevinske infrastrukture helidroma. Najveće svjetske zrakoplovne organizacije, Federalna uprava za zrakoplovstvo i Međunarodna organizacija za civilno zrakoplovstvo, izdale su svoje standarde i projektne preporuke kojima se projektanti helidroma služe, a koje su analizirane i uspoređene u ovome radu. U Republici Hrvatskoj helidromi se projektiraju sukladno preporukama Pravilnika o helidromima, koji je baziran na Annexu 14 Međunarodne organizacije za civilno zrakoplovstvo. Primjena preporuka koje daje Pravilnik o helidromima na praktičnom zadatku pokazana je kroz dvije varijante idejnog rješenja helidroma za potrebe Kliničkog bolničkog centra Osijek. Analizirana potencijalna lokacija za idejna rješenja je u tranzitnoj luci, zato što je u neposrednoj blizini Kliničkog bolničkog centra Osijek i dobro je povezana postojećom cestovnom infrastrukturom, a moguće je napraviti i direktan cestovni pristup području bolnice sa sjeverne strane. Dva rješenja su analizirana i uspoređena po kriterijima zračne pristupačnosti, cestovne povezanosti, zauzimanja prostora, mogućnosti instrumentalnog zračnog pristupa helidromu, sigurnosti operacija slijetanja i polijetanja, koštanja izgradnje i održavanja te buke helikoptera. Intencija je da gradovi koji su centri regije i imaju klinički bolnički centar, trebaju imati osigurane uvjete, odnosno potrebnu infrastrukturu za hitan helikopterski prijevoz u njegovoj blizini

Usulan Perbaikan Kualitas Produk Pipa Api 5L PSL2 Menggunakan Metode Six Sigma

The production process of API 5L PSL2 pipes in Pipe Companies in 2017 happened to defect products at 7%. This defect is still above the standards set by the Company at 4%. The study aims to determine the value of sigma and provide recommendations for improvement with the six sigma method. Based on the results of the DMAI analysis, the amount of the pipe sigma level was 3.65 with the value of DPMO 14448. Types of defects identified in the process such as open welding defects, high lows, contact marking, scarring, and under dimension Proposed improvements were made by designing recommendations for improvements using 5W + 1H by checking the condition of the forming machine and changing bearing components before the bearing lifetime, performing preventive maintenance every week and adding coolant bursts to the cutting tool

Grosse Pointe Rotary

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Designing interoperable museum information systems

Museum collections are characterized by heterogeneity, since they usually host a plethora of objects of categories, while each of them requires different description policies and metadata standards. Moreover the museum records, which keep the history and evolution of the hosted collections, request proactive curation in order to preserve this rich and diverse information. In this paper, the architecture of an innovative museum information system, as well as its implementation details is presented. In particular the requirements and the system architecture are presented along with the problems that were encountered. The main directions of the system design are (a) to increase interoperability levels and therefore assist proactive curation and (b) to enhance navigation by the usage of handheld devices. The first direction is satisfied by the design of a rich metadata schema based on the CIDOC/CRM standard. The second direction is fulfilled by the implementation of a module, which integrates the museum database with a subsystem appropriate to support user navigation into the museum floors and rooms. The module is expressed as a navigation functionality, which is accessed through handheld devices and peripherals, such as PDAs and RFID tags. The proposed system is functional and operates into the Solomos Museum, situated in Zakynthos island, Greece