Experience with light dynamic penetration in a landslide locality

Because of vital prevention and redevelopment measures in problem localities affected by slope instability, geotechnical investigations must be carried out. One of the applicable methods is Light Dynamic Penetration (LDP). Although it was designed for easy field investigations in planning line structures to identify parameters, such load bearing capacity, and compactness, its use proves to be much wider. Using LDP it is possible to detect the interfaces between the discrete layers, potential slip surfaces, or groundwater level. However, it is important to note that the results of LDP are always related to one point only and to investigate a whole area, a complementary survey is needed. In the paper we report research where we used a geophysical method of Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) to validate the results rendered by Light Dynamic Penetration in a redeveloped post-mining locality characteristic of landslides. The results of both measurement methods were unified for better interpretation and clarification to find out whether LDP is suitable to investigate a landslide locality. It shows that LDP provides relevant information on the massif structure in a given locality, but as opposed to other geophysical methods LDP informs only about one point only. The authors thus recommend carrying out surveys in landslide areas combining LDP and ERT as complementary measurements of groundwater level in the openings made using LDP. Mutually combining these two methods, it is possible to obtain a number of valuable information on landslide conditions (depth and course of shear plane, groundwater level, structure of layers, etc.) and physical-mechanical properties of soils

The technological model of operating area by the combined transport

The contribution deals with design technology service model using the combined transport. It assesses the performance indicators in relation to price and quality of services provided and on this basis decides on the type of the transport. This is the decision-making processes, which should answer the question, whether used directly in road freight transport, direct rail freight transport or combined transport. In this contribution is the combined transport meant as a system between the conventional modes, which are transhipped goods from road vehicles to the rail cars or river boats

Investment goal of redevelopment of "Junak" area in Bruntal

Import 07/02/2011Cílem práce je vytvořit investiční záměr přestavby areálu Junák v Bruntále. To zahrnuje předběžný výpočet nákladů spojených s rekonstrukcí a zhodnocení výhodnosti a nutnosti této investice. Součástí je i návrh vnitřní dispozice objektu, včetně bouracích prací, tak aby lépe vyhovoval současnému způsobu užívání stavby, včetně odůvodnění tohoto návrhu. Dále se práce zabývá výběrem vhodného zateplovacího systému pro obvodový plášť a střešní konstrukci. Celkové náklady na stavbu jsou odhadovány na 1 056 000 Kč. Návratnost investice je asi 13 let. Pro zvýšení příjmů je část objektu provozně oddělena a vyčleněna pro účely pronájmu například pro kancelářskou činnost. Počet stran: 42The goal is to create an investment plan in the redevelopment area Scout Bruntál. It includes a preliminary calculation of costs associated with reconstruction and evaluation of benefits and the need for this investment. It also includes an internal layout of the building, including demolition works, so that better suit the current method of use of buildings, including the rationale behind the proposal. The thesis deals with the selection of a suitable thermal insulation system for the external cladding and roof construction. Total construction costs are estimated at 1.056 million CZK. The payback period is about 13 years. To increase the revenue of the facility operationally separated and set aside for purposes such as rent for office work.Prezenční222 - Katedra městského inženýrstvídobř

Performance Measurement of Selected Drools Tools

Testování výkonu aplikací je velmi často opomíjeno. Tato práce popisuje proces testování výkonu nástrojů Drools Expert a Drools Fusion. Drools je platforma pro integraci podnikové logiky, moduly Expert a Fusion jsou její součástí. Expert je na pravidlech založený expertní systém, Fusion slouží k detekci a zpracování událostí. Testy jsou navrženy a implementovány především za účelem nalezení výkonnostní regrese mezi různými verzemi nástrojů Expert a Fusion. V závěru práce jsou diskutovány výsledky pro dvě konkrétní verze těchto nástrojů.Performance testing is often overlooked. This thesis describes the performance testing of the Drools Expert and Drools Fusion tools. Drools is a Business Logic Integration Platform. Expert and Fusion are parts of this platform, which provide rule based expert system and event processing capabilities respectively. Tests are designed and implemented with main focus on finding performance regression between different versions of Expert and Fusion tools. Results for two versions of these tools are discussed at the end of the thesis.

Implementation of Raster Processing Algorithms in FPGA

V této práci jde o nezvyklý pohled na implementaci grafických algoritmů v FPGA v kontextu počítačového vidění. Je zde možné najít informace o rastrovém obrazu a jeho zpracování, jeho segmentaci s využitím prahování a adaptitního prahování a také o platformách FPGA a DSP. Také je zde návrh konkrétní realize projektu v kameře Unicam2D a popis jiných možností realizace. Následuje popis implementovaných testů a demonstrace a diskuze jejich výsledků v závěru práce.This thesis is about unusal view of implementation of graphic algorithms in FPGA in computer vision context. There are some informations about raster image and raster image operations, raster image segmentation usign threhsholding and adaptive thresholding and FPGA and DSP platforms. Next, there is a concept of the concrete project realization in the Unicam2D camera and description other ways of implementation. Next, there is a description of implemented tests with some demonstration followed by discussion of ressults in the end of the work.

Model-Based Testing of JBoss Drools

Technika testování založeného na modelu (MBT) využívá model chování systému k automatickému generování sady testů, čímž snižuje nákladnost testování oproti konvenčnímu manuálnímu vývoji a udržbě testů. Tato práce se zaměřuje na využití zvoleného MBT nástroje OSMO při testování reálného softwarového produktu. Konkrétně se o jedná kompilátor podnikových pravidel využívaný v systému Drools, který je spoluvyvíjený společností Red Hat. V práci je popsán způsob zavedení MBT přístupu s ohledem na jeho dobré přijetí komunitou vývojářů, dále pak vytvoření modelu možných vstupů testovaného kompilátoru a zhodnocení vytvořené testovací sady. Využití MBT přístupu vedlo k odhalení pěti nahlášených a tří potencionálních a dosud nehlášených chyb v testovaném kódu. Práce na příkladu shrnuje hlavní přednosti i praktické nedostatky využití MBT technik v praxi.Model-based testing (MBT) is using a model of expected behavior of the system to automatically generate a set of tests. It aims at reducing the testing cost when compared to the traditional testing techniques. This work focuses on testing a real-world software system using the selected MBT tool OSMO. The tested system is responsible for compiling business rules and it is one of the main components of the Drools platform, developed by Red Hat. The work describes the introduction of MBT considering the good reception from the community of developers, then the creation of compiler input models and evaluation of the newly created test suite. The usage of the MBT resulted in detection of five reported and three potential issues in the tested code. Using the Drools compiler example, the work summarizes the main strengths and also weaknesses of practical use of MBT techniques.

The taxation of agricultural land with the use of multi-criteria analysis

The issue of land taxation is currently often neglected in scientific articles despite the existence of the land taxation and property taxes in most countries of the European Union. This paper deals with a specific property tax in the Czech Republic – the tax on the acquisition of immovable property. The aim of the paper is, on the one hand, to characterise the tax on the acquisition of immovable property, its general principles and the classification in land taxation, and on the other hand, to analyse the possibilities of a tax entity for the tax base determination and the tax liability calculation. For this purpose, a model example of taxation of the transfer of immovable property for consideration is used, to which the method of the multi-criteria decision-making is applied as an opportunity to use the mathematical methods for the transactional property tax. Based on the method of the multi-criteria analysis of alternatives, it was found that in the model example, it was more advantageous for the tax entity to use the indicative value.Web of Science62520419

What can tax revenues tell us about the economic activity of regions?

The main goal of this paper is to provide an analysis of the relationships among selected indicators of economic activity of regions (GDP, unemployment) and regional tax revenues obtained from taxes imposed on economic activity (VAT, income taxation) in the Czech Republic, with a detailed analysis of VAT. Our methodology is based on correlation analysis (both the Pearson’s and the Spearman’s correlation coefficients) using data from the official statistics of the Czech Republic. The main idea of the paper is that regional tax revenues should give us a picture of the economic activity of companies, residents and entrepreneurs in these regions. Based on the results, we can say that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between regional VAT revenues and the value of regional GDP, and a statistically significant negative relationship between regional income taxes revenues and regional unemployment.Web of Science9112811

The role of the value added tax on foodstuffs in the consumer basket

When looking for economic policy instruments in the times of economic crisis, even tax instruments are considered, particularly the changes (increases) of the value added tax rates. Most of the EU member states have two VAT rates, while foodstuff s and non-alcoholic beverages are included under a reduced rate. If increasing the reduced VAT rate, the signifi cance of the foodstuff or non-alcoholic beverages in the consumer basket, the regression of the VAT in these commodities and the signifi cance of the impact on households should be considered. Th is article tries to point out this issue by analyzing the impacts of changes in the VAT rates, or the actual VAT paid by the average households in the Czech Republic in the period from 2005 to 2010.Web of Science58839538

MODAL SPLIT AND IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INTO TERMINALS OF INTERMODAL TRANSPORT

Příspěvek popisuje vliv rozsahu dopravní infrastruktury na modal splitu vybraných přístavů v oblasti kombinované přepravy. U jednotlivých terminálů kombinované přepravy je důležitá návaznost neostatní druhy dopravy. Jednotlivé rozdíly u vybraných přístavů jsou popsány v příspěvku.The paper deals with influence of transport infrastructure into modal split on terminals of intermodal transport. This transport infrastructure of rail, road and water ist wery important for the modal split in terminals. The differences among transport infrastructure are described in this article