The circumstances of migrant families raising children with disabilities in five European countries: Updating knowledge and pursuing new research

In 2017, specialists in several fields (health, education, and social work) from five European countries (France, Georgia, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland) established a network to jointly pursue studies on migration and disability. An initial workshop provided an opportunity to discuss their previous individual work and to develop a comparative research project. This article presents the key aspects of the discussion and the resulting plans for collaborative study. First, migrant children with disabilities remain statistically invisible in some countries. Separate policies and systems address their needs as migrants and their needs as persons with disabilities. Second, in all countries covered by the research network, there is an important gap between legal norms and the circumstances of migrant families raising children with disabilities. The same holds true for collaboration between public agencies, or between those agencies and NGOs (serving persons with disabilities, migrants, and/or national minorities). Further comparative and cross-disciplinary study must focus on increasing the social participation of children with disabilities and their families through social, educational, and health interventions within an intercultural context

Generalized Hamilton's Principle with Fractional Derivatives

We generalize Hamilton's principle with fractional derivatives in Lagrangian L(t,y(t),{}_0D_t^\al y(t),\alpha) so that the function $y$ and the order of fractional derivative $\alpha$ are varied in the minimization procedure. We derive stationarity conditions and discuss them through several examples

Praktyczna metoda analizy ortogonalnych płyt z uwzględnieniem schematu statycznego, warunków brzegowych i obciążenia

Is stated practical method for analysis of orthogonal plates with consideration of specific model of design diagram, boundary conditions and loading. For illustration of offered method are considered specific examples: applied in the center pinning on all four sides plate, when is constant, all four sides of plate are rigidly attached and on them is applied uniformly distributed constant loading.W artykule przedstawiono metodę analizy ortogonalnych płyt, która ma zastosowanie praktyczne. Metoda projektowania polega na analizie schematu statycznego, warunków brzegowych i obciążeń. W celu zilustrowania metody przedstawiono przykłady obliczeniowe. Pierwszy dotyczy płyty opartej swobodnie na wszystkich czterech krawędziach, obciążonej siłą skupioną pośrodku, natomiast drugi dotyczy płyty zamocowanej sztywno oraz obciążonej obciążeniem równomiernie rozłożonym