38 research outputs found
BIOETHANOL AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL
The production of biofuels is like the development of a new, promising economic sector in Latvia. The production and introduction of biofuels is a factor promoting the development of Latvia's rural areas, which allows the acquisition of abandoned agricultural land, improves soil fertility, creates additional income and new jobs for farmers, promotes investment in rural development and the establishment of new production companies. Biofuels are one way of reducing environmental pollution from road transport. To rebuild the car to run on bioethanol fuel E85, it is necessary to reprogram the engine control unit. Specifically, overwriting the information on the EPROM chip. In five years (2016ā2020), the consumption of biofuels in transport has increased 4.4 times more due to changes in legislation - an increase in the minimum blend of biofuels
LOGISTIC CART
Project of the logistic cart allows the number of companies to develop the efficiency and productivity of their work following the tendencies and development of the global technologies. Using such logistic carts in industrial warehouses and in distributions centres enable entrepreneurs to save money and other resources that they otherwise need to spend on many employees that do their work manually. Such logistic carts would be beneficial for producers and shops that have a great variety of products and raw materials in warehouses. Such product in Europe has great attention and has good sales but in Latvia we donāt have any companies that produce logistic carts so the geographical position of the country allows to expand the markets in Russia and other Baltic countries, as logistic carts there are not widely used and produced
MODERN CONCEPTS OF GAMIFICATION IMPLEMENTATION IN THE TRAINING SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS OF THE UKRAINIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES
The article clarifies that for the young people of the Zoom generation who have grown up in the age of the Internet, have unlimited access to any information and since childhood have been using digital technologies, classical higher education cannot provide everyone with necessary competencies and soft-skills by traditional methods. The study has defined that gamification is the introduction of computer games into educational activities, adding game elements to increase visualization, motivation training and, accordingly, the level of mastery of theoretical material, i.e. feedback with a student. It has been proved that gamification helps identify a leader and determine the level of training of an education seeker on this or that question (subject); unite students with a common language literary idea and direct all their efforts to its disclosure and representation; reduce the level of conflicts, andĆĀ increase effectiveness of the educational process. The following components of the gamified process (user; accumulated points; game levels; ranking of participants; badges), forms (competitive, victorious and aesthetic) and services for introducing gamification into the education system (Alice, Scratch, Studio Code; CodeSchool; MotionMathGames; Mathematics; Spongelab; Kahoot!; Zombie-BasedLearning; MinecraftEdu; World of Classcraft (WoC); WildInternetWoods) have been characterized. The prerequisites for the implementation of the gamification method, to which the level of theoretical training of students, educational content, motivation of students of higher education to perform certain tasks, a level development of mental processes (thinking, perception, memory, attention, imagination and etc.) have been analyzed. The system of tasks, a quality control of which is organized by using games developed with the help of online Wordwall service has been developed and presented. The effectiveness of the implementation of the gamification method into the process of training of future teachers of the Ukrainian and English languages, which convincingly is represented by the diagram has been proved.Ć
Effects of thermal insulation on thermal comfort in low-income tropical housing
This paper evaluates the effects of thermal insulation on thermal comfort in low-income tropical housing in Uganda. Dynamic thermal simulations are conducted to assess the effects of wall, roof and floor insulation strategies. 96 combination scenarios are simulated for various geometries, insulation and construction methods. Adaptive approach is used to evaluate the conditions within the case study buildings. The results indicate that external wall insulation improves thermal comfort in all conditions whereas internal wall and floor insulation may deteriorate the conditions. Roof insulation is the most effective strategy to reduce the risk of overheating. Due to the effectiveness of roof insulation and marginal improvements of external wall insulation, especially for brick walls, wall insulation may be disregarded when used in conjunction with roof insulation
Assessment of solar shading strategies in low-income tropical housing: the case of Uganda
Developing countries in tropical and subtropical areas will be the worst hit by climate change. Very little research has been done to assess the impact of climate change on thermal comfort in low-income housing in these regions. The effects of solar shading strategies and solar absorptance properties of walls and roofs on thermal comfort in Ugandan low-income housing are studied in this paper. Various shading strategies including curtains, roof and window overhangs, veranda and trees as well as effects of painting on solar heat gain and thermal comfort are modelled using EnergyPlus software. An adaptive approach for naturally ventilated buildings defined by the European Committee for Standardization standard BS EN 15251:2007 is used to assess the conditions. According to the results, solar shading is less effective in meeting thermal comfort requirements and it should be used in conjunction with other strategies to achieve desirable results. White painting, in contrast, significantly improved the conditions and significantly reduced the risk of overheating. Solar shading proved to be effective during the hottest periods of the year, reducing the risk of extreme overheating by up to 52%
Assessment of drinking water's chemical composition in the potentially contaminated and degradated territories of Baltinava's district
IevÄrojamas vides problÄmas ir dzeramÄ Å«dens kvalitÄte un potenciÄli piesÄrÅotas, degradÄtas teritorijas. MaÄ£istra darbÄ novÄrtÄts dzeramÄ Å«dens Ä·Ä«miskais sastÄvs un potenciÄli piesÄrÅotÄs, degradÄtas teritorijas Baltinavas novadÄ, to iespÄjamais kaitÄjums videi. Tika veikts vizuÄlais novÄrtÄjums un teritoriju apsekojums, pÄc kura tika izstrÄdÄta tabula, kas iepazÄ«stina ar potenciÄli piesÄrÅotajÄm un degradÄtajÄm teritorijÄ. TÄlÄkie pÄtÄ«jumi iekļÄva 50 dzeramÄ Å«dens paraugu analÄ«zes. IegÅ«tie pÄtÄ«jumu rezultÄti parÄdÄ«ja, ka potenciÄli piesÄrÅotÄs un degradÄtÄs teritorijas rada ietekmi uz vidi Baltinavas novadÄ. PÄc iedzÄ«votÄju aptaujas tika noskaidrots, ka novada iedzÄ«votÄjiem nav informÄcijas par augstÄkminÄtajÄm teritorijÄm novadÄ. DzeramÄ Å«dens kvalitÄte kalpo, kÄ indikators konkrÄtas vietas vides stÄvokļa noteikÅ”anai.Significant environmental issues are quality of drinking water and potentially contaminated territories. Master's thesis evaluated the chemical composition of drinking water and potentially contaminated, degraded areas in Baltinava district, and its potential harm to the environment. One of study methods was visual assessment and site survey, which is shown in table that introduces to the potentially contaminated and degraded sites. Further study included drinking water chemical analysis of 50 samples. The obtained results showed that the potentially contaminated and degraded areas leave impact on environment in Baltinavas district. Population survey showed that residents of the district are not aware of the above mentioned areas. Drinking water chemical quality serves as an indicator for a particular site environmental status
Potentially Contaminated Sites Management in Baltinavas District
Viena no vides problÄmÄm ir potenciÄli piesÄrÅotas vietas. Bakalaura darbÄ novÄrtÄtas potenciÄli piesÄrÅotÄs teritorijas Baltinavas pagastÄ un to iespÄjamais kaitÄjums videi. Tika veikts vizuÄlais novÄrtÄjums un teritoriju apsekojums, pÄc kura tika izstrÄdÄta tabula, kas iepazÄ«stina ar potenciÄli piesÄrÅotajÄm un degradÄtajÄm teritorijÄ. MinÄtÄs teritorijas tika novÄrtÄtas pÄc Ministru Kabineta noteikumiem Nr. 483 āPiesÄrÅoto un potenciÄli piesÄrÅoto vietu apzinÄÅ”anas un reÄ£istrÄcijas kÄrtÄ«baā. NovÄrtÄjuma rezultÄtÄ tika noskaidrotas teritorijas, kas varÄtu bÅ«t bÄ«stamas un potenciÄli piesÄrÅotas. TÄlÄkie pÄtÄ«jumi iekļÄva Å«dens un augsnes paraugu analÄ«zes. IegÅ«tie analīžu rezultÄti parÄdÄ«ja, ka potenciÄli piesÄrÅotÄs un degradÄtÄs teritorijas rada ietekmi uz vidi Baltinavas pagastÄ. PÄc iedzÄ«votÄju aptaujas tika noskaidrots, ka pagasta iedzÄ«votÄjiem nav informÄcijas par augstÄkminÄtajÄm teritorijÄm pagastÄ.One of the environmental problems is potentially contaminated sites. In Bachelor Thesis, potentially contaminated sites of Baltinavaās district are ranked and their potential damage to the environment. Visual assessment and site survey was made, after which table was designed presents the potentially contaminated and degraded sites. These areas were estimated by the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No.. 483 "Contaminated and potentially contaminated sites identification and registration procedures." The evaluation showed that territoriesā, which could be dangerous and potentially contaminated. Further studies have included water and soil sample analysis. Analytical results showed that the potentially contaminated and degraded sites have impacts on the environment in Baltinava district. After the population surveys it was found that the district population has no information about the above sites in their district
Conversation in Theoretical and Methodical Training System for Future Teachers: A Case of the Ukrainian Language
This article analyzes the different scientistsā perspective on the classification of teaching methods in pedagogy and linguodidactic. Conversation is one of the active methods of teaching that forms a coherent system in combination with other methods. It also has a wide range of usage (in the process of acquiring new knowledge, repetition and generalization of the studied material and etc.). Types of conversations as examined in this paper include: heuristic, reproductive, generalized, control and corrective, analytic and synthetic. This paper also presents the purpose, structure and methods of implementation. It is worth mentioning that the methods of discussion and debate are also similar to the methods of conversation. The effectiveness of these methods, in the process of theoretical and methodical training of future teachers of the Ukrainian language has been proven in the system of integrative study in normative disciplines of linguistic and psycho-pedagogical cycles
TRADITIONAL STUDYING METHODS IN THE SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PREPARATION OF THE FUTURE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Ruskulis, L. V. Traditional studying methods in the system of theoretical
and methodological preparation of the future ukrainian language teachers / L. V. Ruskulis // Nowoczesna edukacja: filozofia, innowacyja, doÅwiadczenie. ā ÅĆ³dÅŗ : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wyższej SzkoÅy Informatyki i UmiejÄtnoÅci, 2016. ā Nr 4 (8). ā Š”. 48 -52.In the article are analyzed the classifications of methods. The study is
constructed on systematization and reasoning of classification by the way of
interaction between teacher and pupils, which consists of conversation, work with
course book, problem learning, observation of speech, linguistic experiment,
exercises. The author emphasizes the necessity to introduce the method of
conversation, based on checking the level of student imbibition, control and selfcontrol;
points out consideration of the method of using the textbook as an
implementation of self-work; finds out the value problem-based learning method,
whose purpose is student intensifying; define the essence and advantages of the
observation method and facts that activates student mental and search activity, learns
to see specific language features; emphasizes the importance of exercises that are
designed to form a long term language skills at all levels, to prevent mistakes, to
develop communicative competence