Towards BIM-Enhanced Renovation Management Tools with Support to Stakeholder Interaction

This paper presents two renovation management tools that are currently being developed in BIM4EEB project: BIMPlanner—a planning and management tool for housing renovation projects —and BIM4Occupants—a coordination tool between contractors and occupants. An information sharing layer, based on ontologies and linked data technologies, is an essential technical enabler of these tools. The layer allows data sharing across the different components of the toolkit. The tools aim to enhance information sharing between renovation stakeholders and to enrich BIM data with links to other relevant data in renovation projects

Asunto-osakeyhtiöiden purkava lisärakentaminen

Asunto-osakeyhtiön purkavalla lisärakentamisella tarkoitetaan rakennushanketta, jossa yhtiön omistama vanha asuinrakennus puretaan ja tilalle rakennetaan sitä suurempi kerrosala ja enemmän asuntoja. Tämä julkaisu käsittelee tämän tyyppistä hanketta pääasiassa vanhan asuinrakennuksen omistavan asunto-osakeyhtiön kannalta. Tavoitteena on ollut tuottaa tietoa sen arvioimiseksi, minkälaisia vaikutuksia purkavaa lisärakentamista koskevan päätöksenteon helpottamisella (siirtyminen yksimielisestä päätöksenteosta määräenemmistöpäätökseen) olisi osakkaille ja muille sidosryhmille. Tutkimusmenetelmiä ovat olleet kirjallisuustutkimus, henkilökohtaiset haastattelut, vuorovaikutteiset työpajat ja vertailulaskelmien laatiminen. Verrattuna perusteellisesti korjattuun vanhaan rakennukseen ja asuntoihin, purkavan lisärakentamisen yhteydessä uusi rakennus voidaan suunnitella paremmin asumistarpeita vastaavaksi esimerkiksi asuntojen koon ja esteettömyyden osalta. Nämä ominaisuudet voivat olla ratkaisevia tietyille osakasryhmille (mm. ikääntyneet, liikuntarajoitteiset). Purkavan lisärakentamisen koko prosessi voi kestää jopa 6-10 vuotta. Purkavan lisärakentamisen hankkeessa puututaan tavanomaista peruskorjaushanketta ja siihen mahdollisesti liittyvää lisärakentamista huomattavasti tuntuvammin osakkaan hallintaoikeuteen ja oman asunnon suojaan. Osakkaiden päätöksentekoon purkavasta lisärakentamisesta näyttäisi liittyvän siitä syystä paljon tunteita

The relationships between rugby ground pass accuracy and kinematic variables resulting from two different pelvic orientations

Introduction: Despite having been largely understudied, one of the crucial components of a team’s success in rugby is accurate passing. This study identified biomechanical correlates of the rugby ground pass and accuracy performance.Methods: Sixteen club players (height 1.77±0.04 m; mass 86.8±16.8 kg) undertook a combined total of 96 passes and their respective body kinematics were analysed concurrent with measurements of pass accuracy at 10 m. Two distinct types of body orientations were found to be utilised by the players: a side-on orientation (pelvic rotation >80 °) and a front-on orientation (pelvic rotation <80 °).Results: Side-on body orientation passes were more accurate than front-on body orientation passes (p<0.0001). Fair relationships were present between the pass accuracy and upper body and hip kinematics for the two distinct body orientations individually. However, no common relationships were observed between the different orientations.Conclusion: Therefore different strategies exist within players to perform the ground pass with varying grades of accuracy

Group-ICA Model Order Highlights Patterns of Functional Brain Connectivity

Resting-state networks (RSNs) can be reliably and reproducibly detected using independent component analysis (ICA) at both individual subject and group levels. Altering ICA dimensionality (model order) estimation can have a significant impact on the spatial characteristics of the RSNs as well as their parcellation into sub-networks. Recent evidence from several neuroimaging studies suggests that the human brain has a modular hierarchical organization which resembles the hierarchy depicted by different ICA model orders. We hypothesized that functional connectivity between-group differences measured with ICA might be affected by model order selection. We investigated differences in functional connectivity using so-called dual regression as a function of ICA model order in a group of unmedicated seasonal affective disorder (SAD) patients compared to normal healthy controls. The results showed that the detected disease-related differences in functional connectivity alter as a function of ICA model order. The volume of between-group differences altered significantly as a function of ICA model order reaching maximum at model order 70 (which seems to be an optimal point that conveys the largest between-group difference) then stabilized afterwards. Our results show that fine-grained RSNs enable better detection of detailed disease-related functional connectivity changes. However, high model orders show an increased risk of false positives that needs to be overcome. Our findings suggest that multilevel ICA exploration of functional connectivity enables optimization of sensitivity to brain disorders

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Effects of cognac on coronary flow reserve and plasma antioxidant status in healthy young men

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The cardioprotective effects of certain alcoholic beverages are partly related to their polyphenol content, which may improve the vasodilatory reactivity of arteries. Effect of cognac on coronary circulation, however, remains unknown. The purpose of this randomized controlled cross-over study was to determine whether moderate doses of cognac improve coronary reactivity as assessed with cold pressor testing (CPT) and coronary flow reserve (CFR) measument.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Study group consisted of 23 subjects. Coronary flow velocity and epicardial diameter was assessed using transthoracic echocardiography at rest, during CPT and adenosine infusion-derived CFR measurements before drinking, after a moderate (1.2 ± 0.1 dl) and an escalating high dose (total amount 2.4 ± 0.3 dl) of cognac. To explore the bioavailability of antioxidants, the antioxidant contents of cognac was measured and the absorption from the digestive tract was verified by plasma antioxidant capacity determination.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Serum alcohol levels increased to 1.2 ± 0.2‰ and plasma antioxidant capacity from 301 ± 43.9 μmol/l to 320 ± 25.0 μmol/l by 7.6 ± 11.8%, (p = 0.01) after high doses of cognac. There was no significant change in flow velocity during CPT after cognac ingestion compared to control day. CFR was 4.4 ± 0.8, 4.1 ± 0.9 (p = NS), and 4.5 ± 1.2 (p = NS) before drinking and after moderate and high doses on cognac day, and 4.5 ± 1.4, and 4.0 ± 1.2 (p = NS) on control day.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Cognac increased plasma antioxidant capacity, but it had no effect on coronary circulation in healthy young men.</p> <p>Trial Registration</p> <p>NCT00330213</p