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Objective: revision, analysis, and significant improvement of quality of the database of WBC measurements made in 1986-2014 at radioactively contaminated territories of Ukraine by the use of renewal of informational gaps and improvement of the model for assessment of internal exposure doses. Materials and methods. Inthe period from 1986 to 2014 experts of the Whole Body Counters Laboratory of NRCRM accumulated about 1.5 million results of WBC measurementsof radio-cesium incorporated in the body of persons residing at the territories which are radioactively contaminated due to Chornobyl accident. Most of measurements (~64%) were made during the first 15 years after the accident. The most of measurements were made in Kyiv (~23%), Zhytomyr (~36%), Rivne (~20%) and Chernihiv (~5%) Oblasts. Works on revision of database of WBC measurements included: transformation of data saved in paper format into electronic form, checking for correctness and correspondence of information, renewal of lacking information at the fields of database, improvement of the model for evaluation of internal exposure doses by the data of WBC measurements. In the model for evaluation of revised doses, it is assumed uniform content of radio-cesium during a year. Reference values are used of metabolism parameters and anthropometric human parameters recommended in publications of ICRP. Results. Revised doses have been reconstructed for 1,386,585 records of data base of WBC measurements that fit specially elaborated criterions for estimation of quality of results. Among them 604,215 records are WBC measurements of children and adolescents younger than 18, and 782,370 records correspond to adult inhabitants of Ukraine, most of which reside in Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Rivne and Chenihiv Oblasts. Conclusions. Obtained results serve as a ground for further works on improvement of models for evaluation of passport doses and individualized exposure doses of subjects registered in Ukrainian State Register - of persons that affected due to Chornobyl accident. Evaluated doses can be used for epidemiological, clinical and other research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The paper deals with the issue of intellectual capital (IC) and its disclosure in the financial statements and other parts of annual reports of FTSE 100 entities. The paper aims to identify the determinants that influence entities to reveal IC related information and to highlight the theoretical aspects behind such determinants, resulting in comprehensive findings. The results of the analysis can be used to understand what leads entities to make decisions in the field of non-financial disclosure and help in the development of the IC reporting framework. Design/methodology: The research is devoted to the analysis of the relationship between the level of IC disclosures by companies and the analysed determinants - size, asset structure, profitability, industry and the factor of time. The dataset can be characterised as a panel data set containing 100 firms from the FTSE100 Index for the four most recent financial years (2018-2021). To produce a comprehensive set of results, descriptive statistics are used, followed by regression and correlation analysis. The random effect method is used as it has a higher predictive power than pooled OLS and fixed effect methods in analysing panel data. Findings: Based on the results of the analysis, it was concluded that the profitability measured as ROA is not a key factor of intellectual capital disclosure in the annual reports of FTSE 100 companies. From the point of view of size, there exists a statistically significant relationship between total assets and all components of IC, respectively overall IC. The analysis also showed a statistically significant impact of the sector in which companies operate. Particularly, companies in the service sector report more information on human capital and companies in the high-tech sector report more information on structural capital. A significant effect of asset structure was found for structural capital but only taking into account the effect of goodwill, not through the effect of other intangible assets. Finally, the paper demonstrated a positive and significant effect of the time factor on the level of reporting of all IC components. Originality/value: This paper focuses on the determinants influencing the level of IC reporting in a representative sample of entities from the highly active FTSE100 Index, which provides a very recent and specific data sample from a research perspective. The paper is based on determinants that are frequently reported in existing research, and it extends the scope by incorporating the effect of intangible assets and goodwill as variables representing the asset structure in addition to the effect of time. This paper presents statistically based results on the relationships between the determinants and IC but also between the different elements of IC (human capital, structural capital and relational capital), which provide insights into the structure of reported information on intellectual capital. This insight is very substantial given that many studies ignore the characteristics of the different components of the IC as they may be affected by different determinants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Environmental factors like air, water, clime, nature, or land can push space to show how it is a complex phenomenon as a society can produce or transform spaces to meet their demands in response to unexpected happenings. Societies driven by environmental, climate, or exterior forces could re-produce new spaces or return to the previous spaces when these forces disappear. Even though people are recently recovering from the global pandemic, scientists believe that the climate crisis will be the next external force waiting for humanity. This paper examines how people react and respond to unexpected exterior forces and happenings when designing their urban life or architecture. As climatic change is expected as the ensuing global force after the pandemic, this paper takes the 16th-19th century Great Frost of London as an example to research urban and architectural assembly instead of this unexpected happening. It discovers that numerous visual documents are recorded that Londoners transformed the Thames River into Thames Frost Fair, and it disappeared when the frost was gone. However, all souvenirs and ephemeral documents as the memory of Frost Fairs still exist. As Lefebvre believes that every society produces its own space, this study aims to reveal that design is only sometimes planned; it sometimes happens even under difficult and impermanent circumstances, depending on the society. Furthermore, it discovers that the term ephemera is not limited by these documents in the case of Frost Fair as architecture and urban space can be ephemera themselves since space was the fundamental source of those, as mentioned earlier ephemeral memorial document. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A careful study of the dimensions of human life in rural areas and its accurate recognition for the design and construction of suitable houses require a special look at rural housing research in terms of physical, technical, economic, cultural, social and environmental aspects. This research analyzes the records in the literature on rural housing by referring to scientific journals in the field. The findings of the study indicate that most of the research has been conducted in a descending order in the provinces of North Khorasan, Fars, Zanjan, and Sistan and Baluchestan The series of studies carried out can be classified under nine issues including rural house designing and modelling, sustainable housing, structural-functional changes in houses, native architecture of Iranian houses, planning and policy, facilities and credits, housing rehabilitation, analysis of housing indices, and geographic analysis of housing elements. The findings of this research indicate three main approaches adopted in the study of rural housing in Iran. As much as 83.58% of all the research has been conducted with quantitative methodology, 13.43% with qualitative method, and just 2.98% (two cases) with combined methodology. Also, as the results show, of all the rural housing research in the country, 34.22% is retrospective, 11.94% is prospective, and 53.73% has addressed the existing housing situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Based on measurements and research, diagnostics of the condition of a structure aims to provide an answer to the question of what the condition of the structure is, and the necessary steps for reconstruction or rehabilitation. Masonry stone construction is one of the oldest methods of construction of building structures. In spite of that, this type of structures does not have fully defined parameters that influence its behavior. The reason for this is the fact that the properties of masonry stone structures differ depending on the basic material (stone) and binding material (mortar), as well as their combination. The paper presents diagnostics of the condition of masonry structures on the Tabija tower building. Tabija, a low tower for cannons, is a fortification structure from the Ottoman period that is the most completely preserved and was registered for the first time in the city plan from 1717. The structure is in poor condition due to a large number of natural and human factors. The paper will present a detailed visual inspection of the structure, as well as tests conducted in the laboratory and in-situ, the calculation, and decisions and proposals for the rehabilitation and/or reconstruction of the considered building of cultural and historical heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a continuation of papers published 10 years ago, which covered the tests results obtained during the period from 1997 to 2013. The paper presents the test results obtained during the period from 2013 to 2023. Based on scientific methodology, the use of relevant literature as well as laboratory test methods, the authors analyze and evaluate the obtained results of testing natural stone as a basic raw material for the production of dimension stone (DS) and crushed stone aggregate (CSA). Test results are based on applicable test methods. The paper presents natural stone deposits for the production of DS and CSA, as well as the results of testing their physical and mechanical properties as the basic evaluation criteria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the freshwater limestones, from tenelija and (Mostar) miljevina, which are intercalated in the Mukoba deposit near Mostar, and their "stone cousins," Posušje miljevina and Tomislavgrad muljika. In the process of diagenesis they acquired a specific orientation and structure (especially tenelija), which gave them specific physical properties (small bulk density, high porosity and permeability), which "classic" limestones used in construction do not have, and which were decisive for the choice of this stone for construction of the Old Bridge and other buildings in the wider area of Mostar and in the area of Posubje municipality, but also in other karst poljes of Herzegovina and southwestern Bosnia, in parts of Central Bosnia, and Miljevina near Foča. The second part of the paper presents the so-called built-in (internal) factors that the builders try to avoid in order for freshwater limestones that are built into numerous stone buildings and/or monuments to avoid complex processes of stone changes, or weathering (decay) of stone due to its interaction with various environmental conditions (external factors). It covers the problems and significance of the choice of stone, the method and (often too small) depth of its extraction from the deposit for the construction of significant buildings, insufficiently long aging (storage) after extraction, incorrect installation (stacking) of the stone in relation to its position in the deposit, as well as various errors in stone processing and execution, along with inadequate maintenance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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