Editorial & Advisory Board - Acta Technica Corviniensis
Editorial & Advisory Board - Acta Technica Corviniensis
Editorial & Advisory Board - Acta Technica Corviniensis
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ACTA TECHNICA CORVINIENSIS – Bulletin of Engineering<br />
10. Giovanni BELINGARDI, Jovan OBRADOVIC – ITALY<br />
IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND DISTANCE LEARNING<br />
CONCEPT AT POLITECNICO DI TORINO WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE 65<br />
ABSTRACT: New dimension and possibilities for teaching and education in all fields are offered by the use of<br />
information and communication technologies (ICT) and e‐learning systems. The introduction of these systems<br />
will improve, supplement and aid traditional teaching methods and will also enable the beginning of different<br />
teaching and learning processes that are less limited in space and time. This offers also new insight into<br />
subjects that are not possible with traditional methods. The Centre for e‐learning activities and the<br />
multimedia production and testing (CELMI) at Politecnico di Torino, aims to be the institutional reference for<br />
the coordination of support activities in the area of technology and multimedia training. The Centre puts the<br />
particular emphasis on skills in e‐learning and open and distance learning and on the activities related to the<br />
release and testing of multimedia technologies. This paper is presenting the use of high technology<br />
communication systems at Politecnico di Torino, implemented with the purpose of improved university<br />
education. Also, the multidisciplinary working systems, communication models, multimedia and video<br />
production, videoconferencing systems and special services for disabled, are briefly described.<br />
11. Angel ZUMBILEV – BULGARIA<br />
GLOW DISCHARGE OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF CARBONITRIDED LAYERS 69<br />
ABSTRACT: The glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES) is usually used for defining surface<br />
coatings, hidden connections, and deep profiles. It combines pulverization and atomic emissions in order to<br />
enable an extremely fast and sensitive analysis. The technique suggests quick, reliable and economically<br />
effective decisions. The aim of the present work is to investigate the possibility of applying glow discharge<br />
optical emission spectroscopy while building the profile of nitrogen and carbon distribution in carbonitrided<br />
layers. 25CrMnSiNiMo steel and Armco‐iron have been carbonitrided in low‐temperature plasma in ammonia<br />
and corgon medium. The results show that increased amount of carbon is observed both in the combined<br />
zone and in the diffusion zone of the carbonitrided layer. It has been established that after carbonitriding of<br />
25CrMnSiNiMo steel and Armco‐iron at t=550 0 C, P NH3 = 280 Pa, P 82% Ar + 18% CO2 = 120 Pa, τ = 4 h, the most gradual<br />
change of the distribution of nitrogen and carbon is achieved in the carbonitrided zone of the layer.<br />
12. Nuruddeen USMAN – NIGERIA<br />
Ilias SAID, Ahmad Zakiiulfuad YAHAYA – MALAYSIA<br />
INDOLENT DISPOSITION TOWARDS ICT ACCEPTANCE AMONG PRACTISING QUANTITY<br />
SURVEYORS IN NIGERIA 75<br />
ABSTRACT: Information and Communication Technology infrastructure provides a wide platform for<br />
exchanging data, coordinating activities, sharing information, and supporting globalization of businesses, all<br />
based on powerful computing and networking technology. However, quantity surveying firms appears to<br />
make sluggish progress towards effective Information and Communication Technology implementation for its<br />
unique features which distinguish it from other industries, it remain weak and data cannot be exchange<br />
efficiently, especially in the developing countries like Nigeria. The objective of this paper is to conceptually<br />
synthesize the attitude towards ICT acceptance for construction cost management. Therefore, this study<br />
reviews the causes and impact of sluggishness in the usage of information and communication devices for a<br />
sustainable construction cost management. It found that human and organizational culture is among the<br />
major cause of the slow acceptance of the Information and Communication Technology devices for<br />
construction cost management, whereby, it affects the selection and usage of the devices.<br />
13. Ala’a M. DARWISH – IRAQ<br />
DOUBLING THE WATER QUANTITIES IN IRAQI MARSHES BY CHANGING ITS TOPOGRAPHY – 81<br />
ENGINEERING SOLUTION FOR A POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE<br />
ABSTRACT: The Garden of Adan, which is now known as the Iraqi marshes, is suffering from the lack of water. In<br />
the nineties of the twentieth century it was desiccated for political reasons. In the timeframe between 2003<br />
and present date, efforts of re‐flooding it to its original area of 20,000 square kilometers were jammed to<br />
restore only one third of this area with a poor quality of water. Global climate change and water developing<br />
projects in the surrounding countries, Turkey, Syria and Iran had severely violated Iraqi water shares required<br />
to supply this area. The environmental destruction in this wetland is not only reflected upon the vanishing of<br />
its wildlife but extended to force its inhabitants to flee. In addition to highlighting this Iraqi catastrophe, the<br />
aim of this research is an attempt to save a considerable amount of fresh water by the use of the physical<br />
phenomena concerning the evaporated water quantity with respect to the surface area. Tests have been done<br />
for models of soil totally/ partially covered with water to figure out the amount of water that can be saved by<br />
the retardation of the evaporation process. The reduction of the amount of evaporated water with respect to<br />
its surface area showed that 50% of water can be saved, if the top surface area of water was reduced to 30% of<br />
its original area. Changing the marshes topography by deepening 30% of its area and filling, with the same<br />
excavated soil, the remaining 70% might restore it to its original size and environment.<br />
14. Michaela MRÁZOVÁ, Jozef PILC – SLOVAKIA<br />
RESEARCH OF TITANIUM MATERIALS USED IN MEDICINE 85<br />
ABSTRACT: The material for dental implants is required to be biocompatible, mustn’t be toxic and also<br />
shouldn’t cause allergic reactions. It must have high ultimate strength Rm and yield point Rp with desirable<br />
low density and low modulus of elasticity E. A problem in the course of the development of metallic<br />
biomaterials represents not only their actual or potential toxicity but also their allergenetic potential. Metallic<br />
materials, for example, stainless steel, titanium and its alloys, and tantalum are widely used for medical<br />
implants in trauma surgery, orthopaedic and oral medicine. Nowadays, at oral medicine used to use titanium<br />
implants for their nonallergenetic and good mechanical properties. This work deals with identification and<br />
intensification of cutting conditions at machining these materials and defines their machinability based on<br />
cutting forces and chip shape. Commercially pure titanium is a hardmachining material and need to be<br />
searching long time to get satisfactory results.<br />
2012. Fascicule 2 [April–June] 17