The main aim of this study was to examine the effects of 4 weeks of glucosamine administration on the functional ability and the degree of pain intensity in competitive male athletes after acute knee injury. This study was a randomized, double-blind parallel trial of glucosamine (1500 mg per day) or a placebo for 28 days, utilising 106 patients with an acute knee injury. Pain and functional ability were evaluated at the beginning of the study and at 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after starting treatment. Pain intensity at rest and while walking was assessed using a visual analog scale. Passive knee flexibility (flexion and extension) of the injured limb was measured using a modified goniometer, and the degree of knee swelling was measured and compared with the noninjured limb. No significant difference was found between the glucosamine, and placebo group in mean pain intensity scores for resting and walking, and degree of knee swelling at the 7-day, 14-day, 21-day, and 28-day assessment. There was no significant difference between passive knee flexibility at the 7-day, 14-day, and 21-day assessment. After 28 days of treatment the patients from the glucosamine group demonstrated significant improvement in knee flexion and extension as compared with the placebo group.
This paper presents an approach to predicting the productivity of the concreting process based on a conducted quantitative research involving the recording of concreting at building construction sites in the city of Nis, Serbia. In the period of 20 months, 81 recordings of reinforced slabs on eight construction sites of buildings were observed and recorded. The total amount of poured concrete was 11951 m 3 and the total consumed time was 503 work hours. The factors that could impact productivity have been identified and a simulation model for predicting the productivity of the concreting process has been developed using Discrete Event Simulation and Agent Based Modelling. AnyLogic software package was used to develop the simulation model. Experiments were carried out and based on the obtained parameters the models are estimated. The proposed models can be useful in the planning stage and allow for more precise prediction of concreting productivity, thus benefiting the decision making and work flow prediction and improving the concreting process management in order to increase productivity, shorten the delays, and reduce costs.
For a successful realization of a civil engineering project, it is necessary to possess good quality dynamic plans of construction works and of resource involvement. Depending on the type and size of the structure, appropriate type of dynamic plan ought to be used. The plan realization must constantly be observed and updated in order to ensure their full effectiveness. This paper presents the results of a research through a survey of dynamic plan implementation in our civil engineering practice. The results are based on the data processed from the responses to the questions asked in the survey of 45 construction enterprises in Serbia
Smooth movement of vehicles on forest roads necessarily requires widening of the traveled way in small radius curves. This paper presents the results of a comparison of two methods for determining the required widening of a forest road traveled way in small radius curves: the traditional method based on formulas and the traces curve method, obtained by simulating the movement of vehicles. Both methods were applied in the preparation of the Main project of reconstruction of the forest road "Rasadnik-Pustinac" with a length of 5.285 km in the teaching base of the Faculty of Forestry "Majdanpečka domena". In the project which determined the traveled way widening by the traces curve method, the total area of the surfacing was by 2.79% smaller than the area of the surfacing in the project which determined the widening using a formula. The width of the traveled way directly affected the scale of earthworks. In the first case, the volume of the cut was by 4.17% lower than in the second one. The volume of the filling decreased by 7.05%, and the amount of material needed for making the surfacing decreased by 2.94%. A smaller volume of earthworks and material required for pavement construction in the preparation of the Main project of reconstruction, in which the size of widening was calculated by the traces curve method, influenced the estimated value of reconstruction is lower by 3.34% than the total cost of reconstruction obtained in the preparation of the Main project of the same forest road reconstruction that calculated the widening size using the traditional method.
During constructing of any structure, there are a large number of factors impacting the total performance of the construction site. One of very important factors is productivity. Because of the specific nature and importance of concreting works, when constructing a building structure, it is necessary to pay a special attention to execution of these works. In this paper is analyzed the productivity in general sense, as well as productivity in civil engineering, with a focus on productivity in the course of concreting works. The importance of concreting works is emphasized, and the concreting works technology is described. A review and a description of the factors affecting the concreting process productivity are provided. A productivity analysis is performed on the concrete construction site based on the data obtained by recording the concreting process, and some of the results are provided.
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