In the current time, the development of urban centers is a very complex process in terms of new residential or administrative building locations expansion, but also in terms of design and/or the combination of the constructions with the environment. In the same context, the various transport development, communication or social activities facilities require an important database and an infrastructure to ensure and satisfy the population needs at the highest level. Accordingly, interest has developed in the smart cities (SC) concept creation with connection possibilities over extended geographical areas. This paper addresses a problem related to the preparation and ensuring the development of Brasov city as a smart city, with the possibility of finding solutions for low-vision people’s mobility and opening even more access to the city’s infrastructure. The paper’s main objectives and contributions are represented by the current considerations provision for ensuring functionality as a smart city by identifying the involvement points of the administrative system and, respectively, by introducing technical solutions for the low-vision people inclusion, having their mobility as a central element. The research results reveal the capacity and flexibility of permanent adaptation actions of public administrative and educational/research institutions to different population categories (with or without disabilities, active or retired, etc.) requirements regarding inclusion and mobility.

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Frames of corrective or protective spectacles are orthoses that, during their use, must meet a series of aesthetic, functional, stability, and reliability criteria. Any patient, who needs to wear corrective/protective spectacles must, from the frame and lens construction, be assured of system reliability for as long as possible, postural accuracy, and comfort. The first part of the paper presents the theoretical aspects related to the frame/lens system's constructive parameters as a composite structure. In the second part the aspects of behavior analysis in mechanical tests of the frame material are presented. In the final part of the paper the conclusions regarding the behavior of the composite structure of the glasses' frames from the point of view of determining their quality are presented.

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