873 research outputs found
Gebiedsontwikkeling na(ast) zware industriële bedrijvigheid
No full textIn deze bijdrage staan vraagstukken die zich voordoen rondom gebiedsontwikkeling in de nabijheid van zware industrie centraal. Vanuit juridisch en bestuurskundig oogpunt wordt ingegaan op de mogelijkheden tot (het afdwingen van) 'vergroening' van de industrie en/of de keuzes tot behoud, tot verplaatsing of stopzetten van de industriële activiteiten en wie daarover besluit. Auteurs laten zien dat verschillende rationaliteiten elk met eigen spelers, instrumenten en argumenten de toekomst van het gebied benaderen.Urban Development ManagementManagement in the Built Environmen
M.N. Roy's Critique of Marxist Tradition: Revisiting and Appropriation of the Notion of Freedom in Radical Humanism for Development Ethics
No full textIn this paper the author aims to explore the philosophy of
one o f the modem atheistic philosopher’s of India, M.N. Roy to find
out how he critiqued and re-interpreted the tradition that he came
from, i. e., Marxism, and to develop his own system, namely, Radi-
cal Humanism. It further dwells on its key concepts o f freedom,
rationality and morality to finds their relevance for a secular devel-
opment ethics. For this, according to the author, we need to look for
philosophies and world-views that would put us on the right path
living for all. While so much has been written about the role of
religion to orient ourselves for a holistic future, the author holds
that M.N. Roy’s radical humanism provides an alternative world
view from which all irrespective o f religious creeds and ideological
colours can draw inspiration and motivations for a holistic environ
mental ethics
Structure and dynamics of turbulent flows over highly permeable walls
No full textHighly porous materials are found in various industrial applications and environmental flows. In previous studies it was found that a turbulent flow along a highly porous wall experiences a higher skin friction as compared to a solid wall with similar surface roughness when the so-called permeability Reynolds number (Re_K) is larger than O(1). The main objective of the present study was to gain understanding of the characteristic structures and auto-generation mechanisms of turbulence for Re_K >> 1. To this purpose the Volume-Averaged Navier-Stokes (VANS) equations were solved in a Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a turbulent flow through a plane channel with an upper solid wall and a lower porous wall at Re_K = 5.91. The DNS results are in good agreement with available Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) data for the same flow geometry. A linear stochastic estimation technique was used to capture the structure associated with the characteristic ejection event that contributes most to the Reynolds shear stress near the porous wall. This structure is similar to a horseshoe vortex. Contrary to the conventional hairpin vortex found near solid walls, this horseshoe vortex has a significantly higher inclination angle with the wall and its legs are much shorter. The latter is consistent with the observed absence of low and high-speed streaks near highly permeable walls. Next, the auto-generation mechanisms of the horseshoe vortex were studied in another DNS in which the horseshoe vortex was released in the Reynolds-averaged flow field obtained from the former DNS. Two distinct auto-generation mechanisms were observed: (1) the generation of new structures at the upstream end of the horseshoe vortex, which evolve rapidly into a turbulent spot with an arrowhead shape, and (2) the interaction of the horseshoe vortex with spanwise oriented Kelvin-Helmholtz vortex rollers originating from the inflexion point in the mean velocity profile near the porous wall
Het omgevingsrecht in de praktijk van gebiedsontwikkeling; verbinding tussen omgevingsrecht en andere disciplines.: Voorwoord
No full textDe start van de nieuwe leeropdracht Omgevingsrecht in gebiedsontwikkeling aan de TU Delft is aanleiding voor een verkenning van de verbinding tussen het omgevingsrecht en andere disciplines. Dit hoofdstuk bevat een inleiding op de bundel waarin bijdragen zijn opgenomen met een multidisciplinaire blik op een omgevingsvraagstuk. De bijdragen zijn geschreven door duo's van auteurs; een jurist en een beoefenaar van een andere discipline. Samen reflecteren zij op de praktijk, de mogelijkheden van de Omgevingswet en de leerpunten van de multidisciplinaire verkenning. In deze inleiding wordt toegelicht wat wordt bedoeld met multidisciplinariteit en wanneer dit toegevoegde waarde heeft.Urban Development ManagementDesign & Construction ManagementPractice Chair Urban Area Developmen
Preservation for Institutional Repositories: practical and invisible
No full textWith good prospects for growth in institutional repository (IR) contents, in the UK, due to the proposed RCUK policy on mandating deposit of papers on funded work, and internationally due to the Berlin 3 recommendation, it is timely to investigate preservation solutions for IRs. The paper takes a broad view of preservation issues for IRs - based on practice, experience and visions for the future - from the perspective of Preserv, a JISC-funded project. It considers preservation in the context of IRs. Based on the OAIS preservation model, an architecture is proposed to support distributed preservation services for IRs. Work performed so far involves adapting the IR user deposit interface in a pilot version of EPrints software for building IRs, and determining accurate file format information using Pronom software. The paper looks ahead briefly at the role of preservation service providers, working for the IR, within this architecture. The strategy is to take practical steps that are, as far as possible, invisible to all but those concerned with the preservation process for IRs
Effects of random phase and amplitude errors in optical fiber Bragg gratings
No full textThis paper studies the influence of random phase and amplitude fabrication errors on the performance of optical filters based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). In particular, we analyze two effects of particular importance for optical communications: the excess crosstalk induced in apodized gratings commonly used in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) systems, and the time-delay fluctuations that appear in chirped gratings employed to compensate the fiber dispersion. A statistical model is presented to explain these effects in terms of the coherence length of the grating fabrication procedure
The Artist’s Mission During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829: Documentary Landscapes by M.N. Vorobyev
No full textThe artist Maxim Nikiforovich Vorobyev (1787–1855) possessed a unique gift for combining his creative work with public service, dedicating himself fully to fulfilling tasks and the mission of serving his homeland. Within the scope of the research article, the author examines his role in the military expedition of 1828–1829, where M.N. Vorobyev not only created sketches and paintings at the behest of Emperor Nicholas I and his court but also actively participated in visualizing military and technological innovations. That military expedition became the foundation for several significant works by the artist, including The Seashore Near Varna (1829), View of the Military Telegraph Near Varna (1829), and The Explosion of Varna (1828), which are rarely mentioned in contemporary literature for various reasons. In 1828–1829, as an experienced artist who had participated in multiple military campaigns and diplomatic expeditions, he was seconded to the staff of the Black Sea Fleet and participated in the Russo-Turkish War as an artist and chronicler. His visual reports and sketches often contained hidden information understood only by a narrow circle of high-ranking officials. Those works served as encrypted messages where artistic value intertwined with diplomatic significance. In this study, the author proposes reconstructing the historical context to deepen understanding of the iconography of M.N. Vorobyev’s series of landscape paintings, created as a visual chronicle of the events of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829
Building Quality Assurance into Metadata Creation: an Analysis based on the Learning Objects and e-Prints Communities of Practice
No full textThis paper challenges some of the assumptions underlying the metadata creation process in the context of two communities of practice, based around learning object repositories and open e-Print archives. The importance of quality assurance for metadata creation is discussed and evidence from the literature, from the practical experiences of repositories and archives, and from related research and practices within other communities is presented. Issues for debate and further investigation are identified, formulated as a series of key research questions. Although there is much work to be done in the area of quality assurance for metadata creation, this paper represents an important first step towards a fuller understanding of the subject.
An Institutional Repository Model for the Humanities
No full textInstitutional repositories of research output look set to become an integral part of future scholarly communication as recommended by the recent House of Commons Select Committee Report. The model proposed by the TARDis (Targeting Academic Research for Deposit and Disclosure) project in the University of Southampton is driven by user needs. A core requirement is for one input that can generate many outputs. The TARDis approach encourages good citation metadata for the deposit via a structured deposit process - providing a means to help this happen. The project is also exploring the best balance of author self archiving and assisted deposit to aid the process. ‘e-Prints Soton’ will become a publications database of all research output with full text provided whenever available - the situation with regard to copyright and publishers is changing rapidly. The resulting broad record of research is useful for research reporting and proposals, for CVs and local web sites as well as providing full text for immediate visibility in many cases.Early depositors have found creative opportunities for presenting the breadth of their research adding supplementary material for example, if a journal has limits on what it can accept. An environmental assessment at Southampton showed the potential for adding Humanities material. Moreover, the publications database approach enables ‘for profit’ material to be recognised as well. The EPrints software can provide enriched functionality such as by adding book or monograph cover images and by linking to booksellers such as Amazon. The institutional repositories need to represent the whole output of the university and not just the technical disciplines. They can provide new ways for promoting humanities research through OAI (Open Archive Initiative) compliant databases and by greater accessibility via search engines. Powerful new uses and linkages within the whole scholarly communication process will emerge as more research is made visible in this way
Sapogenol is a major microbial metabolite in human plasma associated with high protein soy-based diets : the relevance for functional food formulations
No full textFunding: This work was supported by The Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS). Acknowledgments: The authors are grateful to the ALPRO™ Foundation for supporting this work. Author Contributions: Conceptualization, A.M.J. and W.R.R.; methodology, M.N., Y.B., S.H.D., G.J.D., J.S.C.; data curation, M.N.; V.R.; writing—original draft preparation, M.N.; writing—review and editing, M.N.; V.R., W.R.R. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.Peer reviewe
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