33 research outputs found
Remain, Return or Stay Away? Insights in the residential (im)mobility intentions of young tertiary graduates from South-East Friesland considering sense of place and the life course approach
No full textThis research studies the residential (im)mobility intentions of young tertiary graduates from South-East Friesland. This region is facing demographic decline and an outflow of highly educated youngsters. The presence of tertiary graduates is a key component for regional economic growth due to their knowledge and experience.
A life course approach is applied by reviewing both the current (im)mobility choice, shortly after graduation, and the (im)mobility intention in the coming life phase. The role of sense of place in both is studied. The intention is studied via the theory of planned behaviour. 26 participants were interviewed, supported by photo-elicitation and the life history calendar.
Remainers maintained a sense of place and returners kept referring to it as ‘home’. They did not develop a strong sense of place with their study city as they were determined to return. Both intend to stay as this is ‘where they have everything’. To-be-returners intend to go back. Since the coming life phase feels more definite, they want to live there where it feels most like home. For stay-awayers their current choice not to return lessened their sense of place. They do want their children to grow up in a rural area but not necessarily there
Veteran Still Writes
No full textPhotograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sculptress Evelyn Raymond works on a statuary head of Feike Feikema, author of "This Cokecherry Tree," (Double.)
A step-by-step plan to manage and measure adding value by FM/CREM.
No full textPurpose To present a new Value Adding Management model in order to support decision makers in identifying appropriate interventions to add value to the organisation, to manage its implementation, and to measure the output and outcomes. TheoryThe paper builds on value adding management theories and models including the triplet input-throughput-output, a distinction between output, outcome and added value, the Plan-Do-Act-Check cycle, change management and performance measurement. Design/methodology/approach Literature review and a cross-chapter analysis of a forthcoming book, where authors from different European countries present a state of the art of theory and research on 12 value parameters, how to manage and measure each value, and to discuss the costs and benefits of typical FM and CREM interventions to enhance satisfaction, image, culture, health and safety, productivity, adaptability, innovation, risk, cost, value of assets, sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. FindingsThe new Value Adding Management model follows the steps from the well-known Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. The four steps are supported by various tools that were found in the literature or came to the fore in the state-of-the-art sections of the 12 value parameters. Furthermore an overview is presented of ways to measure the 12 value parameters and related Key Performance Indicators.Originality/valueMuch has been written about adding value by FM and CREM. This paper presents a new Value Adding Management model that opens the black box of input-throughput-output-outcome and which is supported by various management and measurement tools.<br/
Value Adding Management (VAM) of buildings and facility services in four steps
No full textThis paper presents a new Value Adding Management (VAM) model that aims to support decision makers in identifying appropriate interventions in buildings, other facilities and services that add value to the organisation, to manage its implementation, and to measure the output and outcomes. The paper builds on value adding management theories and models that use the triplet input-throughput-output, a distinction between output, outcome and added value, and concepts, theories and data on the impact of interventions in corporate real estate and facility services, change management and performance measurement. Furthermore, input has been used from a cross-chapter analysis of a new book in which 23 authors from five different European countries present a state of the art of theory and research on 12 value parameters: satisfaction, image, culture, health and safety, productivity, adaptability, innovation, risk, cost, value of assets, sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. The new VAM model follows the steps from the well-known Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, which are supported by various tools that were found in the literature or came to the fore in the state-of-the-art sections. In order to be able to select appropriate interventions in the Plan-phase, this paper includes a typology of typical interventions in corporate real estate and facility services that may add value to the organisation. The Check-phase is supported by an overview of ways to measure the 12 value parameters and related Key Performance Indicators. The new Value Adding Management model connects Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) and Facilities Management (FM) with general business management in order to align CREM/FM interventions to the organizational context and organizational objectives. The VAM model opens the black box of input-throughput-output-outcome and is action oriented due to the connection to various management and measurement tools.Real Estate Managemen
Doppler Influence on Waveform Orthogonality in 79GHz MIMO Phase-Coded Automotive Radar
No full textUtilization of phase-coded waveforms in automotive MIMO radars for short to medium range applications is studied. Performances of three most-promising binary code families (Gold, APAS and ZCZ sequences) are compared. Design tradeoffs of practical implementation of phased-coded waveforms for MIMO radar are analyzed for the first time for a possible future System on Chip implementation. Orthogonality of the waveforms in case of moving targets is analyzed. The implications of the code properties for the Range-Doppler map, as well as the Range-Angular map, are pointed out. Doppler frequency shift impact on such performance indicators as the target peak power and range sidelobe levels in the range-Doppler plane, as well as the range and azimuth sidelobe behavior, and the angular error in the azimuthal plane have been comprehensively studied for the first time. It is shown that the time-staggered transmit scheme with autocorrelation properties only (while introducing azimuthal errors) results in improved performance compared to code division multiplexing with auto- and cross-correlation properties.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Microwave Sensing, Signals & System
Acoustic Noise Analysis and Reduction of Electric Motors: Using Numerical Electromagnetic, Mechanic and Acoustic Finite Element Method Noise Modelling
No full textIn this thesis, the acoustic noise emitted by a small electric outrunner motor, such as the ones commonly used in unmanned areal vehicles, is analyzed using a multiphysics simulation based on the finite element method. The simulation covers the electromagnetic, mechanical and acoustic domain. The electromagnetic simulation is performed in the 2D time domain, the mechanical simulation in the 3D time domain and frequency domain and the acoustic simulation in the 3D frequency domain. The difference between results of the time and frequency domain mechanical study is investigated, as well as the difference between the obtained results and those obtained in other available literature. Furthermore, the results are compared to acoustic noise measurements performed in the laboratory. Based on the obtained results, noise reduction methods, specifically focussed on small electric outrunner PMSMs, are proposed and verified using the developed simulation.Electrical Engineering | Electrical Power Engineerin
Fusion of Data from Multiple Automotive Radars for High-Resolution DoA Estimation
No full textHigh angular resolution is in high demand in automotive radar. To achieve a high azimuth resolution a large aperture antenna array is required. Although MIMO technique can be used to form larger virtual apertures, a large number of transmitter-receiver channels are needed, which is still technologically challenging and costly. To circumvent this problem, we propose a high-resolution Direction of Arrival (DoA) estimation by using multiple small radar sensors distributed on the fascia of the automobile. To exploit the diversity gain due to different target observation angles by different radars, a block Focal Under determined System Solver based approach is proposed to incoherently fuse the data from multiple small MIMO sensors. This method significantly improves the DoA estimation compared to single sensor, decreases probability of false alarm and increases probability of multiple target detection. Its performance is demonstrated through both numerical simulations and experimental results.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Microwave Sensing, Signals & System
Detection System and Enclosure Design: for Quantum Random Number Generation
No full textThis report focuses on the design and implementation of both a detection system and an enclosure, which are designed to be used in a quantum random number generator. These parts are designed to be manufactured using off-the-shelf components to make the quantum random number generator affordable and accessible to a completely new user-group that cannot afford and operate the currently existing alternatives for quantum random number generation. After implementing the designed systems it is found that although the output of the system is random, true-randomness cannot be guaranteed using off the shelf components, because of the interference of classical noise sources.Electrical Engineerin
Playing the Verb: A Literary-Linguistic Perspective on Verb Variation in Early Modern Dutch Prose
No full textVerbs are almost indispensable elements of texts. In the long seventeenth century, a period in which the standards of language were still in flux, they appeared in wide variety, resulting in a type of language variation that has rarely been addressed before: intra-author variation. This dissertation is a collection of four papers that deal with several forms of intra-author variation in verbs from a literary-linguistic perspective. The study argues intra-author variation to be a phenomenon that falls to a large extent in the interface between (socio)linguistics and literary studies. Through the works of four historical individuals, the book opens a window onto the complex political, religious, and cultural context in which authors participated, highlighting the use of verbs as a device to take part in the dynamic society of the long seventeenth century. The study includes the language of authors of a high literary polish and those who had barely any training but for whom texts were an essential means in striving for religious, political and professional impact. An important result is that despite differences in writing skills, education, social position, and professional occupation, all four individuals played the verb. Verbs provided a strategy to facilitate the interpretation of their texts, both in the content and the structure of these texts: the authors used verbs as a demarcating tool, making a text unit stand out and imbue it with meaning in a certain way
De techniek van verbinden: Nieuwe impulsen voor de ontwikkeling van Facility Management?
No full textDe hedendaagse facility manager leeft in een boeiende tijd. Met allerlei technologische vernieuwingen,grootschalige veranderprocessen en een kritische blik op de meerwaarde, heeft de facility manager enkele bijzondere uitdagingen
