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Geoscience after IT: Part I. A view of the conventional geoscience information system
No full textWe need a strategy to cope with fundamental changes in our ways of working, based on a clear view of what we do and why. A systems view is essential to relate each part to the whole. This model of the geoscience information system should take into account: the need to separate data and process to enable reuse; the modes of thought of the geoscientist and how memory orders our thoughts; the shared geoscience record (knowledge base) and its interface with users; how ideas are linked as a network; how knowledge is organized; how a general overview can be maintained and linked to detail; how projects relate business objectives to the knowledge base and incentives keep the system alive
Afstandbestuurde elektronische programma schakelaar voor kabel-T.V. systemen
No full textBij een kabelnet volgens het sterprincipe kan men kies-T.V. toepassen. De abonnee bedient thuis een in de centrale aanwezige schakelaar; deze schakelaar moet aan hoge overspraakeisen voldoen. De mogelijkheden van een ’space’-schakelaar worden hier onderzocht: op alle ingangen komt een programma terwijl 1 ingang met de uitgang wordt doorverbonden. Aangetoond zal worden dat een dergelijke schakelaar voor 10 programma’s thans op eenvoudige wijze te realiseren is, tegen redelijke kosten, terwijl het aantal programma’s desgewenst uit te breiden is.Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer ScienceTransmissie van Informati
Melodious Marketing: The Intentions of Music in T.V. Commercials
No full textWhether intentional or not, music seems to be an important element in television commercials. This thesis will determine exactly how effective music is and if a company’s marketing team considers using music to reach a specific advertising goal. To do this, several areas are discussed including psychomusicology (the effects of music on a human’s responses) in relation to emotional response and memorability, music’s effect of brand attitude and purchasing intentions made by consumers, the use of jingles, effects of T.V. commercials on the music industry, and the challenges that may arise by using music in a T.V. commercial. Regardless of the positives or negatives, music does indeed play a role in the effectiveness of a T.V. commercial to consumers and is a consideration all companies must include when creating their T.V. commercials
Melodious Marketing: The Intentions of Music in T.V. Commercials
No full textWhether intentional or not, music seems to be an important element in television commercials. This thesis will determine exactly how effective music is and if a company’s marketing team considers using music to reach a specific advertising goal. To do this, several areas are discussed including psychomusicology (the effects of music on a human’s responses) in relation to emotional response and memorability, music’s effect of brand attitude and purchasing intentions made by consumers, the use of jingles, effects of T.V. commercials on the music industry, and the challenges that may arise by using music in a T.V. commercial. Regardless of the positives or negatives, music does indeed play a role in the effectiveness of a T.V. commercial to consumers and is a consideration all companies must include when creating their T.V. commercials
T.V. Bulpin, Storm over the Transvaal
No full textThomas Victor ("T.V.") Bulpin (1918-1999), the well-known and prolific South African author, wrote nearly thirty books and more than two thousand articles and other publications, mostly on South African hunting, travel and history. Among his well-known “classics” are books, such as Lost Trails on the Lowveld (first published in 1950); The Ivory Trail (1954); Islands in a Forgotten Sea (1959); The Hunter is Death (1962); Natal and the Zulu Country (1966); The Great Trek (1968); Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa (1980) and Tavern of the Seas: The Story of Cape Town, Robben Island and the Cape Peninsula (published posthumously, 2003). Since 2010, several of Bulpin’s well-known books have been republished by Protea Book House in Pretoria – the latest being Storm over the Transvaal (which was first published in 1955 by Howard Timmins in Cape Town)
Unequal networks: Spatial segregation, relationships and inequality in the city
No full textDoes the neighbourhood in which people live matter for the resourcefulness of their personal network and thus for their opportunities in life? Do residents of a multi-ethnic ‘problem’ area maintain fewer relationships with fellow-residents compared to residents of a homogeneous problem-free neighbourhood? And do ‘diversity-seekers’ who choose to live in a mixed neighbourhood translate their liking for diversity into more mixed networks and more bridging ties? This book brings together key insights from urban studies and network studies in order to understand whether and how spatial segregation matters for personal networks and inequality. By approaching these questions through different urban sociological perspectives, the book engages with current debates on poverty concentration as well as ethnic diversity, gentrification and social capital. The study is based on detailed quantitative and qualitative data on the personal networks of people living in three differently composed neighbourhoods in Rotterdam, the second largest city in the Netherlands.Urban Renewal and HousingOTB Research Institut
Flow patterns around longitudinal training dams
No full textWith the intention to reduce the negative effects of ongoing bed erosion, as well as to improve several other river functions such as protection against floods, provision of safe and efficient navigation and ecology, a ‘pilot project longitudinal training dams’ was initiated. The training dams have recently been implemented in the Waal between Tiel and Sind Andries. In this project, river groynes have been completely removed and replaced by dams that lie parallel to the river bank. With help of the longitudinal training dams, a two-channel river system is created in which the river is divided into a main and side channel. The dams are placed in a continuous manner with openings in between that are relatively small compared to the dam length. At the beginning and end of the dam an inlet and outlet region is situated, as shown in Fig. 1. The combination of inlet and openings allows for water and sediment to be divided between the main and the side channel. Both inlet and openings are constructed with the help of a porous rock-layer. The crest heights can be altered by adding or removing stones. This is expected to influence the amount of water and sediment entering the side channel and can therefore be used as a regulation tool. A.J.F. Hoitink, T.V. de Ruijsscher, T.J. Geertsema, B. Makaske, J. Wallinga, J.H.J. Candel, J. Poelman (Eds.) NCR days 2017, Febr. 1-3, 2017. Book of abstracts, NCR publication 41-2017.Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging EngineeringHydraulic Structures and Flood RiskEnvironmental Fluid Mechanic
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