165 research outputs found
De Groot-Nederlandse gedachte als uitgeversdroom: Uitgeverij C.A. Mees en De Sikkel, 1919-1940
No full textThis article focuses on the cooperation between the Netherlands and Flanders as far as literary publishers are concerned. Based on on case study - the publishers De Sikkel and Mees -, the author argues that in the cooperation between two nations, often political sensitivities are involved. In the case of De Sikkel and Mees, the ideal of a Greater Netherlands played an important role as part of the political context
Correction to: Antithrombotic Therapy for Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
No full textThe 9th author currently listed as Barend M. W. Mees Should be listed as Barend M. E. Mees The original article has been updated.</p
Burial, landscape and identity in early Medieval Wessex Anglo-Saxon studies ;, 35./ Kate Mees.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Burial evidence provides the richest record we possess for the centuries following the retreat of Roman authority. The locations and manner in which communities chose to bury their dead, within the constraints of the environmental and social milieu, reveal much about this transformational era. This book offers a pioneering exploration of the ways in which the cultural and physical environment influenced funerary traditions during the period c. AD 450-850, in the region which came to form the leading Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. This was a diverse landscape rich in ancient remains, in the form of imposing earthworks, enigmatic megaliths and vestiges of Roman occupation. Employing archaeological evidence, complemented by toponymic and documentary sources and elucidated through landscape analysis, the author argues that particular man-made and natural features were consciously selected as foci for funerary events and ritual practice, becoming integral to manifestations of identity and power in early medieval society.Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Note on Period Terminology and Other Definitions; Introduction: Perspectives, Approaches and Context; 1 Monument Reuse and the Inherited Landscape; 2 Topography and Ritual Life; 3 'Britons and Saxons'?; 4 Land Use, Territoriality and Social Change; 5 The Church and the Funerary Landscape; Conclusions; Appendix: Gazetteer of burial sites in the study area, c. AD 450-850; Bibliography; Index1 online resource
Thoughts on the Importance of the Meso Perspective: the “ Plattform Produktives Stadtgrün” / Gedanken zur Bedeutung der Mesoperspektive: „Plattform Produktives Stadtgrün“
No full textInvited to contribute to a book section on Berlin, Katrin Bohn thinks about the importance of a middle ground between the big pressing macro questions of climate change and the micro spaces of individual food system activities. She writes: ‘Judging by the realities of environmental degradation, traditional urban planning has failed. Concerns of experts have not been sufficiently acknowledged. It requires a middle ground—a meso perspective—to better enable conversation between the various urban stakeholders and bring about widely supported and lasting change. How can this be initiated? In a time of social media, the author proposes to look at a recently developed tool for information, communication, networking, and—ultimately—urban planning’.Bohn uses the Plattform Produktives Stadtgrün [Plattform Productive Urban Green], a Berlin-based interactive online tool developed in a collaboration between the local council, local community gardeners and external experts, including Katrin, to illustrate such a meso perspective.The book Urban Open Space + is edited by Carolin Mees and published by Jovis. Subtitled Strategies inbetween architecture and open space planning, the bi-lingual publication (English/German) explores ‘commonly used and designed open spaces [as] anchor points in the city and a possible response to the consequences of urbanization and climate change, as well as to the presence of social and cultural differences’
Minimum energy efficiency standard (MEES) requirements and the impact on the UK hotel buildings stock
No full textIn an attempt to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector, in 2018, the UK government introduced the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES). The regulation enforces a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of E or above for commercial buildings before they can be sold or rented. Hotels – one of the most energy intensive building types – are among those affected by MEES. This research investigates the contribution of MEES requirements to effectively reducing CO2 emissions from the hotel sector in England and Wales.
In this study, a quantitative research approach is employed to address the research questions. Dynamic simulation software tool, EDSL TAS, is used for running the EPC calculations for four different hotels. Through rounds of simulations, analysing both the simulation results and measured data for the hotels and the evidence from literature, the study finds potential sources of uncertainties within the current non-domestic EPC for hotels. Overestimation of domestic hot water (DHW) and underestimation of cooling energy use are among the main uncertainties, both of which stem from the standard assumptions imposed by National Calculation Methodology (NCM). The impact of these uncertainties goes beyond the cases in this work; all hotels applying for an EPC in the UK are affected. Combined with further findings such as the significant impact of the DHW systems’ efficiency on the EPC rating of a hotel, a major risk is revealed: failing to receive the expected reductions in energy consumption and CO2 emissions by improving the EPC rating. This can be detrimental both to individual stakeholders and national goals for emissions reduction policies.
In addition to practical implications for both hotel industry and the UK’s energy policy makers, this study also contributes to the existing knowledge as the field of non-domestic EPCs has been under-researched. This thesis is a first attempt to achieve a clearer picture of the UK’s non-domestic EPC as the main character in the MEES policy. The author is of the idea that the main contribution of this study is highlighting the fact that due to the shortcomings of the existing EPC framework, the effectiveness of MEES in reducing the CO2 emission from hotels is at risk. Unless these issues are rectified, actual contributions from MEES in the hotel sector may be considerably less than expected
Fast simulation of non-steady state emission problems in energy conversion
No full textApplication of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to the inversion of Laplace transforms is a recent development in the solution of the equations describing the behavior of chemical reactors. Chen and Hsu (1987) used the Fast Fourier Transform for the prediction of breakthrough curves of an isothermal fixed bed adsorber. The Fast Fourier Transform method has been further developed for the calculation of breakthrough curves in non-isothermal adsorbers (Mees et al., 1989). The purpose of this work is the application of this method to a practical engineering problem involving parameter estimation.Applied Science
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