744 research outputs found
Møller – et dansk fornavn
No full textMange vil nok studse over at Møller skulle være et fornavn. Det er da også et af de mest almindelige efternavne i Danmark, faktisk det hyppigste efternavn som ikke er et sen-navn.<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"/
Parameter study of wooden beam ends in combination with interior isolated masonry facades.
No full textWhen the safest solution is unacceptable
No full textBuilding physical problems are often the reason for renovations of dwellings. Although methods to rectify the problems are available, the building owners are often unwilling to accept the safest solutions for economical reasons. Practitioners are therefore forced to develop alternative solutions, which are cheaper but only lessens the problem or are less robust in more extreme situations. When alternative renovation solutions are considered, building simulation tools are often used to predict how the different solutions will work. However, depending on the chosen conditions, simulations can be manipulated to show, that almost any solution will work. This mimics the real world; in dwellings one apartment can have a serious mould problem, while another similar apartment is dry, warm and healthy. The reason is often different user behaviour. The dilemma of the practitioner is that some solutions will be sufficient for many users, but some users need safer solutions, which often are more expensive. It is therefore important to explain to the building owner that with the safe solution user behaviour become less important; he buys robustness. Therefore, when new solutions for renovation are considered, the degree of robustness must be considered, and then it is up to the building owner to decide which solution he can afford. The method emphasizes the importance of educating building users, and the safest solution can be seen as insurance, if the education fails. The paper presents examples of renovations based on building physical problems where alternative, less robust solutions have been chosen, based on simulations and tested on pilot projects. Ways to present robustness and to choose pilot projects are also shown.Presenters:
name: Eva Birgit Møller
affiliation: (Birch & Krogboe A/S)
email: [email protected]
Mirror Landing - As Remembered by Birgit Hult
No full textNotes - This account, Memories Mirror Landing by Birgit Hult, was compiled by Birgit's daughter, Jean Elvira Male, it documents the Hult family's experiences in Mirror Landing from 1912 - 1916. The Hults, who were originally from Sweden, arrived in Mirror Landing with two young children, a third child was born during their stay in Mirror Landing. Upon arriving in the area, the Hults made friends with the Gauthier family. The wives became good friends and would swap piano lessons for English lessons. Details of the log home where the family lived and the surrounding landscape were recalled. A memory about a large forest fire that occurred near the family home and dances that were attended in the town are discussed. Jean recalls her mother's memories regarding the animosity towards the North West Mounted Police that was felt by the people of Mirror Landing. The Hult family retained a strong connection to the Swedish heritage and practised many Swedish traditions, such as flying the Swedish flag and eating hot cross buns stuffed with Swedish Marzipan soaked in warm milk. Photos and a postcard written in 1915 are included in this article (10 pages
Knowing Through Popular Music in the Western Pacific Island World
No full textPacific Indigenous scholars have long emphasized the role of relationality for Pacific Islanders’ epistemologies. In this article, the author rethinks music in terms of the procedural knowledge inherent in and specific to popular music-making by exploring the latter as knowledge practices in Micronesia. This approach opens new vistas on the relationality at the heart of Western Pacific music-making. The author calls the musical manifestation of that relational capacity sound ties, suggesting that if, following Epeli Hau‘ofa, Oceania is “humanity rising from the depths of brine”, then it is not least the sound ties of knowing in and through music that mould that very humanity of people who are at home with the sea into aquapelagic assemblages that are, after all, so much more than water and land
EU-Behörde: Warum wir sie brauchen
No full textJan Cremers (UvT) contributed to the magazine Gute Arbeit (in German), published by BUND-Verlag. Together with co-author Birgit Krämer, he discusses the plans of the European Commission to introduce a European Labour Authority. They reflect on the possible contribution of such a body in checking respect for and compliance with labour legislation and conventional standards
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