106 research outputs found
How to be a woman. Models of masochism and sacrifice in young adult fiction
No full textBuffy, Bella, Veronica, Katniss, Clary, Tris and Saba : For two decades post-feminist heroines have faced life-threatening trials as part of their progress to womanhood. In this chapter I consider how young adult popular fictions operate as forms of pedagogy for young women by offering them particular models of maturity and womanhood. I explore the recurrence and reformulation of a persistent pattern of behaviour in which heroines engage in risky and/or masochistic behaviours for which they are emotionally rewarded.. These recurrences function as a form of vicarious experiential learning in which readers and viewers learn that emotional gratification and adult status are conferred through self-harm and self-sacrifice. Popular culture is not a monolithic form and young adult fictions are no exception. An analysis of fictional examples of this behaviour pattern challenges the idea that heroines today are empowered agents as a result of the legacy of feminism. At the same time, the analysis belies any notion that fictions are universally hegemonic and oppressive – fictions can and do disrupt and interrogate this pattern of emotional masochism. Scholars of public pedagogy have explored the complexities, contradictions and subtleties of the pedagogical process. Sandlin O’Malley and Burdick (2011) in their review of public pedagogy literature acknowledge that some scholarship has demonstrated how “the teaching and learning inherent within daily life can be both oppressive and resistant” (p. 144). Jubas and Knutson (2012) also see public pedagogy as an arena where contradictions and tensions are in play. They argue that we can see “New examples of dialectic or tensions … between the authority of the producer and the consumer; between traditional structures which ground identities and help people make sense of cultural texts, and personal agency which frees people to choose and invent identities and meanings” (p. 86). This analysis aims to contribute to understandings of the complexities of public pedagogy by showing how fictions aimed primarily at young women both resist and accommodate patriarchy
Sensory overload in a shopping environment: Not every sensory modality leads to too much stimulation
No full textRetailers use atmospheric cues to trigger emotional reactions that enhance consumer behavior. However, introducing cues into a store environment may also trigger sensory overload, due to too much stimulation. This study aims to examine the effects of adding high arousal atmospheric cues in a store environment on affective reactions, approach behavior, and evaluations by making use of different methods (i.e., two lab experiments and one field experiment), by adding various types of atmospheric cues (i.e., cues processed in higher senses versus processed in lower senses), and by differentiating the order in which they are added. Results reveal that when a third high arousal cue is added sensory overload (i.e., rise in perceived arousal and decrease in perceived pleasantness) occurs under the condition that this third cue is processed by a higher sense (i.e. visual or auditory sense). Furthermore, a decrease in approach behavior and evaluations is also observed when these conditions are met. Mediation analyses indicate that this effect on evaluations is mediated by pleasure and approach behavior. The research presented extends previous findings by investigating possible predictors (i.e., number of cues as well as type of cues) of the momentum where sensory overload may take place.Douce, L (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Fac Business Econ, Dept Mkt & Strategy, Campus Diepenbeek,Agoralaan Bldg D, BE-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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How to offer an international experience to every student? Realization and implications of an integrated internationalization policy at Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
No full textWe will discuss the internationalization policy of Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven,
department of Business and Management Studies to offer (at least) one international
experience to every undergraduate student. After having presented the general political
and social background of this policy, we will review the different internationalization
initiatives and the possibilities for students and staff members to participate. Finally,
we will discuss the implications of this policy for the organization arguing for a broad
and structural integration of internationalization initiatives at all levels of departmental
organization
Plutarch's practical ethics: the social dynamics of philosophy
No full textThe Second Sophistic (c.AD 60-250) was a time of intense competition for honour and status. Like today, this often caused mental as well as physical stress for the elite of the Roman Empire. This book, which transcends the boundaries between literature, social history, and philosophy, studies Plutarch's practical ethics, a group of twenty-odd texts within the Moralia designed to help powerful Greeks and Romans manage their ambitions and society's expectations successfully. Lieve Van Hoof combines a systematic analysis of the general principles underlying Plutarch's practical ethics, including the author's target readership, therapeutical practices, and self-presentation, with five innovative case studies. A picture emerges of philosophy under the Roman Empire not as a set of abstract, theoretical doctrines, but as a kind of symbolic capital engendering power and prestige for author and reader alike
Herinneringen aan het vijfde lustrum der R.-K. studentenvereeniging "Sanctus Virgilius" te Delft 1923
No full textWij schrijven dit boekje ter herinnering aan de plechtige en vreugdige viering van het vijfde Lustrum van Sanctus Virgilius en leggen hierin naast- en over elkaar de degelijke draden van officieel verslag, als een stramienwerk waarop een ieder, naar eigen bevinden en met persoonlijke tinten de beelden kan vlechten, die van de lustrumdagen hem ’t meest herinnerenswaard zijn. Want dit officieel verslag mag alleen maar spreken van wat de vereeniging als zoodanig ondervond en aanbood, terwijl sommigen aan 't lustrum hebben verbonden een beeld van heroïschen nachtelijken strijd, of bij ’t terugzien naar die dagen een medelijdend aandenken wijden aan die in eenzamen kerker een nacht met sombere overpeinzingen sleet; een derde met genoegen terugdenkt aan de lieve lach van een aardig meisje: ,,- de zaal'ge stonde, in 't bijzijn teer, der lieve blonde," of een aangenaam gesprek, ondanks de kou in de hobbelende sjeesjes. Maar herinneringen hebben we allen, hier is 't stramienwerk, gij moogt weven, dit boekje echter past algemeener toon
Gaussian process models for preliminary low-thrust trajectory optimization
No full textLow-thrust trajectories can benefit the search for propellant-optimal trajectories, but increases in modeling complexity and computational load remain a challenge for efficient mission design and optimization. In this paper, an approach for developing models utilizing Gaussian Process (GP) regression and classification is proposed to perform computationally efficient optimization while obtaining acceptable accuracies for trajectories based on exponential sinusoid shaping. The goal of this work is to predict a combination of values of input variables which corresponds to a shape-based trajectory with the smallest total velocity increment (ΔV) or propellant mass fraction (J m). A GP classification model is constructed to assess whether a given combination of values of input variables corresponds to a feasible trajectory. GP regression models are developed to predict the total ΔV and J m corresponding to a combination of shape parameters, which can replace the required integration along the shape. In addition, advanced regression models are developed to predict the target values while requiring only three input parameters, thereby replacing the entire shape computation. In order to develop a GP model that fits the problem at hand, the underlying functions and parameters should be selected rationally. In this work, a novel model development approach is proposed to ensure that the mean function, covariance function, likelihood function, inference method, and hyperparameters, which dominate the performance of the models, are chosen rationally in terms of mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and prediction time. Using this approach, GP models are developed and tested on transfer trajectories from Earth to Mars and Ceres, and from Mars to Earth, and their performance, in terms of MAPE and prediction time, is compared to that of more common optimization techniques in combination with the exponential sinusoid and other shape-based methods. The results demonstrate that the computation time can significantly be reduced while achieving promising MAPE’s, especially when the goal is to locate regions of feasible or near-optimal trajectories. The proposed model development procedure is tested for robustness, which provides confidence in the proposed approach. Furthermore, it is found that the models which map three input variables directly to a ΔV or J m value perform better than the ones trained with shape information, which demonstrates the strength of GP models as applied to low-thrust trajectory optimization. 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.Astrodynamics & Space Mission
Gaussian Process Models for Preliminary Low-Thrust Trajectory Optimization
No full textLow-thrust trajectories can benefit the search for propellant-optimal trajectories, but increases in modeling complexity and computational load remain a challenge for efficient mission design and optimization. An approach for developing models utilizing Gaussian Process (GP) regression and classification is proposed to perform computationally efficient optimization while obtaining acceptable accuracies for trajectories based on exponential sinusoid shaping. The goal of this work is to predict a combination of values of input variables which corresponds to a shape-based trajectory with the smallest total velocity increment (∆V) or propellant mass fraction (Jm). A GP classification model is constructed to assess whether a given combination of values of input variables corresponds to a feasible trajectory. GP regression models are developed to predict the total ∆V and Jm corresponding to a combination of shape parameters, which can replace the required integration along the shape. In addition, advanced regression models are developed to predict the target values while requiring only three input parameters, thereby replacing the entire shape computation. In order to develop a GP model that fits the problem at hand, the underlying functions and parameters should be selected rationally. A novel model development approach is proposed to ensure that the mean function, covariance function, likelihood function, inference method, and hyperparameters, which dominate the performance of the models, are chosen rationally in terms of mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and prediction time. Using this approach, GP models are developed and tested on transfer trajectories from Earth to Mars and Ceres, and from Mars to Earth, and their performance, in terms of MAPE and prediction time, is compared to that of more common optimization techniques in combination with the exponential sinusoid and other shape-based methods. The results demonstrate that the computation time can significantly be reduced while achieving promising MAPE's, especially when the goal is to locate regions of feasible or near-optimal trajectories. The proposed model development procedure is tested for robustness, which provides confidence in the proposed approach. Furthermore, it is found that the models which map three input variables directly to a ∆V or Jm value perform better than the ones trained with shape information, which demonstrates the strength of GP models as applied to low-thrust trajectory optimization.Aerospace Engineerin
A sustainable and reusable concrete facade system: An approach to improve the use of concrete in the Dutch housing market
No full textConcrete is one of the most used and energy-demanding materials in the world and unfortunately it is currently not being used optimally, while it has a long lifespan and the potential to be reused. Also, because the Netherlands has the ambition to build 1 million houses by 2030, it offers the opportunity to tackle the concrete in the Dutch housing sector and apply the concept of reuse and standardization. This study aims to contribute to a more sustainable built environment and to provide a design tool on how to design a sustainable and reusable concrete facade system. Through literature study and analyses of case studies, the most important design criteria have been set up that focuses on the aspects of building efficiency, standardization, sustainability and adaptability. The three main strategies that have been used that summarize these criteria and form the final design strategy are: Rethink, Reduce and Reuse. The process begins with Rethink. Firstly, designing the facade system for repeated use, through standardization, and finding the best suitable dimensions for the facade system. Secondly, by increasing its functional flexibility and adaptability by designing it for multiple uses and target audiences. The second strategy, Reduce, helps the design to reduce waste, material and CO2 emissions. Firstly, by researching how to make concrete more sustainable. Secondly, by building lightweight through the use of a lightweight shape and material, such as lightweight aggregate concrete. At last, the strategy of Reuse will come into play where modularity forms the basis for a reusable design that focuses on the building efficiency by means of the concept of design for disassembly. As a result, these strategies conclude in a final design strategy that consists of a decision chart that guides the architect or client and offers multiple options for building systems. This enables the architect or client to have design freedom while providing an easy guide that helps to choose a building system. In order to successfully implement a sustainable and reusable concrete facade system, it is recommended to present a good business case that focuses on the barriers of reuse and how these can be best resolved.Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Building Technology | Sustainable Desig
Gesubsidieerde Nederlandstalige fiksie in Afrikaans : die seleksie en produksie van Esther Verhoef se Lieve Mama as gevallestudie
No full textThesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Nederlandstalige literaire thriller, Lieve Mama deur Esther Verhoef is in 2020 deur LAPA Uitgewers in Afrikaans gepubliseer. Deur die vertaling as fokusteks vir hierdie deskriptiewe kwalitatiewe gevallestudie te gebruik, word die faktore geïdentifiseer wat LAPA se seleksie- en produksieprosesse vorm, en hoe dié faktore hul aansien in die vertaal- en produksieveld van Afrikaanse genrefiksie beïnvloed. Bykomend hiertoe word LAPA se aandeel in die vorming en uitbreiding van Afrikaanse genrefiksie ondersoek, spesifiek die uitbreiding van misdaadfiksie deur die vertaling van ’n literaire thriller. Die studie se hoofdatainsamelingsmetode is semigestruktureerde onderhoude wat gevoer is met rolspelers wat by Liewe Mamma se seleksie- en produksieproses betrokke was, naamlik die teks se redakteur (Charlene Hougaard), vertaler (Joanita Fourie) en redigeerder (Jeanette Ferreira), asook die LAPA-werknemer wat die bronteks vir vertaling voorgestel het (Marieta Nel). Korrespondensie met die Nederlands Letterenfonds- (NLF-) korrespondent (Barbara den Ouden) en LAPA se
uitvoerende hoof ten tye van die publikasie (Sylvia de Wet), asook bestaande bronne oor LAPA, Verhoef, Liewe Mamma en misdaadfiksie word betrek.
Hierdie data word gebruik om LAPA se seleksie- en produksieproses op mesovlak (LAPA en die NLF) en makrovlak (LAPA se vertaalbeleid en - benadering) te ondersoek en bepaal. Hierdie prosesse word gebruik om LAPA se uitgewersprofiel saam te stel deur Bourdieu se konsepte van habitus en kapitaal te betrek. LAPA se rol om die Afrikaanse genrefiksieveld te vorm, word bespreek deur Bourdieu se veldteorie te gebruik, en LAPA in hierdie veld te situeer. Hierby word die Liewe Mamma-vertaler, Joanita Fourie, se habitus en kapitaal ook bepaal. Beide LAPA en Fourie se vertaalnorme is bepaal aan die hand van onderskeidelik Toury en Chesterman se werk. Daar is bevind dat Lieve Mama se seleksie vir vertaling nie op ’n konvensionele wyse plaasgevind het nie. Die vertaalprojek se uiteindelike goedkeuring het wel op LAPA se standaardkriteria vir teksseleksie berus – die gewildheid van die brontaalskrywer en die omvang van brontaalverkope. As deel van die studie is voorstelle gemaak vir LAPA om hulle voortaan te vestig as markvormer van
Afrikaanse genrefiksie. ’n Aangepaste bemarkingstrategie word ook voorgestel sodat vertalings beter aan die Afrikaanse doelteksleser bekendgestel word, veral as die bronteksouteur kommersiële sukses in die brontaal behaal het. Voorstelle word gemaak om hierdie outeurs dan ook in die Afrikaanse doelkultuur ’n handelsmerkouteur te maak wat moontlik vir die uitgewery ’n bestendige inkomstevloei kan genereer. Deur LAPA se institusionele uitgewershabitus, kapitaal (waaroor hulle beskik en na streef) en vertaalnorme te gebruik, is daar vasgestel dat hulle hulself in ’n posisie in die Afrikaanse genrefiksie veld kan posisioneer wat steun op hulle geskiedenis as gevestigde, betroubare uitgewery van Afrikaanse genrefiksie, waar hulle ook deel is van grootskaalse produksie. LAPA kan gevolglik optree as markvormer omdat hulle veldposisie sterk genoeg is en hulle genoeg kapitaal het om meer gewaagde redaksionele besluite te neem. Liewe Mamma het egter getoon dat nie elke waagstuk sukses waarborg nie.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2020 LAPA Publishers published Esther Verhoef’s Dutch literaire thriller, (literary thriller) Lieve Mama (2015), in Afrikaans. The Afrikaans Liewe Mamma functions as the primary text for this descriptive qualitative case study and is used to identify LAPA’s selection and production processes, and its effects on their positioning within the Afrikaans translation and publishing field of genre fiction. In addition, LAPA’s contribution to establishing and expanding the Afrikaans field of genre fiction, specifically by introducing a literaire thriller to the crime fiction genre, is examined using Bourdieu’s field theory. The primary data-collection method was semi-structured interviews held with agents (role-players) involved in the process of selecting and translating Liewe Mamma, namely the editor (Charlene Hougaard), translator (Joanita Fourie), language editor (Jeanette Ferreira), and the person responsible for proposing that the source text be translated (Marieta Nel). Correspondence with the Nederlands Letterenfonds [Dutch Foundation for Literature (DFL)] correspondent (Barbara den Ouden) and LAPA’s chief executive officer at the time of publication (Sylvia de Wet), as well as existing
resources about LAPA, Verhoef, Liewe Mamma and crime fiction as genre were also used. The collected data was used to study and determine LAPA’s selection and production processes at meso (LAPA and the DFL) and macro (LAPA’s translation policy and approach) levels. These processes were used to examine the structure of LAPA’s publishing profile using Bourdieu’s ideas on habitus and forms of capital. The habitus and capital of Liewe Mamma’s translator, Joanita Fourie, were also structured and determined, as well as LAPA’s and Fourie’s translation norms as coined in works by Toury and Chesterman respectively. The study showed that the selection of Lieve Mama did not follow LAPA’s conventional selection process, although the final approval of the translation project relied on LAPA’s standard selection criteria, namely the popularity and success of the source text author and the sales volumes of the source text. To conclude the study, suggestions were made for LAPA to continue in establishing their position in moulding Afrikaans genre fiction. Furthermore, an adapted marketing strategy was proposed to transform a commercially successful author in the source text culture into a recognisable brand name author in the target text culture , in this case the Afrikaans target culture. Using LAPA’s institutional habitus, the capital they have and want to obtain, and their translation norms, it could be determined that LAPA is able to position themselves in the Afrikaans field of genre fiction at the pole of large-scale production. At the same time, they can also rely on their history as established, trustworthy publisher of Afrikaans fiction to defend their position within this field. Consequently, LAPA is able to act as a trendsetter within Afrikaans fiction whilst having enough capital to make bolder editorial choices. The production of Liewe Mamma did however show that not every editorial risk will guarantee success.Master
Aperture-Based Daylight Modelling: Evaluating the Airmass Refinement for the Sunlight Beam Index
No full textAperture-based daylight modelling (ABDM) is a new building simulation paradigm founded on measures of an aperture's 'connectedness' to the sun and the external environment. At the planning level, there currently does not exist anywhere an evaluative schema which is equally applicable to measures of solar energy potential (for PV performance, overheating risk, etc) and measures of sunlight/daylight amenity (for daylight, well-being, connectivity/view, etc). ABDM addresses that shortcoming. This paper describes the latest development of ABDM which is the addition of an airmass factor in the computation of the sunlight beam index (SBI). This enhancement preserves the 'geometrical purity' of ABDM, but now airmass SBI can serve as a reliable proxy for direct sun irradiation totals derived from weather files.Environmental & Climate Desig
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