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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 40B: DESIGNING AN ALTERNATIVE STORM RUNOFF SYSTEM BASED ON THE CASE STUDY “OCEAN SHORES”
No full textThis project reviews Ocean Shores, a 90 condominium site development built in Marshfield MA under M.G.L. Chapter 40B regulations. Data about the project was collected to produce a timeline documenting the steps the developer took while applying for a building permit. The application process required the developer to redesign the site plans. The author proposes an alternative an innovative more environmentally friendly system storm runoff design for this project using low impact development techniques and rain gardens instead of a retention basin
Single-Molecule Observation of Anomalous Electrohydrodynamic Orientation of Microtubules
No full textWe use fluorescence microscopy to measure the orientation and shape of microtubules—which serve as a model system for semiflexible rods—that are electrophoretically driven. Surprisingly, a bimodal orientation distribution is observed, with microtubules in either parallel or perpendicular orientations to the electric field. The occupancy of these states varies nonmonotonically with the microtubule length L and the electric field E. We also observe a surprising bending deformation of microtubules. Interestingly, all data collapse onto a universal scaling curve when the average alignment is plotted as a function of B - EL3, which reflects the ratio between the driving force and a restoring elastic force. Our results have important implications for the interpretation of electrical birefringence experiments and, more generally, for a better understanding of the electrokinetics of rods.Kavli Institute of Nanoscience DelftApplied Science
Verslag bij fabrieksschema maleïnezuur-anhydride: 2e deel
No full textDocument(en) uit de collectie Chemische ProcestechnologieDelftChemTechApplied Science
Identifying Structural Parameters of an Offshore Wind Turbine using Operational Modal Analysis
No full textPrecision and Microsystems EngineeringMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin
Book Reviews
No full textBook Review 1Book Title: Inland Waters of Southern Africa. An ecological perspectiveBook Authors: B.R. Allanson, R.C. Hart, J.H. O'Keeffe & R.D. RobartsKluwer Academic Publishers, Dorclrecht, 1990. 415 pages.Book Review 2Book Title: Kalahari hyaenas: the comparative behavioural ecology of two speciesBook Author: M.G.L. MillsAcademic Division of Unwin Hyman Ltd, London, 1990. 304 pages.Book Review 3Book Title: Bird MigrationBook Author: Edited by E. GwinnerSpringer-Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg, 1990. 435 pages
Exploiting and exploring microtubules and kinesin motor proteins in nanofabricated devices
No full textThis thesis describes experimental work at the interface of nanotechnology and biology. We combine fabrication techniques from nanotechnology with motor proteins from the biological cell. Motor proteins are fascinating protein complexes with nanometer dimensions that are involved in force generation and motion inside cells. One intriguing opportunity to consider is whether these motor proteins can be used as active force-generating components in nanofabricated devices. The exploitation of motor proteins for nanotechnological tasks, in particular the motor protein kinesin that translocates along microtubules, is the focus of the first part of this thesis. Furthermore, we show that nanofabricated devices form an excellent system for fundamental studies of the physics of individual biomolecules. The exploration of their properties is described in the second part of this thesis.Applied Science
THE SYNTAX OF THE VEDDA LANGUAGE
No full textThis paper is an inquiry into the syntax of the Vedda language from a generative syntactic perspective conducted in accordance with Noam Chomsky’s (1980-) Principles and Parameters (P&P) framework and under the cartographic approach (Rizzi 1997), (Cinque 1999). Its overall objective is to examine the Vedda language word order and configurationality, phrase structure, clause structure, anaphoric relations, negation and NegPs, Heads and Head positions, movement, Topic, Focus, and other relevant syntactic phenomena. Moreover, the author intends to develop a mechanism to document the Vedda language along with a comprehensive grammar compiled from a generative syntactic perspective, taking note of the historical sources, hybridization, dialectal varieties, and other related factors. The field research was carried out in the Dambana administrative division under the Uva Province of Sri Lanka where the Vedda settlements are officially located. The sample consisted of 05 Veddas who are native speakers of the Vedda language. The data were recorded during two field visits. The data analysis was carried out with attention to the syntactic phenomena mentioned above. The most important conclusions that could be arrived at during the study are; that despite the availability of many scrambling opportunities, the Vedda language remains configurational; that it does not allow certain word orders present in the Sinhala language; that it is strongly Head final as the Sinhala language; that it does not have an articulated CP or TP periphery; that their Neg marker serves a number of modal functions in addition to Neg marking; that both Focus and Wh are located in the Focus Head; and that on the whole, the syntax of the Vedda language largely aligns with the syntax of the Sinhala language.KEYWORDS: the Vedda language, syntax, generative perspectiv
Fiabe piccole animali
No full textThis large-format paperback has 48 colored pages and 16 black-and-white pages to color in. Some of these have been colored in. Surprisingly, the pages to color in have nothing to do with the book's three stories. The first of these three stories is TH. Large two-page sets present the story across sixteen pages. I do not think I have ever seen this turn of events: the resting hare watches the tortoise pass him. In fact, he ridicules the tortoise for sweating and asks if he is tired. The second story is FG. The fox here is pursing two hares when a badger trips him. He then seeks grapes for refreshment. He falls from a tree trying to get them. He only hurts himself further by trying to leap to get the grapes. Many of the illustrations throughout the book are signed C. Busquets. The third story is Uno Strano Villagio Musicale. I know (Carlos) Busquets from a number of works he has done for Suromex. He has also done work in recent Litor and Peter Haddock editions. The illustrations here are lively! A young hand has drawn a free-form rendition of Supermen (sic) on the inside back cover. I searched for an hour in an overloaded and very warm book repository, and this book was the single fruit of my labors.Language note: ItalianVertaald door Mr. M.G.L. van Loghe
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Dutch Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire (SMFA-NL): Internal consistency, validity, repeatability and responsiveness
No full textThe purpose of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the Dutch version of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire (SMFA-NL) and to investigate the internal consistency, validity, repeatability and responsiveness of the translated version. The original SMFA was first translated and culturally adapted from English into Dutch according to a standardised procedure and subsequently tested for clinimetric quality. The study population consisted of 162 patients treated for various musculoskeletal injuries or disorders at the departments of Orthopedics and Traumatology. All respondents filled in the SMFA-NL and the SF-36 and a region-specific questionnaire. To determine repeatability, 87 respondents filled in the SMFA-NL for a second time after a time interval of three to four weeks. To determine responsiveness, 29 respondents who were treated for their injury within three months before the first assessment filled in the SMFA-NL for a second time after two to three months. The following analyses were performed to evaluate clinimetric quality of the SMFA-NL: factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha (internal consistency), floor and ceiling effects, Spearman's Rho (construct validity), intraclass correlation coefficients and the Bland & Altman method (repeatability), and standardised response means (SRM) (responsiveness). Factor analysis demonstrated four subscales of the SMFA-NL. Both the newly identified subscales of the SMFA-NL and the conventional subscales of the SMFA showed good internal consistency. No floor and some ceiling effects were found. Construct validity was good, as high correlations were found between the subscales of the SMFA-NL and the respective subscales of the SF-36 and the region-specific questionnaires. Repeatability of the SMFA-NL subscales was high, with no systematic bias between first and second assessment. Responsiveness of the SMFA-NL was moderate, as small to moderate SRMs were found. We successfully translated and culturally adapted a Dutch version of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire (SFMA-NL). This study shows that the SMFA-NL is a valid, reliable and moderately responsive method for the assessment of functional status of patients who have a broad range of musculoskeletal disorders. Furthermore, it will allow for comparison between different patient groups as well as for cross-cultural comparisons. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Het janushoofd van Julia (1885)
No full textpeer reviewedIn 1884 Willem Kloos and Albert Verwey started work on Julia, a collection of forty poems written in the manner of the successful author Fiore della Neve (M.G.L. van Loghem). In their pamphlet The Incompetence of the Dutch Literary Critics (1886), in which Julia’s true authorship was revealed, Kloos and Verwey made plain that the poems had been conceived as deliberate nonsense, something the Dutch literary establishment had failed to recognize. Nevertheless, a close reading of the collection brings to light a number of textual similarities with Kloos’s and Verwey’s serious poetry written in the period 1883-1885. This article reveals Julia as a fascinating hybrid in which an older aesthetic coexists with a new poetical language associated with the Eighties Movement
