639 research outputs found
Wat is een manager meer dan iemand die zich inleeft?: Interview met Guus Kuijer
No full textGuus Kuijer neemt Nederland de maat in zijn recente essays 'Het doden van een mens', 'Hoe een klein rotgodje God vermoordde' en 'Hoe word ik gelukkig?' Zijn vurige beschouwingen leiden de lezer van schilderkunst naar levensgeluk en van vijftiende, zestiende eeuwse theologie naar de Nederlandse samenleving van nu die zo krampachtig omgaat met intellectualiteit en individualiteit. De opgave voor Nederland is volgens Guus Kuijer te herontdekken waar onze beschaving vandaan is gekomen, wat tolerantie en inlevingsvermogen heeft gekost en waar het toe kan leiden.Multi Actor SystemsTechnology, Policy and Managemen
Children\u27s Literature by Guus Kuijer
No full textTema diplomskega dela so knjige, ki so nastale izpod peresa večkrat nagrajenega nizozemskega pisatelja Guusa Kuijera. Zbirko njegovih nagrad krasi tudi najprestižnejša nagrada za otroško in mladinsko literaturo na svetu Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. V svojih knjigah na zanimiv in razumljiv način ruši tabuje in nas uči, da ljubezen vedno pomaga.
Diplomsko delo je teoretično, sestavljeno iz dveh delov.
V prvem delu diplomskega dela je na kratko predstavljena teorija realistične mladinske proze. Teme, ki jih pisatelj opisuje v svojih delih, uvrščamo v tabu teme, zato se v diplomskem delu na kratko posvetim tudi temu. Predstavljen je življenjepis in bibliografija Guusa Kuijera. Nekaj besed pa je namenjenih tudi nagradam.
V drugem, pomembnejšem delu diplomskega dela, je analiziranih šest mladinskih pripovedi Guusa Kuijera, ki so prevedena v slovenski jezik, in sicer Knjiga vseh stvari (2008) in pet knjig o enajstletni deklici Polleke, Naj ljubezen gori kot plamen, amen (2006), Raj je tukaj in zdaj (2009), Ko sreča trešči kot strela (2010), Čez obzorje z vetrom na morje (2011) in Ej, moje ime je Polleke! (2012). Predstavila in analizirala sem morfološke značilnosti omenjenih literarnih besedil (književni prostor, književni čas, pripovedovalec, snov, tema, motiv, zgradbo zgodbe, opis literarnih likov).
V zaključku diplomskega dela sem potrdila oziroma ovrgla hipoteze, ki sem si jih zastavila v uvodnem delu diplomskega dela.The subject of this diploma thesis are books written by the awarded Dutch author Guus Kuijer. Guus Kuijer was also awarded with the most prestigious award in children\u27s literature, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. His books break taboos in an interesting and comprehensible way, and teach us that love always helps.
The thesis is theoretical, comprised of two parts.
The first part of the thesis contains a short presentation of the realism in children\u27s literature. The themes, described in his works are classified as taboo subjects, that is why the thesis also focuses on taboos. Also presented is the biography and bibliography of Guus Kujier, a successful and prolific author. The thesis also focuses on his awards.
The second part of the thesis, contains the analysis of six youth stories by Guus Kuijer translated into Slovene, Knjiga vseh stvari (2008“The Book of Everything”) and five books about an eleven-year old girl Polleke, Naj ljubezen gori kot plamen, amen (2006“Voor altijd samen, amen”), Raj je tukaj in zdaj (2009“Het is fijn om er te zijn”), Ko sreča trešči kot strela (2010, “Het geluk komt als de donder”), Čez obzorje z vetrom na morje (2011“Met de wind mee naar zee”) and Ej, moje ime je Polleke! (2012“Ik ben Polleke hoor!”). I presented and analysed the morphological features of the mentioned literary texts (literary space, time, narrator, matter, theme, motive, structure, description of characters).
The conclusion confirms or refuses hypotheses made in the introduction of the diploma thesis
Soft physics in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC
No full textThe LHC results on particle and transverse energy production and Bose-Einstein correlations show that the system produced in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV is significantly larger, lives longer and is hotter and denser than at RHIC energies. The particle spectra and soft particle correlations allow a more detailed study of the properties of the produced system and its initial conditions. This contribution highlights some of the first soft physics results from the LHC
ALICE status and first results
No full textThe ALICE experiment has been recording pp collisions since the start of the Large Hadron Collider in spring 2010. This contribution describes the current status of the detector and the first physics results obtained
Commissioning and prospects for early physics with ALICE
No full textThe ALICE detector has been commissioned and is ready for taking data at the Large Hadron Collider. The first proton-proton collisions are expected in 2009. This contribution describes the current status of the detector, the results of the commissioning phase and its capabilities to contribute to the understanding of both pp and PbPb collisions
Implications of Social Practice Theory for Sustainable Design
No full textSustainable design faces challenges at a scale and level of complexity that are ill at ease with design’s mainstream focus on products and users. Recently, social practice theory has been suggested as a promising theoretical framework to inform new ways of designing. In social practice theory, practices – socially shared entities such as cleaning, cooking and playing – are taken as the fundamental unit of analysis. So far, however, design research in this area has been scattered and varying strongly in its interpretations of the implications of a ‘practice-orientation’. This thesis explores these implications through a series of empirical projects on the topics of bathing and staying warm at home and proposes a coherent practice-oriented approach to sustainable design.Industrial DesignIndustrial Design Engineerin
More disposable than ever? Consequences of non-removable batteries in mobile devices
No full textMobile devices like smart phones, tablet computers and ultraportable laptops are experiencing rapid worldwide market growth and have relatively short lifespans. Recently, embedded (non-removable) batteries were introduced that cannot be replaced by consumers. This study traces the environmental and social consequences of the introduction of embedded batteries throughout the value chain: from the original equipment manufacturers, to the users of mobile devices, to the repair, refurbishment and end-of-life recycling companies. It shows that the introduction of embedded batteries was mainly technology and design-driven, that original owners are hardly aware of embedded batteries (unless they seek to prolong the life of their phones), that embedded batteries have contributed to a thriving but mostly unauthorized repair and refurbishment market and finally that recyclers have difficulties removing the batteries. From a social and environmental sustainability perspective, reintroducing removable batteries is preferable, but the study shows this may not be feasible and examines alternative options.Design EngineeringIndustrial Design Engineerin
Husocap: A public building connecting different target groups with multiple activities
No full textThis graduation report researches what a public condenser can contribute in the neigbhourhood Vesterbro in Copenhagen. Research is done in what subjects a public building can play a role. What positive impulses can it provide in this neighbourhood. In short: Why is a public building needed in Vesterbro? How can it contribute to the subjects discovered? What does a public building look like if it wants to fulfill the role it has to have in this neigbhourhood?Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science
Quality Assurance in Agile Distributed Software Teams
No full textThis report is written as part of the graduation of master of science in computer science, information architecture, at the Delft university of technology, the Netherlands. I started this research when an opportunity presented itself for a case study in Mauritius. It was not the trip abroad what interested me but the case to lift a team to a higher level of software quality. During my research I got more interested in software quality assurance. Especially because I noticed that on many of the developer’s priority lists, it has a low priority. Software quality assurance is often observed as an obligation instead of a handy tool. My true motivation for this research was to see if I could change this. In this research the challenge was to develop a newapproach for quality assurance within agile distributed development environments. The research was started as follow-up of several interviews performed with experts in the area of software development in which the opportunities in the field were observed. The research presented in this report can be of value for all software development engineers, with orwithout expertise in quality engineering. The research might particularly be relevant if searching for structured approaches for improving software processes or products. Next to these specific groups, anyone who is interested in software quality (assurance), agile (distributed) approaches or the challenges in these, can obtain relevant and interesting information from this report. For the guidance I experienced during my thesis I would like to thank Rini van Solingen, my mentor at the University and Toine Hurkmans, who acted as mentor at Exact Software. I would further like to thank Exact Software for the opportunity of conducting a case study and in special the Titan, Research and System team for their cooperation. Further thanks goes to Sander Kruger and Global Edge Software who offered the opportunity for performing the orientating case study.Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer ScienceSoftware Engineerin
Co-performance: Conceptualizing the role of artificial agency in the design of everyday life
No full textThis paper introduces the notion of co-performance, with the aim to offer Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers and practitioners a new perspective on the role of artificial agency in everyday life, from automated systems to autonomous devices. In contrast to 'smartness,' which focuses on a supposed autonomy of artifacts, co-performance considers artifacts as capable of learning and performing next to people. This shifts the locus of design from matters of distributions of agency at design time, to matters of embodied learning in everyday practice for both human and artificial performers. From this perspective, co-performance acknowledges the dynamic differences in capabilities between humans and artifacts, and highlights the fundamentally recursive relation between professional design and use. Implications for HCI design practice are unpacked through reflections on smart thermostat design in light of historic changes in roles between humans and heating systems, and changing ideas of appropriateness in everyday practices of domestic heating
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