34 research outputs found
How do you teach Macbeth?
No full textDespite this huge amount of curricular freedom, Shakespeare appears to be the most taught author and Macbeth his most taught play in Dutch EFL secondary education. Because of this freedom, the question of how a play like Macbeth is in fact taught becomes all the more interesting. In 2015, we (Jasmijn Bloemert & Klaas van Veen) conducted a case study in which we followed one Dutch EFL teacher and her 23 pre-university level Year 5 students (age 16-17) throughout a Macbeth unit
How do you teach Macbeth?
No full textDespite this huge amount of curricular freedom, Shakespeare appears to be the most taught author and Macbeth his most taught play in Dutch EFL secondary education. Because of this freedom, the question of how a play like Macbeth is in fact taught becomes all the more interesting. In 2015, we (Jasmijn Bloemert & Klaas van Veen) conducted a case study in which we followed one Dutch EFL teacher and her 23 pre-university level Year 5 students (age 16-17) throughout a Macbeth unit
How do you teach Macbeth?
No full textDespite this huge amount of curricular freedom, Shakespeare appears to be the most taught author and Macbeth his most taught play in Dutch EFL secondary education. Because of this freedom, the question of how a play like Macbeth is in fact taught becomes all the more interesting. In 2015, we (Jasmijn Bloemert & Klaas van Veen) conducted a case study in which we followed one Dutch EFL teacher and her 23 pre-university level Year 5 students (age 16-17) throughout a Macbeth unit
How do you teach Macbeth?
No full textDespite this huge amount of curricular freedom, Shakespeare appears to be the most taught author and Macbeth his most taught play in Dutch EFL secondary education. Because of this freedom, the question of how a play like Macbeth is in fact taught becomes all the more interesting. In 2015, we (Jasmijn Bloemert & Klaas van Veen) conducted a case study in which we followed one Dutch EFL teacher and her 23 pre-university level Year 5 students (age 16-17) throughout a Macbeth unit
Climate Adaptive Delta Cities: A strategy for the transition towards climate adaptive redevelopment of post-industrial port sites in the Rhine-Meuse delta in the Netherlands - The case of De Staart in Dordrecht
No full textThe climate crisis will require far-stretching changes to our urban systems, also called a transition. However, the direction in which our society will transition is still deeply uncertain. To become less vulnerable, cities and urban areas need to increase their adaptive capacity, establishing an evolutionarily resilient region. Delta cities in the Netherlands are governed through a decentralised and neo-liberal governance model, giving responsibilities for the long-term to local actors. As a result, climate adaptation relies on being integrated in local urban redevelopment projects to produce the necessary innovations that are needed for the transition.In the Netherlands, post-industrial port sites are redeveloped into mixed-use residential areas which should have an innovative and adaptive character to function as pilots for the regional transition towards a climate adaptive system. Nevertheless, in many cases short-term responsiveness and econmic values get the overhand, reducing the innovative value of experiments and the contribution pilot projects make for the essential transition. This leaves redeveloped neighbourhoods and the delta region vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis and is predicted to result in a chaotic transition from the existing to the climate adaptive system (Rotmans, 2021).This urbanism graduation project therefore studies the following question: how can post-industrial port redevelopments contribute to the transition towards climate adaptive delta cities? Comparative case study research of cases in the Rhine-Meuse delta is used first to compose an understanding of mechanisms behind the integration of climate adaptation and industrial and societal transitions in post-industrial port redevelopment projects. Next, the case study lessons for adaptation are integrated with transition principles in a redevelopment strategy for a representative case and regional pilot for climate adaptation: de Staart in Dordrecht. Here, the Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways framework (Haasnoot et al., 2013) proves to be a promising methodolgy for making the complex and interdisciplinary transitions more insightful.An urban design simulation for a section of de Staart shows how the policy pathways should be used in combination with an inclusive process, a spatial framework and a set of dynamic rules to esure that short-term actions contribute to the long-term transition pathway and adaptation under uncertain future contexts remains possible. The strategy for climate adaptive redevelopment of post-industrial sites shows that it can improve local liveability through its inclusive process and accellerate the regional transition by being connected in a regional network. The project shows promising qualities for bridging the gap between ambitions towards realising climate adaptive delta cities and it can be a valuable design and redevelopment strategy for application in practice. Nevertheless, applicability in different context than the Rhine-Meuse delta can be evaluated by performing similar research under different cultural contexts.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oCTHGUZFCY An introduction video to the problem and locationDelta Futures LabArchitecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanis
Using passive and active acoustic methods for impact damage assessment of composite structures
No full textThis study aims to use the passive and active acoustic-based health monitoring methods for impact damage assessment of composite structures. To this aim, a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composite plate was fabricated and subjected to a simulated low-velocity impact by performing repeated quasi-static indentation tests where a loading-unloading-reloading test profile with 5 repetitions was adopted. Two Acoustic Emission (AE) broadband sensors and a network of eight piezoelectric (PZT) sensors were attached on the composite plate surface. AE (passive method) was employed during the loading and reloading phases of the indentation tests to online monitor the critical damage occurrence and also specify the damage type while scanning of the plate with Lamb waves (active method) was done to localize the damage when the structure was unloaded. Felicity Ratio (FR) index which was calculated based on the AE data could accurately detect that critical damage occurred during the 5th loading-unloading-reloading stage when the structural integrity dropped to 60% of its initial stage. Furthermore, Lamb wave signals of central frequency 150 kHz localized the impact damage with error of 0.89 cm (3.6% error respect to the shortest dimension of the scanned area).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.Structural Integrity & Composite
Exploring improved maintenance strategies of railway registration systems at the intersection of principal-agent theory and economic relevance: A case study
No full textSince 2011, an electronic registration system, called the OV chip card, has been in use in the Netherlands for the payment of all public transport. As a result, the Dutch Railways (NS) have implemented all the necessary equipment to support the sales and validation processes of this system. Another company (Thales, the agent) has been hired to maintain all these resources on behalf of NS (the principal). In this paper, qualitative and quantitative research into the current maintenance process has been carried out. This research shows that various inefficiencies occur in the current maintenance process. The most important ones are unnecessary process steps for the mechanic at Thales, multiple Work Order Tasks to solve single incidents and the difficulty to plan efficiently due to the many fatal failures. Additionally, this study shows that collaboration between the principal and the agent is an essential factor which can undermine efficiency. An important example of inefficiency due to poor collaboration is the occurrence of repeated failures. This is caused by a lack of transparency on past maintenance of particular resources. In this case study, four crucial improvement directions are identified. In no particular order, these are a different maintenance strategy, the prevention of unnecessary and repeated processes, transparency in data and demand-driven failure prioritisation. Generalisation of this research is difficult, but this study shows that in complex maintenance situations problems can be solved with both technical and procedural adjustments, as well as by improved cooperation between the party that commissioned the maintenance and the party who then performs the maintenance.Transport, Infrastructure and Logistic
Quantifying ageing effect on gaze dynamics: By using identification techniques with an eye-only and an eye-hand pursuit tracking task
No full textIn an effort to develop new tools for the classification of neurodegenerative diseases, the effect on the ocular motor system and specifically the visuomotor integration has been a field of interest for more than a decade. Where tracking tasks have shown the potential to quantify fine motor skills of the hand, too little is known about the ocular motor behavior during tracking tasks to make it clinically applicable. This paper therefore studies the gaze of the human eye and will quantify the ageing effect on the gaze dynamics in healthy controls, as neurodegenerative diseases can be age-related. Experiments were conducted with 40 participants divided in two groups of 20-30 yrs and 55-70 yrs old. The tracking tasks designed involved an eye-only tracking task where a target had to be followed by the eyes alone and an eye-hand tracking task involving the hand to track an element as well. As an addition to the gaze dynamics, the hand dynamics during the eye-hand tracking task has been analyzed too. Two quasi-random forcing functions of increasing bandwidth (increasing difficulty) were used, making it possible to create models for the gaze dynamics and the hand dynamics. Overall, the gaze performance of the older group was worse than the gaze performance of the younger group, apparent in a lower gain parameter when changing task condition and a higher time constant in the eye-hand tracking condition for older people. The second-order model parameters did not show the expected differences. Additionaly, similar yet not significant results were found in the hand dynamics. This research was able to identify an ageing effect in the gaze dynamics and the experiments can therefore be extended to research with patients, using the generated results as normative database.Aerospace Engineerin
Structural health monitoring of impact damage for composite aircraft structures: Investigating the damage severity estimation of an image reconstruction technique using PZT sensors
No full textThe high specific strength and stiffness of composite materials have resulted in a widespread introduction of composite structures in the commercial aviation industry. Although composite materials offer the possibility to design lightweight structures, they also suffer from complex failure modes of which damage progression is badly understood. This thesis research is about Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for composite aircraft structures. By permanently attaching a sensor network to a structure, maintenance activities can be improved by reducing costs and by optimizing maintenance scheduling. SHM could furthermore be used to increase the understanding of composite behavior. This research focuses on investigating an image reconstruction algorithm which can be used to visualize impact damage on a composite plate using piezoelectric (PZT) sensors. The relationship between the reconstructed images and damage growth is analyzed using different excitation frequencies and different formulations of a damage index while also assessing the influence of sensor failure on the algorithm. Moreover, an experimental campaign is performed during which composite plates are subjected to Quasi-Static Indentation (QSI) testing in order to create impact damage and monitored to obtain data. Aerospace Engineerin
Nurture in Nature: Contributing to childhood development in Bressoux & Droixhe by strengthening nature connectivity
No full text'The Scarred City', the theme of the Urban Architecture graduation studio in 2022/2023. This location-based studio started with Droixhe/Bressoux, a troublesome and difficult area in Liège (Belgium), as the overarching project site. Starting with fieldwork and participatory research into the hidden social structures of Bressoux and Droixhe and resulting in the importance and absence of nature in the area and its relevance, this thesis grew into a project aiming to contribute to childhood development in Bressoux and Droixhe by strengthening nature connectivity. Drawing workshops on the theme: 'what is nature?' with primary schools in Rotterdam, in comparable demographic neighbourhoods, where key to understanding children's perception of nature and observing their nature connectivity and inspired and aided in the design of a children’s community/leisure centre in Park de l’Oasis. A building which functions as the anchor between child and nature and where the design and its current natural environment go hand in hand to achieve the project’s aim.Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Public Buildin
