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K.E. Løgstrups tanker tangeret
No full textIn his philosophical dissertation that can be translated as K.E. Løgstrup. A Modern Prophet (1992), Hans Hauge proposed the thesis that the philosophy of Løgstrup, from first to last, tales leave of any epistemological foundation. In this critical evaluation, the author supports the interpretation by Hauge that Løgstrup's appeal to ontology in fact refers to ever changing life situations with each of their own characteristics. However, one has to distinguish between epistemologies. Already in 1933, Løgstrup opposed Husserl's epistemology of the transcendental ego. But only much later, Løgstrup criticized Heidegger for his universalization of the regional ontology of historicity. This metaphysical "Kehre" can be dated between January and September 1969. Furthermore, in his late philosophy, Løgstrup not simply abandoned epistemology. Rather, he developed a non-foundational epistemology on the basis of an interplay between historical understanding, rooted in the need for self-preservation, and the "useless", albeit penetrating sense qualities of the world.</jats:p
Author index
No full textThe index have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi.
Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Since. the issue of the "Author and Subject Index to the Government Veterinary Reports of
the Transvaal and Union of South Africa 1903-1932" which appeared in June 1937, thirty five
volumes consisting of one hundred and twenty-six numbers of the "Onderstepoort Journal of
Veterinary Research" and two supplements have been puJlished. These represent a written record
of research work done in veterinary science and allied disciplines in the Republic of South Africa
during the past thirty-six years. Many subjects have been covered by many authors and the task of
fmding a particular reference in these volumes is no easy one. As a result an author and subject
index has been compiled to cover volumes 1 to 35 and it is hoped that this will be of material
benefit to research workers all over the world
I paradigmi traduttivi di Simeon Polockij
No full textThe article focuses on translation in the Russian area. The author argues that translation was pivotal in the westernisation of Moscovia during the baroque era through the investigation and categorisation of translation procedures in Simeon Polockij's work
Author index
No full textThe articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi.
Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format
Climate System Modeling, Edited by K.E. Trenberth Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (1993). 788 pages, £35. ISBN 0 521 43231 6.
No full textIt takes two to tango: Investigating the antecedents and consequences of effective collaboration between designers and managers in innovation projects
No full textDesigners are increasingly playing a strategic role in innovation projects. They can do this, amongst others, by more effectively collaborating with the managers of these projects. This thesis investigates the antecedents and consequences of effective collaboration between designers and managers in innovation projects. It builds on findings from the design and innovation management literatures, which have suggested that the main antecedents of effective collaboration between designers and managers are their different ways of working and cognitive styles, as well as the management of these differences in terms of the decision freedom granted to designers. Moreover, the design and innovation management literatures have proposed that the main consequences of effective collaboration between designers and managers are higher levels of financial, market and process performance. This thesis extends the findings from the design and innovation management literatures by conducting three studies on these antecedents and consequences which fill the gaps in prior research. The findings from these three studies show that designers and managers should adopt each other’s way of working and cognitive styles as well as cherish their differences to collaborate effectively, and they show that there is a need for granting designers the freedom to make decisions on their own as well for making decisions together with managers. In addition, the results from this thesis contribute to the research on the consequences of effective collaboration between designers and managers by proposing that the two need each other’s cognitive styles and they need to make decisions together to achieve high levels of financial and market performance, while designers can make decisions on their own to achieve process performance (both in terms of meeting budget and planning goals as well as achieving high product innovativeness)
Implementation of Virtual Design and Construction: Evaluation and improvement of the VDC implementation in the design phase of large AEC projects
No full textDesign processes in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry are claimed to lack performance (Churchill and Thoren, 2009; CIB, 2009; Rezgui et al, 2009). The lacking performance is caused by fragmentation of the industry into multiple disciplines (Rezgui et al, 2009). As a result of the multi-disciplinary nature of the industry, integrated collaboration is becoming increasingly important. However, integrated collaboration appears to be challenging as a result of characteristics of the AEC industry, such as the project-based nature, short-term business relationships and adversarial culture (Anumba et al, 2005 cited in Bektas et al, 2010a; Farinha et al, 2007; Churchill and Thoren, 2009). Throughout the AEC industry, initiatives are undertaken to improve performance of the AEC design process. Initiatives such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions (IDDS) are focused on increasing integrated collaboration within design teams, through a combination of technological developments, alternative business models and a focus on organization and process (AIA, 2007; CIB, 2009). Whereas IPD and IDDS describe rather theoretical visions, a design approach called Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) is focused on operational aspects to translate those visions into practice. VDC provides integrated, multi-disciplinary, performance based virtual design and construction modeling (Garcia et al, 2004). VDC consists of several components, which focus on the level of the Product (the design), Organization (the design team) and Process (the design process) (POP) (Kunz and Fischer, 2009). POP visualizations are applied to visualize product, organization and process, whereas POP metrics are used for performance measurement. Theory describes that the VDC components are applied during an Integrated Concurrent Engineering (ICE) process, which takes place in an interactive meeting room. Although VDC is claimed to increase performance through integrated collaboration, VDC theory is still developing. Moreover, implementation of VDC is currently limited to case study projects and pilot environments in the US. Although companies in the Netherlands have identified VDC as a promising design approach for large AEC projects, the actual implementation of VDC in such projects is unclear. Therefore, this research aims to determine the expected degree of VDC implementation during the design phase of large, real-life projects. Moreover, this research aims to identify how VDC implementation in such projects can be improved. The research was conducted at a Dutch engineering consultancy firm which is currently implementing VDC. The research consisted of an extensive literature study about VDC and two case studies. The first case study was a pilot project during which VDC was applied. This case study was used to identify the current implementation of VDC during a pilot project. The other case study was a large, real-life AEC project. This case study provided insight into the project characteristics and challenges which are found in current, non-VDC practice. Data for the case studies was collected by means of semi-structured interviews with actors from different levels of the project organization. Additionally, observations and documentation analysis provided insight into the design processes of both case study projects. A cross case-theory analysis was performed to identify the influence of project characteristics of large AEC projects on the implementation of VDC. Moreover, challenges of large AEC projects provided insight into the need of VDC implementation. The research results show that in general, implementation of VDC during the design phase of large AEC projects is expected to be limited. The VDC case study showed that VDC components were only partially applied during the pilot project. VDC implementation in large AEC projects will be even more difficult as a result of additional project size, complexity, duration and actor involvement. The research showed that implementation of VDC in large AEC projects is expected to be limited to basic POP visualizations and POP metrics. Integrated Concurrent Engineering is expected to remain limited as well. Although application of more profound POP modeling, POP metrics and Integrated Concurrent Engineering is expected to be a long term goal, the current achievable level of VDC implementation could already provide some improvement of design process performance. Further VDC implementation in large AEC projects is expected to require a significant amount of effort, because of the large gap between VDC and the traditional design approach. Moreover, the added value of additional VDC implementation is yet unknown. In order to decrease the gap and to define the added value, it is recommended to use pilot projects. Pilot projects offer interaction between theory and practice. As such, pilot projects are important for the development of VDC theory as well as the improvement of VDC implementation in practice. Implementation of VDC in large AEC projects should be considered as a gradual process which consists of small steps.Design and Construction Management (DCM)Real Estate & HousingArchitectur
Verslag behorende bij het processchema: Azijnzuuranhydride uit azijnzuur volgens het keteen-proces
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Eenige verschijnselen bij het onder belasting regelen van transformatoren
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System aspects of diode-matrix liquid-crystal television display
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