689 research outputs found
Book Review: Die Bram Fischer Wals
No full textBook Title: Die Bram Fischer WalsBook Author: Harry Kalmer Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2016. 67pp. ISBN 978-1-77614-005-3
Bram Stoker and the stage: reviews, reminiscences, essays and fiction
No full textThough best known as the author of Dracula (1897) Bram Stoker had a successful career in the theatre. This collection brings together all Stoker’s theatrical reviews from Dublin’s Evening Mail, his published essays and interviews on the theatre, selections from Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1906) and a fictional work on the theatre
GHOSTS FROM THE PAST! or, BRAM STOKER'S ARMADA
No full texthttps://www.euronewsproject.org/2022/07/08/ghosts-from-the-past-or-bram-stokers-armada/
Who has not heard of Dracula, gothic classic of vampire lore par excellence? What about The Mystery of the Sea? The latter book by the same author received far less acclaim. To be sure, books were not this Irish author’s only stock in trade. By the time Bram Stoker published his famous work he was already nearing the end of a long mostly unrelated career in theater promotion and management which had brought him in contact with English as well as American high society. As a writer, his experience also included theater reviews for a Dublin newspaper. Arguably, all these aspects, and much else besides, find their way somehow into the novels; but that is not our concern here
Bram Stoker: history, psychoanalysis, and the Gothic
No full textBram Stoker is best remembered today as the author of Dracula. However, this Dublin-born Anglo-Irishman combined a writing career which produced eleven novels and a wealth of short stories, biography and journalism, with a full-time occupation as a theatre manager and society figure in fin de siecle London.
This volume testifies to the breadth and diversity of Stoker's writings and interests, and reassesses the significant contribution which the author made to the Gothic tradition. Its Introduction analyses the reasons behind Stoker's exclusion from the literary canon through an exploration of the changes in critical and cultural studies in the late twentieth century. The twelve critical essays which follow, each written by an acknowledged expert in the field, demonstrate a variety of critical approaches to Stoker and to the ideas and problems presented by his writings before and after Dracula
Correction to: The ‘can do, do do’ concept in COPD; quadrant interpretation, affiliation and tracking longitudinal changes
No full textFollowing publication of the original article [1], the authors identified a mistake in the author names, as both forename and initials were stated. Initially published author names: A. J. Alex van ’t Hul, E. H. Noortje Koolen, H. W. Jeroen van Hees, B. Bram van den Borst and M. A. Martijn Spruit Correct author names: Alex J. van ‘t Hul, Noortje H. Koolen, Jeroen W. van Hees, Bram van den Borst, Martijn A. Spruit. The original article has been corrected.</p
"The curse of Ireland in our own time": Bram Stoker and the stage Irishman
No full textBram Stoker (1847–1912), famous as the author of 'Dracula', was born in Dublin. He was Sir Henry Irving’s secretary and touring manager for 27 years. A Protestant and a Liberal, Stoker believed in Home Rule for Ireland but was also a monarchist, a believer in Empire and an admirer of Gladstone. The speaker will discuss in detail Stoker’s complex attitudes to Ireland
The impact of strategy on supply chain and forecasting
No full textIn this provocative article, Bram Desmet explores how a company's market strategy affects its supply chain targets and forecasting methodology. The author introduces the concept of the supply chain triangle to illustrate the balancing act a company must perform to achieve the cost, service, and inventory mix that maximizes its return on capital employed. He then shows how the company's strategic choice, be it operational excellence, product leadership, or customer intimacy, influences the position it seeks on the supply chain triangle and, in particular, its inventory target
Efficient and objective modeling of strain localization using transient gradient-enhanced damage models
No full textFaculteit Industriële ingenieurswetenschappen master in de industriële wetenschappen: bouwkunde Masterthesis Efficient and objective modeling of strain localization using transient gradient-enhanced damage models 2019•2020 PROMOTOR : Prof. dr. ing. Bram VANDOREN Tine Engelen Scriptie ingediend tot het behalen van de graad van master in de industriële wetenschappen: bouwkunde Confidentieel Gezamenlijke opleiding UHasselt en KU Leuve
Easy Integrability and Data Processing of a Soft Tactile Array Sensor Through Reconfiguration
No full textThis work was supported by the SHERO Project, a Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Program of the European Commission under Grant 828818. The work of Julie Legrand was supported by the Personal FWO under Grant 12Y8622N. The work of Ellen Roels was supported by the Personal FWO under Grant 1S84120N. The associate editor coordinating the review of this article and approving it for publication was Dr. Levent Yobas. (Corresponding author: Julie Legrand.
Modelling dike breach formation: Defining the residual strength of dikes during overflow
No full textDikes constructed of a sand core, clay cover and natural vegetation as (landside) slope protection are common flood defence structures in the Netherlands. The design parameters, such as the crest height of dikes, are determined through risk assessment to reduce the remaining probability of a failure mechanism, such as overflow. Little is known about the exact process leading to failure of the typical Dutch dikes in case the failure conditions actually occur. The most notable floods in the Netherlands have all been caused by dike breaching, where local damage in the dike lead to breach formation. This research describes the process of breach formation due to overflow and determines what design parameters affect the resistance of a dike against breaching. The proposed model (BRAM, a Breach Resistance Analysis Model) combines existing methods to determine the time-to-failure of the grass and clay cover with a newly developed process-oriented headcut erosion model. The model assesses the total time-to-failure of a dike through sequential failure of its components. The following process is simulated. Overflow over a dike causes a turbulent flow along the landside slope, resulting in local damage to the grass cover on either a prescribed weak spot or slope transition. The clay cover is subsequently eroded and the granular core material becomes exposed to the flow. A key assumption in the applied method lies in the fact that every newly exposed layer is less resistant to erosion than the layer above, resulting in slope steepening. Therefore, a near-vertical cliff, referred to as a headcut, is formed. When the overflowing water no longer follows the profile of the steep slope, a cascading flow, resembling a waterfall, forms a scour pit. The turbulent flow in this scour pit also erodes the core material of the dike, allowing horizontal erosion to undercut the slope. The undercutting of the slope causes the headcut to tumble over, moving the headcut and jet impact point to move towards the waterside slope, essentially restarting the scour process. This iterative process continues until the invert height of the dike is lowered to zero and the overflow rate is increased further. Model validation shows good agreement with test results on both large and small scale, as long as the assumptions regarding the structure of the dike hold (a dike profile consisting of a granular core under a clay layer and grass cover). When applied to three case studies, the BRAM-model predicts a similar total time-to-failure as the most advanced current model, posed by d’Eliso (2007). The predicted time-to-failure for the grass cover shows a significant difference. The BRAM-model predicts the grass cover to fail significantly faster than the model by d’Eliso (2007). This difference is offset by a longer predicted time-to-failure of the clay cover. Finally, the proposed model predicts a 50% slower headcut migration rate, as compared to the results by D’Eliso. This is a result of the more advanced description of the headcut erosion process. As the time-to-failure of the headcut migration phase is relatively short compared to the total breach formation process (between 10% and 25%), the total predicted time-to-failure is quite similar between both models. The main advantage of the BRAM-model is its suitability for design testing. The main weakness remains the unpredictable location of headcut initiation, which depends too strongly on spatial variation of the resistance of the dike to be predicted accurately, based on available data. Design parameters to increase the time-to-breaching have been identified. The most relevant were the steepness of the dike slope and thickness of the clay cover. Sensitivity analysis showed that the steepness and thickness of the clay cover, but also the porosity of the core material can be adapted to increase the time-to-failure of a dike. A breach-resistant dike may be designed for a limited overflow duration. Case studies showed three test dikes to sustain an overflow rate of 100 l/m/s for various hours by the grass and clay cover. As soon as the core material becomes exposed, the breach formation process accelerates significantly. The exact duration depends on the profile and construction material of the dike.Civil Engineering | Hydraulic Engineerin
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