90 research outputs found
The monologic and polyphonic Author-God in religious communication
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GC mattress construction tests, testing an execution method for freespan remediation
No full textThis reports gives insight in the results of the exerpiments done with Ground Condolidators. This report will focus on the tests that evaluate the proposed execution method. In this execution method, the Ground Condolidators will be placed in batches (with help of a clamshell) on the bed to create a mattress. This mattress will slow down the current and protect the pipeline or the seabed. Several results were found, such as the best handling method for the clamshell, the best construction order and some recomendations for further research.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Coordination of calcium and lanthanide cations by (hydr)oxycarboxylates in water as studies by multinuclear magnetic resonance
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Design of high-performance negative-feedback oscillators
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High Capacity Integrated Optical Receivers
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Resilient religion: What good is religion for?
No full textGood refers to the intrinsic value or telos (purpose) of religion. The author starts with the claim that religion keeps alive, in thinking, the awareness of ultimate meaning (“truth”); in actions, the focus on human dignity and the common good, and, in the heart of man, the longing for fulfilling happiness, peace of heart, and love. As spiritual beings, human beings transcend the given towards the telos or purpose of life. At the same time, human beings experience being thrown in the limits of time and space. When the synthesis between the self as open to the ultimate and the self as limited is not realised, human beings experience a heartbreaking adversity. The intrinsic value of religion is the promotion of this synthesis. The author analyses three mediating processes of resilience that promote the possibility of a synthesis: the recognition of contingency, the experience of fulfilling happiness, and the wonder of possibilisation (new beginnings). Finally, the author links resilience to the concept of God as creator
Towards an agency-oriented model of congregational vitality:: How (not) to transform congregational vitality
No full textThe author defines ‘congregational vitality’ as a disposition of the members of the congregation, who act in a role within the social system of the congregation. He connects this agency-related perspective with a structural-functionalist perspective on local churches after the agentic turn. Functions are dynamic processes of a system that are ‘needs’ in terms of maintenance of stability or production of change Two functions are necessary for survival and continued operation (adaptation and goal attainment) and two functions are related to the quality and internal regulation of cultural patterns and values (integration andpattern maintenance). Contextual changes, notably ethnic exclusivity and social justice, affect the congregational vitality of the actors. This loss of vitality deepens the crisis of congregations. The author concludes with two evidenceinformed programmes which can transform this loss of vitality related to the challenges that congregations face
Prestatieonderhoud verwarmings- en ventilatiesystemen
No full textVoor woningcorporaties is het uitvoeren van onderhoud geen kernactiviteit, maar het aanbieden van woondiensten. Door het onderhoudsontwerp en de uitvoering in één en dezelfde hand van een onderhoudsbedrijf te leggen kan de woningcorporatie sturen op hoofdzaken. Tevens zou het onderhoud van bouw- en installatiedelen goedkoper kunnen worden en kunnen de prestaties toenemen. Dat geldt vooral als de opdrachtnemer verantwoordelijkheden krijgt over de prestaties van het bouwdeel voor een lange termijn. Het preventief periodiek onderhoud en het storings- of reparatieonderhoud aan installaties lenen zich in principe goed voor een prestatiegerichte werkwijze. Er is vaak sprake van vaste contacten (‘contractonderhoud’) tussen opdrachtgevers en opdrachtnemers. Bij een prestatiegerichte werkwijze staat het formuleren van de gewenste onderhoudsprestaties centraal. Hierbij fungeren onderhoudsbedrijven niet alleen als aanbieder van uitvoeringscapaciteit maar profileren zich als actieve meedenker in het onderhoudsproces. Ze nemen verantwoordelijkheden en risico’s ten aanzien van kwaliteit en kosten van opdrachtgevers over. In dit artikel gaan wij in op de vraag hoe ver men kan gaan in het maken van restatieafspraken voor verwarmings- en ventilatiesystemen.OTB Research Institut
The peelstrength of Aramid reinforced materials, preliminary results
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