1,965 research outputs found
Le livre imprimé depuis 1830 et ses problèmes de conservation
No full textCockshaw Pierre, De Vos Wim. Le livre imprimé depuis 1830 et ses problèmes de conservation. In: Bulletin de la Classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques, tome 5, n°7-12, 1994. pp. 311-327
Screech (M.A.), Rabelais et le mariage. Religion, morale et philosophie du rire. Traduit de l'anglais par Ann Bridge.
No full textDe Vos Wim. Screech (M.A.), Rabelais et le mariage. Religion, morale et philosophie du rire. Traduit de l'anglais par Ann Bridge. . In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 73, fasc. 3, 1995. Langues et littératures modernes - Moderne taal-en letterkunde. pp. 902-903
De schoolmeester 'Jan Vos'
No full textVos (1776-1845) was schoolmeester te Eemnes-Buiten en Gouda, schoolhouder te Soest en deurwaarder te Hilversu
Floating WIM Threshold Concept for Truck Weight Enforcement
No full textWeigh stations are the primary weight compliance checkpoints for commercial trucks. In the past several decades, states have used weigh-in-motion (WIM) technology to reduce delay and increase enforcement on overweight vehicles. This study offers a detailed analysis of weigh station systems and presents floating-threshold algorithms to improve the efficiency of WIM equipped weigh stations.
This research evaluates weigh station design and operational parameters using queueing theory and found that WIM technology not only enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of weigh station operations but also largely reduces travel delay for trucking companies. The effects of truck demand, truck weight distribution, static scale service time, WIM accuracy, and sorting threshold on weigh station operations have been analyzed. The author shows the importance of transponders in a WIM mainline weigh station operation. The author also proves that the increase of storage spaces within a weigh station may largely increase truck travel delay and does not significantly improve weigh station operations.
This research focuses on the development of floating-threshold algorithms. Since the number of trucks, particularly heavy trucks, has increased rapidly in recent decades, many weigh stations cannot meet the demand even when equipped with WIM systems. This problem is complicated by the fact that truck demands, truck weight distribution, and static scale service time vary by time of day and day of week. The author designed floating-threshold algorithms to automatically adapt to high truck demand and the varying of truck demand, truck weight distribution, and static scale service time, over time. When the queue at the weigh station is long, the threshold value is increased so as to avoid the closure of the weigh station while still catching the worst weight limit offenders. When the queue is short, the threshold value is lowered to increase the number of trucks inspected. Both the traditional fixed-threshold strategy and two floating-threshold strategies were modeled and tested using a microscopic simulation model. The results show that floating-threshold strategies are both more effective in weight enforcement and more efficient for heavy traffic flow and high-variance environments. The finding that different floating-threshold strategies have different effects indicates that it is necessary to make a further study on floating-threshold algorithms
The Impact of Tourism on Curacao's Economy: A Scenario Approach
No full textCuraçao is an autonomous countrywithin the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The governmentwants to support tourism development. However,various development strategies are possible. This articlepresents four scenarios of marketing and investmentstrategies that will affect the number of tourists fromThe Netherlands and North America (USA and Canada)in different ways. A multiplier model was used to calculatethe economic impacts of the four scenarios. Bydoing so, this article shows how the government’s decisionto support particular marketing and investmentstrategies may have certain outcomes for the number ofjobs in Curaçao’s tourism industry
Model Validation and New Water Control Strategies in Drinking Water Treatment Plant Wim Mensink
No full textStimela is an environment for standardized mathematical models of drinking water treatment processes. It can be used to predict the future water treatment situation which may happen or change. In water treatment plant Wim Mensink, the Stimela model train was set up to compare with other alternative water control strategies. Before starting the work of developing new water control strategies with Stimela model, Stimela model for Wim Mensink must be validated so that the model can be seen as a reliable and stable tool for the next work. Before the validation work, the current water control strategy for the treatment process needs to be investigated clearly to fulfil all the input control information is correct. Besides this, an experiment for obtaining the measured results of pellet diameters over different layers was performed in Wim Mensink. The validation work starts with single pellet softening process for three different reactors over first month from January 20th to February 20th. The fluidized bed height, pressure drop over total height of reactor, pellet diameters and porosities are validated. After that, the validation work is integrated with whole water treatment system to prove the function of pellet softening reactor and the four important water quality parameters over two important locations (after weir aerator location and final RO mixing location). The validated results of softening process are analysed by the relative error way to prove the reliability of the model results compared with measured results. The final step of the thesis work is developing the new water control strategies to optimize the current control plans of Wim Mensink. Five different water control strategies are put forward. They can be either reached separately according to their own advantages and limitations or fulfil with a step by step order as a whole optimization process. Moreover, the other water control strategies developed by engineering consultancy company DHV are evaluated here with Stimela model so that they can be proved reliable and achievable. In the future, the application of Stimela model will be spread over all the drinking water treatment plants in the Netherlands and contributes to the central automated control as a drinking water treatment operator training simulator.Sanitary EngineeringWatermanagementCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Use of Axle Load Spectra (ALS) for Estimating Calibration Drift in Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) Systems
No full textThis analysis's main objective is to determine WIM system errors based on axle loading without physically performing WIM equipment performance validation using test trucks. The presented methodology can be used to estimate systematic errors (calibration drift) in the WIM system at any point in time after the equipment calibration. This approach can help highway agencies select optimum timings for routine maintenance and calibration of WIM equipment without compromising its accuracy. The results show that the WIM accuracy for the single axle (SA) and tandem axle (TA) can be estimated with SA and TA NALS shape factors with an acceptable degree of error for bending plate (BP) and quartz piezo QP) sensors. The application and significance of the developed models were explained with the help of an example. The use of NALS to estimate the WIM system accuracy can save a significant amount of time and resources required for field validation of WIM performance every year.The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the pdf file of the accepted manuscript may differ slightly from what is displayed on the item page. The information in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript reflects the original submission by the author
Governments, civil society, and social determinants of health [Letter]
No full textDe Vos, Pol - ORCID 0000-0002-1672-6469
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1672-6469Item not available in this repository.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60092-1373pubpub966
Social movements are key towards universal health coverage [Letter]
No full textDe Vos, Pol - ORCID 0000-0002-1672-6469
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1672-6469Item not available in this repository.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62087-0374pubpub970
D8.2 Exploitation Plans Safe tolerance zone calculation and interventions for driver-vehicle-environment interactions under challenging conditions
No full textThe i-DREAMS project, a Research and Innovation Action, aims not only to advance state-ofthe-art of scientific knowledge but also to create exploitable outcomes for societal and
economic benefit. The goal of this exploitation plan deliverable is to develop a roadmap to
market for the technology platform developed within the project.
The deliverable describes the different activities to understand market needs, identify unique
contributions of i-DREAMS compared to existing market leaders, develop business cases, and
explore the legal, ethical and administrative aspects of how consortium partners will pursue
economic valorisation after the project concludes.
The telematics market is projected to have strong demand in the coming years, with increasing
attention on driver safety. The outstanding advantages of the i-DREAMS solution are its
comprehensive range of safety indicators and its holistic approach to monitoring driver
behaviors and determining if drivers are operating within safe boundaries. The i-DREAMS
platform integrates various factors, including driver background, real-time risk indicators, driver
state, driving task complexity, and coping capacity, into a comprehensive framework for
continuous assessment and intervention, both in-vehicle and post-trip. Potential customers
who could benefit from the i-DREAMS solutions include private drivers, professional
transportation companies (for cars, buses, and trucks), insurance companies that focus on
usage-based insurance, and coaching companies.
The activities undertaken in the deliverable involve market outlook analysis, competitor
analysis, benchmark analysis, business plan modeling, and legal and contractual analysis.
Finally, a demoproject was conducted to test the i-DREAMS solution in the market with real
users. The demoproject was aimed at validating the effectiveness of the i-DREAMS solution
and its potential to create value for customers. The outcomes of the demoproject are used to
refine the i-DREAMS solution and enhance its commercialization in the future
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