From Springer description: "We present the design considerations of an autonomous wireless sensor and discuss the fabrication and testing of the various components including the energy harvester, the active sensing devices and the power management and sensor interface circuits. A common materials platform, …

This report examines the possibilities of using a solar chimney in a highland tropical climate to promote thermal comfort, air‐quality and energy consumption. The study is carried out using modeling and simulation techniques and is conducted at the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil. A model is …

The Well is a synergy of landscape, architecture, nature and water. It offers an alternative way of living as an ecological system wher nature hosts the built environment as a guest and simultanaeously nature itself is a guest within the built environment. Prevously the City of Antwerp had a strong connection …

Agile supporters claimed that Agile was possible to provide better software quality with higher customer satisfaction compared to traditional methods. This claim has made a big impact on the software development world. It was becoming a subject of debate among software practitioners for years. Some of …

Om tot goed samenwerken te komen is het van belang om te voldoen aan de kenmerken van samenwerken, anders is er geen sprake van samenwerken, maar van bij elkaar zitten. U kunt deze kenmerken ook zien als de voorwaarden van samenwerken. Ebbens & Ettekoven (2009) en Van Vugt (2002) noemen de volgende punten: …

Indonesia began tourism marketing in 1991. The first program was called Visit Indonesia Decade and ran until the year 2000. Then, for eight years, Indonesia did not have a tourism marketing program. In 2008, Indonesia re-started the tourism marketing program as Visit Indonesia 2008 - 100 years of national …

Bijna zeven jaar is er verstreken sinds de eerste lector aan de HU werd benoemd. Het aantal is inmiddels ver-33-voudigd en voor veel ingewijden is het beeld vertrouwd. Toch is dit nummer gewijd aan een paar elementaire vragen rondom onderzoek. Want niet-ingewijden zullen hun wenkbrauwen wellicht fronsen …

Philosophy can benefit from experiments performed in a laboratory for philosophical experimentation (SophoLab). To illustrate the power of Experimental Computational Philosophy, we set up and ran several experiments on a part of Harsanyi's theory on utilitarianism. Then it became clear that his theory …

With this article the author wants to share his experiences with CIMIC in an SFOR peace support operation in Bosnia . He limits himself to the period around the sending out of his battalion. On the basis of this limited experience it is still possible to draw several lessons that can be useful for the …