Parallel GMRES and domain decomposition

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc

Comparing GMRES and P-GMRES in domain decomposition with approximate subdomain solution

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc

Upgrading Ayigya, the transformation of a low income neighbourhood in Kumasi, Ghana

A sustainable housing project in Kumasi, the second largest city of Ghana. Part of the neighbourhood and their 'compound' houses are tranformed. The area is as an example project to show that fast growing and developing of a neighbourhood(in a developing country) also can happen in a sustainable and concious way.RmitArchitectureArchitectur

Forced relocation: Reason for dissatisfaction with the dwelling and the neighbourhood? (draft version)

This paper focuses on the relationship between voluntary and involuntary reasons for relocation, and the satisfaction with the dwelling and the neighbourhood. We distinguish between voluntary reasons to move and forced reasons to move (demolition or renovation versus divorce). While these separate reasons have been extensively studied in the field of urban regeneration and gentrification, life-course studies, or social psychology, forced reasons are hardly studied in direct comparison. We hypothesize that a forced reason to move, net of other factors, initially has a negative effect on the satisfaction with the new dwelling and the new neighbourhood. However, there may be a positive effect of time: the longer ago the forced move, the more positive the evaluation of the dwelling and the neighbourhood. Furthermore, we investigate the extent to which different forced moving reasons (demolition or renovation, divorce) have different effects on satisfaction with the dwelling and the neighbourhood. The analyses are based on the Dutch Housing Survey (2006). The results show that a forced move due to a divorce initially results in lower satisfaction with the dwelling, but this negative effect disappears after a year. A forced move due to renovation or demolition leads is not of influence on the level of satisfaction with the dwelling. Forced and voluntary movers are equally satisfied with the neighbourhood, depending on the evaluation of the characteristics of that neighbourhood

Arbeidsproductiviteit en gebouw: Een exploratieve studie in de verpleegzorg

Dit rapport bevat de resultaten van een exploratieve studie over de relatie tussen de ontwikkeling van arbeidsproductiviteit in de verpleegzorg als gevolg van interventies in de de gebouwde omgeving.Real Estate and HousingArchitecture and The Built Environmen

Role of tension and twist in single-molecule DNA condensation

Applied Science

Gebruikersinvloed energieverbruik kantoorgebouwen: Hoe energie te besparen op kantoor?

Stichting Kenniscentrum Center for People and BuildingsArchitecture and The Built Environmen

Managing Knowledge for Future-proof Tunnels in the Netherlands

Determining the scope of (structural) renovation of aging tunnels is a complicated task and modular renovation is becoming increasingly necessary. The COB Tunnel Programme aims at developing the knowledge necessary to renovate these tunnels in a modular fashion, to reduce hindrance as much as possible. Part of this program is the development of a Structural Health Analysis (SHA) for collecting data on the condition of the civil structure of tunnels, which will give tunnel owners insight in the need for research on structural parts of the tunnel, refurbishment and the risks for the tunnel performance in the future. As a lot of knowledge will be gathered and generated, structurally securing of this knowledge is also necessary. To meet this need, the tunnel program also started development of a knowledge management system. This paper describes the aims of the knowledge management system in relation to the overall tunnel program, as well as the tools and methods devised to gather all necessary information for tunnels constructed several decades ago, where not all required information is readily available in digital form, or even in paper archives.Geo-engineerin

Dataset Preservation for the Long Term: Results of the DareLux Project

The purpose of the DareLux (Data Archiving River Environment Luxembourg) Project was the preservation of unique and irreplaceable datasets, for which we chose hydrology data that will be required to be used in future climatic models. The results are: an operational archive built with XML containers, the OAI-PMH protocol and an architecture based upon web services. Major conclusions are: quality control on ingest is important; digital rights management demands attention; and cost aspects of ingest and retrieval cannot be underestimated. We propose a new paradigm for information retrieval of this type of dataset. We recommend research into visualisation tools for the search and retrieval of this type of dataset.Delft University of Technolog

An Electronic Archive for Academic Communities

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc