How is an academic philosopher, humanities researcher, or scientist with an interest in philosophy able to imagine, understand and reproduce a philosophical theory that’s highly abstract in a way, because the theory is a priory by nature and doesn’t use a lot of examples that relate to daily life? For …

Since it is insufficiently clear to urban planners in the Netherlands to what extent design measures can reduce heat stress and which urban spaces are most comfortable, this study evaluates the impact of shading, urban water, and urban green on the thermal comfort of urban spaces during hot summer afternoons. …

In this article I explore a perspective that the philosophical concepts of German phenomenologist Hermann Schmitz (*1928) may open up for thinking about the growing practice of wearing textile integrated electronics directly on the body. It is my contention that traditional conceptions of wearing (non-technological) …

Met het oog op de vergrijzing door de zogenoemde ‘babyboomgeneratie’ zal de komende jaren de vraag naar seniorenwoningen en zorg-biedende en/of zorg-ondersteunende gebouwen toenemen. Daarnaast kampt de huidige vastgoedmarkt met leegstaand van kantoren, waaronder Huize Katwijk. Het gebouw is momenteel …

The fifth book in the Ebifananyi series is based on the memoirs and slide collection of Engineer Martin Wangutusi Wambwa (b. 1928). He is one of the first western trained Ugandan engineers. Journalism and photography would have been his second vocational choice, had his engineering ambitions not worked …

Het Universiteitsmuseum ligt in het centrum van Utrecht en bestaat sinds 1928. Het Universiteitsmuseum is een onderdeel van de Universiteit Utrecht. In 2010 had het museum ruim 49.000 bezoekers. De kerndoelgroep zijn gezinnen met kinderen van 9 t/m 14 jaar. De formatieomvang is 23,5 fte's, verdeeld over …

The subject of factor indeterminacy has a vast history in factor analysis (Guttman, 1955; Lederman, 1938; Wilson, 1928). It has lead to strong differences in opinion (Steiger, 1979). The current paper gives necessary and sufficient conditions for observability of factors in terms of the parameter matrices …