Essays on Cluster Dynamics and Firm Performance KU Leuven
Essays on Cluster Dynamics and Firm Performance.
Essays on Cluster Dynamics and Firm Performance.
The goal of this project is to study and gain insight in the characteristics of wheat subaleurone proteins and their techno-functional relevance in cereal based food systems. Literature indicates that the subaleurone protein content can go as high as 54%, which considerably exceeds the endosperm protein content of 8 to 15%. Moreover, these proteins would consist mostly of gluten proteins which display visco-elastic network formation potential ...
Traditional polymeric membranes are confronted with several challenges including limited water flux and salt selectivity. Progresses in nanotechnology provide opportunities to design energy-efficient membranes for water desalination. Nano materials with special properties play a significant role in nanocomposite membrane performance for enhanced water flux and salt rejection. Well designed porous nanomaterials and layered nanosheets are ...
Over the past years, the dynamic and acoustic qualities of products have become an increasingly important design criterion in many industrial sectors. Moreover, in order to improve the cost-efficiency of products, lightweight designs are emerging. However, their high stiffness-to-mass ratio can often be the cause of noise and vibration problems. Therefore, it is customary to use complex damping materials such as viscoelastic and porous ...
The early building design is an iterative process. In this process, architects and engineers evaluate different design concepts to ensure the design brief is fulfilled. The rising need for a design to adhere to certain performance has introduced building performance simulation (BPS) into the design process. Early design decisions have the highest impact on building performance. Therefore, it is important to make good design decisions at this ...
Since it is reported that environmental noise has negative effects on the public health in the European Union, the European Commission has set a road traffic noise reduction target of 10 dB(A) by 2020. As a result, vehicle manufacturers are continuously working towards refining their car designs to help reduce traffic noise. Tire/road noise is an important contributor to the overall road traffic noise and can be divided into two categories: ...
Formative use of sound and dynamics. The performance of bach's
In the second half of the 19th century a making of music was developed in Germany in which sounds are related to each other through gradually changing intensity, both in terms of loudness and tempo. In this music-making the melody is not formed on and against a pulse with fixed metrical accents. Music develops rather from attention to sound into motives and then into larger ...
Within quality control for industrial applications, many types of measuring instruments are utilised. When it comes to checking dimensional requirements, such as geometrical product specifications, one of the most frequently used measuring instruments are coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). Through the use of a CMM, a workpiece can be inspected to prove it conforms to its intended design. The topic of this dissertation takes one step back ...