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Integrated project delivery (IPD) in Norwegian construction projects : Sharing of risk and opportunities aiming at better cooperation and project ach…

2018

Master's thesis Industrial Economics and Technology Management IND590 - University of Agder 2018 In the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry projects are often temporary in nature and are often characterised as PBO project-based organisations. Each project chooses a number of strategies which makes up a project development model. Traditionally models have focused on transactional contracting between actors in the value chain which opens up the way, for sub-optimisation and risk aversion as the common challenges. In such circumstances, each actor has a different perception of the aim and the success of the project, and so try to find ways to take the lowest risk and gain…

An evaluation of VDC in road maintenance projects -The professionals view on the benefits and barriers of VDC in road maintenance

2018

Master's thesis Industrial Economics and Technology Management IND590 - University of Agder 2018 Purpose: Give an overview of VDC in relation to road maintenance projects and make it easier for companies to decide if VDC is worth investing in. Goal: 1) To find out if there are any differences in the definition and understanding of VDC in the Norwegian market, compared to the definition provided by the CIFE (Center for Integrated Facility Engineering at Stanford University). 2) To identify frequent problems in road maintenance that VDC could solve. 3) To identify the obstacles standing in the way of the use of VDC in road maintenance and to figure out why it has not been adopted in road main…

Dataset to assess the shadow effect of an outdoor microalgae culture

2019

[EN] This data in brief (DIB) article is related to a Research article [1]. Microalgae biomass absorb the light photons that are supplied to the culture, reducing the light availability in the inner parts of the photobioreactors. This is known as self-shading or shadow effect. This effect has been widely studied in lab conditions, but information about self-shading in outdoor photobioreactors is scarce. How this shadow effect affects the light availability in an outdoor photobioreactor was evaluated. In addition, advantages and disadvantages of different artificial light sources which can overcome light limitation are described.

Designed biodegradable hydrogel structures prepared by stereolithography using poly(ethylene glycol)/poly(D,L-lactide)-based resins

2010

Designed three-dimensional biodegradable poly(ethylene glycol)/poly(D,L-lactide) hydrogel structures were prepared for the first time by stereolithography at high resolutions. A photo-polymerisable aqueous resin comprising PDLLA-PEG-PDLLA-based macromer, visible light photo-initiator, dye and inhibitor in DMSO/water was used to build the structures. Porous and non-porous hydrogels with well-defined architectures and good mechanical properties were prepared. Porous hydrogel structures with a gyroid pore network architecture showed narrow pore size distributions, excellent pore interconnectivity and good mechanical properties. The structures showed good cell seeding characteristics, and human…

Utfordringer ved å ta i bruk IS i prosjektvirksomheter : en utforskende casestudie

2012

Masteroppgave i informasjonssystemer- Universitetet i Agder, 2012 Formålet med denne masteroppgaven har vært å kartlegge og forstå prosjektstyrings-prosessene i en bedriftssetting, og hvilke informasjonssystemer (IS) som kan benyttes til dette formålet. Gjennom en casestudie er det identifisert utfordringer som prosjektansvarlige og prosjektledere kan møte når de benytter ulike IS-verktøy i sine prosjektstyringsprosesser. Dette har gitt et grunnlag for å bedre kunne forstå hvordan IS kan fasilitere prosjekt-styringsprosesser. Følgende forskningsspørsmål har ledet denne studien: «Hva er utfordringene ved å ta i bruk IS som en fasilitator for prosjektstyringsprosesser?» Gjennom litteratursøke…

Identifying information quality mechanisms : a comparative case study of professional bureaucracies

2011

Masteroppgave i informasjonssystemer- Universitetet i Agder 2011 There has been increasing attention to active management of Information quality (IQ) the later years, due to the severity of the impacts of IQ facing organizations. Still, while large organizations are typically aware of problems related to information and data, they consistently underestimate the extent of the problem and are unaware of the potential and opportunities of IQ management. One reason for difficulties in raising awareness is related to the complex nature of the concept of IQ; IQ is perceived individually and is context-sensitive. IQ research the past two decades has been extensive, where the main focus has been on…

Software for weather databases management and construction of reference years

2011

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a procedure that permits, starting from a sufficiently long database of time series, the construction of a Reference Year (RY) of hourly weather data according to the rules of ISO 15927-4 standard. In order to facilitate the management of the weather database and to allow the users to easily generate the file, an algorithm has been implemented in Microsoft Visual Basic for Application (VBA). By this way, the application of the ISO 15927-4 is possible even using a popular software tool such as Microsoft Excel or Access without any other expensive specialized software. Such tool allows to fulfil all the procedures mentioned in ISO 15927- 4 giving as …

Breve relacion de las ceremonias hechas en la Canonizacion de los Santos Isidoro Labrador, Ignacio de Loyola, Francisco Xauier, Teresa de Iesus y Fil…

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Feliz sucesso, de la causa de la Inmaculada Concepcion de Maria Santissima, conseguido a instancias del Rey N. S. hechas en su Real nombre por ... Do…

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