The 3rd of September, 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Despite 70 years of peace in the Asia-Pacific, the memories of World War II are still the most evident obstruction in the Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations. Moreover, other issues, such as the dispute regarding the ownership …

In January 2016, several newspapers reported on the sexual assault of women at Dom Square in Cologne. The aim of this study was to find out, whether the sexual assaults that occurred in Cologne in 2015 were the result of facts or framing. The scope of this research is based on 87 letters to the editor, …

Damen Shipyards is always on the lookout for new emerging niche markets. It appeared one of the most promising emerging niche markets is the offshore oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning industry. Therefore Damen produced a preliminary design of an offshore oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning …

Electromagnetic Articulography (EMA) is a technology created over two decades ago. EMA enables to acquire spatiotemporal data from sensors placed on the tongue in order to obtain information about the positioning of the tongue, its shape and dynamics during vocalizations of various sounds of human speech. …

Pasklaar kan drie betekenissen hebben, en ze zijn alle drie op dit onderzoek toe te passen, namelijk: beschikbaar, kant-en-klaar; op maat gemaakt; klaar om te kijken of het past. Dit onderzoek laat zien dat de doelgroep kant en klare, beschikbare opties wil hebben, maar tegelijkertijd ook verwacht dat …

Wetenschapsdag voor studenten paramedische beroepen en verpleegkunde

Recently, there has been an increase in interest for the integration of insights from the behavioural sciences into the design process. The Persuasive by Design model aims to provide an evidence-based framework by which designers gain access to relevant theoretical insights from the behavioural sciences. …

Het blootleggen en veranderen van bestaande frames is een proces van lange adem gebleken. Instituties als sociale diensten en welzijnsinstellingen hebben een ‘longue duree’ karakter. Stabiliteit is hun kracht van waaruit ze kleine veranderingen absorberen zonder dat er wezenlijk iets veranderd. Wie de …

The purpose of this report is to assess the relevance of the measurement of the spectrally resolved distribution of radiation in tokamak boundary plasmas. This assessment is important and urgent in view of the recent ambition to design and construct a multi-camera configuration for hyper imaging spectroscopy1 …

Barges are used in order to transport all types of offshore structures and equipment. Structures which are transported are becoming larger and heavier. Therefore, there is need for barges that can handle these structures. This research will explore the possibilities to increase barge capacity by adding …