Consumers expect product availability as well as product quality and safety in retail outlets. When designing or re-designing fruit and vegetables supply chain networks one has to take these demands into consideration next to traditional efficiency and responsiveness requirements. In food science literature, …

Protective clothing is designed to protect humans against risks like fire, chemicals or blunt impact. Although protect¡ve clothing diminishes the effects of external risks, it may hinder people in functioning and it may also introduce new (internal) risks. Manufacturers are often not aware of the seriousness …

Vroeg Engels groeit snel in het basisonderwijs, mede door nieuw overheidsbeleid. Veel scholen zijn enthousiast begonnen, maar hebben behoefte aan informatie en richtlijnen op school- en leerkrachtniveau om te zorgen voor doorontwikkeling en borging. Handboek vvto is het resultaat van een vruchtbare landelijke …

Lectorale rede, in verkorte vorm uitgesproken op 25 juni 2014

Scanning tunneling microscopy is an important and enabling tool for condensed matter physics and surface science. The low temperature STM in Leiden (Prof. J. Van Ruitenbeek and Prof J. Aarts) is used for research in the field of atomic/molecular electronics and superconductivity. The current low temperature …

Oudere Kunstenaars en een leven lang leren. ​Verborgen carrières: oudere kunstenaars en een leven lang leren. Een narratief-biografisch onderzoek naar levenslang en levensbreed leren binnen de gevorderde beroepspraktijk van beeldende kunstenaars. PhD-research Leo Delfgaauw. Promotoren: prof. dr. Barend …

The aim of this study is to develop sustainable and cost-efficient medicinedelivery strategies for the health care industry. The study was undertaken by Prof. Kees Jan Roodbergen and Dr Stuart X. Zhu from the University of Groningen. The report is based on a 16 month study for Work Package 8 of the ITRACT …

Description of a research project in which information students did an online environment analysis. The research is aiming at discovering the frames which consists around ICT and Governments, in particular about the NSA. Our goal is to get an insight in the functions of these frames in conversations …

A journalistic memoir of the author when she traced the path of human migration from Africa to Asia, telling stories and revealing the immense diversity of cultures. "I am a donkey" was published in 2013. It is the first book in Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Phuong Mai's series "On the road with a naked heart’’. …

Background: In the Netherlands, the distinction between Bachelor degree and diploma nursing educational levels remains unclear. The added value of Bachelor degree nurses and how they develop professionally after graduation are subject to debate. Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate whether …