Plasma gasification has been studied as a new technology which may combine bio-waste treatment and energy generation. Currently, a setup for carrying out gasification experiments has been built up in order to obtain more experimental data for further research. According to previous experimental results, …

La Prosperité is an old colonial timber plantation in the rural district of Para in Suriname, which was purchased by a group of former plantation workers after the abolition of slavery. It is occupied by the small village of Bersaba which consists primarily of descendants of those who passed it on as …

This summary provides an overview of research conducted on FEMM and its contribution to the right to health for women in the EU. FEMM is a non-governmental organisation operating in the field of women’s health. Specifically, FEMM uses the indicators of the reproductive system, such as hormonal imbalances, …

Nowadays, the final consumer has multiple channels to choose from to buy products. Shopping can be done offline as well as online. Although, multiple stores in the middle segment, such as V&D and Blokker, are in difficulty. More and more businesses are integrating online into their offline businesses, …

Walking speed is one of the best measures of overall walking capacity. In plantar pressure measurements, walking speed can be assessed using contact time, but it is only moderately correlated with walking speed. The center of pressure might be of more value to indicate walking speed since walking speed …

Surgery aims to improve a patient’s medical condition. However, surgery is a major life event with the risk of negative consequences, like peri- and postoperative complications, prolonged hospitalization and delayed recovery of physical functioning. One of the major common side effects, functional …

Background In a large randomized trial, Utrecht PROactive Frailty Intervention Trial (U‐PROFIT), we evaluated the effectiveness of an integrated program on the preservation of daily functioning in older people in primary care that consisted of a frailty identification tool and a multicomponent nurse‐led …

Background: E-mental health is a promising medium to keep mental health affordable and accessible. For consumers with severe mental illness the evidence of the effectiveness of e-health is limited. A number of difficulties and barriers have to be addressed concerning e-health for consumers with severe …

Being adaptive to the individual novice teacher is considered a condition for effective teacher mentoring. The aims of this study are therefore to explore (1) mentoring activities through which mentors intend to adapt to the individual novice teacher and (2) characteristics of adaptive mentors. Information …

This report describes the development software of the Ship Monitoring and Management system. The Transport sector is one of the biggest sectors in the Netherlands. Products are transported by road, rail and river. Most of the sectors in the transport sector try to reduce the environmental footprint. However …