Green energy is just one of the two types of energy humanity needs, the energy for our man-made world, including cities, road networks, industries and technological systems (energy for the systems that drive out the ecology). However, a second type of energy is needed to meet our biological needs, energy …

1. Topics of interest were defined following a risk based approach. 2. Study priorities were set based on knowledge gaps in current practices, but they were conditioned by pragmatic limitations. 3. Focus topics : failure modes, detection and monitoring and repairs. 4. Serious failures can occur in sections …

Honden worden in toenemende mate ingezet voor Animal Assisted Interventions. BijAnimal Assisted Interventions (AAI) worden dieren ingezet als ondersteuning bijgezondheid, persoonlijke dienstverlening en onderwijs om door middel van therapieeen positief effect op mensen te hebben. In dit rapport wordt …

Consumer concern for animal welfare is currently not fully reflected in the market share of welfare-enhanced meat. A possible solution is developing marketing strategies that emphasize personally relevant benefits such as taste and curiosity, instead of having a sole focus on sustainability-related benefits, …

This chapter will focus on the deep evolutionary history of the cognitive capacities underlying linguistic iconicity. The complex capacity for linguistic iconicity has roots in a more general cross-modal ability present throughout the animal kingdom, cross-modal transfer. Cross-modal transfer is the …

The current intensification of the agricultural production system continues to cause public concern about its sustainability owing to the increasingly negative effects of its operations on the environment, the economy, and society's well-being. The key public concerns about impacts include the escalating …

High consumption of animal-source foods, specifically meat, adversely affects human health and the environment. Dietary habits are shaped at younger ages and a reduction in meat consumption may be facilitated by the life course transitions in early adulthood, but studies are limited. This study among …

In dit onderzoek is voor de Actigraph wGT3X-BT versnellingsmeter vastgesteld welke locatie op een paard geschikt is voor het bepalen in welke gang een paard zich bevindt. Voor dit onderzoek zijn 23 paarden gebruikt. Bij elk paardzijn 4 sensoren op verschillende locaties (hoofd, schoft, voorbeen en staartwortel) …

In dit onderzoek is voor de Actigraph wGT3X-BT versnellingsmeter vastgesteld welke locatie op een paard geschikt is voor het bepalen in welke gang een paard zich bevindt. Voor dit onderzoek zijn 23 paarden gebruikt. Bij elk paardzijn 4 sensoren op verschillende locaties (hoofd, schoft, voorbeen en staartwortel) …

Campus Greensteel is the answer to the rehaul of the Tata Steel operations in IJmuiden. The change to hydrogen power restores the site as a natural dune area by the combination of architectural and biological strategies. After clearance of the coal and cokes depots and fossil powerplants, a network of …