Predation risk is a major driver of the distribution of prey animals, which typically show strong responses to cues for predator presence. An unresolved question is whether naïve individuals respond to mimicked cues, and whether such cues can be used to deter prey. We investigated whether playback of …

Business owners seem to recover. 52% of the business owners can pay their bills on time and 60% have enough financial resources to continue their business. Business investments are rising and the number of business owners having a lower renumeration than in 2019 are diminishing.The number of business …

In addition to formal welfare institutions, there are many informal initiatives in the social landscape that are engaged in social work. These informal actors offer help, care or support to their members and visitors, and/or fulfil a bridging function to formal welfare organisations. They fulfil this …

BACKGROUND: Physical activity may be both a risk and protective factor for falls and fall-related fractures. Despite its positive effects on muscle and bone health, physical activity also increases exposure to situations where falls and fractures occur. This paradox could possibly be explained by frailty …

In Amsterdam, just like in 87 % of all municipalities in the Netherlands, integrated neighbourhood teams have been installed as an answer to the reform of the welfare state. During the last decade, the social domain has gone through its strongest change since 1945. Transitions by new national acts and …

Tussenstand van het onderzoek, uitgevoerd door de HvA en UvA, naar het Amsterdams Experiment met de Bijstand (2018-2022), waarin wordt geschreven over de methode, uitkomsten en het belang van kwantitatief in combinatie met kwalitatief onderzoek. -- Samenvatting (English) In the period 2018-2021 the municipality …

The goal of this study was to develop an automated monitoring system for the detection of pigs’ bodies, heads and tails. The aim in the first part of the study was to recognize individual pigs (in lying and standing positions) in groups and their body parts (head/ears, and tail) by using machine learning …

1. We assessed the hypothesized negative correlation between the influence of multiple predators and body condition and fecundity of the European hare, from 13 areas in the Netherlands. 2. Year-round abundance of predators was estimated by hunters. We quantified predator influence as the sum of their …

There are currently about 2220 individual ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) living in Madagascar, which has caused the species to be red-listed as critically endangered since 2018. To prevent the species from going extinct conservation strategies have been established. Because ring-tailed lemurs have …

Increasing flexibilisation and personalisation of education creates challenges in terms of students’ social connectedness with each other, with the programme and with lecturers. For this reason, a team of researchers and professors from four universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands carried …