E-commerce is transforming urban freight systems and creating challenges for last-mile delivery due to fragmented demand, high stop density, and diverse delivery models. This study examines last-mile e-commerce delivery in five cities, primarily focusing on parcel deliveries, and analyzes how the state …

Cape Town faces a complex and interlinked set of climate-related challenges, including recurring droughts, flooding, intensifying heat stress and biodiversity loss. These impacts are further amplified by rapid urbanization, pollution (often due to poor infrastructure and service delivery), ageing water …

Een filosofische beschouwing op moderne zorg.

Background. Between 20% and 35% of registered youth players disengage from amateur football clubs within any given season, most without formally withdrawing. Volunteer coaches, who average four to six hours per week on coaching activity, identify individual player feedback as the task they most frequently …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op het optimaliseren van het outbound proces van Tramper Technology (TTNL) in Goes, ter voorbereiding op de groeiende export naar het Zuid-Afrikaanse filiaal (TTSA). De hoofdvraag luidt: hoe kan het outbound proces na begin juli zo worden geoptimaliseerd dat de doorlooptijd met …

Undertaken in 2025, the Global Infrastructure Resilience Survey (GIRS) represents the largest global stocktake of infrastructure resilience to date, capturing the perspectives of over 3,000 professionals across more than 100 countries. The survey provides an unprecedented, practice-based view of the …

Abstract from EHRCON25-openEHR International Conference 2025. The increasing demand for structured high-quality clinical data for AI and decision support systems highlights the shortcomings of current healthcare data infrastructure, particularly its misalignment with FAIR [1] data principles (Findable, …

OBJECTIVE: Geriatric rehabilitation (GR) is an essential component of transitional care. However, insight into longitudinal care use and related costs is limited. This study mapped GR trajectories over a six-month period, identified latent groups with similar cost patterns and examined patient-level …

Early identification of the palliative phase in patients with COPD and heart failure remains difficult, often delaying needed care. Since most patients are cared for at home, timely recognition in primary care is crucial. However, screening tools are rarely used, and identification relies on professional …

This chapter “Sustainable City Logistics” explores how cities are transitioning toward more efficient, low-emission, and multimodal logistics systems. Traditional urban freight has long depended on vans and trucks, which, while essential, contribute significantly to congestion, emissions, and noise. …