The studies reported on in this thesis addressed the development of sucking patterns in preterm newborns. Preterm infants often have problems learning to suckle at the breast or to drink from a bottle. It is unclear whether this is due to their preterm birth or whether it is the consequence of neurological …

This report explores the yachting sector of SXM, which to this day does not receive enough government attention and is not given the recognition that it deserves as a lucrative sector of the economy (Johnson, 2010). Therefore, the decision to research this topic came as a result of the Tourism Bureau's …

One of the key elements of the vision of The Hague University is its international character; the students should feel themselves as global citizens. European Studies (ES) is one of the most important international-orientated study programmes within The Hague University which educates students to become …

Van Lanschot Nannenga Naus Rentmeesters B.V. (hierna: VLNN) is een rentmeesterkantoor dat tijdens hun werkzaamheden regelmatig in contact komt met fruitteeltbedrijven. Voor de uitvoering van de taxatiewerkzaamheden heeft VLNN de wens om haar expertise te vergroten. Daarom heeft VLNN mij gevraagd om onderzoek …

OPTIRas is een beslissingsondersteunend systeem voor de zetmeelaardappelteelt in Nederland en Duitsland. Het adviseert telers rassenkeuze op basis van nematoden en wratziekte resistentie en toleranties, het berekent plantafstand en voorspelt bewaarverliezen op basis van rooibeschadiging.

Overzicht van de resultaten van het Agrobiokon-EDR project. Deze resultaten zijn ten aanzien van stikstof en kalium bemesting, rooibeschadiging zetmeelaardappelen, bewaartechniek, quarantaine ziekten (nematoden en wratziekte) en het OPTIRas beslissingsondersteunend systeem. Nieuwe vormen van kennisoverdracht …

Assessment of the seismic vulnerability of the building stock in the earthquake-prone Marmara region of Turkey is of growing importance since such information is needed for reliable estimation of the losses that possible future earthquakes are likely to induce. The outcome of such loss assessment exercises …

Potato cyst nematodes (PCN) are in the Northern Netherlands and the Weser-Ems Region in Germany a major issue for farmers. The yearly average damage by PCN is about 100 Euros/hectare for farmers. Infestations of potato cyst nematodes can be controlled in a sustainable way by proper potato variety selection. …

A damage estimation exercise has been carried out using the building stock inventory and population database of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and selected European earthquake loss estimation packages: KOERILOSS, SELENA, ESCENARIS, SIGE, and DBELA. The input ground-motions, common to all models, …