The full potential of predictive maintenance has not yet been utilised. Current solutions focus on individual steps of the predictive maintenance cycle and only work for very specific settings. The overarching challenge of predictive maintenance is to leverage these individual building blocks to obtain …

In de melkveehouderij was in 2015 het kalversterftepercentage gemiddeld 13,3%. De afkalfstal is meestal de eerste ruimte waar het kalf wordt blootgesteld aan de buitenwereld en aan ziekteverwekkers. Hygiëne, klimaatomstandigheden en het management van de afkalfstal is erg belangrijk voor een goede start …

Animal welfare is a multidimensional phenomenon and currently its on-farm assessment requires complex, multidimensional frameworks involving farm audits which are time-consuming, infrequent and expensive. The core principle of precision agriculture is to use sensor technologies to improve the efficiency …

Climate change accentuates heat waves in The Netherlands. This, in combination with high nutrient concentrations in Dutch surface waters, is intensifying the proliferation of toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), a threat for the health of the population and ecosystems. Lakes are resources for recreational …

There is an urgency for developing methods that are capable of monitoring water systems that are fast changing due to climate change and increase of anthropogenic pressure. Updated and real-time detailed data is necessary to support water and soil management strategies. This study evaluates the implementations …

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The number of primary rainforests in South-East Asia is in rapid decline since many formerly continuous forests become splintered as a result of human activities like mining, agriculture and silviculture. This study examined the effects of forest fragment size and logging on the tree carbon stocks and …

Wearables enDatamining: de grenzen en mogelijkheden voor personalisatie van de zorg.De presentatie is verzorgd tijdens de workshop "Wearables en Datamining" gedurende het congres Supporting Health by Technology VII, Euroborg, Groningen op 27 mei 2016. De inzet van sensor technologie (zogeheten “wearable …

Self-tracking devices and sustainable employability.Employees’ level of sustainable employability is influenced by their health. In our study we tested whether self-tracking devices – devices that provide the user with reliable and continuous feedback on one or more health domains – can be useful tools …

Vanuit het lectoraat Dairy wil de lector ‘Herd Management en Smart Dairy Farming’ door middel van het gebruik van moderne (sensor)technieken en beslissingsondersteunende managementsystemen het veemanagement op het primaire melk-­veebedrijf verbeteren, om zo een beter rendement te behalen. Zowel financieel …