A resource optimization methodology is proposed for application in long range wide area networks (LoRaWANs). Using variable neighborhood search (VNS) and a minimum-cost spanning tree algorithm, it reduces the implementation and the maintenance costs of such low power networks. Performance evaluations …

Blockchain is a new promising technology for SMEs. This paper analyses 17 blockchain feasibility studies in order to answer the question, in which cases blockchain creates value for individual companies and how does it create this value. The research is conducted by Windesheim and Rotterdam Universities …

Dit artikel richt zich op de ontwikkeling van een onderzoeksagenda voor Greening Corridors waarin het verduurzamen van achterlandverbindingen centraal staat. Het verduurzamen van de corridors wordt breed ingestoken langs een drietal thema’s (1) betere benutting van capaciteit; (2) schone, veilige en …

Wine is a global product, created and consumed almost everywhere in the world. The wine sector tends to always increase in production, consumption or new types of wine. We can also see an increase of sustainable actions implemented by producers, regions or countries. As the example in the Champagne region …

De zorgen over de invloed van chatbots zoals ChatGPT op het onderwijs zijn veelal onterecht, schrijft Pieter van Boheemen van de Hogeschool Rotterdam. Hij betoogt dat dergelijke kunstmatige intelligentie eerder een extra klasgenoot vormt dan een bedreiging van de waarde van scholing.

The emergence of wearable sensor technology may provide opportunities for automated measurement of psychophysiological markers of mental and physical fitness, which can be used for personalized feedback. This study explores to what extent within-subject changes in resting heart rate variability (HRV) …

The 1983-1984 die-off of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum stands out as a catastrophic marine event because of its detrimental effects on Caribbean coral reefs. Without the grazing activities of this key herbivore, turf and macroalgae became the dominant benthic group, inhibiting coral recruitment …

Background: Experienced assessors show good intra-rater reproducibility (within-session and between-session agreement and reliability) when using an algometer to determine pressure pain thresholds (PPT). However, it is unknown whether novice assessors perform equally well. This study aimed to determine …

Fouling plays a major role in the Dairy industry. Five criteria: defined flow, no circulation, real factory product, defined product temperature and defined wall temperature, are used to review articles on this topic published between 2003 and 2020. To show the effect of those criteria in experiments, …

Een op de vijf entreestudenten en bijna een op de 10 mbo niveau 2 studenten stopt voortijdig met de opleiding (DUO, 2022). Uit eerder onderzoek (Baay, 2015; Slagter & Van Veldhuizen, 2021) blijkt dat studenten op entree- en mbo 2-niveau weinig gebruik maken van de aanwezige hulpbronnen, dat wil zeggen …