In the project 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood', carried out by the Digital Production Research Group and partners, three cases were researched, each of them including prototyping. For case study 1, two small tables were designed and built from the wood of a front door.

Growing volumes of wood are being used in construction, interior architecture, and product design, resulting in increasing amounts of wood waste. Using this waste is challenging, because it is too labor-intensive to process large volumes of uneven wood pieces that vary in geometry, quality, and origin. …

The Nutri-Score front-of-pack label, which classifies the nutritional quality of products in one of 5 classes (A to E), is one of the main candidates for standardized front-of-pack labeling in the EU. The algorithm underpinning the Nutri-Score label is derived from the Food Standard Agency (FSA) nutrient …

The unexpected death of a child is one of the most challenging losses as it fractures survivors’ sense of parenthood and other layers of identity. Given that not all the bereaved parents who have need for support respond well to available treatments and that many have little access to further intervention …

De “sun simulator” project, of zonnelicht simulator is een project waar een apparaat werd gemaakt om zonnepanelen te testen. De zonnepanelen die getest moeten worden zijn speciale hele efficiënte zonnepanelen. Deze zonnepanelen zijn gemaakt uit 3 lagen. Elke laag is gevoelig voor andere spectrum van …

This dissertation focuses on how supportive neighbourhood structures for children and their families can be fostered. Supportive structures can positively influence social support for parents, and have positive outcomes, such as increased social competences, for children. Since the 90s there has been …

In 2008, the Choices International Foundation developed its logo criteria, identifying best-in-class food products. More advanced, global and graded nutrient profiling systems (NPSs) are needed to substantiate different national nutrition policies. The objective of this work was to extend Choices NPS …

This white paper has been written for professionals who are directly involved in the procurement or tendering of new-build projects and/or renovations, focusing on the demand side, such as buyers and policy makers, but also principals, tenderers, property project managers and facility managers. It is …

This paper analyses the initiative AgroAgenda in the northern Netherlands. The AgroAgenda is a platform in which multiple stakeholders together stimulate a circular, and nature-inclusive agro-food system in the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe. Stakeholders come from, among others, …

Bitman B.V. heeft in 2012 een knowledge based system ontwikkeld wat momenteel door T-Mobile gebruikt wordt. De decision tree opzet is de kern van het systeem. Het huidige systeem is opgezet in PHP Fusebox, een verouderd framework waar geen updates meer voor worden uitgebracht. Dit heeft als gevolg dat …