Sinds de jaren 50 heeft in de landbouw een aanzienlijke schaalvergroting plaatsgevonden. De veerkracht en de herkenbaarheid van agrarische landschappen zijn daardoor sterk afgenomen. Ook hebben de schaalvergroting en de daarmee gepaard gaande intensivering een negatieve impact gehad op de biodiversiteit, …

Het inzaaien van brede, geleidelijk aflopende oevers van heringerichte sloten en beken met een mix van overstromingsbestendige grassen, vlinderbloemigen en andere kruiden draagt bij aan een klimaatrobuust watersysteem. Tegelijkertijd is het ook mogelijk om de kostbare grond agrarisch te blijven benutten. …

De Brabantse Biodiversiteitsmonitor probeert op basis van zogeheten KritischePrestatie Indicatoren of ‘KPI’s de duurzaamheid van agrarische bedrijveninzichtelijk te maken. Op die manier krijgen ondernemers een objectief‘dashboard’ met meetbare doelstellingen om te sturen richting een beterebiodiversiteit. …

Over the past two decades, a practice has developed in the Netherlands whereby organizations capture the outcome of a moral deliberation in a separate document they call ‘moresprudence’. Part of the reason for doing this is that employees who did not attend the deliberation still have access to the knowledge …

Strategy, the link between mission and operational plans to improve an institution’s performance, is a critical element to the future success of higher education (HE). Hoshin Kanri (HK), the application of Lean principles and practices to strategy development, deployment, and management, is a systematic …

Early mobilisation after abdominal surgery is necessary to avoid complications and increase recovery. However, due to a variety of factors, failure of early mobilisation is seen in clinical practice. The aim of this study is to investigate the perspectives of nurses and patients of the Haaglanden Medical …

This chapter revisits the concept of internationalisation at home in light of the COVID pandemic and also of experiences and ongoing discourses on internationalisation. These include how internationalisation at home relates to diversity, inclusion and decolonisation of curricula. It discusses how the …

Empowerment has become a hegemonic moral horizon and key modality of governance across the global South and the global North. Whether in the realm of development or in that of welfare and urban governance, a broad range of actors, from local NGOs to social professionals and international donors, now …

Few people I know act likea magnet in the way Laura does. If you hear her speak, see her move, enjoy her smile - you can't help but want to be a part of what makes her heart beat faster. She radiates passion for her dream topic biomimicry and before you know it you're caught in that dream. From the day …

Most aesthetic sports where judges subjectively rate performances can suffer from issues like systematic errors due to biases. Equestrian dressage is defined through the intricate interaction between horse and rider. Assessing these interactions can be particularly complex, often exceeding human processing …