This research project aimed to find an answer to the central research question of “how can the overall quality of teachers and their teaching methods in Dutch secondary education improve using the Finnish secondary education model as example?”. The purpose to finding an answer to this question was for …

The main purpose of this dissertation is to provide an analysis on the effectiveness of European Union Official Development Assistance to South Sudan in the areas of agriculture, food security and local governance. For this, existing literature was reviewed to understand the theoretical framework surrounding …

This study, titled Sweetening the Deal, considers policy interventions to reduce sugar consumption. The study addresses the research question: To what extent does public opinion in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom either correspond or contrast to policy approaches being taken by their governments …

a b s t r a c t: Objective: To study the impact of target volume changes in brain metastases during fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (fSRS) and identify patients that benefit from MRI guidance. Material and methods: For 15 patients (18 lesions) receiving fSRS only (fSRSonly) and 19 patients (20 …

Introduction The Integrated Recovery Scales (IRS) was developed by the Dutch National Expertise board for routine outcome monitoring with severe mental illnesses. This board aimed to develop a multidimensional recovery measure directed at 1. clinical recovery, 2. physical health, 3. social recovery (work, …

Introduction In 2016 a new form of integrated community treatment for patients with serious mental illnesses was implemented in two neighborhoods in the city of Utrecht (335000 inhabitants) in the Netherlands. Treatment is characterized by close collaboration of psychiatric care, somatic care (i.e. general …

The natural gas/diesel dual-fuel engine is an interesting technique to reduce greenhouse gas emission. A limitation of this concept is the emission of un-combusted methane. In this study we analyzed the influence of PFI gas-injection timing on cylinder to cylinder gas-distribution, and the resulting …

Background: In their research reports, scientists are expected to discuss limitations that their studies have. Previous research showed that often, such discussion is absent. Also, many journals emphasize the importance of avoiding overstatement of claims. We wanted to see to what extent editorial handling …

In this paper, a general approach for modeling airport operations is presented. Airport operations have been extensively studied in the last decades ranging from airspace, airside and landside operations. Due to the nature of the system, simulation techniques have emerged as a powerful approach for dealing …

Background: Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a heritable connective tissue disease caused by a defect in FBN1. The diagnosis is based on the revised Ghent criteria. The main features involve the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, ophthalmic, pulmonary systems and facial features. Although the clinical manifestations …