Restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic may cause problems in the physical, social, and psychological functioning of older people, resulting in increased frailty. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to assess the prevalence and characteristics of frailty, to examine differences in perceived …

Public interview as part of "Security, we spelen op zeker"

Biopolymeren vormen een potentieel interessant alternatief voor conventioneel op olie gebaseerde polymeren, omdat zij geen fossiele grondstoffen gebruiken voor de productie. Daarentegen is het productie procedé afhankelijk van energie en toevoegmiddelen die weer bijdragen aan het verbruik van energie …

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, …

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Een lezing door Egbert Dommerholt over de degrowth economy voor de Impact Colleges van Impact Noord. Impact Noord, Hanze Hogeschool, HanzePRO en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen organiseren gezamenlijk een reeks Impact Colleges. Op 21 september van 16:00 tot 17:30 uur was het eerste Impact College met …

Background The challenge of combining professional work and breastfeeding is a key reason why women choose not to breastfeed or to stop breastfeeding early. We posited that having access to a high-quality lactation room at the workplace could influence working mothers’ satisfaction and perceptions related …

This paper aims to quantify the evolution of damage in masonry walls under induced seismicity. A damage index equation, which is a function of the evolution of shear slippage and opening of the mortar joints, as well as of the drift ratio of masonry walls, was proposed herein. Initially, a dataset of …