Aanleiding – Een op de zeven vrouwen in Nederland krijgt in haar leven te maken met borstkanker en de verwachting is dat dit aantal zal stijgen. Wanneer iemand de diagnose kanker krijgt, heeft dit een grote impact op de patiënt en de ervaren kwaliteit van leven. Na de diagnose kanker is er vaak de behoefte …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de afname en beoordeling van een toets die meetelt voor het schoolexamen en die specifiek ontworpen is om ook ruimte te geven aan deze menswording in brede zin. We zoeken daarom naar een natuurlijk evenwicht tussen een ontwikkelingsgerichte, kwalitatieve beoordeling door …

Dit onderzoek komt voort uit de vraag of op basis van blockchain-technologie datadeling tussen logistieke partijen mogelijk is, waarbij vooral gekeken wordt naar de vraag of het mogelijk is om een CO2-footprint vast te stellen op productniveau. In de huidige praktijk is exacte CO2 monitoring op productniveau …

This online STS muhabbet, friendly but critically engaging conversation that took place between Yetiskin and Lovink will walk you through the stages of identifying the problems, threats, and possibilities that media technologies have brought to the table of not only users but also social science researchers …

Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) are new world monkeys native to Central and South America. Although the overall population of howler monkeys is declining due to habitat loss and the illegal trade, their status, as categorised by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2017), ranges from Least Concern …

Are we  "molding" society into what the companies (and algorithms) hold us as the most desirable outcome? This colomn is about dangers of smart technology and social media.In: Education Journal, 2018-340 p.20

Complex interventions are criticized for being a “black box”, which makes it difficult to determine why they succeed or fail. Recently, nine proactive primary-care programs aiming to prevent functional decline in older adults showed inconclusive effects. The aim of this study was to systematically unravel, …

Bio-aromatics (benzene, toluene, xylenes, BTX) were prepared by the catalytic pyrolysis of six different black liquors using both in situ and ex situ approaches. A wide range of catalysts was screened and conditions were optimized in microscale reactors. Up to 7 wt % of BTX, based on the organic fraction …

The overriding purpose of the thesis research is to develop new design concepts for improved and sustainable asphalt mixes. To accomplish this goal, it became necessary to reach some prerequisite goals. Determining what a sustainable asphalt means, and how that ideal is connected with the field of asphalt …

Following tragic events in the Mediterranean Sea, several actions described in the European Agenda on Migration were put into operation. One of these key actions was the establishment of the EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling in 2015. The main goal of the EU Action Plan is to prevent and counter …