Fouling plays a major role in the Dairy industry. Five criteria: defined flow, no circulation, real factory product, defined product temperature and defined wall temperature, are used to review articles on this topic published between 2003 and 2020. To show the effect of those criteria in experiments, …

This special edition on coexisting with reptiles (guest edited by Dr Simon Pooley) highlights our deep cultural connection with biodiversity, including the scaly, slithering kind. Moving away from Eurocentric narratives of coexistence, the articles in this issue acknowledge the tolerance of local people …

Sharing platforms gained importance in recent years. Little is known about whether and why novel means to digitally share meals are incorporated into people’s everyday portfolios of everyday food provisioning. The objective of this paper is accordingly to explore why digitally mediated meal sharing is …

Due to a growing challenge to feed the world’s population and an increased awareness to minimize the impact of our food choices on climate change, a more plant-based diet has gained popularity with a growing number of plant-based products on the market. To stimulate a plant-based diet that also improves …

Diet related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), as well as micronutrient deficiencies, are of widespread and growing importance to public health. Authorities are developing programs to improve nutrient intakes via foods. To estimate the potential health andeconomic impact of these programs there is a …

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. …

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 …

Diadema sea urchins (Diadema antillarum) are important algae grazers, but restoration attempts often record low survival of restocked individuals. This article sheds light on one of the causes for unsuccessful restocking. Restocked sea urchins were monitored with time-lapse cameras for 10 days. There …