This Research Justification will provide the reader with a better understanding of how Barrio Life can improve the internal processes within the purchase department. Having processes improved can help the company create a better workflow among employees and save time to eventually operate more efficiently. …

The forthcoming research justification renders a lengthy explanation of how Somitra B.V. can bridge the gap between potential customers and their product solution within the German market. Somitra B.V. aims to determine the viability of their product "Smart Water Meters" directly with potential customers …

In higher education, design thinking is often taught as a process. Yet design cognition resides in action and design practices. Dewey’s pragmatism offers a solid epistemology for design thinking. This paper describes a design research whereby Dewey’s inquiry served as the foundation for educating students. …

We aim to set up a continuous low cost monitoring system for electromagnetic fields in the Netherlands, so that a trend in exposure to 5G signals can be observed. A number of options will be explored for this, such as software-defined radio and measurement nodes for specific 5G frequencies. We developed …

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) occurs in approximately 80-85% of all lung cancer patients and has a 5-year overall survival (OS) of only 15-20%. In this study, 29 NSCLC patients received neoadjuvant treatment with Chemoradiotherapy, Nivolumab, and Ipilimumab. This study aimed to investigate the effects …

Due to growing awareness of nutrition’s impact on human health and the environment, more people decide to adopt a sustainable diet. Some decide to become flexitarians, and others stop eating meat completely. It has been also observed that mood plays a big role in influencing eating behaviours. Scientists …

Plastic is one of the biggest contributors to pollution of the planet. Due to the low recyclability of oil-based plastics, most plastic is being disposed into the environment. According to plastic oceans, 10 million tons of plastic are dumped into oceans annually. Currently, researchers are developing …

Summary Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the adoption and actual use of a digital dietary monitoring system (DDMS) and its impact on patient satisfaction with the provided hospital care, body weight changes and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with potentially curable …

Introduction Observable dementia symptoms are hardly studied in people with severe/profound intellectual (and multiple) disabilities (SPI(M)D). Insight in symptomatology is needed for timely signaling/diagnosis. This study aimed to identify practice-based observations of dementia symptoms in this population. …

A time- and space-resolved deactivation study on the conversion of glycerol to aromatics over H-ZSM-5 was performed. For this purpose, glycerol was vaporized/pyrolyzed in a pyrolysis section followed by a catalytic aromatization step. Benchmark performance showed an induction period of ca. 20 min, followed …