This study addresses the challenges facing the City of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, in adapting to climate changes and reducing the effects of flash floods. Praia is highly vulnerable to these extreme weather events, due to its volcanic scenery, uncontrolled urbanization, and insufficient infrastructure, …

Een manier om klantloyaliteit te meten is de Net Promoter Score (NPS). De NPS is bijzonder omdat het de lage respons die andere meetinstrumenten voor klantloyaliteit hebben tegen zou moeten gaan. Meestal heeft een NPS vraag een responspercentage van 95%. De NPS vraag bij RCN Vakantieparken gaat lage …

Since the return of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in the Netherlands in 2015, much research has been done on the ecology and distribution of the species. This has led to a dietary study using hair- and DNA-sampling of wolf scats, and preliminary analyses of DNA in wolf scats showed that DNA from non-prey, …

Chronische pijn is een probleem dat grote gevolgen kan hebben voor de kwaliteit van leven van een persoon. Er wordt geschat dat ongeveer één op de vijf volwassenen lijdt aan een vorm van chronische pijn. In bijna 90% van deze gevallen is de pijn al langer dan 2 jaar aanwezig. Hoewel Virtual Reality (VR) …

Skilled actors rely on deception to disrupt the perceptual ability of opponents who seek to anticipate action intentions. Common-coding theory (Prinz, 1997) purports that action and perception share common origins in the brain, and therefore it seems plausible that the ability to ‘see through’ a deceptive …

Background: Different surgical approaches for total hip arthroplasty (THA) exist, without predisposition when it comes to dislocation risk. The direct anterior approach (DAA) is thought to have reduced risk since soft tissue trauma is minimalized. Therefore, we assessed the dislocation risk for different …

Referral to home-based cardiac rehabilitation (HBCR) is low among older and frailer patients due to low expectations regarding adherence by healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to determine adherence to HBCR when old and frail patients are referred, and to explore any differences in baseline …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are by far the leading cause of death due to non communicable diseases in the world. The development of CVDs in many cases is caused by atherosclerosis. In atherosclerosis, plaques in blood vessels are formed by the excessive accumulation of lipids in the endothelial lining. …

Het onderwerp van ons onderzoek is agressie-grensoverschrijdend gedrag. Dit onderwerp is tot stand gekomen naar aanleiding van verschillende gesprekken met professionals en jeugdbeschermers in Nederland. Uit de interviews en enquêtes met jeugdbeschermers van Jeugdbescherming Noord (hierna te noemen: …

Many ARM Cortex-M-based microcontrollers include tracing features which allow monitoring hardware events (e.g. exceptions occurring, a specific instruction being executed or a specific address range being accessed by the CPU). Tracing enables non-intrusive insight into software execution (i.e. software …