In the following thesis, research is conducted on the effect of sea-level rise and expected hydraulic load levels for the Scheldt Estuary, currently and in the future. As climate changes advances and the sea-level rises, insight into the effects of the rise on our coastal area's is essential. Rijkswaterstaat …

Some berthing facilities at Hansweert are showing a structural failure where the top element of the dolphin shows an undesired inclination, compromising the functionality and safety of the structure. Rijkswaterstaat Sea and Delta created an assignment in order to define the cause and provide a solution …

The main objective of this study is to reveal the heterogeneity of cell types hidden in the developed brain organoids. A secondary goal is to discover gene expression differences among these identified cell types between the cells with 22q11.2 DS and healthy controls. The latter is done to get a better …

Technology has an ever increasing role in the day to day lives of individuals and societies. To provoke critical thought about the impact of new digital technology, the Technology Impact Cycle Tool (TICT) has been developed. In this paper, three psychological constructs: Performance Expectancy, Effort …

The purpose of this study was to provide more insight into how the physical education (PE) context can be better tailored to the diverse motivational demands of secondary school students. Therefore, we examined how different constructs of student motivation in the context of PE combine into distinct …

Vietnam, a country with great opportunities in the alcohol industry, especially in the wine sector, is developing; and Vietnamese attitudes are changing. The industry has the possibility of participating in social development now and in the future. However, the wine industry has some issues and firstly …

During incubation, an embryo is developing in the egg for a period of 21 days. During the incubation process air exchange occurs between the egg and its external environment during which it loses humidity due to water diffusion through the shell. This loss in humidity can affect chicks’ quality and, …

A business student’s overseas internship is a unique place to investigate what knowledge/skills or personal traits that are important for their future career. This research consists of two stages: (1) First, we qualitatively analyzed students’ internship reports to explore what knowledge or skills and …

Expert finding systems (EFS) is a method of finding experts by typing in a search query that results in multiple expert profiles. An expert profile is a profile of a user that has certain knowledge and expertise. After a matching process between the search query and the available profiles in the system, …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Because of the enormous growth of the aviation industry, Schiphol requires to expand its operations. The limitation of 500,000 aircraft movements led to an agreement about the expansion of a regional airport to accommodate the overcapacity of Schiphol Airport. Lelystad Airport was chosen …