A few years ago the Maritime Pilots Institute Netherlands (MPIN) was asked to carry out practical research aimed at developing a simple method to predict wind loads on huge constructions. For practical reasons the method should not be time consuming. Some reasons for the initiative were the following. …

Military operations, whether in the field, in the air or at sea, are characterized by their complexity, the high risks that are involved and the specialized teams who have to reach their goals under these circumstances. The improvement of high-tech equipment and the increasing complexity and uncertainty …

In the Navigation Technology Department, a special interaction exists between scientific education and research on the one hand and skill based education on the other. The skill based education consists besides theoretical courses of a lot of practical courses. The NLDA can provide their students with …

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) currently dominate the Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) community and there are no signs that this will change in the near future. But for many years the weeknesses of GNSS have been well known and besides research into GNSS a lot of research into back …

Het is opmerkelijk om te zien hoe met de verschuiving van de rol van de provincie het begrip 'ruimtelijke kwaliteit' is opgekomen als sleutelterm in het ambtelijk jargon. Het kwaliteitsbegrip wordt daarbij in toenemende mate in stelling gebracht om twee vormen van taalgebruik te verbinden die eigen zijn …

GSB Grötsch is interested in entering the Dubai market by exporting or by opening its branch in the UAE and thereby increasing its financial recourses and its market share. The company is active in building and construction industry, therefore the Dubai market has been chosen for this export policy …

In the academic year 2009-2010, both field and desk research have been conducted for The Hague University's Sports Department. This research is important for the Sports Department because it provides inside information about the target group, which can be applied to (future) communication strategies. …

De afgelopen jaren zijn er verschillende onderzoeken gedaan naar gastvrijheid in de zorg. Uit deze onderzoeken blijkt dat patiënten gastvrijheid als belangrijk onderdeel van de opname ervaren, en dat als zij zich welkom voelen dit de behandelsamenwerking bevordert. De resultaten van voorgaande onderzoeken …

Connectivity does not automatically provide NEC, but there is no NEC without connectivity. The integration of UCSs into a C2 network can significantly reduce the amount of voice communication needed to coordinate and synchronize events. The integration of UCSs into an ATMnetwork provides the basis for …