The specificity of training for races is believed to be important for performance development. However, measuring specificity is challenging. This study aimed to develop a method to quantify the specificity of speed skating training for sprint races (i.e., 500 and 1,000 m), and explore the amount of …

When waves interact with surfaces of different structures they are reflected, and these reflections are mainly caused due to less wave energy being dissipated by the surface of the structure. Naturally, rock slopes or permeable structures (mangroves forests, brushwood material, etc.) are used around …

In Nederland worden er verschillende technieken gebruikt om de CO2 uitstoot, te verminderen. Eén van deze technieken is Thermische energie uit oppervlakte water (TEO). Een TEO-installatie wordt in natuurlijk zoetwateren geplaatst en zorgt ervoor dat warm water in de zomer wordt opgepompt uit sloten, …

De vakleerkracht gym ervaart een handelingsverlegenheid in het leerkrachthandelen ten aanzien van de jonge ZML-leerling in de begeleiding van deze leerlingen in de gymles. Via dit onderzoek vergaart de vakleerkracht kennis om deze handelingsverlegenheid op te heffen door: • Het onderzoeken van het actuele …

Met subsidie vanuit het programma Vakkundig aan het werk van ZonMw deed het lectoraat Armoede Interventies in de afgelopen jaren onderzoek naar de Frontlijnbenadering, een outreachende werkwijze ontwikkeld door PPMO Frontlijn, een projectenbureau en innovatieplatform van de gemeente Rotterdam dat ongeveer …

A hospice for the terminally ill amid the buzzing and lively city center of Eindhoven, next to a bar district and a city square, yet also bordering on a green river zone. The set program for a hospice is extended with a diversified program, including social and recreational spaces open to the public …

Climate change with sea level rise cast a spell on spatial planning in The Netherlands, adding further unrest to the control of urban development in the north-east of Noord-Brabant. The pressure from the Randstad is felt already today in this peripheral zone, bound by the Meuse and the precautionary …

Managed realignment is the landward relocation of flood infrastructure to re-establish tidal exchange on formerly reclaimed land. Managed realignment can be seen as a nature-based flood defence system that combines flood protection by the realigned dike (artificial) and restored saltmarshes (nature-based). …

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 …

Abstract Aims: To identify crucial programme characteristics and group mechanisms of, and lessons learned from hindrances in an empowerment programme for certified nursing assistants and contribute to the development of similar programmes in other care settings. Design: Exploratory qualitative study. Methods: …