Amsterdam faces the challenge of accommodating 50,000 to 90,000 new homes in the next five to ten years. That is equivalent to 10% of the city’s current total housing stock. The new homes have to be built within the existing urban fabric. This will entail high densities and the construction of new ‘un-Dutch’ …

The seismic assessment of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings with cavity walls is of high relevance in regions such as in Central and Northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand and China because of the characteristics of the masonry building stock. A cavity wall consists of two separate parallel walls …

In recent years the dairy industry had to face new environmental regulations and consumption evolutions. The soybean meal utilization as a protein source is not adapted to the GMO-free milk production. That’s why there was a growing interest for GMO-free rapeseed meal to replace soybean meal but since …

Het begrip ‘teacher leader’ duikt steeds vaker op, in publicaties, masteropleidingen en (boven)bestuurlijke professionaliseringstrajecten. Het verwijst naar leraren die rollen op zich nemen die de eigen lespraktijk overstijgen en een bijdrage leveren aan onderwijsontwikkeling en onderwijskwaliteit. Die …

Dit afstudeeronderzoek is geschreven in opdracht van de Afdeling Archeologie van Monumenten en Archeologie van de gemeente Amsterdam en bevat een adviesrapport. Dit adviesrapport gaat over de verschillende toepasbare methoden tijdens het analyseren van een beerputcomplex. Tijdens het uitwerken van een …

Doelstelling: Prematuren retinopathie (ROP) is wereldwijd een grote oorzaak voor blindheid bij kinderen. Er zijn verschillende behandelmogelijkheden, waaronder de laser en anti-vasculaire endotheliale groeifactoren (VEGF). Lasercoagulatie kan hoge myopie tot gevolg hebben, maar prematuren hebben op zichzelf …

Stroke is the second most common cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide,1,2 with the burden expected to increase during the next 20 years.1 Almost 40% of the people with stroke have a recurrent stroke within 10 years,3 making secondary prevention vital.3,4 High amounts of …

210,000 tons of textile waste is produced in the Netherlands every year - that is equivalent to 350,000,000 pairs of jeans. There are opportunities to use this waste stream as a resource for new materials in a circular economy, however. One such new material is the biocomposite RECURF. This material …

Since it is insufficiently clear to urban planners in the Netherlands to what extent design measures can reduce heat stress and which urban spaces are most comfortable, this study evaluates the impact of shading, urban water, and urban green on the thermal comfort of urban spaces during hot summer afternoons. …

According to the global definition (IFSW, 2014), social work is a profession. Since the second half of the twentieth century, however, the meaning of professionalism has become blurred and its practices have been criticized fiercely. In order to understand, appreciate and strengthen social work as a …