About 20% of energy intake in the Netherlands is consumed out-of-home. Eating out-of-home is associated with higher energy intake and poorer nutrition. Menu labeling can be considered a promising instrument to improve dietary choices in the out-of-home sector. Effectiveness depends on the presentation …

The increasing trend of sustainable and on-the-go healthy food products results in consumers demanding more ‘natural and organic ingredients. Not only do consumers want healthier options, but there is also an increasing concern on part of governments and legislation makers on reducing salt levels in …

Blockchain technology has been rising in popularity since its introduction in 2008. Especially in the food industry and in food supply chains, blockchain could provide a guaranteed safe and reliable traceability system with as few errors as possible. This paper is written for everyone interested in blockchain …

This thesis is written with the purpose of getting a better understanding of German consumers opinion on different local food labels. The information is useful for German retailers and local food producers since it provides and insight into the consumers demand for local food and the according information …

De afgelopen jaren is er een grote hoeveelheid aan certificaten, keurmerken en lidmaatschappen ontwikkeld en gelanceerd op het gebied van duurzaamheid en ethiek die binnen de textielindustrie ook in sterke mate zijn toegenomen. Enschede Textielstad, een duurzame weverij gevestigd in Enschede, heeft tot …

Voor het afstuderen van de opleiding HBO-ICT van Saxion te Enschede is een afstudeeropdracht uitgevoerd binnen Adwise. De aanleiding voor de opdracht is een probleem met de onboarding van nieuwe medewerkers. Onboarding is een proces waarbij een nieuwe medewerker de nodige kennis, vaardigheden en gedrag …

The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic still poses serious threats to global public health. Therefore, the scientific community is desperately looking for suitable vaccines and pharmacological treatment options. This thesis completes the internship at Specs Compound Handling BV and describes …

Introduction Correct interpretation of drug labels instructions (DLIs) is needed for safe use and better adherence to prescribed drugs. DLIs are often too difficult for patients, especially for those with limited health literacy. What is yet unknown, is how specific textual elements in DLIs (e.g., the …

Objective: To annotate a corpus of randomized controlled trial (RCT) publications with the checklist items of CONSORT reporting guidelines and using the corpus to develop text mining methods for RCT appraisal. Methods: We annotated a corpus of 50 RCT articles at the sentence level using 37 fine-grained …

The Material Sample Management Tool is a label generator and database to support creative communities in documenting and sharing material experiments. It was designed around the idea of collaboratively building an archive of alternative design materials with an emphasis on materials that are easily renewable, …