From the article: The ‘Axiomatic Design Methodology’ uses ‘Axioms’ that cannot be proven nor derived from physical phenomena. The axioms serve as guidelines for the design process of products and systems. The latest contribution was the addition of the ‘Complexity Axiom’ in 1999. However, the underlying …

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the increased cesarean rate for term breech presentation on neonatal outcome. We also investigated whether the clinical case selection for vaginal delivery applied by Dutch obstetricians led to an optimization of neonatal outcome, or whether …

Designing a green gas supply to meet a regional seasonal demand: a case study.One of the issues concerning the replacement of natural gas by green gas is the seasonal pattern of the gas demand. When constant production is assumed, this may limit the injected quantity of green gas into a gas grid to the …

In dit onderzoek wordt uitgezocht welke onderwerpen belangrijk zijn om een overtuigende virtuele ervaring neer te zetten. Er worden virtuele selectietechnieken met elkaar vergeleken: Virtual Pointing en Virtual Hand. Uit de vergelijking worden de volgende Virtual Pointing technieken met elkaar vergeleken: …

The history has shown that the economy has impeccable impact on the fashion industry and despite it is not visible to everyone, the current impact of the recession on the fashion industry is clearly present. Clothes with disposable prices are loosing their appeal with uncertain incomes. The consumer …

Background: The progression of medial knee osteoarthritis seems closely related to a high external knee adduction moment, which could be reduced through gait retraining. We aimed to determine the retraining strategy that reduces this knee moment most effective during gait, and to determine if the same …

An effective option for companies to implement circular economy concepts is reuse and remanufacturing. It concerns the (re)use of modules and parts of used and discarded equipment in ‘as new’ or ‘first class’ reused equipment. It is not just an effective way to reuse materials; it is also economically …

Inleiding De leerlingen uit klas BB3 van de Elimschool te Rijssen blijken elkaars grenzen nauwelijks te herkennen waardoor het pedagogisch klimaat niet optimaal is. Om de probleemstelling te verduidelijk zijn de begrippen speciaal basisonderwijs, veilig pedagogisch klimaat, psychomotorische therapie, …

The aim of this applied research is to design a sustainable industrial scale enzyme based flax retting process. A systematic approach has been adopted. The screening and selection of enzymes for flax retting has been carried out. Alkaline pectinase has been identified as the most appropriate enzyme for …

This master thesis consists of a feasibility study of a selection of future pipeline projects with taking into account the risk-return spectrum. The CAPM has been applied to find the most feasible future projects that will be build between 2014 and 2020.