In Germany, public transport organizations are mainly owned by public authorities. Procurement in Hamburg involves the buses and infrastructure instead of transport services. The procurement process for buses and infrastructure is performed by the transport companies. Such processes must meet German …

Wheelchair tennis is one of the fastest growing paralympic sports. An important part in wheelchair sports is classification, which is why the International Tennis Federation is constantly assessing the current classification requirements. The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between …

The transition from secondary education to the first year of higher education is a phase in which students are faced with many challenges. First-year students may lack the academic capital that is needed to understand explicit and implicit rules of higher education. We investigated students’ participation …

What are ‘local foods’? Are they what should be grown locally according to the predominantly ecologically-focused local food movement? Or are they what our increasingly diverse populations want to grow – or buy – locally as forms of culturally appropriate foods? In this article we argue for the latter, …

Optimization of aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations has been of high interest in recent years for both the knowledge institutions and the industrial community as a total of approximately $70 billion has been spent on MRO activities in 2018 which represents around 10% of an airline’s …

Background: Improving physical activity, especially in combination with optimizing protein intake, after surgery has a potential positive effect on recovery of physical functioning in patients after gastrointestinal and lung cancer surgery. The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the …

Battery energy storage (BES) can provide many grid services, such as power flow management to reduce distribution grid overloading. It is desirable to minimise BES storage capacities to reduce investment costs. However, it is not always clear how battery sizing is affected by battery siting and power …

Facilitate multidisciplinary e-textile development by enhancing collaboration and knowledge transfer across disciplines, ultimately leading to comprehensive requirements while keeping the user interaction in mind. presentation during E-textiles 2023

Abstract Move Agency is een onlangs gefuseerd softwarebedrijf gevestigd in Zwolle dat zich voornamelijk bezighoudt met het ontwikkelen van mobile-first applicaties. Ze hebben applicaties ontworpen voor onder andere Rabobank, Plus en NPO-Zapp. Move is tegenwoordig bezig voor een nieuwe klant, genaamd …

City governments increasingly experiment with civic participation in the procurement and the realization of smart city technologies in order to improve the incorporation of human values. In this paper, a model is proposed with the level of participation, the continuity of participation and the extent …