OBJECTIVE: To examine how a healthy lifestyle is related to life expectancy that is free from major chronic diseases. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The Nurses' Health Study (1980-2014; n=73 196) and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2014; n=38 366). MAIN EXPOSURES: …

Electric vehicles and renewable energy sources are collectively being developed as a synergetic implementation for smart grids. In this context, smart charging of electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid technologies are seen as a way forward to achieve economic, technical and environmental benefits. The …

This research has been carried out in Tainan region, Taiwan, which is famous with sufficient diversity of orchids. After 2014, the figure of exporting Taiwanese orchid decreased gradually because of global competition. However, small-scale orchid growers still have maintained the same production mode …

Consumenten beschikken tegenwoordig over een enorm aanbod aan goederen en diensten. Zij kiezen niet meer zomaar voor een product of dienst die beschikbaar is, voor een lage prijs aangeboden wordt en van hoge kwaliteit is (Hinloopen, Adriaansen & Zuiderwijk, 2009). Door deze verandering is ook een evolutie …

The SEEV4-City project, funded by the EU Interreg NSR Programme, aims to demonstrate electric mobility solutions, integrate renewable energy and encourage uptake in cities. Six Operational Pilots in four countries implement different levels of Smart Charging and V2X technology. The variation and complexity …

Dit document is een scriptieonderzoek dat is uitgevoerd door Niels Karremans, student Commerciële Economie aan de Hogeschool Leiden. Het onderwerp van het scriptieonderzoek is het verhogen van herhaalaankopen in e-commerce. De opdrachtgever van dit scriptieonderzoek is Rick van Delft, mede-eigenaar en …

Enhancing sweetness of vegetables by addition of sucrose or sweeteners can increase acceptance but is not necessarily desirable. An alternative strategy could be to combine vegetables with other vegetables. By offering combinations of vegetables it might be possible to suppress bitterness, enhance sweetness …

The need to reduce carbon emissions calls for more use of renewable generation, particularly distributed resources. The intermittency of renewable generation, and concerns about energy security, require us to become more independent of central grid operation by use of local or regional (micro-grid) electricity …