In September 2017, the English-taught, 3-year Bachelor Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) has changed its curriculum from a linear to a flexible, choice-based modular curriculum, 'Curriculum M'. And with it, one integrated assessment method …

To ensure stability for ships, ballast water is often used to correct or adjust the list or trim of a ship. After loading the ballast water is often carried across the ocean and discharged in an area with another aquatic environment. As a result, invasive species can end up in the water and effect the …

With information technologies becoming available on a growing scale, capturing large amounts of building information is becoming cheaper and economically viable. This is creating new challenges for real estate management organisations. Producing digital assets is one thing, managing them and knowing …

Perceptions of community care and placement preferences in first-year nursing students: A multicentre, cross-sectional study Margriet VAN IERSEL MSc1, Corine H.M. LATOUR PhD1, Rien DE VOS PhD2, Paul A. KIRSCHNER PhD3,5, Wilma J.M. SCHOLTE OP REIMER PhD1,4. 1 ACHIEVE - Centre of Applied Research, Faculty …

In this paper, we present the case study Circus Noel, a VR tight rope walking act with which the use of movement in cinematic VR was explored. We use the notion of spatial presence as discussed by Ryan, and its potential to induce an ‘illusion of non-mediation’. Seven users were interviewed about their …

Côte d’Ivoire produces about 42 percent of the world’s total Cocoa but processes only a very few amount of the production. A big part of the country depends on the commercial benefits of the Cocoa production and supply chain of it. For that reason, the World Bank asked the simulation group of the Amsterdam …

Bijen redden. Dat is het doel van 'Keer het tij voor de Bij', een tweedaags symposium dat plaatsvond in oktober 2018 in botanische tuin De Kruidhof in Buitenpost. De mantra: geen educatie, maar actie. ,,Anders weten we straks een hoop, maar gaan we alsnog ten onder.’’ Met een interview met lector Bijengezondheid …

Voedsel produceren op de manier zoals in de afgelopen decennia is eindig. Dat betogen initiatiefnemers van de Soil Food Week. "Iedereen – alle schakels in de keten – moet ervan doordrongen raken dat we anders moeten omgaan met de bodem." In het artikel is Emiel Elferink aan het woord, lector Duurzaam …