Tussen Boxtel en Vught ligt een van oudsher functioneel landgoed. Het landgoed is altijd gesloten geweest voor bezoekers, waardoor de historie bewaard is gebleven. Het landgoed dat tot 2003 beheerd door de eigenaar Ewald Marggraff, grootgrondbezitter en telg uit een rijke adellijke juristenfamilie. Kenmerkend …

Dit praktijkonderzoek gaat in op het ‘Cradle-to- Cradle’ principe. ‘Cradle-to-Cradle’ is een nieuwe ontwerpvisie op duurzaam ontwerpen. Er zijn nog veel onduidelijkheden hoe dit toe te passen bij de inrichting van de buitenruimte, en wat zijn de verschillen met duurzaam ontwikkelen.

OBJECTIVES: Sucking problems in preterm infants can be specified by means of visual observation. The Neonatal Oral-Motor Assessment Scale (NOMAS) is the visual observation method most commonly used to assess the non-nutritive sucking (NNS) and nutritive sucking (NS) skills of infants up to approximately …

Attracting the Asian, especially Chinese investors is becoming more and more important. While reaching the potential Chinese market is getting easier, the intercultural differences might still play a vital role in influencing the effectiveness of mutual communication. It also creates a challenge for …

Enterprise Services have been proposed as a more business-friendly form of web services which can help organizations bridge the gap between the IT capabilities and business benefits of Service Oriented Architecture. However up until now there are almost no methodologies for creating enterprise services, …

Development is largely perceived as a process of building capacities, hence empowering people through training is to able to handle their affairs by them selves. The research examined the practical significance of action oriented training as a basic approach for sustainable management of natural resources …

Agriculture is the main driver of the economy and the source of living for the majority of the population in Ethiopia. However, its performance has been poor and unable to feed the ever increasing population. Thus there is a need to change this trend and ensure the food security of the population. Agricultural …

Microfinance programs have significant potential for contributing towards improvements of agricultural and other rural sectors investments and operations and empowerments of rural community. However, access to financial institutions such as banks by smallholder farmers in rural areas is limited because …

Women play critical roles in agriculture in many parts of the world. Yet, despite their contribution to global food security, women farmers are frequently underestimated and overlooked in development strategies. For this reason, women find it more difficult than men to gain access to valuable resources …