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 …

Obesity is a complex problem worldwide. This chronic condition has many different causes. One of them is emotional eating. In about 40% of overweight people, emotional eating plays a major role. Emotional eating is the tendency to (over)eat in response to negative emotions such as stress or irritability. …

Social and Emotional Learning programs, designed to enhance adolescents’ social and emotional skills, are implemented in schools worldwide. One of these programs is Skills4Life (S4L), for students in Dutch secondary education. To strengthen this program and adapt it to students’ needs, we conducted an …

ABSTRACT Objective: To examine the associations between individual chronic diseases and multidimensional frailty comprising physical, psychological, and social frailty. Methods: Dutch individuals (N = 47,768) age ≥ 65 years completed a general health questionnaire sent by the Public Health Services …

Autonomous shipping appears as a promising solution to reducing operational costs and improving logistics on inland waterways. The following research focuses on inland shipping in Zeeland, Netherlands to examine how autonomous shipping can impact logistics chains and be adopted by using inland shipping …

De trend is dat er steeds meer bouwteams worden aangevraagd vanuit opdrachtgevers, vanuit bedrijfsbureau Heijmans Services Noordwest is de vraag gekomen om een proces op te stellen voor de bouwteamwerken. In het Heijmans Management Systeem (HMS) is een proces opgenomen die vooral ingaat op grote UAV-gc …

Gastcollege, De Haagse Hogeschool 6 okt 2023 1. Inleiding Nature-based solutions. NBS is een concept dat naar voren is gekomen als een goed alternatief voor of aanvulling op traditionele grijze technische oplossingen. NBS maken gebruik van natuurlijke processen en ecosysteemdiensten voor functionele …

Presentation: Local and flexible, three case studies of innovative community energy services

Sierra Leone faces significant challenges in providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care and rights (SRHR) due to cultural norms, poverty and limited health care resources. These issues disproportionately affect low-income women, who face multiple barriers to accessing essential SRHR …

High level circular use of post-consumer insulating glass units will contribute to lower the environmental and social impact of insulation glass industry. The application of various circular strategies for insulating glass units (IGU’s) is rising. The product age will give an indication of the remaining …