Today’s internet has become like Deleuze’s societies of control, media scholars argue. The network’s invisible infrastructure, with near global reach, has amplified hierarchies, and is owned, exploited and surveilled by internet, advertising, and data-analytics companies, and by state security institutions. …

This study aimed to identify simple rules for allocating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients to clinical phenotypes identified by cluster analyses. Data from 2409 COPD patients of French/Belgian COPD cohorts were analysed using cluster analysis resulting in the identification of subgroups, …

In dit onderzoek is een tweetal lessen: ‘vermenigvuldigen’ en ‘delen’ ontworpen ten behoeve van de verbetering van het hoofdrekenonderwijs op de onderzoeksschool, een MBO-college met ruim 3000 studenten. Aanleiding van deze ontwikkelde lessen is een afgenomen vooronderzoek van twintig examenopgaven in …

The critically endangered western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) once occurred in 12 West African countries. However, increasing anthropogenic factors have caused a dramatic decline in the species’ habitat and population. This dramatic decline raises fears that the species may become extinct in the …

Abstract of a lecture that was held on the 12th Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics in June 2017.

In de afgelopen jaren is veel kennis opgebouwd en zijn instrumenten ontwikkeld rond het beter ondersteunen van gezinnen met een migratieachtergrond, of andere ouders en jeugdigen die soms ver afstaan van vormen van opvoedondersteuning. Deze gereedschapskist biedt een overzicht van dit soort kennis en …

This report is part of a collaborated study initiated by the SEnSOR programme to assess each of the compartments of aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks in fragmented lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah. The biomass and carbon contents of living trees and coarse woody debris, lianas, fine woody debris (FWD) …

The number of primary rainforests in South-East Asia is in rapid decline since many formerly continuous forests become splintered as a result of human activities like mining, agriculture and silviculture. This study examined the effects of forest fragment size and logging on the tree carbon stocks and …

Risk assessments on trees in urban areas and roadside plantings have become common practice and a large body of information exists on qualitative aspects on the risks of tree failure. Quantitative analysis of financial damage due to tree failure is generally lacking. The objective of this paper is to …