Rationale/Purpose: High-performance sport systems offer athletes access to a range of experts including excellent coaches. This study examines the macro-, meso- and micro-level factors associated with coaching elite women athletes within a high-performance sport system. Design/methodology/approach: …

In tegenstelling tot de uitgebreide aandacht voor corporate governance is goed bestuur en toezicht in het midden- en kleinbedrijf (hierna mkb) verrassenderwijs een onderbelicht onderwerp, zowel vanuit de wetenschap als vanuit het bedrijfsleven en overheid. In de praktijk is er vanuit mkb-ondernemers …

The native fish populations in New Zealand have proven to be declining. There are various reasons for this change in population size, one of the biggest being structures that form barriers to migration. This shows the need for fish passage options that are better adjusted to these ‘weaker’ swimmers and …

Recent research has shown that example study only (EE) and example-problem pairs (EP) were more effective (i.e., higher test performance) and efficient (i.e., attained with less effort invested in learning and/or test tasks) than problem-example pairs (PE) and problem solving only (PP). We conducted …

Teachers play a crucial role in attaining a major objective of higher education: fostering students’ critical thinking (CT). Yet, little is known about how to foster teachers’ own CT-skills and attitudes towards teaching CT. In a quasi-experimental study (N = 54), we investigated whether a three-session …

10 tips to improve study performance by gaining focus and getting less distracted. These tips have been compiled on the basis of scientific insights from cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and educational science and from our own research into stress, engagement and study performance.

During this research project the influence of selenium enriched growing environment on the phenolic composition on several Allium species is studied. Besides this, the influence on morphological properties is also monitored. Folin-Ciocalteu method is used to determine the total phenolic content and High …

This paper investigates whether encouraging children to become more physically active in their everyday life affects their primary school performance. We use data from a field quasi‐experiment called the Active Living Program, which aimed to increase active modes of transportation to school and active …

Sub-scale Flight Testing (SFT) is potentially useful in predicting aircraft flight behaviour, especially in the case of unconventional designs for which legacy information is unavailable and wind tunnel tests are unable to predict aircraft dynamics. A necessary condition for SFT is the design of properly …

One potential renewable energy resource is green gas production through anaerobic digestion (AD). However, only part of the biogas produced (up to 50-60%) contains the combustible methane; the remainder are incombustible gasses with the biggest being carbon dioxide. These gasses are often not used and …