In Dutch higher education institutions, IT outsourcing (ITO) is becoming more common. New applications nowadays are executed from the ‘cloud’. But what to do with on premise applications? Can they also be outsourced? If so, what factors does a higher education institution have to consider when making …

In light of recent developments of the onboard ballast water treatment, WMR has developed a new protocol for the assessment of ecotoxicological effects and aims to use it as a standardised test. This study looks into the validation of this short-chronic ELS fish toxicity test, by use of the embryonic …

The goal of this study was therefore to test the idea that computationally analysing the Fontys National Student Surveys (NSS) open answers using a selection of standard text mining methods (Manning & Schütze 1999) will increase the value of these answers for educational quality assurance. It is expected …

Waste Treatment Technologies has made a considerable growth the past couple of years. The organization is designing, constructing, building and maintaining waste treatment facilities all over the world. Several aspects within the organization have grown together with the recent developments. However, …

The visual representation of Information System (IS) artefacts is an important aspect in the practical application of visual representations. However, important and known visual representation principles are often undervalued, which could lead to decreased effectiveness in using a visual representation. …

In order to meet emission targets for 2050 in Europe transport needs to be executed more efficiently. A promising way to make transport more efficient is synchromodal transport. When the service provider has more flexibility to arrange transport, the utilization and use of intermodal transport, such …

In order to meet emission targets for 2050 in Europe transport needs to be executed more efficiently. A promising way to make transport more efficient is synchromodal transport. When the service provider has more flexibility to arrange transport, the utilization and use of intermodal transport, such …

Objective After a stroke event, stroke patients have a reduced ability of walking and their cardiorespiratory fitness, aerobic load and oxygen uptake (V̇O2 peak) is also lowered. A demand to be able to participate in society again for stroke patients is the ability to walk independently whereas these …

Abstract: Self-harming behavior: complex, but recovery is possible Self-harming behavior among adolescents is an alarming phenomenon: it is a sign of underlying suffering and not knowing how to handle this. Often, there are intense and overwhelming emotions which are unbearable for these patients, …

Objective: To explore predictors of dropout of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain from an interdisciplinary chronic pain management programme, and to develop and validate a multivariable prediction model, based on the Extended Common- Sense Model of Self-Regulation (E-CSM). Methods: In this …