Cruise ship fires are not uncommon. Fire on board of the cruise ships is one of the most dangerous accident that can occur at any moment. The damage caused by fire is huge and can negatively affect the company’s reputation. There is a product on the market that can, according to the manufacturers, detect …

Introduction This report presents a conducted customer satisfaction research commissioned by Holiday Inn Leiden. The contractor wanted to know whether if the expectations of the Leisure-guests relate well on the final experiences. Holiday Inn Leiden was interested to conduct a research among the group …

Population size increase at the Balgzand intertidal in the western Dutch Wadden Sea suggested a growth decrease in both plaice and flounder populations over summer. Research into the seasonal growth of 0-group plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, confirmed this suspicion. The years 1995 and 1996 had contrasting …

Purpose: This field study analyses the quality of the actual thermal comfort and indoor air quality in Dutch office buildings. A linear regression analysis was used to determine how much these variables and demographic variables influenced the perceived thermal comfort of office workers. Approach: Data …

Maintaining energy balance is a challenge shared by all animals which has resulted in an enormous variety of strategies for maintaining this vital balance. One of these is torpor, a mechanism that slows down basic metabolic rate (BMR) which results in a low expenditure of energy otherwise used to maintain …

Background Elevated temperature and air pollution have been associated with increased mortality. Exposure to heat and air pollution, as well as the density of vulnerable groups varies within cities. The objective was to investigate the extent of neighbourhood differences in mortality risk due to heat …

Stormwater flooding and thermal stresses of citizens are two important phenomena for most of the dense urban area. Due to the climate change, these two phenomena will occur more frequently and cause serious problems. Therefore, the sectors for public health and disaster management should be able to assess …

From the publisher: Potentiometric sensors will generally suffer from unwanted responses as a result to changing temperatures by generating an electromotive force. Typically, this voltage drift has a non-linear character and therefore it is difficult to compensate using linear algorithms implemented …

With increasing world population, more wastewater is produced which all need purification treatment. Removal of pathogenic organisms is important because they can cause problems to human health. This experiment will focus on the removal of human bacterial pathogens. The problem of human bacterial pathogens …

A study on the synthesis and emulsification of alkyd resins was performed in order to find relationships between the vistocisty, molecular weight and oil length. The emulsions were used to study the effect of the viscosity and oil length on the gloss of waterborne alkyd paints. An empyrical relationship …