The Netherlands is aiming for the roll-out of more solar PV. However like many densely populated countries, the country is running into issues of lack of space. Opportunities around infrastructural works like highways provide space without compromising the landscape. Examples of this double use are already …

The main objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of contract farming in improving smallholder maize seed multipliers income so that the improvement strategies can be established. The study was carried out at the beginning of the implementation of the new seeds supply system. The research …

Het gebruik van Dynamic positioning (DP) wordt op veel schepen toegepast waaronder op het schip de Aegir van het bedrijf Heerema Marine Contractors. Het DP systeem heeft hierbij een initiële positie input nodig wat verkregen wordt via GNSS plaatsbepalingssystemen. Aan boord van de Aegir bevinden zich …

Some berthing facilities at Hansweert are showing a structural failure where the top element of the dolphin shows an undesired inclination, compromising the functionality and safety of the structure. Rijkswaterstaat Sea and Delta created an assignment in order to define the cause and provide a solution …

BACKGROUND: Patients' self-care behaviour is still suboptimal in many heart failure (HF) patients and underlying mechanisms on how to improve self-care need to be studied. AIMS: (1) To describe the trajectory of patients' self-care behaviour over 1 year, (2) to clarify the relationship between the trajectory …

BACKGROUND: The number of intensive care patients aged ≥ 80 years (Very old Intensive Care Patients; VIPs) is growing. VIPs have high mortality and morbidity and the benefits of ICU admission are frequently questioned. Sepsis incidence has risen in recent years and identification of outcomes is of considerable …

Technology has an ever increasing role in the day to day lives of individuals and societies. To provoke critical thought about the impact of new digital technology, the Technology Impact Cycle Tool (TICT) has been developed. In this paper, three psychological constructs: Performance Expectancy, Effort …

The seismic assessment of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings with cavity walls is of high relevance in regions such as in Central and Northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand and China because of the characteristics of the masonry building stock. A cavity wall consists of two separate parallel walls …

BACKGROUND:Reintroduction of a food after negative food challenge (FC) faces many obstacles. There are no studies available about this subject in adults.OBJECTIVE:To investigate the frequency, reasons and risk factors of reintroduction failure in adults.METHODS:In this prospective study, adult patients …

PURPOSE: Premorbid conditions affect prognosis of acutely-ill aged patients. Several lines of evidence suggest geriatric syndromes need to be assessed but little is known on their relative effect on the 30-day survival after ICU admission. The primary aim of this study was to describe the prevalence …