In het mbo is er behoefte aan betere begeleiding van studenten bij de doorstroom mbo-hbo. Dit onderzoek wordt gedaan voor Summa Plus Studentenbegeleiding. Hier krijgen studenten van het Summa College informatie en hulp bij loopbaanvragen. De dienst vraagt zich af hoe studenten met een hbo-vraag het beste …

Alhoewel de levensduur van melkvee in Nederland stijgende is, wordt de natuurlijke levensduur van zo’n twintig jaar van Holstein melkkoeien niet gehaald. Dieren worden ruim voor het behalen van de natuurlijke levensduur afgevoerd. Het streven van melkveehouders om de levensduur van hun veestapel te verlengen …

Location data is a sensitive data type that is collected on a wide scale and is easily misused as it can reveal sensitive personal information. Popular and upcoming technologies like AI and IoT devices can play a meaningful role in this as they become more prevalent and integrated into our daily-use …

Species rich grasslands provide ecosystem services such as floral and faunal diversity, livestock forage, carbon sequestration and water regulation. However, the best combinations of sward diversity and management intensity to achieve the above-mentioned ecosystem services are not fully known. To address …

In this work, a feasible and low-cost approach is proposed for level measurement in multiphase systems inside tanks used for petroleum-derived oil production. The developed level sensor system consisted of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), light-dependent resistor (LDR), and a low-cost microprocessor. Two …

While the optimal mean annual temperature for people and nations is said to be between 13 °C and 18 °C, many people live productive lives in regions or countries that commonly exceed this temperature range. One such country is Australia. We carried out an Australia-wide online survey using a structured …

Background: During placements abroad, healthcare students are confronted with different personal and professional challenges, related to participation in practice. This study investigates when and how students respond to such challenges, and which coping and support mechanisms students use to overcome …

Green energy is just one of the two types of energy humanity needs, the energy for our man-made world, including cities, road networks, industries and technological systems (energy for the systems that drive out the ecology). However, a second type of energy is needed to meet our biological needs, energy …

Tekstloze prentenboeken zijn beloftevol bij het versterken van omgevingsbewustzijn vanwege de vaak sterke zeggingskracht van de afbeeldingen in dit type boeken. Door gebrek aan tekst zijn ze daarnaast niet gebonden aan een bepaalde taal, dus heel goed in te zetten in internationale contexten. Een kleine …

Skilled actors rely on deception to disrupt the perceptual ability of opponents who seek to anticipate action intentions. Common-coding theory (Prinz, 1997) purports that action and perception share common origins in the brain, and therefore it seems plausible that the ability to ‘see through’ a deceptive …