Highlights • Mandates standardised protocols for the publication of DNA transfer and recovery data to ensure consistency • Requires open-sharing of non-allelic experimental and casework data in accessible formats to build a databank. • Specifies use of fully continuous probabilistic genotyping and NIST …

Digital forensic scientists primarily rely on individual internal reasoning and categorical conclusions when evaluating evidence in casework. This can make it difficult to maintain structured reasoning that is logically sound, balanced, robust, and transparent. Trojan horse defense cases exemplify these …

Within Human Activity Recognition (HAR), there is an insurmountable gap between the range of activities performed in life and those that can be captured in an annotated sensor dataset used in training. Failure to properly handle unseen activities seriously undermines any HAR classifier's reliability. …

Background The increasing demands of an aging population, healthcare workforce shortages, financial constraints, and a shift in care perspectives call for rethinking geriatric rehabilitation (GR). To ensure GR remains sustainable, a transition towards home-based GR is proposed, reducing the need for …

Circular, biobased, and modular construction practices are gaining traction as cities seek to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment. However, little is known about how these strategies affect construction logistics and their associated emissions. We develop an agent-based model to …

This study systematically evaluates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting practices of European airline groups, covering both mandatory and voluntary key performance indicators (KPIs) under evolving regulatory frameworks. By analysing annual and sustainability reports from 16 major airline groups, …

Ivar Timmer (HvA) verkent de snel veranderende relatie tussen recht en technologie. Kunstmatige intelligentie, digital twins en legal tech bieden ongekende mogelijkheden voor de rechtspraktijk, maar brengen ook risico’s voor transparantie, kwaliteit en rechtvaardigheid. Timmer laat zien dat succesvolle …

Book review of J.B. Fressoz (2024). More and More and More. An All-Consuming History of Energy, Penguin Random House, 400 pp. First published on: https://vbds.nl/2025/11/01/more-and-more-and-more/. A Dutch version of this review has been added. This translation is also published on: https://vbds.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Meer-en-Meer-en-Meer.pdf …

Het percentage personen dat tussen 55 jaar en pensioenleeftijd betaald werk heeft, is aanzienlijk: namelijk 70,5 procent in 2024. Helaas is discriminatie van medewerkers op grond van leeftijd, oftewel age-isme, een hardnekkig maatschappelijk probleem met kansongelijkheid tot gevolg. Onderzoek liet zien …

De retailsector staat voor grote uitdagingen én kansen. Nieuwe technologieën, veranderend consumentengedrag, verduurzaming, veiligheid en arbeidsmarkt krapte zetten ondernemers en beleidsmakers onder druk. Tegelijkertijd groeit de behoefte aan innovatie en betrouwbare kennis die niet op de plank belandt, …