The idea of European unity, in any case the official entity as it is commu­nicated by the European Commission, is intrinsically linked to the end of the Second World War: the Stunde Null or 'Hour Zero' on the 8th of May 1945. Industry was in shambles, many cities had been destroyed, and the European …

An increasing life expectancy brings higher risks for getting a neurodegenerative disorder like Alzheimer’s disease (AD). As there is still no cure for this disease, expenses in health care keep rising because most of the care for patients with AD are from nursing homes and hospitals. The change from …

Climate change is a major hindrance to global sustainable development. The well being of future generations is facing critical environmental challenges. The effect of globalization in terms of economic, social and technological changes have been rapid and have left human beings behind schedule yet hunger …

At the end of the 1940s and the early 1950s, the question whether or not to rearm West Germany was a fiercely and hotly debated topic in Europe. The Americans suggested doing this by integrating the Federal Republic in NATO. However, many Europeans feared the resurgence of German militarism. Nowhere …

Patiënten met eindstadium hartfalen kunnen in aanmerking komen voor een Left Ventriculair Assist Device (LVAD). Dit is een mechanisch apparaat dat de pompfunctie van het hart ondersteunt. Het aantal LVAD-operaties is de afgelopen jaren exponentieel toegenomen en sinds 2010 wordt een LVAD geïmplanteerd …

BACKGROUND: The mixing ability test (MAT) as an outcome measure of masticatory performance is largely used in studies with adults, but not yet with children. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to test the construct validity and the test-retest reliability of the MAT in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) …

”Landscape as House” is about animating my families landscape through a new form of topographic living: a frag-mented house embedded into forests, meadows and the village. This house creates a life constituted of movement through landscape, on the scale of a farmers ground, with rooms inhabiting its …

PURPOSE: Limited information is available on the effect of Immediate Dentin Sealing (IDS) on the fracture strength of indirect partial posterior restorations. This study evaluated the effect of IDS on the fracture strength and failure types of two indirect restorative materials. MATERIALS AND METHODS: …

RS Sailing is currently lacking sufficient monitoring the performance of their global dealers because the management system of RS Sailing did not grow along with the growth the company went through. Therefore, a structured approach to keep track on their global dealers performances is desired. The …

There is a shortage of housing and people with a lower income suffer most from this. Vacant buildings are transformed to provide quick housing for them, but it is not sure whether this provides a comfortable home, both from an indoor climate and a meaning making perspective. Existing material about completed …