The objective of this research is to document the conducted analysis on how the political event of the European elections of 2019 was covered by the Dutch television talk shows ‘Pauw’ and ‘Buitenhof’. Due to numerous developments in mass media communication, the field of political communication is dynamic …

Triticum aestivum (wheat) is the second most produced crop in the world and is even the most produced crop in Europe. However, in Europe there are many laws controlling the herbicide use and approvals. An important directive that appeared in 1991 led to a significant reduction in the number of herbicides …

Information can be exchanged in many different ways, the standard format for textual information is a document, which comes in an impossible number of different structures. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Kingdom Relations concerns an overwhelming number of documents on a daily basis and uses a …

Background: Diabetes mellitus is considered the fifth in the top five causes of noncommunicable disease related deaths in the world. Treatment ranges from lifestyle changes to medication. Intermittent fasting (IF) shows glucose lowering results in rats and might be a possibility for human therapy. Objectives: …

Introduction A rapidly increasing patient group is older adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes. The risk of accelerated muscle loss is prominent in this patient group. This population could benefit from weight loss, at the cost of increased risk of muscle loss and sarcopenia. Previous studies showed …

The South China Tigers are the first professional club team in Hong Kong, playing in the new tournament Global Rapid Rugby. The Asia Pacific tournament is contested home and away against six teams from Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. The South China Tigers were set up as a subsidiary …

Athletes in minority sports often have a second job to earn enough income to support their sports career. This is mainly due to the lack of sponsors involved in these sports. Athletes that want to live from minority sports need to create a strong personal brand to attract sponsors. To find out how, this …

This thesis project has been carried out at VHL (Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences) and consists of three different parts; the first part is an experiment in which during 20 days of cultivation the optimum nitrate concentration for protein production in Ulva lactuca is sought. U. lactuca …

Despite the positive consumer attitudes towards animal welfare, and an increasing supply of animal welfare enhanced meat, consumers still mainly opt for conventional meat instead of meat produced with higher animal welfare standards. This thesis argues that consumers may do so because they must trade …

Germany has a known a growth of organic consumption within the recent years, however its consumption is growing faster than the German wine production which is still relatively low. Therefore, a large amount of wine is imported from other countries, making Germany the largest organic wine importer in …