B4B is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder project focused on developing methods to harness big data from smart meters, building management systems and the Internet of Things devices, to reduce energy consumption, increase comfort, respond flexibly to user behaviour and local energy supply and demand, and …

This paper deals with the economic situation in the Rhine-Meuse border region between Germany and the Netherlands. Specifically, the labour market will be addressed by asking: How do national differences in the management of the pandemic affect the labour market in the Rhine-Meuse border region between …

TerraTiler2D is a cheap and accessible tool that assists game developers in the procedural generation of 2D sidescroller game worlds during runtime.   Development of TerraTiler2D started on the 8th of February 2021, and the tool is scheduled for release on the Unity Asset store in July of 2021 for …

I have a special and personal connection with the French Pays d’Auge. I appreciate its beauty and qualities but I am also seeing it decaying. My personal motivation, my role and mission as urban designer pushed me to think of a way to save – or better, upgrade – this beautiful valley. We know that …

Corporate reputation is an intangible resource that is closely tied to an organization’s success but measuring it and to derive actions that can improve the reputations can be a long and expensive journey for an organization. In the available literature, corporate reputation is primarily measured through …

Objective We examined whether the role of maternal education in children's unhealthy snacking diet is moderated by other socio-economic indicators. Methods Participants were selected from the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development cohort, a large ongoing community-based birth cohort. Validated …

BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) often occurs in critically ill patients. AKI is associated with mortality and morbidity. Interventions focusing on the reduction of AKI are suggested by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guideline. We hypothesized that these educational interventions …

The thesis focusses on the development of a business model of a tourist card in the cross-border regions Grafschaft Bentheim (GER) and North-East Twente (NL). After conducting qualitative research in terms of literature research and interviews, a tourist card in the form of a disount card has been chosen. …

Stichting SPOTS is a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands with a mission to save the wild felines (big cats) in Africa, especially the leopard, lion, and cheetah. The wild felines are threatened with extinction due to human reasons such as trophy hunting. The numbers of these animals have …

E-commerce is still a strong growing segment with fierce competition among parcel delivery service providers. To stay ahead of the competitors innovation is necessary. Currently, parcels are being delivered with large delivery vans which will usually deliver single parcels to doorsteps of their customers. …